This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1965
Page
15
Realignment at Dan River includes changes in purchasing and traffic departments with Vernon reporting to Stephens and Key to Vernon. Annotations cover staff moves, partnerships, and multiple Dan River leaders continuing service, including long tenure from 1938 onward and WWII service.
Judge Aiken instructs the jury as to whether the money was a gift or a claimed debt, while Meade contrasts Exarhou and Nicholaus testimonies. He notes Exarhou’s evasiveness on value and cites Mrs. Nicholaus returning $1,000 for medical expenses as inconsistent with a gift. The defense argues Exarhou’s medical state affected perceptions of ownership.
The Danville unit of Alcoholics Anonymous offers open meetings at 8 p m on Thursdays and Sundays above the Tuxedo building. Members describe AA as self supporting, nonsectarian, and focused on sobriety, welcoming anyone desiring to stop drinking.
The Danville City Council unanimously endorsed joining the Danville Bar Association in urging Virginia’s General Assembly to create an additional Corporation Court judge for Danville. The move accompanies an 18 month budget of 22,520,861 and actions on taxi permits, a sales tax study, and staff notes.
J Howard Shelton 52 died at 4 30 am in Durham Veterans Hospital after a year long illness. He was born Feb 34 1913 in Pittsylvania County and lived in Ringgold Rt 1. Survived by parents Dallas T Shelton and Mattie Davis Shelton, one son Jerry Shelton, six sisters, three brothers. Funeral 2 pm from Townes Memorial Chapel. Interment Floral Hills Memory Gardens.
Memorial Hospital marks the 12th straight year offering free hospital care to the first baby born in the new year and the mother. Past winners include Wendy Joann Williams in 1963 and Abby Gail Wyatt in 1964, with many prior year babies listed by family and address.
Clarence W. Buck Smith 47 of 709 Montgomery St. Reidsville will be buried at Reidlawn Cemetery after funeral services at Citty Funeral Home at 2 30 p m Friday. He died after a home attack and was a World War II veteran, survived by his wife Nina Wells and three step children.
Lenwood Carroll Bruce aged 29 died unexpectedly Friday afternoon at his home Rt 1 Hurt. Born May 8 1945 in Altavista he was the son of Walter Cleveland Bruce and Pauline Adams Bruce. He belonged to Broad Street Pentecostal Holiness Church Altavista and was a Renan High and Emmanuel College graduate, currently studying at East Carolina College. Survivors include his parents and grandmother Mrs J B Adams Hart. Body will be moved from Finch and Finch Funeral Home to the family home Friday afternoon. funeral arrangements incomplete.
Minnie Watson Edwards 85 of Kent Store Louisa County died Thursday night at Louisa Medical Center Born January 20 1880 daughter of Bennett Watson and wife of Charles Lawson Edwards She was a Louisa Christian Church member Survived by two daughters two sons two sisters one brother and many grandchildren and great grandchildren Funeral arrangements at Scott Funeral Home rest at Woodlawn Heights Chatam area notes family residence at Louisa County.
Mrs Richard B Moss widow of a former Danville city auditor died unexpectedly yesterday morning in Kinston North Carolina. She was born Jenny Edmunds in Iowa. Her husband after serving as city auditor joined Dibreli Brothers Inc and later was transferred to Kinston He died about ten years ago.
Cigarette smokers led the way as Americans consumed tobacco products pushing federal tobacco tax receipts to about 2.1 billion dollars, with cigarette purchases accounting for roughly 2 billion and total collections up more than 96 million from the prior year.
Farm mechanics classes covering welding tractor maintenance and small engines start next Tuesday at Tunstall High School. The 16 week program runs Tuesdays and Fridays 7 to 10 p.m. through April with group and individual instruction led by vocational agriculture teachers and lay instructor Ernest Searce.
Mrs. Leslie F. Madison 55 of Reidsville dies at Annie Penn Memorial Hospital after 18 months of illness. Last rites set for 2:30 p.m. Friday at Wilkerson Funeral Home chapel with burial in Reidlawn Cemetery. She is survived by husband Dick Madison, daughter Mrs. Dow Jones of Richmond, and four brothers W A Husker Ed G Huskey J Howard Huskey and W H Huskey of Reidsville.
Final services for Emma Cora Alexandra Robertson were conducted yesterday at Townes Memorial Chapel by the Rev Curtis Robertson. Interment followed at Mountain View Cemetery with pallbearers Landon Robertson John Bendall Frank Ferguson Winston Edwards Frank McIver Jack Fowlkes Horace Bass and Roy Bishop.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.