Breeding Quail Orders Taken in Pittsylvania County
Quail restocking begins with six Pittsylvania vocational agriculture departments taking orders for breeding quail to be delivered mid March. Wildlife biologist Kit Shaffer praises feed patches as key to winter survival. 709 bags of wildlife seed mix funded by Pittman Robertson Act will be distributed to farmers and schools. Pete Giles to supply 1000 quail. his birds endure cold with extra straw and a 30 foot cage aiding flight and sturdier wings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsylvania
P. J. Myers
Kit Shaffer
Virginia
Shaffer
Myers
Virginia Game Commission
Future Farmers of America Association
Soil Conservation Service
Board of Super Visors
Isaak Walton League
Vocational Agriculture Departments
Pittsylvania Vocation
Pete Giles
Chatham
Giles
Dixon R B Dies At 37 In South Boston
R B Dixon, 37, of South Boston, died Tuesday in a local hospital. He was an agent for Metropolitan Life Insurance and a member of the South Boston Lions Club Faulkner Memorial Lodge AF and AM and the South Boston Fire Company for 35 years. Surviving are his wife Ruth and daughter Sandra, plus four sisters and three brothers. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 p.m. from the First Baptist Church with Masonic graveside rites at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Boston
Royster Bradsher
Chuck) Dixon
Dixon
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
South Boston Lions Club
Faulkner Memorial Lodge No. 91
AF and
South Boston Fire Company
Ruth Deese Dixon
Sandra Dixon Bower
Richmond
Goldie Bradsher
Washington,d.c
Mable Beackin
Danville
Janie Dixon
Faulkner Memorial Lodge
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Funeral rites set today for Mrs Pattie Giles Motley
Funeral services for Mrs Pattie Giles Motley of Chatham Rt 4 will be held today at 2 p.m. from Scott Funeral Home chapel in Chatham with burial in the Motley family cemetery. She died Monday at home after a Pittsylvania County birth and ties to Wear Presbyterian Church. Surviving are three stepdaughters and two stepsons, seven brothers, one sister, and seven grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pattie Giles Motley
Chatham Rt
Scott Funeral Home
Chatham
Motley
Harry F. Harris
M. C. Hoy
York
Henry Carter Jr
Ryland S. Motley
Herman J. Motley
W. L. Giles
D. W. Giles
J. P. Giles
H. E. Giles
Cecil G. Giles
H. I. Giles
L. Melvin Giles
Frank Allen
Bill To Incorporate Hurt Reported To House Floor
A House committee favorably reported a charter bill for the town of Hurt on a May 3 referendum. If approved, Hurt would elect a town council next year and begin operation January 1. The bill frames are tied to the late John L. Hurt Jr. estate and notes a potential transfer to Altavista if Hurt does not incorporate. The area covers about 1,700 acres with roughly 1,500 residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Hurt
House Committee On
Pitt
Sylvania County
W. Carrington Thompson
Randolph Eastwood
R. Neil Eckard
Joe Green
Thomas Hamilton
H. Victor Millner, Jr
Altavista
E. Bruce Harvey
English Construction Co
Thompson-Eastwood
John L. Hurt
General Assembly
Clement Hill
U.S. 29
Klopman Mills
Staunton River
Lawrence Keck Dies After Two Weeks Ill in Virginia
Lawrence Gus Keck 59 of Chatham died at University of Virginia Hospital Charlottesville Tuesday after a two week illness. Born March 9 1906 in Berwick Pennsylvania he was a son of Frank and Martha Keck. He lived in Chatham since 1938 and owned several businesses including Chatham Monument Co. Survived by wife Mary Vance Holt Keck. Body at Scott Funeral Home with arrangements incomplete. Family at Peach Street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Gus) Keck
Chatham
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Mr. Keck
Berwick
Pennsylvania
Frank Keck
Martha Camouse Keck
Chatham Presbyterian Church
Girard College
Temple University
Philadelphia
Law Brothers and Keck Building Supply Co
Chatham Knitting Mill
Chatham Monument Co
Mary Vance Holt Keck
Scott Funeral Home
Peach Street
Mrs. Ethel Riley Rites Set Today
The funeral for Mrs. Ethel Pierpont Riley 77 widow of Dr. Frank C. Riley will be held at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church South Boston burial follows at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Boston
Ethel Pierpont Riley
Frank C. Riley
First Baptist Church
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Mrs. Lillie Yarbrough Funeral Rites Held
The funeral for Mrs. Lillie Yarbrough was conducted yesterday afternoon from the Wrenn-Yeatts Chapel by Rev. M. J. Pilkenton and Dr. Paul Hodge. Interment followed at Highland Burial Park with pallbearers James Crowder J W Gouldin W T Henderson Bob Pruitt T C Henderson Hubert Wrenn Elwood Hudson B V Burnett and Clyde Pruitt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie Yarbrough
Wrenn-Yeatts
M. J. Pilkenton
Paul Hodge
Highland Burial Park
James Crowder
J. W. Gouldin
W. T. Henderson
Bob Pruitt
T. C. Henderson
Hubert Wrenn
Elwood Hudson
B. V. Burnett
Clyde Pruitt
Floyd Dixon Dies After Hospital Jeep Transport
Floyd W. Dixon 71 of Danville Rt 2 Brosville Stony Mill area died at Memorial Hospital after being rushed there by a Life Saving Crew Jeep. Born May 8 1894 he was a WWI veteran and farmer with four sisters and two brothers among surviving relatives. Funeral arrangements are pending at Swicegood Funeral Home with viewing at the brother A Bruce Dixon’s home tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd W. Dixon
Danville
Memorial Hospital
Mr. Dixon
Rt 2
Brosville
Stony Mill
M. Irvin Dixon
William P. Dixon
Laura Bishop Dixon
Ruth Smith
Ruffin
N. C
Jessie Spangler
Leaksville
Betty Tuck
John A. Worley Final Rites Held
Last services for John Anderson Worley were conducted yesterday afternoon from Third Avenue Christian Church by the Rev. R. Eugene Tally, the Rev. M. T. Sorrell and Dr. Victor E. Mantiply. Interment followed in Highland Burial Park. Pallbearers were Claude Hinson, Charles Case, George Hartville, Charlie Barker, Millard Patterson, Cecil Tilghman, John Hart, D. A. Gauldin and H. E. Hurley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Anderson Worley
Third Avenue Christian Church
R. Eugene Tally
M. T. Sorrell
Victor E. Mantiply
Highland Burial iPark
Claude Hinston
Charles Case
George Hartville
Charlie Barker
Millard ‘Patterson
Cecil] Tilghman
John Hart
D. A. Gauldin
H. E. Hurley
Rights-Of-Way Funds Transfer Planned For Rt 668
Pittsylvania County officials approved transferring funds from the Rt 668 project to a new Smith Mountain Lake road after Highway Engineer J S Hodge reported only two responses from 137 property owners. The board gave until March for at least 75 percent to respond, otherwise the Smith Mountain Lake route gains priority. A secondary road hearing was set for March 2 at 10 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Hodge
Pittsylvania County
Smith Mountain Dam
Hodge
County Board of Supervisors
Chatham
Smith Mountain Lake
Death of J H Lillard Noted In North Carolina
John Henry Lillard, 62, of Oak City Route 1, died Monday at Pitt County Memorial Hospital after a two week illness. A Rockingham County native and Hassell Christian Church member, he moved to Oak City 25 years ago and was a farmer. Survived by his mother Mrs. Ella Martin of Ruffin Route 2, a step son Edward Scearce, two brothers Jimmy Lillard and Willie Lillard, four sisters Irene Scott Lelia Chrisman Julia James Sadie Carter, five grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral from Wilkerson Funeral Home on Thursday at 2 p.m. Interment Mount Carmel Methodist Church cemetery. Body to remain at the funeral home until service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
N. C
John Henry Lillard
Oak City
Pitt County Memorial Hospital
Lillard
Oregon Hill
Rockingham County
Hassell Christian Church
Mary Chrisman
Ella Martin
Ruffin Rt. 2
Edward
Wilkerson Funeral Home
Mount Carmel Methodist Church
County eyes old Chatham High for office space
Pittsylvania supervisors heard a plan to convert the unused Chatham High School into county offices to relieve space shortages. The School Board would consolidate its admin staff in the county building, freeing the old school for county use, with parking and a possible jail site discussion ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatham High School
Pittsylvania
County Board of Supervisors
Robert Easley
Chatham
Easley
Circuit Court
Langhorne Jones
County Court
Commonwealth's
J.J. Combs
Sam Swanson
Swanson
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Alpheus Moses
State Central Purchasing Office
Frank Walton
George Finney Dies At Age 68 In Virginia Hospital
George Washington Finney aged 68 of Axton died in a Staunton hospital Tuesday at 7 p.m. He had been ill for four years and was formerly employed by Fieldcrest Mills at Draper, North Carolina. Survivors include his wife Annie Daniel Finney, one brother C. C. Finey of Johnson City, Tennessee, and one sister Rosa Powell of Draper. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. body at Fair Funeral Home, Leaksville, North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington Finney
Axton
Staunton
Finney
Fieldcrest Mills
Draper
N.C
Annie Daniel Finney
C. C. Finey
Johnson City
Tenn
Rosa Powell
Fair Funeral Home
Leaksville
March of Dimes Drive Extended in Danville Area
The local campaign is extended through Sunday due to bad weather. Galen Reil, chairman, says weather hindered collection and donations are below goal for helping children with birth defects. The drive builds to Sunday’s Mother’s March with residents urged to mail contributions to March of Dimes P. D. Box 370 Danville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galen Reil
Reil
Rei
P. D
Box
Danville
Walter J. Conner Dies At Age 75
Walter James Conner, 75, of Denniston South Boston, died Tuesday in a South Boston hospital. Survived by wife Thurisa H. Conner two daughters Mrs Henry Cole of Denniston and Mrs Thomas Cole of South Boston three grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral held Wednesday at 2 p.m. from Shady Grove Methodist Church. Burial in the local cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Boston
Walter James Conner
Denniston
Thurisa H. Conner
Henry Cole
Thomas Cole
P.m
Shady Grove Methodist Church
Lectured Cemetery
Miss Dolly Ricketts Final Rites Set Today
Funeral services for Miss Dolly Ricketts will be held today at 11 a.m. from the Wrenn Yeatts Chapel. Interment will be in the Ricketts family cemetery at Keeling. Miss Ricketts died January 23 but the funeral was postponed because of bad weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolly Ricketts
Wrenn-Yeatts
Ricketts
Keeling
Miss Ricketts
Isenhour Last Rites Held at Swicegood Chapel
Clarence R. Isenhour’s final services were conducted yesterday afternoon at Swicegood Funeral Home chapel by Rev. Richard Smith. Interment followed at Schoolfield Cemetery. Pallbearers included C. L. Dodson, Stanley Doolin, Oliver Robertson, Graham Gregory, Grover Oakes, Edgar Mobley, Ernst Bowles, Samuel Lavinder, and Albert Dabbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence R. Isenhour
Chapel of
Swicegood Funeral Home
Richard Smith
Schoolfield Cemetery
C. L. Dodson
Stanley Doolin
Oliver Robertson
Graham Gregory
Grover Oakes
Edgar Mobley
Ernst Bowles
Samuel Lavinder
Albert Dabbs
Archer I. Winn Final Rites Held
Final rites for Archer I. Winn of the Vance community Danville Rt. 2 were conducted by Elder W. H. Oakes and Rev. Hugh Biggers. Interment followed in the Winn family cemetery at Vance. Pallbearers were Marvin Winn Frank Secarce Horace Hines George Edwards Dennis Dodd Douglas Mize Ed Secarce Gordon Parsons Joe Blair and Ralph Carter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archer I. Winn
Vance
Danville Rt. 2
Chapel of
Swicegood
W. H. Oakes
Hugh Biggers
Winn Family
Marvin Winn
Frank Secarce
Horace Hines
George Edwards
Dennis Dodd
Douglas Mize
Ed Secarce
Gordon Parsons
Joe Blair
Ralph Carter
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pete Giles Farm
Hal Myers
State Game Commission
Milo
Millet
R. B. Dixon
Mrs. Moley
Bill
Lawrence Keck
Ethel Riley
Mrs. Lillie Yarbrough
Floyd Dixon
John A. Worley
Cat and Fiddle
J. H. Lillard
W. C. McCubbbins
Walter Caldwell
Fred Cornett
Tom Tunstall
Townes
George Finney
Walter J. Conner
Miss Dolly Ricketts
C. R. Isenhour
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