Danville Museum Receives 12000 Matching Grant
A $12,000 matching grant from the Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission funds renovation and conservation of the Sutherlin Mansion, soon to become the Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History. Plans must be approved by the commission and National Parks Service, with the local group contributing an equal sum. Dr. James Jennings notes more matching grants may follow as the museum grows. Calvert Lewis Smith firm is preparing specifications. Linda Baumgarten from Richmond’s Valentine Museum completed Davis Sutherlin Memorial Room research. A Banks Turner chairs the furnishings committee with Bascom Jordan Helen Lea and Matt Jordan.
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Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission
Sutherlin Mansion
Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History
James Jennings
Virginia Landmarks Commission
National Parks Service
C.P. Rea Jr
Calvert, Lewis & Smith
Jennings
Linda Baumgarten
Richmond
Valentine Museum
Danville Museum
Davis- Sutherlin
A. Banks Turner
Bascom Jordan
Helen Lea
Matt Jordan
Ingram Funeral for Marguerite Chandler in South Boston
Funeral services for Marguerite Spencer Chandler born October 31 1921 will be at 2 p m in Powell Chapel South Boston burial in Highland Burial Park Danville She was the wife of John T Chandler mother and grandmother survivors include her husband daughter Mary Anne Gordon brother William D Spencer Jr sisters and a granddaughter The body is at the funeral home and the family at the Ingram residence.
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Ingram
Marguerite Spencer Chandler
Powell Chapel
South Boston
Danville
Highland Burial Park
John T. Chandler
Pittsylvania County
Annie Shelton Spencer
Blairs
William Draper Spencer
Ingram United Methodist Church
Mary Anne Gordon
William D. Spencer Jr
Ringgold
James Strange
Vernon Hill
Howell Duncan
Halifax
Mrs. Rosa Dickerson 83 Dies at Gretna Home
Rosa Brown Dickerson 83 of Rt 4 Gretna died Sunday in Roman Eagle Nursing Home Danville. Survived by husband George Dickerson Jr Wilbur Melvin Jasper Elwood five daughters five sons a brother 52 grandchildren 31 great grandchildren three great great grandchildren. Funeral 1 p.m. tomorrow Mt Zion Baptist Church Rev M L Burger burial Fairview Cemetery. Friends at Millers Funeral Home 7:30-8:30 p.m. today.
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Mattie Belle Coleman
Rebecca Davis
Gretna
George Dickerson, Jr
Wilbur Dickerson
Melvin Dickerson
Jasper Dickerson
Elwood Dickerson
Washington, D.C
Jack Brown
Danville
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Mrs. Kent 81 Dies At Home In South Boston
Ruth Powell Kent, 81, widow of Samuel A. Kent, died Sunday at her South Boston home. Born in Halifax County to Lee Powell and Edness West Powell, she belonged to Mount Dana Methodist Church. Survived by four daughters Arlene Edwards and Marjorie Gray of Virginia Beach, Delores Porter of Pell City Alabama, Peggy Rather of South Boston. one son Maurice S. Kent. two sisters B. T. Watkins Courtland and L W. Powell Sr. Nathalie. 14 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral services will be at Mount Cana Methodist Church with burial in Grace Baptist. The body is at Powell Funeral.
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Charlottesville
Nettie Shields Ferguson
Hill and Irving Funeral Home
Pittsylvania County
James J
Susan Frances Shields
N. Howard Ferguson
J. Willard Wall
Richmond
F. B. Giles
South Boston
Ruth Powell Kent
Samuel A. Kent
Halifax County
Lee Powell
Powell
Mount Dana Methodist Church
Arlene Edwards
Marjorie Gray
Virginia Beach
Delores Porter
Pell City
Ala
Peggy Rather
Maurice S. Kent
B. T. Watkins
Courtland
L W. Powell Sr
Nathalie
Mount Cana Methodist Church
Grace Baptist Church
Powell Funeral Home
C. T. Burnett Dies At Home In Mt Hill Community
Claude Thomas Burnett a Mt Hill area farmer died at his home yesterday afternoon at 69. Born September 8 1904 in Danville he was a son of Walter Thomas and Jennie May Clay Burnett. He lived in Mt Mill 65 years and was a member of River Jend Pentecostal Holiness Church. Survived by wife Mary fon Baggett Burnett four daughters and three sons Thelma Williams Carol Gatewood Starlett Hudson Brennie Gilbert Willard Melvin James Burnett of Ringgold and others.
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Claude Thomas Burnett
Mt. Hill
Burnett
Danville
Walter Thomas
Jennie May Clay Burnett
Mt. Mill
River Jend Pentecostal Holiness Church
Mary Fon Baggett Burnett
Thelma Williams
Wopewell
Carol Gatewood
Dan
Flood of new legislation swamps Virginia General Assembly
The Virginia General Assembly faced a flood of new bills in the 1974 session led by a 19 measure package aimed at revamping welfare, plus a land lord tenant guidelines bill and a plan to raise senior citizen tax relief limits. Energy study chief Sen Barnes urged action to accelerate energy development, while welfare reform would require job seeking welfare recipients to register with the state employment service and protect tenants from eviction for joining a tenants association.
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George W. Wilbur
Associated Press
Richmond
Virginia General Assembly
Virginia Advisory Legislative Council
House
Senate
State Division of Corrections
Department of Welfare and Institutions
Assembly
George Ff. Barnes
Bazewell
Virginia Energy Crisis Study Commission
United States
Barnes
Bly
Congress
Virginia
Virginia Employment Commission
Miller
Administrator of Consumer Affairs Authority
Miller Proposes Consumer Bills Including No-Fault Insurance
Virginia Attorney General Andrew P. Miller urged the General Assembly to pass consumer oriented measures. The package includes a no fault auto insurance plan modeled after Delaware, with immediate damage payments and deductions for already paid sums.
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Miller
Richmond
API
Andrew P. Miller
General Assembly
Delaware
McGovern links presidency crisis to fuel shortage
U S Senator George McGovern told a Randolph-Macon Women’s College audience in Lynchburg that the presidential crisis and fuel shortage are inseparable. He faulted Nixon’s law enforcement stance, cited Watergate-era issues, and charged oil firms with delaying quotas and boosting profits.
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Lynchburg
U. S
George McGovern
D-S. Dak
Congress
McGovern
Randolph-Macon Women’s College
Nixon
Archibald Cox
House of Representatives
Balmy weather curtails North Carolina ski resorts
The warm spell blankets the region as ski operators report idle slopes and falling business. Seven Devils president Charles Griffin says volumes sit about 25 percent of normal, while Sugar Mountain and Hound Ears crews push snowmaking at 28 degrees with low humidity, hoping for a late winter rebound. Funeral details for local survivors are noted amid the weather impact.
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Charles Griffin
Seven Devils Resort
Bob Farish
Southern Ski Area Association
North Carolina
Sugar Mountain
Farish
Griffin
Jerry Reese
Hound Ears
Black Lack On Bench Hurts State
A Virginia study by the State Advisory Committee to the U S Commission on Civil Rights finds no black judges among about 335 district and circuit court seats, with only six of 235 substitute judges black. It links past and present discrimination to the lack of black judges and notes lawmakers may elect Virginia’s first black full time judge Willard Douglas Jr. for Richmond’s juvenile and domestic relations bench as a likely outcome.
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Richmond
Virginia
U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
General Assembly
House of Delegates
Democratic
Willard Douglas Jr
State Senate
Douglas
Edward E. Willey
Senate
Federal Commission
Virginia Committee
Drug Charge Dropped as Evidence Struck
Circuit Court Judge Stuart L. Craig dismissed a drug charge against Willard Earl Walker 23 for possession of 13 amphetamine capsules after defense motion to strike the evidence. The judge also revoked Leroy Flora Jr. probation from a 1973 case and sentenced him to 12 months on the city farm with a $200 fine and six months on work release. Flora had prior marijuana possession and assault convictions while on probation. The court also dismissed a charge against Felix Inge Sr. after he paid costs for failing to report to his probation officer.
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Stuart L. Craig
Willard Earl Walker
Gary Bengston
Craig
Leroy Flora Jr
Felix Inge Sr
FBI Agent Shot While Serving Roanoke Warrant
FBI special agent Edward E. Brown, 31, was shot and seriously wounded Monday while attempting to serve a warrant on a Roanoke computer technician. The incident prompted a manhunt and ongoing federal investigation into the shooting and circumstances surrounding the warrant service.
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FBI
Roanoke
Edward E. Brown
Virginia ADA rates show delegation among the nation’s most conservative
The American for Democratic Action graded Virginia’s 1973 delegation as the most conservative in the nation. The Senate and House members received low scores on 25 issues, with several Virginians scoring zero to single digits. Authorities report a Roanoke hospital scene after a gunfire incident tied to an extortion arrest.
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Washington
Virginia
Americans For Democratic Action
ADA
House
David Satterfield II
G. William Whitehurst
Robert W. Daniel Jr
M. Caldwell Butler
J. Kenneth Robinson
Joel T. Broyhill
William C. Wampler
W. C. Daniel
GOP
Stanford FE. Parris
Thomas N. Downing Jr
Senate
Harry F. Byrd Jr
William L. Scott
Massachusetts
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James Davis
Mrs. Ferguson
Eddie Lea
Yanceyville
N.C
Elizabeth Long Bigelow Lea
Eddie Lea Jr
Thomas Larry Lea
Roxboro
Mary Snipes
Martha Holman
Burlington
Lemma Gunn
Floyd Long
Reidsville
Thomas Long
Jasper Warlington
Bobby Brooks
Yanceyville Baptist Church
J.C. Brown
Fulton Funeral Home
S. K. Allmond Jr
Stephen Edward Allmond Jr
Mildred Widner
Stephen E. Allmond
Danville Rt. 3
Memorial Hospital
Elijah and
Nancy Widner
Ringgold Rt. 2
Donald
Josie Allmond
Danville Memorial Gardens
John W. Williams
Wrenn-Yeatts Funeral Home
Mrs. Kent
C. T. Burnett
Teeny Fowler
James Spence
Henry and
Claiborne Streets
House Committee On Corporations, Insurance and Banking
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
Texaco
Mobil
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KF. Burnett
Chatham
Mamie Oliver Cox
Cathryn Dix
Evelyn Hines
Walter T. Purnett
Geraldine Dix
Alexandria
Fanice Prevelt
Sutherlin
Tommy N. Burnett
Robert L. Burnett
Swheepgood Funeral Home
Mt. Wild
Mother Nature
Flora
James B. Wyatt
Richard Rogge
James Wilkinson
Wilkinson
Brown
George Metzger
Park View
Rogge
Metzger
U.S. Atty
Leigh B. Hanes
D. Berkley Edwards
Commissioner of the Revenue
City Hall
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