Russell Receives 212 Year Kidnaping Verdict
In Corporation Court a jury convicted Robert Walter Russell of kidnaping a Danville taxi driver and recommended a 24 year term. Russell also faces a prior 30 year sentence from Pittsylvania County for armed robbery. Evidence describes a September 19 abduction ending in North Carolina with Blaine injured and cash taken, a pistol found on Russell, and $72.04 recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation Court
Robert Walter Russell
Danville
Lawrence G. Wilson, Jr
A.M. Aiken
Russell
Pittsylvania County
Chatham
Ernest Blaine
Blaine
Franklin St
Mayfield Rd
North Carolina
L. H
Sam) Hamlett
Hamlett
Aiken
Floyd Alton Jones
Clarence Earl Nix
Satterfield C G Dies Retired Halifax Farmer at 76
Charlie Green Satterfield 76 of Sutherlin Rt 2 died Tuesday in Williamsburg hospital. Born Sept 14 1889 in Halifax County, he was a retired farmer. Survivors include wife Minnie Wilkerson Satterfield four daughters four sons a sister two brothers and 15 grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 3 pm from Powell Funeral Home chapel South Boston with Rev William D Cole officiating. Burial in Pleasant Grove Christian Church cemetery.
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Sutherlein
Charlie Green Satterfield
Sutherlin Rt. 2
Williamsburg
Satterfield
Halifax County
Benton
Malenda Satterfield
Mt. Vernon
Roy Dodson
Richmond
Lucille White
Sutherlin
Archer Satterfield
Henry Satterfield
Melvin Satterfield
William Satterfield
Halifax
Annie Slate
Linwood: Satterfield
Florida
Joe Satterfield
Powell Funeral Home Chapel
South
Boston
Wiliam D. Cole
Pleasant Grove Christian Church
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs Nell Slayton
Last rites for Mrs Nell Watl ail Slayton were held yesterday afternoon at Kerns Memorial Methodist Church with Rev. David Worley and Rev. F J Quiplis officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Pallbearers included Maris W Kerns S M Kerns W G Kerns Frank M Slayton William Slayton Wayne Slayton Roger Wilkerson II W M Anderson III and J R Reafan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nell Watlail Slayton
Kerns Memorial Methodist Church
David W. Worley
F. J. Quiplis
Maris Vv. Kerns
S. M. Kerns
W. G. Kerns
Frank M. Slayton
William Slayton
Wayne Slayton
Roger Wilkerson, II
W. M. Anderson, III
J. R. Reafan
Sledding Street List Trimmed By Two In Danville
Parks and Recreation Director W. H. Luther reported Danville has cut two streets from the sledding list Southland Drive and Campbell Street removed to allow essential workers quick access. The blocked streets include First Street east from Sunset to Washington, Walker Street, Layton Avenue, Brockton Place, Calvary Street, Carolina Avenue, Wiltons Avenue, South Woodberry Avenue, Arlington Road, Hills Mission Englewood Lane, Starmont Drive, Sunset Place, Ballou Park drives, and several others. The park will be closed to vehicle traffic.
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Danville
Parks and Recreation
W. H. Luther
Luther
Southland
Campbell Sr
First St
Claiborne Gast
Abbott
First
Sunset
Washington St
Walker St
North Main
Clay St
Layton Ave
Lansbury
Timberlake Dr
Brockton Pl
Howeland
Westhampton Ave
Calvary ‘St
Grove St
Holbrook
Carolina Ave
Collerey Ave
Westhampton
Wiltons Ave
Clerenden
Westminster Ct
Cedarbrook
Starmont Dr
Amnett Blvd
Sunset Pl
iLocust
Ballou Park
Country Club
Cleftisidey
West Main St
Country Club Cr
Townes St
Canterbury Rd
Robertson Ave
Mabin St
Betts St
Branch St
Orchard Dr
Norman Dr
Franklin Toke
Hawthorne
Maple Lane
Maple Acres
Linden Dr
Linden PI
Allison Dr
Westover
Rosemary Lane
Westover Dr
Community College
Westwood Dr
Windsor
Heights
Danville VPI project may start this summer
A new classroom library and office building for Danville VPI Community College could begin this summer after the General Assembly approved a $34 million emergency capital bill. The facility, targeted for occupancy by fall 1967, will add 30,000 square feet and house a 1 by 56 library, a student lounge, labs, and about 10 classrooms.
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Danville
VPI
Danville Vpi Community College
Joseph M. Taylor
General Assembly
State Senate
Godwin
Ture
Taylor
South Main St
Danville Technical Institute
Boy hit by car while sledding on Bryant Ave
Injured boy, riding a sled, was struck as a car driven by Charles Eugene Kent at 15 mph crossed Bryant Ave. He did not see the boy until after passing the intersection. The youth received emergency treatment at Memorial Hospital and later Cone for neurosurgery.
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Bryant Ave
Charles Eugene Kent
Ringgold Rt. 1
Young Davis
H. L. Arrington
Kent
Bryant
Memorial Hospital
Cone
Tina Scearce Whaley
East Thomas St
North Main
East Thomas Streets
Claude Stevens Dies At Age 79
Claude Stevens aged 73 of Paces died Monday in a South Boston hospital. A farmer born July 8 1896 in Pittsylvan ia County he was a son of William Henry Stevens and Martha Hall Stevens. He was a member of Arbor Baptist Church. Survived by his wife Matte Ann Huffman Stevens two daughters seven sons a half sister twenty eight grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 2 pm from Arbor Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery.
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Paces
Claude Stevens
South Boston
Stevens
Pittsylvania County
William Henry Stevens
Martha Hall Stevens
Arbor Baptist Church
Matte Ann Huffman Stevens
Aubrey Bowen
Virgilina
Eugene Jackson
Charlie A. Stevens
Joseph Stevens
Jesse Stevens
Beverly Mose Stevens
William E. Stevens
Wister A. Stevens
Sutherlin
James Stevens
Hampton
W. A. Hall
Danville
William D. Cole
Snowstorm Ends Up With Varying Snow Depths Across Town
A winter storm left nine to twelve inches of new and old snow across North Danville and the municipal airport area, with depths ranging from nine inches to a foot. The season’s third storm matched last year’s total, while intercity bus service lagged but operated. Several churches and organizations canceled events including the YWCA annual meeting and Jaycees meeting.
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Valerie Lynch
North Danville
Municipal
Greyhound
Trailways
Uncal Silver Fox
Safety Transit
D&m
Leaksville
Yanceyville
Martinsville
YWCA
Jayceees
Mt. Vernon
McCully Rites Slated Today At Green Hill
Funeral services for Harry McCully are planned today at Green Hill Cemetery with graveside rites at 11 am. The decedent died Tuesday at Rent Memorial Hospital after a period of illness. The day’s forecast calls for partial clearing and cold, with possible snow early evening.
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McCully
Green Hill
D. McCully
Ia-M
Green Hill Cemetery
Rent Memorial Hospital
Sam B. Wilson Funeral Rites Slated Today
The funeral for Sam Booker Wilson, 75, of Virgilina Rt 1, will be held at 2 p m Thursday at Shady Grove Methodist Church. Burial will follow in Virgilina Cemetery. He died Tuesday in a South Boston hospital. Survivors include his wife Nannie Cole Wilson two daughters Mrs. Thomas B. Nelson of Virgilina and Mrs. Dennis West of Creedmore M C three sons Woodrow Wilson Arthur Mack Wilson and Joe D. Wilson one brother Asa J. Wilson and ten grandchildren.
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Virgilina
Sam Booker Wilson
Virgilina Rt. 1
Shady Grove Methodist Church
Wilson
South Boston
Nannie Cole Wilson
Thomas B.nelson
Dennis West
Creedmore
M.C
Woodrow Wilson
Arthur Mack Wilson
Joe D. Wilson
Asa J. Wilson
Louie A Goodson Funeral Rites Held
The funeral for Louie Aubrey Goodson was conducted yesterday from Providence Baptist Church in Providence North Carolina by the Rev RB Prevost. Interment followed with pallbearers named Larry Lovell Fred Wilson Ernest Creichton Larry Lovell Jr Louie Oakley William Powell Steve Poteat Edgar Carroll Burton Goodson and Billy Neal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louie Aubrey Goodson
Providence Baptist Church
Providence
N.C
RB. W. Prevost
Larry Lovell
Fred Wilson
Ernest Creichton
Larry Lovell, Jr
Louie Oakley
William Powell
Steve Poteat
Edgar Carroll
Burton Goodson
Billy Neal
Funeral Rites Held For Mrs. Millner
Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie Barber Millner were conducted yesterday afternoon from Barker Funeral Home. The Rev. R. J. Barber Jr. led the service. Interment and committal services are planned for tomorrow at 11 a.m. at Pelham Methodist Church cemetery in Pelham, North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Barber Millner
Chapel of Barker Funeral Home
R. J. Barber, Jr
Pelham Methodist Church
Pelham
N.C
Leslie Kirks Dies Suddenly At Callands
Leslie Kirks 55 of Callands died suddenly at his home Wednesday night. A carpenter and cattle farmer born February 3, 1910 in Pittsylvania County, he was a son of Annie Herndon Kirks and the late Christopher Daniel Kirks. Survived by wife Rena Pickrel Kirks, sister Vergie Hedrick, brothers Ernest Kirks, Otis Kirks and Luther Kirks. Body at Scott Funeral Home awaiting funeral arrangements.
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Leslie
Kirks
Callands
Pittsylvania County
Annie Herndon Kirks
Christopher “Daniel Kirks
Swansonville
Rena Pickrel Kirks
Vergie K. Hedrick
Martinsville
Ernest R. Kirks
Whitmell
Otis H. Kirks
Luther A. Kirks
Scott Funeral Home
Leaf Meeting Scheduled In Spite Of The Weather
RALEIGH AP The Bright belt Warehouse Association committee meeting on tobacco market volume control will be held at 10 30 a m Thursday despite the weather F S Royster Henderson manager of the warehouse association said we ll have a representative group at the meeting His decision to hold the meeting drew speculation that he would not mind if Farm Bureau representatives from some of the five flue cured states were unable to attend State Farm Bureau units in the region have set up a 12 member group to push for a farmer dominated industry wide market control committee Malcolm Seawell spokesman for independent and export buyers said we ve insisted for 10 years that something should be done in this field There s no law saying warehousemen shall be allowed to set opening and closing dates and regulate sales volume He said his organizations Tobacco Association of the United States and the Leaf Tobacco Exporters Association should be represented if at all possible at the meeting There are two groups with major interest in seeing the marketing of tobacco fair"}
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Raleigh
Brightbelt Warehouse Association
Royster
Henderson
The
Warehouse Association
Seawell
Malcolm Seawell
T Obacco Association
United States
Leaf Tobacco Exporters Association
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AR “Vpi
Eighth Center
Armory Coliseum
G. Satterfield
Mra
Nell Slayton
Assembly
Stanley Abbott
Sam B. Wilson
Louie A. Goodson
Leslie Kirks
Leaf
Randee
Pra
Alnes
Maks TY
Merit Shoe Store
Riverside Shopping Center
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