Scout Week pins honor Danville civic leaders and scouts
Danville civic leaders and several Scouts will be pinned during Scout Week in an annual program led by Mrs. T. J. Barrett and Henry Hogan. Local events include judging downtown window displays by Scout units, Cub packs hosting Blue and Gold banquets, and an Eagles banquet at the Charcoal House tomorrow afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. McCormick
Alvin H. Newman
James Crawford
Robert McCan
Vincent C. Smaeral
Fletcher B.harris
Dewey Wood
Harold Henry
William H. Jeferson
Jr. Brantley F. Barr
Stover Mor
Robert J. Jones
Elliott Hickson
Leonard Thompson
Walter Robbins
T. J. Barrett
Henry Hogan
Donald Testerman
Johnny S. David Ellis
Gamie Walker
Barrett
Forrest Paxton
Ed Irving Richardson
Tom
Mike Welker
Rickie Burch
Haraway
Dwayne Hardy
Willis Landrum
Robert W. .Walker
Mike Davidson
Peterrenn
Steve Dillard
Bebe Lewis
Tarfin Garrett
Robert Bridgsforth
Cy Gus Dyer, Jr
AML
Bonner and Baxa Planned Education Convention Attendance
School Superintendent O. T. Bonner and assistant E. G. Bonner will attend a sixteenth annual convention of an education association next week. The event covers nearly all education fields with exhibits on school buildings, equipment, and textbooks. Bonner has previously attended clinics on educational television and merit pay, gathering ideas to apply locally.
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O. T. Bonner
Bonner
Funeral rites set Saturday for Mrs Minnie Kirks
Funeral services for Mrs Minnie Pickrel Kirks age 63 will be held at 2 am Saturday at Swicegood Funeral Home with burial at Highland Burial Park. She died yesterday in Memorial Hospital after an illness. A Pittsylvania County native, she lived in Westover Hills 20 years and belonged to Westover Hills Christian Church. She worked 23 years at Covington Sams Hardware Co. before retiring in 1958. She married Frank R Kirks on December 25 1938. Survived by husband and niece Dianne Owen and brothers Roy C Pickrel of Danville and ma Coy Pickrel of Chatham Rt. The ashes rest at the funeral home with the family at Westover Hills residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Pickrel Kirks
Swicegood
Final Rites Held For Mrs Mattox At Green Porch Church
Last services for Mrs. Mable Evans Mattox were conducted yesterday afternoon from Green Porch Baptist Church by Rev. A Kyle Flora. Interment followed in the church cemetery with pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mable Evans Mattox
Green Porch Baptist Church
A. Kyle Flora
Leslie Mahan
R. E. Thornton
R. M. Anderson
J. Parker Towler
Claude Williams
Lucius Law
Billy Anderson
Harry Reynolds
Park Cabin Applications Taken Feb 26 In 1962 Virginia season
Applications for state park cabins in the 1962 season begin February 26. Reservations are by lot during February 26 to March 1, then first come first served for Virginia residents in early March. Cabins at eight parks May 15 to Oct 1. extended to two weeks if space. Rentals start Mondays. Facilities include restaurants, lifeguards, and boat rentals from May 30 to Labor Day.
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Lot
Ben H. Bolen
Virginia Department of Conservation and Economic Development
Virginia
Claytor Lake
Dublin
Douthat
Bolen
Division of Parks
McNichols Infant Rites Set Today
Final services for Terri Lione McNichols 27 day old daughter of Flossie Goard McNichols and W Acree McNichols will be held at 2 p m today from Wrenn Yeatts Chapel Interment follows at Highland Burial Park The infant died yesterday at Baptist Hospital Winston Salem C She is survived by her parents a brother Kenneth Wayne McNichols and a sister Connie Meck Nichols paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Chester McNichols Blairs maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs High Guard Dry Fork Traveling's building 1108 East Dunn St Richmond or from the superintendents at the parks
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Terri Lione’McNichols
Flossie Goard McNichols
W. Acree McNichols
iWrenn-Yeaits Chapel
Highland Burial ‘Park
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
Kenneth Wayne McNichols
Connie Mec Nichols
Blairs
Chester McNichels
Mrs. High Guard
Dry,Fork
Handwriting Critically Tied To Jobs And Schools
Noble and Noble Publishers official J Kerrick Noble Jr visited Grasty and Forest Hills schools to urge better handwriting. He warned sloppy script can cost jobs and millions in costs from misread specifications, praising local teachers for higher focus on legible writing and proper technique. He advised against forcing lefties to switch, cited age factors for handwriting stages, and urged parental praise and posture guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kk Publshing House
J. Kerrick Noble, Jr
Noble and Noble Publishers, Inc
New York
Noble
Grasty
Forest Hills
Final Rites Held For Mrs Bousman
Final rites for Mrs. Nannie Mae Walker Bousman were conducted yesterday from Townes Memorial Chapel by Rev. Bobby E. Roberts. Interment followed at Highland Burial Park. pallbearers included Ted Richardson, Jesse Jarrett, Charles Fred Cousins, Lacy Zane Kinn, G Thomes Clark, and R. C. Tate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nannie Mae Walker Bousman
Townes Memorial Chanel
Bobby E. Roberts
Highland Burial Park
Ted R. Richardson
Jesse B. Jarrett
Charles Fred H. Cousins
Lacy L. F. Zane Kinn
Thomes Clark
R. C. Tate
Ernest Murrie Rites Set Today
Funeral for 83 year old Ernest Murrie of 500 W Main will be held at 2 p m from Townes Memorial Admpment. He managed there industrial employment in the South and served as rector of safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Ernest Murrie
Townes Memorial
Last Rites Held For Mrs Saunders
Final services for Mrs. Martha Jane Saunders were conducted yesterday afternoon from Wrenn Yeatts Chapel by Rev. George Trumney and Rev. R. J. Barber. Interment followed at Leemon t Cemetery with pallbearers Howard Tawis T R Bryant W M Bradley L C Bradley James Bradley Price Clay and Jack Ay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Jane Saunders
Wrenn- Yeatts Chapel
George, Trumney
R. J. Barber
Leemont Cemetery
Howard Tawis
T. R. Bryant
W. M. Bradley
L. C. Bradley
James Fi Bradley
Price Clay
Jack Ay
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Danville
Robert L. Stembridge
Bonner, Baxa
Mrs. Kirks
Mrs. Mattox
Travelers Building
East Duin St
Richmond
l“Thalhimers
Patton Street
Thalhimer
Mrs. Bousman
Ernest Murrie
Mrs. Saunders
Imperial Cape Cod
Tahiti
Taupe
Him
Thalhimers Riverside Center
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