Aerial Photos Mailed for ASC Farm Checks
Aerial photographs of Pittsylvania County farms are mailed as ASC changes its method to check compliance with government programs. ASCS manager John Davis says pre-measurement offers will ease future restrictions, with random farm selection and penalties for excess plantings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsylvania County
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
John Davis
Pittsylvania Ascs
Chatham
Davis
ASCS
Ers
N&W Pushes C&O Merger with Five Small Lines
In testimony to the ICC, Norfolk & Western urges approving a N&W with Chesapeake & Ohio merger while including five smaller lines Erie D&H B&M Reading and CNJ. It argues the plan would curb pockets of poverty in the Eastern rail network and prevent shifting woes to other carriers, outlining coordination under a new Dereco carrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Norfolk & Western Railway Co
Interstate Commerce Commission
N&w
Chesapeake & Ohio
John Fishwick
Fishwick
ICC
Nickle Plate
Wabash
Erie, Lackawanna
Delaware & Hudson
Boston & Maine
Commission
New Haven
Central
New Jersey
Erie
Reading
CNJ
Dereco
N&w-C&o
Hine
Hospital Gets Quick Action On Lees Plea For Draperies
William J Lees urged readers to help Memorial Hospital obtain draperies and a local sorority quickly adopted the project. Phi Alpha Lambda Beta Sigma Phi members pledged 25 dollars and invited others to join, planning to fund draperies for 2590 hospital windows via ongoing donations routed to the housekeeping department for materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Lees
Memorial Hospital
Charlotte Clark
Phi Alpha Lamba
Beta Sigma Phi
Lees
Hudgins
Phi Alpha Lambda
Mrs Byerly Named Duke Fund Chairman
Mrs Byerly ff. Byerly of Danville has been appointed to serve as chairman for the 19th annual Duke University Loyalty Fund Campaign in this area. Her appointment was announced by Thomas F. Hewitt of Kinston North Carolina, chairman of the University's National Council. As an area chairman, Mrs Byerly will help in the effort to raise a record 675000 in the 1965 66 drive. The campaign is spearheaded by 285 area chair men in 1965 cities and 32 states. Beginning March 1, the area chairmen and their workers will contact Duke alumni throughout the nation. The area drives oli Max campaign activities which began with extensive mailings last fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baxter Ff. Byerly
Danville
Duke University
Thomas F. Hewitt
Kinston
N.C
National Council
Byerly
Duke
Trucker Dies At Wheel Of Heart Attack Near Clarksville
Martinsville man Floyd Higgs died early Tuesday at the wheel of his tractor-trailer near Clarksville on Rt 58 from an apparent heart attack before an accident that caused minor front-end damage to the truck. He drove for V M Draper Co of Martinsville and is survived by his wife Annie three sons Leroy Everett and Gary Higgs a daughter Mrs Wayne Kendrick his mother Mrs Lucy Higgs axton one brother and four sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsville
Clarksville
Floyd Higgs
Rt. 58
Higgs
V. M.‘Draper Co
Annie
Leroy, Everett
Gary Higgs
Wayne Kendrick
Lucy Higgs
Axton
Industrial Authority Bill Passes Senate for Six Areas
RICHMOND The State Senate approved a substitute to the House bill establishing industrial development authorities in Halifax and South Boston and five additional localities. The measure would create authorities in Bristol Greensville Emporia Roanoke County Roanoke city Nansemond County Suffolk and Franklin, and now returns to the House of Delegates for action.
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Richmond
State
Senate
Halifax
South Boston
House of Delegates
Halifax County
Bristol
Greensville
Emporia
Roanoke County
Roanoke City
Nansemond County
Suffolk
Franklin
Porterfield urges students to remember you through service
Robert Porterfield of Barter Theatre told Averett College students last night to make them remember you. He recounted hog calling for his first role, his rise from mountain skepticism to state theatre, and urged lifting standards, helping others, and advocating for arts funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porterfield
Robert Porterfield
Virginia
Abingdon
Averett College
Averett
Bob Porterfield
Averett Girls
Danvillians
Hawgs
Times Square
Thomas Wolfe
Bob
Hampden-Sydney
New York
State Theatre of
Senate
House Finance
Gregory Peck
Patricia Neal
Ernest Borgnine
Quartet of Womack brothers tied to 42 1966 crimes
Three Womack brothers aged 18 to 20 and a 16-year-old friend face preliminary hearings March 8 in Municipal Court on more than 40 charges. Most offenses were break-ins across banks, shops, and residences in 1966. The juvenile, held for Juvenile Court, faces auto theft and vandalism counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Henry Womack
Joseph Lee Womack
James Womack
Womacks
South Main St
First National Bank
West Main St
Industrial Ave
Industrial Drive-In
John Witcher
Virginia Ave
South Main
Sparks
Epps
Danville Iron and Metal Co
Callahan Cleaners
Giles Coffee Shop
Wimpys
Kalezia
Gray St
American Tobacco Co
Ben-Blend Molding Co
Five Forks
Crowell Dudley
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
White Swan
J. W. Owen
Stanley Drive
Barkhouser Motors
Ideal
Quarez
Pittsylvania Tobacco Growers Exceed Quotas in 1965 Marketings
Pittsylvania County tobacco farmers marketed 526 811 pounds above their 1965 poundage allotments under the new acreage poundage program. Of 1 298 farms in quota, 7 770 837 pounds were sold, while 18 725 043 pounds were sold by the overquota group, with total county sales at 26 495 880 pounds. Excess will cut 1966 quotas and undermine 1965 overages, with undermarketings credited to next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsylvania County
Pittsylvania
Johnn Y. Davis
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Chatham
Davis
Oil Dealers Back Bill to Stop Electric Rebates
Virginia oil dealers push a Senate bill to bar utilities from paying rebates for electric heating and appliances. The Virginia Petroleum Jobbers Association backs the measure, citing Vepco and Appalachian Power Co. incentives that allegedly favor new electric installations. Danville dealers list brands like Humble, Texaco, and Shell and urge lawmakers to resist utility lobbies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Senate
Richmond
Virginia Petroleum Jobbers Association, Inc
Sen. Wiliam V. Rawlings
Nansemond County
Virginia Electric Power Co
Vepco
Appalachian Power Co
Panel Discussion Set Tomorrow By Accountants
The Piedmont Chapter of the National Association of Accountants meets tomorrow at 6:56 p.m. at Starmount Country Club in Greensboro North Carolina. A panel features Harold Q Langenderfer and Isaac N Reynolds of UNC and William Rotch of the University of Virginia. Program chairman is Pat J Roche Jr of Corning Glass Works Danville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedmont Chapter
National Association of Accountants
Starmount Country Club
Greensboro
N.C
Harold Q. Langenderfer
Isaac N. Reynolds
University of North Carolina
William Rotch
University of Virginia
Pat J. Roche, Jrr
Corning Glass Works
Danville
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ASC
C&o
Penn
Penn-Central
D&h
B&m
Judith Hudgins
Edna Jones
Faye Jones
Mrs. Byerly
Duke Fund
Trucker
Appalachian
North Carolina
A. K. Ferrell & CO
Abbott Construction CO
N. Main St
Riverside Dr
O.K
America
Market ST
Dial
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