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Newspaper

Danville Register

Location

Danville, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1965

Page

6

Bentley Couples Celebrate Silver Anniversary Dance

The L D Sub Debs hosted a Dec 28 holiday dance at King of the Sea Restaurant honoring Mr and Mrs George Allen Bentley on their 25th wedding anniversary. About 100 guests attended including out of town visitors from Clarksville Portsmouth and family members with Leon Bentley Jr Verne Ferguson and others assisting.

L. D King of the Sea Kathy Coleman Donald Pratt Becky Toler Johnny Hamlin Linda Gilbert Wayne Cooke Patsy Sparks Ray Matthews Nellie Cox John Barber Kay Brooks Billy Sparks Kay Huff Dennis Scearce Janet Whittaker Tommy Sparks Marie Freeze Rodney Coleman Joan Gilbert Danny McFarling Carolyn Hudgins Jan Brooker Sandra Sparks Sammy Cox Linda Matkins Ronnie Phillips Mary Jack Mills Bert Sparks Mary Lou Condon Vern Cowan George Allen Bentley Leslie Pugh Moffett St. Verne A. Ferguson George Allen Bentley Jr Eugene Link Jlisa Ferguson Leslie Ferguson Marian Browder Sam P. du Bose A. M. Ferguson Verne A. Ferguson

Goren On Bridge Implementing Endplay Strategy

South rejects a Greek gift to salvage a four spade contract by an end play. West signals hearts, then shifts to diamonds. South preserves the queen, draws trumps, ruffs the last heart, exiles a diamond, and forces East to return a red card. East avoids the king of diamonds but South proves the contract through precise timing and a final club trick.

South West East Declarer

VFIV Dance at Post Home Ushers New Year in

The Hugh T. Williams Post No. 9977, Veterans of Foreign Wars and its auxiliary announce a New Year’s Eve dance and party on Friday night at the post home 829 North Main St. Members their spouses and dates are invited. A small admission fee, party favors and refreshments will be provided. Full attendance is requested.

Hugh T. Williams Veterans of Foreign Wars Post North Main St

Quick Zip Pattern For Spring Ladies Wear

Marian Martin offers Pattern 9352 for Misses sizes 10 to 18 with no waist seams and raglan sleeves. Size 16 uses 3% yards of 35-inch fabric. Pattern price 50 cents, add 15 cents for mailing handling. Send name address size and style number to The Danville Register Pattern Dept New York. Go spring and request the catalog with a 150 cent payment for mailed catalog.

Marian Martin Danville Register Pattern Dept West 18Th St New York N.Y

Browders Visit Sister Before Winter in Florida

Personal notice: Mr. and Mrs. Lesley Browder of Metuchin New Jersey are guests of his sister Miss Marian Browder at 1108 Main Street en route to Lake Worth Florida where they will spend the winter.

Lesley Browder Metuchin, NJ Miss Marian Browder Main St Lake Worth Fla

Governor Burns Meets Petitions Picketed Students

A group of 13 campus freedom party pickets confront Governor Haydon Burns at a university gym banquet, claiming a petition signed by 3,500 students to present. Burns replies he receives petitions daily, and the leader then finds none can produce the document.

Haydon Burns University Burns Campus Freedom Party

Dear Abby wife weighs options on suspected affair

Dear Abby reader, ten months married and pregnant, believes Waldemar is unfaithful after a friend claimed he brings a college student to his house for lunch hour. She fears manipulation, refuses to leave him, and asks whether to seek the truth despite being 1300 miles from family and with limited support.

Abby Waldemar

Dear Abby column items on trust and manners

A compilation of reader questions and Abby’s replies covers truth versus worry, moral guidance for a mortician’s family, dating at spin the bottle, and parents letting small children answer the telephone. Abby reinforces honesty, proper conduct, and forgiveness, urging readers to mail questions for personal replies.

Abby

Council To Welcome New Year At Party

Wyanette Council No 22 Degree of Pocahontas will hold its annual New Year’s Eve Party in Redmen’s Hall on North Main St Friday night from 9 to 12 for members and invited guests. Music will be furnished by a local orchestra.

Wyanette Council No Degree of Pocahontas Redmen’s Hall North Main St

Birth Announced John Fontaine Davis II in Memorial Hospital

Mr and Mrs George W Davis Jr of Virginia Ave announce the birth of a son John Fontaine Davis II on December 26 at Memorial Hospital The notice invites members of a local string band Redmen and Pocahontas in Danville to attend

George W. Davis Jr Virginia Ave John Fontaine Davis II Memorial Hospital Redmen and Pocahontas Danville

Dear Mrs Lawrence: accepting disappointing roles at home

A reader laments family chaos with bed wetting and scribbles while living in parents' home. The adviser reframes fault as self disappointment and urges accepting imperfect reality. The piece counsels lowering grand expectations, sharing blame, and fostering tolerance for flaws among parents and children alike.

Mrs. Lawrence

Daily Crossword Puzzle Across and Down List

A compact cross number style grid listing clues for across and down entries with varying word counts. It includes definitions for fair get going words and many others such as Mongolian city candid and western initials, plus abbr forms and foreign terms. The list mixes short and long hints for themed and standard entries with references to places and common phrases.

Nelson Yeomen of the Guard

Mrs Hutchins Davis Returns to Charlottesville After Holidays

Mrs Hutchins Davis came back to Charlottesville on Wednesday following a holiday visit with her daughter Mrs Harry W Pritchett Jr and family on Linden Drive. Durham NC visitors Mr and Mrs W C Boyce Jr and children Jan and Cliff attended with Mr Boyce's parents from Windsor NC. Ann Thomas of Raleigh NC returned home to her grandparents on West Main Street after several days in Memorial Hospital.

Hutchins Davis Charlottesville Lafter Harry W.pritchett Jr Linden Drive Ann Thomas Raleigh N.C Paul D. Cochran West Main St Memorial Hospital

Duke Ellington to score Broadway musical 1966

New York AP reports Duke Ellington has composed the score for The Pousse Cafe, a musical planned for a Broadway exhibit in 1966. The show, based on Marilyn Dietrich's The Blue Angel, stars Lilo, with Jerome Weidman writing the book and Marshall Barer providing lyrics.

New York Duke Ellington

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