Shaggy Dog Story Ends Sadly As Principal Character Dies
Danville residents mourn the passing of a stray dog who lived on a traffic island by Union Street Bridge. After repeated capture attempts failed, animal control officer William Blankenship used a tranquilizer dart to subdue the dog, who was then taken to Dr. Paul Friedman for adoption arrangements. The SPCA cautions on tranquilizer gun risks for small animals.
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Shaggy Dog
Union St. Bridge
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Paul Friedman
William G. Blankenship
Blankenship
Ronald Johnson
Roanoke
The
SPCA
Union St
Dr. Friedman
Senator Hugh Scott to Speak at Randolph-Macon College
U S Senator from Pennsylvania Hugh Scott will address Randolph-Macon College in Ashland Virginia on February 9 at 8 15 p m. The program in Blackwell Auditorium follows a informal dinner hosted by the Randolph Macon College Young Republican Club. Scott, a WWII Navy veteran and former national Repubican chairman, has served in Congress since 1942 and was elected to the Senate in 1958 and re elected in 1964. The topic of his talk has not been announced and the event is open to the public.
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Ashland
Hugh Scott
U.S
Pennsylvania
Randolph-Macon College
Young Republican Club
Scott
Blackwell Auditorium
Randolph-Macon Young Republcan Club
Blackwell
Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
U.S. Senate
Commerce
Judiciary
Republican Party
Eisenhower Campaign
Eisenhower
Republican National Committee
University of Virginia
Randolph Macon
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Tree U.S. Naval Academy
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
Randolph-Macon
Minor Awarded $700 Judgment in John Doe Case
A $700 judgment was entered in Corporation Court in favor of 19 year old Jeffrey William Fiske through his father William Roe Fiske. The John Doe case cites an unidentified motorist under the Uninsured Motorists Act who allegedly caused the car to swerve and crash on state Rt. 863 about ten miles west of Danville on August 21.
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Corporation Court
Jeffrey William Fiske
William Roe Fiske
John Doe
Young Fiske
State Rt
Danville
Stratford One-Act Plays Showcase Striking Talent
Stratford College presents An Evening of One Act Masterpieces directed by Veryl Leech in Alumnae Hall. Highlights include Christopher Fry's A Phoenix Too Frequent set in ancient Rome with Donna Daley, Olivia Taylor, and David Northrop. The Stronger by Strindberg follows with Mary George delivering a powerful performance. The Old Lady Shows Her Medals, featuring Judith McKay and Bobby Lee Swain, drew the largest crowd and strong Scottish accents. Leech earned praise for direction and set design, aided by VPI students and Danville residents.
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Veryl Leech
Stratford College
Alumnae Hall
Stratford
Christopher Fry
Rome
Virilius
Donna Daley
Doto
Olivia Taylor
Chekov
Hemingway
Mary George
Miss Smart
James M. Barrie
VPI
Kenneth Murray
Wilkinson
Donna Rey
Garrett Andrews
Leech
Alta
Mark Haber
Martin Cacioppo
Bobby Lee Swain
Danville
David Northrop
Larry Marshall
Beville Searcey
Gayle Poole
Dorothy Bowden
Mary Lou Huppuch
Mark Are
Auto Crash Sends Two To Hospital
James Edward Marshall Jr 47 of 712 Auburn Place Martinsville was seriously injured when his station wagon ran off Rt 58 west after a rear end collision with a Danville driver John Herbert Bernard 23. Marshall was thrown into a creek after going 25 to 30 feet down an embankment. Bernard suffered a facial cut chest bruises and possible concussion. Authorities estimate $300 damage to Bernard’s car. Marshall’s car demolished. Investigation by State Trooper Eugene Cash continues as cause remains undetermined.
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James Edward Marshall, Jr
Auburn Pl
Martinsville
Rt. 58
Eugene Cash
Marshall
John Herbert Bernard
Danville
Rt. 3
Memorial Hospital
Bernard
Cash
Millsaps Elevated At Radford University
Radford College announces Charles D. Millsaps, journalism instructor and publicity director, has completed a master’s in journalism at Louisiana State University and is promoted to assistant professor of journalism. He will receive his degree January 25. Millsaps teaches journalism and English courses and sponsors the Grapurchat campus newspaper. He studied at Maryville College and earned a B S from the University of Tennessee.
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Radford
Charles D. Milsaps
Ormer
Radford College
Louisiana State University
Millsaps
Ithe
Maryville College
Mateerylville
Tenn
University of Tennessee
Wyatt and Stone Named to 11 State Senate Committees
State Senators Landon R. Wyatt and William F. Stone of the 13th District were named to 11 standing committees in the State Senate. Wyatt chairs the Nominations and Confirmations Committee and serves on Privileges and Elections, Finance, Education, Roads and Internal Navigation, and Insurance and Banking, with returning roles on several panels. Stone heads Executive Expenditures, sits on Education and Insurance and Banking, and also serves on Courts of Justice and Roads and Internal Navigation, while Sen. J. D. Hagood remains chair of the Finance Committee and ranking member of Education and General Laws.
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Landon R. Wyatt
William F. Stone
State Senate
Wyatt
Stone
Courts of Justice and Roads and Internal Navigation
J. D. Hagood
Clover
Four Year Sentence for Involuntary Manslaughter
Saul Hunt was sentenced by Pittsylvania Circuit Judge Langhorne Jones to four years in prison for involuntary manslaughter in the death of 12 year old Jerry Williamson who was fatally struck on Milton Road by Hunt's car last August. Hunt received a $25 fine and 60 day license suspension for reckless driving. A preceding appeal motion, along with two defense objections about trial testimony, was overruled.
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Saul Hunt
Pittsylvania
Langhorne Jones
Hunt
Jerry Williamson
Milton Rd
Rt. 62
Jones
Melvin Giles
Gies
Saul Everett Lee
Milton
N.C
Calvin Yellet
Cascade Area
Yellet
Martinsville
Charlottesville
County Welfare Department
Itheir
Hiltzheimer Assumes Top Scouting Post
Fitzhugh L. Hiltzheimer named chairman of the Dan River Boy Scout District succeeding Talmadge Jones who moved to Mt. Airy. Hiltzheimer, Security Life and Trust Co. general agent, has long served in Scouting and earned the Silver Beaver in 1962. Jones left to join a Mt. Airy firm after managing the Porter-Disston plant locally.
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Fitzhugh L. Hiltzheimer
Dan River
Talmadge Jones
Mt. Airy
N.C
Hiltzheimer
Security Life and Trust Co
Dan, River District
Jones
Porter-Disston
Yale Chaplain To Lead Radford Seminars On Revolution
The Rev Art Brandenburg Yale Methodist chaplain will speak at Radford College Wesely Foundation January Emphasis Seminar Sunday through Tuesday He will discuss Gods Revolution and Mans Response Lectures cover The Scientific Revolution and the New Common Sense The Secular Revolution and the New Spirit Mood Urban Revolution and the New Global Man and The Permanent Revolution and the New Church The program includes dialogues led by Radford faculty and paintings by Paul Frets displayed at the foundation building
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Radford
Art Brandenburg
Yale University
Radford College Westey Foundation
W. Creighton Pender
Radford College
Frances A. Hurlburt
James H. O’donnell III
Brandenburg
Paul Frets
The
College
Te Foundation
Security Bank posts 1965 assets rise to 17.1 million
At the 42nd annual shareholders meeting, Security Bank and Trust Co reported total assets of 17,124,183 as of December 31 1965 up 1,570,000 from the prior year. Capital stood at 1,192,425 with 5 percent stock sale adding 61,500 later. Branches in Ballou and Riverside Shopping Centers fueled growth. Board re-elected included George W Aron and R L Stembridge Jr with officers reaffirmed.
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Security Bank and Trust Co
R. L. Stembridge, Jr
Stembridge
Ballou
Riverside
George W. Aron
H. G. Bennett, Jr
A. H. Brumfield
L. N. Dibreil, Jr
F. H. Duncan
Gus W. Dyer
R. S. Hess
Carl G. Hodnett
B. G. Lewis, Jr
Pringle J. Myers
C. D. Ragland
George H. Shields, Jr
Bennett
James R. Denny, Jr
William A. Hopkins
Hen Try L. Gravely
Willian D. Jones
Clayton T. Lester
Medicare Reduces Danville Medical Aid near July
Danville Social Service Bureau expects Medicare starting July 4 to cover most medical expenses for those over 65, reducing reliance on the Kerr MIlls MAA program begun Jan 1 1964. Past MAA costs were $12,496 in six months and $37,488 in 1964 65, with $45,000 budgeted for 1965 66. some indigent cases may still receive limited bureau aid.
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Medicare
Danville Social Service Bureau
Social Service Bureau
MAA
Danville
L. M. Tennant
Fees of Medicare
Dams Draw Record 3.101 Million Visitors in 1965
John H. Kerr and Philpott reservoirs hosted 3,101,000 visitors in 1965, a record high. Col. Beverly C. Snow Jr. reported figures from five area reservoirs, noting Kerr drew 2,620,500 visitors and Philpott 480,500. He urged safety and anticipated more visitors in 1966, as improvements at Kerr and Philpott expanded camping, picnicking, and facilities.
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John H. Kerr and
Philpott Dams
Beverly C. Snow, Jr
Army Engineer District
Wilmington
N. C
Snow
Kerr
Philpott
Col. Snow
North Carolina
Dan K. Moore
Water Safety Committee
Kerr and Philpott
Three Year Term In Stabbing Case
Golden Ardale Harris was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary for the stabbing of Harold Bernard Miller at the Danville Fair grounds last Oct. 6. The jury in Corporation Court recommended the sentence after finding Harris guilty of felonious stabbing. Police Capt. N. H. Boswell credited with stopping the bleeding from Miller's neck. Harris testified he had no recollection of cutting Miller, claiming Miller struck him first. Harris was seized while leaving the scene. The trial followed by a forgery case against James Thomas Hancock.
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Golden Ardale Harris
Harold Bernard Miller
Danville Fairgrounds
Corporation Court
Harris
Miller
N. H. Boswell
James Thomas Hancock
Youthful Trio Charged In Acts Of Vandalism
Three Martinsville youths calling themselves the Jokers face charges for vandalism in Martinsville and Chatham. Arrested by Pittsylvania County authorities, two are 17 and one is 15, accused of stealing two gravestones and throwing a tombstone through a Chatham High School window while painting interior walls. Warrants list damaging property placing and burning a cross and other charges. The youths posted 2500 bond for March 9 juvenile court appearances in Martinsville with a February 9 hearing in Chatham on Pittsylvania charges.
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Martinsville
Henry County
Chatham
Pittsylvania
Fire Burns Room in Hamilton Street House
A kitchen fire at the Hamilton Street home of Charlie Grasty forced a nine person family to flee early this morning. Firefighters confined the blaze to one room, gutting it and causing smoke and water damage to the rest. Six year old Dora Grasty found the fire but was unharmed. family to stay with grandparents.
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Hamilton St
Charlie Grasty
Grasty
Dora
Grastys
Local Church Hosts Missionary Rev Zach Deal Jr
The Rev Zach Deal Jr a Southern Baptist missionary to Colombia will speak at both services at Schoolfield Baptist Church on Sunday with slides of his work. He and his family are on furlough based in Cartagena and surrounding areas from interior Colombia to San Andres and Providencia Islands 400 miles away. He hails from Deep Creek and holds a BA from Carson-Newman College and BD from Southwestern Theological Seminary. Previously he pastored First Baptist Church of Springtown Oklahoma.
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Zach Deal
Southern Baptist
Colombia
South America
Schoolfield Baptist
Deal
Cartagena
San Andrews
Providencia Islands
Caribbean Sea
Deep Creek
Carson-Newman College
Jefferson City
Tenn
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Fort Worth
Texas
First Baptist Church of
Springtown
Okla
Danville Insurance Agents Elect New Board
Stanley Goodridge was elected yesterday to head the Danville Local Board of Insurance Agents for the coming year. He succeeds Harry East. Also elected at the annual meeting at the Charcoal House were Dave Brooks as vice president and Mrs Louise Davis as secretary and treasurer.
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Stanley Goodridge
Danville
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Minor
Judith McKay
Mrs. Dowey
Kenneth Dowey
Ginger Smart
Charles D. Millsaps
F. L. Hiltzheimer
Yale
Security Bank
Hamilton E. Hicks
Kerr and
North Bend Park
Panhandle Peninsula
Kerr Lake
Occoneechee Park
Salthouse Branch
Goodridge
Holiday Inn Restaurant
Elaine Younger
Lilelan W. Yates
Ekay
HexSlice
America
SO. Market ST
Dial
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