County Board weighs January agenda on Center rent rates
Pittsylvania County officials debate proposed rent for the agricultural center amid confusion over fees. ASCS director Warren Price argues $5.25 per square ton yields $27,461.23 yearly and a 13 year recoupment of $356,996, with 1.50 added for maintenance utilities and insurance. The center will house ASCS Lot Conservation Service and Farmers Home Administration occupying 62 percent of the facility.
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Chatham
Pittsylvania County Agricultural Center
Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors
Warren Price
The
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Michael J. Sharbaugh
Price
Pittsylvania
ASCS
Terest
Moses
Jaycee Park Plan Modified Slightly
Jaycee Park officials report modest timetable revisions while maintaining the core goal of a self sufficient family recreation center around Pine Lake in Pittsylvania County. The plan includes a 92.4 acre site with a lake and forested areas near Danville, with a swimming pool push back to 1981 or later and eight brick avenues already completed as land is cleared for future campsites.
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Jaycee Park
Janet Aponte
Ms. Aponte
Pine Lake
U.S. 38
Danville
Pittsylvania County
JRP Corp
Jaycees
Womack Foundation
Obituary for Mary Ann Graham Hemphill of Danville
Mary Ann Graham Hemphill of 103 Grant St Ext. died Sunday at home born Aug 10 1544 in Danville daughter of Rosa Lee and the late James Graham. Survived by husband Johnny Hemphill daughter Rhonda four brothers and four sisters along with multiple relatives. Services Thursday 2 pm at Beavers Funeral Home Oak Hill Cemetery burial. Family greeting 7 to 8 pm tonight at the funeral home and at her mother’s home 341 Garfield St Apt 2.
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Mary Ann Graham Hemphill
Grant St. Ext
Mrs. Hemphill
Danville
Rosa Lee
James Graham
Johnny Hemphill
Rhonda
Richmond
Waller Farmer
Rosa Mae Farmer
Sheryl Graham
Janice Graham
Donna Graham
Mary Farmer
Ringgold
Charlie
Last rites for Frank Gibson in Swicegood Chapel
Funeral services for Frank Smith Gibson of Danville Rt. 7 are set for 4 p.m. today at Swicegood Chapel with Dr. Joseph H. Cosby and Dr. Luke Smith leading. Interment will be at Highland Burial Park. He died Tuesday at Roman Eagle Memorial Home after five years there. Born February 18 194 in Chatham he was the son of Floyd T. and Elizabeth Giles Gibson. Survived by wife Lillie Wilson Gibson two daughters Chaney Payne Dry Fork Lois Wells Danville three sons Dennis H. Gibson Thomas E. Gibson H Nelson Gibson Danville a brother Floyd C. Gibson Danville two sisters Lucy Gibson Danville Minnie Wright Axton and 16 grandchildren six great grandchildren.
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Frank Smith Gibson
Swicegood Chapel
Joseph H. Cosby
Luke Smith
Highland Burial Park
Mr. Gibson
Danville Rt. 7
Roman Eagle Memorial Home
Chatham
Floyd T
Elizabeth Giles Gibson
Lanier’s Mill
Lillie Wilson Gibson
Chaney Payne
Dry Fork
Lois Wells
Danville
Dennis H. Gibson
Thomas E. Gibson
H. Nelson Gibson
Floyd C. Gibson
Lucy Gibson
Minnie Wright
Axton
Julia Bell Lewis
Swicegood Funeral
JC. Raper
Schoolfield Cemetery
Swicegood Funeral Home
Abingdon
Dan River, Inc
Julian C. Lewis
Westover Drive
Leana Terrell
Hickory
N.C
Alice Hite
Myrtle Cassell
Weather Terrace Virginia North Carolina Outlook
Virginia and North Carolina face mostly sunny days with a warming trend. In Virginia highs reach the 30s to mid 30s on Wednesday and Thursday, with teens inland and near 20 on the coast at night. North Carolina expects sunny Wednesday with highs in the 30s, then warmer Thursday with 40s and some 30s in the northwest mountains, nights dipping to single digits in the west and upper 20s on the Outer Banks.
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Virginia
North Carolina
Northwest
Danville Police Investigate Christmas Weekend Incidents
Danville police continued probing a Christmas weekend slate of incidents. Florida authorities arrested Ronald Lee Jackson in Milton on embezzlement charges for $2,400 from Pic Shoe Mart on Riverside Drive. Break-ins were reported at Pittsylvania Hardware, Rozena's Record Shop, and G L H Johnson School cafeteria with entries via door or window. no arrests. Eggs and ice cream reported missing. no other losses. James Willie Johnson reported unauthorized use of his 1972 Mercury Cougar, last seen Christmas Eve.
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Danville
Florida
Ronald Lee Jackson
Pic Shoe Mart
Riverside Drive
Milton
Fla
Pittsylvania Hardware Co. Inc
Monument St
Johnson
Disappearance probe to resume after holiday pause
State Police said the investigation into the disappearance from a desk drawer at Danville General District Court will continue when investigator E. C. Bevels returns, after a Christmas interruption. Sgt Lee Bradley offered no completion date as tape recordings and agency actions proceed.
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Danville General District Court Land
Lee Bradley
E.C. Bevels
Danville
Bradley
William E
Smith Endorsed for Western District Judgeship in Virginia
The Pittsylvania County Bar Association backs Danville attorney William H. Smith for a new federal judgeship in the Western District of Virginia. He also gained endorsements from the Danville Bar Association and Halifax County Bar Association. The nomination comes amid congressional plans to expand federal judges nationwide, with Virginia's western district set to gain two new seats. Congressional leaders aim to resolve House Senate differences after the new year.
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Pittsylvania County Bar Association
Danville
William H
Bill) Smith
U.S. District Court
Western District of
Virginia
Smith
Danville Bar Association
Halifax County Bar Association
House of Representatives
U.S. Senate
House
Senate
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Julia B. Lewis
Imuret
Bote
National Weather Service
NOAA
US Dept of Commerce
Town Weather Log
Ypetay
Danville Register
Rt 41
Pittsylvania Board of Supervisors
Harry Lea Reynolds
Fralin & Waldron Suits Consolidated
B. A. Davis II
Roanoke
Davis
Woodside Village
Piney Forest Road
Ocky Mount
Fralin & Waldron, Inc
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W. Workshop
Henry County
Henry County Administration
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Lt. Col. Gray
RCME
Cascade
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Col. Gray
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