County Youth Wins Prize at Forestry Camp
Howard Lester of Danville was among campers at the 20th annual Boys Forestry Camp held at Holiday Lake in Buckingham Appomattox State Forest. He tied for top honors in forest management, with five others receiving hunting knives. Phillip J. Burns of Highland named best camper. runners-up were Ralph Riner of Bath and Carney Turner of Rockingham. The camp offered courses in forest fire control harvesting wood preservation measuring forest management tree ID insects and wildlife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Lester
Danville Rt. 3
Lester
Chatham High School
Holiday Lake
Buckingham-Appomattox State Forest
Virginia
Phillip J. Burns
Highland
Ralph Riner
Bath
Carney Turner
Rockingham
Percy
Roach
Chatham Rt. 5
Joe Richard Scarce
Dry Fork Rt. 1
Tunstall High School
Scout Roundup Awaits Eight Area Delegates From Virginia
Virginia Skyline Council sends eight area girls to the National Senior Girl Scout Roundup at Farragut State Park Idaho. Delegates include Rockingham County's Cicely Fitzgerald bin Mustain Nan Marsella Danville and Chatham residents Margaret Davis Rosemary Nichols Dry Fork Beverly Jones Fieldale Chevy Gosney South Boston Betsy Curwen. They travel via special train from Lynchburg touring Washington and Chicago en route to Montana for a state reservation ceremony. About 10 090 scouts and 2 000 staff attend with forums on foreign relations and politics and patrols presenting demonstrations on history industries and folklore. Each patrol will plant a tree at the final campsite as the group returns to Danville July 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Skyline Council
Farragut State Park
Idaho
Ro Cy Fitzgerald bin
Mustain
Nan
Judy Marsella
Danville
Margaret Davis
Rosemary Nichols
Chatham
Beverly Jones
Dryork
Chevy Gosney
South Boston
Betsy Curwen
Fleldale
Lynchburg
Washington
Chicago
Montana
Highland Games and Clans Gather at Grandfather Mountain
The 10th annual Grandfahey Mountain Highland Games and Gathering of Scottish Clans runs July 10 11 at MacRae Meadows Grandfather Mountain NC. Featured is the U S Air Force Bagpipe Band with dozens of clans and bands including Carnegie Tech and Miami. events include dancing piping tossing the Cahar wrestling and archery. The program begins with registration and novice piping and children's dances followed by a Tartan Ball at Lees MacRae College. The gathering is led by N J MacDonal and Robert W Groves Jr with Agnes MacHae Morton founder. Grandfather Mountain at 5964 feet height overlooks Linville Blue Ridge Parkway and NC 105 near Boone and Blowing Rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Blue Ridge Mountains
MacRae Meadows
Grandfather Mountain
Scotland
U.S. Air Force
Carnegie Tech
Miami
U.S.A
New
Zealand
Canada
Lees-Macrae College
Banner Elk
North Carolina Archery Association
N. J. MacDonal
St. Andrews Society
New York State
Clan Donald Society
U.S
Robert W. Groves, Jr
Savannah
Georgia
Agnes MacHae Morton
Wilmington
Linville
Cape Fear Valley
Blue Ridge Range
Blue Ridge Parkway
N.C. Highway 105
Booney
Blowing Rack
Nighland
N.C
Poundage Rules For Tenants Under New Acreage Program
Pittsylvania ASCS manager John Davis explains farm owners with multiple tenants must write to the county ASCS to allocate pounds per tenant. If multiple marketing cards are issued for a farm the owner or operator must notify the office of the number of cards and each tenant’s marketing quota. Poundage quotas under the new program are based on past farm production history, not individual tenant records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
John Davis
Pittsylvania Ascs
Davis
Mrs Grant 72 Dies After Illness in Memorial Hospital
Mrs Mary Sue Haynes Grant 72 died yesterday at 5 p m in Memorial Hospital after five years of declining health and a three week admission She was born March 21 1893 in Pittsylvania County and spent most of her life in Mayfield community Rockingham County NC now residing in Danville Survived by five daughters four sons two brothers three sisters and 15 grandchildren Funeral arrangements pending at Wrenn Yeatts Funeral Home with the family at the home of Mrs Margaret Burnett 1497 Myrtle Ave
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Sue Haynes Grant
Memorial Hospital
Robert Wayton Haynes
Susan Keesee Haynes
Pittsylvania County
Bernard Chesley Grant
Mayfield
Rockingham County
N.C
Danville
Nickery Grove Methodist Church
Margaret Burnett
Louise Moore
Josephine Brande
Nancy Young
Jeraldine Moore
Pelham
X. C
B. Chesley Grant
Ise
Blair Loop Rd
Edward D. Grant
Franklin Grant
Reginald W. Grant
Cameron Haynes
Charles B. Waynes
Drucilla Compon
Laura Moorefield
Gretna
Nancy, Bradshaw
Washington, D
Wrenn F Yeatts
Myrtle Ave
T. D. Shepherd Rites Conducted
Funeral services for Luther Douglas Shepherd were conducted yesterday afternoon from Townes Memorial Chapel by the Rev. W. Ot. Bradlow. Interment was in Highland Burial Park. Pallbearers were Jimmy Strader Louis Hardy Sterling Motley Doug Jackson Clyde Maley George Bohannon John Norris and Jerry Bohannon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Douglas Shepherd
Townes Memorial Chapel
Budget Office Lists 27 Virginia Projects for Bush Plan
The Virginia State Budget Office released 27 priority capital projects for the Bush plan, totaling about $22 million. Included are renovations at Harrison Hall and annex, structural work at various state colleges, hospitals, and the University of Virginia Medical Center, with funding partly from bonds and grants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Budget Office
Bush
Richmond
Virginia State College
Peters
Wedburg
School of Education
Farrison
Tu Fe
Virginia Military Institute
Madison College
Harrison Hall
Harrison
General Assembly
Commission of Fisheries
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Bland
State Farm
Penitentiary
Lanie Porter
Mrs Williams of Reidsville Dies at 77 in North Carolina
Mrs Maude Hall Williams 77 of 918 Lindsay Street Reidsville N C died Wednesday afternoon at Annie Penn Memorial Hospital after a brief illness She was born in Caswell County widow of W Ernest Williams and lived in Reidsville most of her life She was a member of Main Street Methodist She is survived by a daughter Mrs Roy Watkins Burlington two sons W Ernest Williams and Gordon B Williams Reidsville six great grandchildren one sister and one brother Services will be Friday at 2 PM at Citty Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Sharon Baptist Church Cemetery The family will be at the home of Ernest Williams 711 King Street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reidsville
N. C
Maude Hall Williams
Lindsay St
Annie Penn Memorial Hospital
Caswell County
W. Ernest Williams
Main St. Methodist Church
Roy Watkins
Burlington
W. Ernest J
Gordon BD. Williams
Bathe
Lena Smith
Charlie Hall
Citty Funeral Home
Sharon Baptist Church
Commetery
Ernest, Williams
King St
Miss Ola Bane Dies At Age 81
Miss Ola Annie Bane, 81, of Hampton, died Tuesday in a Hampton hospital. Graveside services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Be River Baptist Church cemetery in South Boston. She is survived by one brother, Dr. W. F. Bane of Hampton, several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Boston
Ola Annie Bane
Hampton
Hampton Hospital
Be River Baptist Church
W. F. Bane
Hamppston
Picnic Meeting for Chatham Young Farmers and Homemakers
A picnic supper and a joint meeting of the Chatham Young Farmers and Spring Garden Young Homemakers will be held Saturday night at 7 o'clock at Elkhorn Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatham Young Farmers and Spring Garden
Elkhorn Lake
Doan’s Pills for Fast Backache and Headache Relief
Doan's Pills provide rapid relief from backache headache and muscular pains after exertion. The medicine also eases mild bladder irritation caused by diet or drink and promotes a restful night’s sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Doan
Appeals Court Upholds Altavista Lawyer In NLRB Case
A federal appeals court ordered a full hearing on whether attorney E Bruce Harvey violated attorney client confidentiality by disclosing his client The Fourth Circuit revived questions from a prior contempt ruling against Danville detective agency owner O T Link who tracked union organizer Everett Shrader amid an American Furniture Co campaign The panel affirmed that Harvey admitted hiring Link but refused to identify his client while insisting the client was not tied to American Furniture and that Link’s surveillance report did not reach the company
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Altavista
National Labor Relations Board
U.S. Court of Appeals
A. D. Barksdale
E. Bruce Harvey
MLRB
American Furniture Co
Martinsville
NLRB
United Mine Workers Union
O. T. Link
Danville
Harvey
Link
District Court
American Furniture
4Th Circuit
Ted Dalton
Everett O. Shrader
Rocky Mount
UMW
Shrader
Area Students Receive Honors at Randolph Macon College
Four Danville area students at Randolph Macon College Ashland earned academic recognition for the spring term. J Randolph Smith Jr 817 Mulberry Rd Martinsville made the Honors List among 51 students with a 2.50 or better average. Dean's List honorees include Andrew James Anderson 308 Hampton Dr and James Catlin Barnett 231 W Main St both of Danville and Harry Clay Gravely Jr 1200 Sam Lions Trail Martinsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville’ Area
Randolph Macon College
Ashland
J. Randolph Smith, Jr
Mulberry Rd
Martinsville
Andrew James Anderson
Hampton Dr
James Catlin Barnett
W. Main St
Danville
Harry Clay Gravely
Sam Lions Trail
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Clover
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Russell Gregory
Ridgeway Rt 1
James Jankins
Axton Rt. 2
Drewry Mason High School
Voca
State Department of Education
Virginia Pulpwood Using Industries
Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association
Virginia Division of Forestry
Union Bag-Camp Paper Corp
Chesapeake Corporation of Virginia
Continental Can Co
The
Gladfelter Pulp Wood Co
Mead Corporation
Owens-Illlfois
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co
N. C. Peaks
Ben-Gay
penGeu Penetratiog Herat
HFC
Onesthold
S. Union St
Piggly-Wiggly Knight
Pythies Bidg
Swift
Virginia School For Deaf and Blind
Virginia Associated Research Center
Norfolk
University of Virginia Mediscal Center
Christopher Newport College
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Agricultural Experiment Station
Roanoke Technical Institute
Old Dominion College
Mary Washington College
jSoolrick
Richard Bland College
College of William and Mary
Wytheville Area
Cal
Ola Bane
Trail Union
NRLB
W. Morton Moody
Curtis Ramsey
American Furni
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Dacron
Jacs
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Authentic India
Madras
Dacrons
O Dacron
CEN Zen
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