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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1966
Page
11
Gretna Virginia reports on a new plan for tobacco acreage compliance tested in Pittsylvania County. ASCS official John Avis explains that only one quarter of allotments will be checked after planting, with penalties for over planting. Pre measurement is offered to help farmers stay within allotments.
February 20 issue highlights snowmobiling at 35 mph in small motors, celebrating the trend at winter resorts. Also promotes Family Weekly Cookbook recipes suited for Lent menus, calling them all-time favorites for readers.
Funeral services for Isaac Grant Wright 72 will be tomorrow at 4 p.m. from Swicegood Funeral Home chapel. Burial will be in Schoolfield Cemetery with Motega Lodge rifles. He lived at 464 Church Ave Westover Hills and died yesterday at Memorial Hospital after years of illness. He was born in Franklin County and worked at Dan River Mills before retiring in 1953. He was a loom fixer at the weave room and a Fairview Methodist Church and Motega Lodge member. Surviving are wife Betty Sigman Wright two sons and two daughters eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren plus siblings and a brother. The remains are at Swicegood and the family at the Church Ave home.
Family Weekly previews a bold 1986 railway future with automated, remotely dispatched trains gliding on air cushions at speeds up to 500 miles per hour. Dallas to New York in under three hours, controlled by master dispatchers miles away, as described in You Will Go 5 mph on the Ground.
Mrs Helen Gibbs Craddock 41 of Wentworth died at 10 15 am Friday at Annie Penn Memorial Hospital Reidsville after months of declining health She was a Rockingham County native lived in Wentworth since 1951 widow of John Philip Craddock and mother of four daughters and one son Funeral services set for Sunday 2 pm at Wilkerson Funeral Home chapel with burial in Wentworth Methodist Church cemetery She leaves two brothers and several half siblings plus a half sister and half brothers noted in obituary.
A weekend revival at Mt Hermon Pentecostal Holiness Church on Rt 41 continues tonight and tomorrow with services at 7 30. Evangelists are Rev and Mrs Russell Mayhew and each service features special singing.
Dr. Peter F. Drucker renowned management consultant and author will address Virginia Tech on Thursday at 10 a.m. in Burruss Hall on the Purple Jobs of the Manager. He arrives Wednesday for faculty and student meetings and has a distinguished record at NYU and Pace College, with multiple degrees and awards.
Funeral services for C James Younger were conducted Friday afternoon at the Zion Methodist Church by the Rev H A Addry Jr and Rev James R Black. Interment was in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were A A Mitchell Silas Payne Roland George Harrison Gammon Lloyd Merricks Tilton Worsham Curtis English and J S Hodge.
Murfreesboro North Carolina Chowan College reports a record surge in freshman applications for 1966 67 with 1 077 requests for admission and 1 629 boarding inquiries and 48 day student inquiries. Director of Admissions Ross A Cadle notes last year at this time 316 were accepted for the upcoming term and outlines Cadle s 12 years guiding the program from five counties to all North Carolina counties and parts of Virginia.
Joseph Sanford Rider 75 of 125 Kenilworth Ave died on arrival at Memorial Hospital at 12 30 p m yesterday. A Winchester native, he was a son of the late Tate Rider and Mrs. Howard Frank Rider. Retired several years, he belonged to First Presbyterian Church. Surviving are his widow Mrs Lottie Wright Rider of Danville a daughter Miss Shirley Eleanor Rider of Danville and a brother Alfred H Rider of Richmond. Funeral plans to be announced. Burial will be at Townes Funeral Home with family at 125 Kenilworth Ave posed.
Danville area churches listed with pastors and service times across multiple denominations. Notable entries include St Mark Pentecostal Holiness, Spring Garden Presbyterian, Emmanuel Church of the Brethren, West Main Church of God, Lakewood Evangelical Methodist, Moffett Memorial Baptist, Calvary Methodist, Williamson Memorial Presbyterian, Kentuck Presbyterian, Sandy Creek Baptist, Main Street Methodist, Seventh Day Adventist, Christ Church Episcopal, Third Avenue Congregation Christian, First Pentecostal Holiness, Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses, Woodberry Hills Baptist, and more with weekly school or youth events and evening services. Details cover Sunday school times, worship periods, youth activities, prayer meetings, and special programs.
Northview Presbyterian led by Richard E. Bethune offers church school at 10 a.m. and worship with "Dimensions of the Cross" at 11 a.m. Grove Street Baptist, pastor Fred T. Wilkerson, holds Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. worship at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m., YPTA 6:30, Wednesday Bible study and prayer at 7:30.
Virginia Tech and its branches at Clifton Forge Covington Danville and Wytheville report growth in teacher preparation with 166 prospective teachers enrolled. Of these 109 are at Virginia Tech and 32 at Wytheville 21 at Danville and 4 at Clifton Forge Covington. Scholarships cover many education fields and require a promissory note with potential loan cancellation by teaching in Virginia.
Mrs. Cora Royster Fuller 76 of Providence dies Friday in Annie Penn Memorial Hospital Reidsville after illness since December. Funeral Sunday 2 p.m. at Community Baptist Church Providence with Rev. Williams and Rev. Prevost officiating. interment follows. She is survived by a daughter Gertrude Thompson of Danville two sons Billie Fuller Wheat on Md and Qzie Fuller Providence one sister Edna Simmons Danville seven brothers and five grandchildren.
Piney Forest Methodist invites William A. Winfree as pastor with Sunday school at 10 a.m. worship at 11 a.m. MYF at 6 p.m. evening MYF service, film Life of Helen Keller at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday prayer meeting at 7:30 p.m.
Calvary Baptist led by Pastor Lester F. and Gaylon offers Sunday school at 9 45 a m and worship at 11 a m with evening service at 7 30 p m BTU at 6 30 p m and Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 30 p m.
Keen Street Baptist under Pastor George Rumney offers Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m. Ferry Road Friends, led by Pastor Osborne, hosts Sunday school and day prayer at 7:30 p.m. BTU gathering at 6:30.
Mrs. Ora Motley Allen, 64, wife of W. Earl Allen of Chat ham, died unexpectedly at 8 p.m. at her home on South Main Street. Born April 17, 1901 in Pittsylvania County, she was educated at Chatham Hall and Lynchburg College. She married on Sept. 13, 1922. her husband is president of the Bank of Chatham. Surviving: several nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles. Resting at Scott Funeral Home. family at home.
Clyde M. George Sr., age 69, died Friday at 4 p.m. at his daughter Mrs. Luther Rowland’s home in Hart. He was a Pittsylvania County native, son of Otha and Jennie Ann Good George. Survived by two sons Otha in Salem and Clyde Jr. of Hurt, one brother Troy of New Bern, one sister Mae Atkins of Chatham. Funeral incomplete. body at Colbert Funeral Home. family at Rowland residence.
Julian Scott Tune 49 of Vernon Hill died Sunday after several months illness in Halifax Community Hospital South Boston He was a Halifax County native son of William A and Minnie Boyd Tune member of Mount Vernon Baptist Church He leaves wife Hilda Alderson Tune daughter Brenda Joyce Tune son Julian S Tune II sisters Evelyn Tune Beaumont Victoria Clements Beaumont brothers Rudolph Tune Vernon Hill Billy Tune Hampton Younger Tune Richmond funeral services were held Monday at Powell Funeral Home South Boston with burial in Mount Vernon Baptist Church Cemetery
Mrs Frances Newman Williams 37 a Danville native died in Florence South Carolina of a heart attack News received here yesterday She was daughter of L M Newman and Mrs Newman of Dry Fork Survived by two sisters Ola Eliott Dorcas Marlin both of Danville and two brothers Mansel and Fred Newman serving with the U S Air Force
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