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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1966
Page
11
Area churches list weekly services with pastors and schedule. Brethren, Baptist, Presbyterian, Methodist, and Friends churches show Sunday school at 9:45 to 10 a.m. worship at 11 a.m. and evening/weekday services, with program titles like The Way Out of Our Sins and Loving or Perish.
The Lutheran Church of the Ascension led by Pastor James C. Stirewallet holds church school at 9 45 a m and worship at 11 am.
Mrs. Nellie Hunt Cooper, 72, died Friday evening at her Rocky Mount home. Survived by daughter Mrs. James Blair of Rocky Mount. three sons Col. John D. Cooper of Maitland Florida, Russell D. Cooper in Washington, Walter Hunt Cooper of Rocky Mount. three sisters S. V. Reynolds Abelle Allen Lucy Hunt of Lynchburg. three brothers Harry Hunt Lynchburg Woodrow Hunt Orlando Fla Tom Hunt Miami Fla. three grandchildren two great grandchildren. Body at Lynch Funeral Home Rocky Mount.
Westover Hills Pentecostal Holiness Church led by Pastor T. E. Laviner holds Sunday school at 10 a.m. worship at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Lifeliners meet at 7 p.m. on Sundays. Wednesday prayer is at 7:30 p.m.
Trinity Methodist led by Pastor Smart hosts Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. and worship featuring The Glorious Pilgrimage at 11 a.m. Youth Choir performs at 5:15 p.m. MYF meets at 6. St John’s Methodist led by Pastor Ralph J. Yow holds church school at 10 a.m. worship presents A Young Man Who Was Different Li, MYF at 6:30 p.m.
Snermont Baptist Church led by Pastor Robert W. Russell holds Sunday school at 9 45 a m worship with Where is God at 11 Jesus the Light of the World at 7 p m Christian Fellowship at 7 45 p m and Wednesday prayer and Bible study at 7 30.
Pastor Karl L. Crowe leads Sunday school at 9 45 a m worship theme God Is No Respector of Person MYF meets 6 30 p m Mission Conference with Stokesland Methodist Church at 7 p m continues each evening through Wednesday 7 p m
Glenwood Memorial Baptist led by Carl E. Burger holds Sunday school at 9 45 a m worship with Happiness Through Poverty and Whats Right with the Church at 7 30 p m Wednesday prayer and Bible study also at 7 30 p m
Fred A. Smith pastor leads Bethany Presbyterian with Sunday school at 9 45 a m and worship service. A Kindness sermon from a Christian Standard will be featured. Boy Scout Week observance includes Young People meeting at 6 30 p m.
John French, former British actor, producer and playwright, scheduled for three YFC events this weekend. He will speak at Ballou Park Nature Center at 7:30 p.m. after engagements at Woodberry Wills Baptist Church and Hillcrest Baptist Church. French has acted in 40 films with stars like Marlene Dietrich, Audrey Hepburn and Richard Todd and met royalty after a performance for Queen Elizabeth and Sir Winston Churchill. He became a field representative for Hollywood Christian Group following Billy Graham and now travels in evangelistic work. He authored My Fight With Billy Graham and Love Story. Public invited to all appearances.
A Danville man and two other construction workers were treated at Martinsville General Hospital Friday for burns from welding at the DuPont plant. A fourth man burned Thursday was released. Ralph Meadows Jr., Nelson McLain, and Godfrey Smith sustained various burns and were listed in satisfactory to fair condition. Fred Arbogast was treated and released. The Thursday flash fire at a DuPont building site was controlled quickly with minor structural damage.
Rep Harold Cooley urged President Johnson to suspend the Cropland Adjustment Program that would retire 40 million more acres from production. He cited 60 million acres already retired and argued funds should target ending world hunger. Cooley spoke at the Farm Credit Conference in Raleigh and noted hearings to be held.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Story, 85, will be held at 2 p m tomorrow from the Wrenn Yeatts chapel with burial at Mountain View Cemetery. A native of Amherst, she lived most of her life in Danville, worked at Danville Knitting Mills before retiring 14 years ago, and died yesterday at her granddaughter’s home. She was a Methodist. husband William Story died in 1917. Surviving are Gracie Slayton, Willie Boyd Story, two grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Family at 625 Monument St.
Last rites for Edward G. Lester were conducted yesterday morning from Shady Grove Methodist Church by Rev. L. G. Ellicott. Interment followed in the church cemetery with pallbearers listed.
Melvin J. Hawkins died Tuesday in Los Angeles after living 18 years in California where he worked for the state. A Caldwell County native, he leaves two daughters Della Norman of High Point and Blanch Davis of Mocksville, plus a brother and four sisters and seven grandchildren. Funeral services will be held in High Point, time to be announced.
Judge Dalton upholds the Royster Plan regulating selling time for the Danville tobacco market after a 1962 65- era dispute. The Special Master Fred Royster is affirmed as expert, with 87 500 square feet as the initial unit size. The court rejects FTC credit reductions and endorses gain loss limits up to 8 percent yearly. Bryant Buckner may appeal to the 4th Circuit. the Danville case has spanned four years amid broader Southeast tobacco market concerns.
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