City Weather Beaten by Strong Thunderstorm Cleans Town
After weeks of heat, a thunderstorm brought inch and a half of rain, high winds, and lightning across the city. Eldred C. Yerks of the electric department reported limited damage and crews working to restore power, with outages few and scattered. Firefighters responded to two homes struck by lightning, including Leroy Walker’s on Park Avenue Extension, where bricks were blown from a chimney.
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Eldred C. Yerks
Ballou Park Rock Concert Draws 680 Fans Despite Thunder
A Danville group the Manchesters played in Ballou Park Sunday drawing about 680 people of mixed ages. The crowd enjoyed rock hits from Stevie Wonder to Fleetwood Mac as a storm moved in bringing rain and cooler air. Dozens of cars cruised park roads while the Danville Parks department plans four more summer concerts. one service station sign was damaged by the storm. Local officials reported minor wind damage and power outages affecting 74 to 100 customers near Milton before the rain subsided. Weather outlook for Monday and Tuesday calls for more rain and cooler highs in the 90s.
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Danville
Ballou Park
Ballou
Wayne Reese
Southampton Avenue
A. Danville
Riverside Drive
Pittsylvania
Phillip Allen
Chatham
Carter Layne
Renan
Layne
Pittsylvania County
National Weather Service
Caswell County
N.C
Ben Gentry
Carolina Power and Light Company
Highway 62
Milton
Landfill Fire Takes Five Hours To Contain Near Lakewood
Ringgold Volunteer Fire Department spent over five hours Sunday containing a landfill fire behind Lakewood Church off Route 734. Firefighters, aided by Mt. Hermon and Milton units, battled flames 10 to 15 feet high across about 200 yards, using 20,000 gallons of water and three bulldozers to fully extinguish. No damage occurred as crews prevented spread into nearby woods.
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Ringgold
Rt. 734
Lakewood Church
Mike Neal
First Piedmont Corp
Ben Davenport
Neal
Mt. Hermon
Milton
N.C
Mary of Holbrook Avenue Guards Neighborhood Ties for 70 Years
A retrospective profile of Mary Johanna Harrison, who moved from Blanch, North Carolina to Danville in 1907, worked for the Womack Taylor family at 736 Holbrook Ave, and has since quietly shaped the corner of Stokes Street and Holbrook Avenue. She avoids modern devices, values church, kindness, and clean living, earning affection from both white and Black neighbors who call her family.
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Mary Johanna Harrison
Danville
Blanch
N.C
Mary
Sadie Womack
Holbrook Avenue
Mrs. Womack
Revisions In Tobacco Standards Enacted
Agricultural Marketing Service of the US Department of Agriculture enacts revisions to flue cured tobacco grade standards focusing on primings and sand as a factor. The changes tighten uniformity and waste tolerances, prompting growers to weigh harvesting first primings against costs and quota availability this marketing season.
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Agricultural Marketing Service of the US
Department of Agriculture
USDA
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KC and the Sunshine Band
Sittin
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Holbrook
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