Dirt Haul and Grading Underway for Goodyear Site
The Goodyear plant site south of the city progresses with Teer Construction clearing and grading. About 1.6 million cubic yards of earth will be moved in 60 days, followed by 1.56 million more over three months to prepare an access road and railroad area. Goodyear announced the site on December 8, with multiple firms now active, including Ford Laramore and Thompson Arthur. Edgar Bates reports 11 giant tires sold for earth moving, each worth about 7000 dollars, to Teer on the job.
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Ets Ty Fo Tig Toh Rae Ae
Bowling
Teer
Construcion
Goodyear
Gypsum Co
City Equipment
Ford
Laramore
Thompson- Arthur
Goodyear Services
Wilson Street
Edgar 2. Bates
Teer Construction Co
Bates
Hackney Fatally Hurt in Tennessee Accident
Charles Amos Hackney, 37, formerly of Danville, died in a single car crash near Crewe at about 4 a.m. He had worked with A&P and recently transferred to Farmville. Survived by wife Phyllis Phelps and five children. Funeral 4 p.m. in Crewe, burial Tuesday at National Cemetery in Danville.
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Charles Amos Hackney
Danville
Crewe
Hackney
A&p
Farmville
Phyllis Phelps
Phyllis Ann
Charles Allen
Vivian Lee
Brenda Gail
Karen Elizabeth Hackney
National Cemetery
C P Raynor Funeral Rites Slated Today
Vernon Hill Virginia Charlie Paul Raynor 24 of Vernon Hill killed in single car crash near Rts 832 and 360 while alone in the vehicle. He died instantly and funeral set for Mount Tabor Baptist Church at 2 30 p.m. with interment in Halifax Memorial Gardens South Boston. He was husband of Barbara Coates son of Clarence and Rosie Raynor and survived by four brothers two sisters and grandmother Lena Raynor.
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Vernon Hill
Charlie Paul Rayger
Rayner
Rts
Chaney’s General Store
Raynor
Pittsylvania County
Clarence P. Raynor
Rosie Hardy Raynor
Barbara Coates
Robert Millner
Paces
Bobby Dawson
Ringgeld
Lewis Raynor
Keeling
Dewey
Bobby
Donald Raynor
Lena Raynor
Hillsborough
N.C
Mount Tabor Baptist Church
Harold Kahier
Halifax Memorial Gardens
Boston
Leonard Dies After Two Week Ill in Virginia
ALTAVISTA DeWitt Leonard 78 husband of Flay Benson Leonard died Friday at Virginia Baptist Hospital Lynchburg after a two week illness. Born Hickory North Carolina February 1 1887 he was retired from Alta Vista Weaving Co. Survived by wife two sons D Carl Leonard Jr of Nigeria Africa and Joseph D Leonard of Lynchburg one daughter Mrs J G Long of Altavista one brother Earl Leonard of Hickory two sisters Mrs Kate Powell and Mrs Annie Wilson both of Hickory and two grandchildren Funeral will be Monday at 2 p m at Finch and Finch Funeral Home burial in Green Hill Cemetery.
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Altavista
DeWitt
Leonard
Flay Benson Leonard
Virginia Baptist Hospital
Lynchburg
Altavista Weaving Co
Hickory
N.C
Thomas
Alice Huffman Leonard
D. Carl Leonard, Jr
Nigeria
Africa
Joseph ‘D. Leonard
J. G. Long
Earl Leonard
Kate Powell
Annie Wilson
Finch and Finch Funeral Home
Green Hill Cemetery
Funeral Rites Held For Hugh E Walton
Last rites for Hugh E Walton were conducted from Swicegood Funeral Home chapel Friday by Rev Thomas W Evans and Rev L L Carr. Interment followed in Highland Burial Park with pallbearers named from local families.
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Hugh E. Walton
Swicegood Funeral Home
Thomas W. Evans
L. L. Carr
Highland Burial Park
Holland Fowlkes
Hollis Davis
Arland Williams
Floyd Abbott
Eugene Franklin
Jack Walton
Claude Walton
Smith Walton
Garland Worrell
Swanson Waller
Millard BucKinsey
Dillard Shelton Services Held For Danville Man
Funeral services for Dillard Shelton age 65 of 878 Glendale Ave. were held yesterday afternoon at Barker Funeral Home with Rev. Gersald Goss and Rev. George Rumney officiating. Interment followed at Highland Burial Park. A retired electrician for Dan River Mills and World War I veteran, he died Thursday at Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Surviving are his wife Myrtle McGee Shelton. two daughters Mrs. Howard Dodd of Richmond and Mrs. P. H. Morgan of Huntington W V. a son Raymond E. Shelton of Danville. a step mother. two sisters. a brother. a half sister. and seven grandchildren. Pallbearers listed.
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Dillard Shelton
Glendale Ave
Chapel of Barker
Gersald Goss
George Rumney
Highland Burial Park
Shelton
Onton Memorial Hospital
Pittsylvania County
Charles H
Nannie K. Worsham
Myrtle McGee
Dan River Mills
Keen Street Baptist Church
Melville Avenue Baptist Church
Howard Dodd
Richmond
P. H. Morgan
Huntington
W. Va
Raymond E. Shelton
Danville
Mattie Shelton
Effie Motley
Lottie Worsham
C. M. Shelton
Greensboro
N.C
Eugene Arnald
Roanoke
Leonard Carter
Calvin Ball
Holland Fowlkes
William Gunnell, Jr
J. E. Towler
Bernie Anholt
Herbert Mays
Horace Crenshaw
W. C. Bray
Bray Funeral Rites Set For Pelham Resident
Funeral for Ban W Bray 78 of Pelham North Carolina will be held tomorrow at 2 PM from Swicegood Funeral Home Chapel Burial will follow at Schoalfield Cemetery He died Friday after a 15 year illness He was born in Henry County lived in Pittsylvania and Caswell counties married Elizabeth Frances Cox on December 27 1920 He served in World War I and was a Baptist He is survived by his wife two daughters nine sons one brother 17 grandchildren and four great grandchildren The body is at the funeral home and the family at the Pelham residence.
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Ban W. Bray
Pelham
N.C
Pam
Swicegood Funeral Home
Schoalfield Cemetery
Mr. Bray
Henry County
Pittsylvania
Caswell
Elizabeth Frances Cox
Mildred Crowder
Danville
Ruby Lindamood
Waynesboro
William
Harry
Julian Bray
Thomas Bray
Keeling
James
Beverly
Curtis Bray
Denville
John Bray
Greensboro
Carroll Bray
U.S. Army
Fort Belvoir
Charlie T. Bray
Leatherwood
W M Chaney Dies In Newport News
Word arrived here last night of the death of William M. Chaney of Newport News. He was a son of Mr and Mrs John R Chaney of 451 Holbrook Ave. Funeral arrangements are in complete.
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William M. Chaney
Newport News
Chaney
John R. Chaney
Holbrook Ave
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs Maggie Wiles
Last services for Miss Maggie Lee Wiles were conducted Friday by the Rev George Rumney at Wrenn Yeatts chapel. Interment followed in Leemon Cemetery. Pallbearers included Mickey Walker C D Walker Claude Wiles Jr Jack Wiles Willie Boyles Bertram Boyles Downey Bowles and Lynwood Wiles.
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Maggie Lee Wiles
Wrenn-Yeatts
George, Rumney
Leemon
Mickey Walcker
C.D. Walker
Claude Wiles Jr
Jack Wiles
Willie Boyles
Bertram Boyles
Downey Bowles
Lynwood Wiles
Charlie K Seyars Final Services Recorded
Final services for Charlie K Seyars of Cascade were held Friday afternoon at Swicegood Funeral Home chapel with Rev Averette Witcher and Dr John B Cunningham officiating. Interment followed at Floral Hills Memory Gardens with pallbearers William Stil Edd Hardy P S Salmons Esley Soyars Irvin Jones Howard Salmons H J Still and James Soyars.
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Charlie K. Seyars
Cascade
Chapel of Swicegood Funeral Home
Averette Witcher
John B. Cunningham
Floral Hillis Memory Gardens
William Stil
Edd Hardy
P. S. Salmons
Esley Soyars
Irvin Jones
Howard Salmons
H. J. Still
James Soyars
Infant Ferrell Dies in Memorial Hospital
Three day old Bennie Lee Ferrell Jr. dies at Memorial Hospital. Graveside services are set for Monday at 11 a.m. conducted by Rev. W. C. Bradley in Floral Willows Memory Gardens. Remains at Swicegood Funeral Home, family at 616 Ferry Rd.
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Bennie Lee Ferrell
Brrs
Fannie Oakes Ferrell
Memorial Hogspital
W. C. Bradley
Floral Wills Memory Gardens
Swicegood
Funeral Home
Ferry Rd
Community Colleges Push for Coeducation and Access
A state commission urges coeducation across new and existing institutions, argues single-sex schools undercut access, and supports merging Roanoke area schools into a comprehensive community college. It backs a four-year policy with open admissions where space allows and calls for expanded graduate programs, stronger libraries, higher salaries, and funding to reduce private competition.
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Norfolk
Aned 9
Kinja
Board of Visitors
University of Virginia
William and Mary
United States
Roanoke
Roanoke Technical Institute
VFI
Roanoke College
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
University
State Council of Higher Education
American National Bank to Add Downtown Branch
The new branch will be a full service facility opposite the lobby with a vault, two privacy booths for safety deposits, exposed brick and beams, blue stone floor, pecan wood and marble counters, draperies and planters. It will house restrooms and a women’s lounge, plus stair access for after hours meetings. Existing branches include Five Forks Riverside Drive and Nor-Dan Shopping Center. the downtown bank will offer all services except a trust department. A branch manager will be promoted from within. initial staffing will use experienced personnel with possible additional hires.
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American National
Five Forks
Riverside Drive
Nor-Dan
Wiseman
Mrs Shorter Dies At Age 72 In Martinsville
Martinsville widow Mary Frances Shorter 72 died Saturday at 3 15 am in Martinsville General Hospital She was a Henry County native daughter of William H and Mary James Carter Survived by six sons Paul Dillard Billy Shorter Clyde Shorter of Oceana Melvin and Dewey Shorter West Haven Conn and five daughters J B Matherly Ridgeway F B Hill Preston Scott White Callinsville J R Justus Henderson NC and Curtis Roger Norfolk Three sisters W E Stultz J B Lovell Martinsville Zinnie Weaver Kernersville NC and one brother Rufus Carter Martinsville Funeral planned Sunday at 2 pm at McKee Chapel with Roselawn Burial Park interment.
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Martinsville
Mary Frances Shorter
Roy C. Shorter
Martinsville General Hospital
Henry County
William H
Mary James Carter
Preston
Scott White
Callinsville
J. R. Justus
Menderson
N. C
Curtis Roger
Norfolk
W. E. Stultz
J. 8. Lovell
Zinnie Weaver
Kernersville
Rufus Carter
McKee
Roselawn
Fark
Marlowe Embraces Tough New CEO Post in Poverty War
Haro C. Marlowe, 44, former Los Angeles undersheriff and head of Marlowe Associates, discusses his Septemer appointment as assistant Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity. He says he is working hardest yet enjoying the role and aims to aid Congress in the War on Poverty.
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Draper
N.C
Office of
Congressional
C. Marlowe
Y. 9. Marlowe
Carolina Ye. Marlowe
Los Angeles County
Calif
Hal. Marlowe
Marlowe
Washington
Sargent Shriver
North Carolina
Congress
Shriver
Los Angeles
Sheriff's Department
County Board ‘of ‘Supervisors
Con. Bress
California
Democratic State Finance Committee
Kennet
Ieector
Kenne
Last Rites Held For W. Otis Fox
The funeral for W. Otis Fox was conducted Friday from the chapel of Scott Funeral Home in Chatham by the Rev. James KR. Black. Burial was in the Fox family cemetery. Pallbearers were Elvin Mot tey, E. T. Fox, Ernest Fox, Floyd Fox, J. L. Fox and J. A. Floyd.
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W. Otis Fox
Chapel of Scott Funeral Home
Chatham
James KR. Black
Fox Family
Elvin Mottey
E. T. Fox
Ernest Fox
Floyd Fox
J. L. Fox
J. A. Floyd
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