Principal favors Halifax High shift to Group 1-B
Halifax County High School Principal Marshall Swanson supports moving from Group I-A to Group 1-B in the Piedmont District. He cites travel, cost, safety, and closer, more competitive play as benefits, while urging a February to March decision ahead of the Virginia High School League council meeting.
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South Boston
Halifax County
Marshall Swanson
Swanson
Piedmont
John Irby
Halifax, County High School
Dudy
Committee of Control
Udy C. Wood
Virginia High School League
Legislative Council
Blue Ridge
HCHS
Bluestone
Roxboro
Durham
Danville
Martinsville
Bassett
Fieldale-Collinsville
Drewry Masons
Franklin County
Bonner and Combs to Attend Richmond TV Meeting
Southside Virginia officials including C T Bonner J H Combs and Eudy Wood will join a Richmond session where Central Television Corporation spokesmen outline plans for educational television services. CTC, a nonprofit, already serves Appomattox and aims to extend to Pittsylvania Halifax and Danville. Last year Pittsylvania Halifax and Danville schools halted their own TV network plans over high per pupil costs.
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Virginia
Richmond
Central Television Corporation
C. T. Bonner
Canville
J. H. Combs
Pittsylvania
Eudy Wood
Halifax
ICTC
Central Virginia
Appomattox
Danville
Mrs Custer Dies At Home Of Daughter In Hurt
Mrs Annie Gross Custer aged 79 died unexpectedly Thursday at 2 30 p m at the home of her daughter Mrs John Moore in Hurt She was born in Pittsylvania County May 8 1886 daughter of the late James Swanson and Sallie Barbour Gross and was a member of New Bethel Church of the Brethren She was twice married first to James Gross then to Daniel Custer The body will be at Finch and Finch Funeral Home until noon Saturday The family residence is at Mrs John Moores Motley
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Annie Gross Custer
John Moore
Hurt
Pittsylvania
County
James Swanson
Sallie Barbour
New Bethel Church of the Brethren
Motley
Mrs. Dorothy Wilborn Dies at 50 in South Boston
Mrs Dor othy Burton Wilborn, 50, of South Boston, died Thursday at her home. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:00 p.m. from Second Baptist Church with burial to follow in Winns Creek Baylis Church Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Boston
Dorothy Burton Wilborn
Second Baptist Church
Winns Creek Baylis Church
Mrs Zetta Handley Scearce Dies at 81 in Danville
Zetta Handley Scearce 81 of 60 Schoolfield Dr Danville died at Memorial Hospital at 2 50 pm after a two year health decline. Widow of Rawleigh W Scearce she was born Feb 18 1885 in Axton Henry County and lived much of her life in Schoolfield and Danville. She leaves three daughters Ramona Giles Ethel Anderson Barbara Scearce one son Garnett P Scearce one sister and one brother seven grandchildren. Funeral 2 pm tomorrow at Swicegood Funeral Home with Rev B R Holbrook and Rev Casey R Moser officiating. Burial Schoolfield Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the Schoolfield Dr residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zetta Handley Scearce
Schoolfield Dr
Memorial Hospital
Rawleigh W. Scearce
Scearce
Axton
Henry Countty
William Jessie Hundley
Virtrue Talcott Hundley
Schoolfield
Danville
Wiley J. Earles
Danvile
Tony A. Hundley
Axton Rt. 2
Chapel of Swicegood Funeral Home
B. R. Holbrook
Casey R. Moser
Schoolfield Cemetery
Dawson 69 Dies at Rustburg After Illness
Crawford Turner Dawson 69 of Rustburg died Thursday at 5 10 pm after a lengthy illness. He was born in Pittsylvania County, a retired farmer and mail carrier, and a New Chapel Baptist Church member. Survived by wife Emma Venable Dawson, daughter Nellie F. Dawson, son Kenneth R. Dawson, and five grandchildren. Funeral Thursday 3 pm at New Chapel Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Virginia Funeral Chapel, Lynchburg, in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rustburg
Crawford Turner Dawson
Pittsylvania County
James H
Sallie Turner Dawson
New Chapel Baptist Church
Emma Venable Dawson
Nellie F. Dawson
Kenneth R. Dawson
Virginia Funeral Chapel
Lynchburg
Fire damages coffee shop at Giles Flower Shop
A fire at the rear of Giles Flower Shop on 155 South Main Street damaged a coffee shop in the kitchen area. Firemen arrived quickly and extinguished the blaze, but intense heat caused heavy damage to the building and contents. The shop is run by Eupha Russell and the building is owned by Charlie Giles.
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Giles Flower Shop
South Main St
Irs
Eupha Russell
Charlie Giles
Russell N Spivey Final Rites Held At Chapel
Final rites for Russell N. Spivey were conducted yesterday afternoon at Swicegood Funeral Home chapel by Revs WC Bradley Richard Smith and Jesse A Highfill. Interment followed in Mountain View Cemetery with pallbearers listed as Robert Moore Ronald Scearce Frank Moore Willard Moore Edgar Mohley Kenneth Thomas Lacy Mills and Kenneth Wayne Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell N.spivey
Swicegood Funeral Home
WC. Bradley
Richard Smith
Jesse A. Highfill
Mountain View Cemetery
Robert ‘Moore
Ronald Scearce
Frank ‘Moore
Willard Moore
Edgar Mohley
Kenneth Thomas
Lacy
Mills
Kenneth Wayne Mills
Judge Mitchell Re-Elected By Assembly in Virginia
Richmond Judge Gus E. Mitchell Jr of Halifax was among 13 state judges reelected by the General Assembly to new eight-year terms. Also reelected for eight years were Holladay, Sinclair, Boyd, Lankford, Johnston, Medley, Bullock, McMurtan, Moncure, Fellars, and Smith Jr, with Var rico chosen for a two-year term on the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Gus E. Mitchell, Jr
Halifax
General Assembly
Mitchell
Mecklenburg
Lunenburg
Boston
Harry L. Varrico
Fairfax
State Supreme Court
Carlton E. Holladay
Wakefield
Arthur W. Sinclair
Manassas
Raymond Ir. Boyd
Lebanon
Charles M. Lankford
Franktown
Thomas M. Johnston
Norfolk
William M. Medley
Arlington
H. Lawrence Bullock
Richmond Chancery Court
Stanford L. Fellars
Roanoke Law and Chancery Court
J. Sydney Smith Jr
Norfolk Law 2Nd Chancery Court
Funeral Rites Set Today For Miss Gammon
Miss Lula Gammon, 72, of Reidsville Rt 3, will be laid to rest at 2 p.m. Friday at Citty Funeral Home with Elder Roy Bell presiding. Burial follows in the Somers cemetery near Reidsville. A Rockingham County native, she lived in Mount Herman her life and belonged to the Primitive Baptist faith. She died Wednesday morning after a two year illness. Survived by brothers Bud Gammon of Reidsville and Frank Gammon of Leaksville Rt 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reidsville
N.C
Lula Gammon
Reidsville Rt. 3
Citty Funeral Home
Roy Bell
Somers Family
R. Bud Gammon
Reg
Frank Gammon
Leaksville Rt. 1
Virginia Tech Chapter Wins $100 AIAA Prize
The Virginia Tech student chapter of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics received a $100 prize in a national AIAA competition. Eight chapters won. VT’s program features a visiting speaker series with Tech alumnus Christopher Kraft Jr., field trips, and a ground effects machine project aimed at powering a cushion-ride platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blacksburg
Virginia Tech
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
CATAA
AIAA
Tech
Christopher C. Kraft Jr
America
A. D. Topping
Goodyear Aerospace Corp
Cornelius Driver
Langley Field Research
Kelly Johnson
Lockheed Aircraft
University of Miami
Stanford University
Notre Dame
Rens- Selaer Polytechnic Institute
Estelle F Adams Final Rites Held
Funeral services for Estelle Fowler Adams were held yesterday afternoon from the Wren a Yeatts Chapel. The Rev Rodger Lovett and the Rev Harold Kahler officiated with interment in Highland Burial Park. Pallbearers were Harry Adams C D Adams Jr Peter Romano Dan K Blackman C V Johnson Ray Fower James Carter and Howard Byrd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estelle Fowler Adams
Wrena-Yeatts Chapel
Irev
Rodger Lovett
Harold Kahler
Highland Burial Park
Harry Adams
C. D. Adams, Jr
Peter Romano
Dan K. Blackman
C. V. Johnson
Ray Fower
James Carter
Howard Byrd
Lorillard to acquire Reed Candy Co in share deal
Lorillard Company plans to acquire Reed Candy Company of Chicago in an undisclosed stock deal. Reed, 73, maker of Reed's rolls and packaged candies, had 1965 sales near 5 million dollars. The operation will be a wholly owned Lorillard subsidiary with Reed's leaders staying on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
P. Lorillard Company
Reed Candy Company
Chicago
Manuel Yellen
J. Edgar Bennett
The
Tobacco Company
Reed
Lorillard
William T. Reed
Lyman Moore
United States
Kent
Newport
Spring
Danville
Annie M Brumfield Dies At Home In Danville Age
Annie Maria Brumfield died at her home on Northwest Boulevard after a long illness. She was the widow of Robert Lee Brumfield, born near Gretna to Dave and Lacey Dalton, and longtime member of Old Mountain Primitive Baptist Church. Survived by one son Ollie B Brumfield, four daughters Mamie Brumfield Robert Hamilton Schaub Hudgins and Gilmer McDaniel, two sisters Lizzie Vasser and Lessie Bybee, 27 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren. Body at Bather Funeral Home. family at 113 Northwest Blvd. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Maria Brumfield
Uss Northwest Blvd
Brumfield
Robert Lee Brumfield
Gretna
Dave and
Lacey Jamnes Dalton
Old Mountain Primitive Baptist Church
Ollie B. Brumfield
Danville Rt. 3
Mamie Brumfield
Robert Hamilton
Schaub Hudgins
Gilmer McDaniel
Danville
Lizzie Vasser
Gretna Rt. 3
Lessie Bybee
Richmond
Bather Funeral Home
Northwest Blvd
Chowan College Approves Library Fine Arts Center Plan
Chowan College Board approves an $800,000 library fine arts facility and launches a capital campaign to fund it. Plans and progress reports are under way with architect W. D. Boone Jr. and a 1966 campaign kickoff. The board also raises salaries by six percent and updates the master plan for growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chowan College Board
Murfreesboro
N.C
Chowan College
W. D. Boone, Jr
Charlotte
Virgil L. McBride
Board of ‘Trustees
Ele
Chowan
W. Clayton Morrisette
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Morrisette
Oscar Creech
lAhoskie
Board of Trustees
Chowian College
James B. Godwin and
R T Saunders Funeral Rites Set Tomorrow
Funeral rites for Ralph Thornton Saunders 47 will be at 11 a m tomorrow from Wrenn Yeatts chapel. Interment in Plural Hills Memory Gardens. Saunders died yesterday morning in Memorial Hospital likely of a heart attack. He lived in Danville most of his life and ran the American Oil Co. agency here. He married Ruby Whitlow on Nov 2 1938. Survived by wife, stepmother, two daughters, five brothers, four sisters and four half brothers. The funeral home will host the body. family at residence 315 Hillcrest Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Thornton Saunders
Wrenn-Yeatts
Plural Hills Memory Gardens
Mr. Saunders
Memorial Hospital
Halifax County
Danville
American Oil Co
Ruby Whitlow
Winns Creek
Walter Bowen
Roxboro
N.C
Dan Saunders
Rodger ‘Saunders
Ernest Saunders
Ivor Saunders
Beady
Hillcrest
Ave
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Bonner
Combs
C. T. Dawson
Russell N. Spivey
Final Rites Weld
Miss Gammon
Estelle F. Adams
Reed Candy Co
Scape Architects
Raleigh
J. Felix Arnold
Enfield
Don G. Matthews, Jr
Hamilton
J. L. Darden, Sr
Ahoskie
Mr. Arnold
E. R. Evans
George Gibbs
J. Guy Revelle
Dewey Wells
Elizabeth City
White
Rocky Mount
A. O. George, Sr
T. J. Benthall
M.s. Bynum Brown
M. H. Mitchell
G. B. Storey
Gilbert T. Stephenson
Pendleton
John Q. Askew
Uarrellsville
C. Www
Beasley
Colerain
Edwin Branch
E. P. Brown
Gilbert Francis
Boy
R. T. Saunders
Omy
U.S
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