City Pay Plan Update Set for February Council Meeting
J L Jacobs Co will present final recommendations in February on Danville city pay and classification updates. Council will review preliminary findings from 19 peer cities and department heads' comments before the February 10 meeting. The plan aims to improve recruitment and retention after turnover rose in late 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Jacobs Co
T. E. Temple
Jacobs
Temple
Council
Danville
Scholarship For Forestry Is Available
Seniors at Danville and Pittsylvania County high schools may apply for a $4000 forestry scholarship from Continental Can Company, Inc. for Virginia students pursuing forestry. Applicants must by March 11 submit forms. award covers $1000 yearly for four years at NC State, Virginia Tech, or West Virginia University. Selection by a committee of forestry deans, regional foresters, and Continental Can managers.
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Danville
Pittsylvania County
Continental Can Company, Inc
Virginia
Wayne Strader
N.C. State College
Virginia Tech
West Virginia University
School of Forestry
North Carolina
Penoals
Woodlands
P.O. Box
Honewell
Wednesday Club Art Show Scheduled
The Wednesday Club Art Department plans its first showing of members paintings sculptures and ceramics on February 23. Chairwoman Mrs Henry Wiseman and co chairwoman Mrs John Stoneburner ask each artist member to contact them about entries by February 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wednesday Club
Henry Wiseman
John Stoneburner
Hearing on Flue-Cured Leaf Marketing in North Carolina
A Raleigh hearing January 27 will probe how to regulate sales volumes at tobacco markets. The Bright Belt Warehouse Association chairs the inquiry, with testimony from six flue-cured producing states and input from NC groups. The panel seeks orderly marketing amid plant modernization and seasonal congestion.
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Raleigh
N.C
Bright Belt Warehouse Association
Fred S. Royster
Association
Bright Belt Association
Board of Governors
Virginia
North Carolina
North Carolina State Grange
North Carolina Farm Bureau
Blair urges more rain as seven inch snow brings minor moisture relief
Pittsylvania County Agent J F Blair said the recent snow, described as a real dry snow, adds little moisture once melted, about 0.28 inch, but may help the land absorb future rainfall. He noted tobacco beds prepared in good shape and that area schools, ice on roads, and clear primary routes shaped a quiet, cold weekend in Virginia and surrounding counties.
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Pittsylvania County
J. F. Blair
Blair
Valerie Lynch
Pittsylvania
Halifax
Caswell
Danville
Rockingham County
Schoo
Goodyear
Medicare Plan Explained In Social Security Letter
District Social Security Manager Max Boatwright says over a million Social Security and railroad retirement beneficiaries will receive letters about the Medicare supplementary medical insurance. The plan covers doctors and surgeons plus other services, costs $3 monthly, and signs up before March 31 to avoid a two year wait. Virginia had 252,079 kits. by early January 128,872 had enrolled. others are urged to contact the local Social Security office in Sherwood Shopping Center for questions and signup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max G. Boatwright
Social Security Administration
Social Security
Civil Service
Boatwright
Virginia
Social Security Office
Murder Trial Resumes In Corporation Court Today
The Commonwealth proceeds in a murder case against Wesley Harris Wilson known as Rabbit as evidence continued after a prior forgery trial ended in a hung jury. Walter Wimbish was beaten and stabbed on Leeland Road August 14, body found by a tree. Two other defendants await trial. The panel heard medical examiner and pathologist testimony before the court recessed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation Court
Commonwealth
Wesley Harris
Rabbit
Dickens Named To Air Force Academy
Rep William M Tuck informs Thomas L Dickens a George Washington High School senior of his nomination as the principal candidate from the Fifth District to the Air Force Academy. Dickens plans to graduate in June as an honor student at GWHS after earlier acceptance at the University of Virginia on a scholarship. He is the son of Mr and Mrs E L Dickens of 119 Sherwood Drive and attends Trinity Methodist Church.
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William M. Tuck
Thomas L. Dickens
George Washington
Air Force Academy
Dickens
GWHS
University of Virginia
E. L. Dickens
Sherwood Drive
Trinity Methodists Church
Confederate Hi-Y
YMCA
Damage Actions Continue Minus One Defendant
Damage action suits of 35000 and 25000 will be resumed in Circuit Court at Chat ham this morning with one less defendant. Judge Langhorne Jones sustained a motion to strike the evidence against Winston Thomas of Galax, one of two defendants, leaving Theodore Cornell Morrison as the sole defendant. Morrison seeks 35000 for his son's wrongful death in an Aug. 22 accident on Rt. 58 at West Fork. Thomas Junior Morrison seeks 25000 for injuries. Theodore Morrison, driver of the car, testified he crossed into the path of the Thomas car, while Thomas said he had no time to stop and other evidence suggested he was within the speed limit. The case previously ended in mistrial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatham
Langhorne Jones
Winston Thomas
Galax
James T. Morrison
Thomas Junior Morrison
Theodore Cornell Morrison
James P. Morrison
West Fork
Rt. 58
Thomas
Theodore Morrison
Charles Warren
Theodore Morris
Warren Madison
Groff Drops $125,000 Slander Suit in Appomattox
Detective Charles Wade Groff elected not to prosecute his $125,000 slander case against Earle Garrett. An order of non-suit with prejudice was signed by Judge George Abbitt Jr. and forwarded to Corpora tion Court. Groff alleged Garrett claimed he masterminded a theft ring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Wade Groff
Earle Garrett
George Abbitt, Jr
Appomattox
Groff
E. G. McCain
McCain
Garrett
Neil Nielsen
T. N. Morris
Duties Assumed At Chamber By Jeff Warner
Jeff E. Warner, 36, began as executive vice president and secretary of the Danville Chamber of Commerce yesterday. He succeeds the late Howard Hyston who died last October 27, and arrives from Richmond where he was director of public affairs for the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce. Warner previously led chambers in Thomasville North Carolina and Martinsville Henry County, and spent four decades in Greensboro North Carolina as manager of the Public Affairs Department.
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Danville
Greensboro, N.C
Bill would set up area industrial authority unit
In Richmond AP report, Delegate Howard P. Anderson proposes the Halifax South Boston Industrial Development Authority. A second bill by Delegate Charles W. Gunn Jr. would exempt from Virginia income tax active duty combat area compensation, effective after December 1, 1964, through January 1, 1968, or for those hospitalized from combat injuries.
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Richmond
House of Delegates
Halifax- South Boston
Del
Howard P. Anderson
Halifax
Charles W. Gunn Jr
Lexington
Virginia
Gunn
Virginia Colleges Seek Unified Community System
A $610000 Danville and a $616000 Martinsville college project are included in a $34 million emergency bill in Richmond. The plan would help merge Danville and Martinsville into a statewide two year community college system with VA Tech and UVA branches under consideration for integration. The Danville building adds 30000 sq ft with library and labs, supporting an enrollment of 403 vs. 325-340 capacity. Governor Godwin urged emergency higher education funding as part of the session.
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Danville
VPI Community College
Virginia House of Delegates
Richmond
Virginia Tech Board of Visitors
Higher Education Study Commission
VPI
Virginia
University of Virginia and William and Mary
University of Virginia Board of Visitors
Patrick Henry College
Martinsville
University of Virginia
Virginia Tech
William and Mary
Commission
Vire Binia
VPE
General Assembly
Study Commission
Albertis S. Harrison, Jr
Mills KE. Godwin, Jr
Martinsville College
John H. Daniel
Charlotte County
Joseph M. Taylor
Daniel
I Godwin
Bride Goes Home With Respirator
CHAPEL HILL NC RP A two month married polio survivor Dorothy Harris Fields 24 left North Carolina Memorial Hospital to live in a mobile home with husband Robert Fields. Surrounded by family she called the homecoming wonderful and said life outside the hospital is full of ordinary things. Her respirator aided paralysis began in 1959 and prompted a two county dispute over welfare and responsibility for the life saving device. She insisted on leaving the hospital and declared she never wants to return.
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Chapel Hill
North Carolina Memorial Hospital
Dorothy Harris Fields
Census jobs open in Rockingham County
R I Rountree announces 30 openings for paid enumerators to conduct the special census survey. Interviews run 3 30 a m to 9 p m today through Friday at the U S Post Office in Reidsville North Carolina.
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Reidsville
N. C
Rockingham County
Department of Commerce
R. I. Rountree
Special Census Office
Rountree
U. S
Reids Ville
Plane Firm Promotes R. E. Moore
Richard E. Moore, a Chatham High School and Virginia Tech graduate, named manager of the LOM Helicopter Engineering Department at Hughes Aircraft Division in Culver City California. He will oversee engineering management for all light observation helicopter models including the OW-6A and Model 500. Moore joined Hughes Tool in 1952 after ten years at General Motors and previously held engineering management roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard E. Moore
Chatham High School
Virginia Tech
Hughes Oil Company Aircraft Division
Culver City
Calif
Harvey C. Nay
Hughes Company
Arronautical
Moore
Pittsylvanian J
Caleb J. Moore
Chatham
Hughes Tool
General Motors ‘Corporation
Women League Backs State Sales Tax Plan in Virginia
The League of Women Voters of Virginia announced support for a uniform sales tax with local option to levy additional percentages. It backs distributing revenue to localities by school effort or need and urges exemptions for food for off premise consumption and prescription drugs to ease tax regressivity. The position follows four years of local league consensus and includes proposals for direct borrowing for capital outlays and a flexible state borrowing framework.
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League of Women Voters of
Virginia
Richard Fletcher
Lexington
League
Richmond
Fletcher
Con‘senmsus
Lions Club Forms Swain Grousbeck Sight Trust
The Danville Lions Club announced a new Swain Grousbeck Sight Trust to aid sight conservation in Danville and nearby areas. The endowment comes from Mrs. Emily Swain Grousbeck in honor of her mother, Mrs. Mary Haskins Swain, who turns 96 today. The fund will be managed by the Host Lions Club Sight Conservation Committee and is open to contributions. Mrs. Grousbeck’s sister, Mrs. Sallie H. Watson, donated two solaria to Roman Eagle Memorial Home in honor of Mrs. Swain, aiding a recently expanded wing.
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Danville
Lions Club
R. Earl Woodall
Woodall
Emily Swain Grousbeck
Mary Haskins Swain
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Wimbish
James Thomas Hancock
A. M. Aiken
Bobby Joe Counts
Gough Lumber Co
Counts
T. L. Dickens
Chamber
Jeff Warner
Bill
Area Industrial Authority
Bride
Rockingham
R. E. Moore
Women’s League
Holiday Inn Restaurant
Margaret Watlington
Lillian W. Yates
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