Local TV Talent Show Heads to Cablerama in Danville
Grandpa Jones and Hal Carmack headline the 1976 March of Dimes Cablerama third annual event in Danville. The show runs Saturday 9 p.m. to Sunday 9 p.m. at Danville Cablevision studios. Donations go to March of Dimes work locally. Jones performs Kentucky style music and humor. Carmack acts as emcee for the third year.
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Grandpa Jones
Heeliaw
Hal Carmack
Diraes
Danville
Cablevision
March of Dimes
Jones
Carmack
Kingsport Tenn
Gordon Promoted At Monsanto And Danville Talent Show
Henry H. Gordon Jr. from Danville has been named senior research engineer of textile and design with Monsanto in Decatur. He is a veteran and a Presbyterian College graduate who joined Monsanto in 1971 after Springs Mills. The Cablerama show features over 40 acts, with Stacey Dixon as queen, and local leaders and entertainers will appear between acts.
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Henry H. Gordon Jr
Monpens Chemicals
Decatur Za
Henry H. Gordon
Virginia Ave
Gordon
Presbyterian College
Monsanto
Springs Mills Inc
U.S. Army
Jones and Carmack
Debbie Joyce
Martinsville-Henry County
Penny Turner Barrow
Danville
Areca
Stacey Dixon
March of Dimes
Danville- Pittsylvania
Jimmy Dixon
Brosville
Gerald C. Lewis
Shamrock Drive
Cablerama
Ruth Callahan
Bill Jovce
Harry Seay Installed as New Redmen President
Harry Seay was installed as the new president of the Eighth District of The Improved Order of Redmen and Degree of Pocahontas at a weekend meeting Kemper Davis, past great sachem, and Mrs Ruth Burgess attended. Other officers elected included Mrs Roberta Cabaness vice president Harry Siviter past president Mrs Edith Burns first vice president Mrs Vergie C Walker secretary treasurer and Mrs Pauline Anderson musician.
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Kemper Davis
Ruth Burgess
Pocahontas
Harry Seay
Improved Order of Redmen
Degree of Pocahontas
Roberta Cabaness
Harry Siviter
Edith Burns
Vergie C. Walker
Pauline Anderson
Heavy Seas Force Ship Aground Off North Carolina
A World War II Liberty ship ran aground 12 miles south of Oregon Inlet on the Outer Banks as heavy seas and 65 knot winds lashed the coast. The vessel was towed when the tug Taurus broke loose. the Cherokee cutter was sent to monitor the stranded ship Emerguese near Brownsville, Texas.
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N.C
Nags Head
Oregon Inlet
Coast Guard
Coast Guard Search and Rescue Center
Portsmouth
Norfolk, Va
Taurus
Norfolk
Brownsville
Texas
Registration for NTE exams near deadline
Danes Falk AC CESS director Averett says registrations must reach ETS by January 29. Forms and instructions available from Falk’s office or National Teacher Examinations, ETS, Princeton. Upon registration, candidates receive an admission ticket and testing center location. Exams: common at 8:30 a.m. and 27 area tests at 1:30 p.m.
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Nui
Danes Falk
Access
al.Averett
Falk
ETS
National Teacher Examinations
Educational Testing Service
Princeton
N.J
Falkssid
Danville AARP Chapter to Elect Officers Tomorrow
The Danville Chapter of the American Association of Retired Persons will hold its January meeting Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Ballou Park Nature Center to elect officers. Thalhimers Brothers, Inc plans a new 160000 square foot store in the Chart fattest NC area, expanding from 12 North Carolina locations including Fayetteville, Durham, Raleigh, Winston-Salem, High Point, and Greensboro.
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Danville
American Association of Retired Persons
Ballou Park Nature Center
Thalhimers Brothers, Inc
Thalhimers
North Carolina
Fayetteville
Durham
Raleigh
Winston-Salem
High Point
Greensboro
Trooper Wright Funeral Set
Funeral for Bernard Walter Wright Virginia State Trooper killed in a Saturday auto accident will be held at Powell Funeral Home Chapel at 3 pm Burial in Halifax Memorial Gardens He died after his car struck a utility pole while pursuing another vehicle He was 38 and survived by wife Elizabeth Layne Wright and three daughters Anna Kristi Amy Beth Memorials in Farmville relatives listed including parents Walter H Wright and Doris Orange Wright
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Boston
Bernard Walter Wright
Virginia
Powell Funeral Home Chapel
Halifax Memorial Gardens
Wright
Halifax
Mary J. Hughes
Richmond
Harold C. Wright
Charlottesville
Mary Orange
Farmville
Godwin's Metro Stance Disturbs N. Va. Solons
In Richmond Gov Mills Godwin opposed using general fund revenues to finance Metro rapid rail. Northern Virginia lawmakers protested the stance saying it burdens mass transit costs. The article notes Metro costs have ballooned, with projected totals rivaling Virginia’s interstate highway price and regional funding strains. Senate rules shift taxing authority bills to Local Government Committee, potentially widening passage.
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Richmond
Mills Godwin
Virginia General Assembly
Northern Virginia
Metro
Mass Transit
Joseph V. Gartlam
Dfairfax
Godwin
del. Carrington Williams
Virginia
Senate
Finance Committee
Yale
Mrs Yeatts Funeral Today in Yanceyville
YANCEYVILLE NC Lottie Reynolds Yeatts aged 1 died Saturday at Prospect Hill Rt She had been in declining health 16 months Born in Chatham VA she later moved to Caswell County 1935 Her husband Clarence Yeatts died in 1963 Surviving two daughters Mrs Helen Parks Burlington and Mrs Louise Ferrell Yanceyville three sons Jack Yeatts Mebane Rt 3 Lawson Yeatts Yanceyville and Leslie Yeatts Ledsburg Four sisters Mrs Stella Rover Blackstone VA Mrs Kate Edwards Mrs Maggie Lowe and Mrs Fannie Reynolds all of Chatham a brother Gilbert Reynolds Chatham 12 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren Funeral today at 1 36 pm at Led Bethel Baptist Church Burial in Yeatts family cemetery at Chatham
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Yanceyville
Lottie Reynolds Yeatts
Prospect Hill
Chatham
Will
Susie Reynolds
Pittsylvania County
Caswell County
Clarence Yeatts
Helen Parks
Burlington
Louise Ferrell
Jack Yeatts
Mebane
Lawson Yeatts
Leslie Yeatts
Ledsburg
Stella Rover
Blackstoke
Kate Edwards
Maggie Lowe
Fannie Reynolds
Gilbert Reynolds
Led” Bethel Baptist Church
Carroll Tratter
Yeatts Family
Police Probe Reidsville Store Robbery Seeks Suspects
REIDSVILLE N C The Rockingham County Sheriff’s Department hunted two black men after a Reidsville convenience store robbery. Authorities described the suspects as armed and fleeing with an undetermined amount of cash, continuing the investigation late last night.
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Reidsville
N.C
Rockingham County
Barbershoppers Auditions and Crime Report in Danville
Auditions for Admissions 1976 by Barbershop groups set for Tuesday 7 30 p m at Ballou Park Nature Center sponsored by the Danville Chapter Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America. Armed quartet members entered Thrifty Fonts Store on Madison Street at 9 38 p m yesterday. no injuries reported and deputies Bill Everett and Bill Lemons handle the investigation. NAACP official Alfred Baker Lewis to speak at Danville Branch mass meeting 8 p m Thursday at Calvary Baptist Church Holbrook Street.
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Ballou Park Nature Center
Danville
Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop
Quartet Singing In
America
Thrifty Fonts
Madison Street
Bill Everett
Bill Lemons
Alfred Baker Lewis
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Calvary Baptist Church
Holbrook Street
Mrs Dodd Rites Tomorrow
Virginia Estelle Dodd 75 died Sunday night in Chesterfield Nursing Home Richmond after a week resident. Born Pittsylvania County daughter of William James Farthing and Virginia Burnette Farthing. Husband William Cameron Dodd died 1953. Survived by two sons Wilbert Dodd Danville and Howard Dodd Richmond a brother Buford Farthing Blairs three sisters Gracie McNichols Lucy Farthing and Etta Walton Blairs and four grandchildren. Funeral tomorrow 2 p.m. Barker Funeral Chapel Rev Clarence Jackson. Burial Danville Memorial. Body at funeral home with family 7:30 to 9 p.m. today and at Wilbert Dodd’s residence later.
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Virginia Estelle Dodd
Chesterfield
Richmond
Pittsylvania County
William James
Virginia Burnette Farthing
Dan River, Inc
William Cameron Dodd
Wilbert Dodd
Danville
Howard Dodd
Granville Drive
Dovel Fitzgerald Dies In Alaska
Covel Lee Fitzgerald 46 formerly of Danville died Saturday night in Clear Alaska He was born near Gretna son of Rebecca Salmons Fitzgerald and the late Charlie D Fitzgerald He served in the U S Army over 22 years retiring as SFC and was manager of the Post Exchange at Ft Greeley He is survived by his wife Yon Suk Fitzgerald a son Larry Fitzgerald Greenville N C a daughter Anice Fitzgerald Fayetteville N C a brother Joe D Fitzgerald and three sisters Grace Carlton Danville Bernard G Brumfield Green Acres and Virginia McGregor Green Acres The body will be returned to Danville for placement at Barker Funeral Home awaiting funeral arrangements The family resides with his mother at 620 Henry St and his sister Mrs McGregor at 550 Bermuda Road Green Acres
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Covel Lee Fitzgerald
Danville
Clear
Alaska
Gretna
Rebecca Salmons Fitzgerald
Charlie D. Fitzgerald
U.S. Army
SFC
Post Exchange
Aff
Ft. Greeley
Barker Funeral Home
Henry St
McGregor
Bermuda Road
Green Acres
Virginia Museum North Wing Opens Tomorrow in Richmond
The Virginia Museum North Wing will open to the public tomorrow at 1 a.m. marking a 19 million two part expansion ten years in progress. Governor Mills B. Godwin Jr. will dedicate the wing at a preview for General Assembly members. The addition adds 61,167 square feet and 30,000 square feet of gallery space with new entrance, lobby, theater, cafeteria, and a 371 seat auditorium.
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Richmond
Virginia Museum
Cov
Mills B. Godwin Jr
Virginia General Assembly
General Assembly
Greece
Rome
Arnaldo Pomodoro
Frances
Sydney Lewis
Virginia Museum Theater
Museum
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Planters Bank and Trust Co
NTE
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Charlotte
Trooper Wright
N. Va
Solons
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Department
Barbershoppers
Alfred B. Lewis
Mrs. Dodd
Dovel Fitzgerald
North Gallery
North Gallery II
Lawrence Halprin & Associates
San Francisco
Aristide Maillot
Sculpture Garden
Hardwicke Associates Inc
Hyman Doyle & Russell Company
Irginia Museum
Gardien
Sculpture Gardena
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