Merchants Association Moves to New Arcade Quarters
The Retail Merchants Association will close after 1 p.m. today for a move from the Masonic Temple to Arcade Building quarters. Executive VP Ray Williams said the RMA opens at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow at the new location and highlighted its centralized credit reporting benefits. Williams cited $77,000 in receivables recovered last year and stressed that historic files remain even when members are inactive.
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Retail Merchants Association
Masonic Temple
Arcade
Ray Williams
Williams
RMA
Merchants Association
Credit Bureau
Large Section of Department Store Collapses in Salisbury
A 35 by 50 foot section of Zimmermans Department Store in downtown Salisbury collapsed during the mid afternoon shopping period after heavy rains. Three workmen escaped from the forward portion as customers and employees fled to the front. No injuries were reported and power lines helped prevent further damage. The store is owned by Leon Zimmerman and Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salibury
N.C
Zimmerman’s Department Store
Salisbury
Leon Zimmerman
Eddie Post
Man Wanted in City Arrested in Atlanta
FBI agents in Atlanta arrested 23 year old former Danville man Michael Berlin Stroupe on a federal warrant charging unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. He is sought by Danville authorities for removing property from the state after allegedly taking a car from Piedmont Credit and Investment Corp. He is held in Fulton County jail with arraignment pending the Danville warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FBI
Atlanta
Danville
Michael Berlin Stroupe
Virginia
Piedmont Credit and Investment Corp
Fulton County
City Without Power After Mill Mishap in Kannapolis
Kannapolis North Carolina part of the town lost power for about 90 minutes Tuesday after an accident at Cannon Mills. A forklift severed a main power line disrupting plant and town service. Some plant No 1 employees were sent home early and repairs enabled the 3 PM shift to report for work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kannapolis
N.C
Cannon Mills
Danville Man Otho Hanks 96 Dies After Heart Attack
Otho Jarrard Hanks 96, longtime license operator in the Commissioner of Revenue office, died after a heart attack while walking on North Main Street. Born January 10 1909 in Danville he lived here his life. He married Lena Owen July 7 1931. Survived by wife two children Otho Wayne and Mrs Charles Dodson, one brother J A Hanks, two grandchildren. Funeral arrangements incomplete Barker Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otho Jarrard Hanks
Commissioner of Revenue Office
North Main St
Mr. Hanks
Memorial Hospital
J. C. Hanks
Danville
VPI
Lena Owen
Third Ave
Hanks
Third Avenue Christian Church
Willing Workers Class
City Employes Federal Credit Union
Piedmont Chapter of
Federal Credit Unions
Chickasaw Tribe of Red Men
Phenix Lodge No. 62
Knights of Pythias
Boy Scouts
Woodrow Wilson Junior High School
PTA
Little League Baseball
Dixie Baseball
Charles W. Dodson
Otho Wayne Hanks
J. A. Hanks
Barker Funeral Home
SBA Officials To Lend Help Visit Danville Area
SBA representatives will visit the Danville Chamber Office at 644 Main Street on July 21 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. to assist small businesses with financing and management issues and to aid firms seeking to sell to the Federal Government. 26 businessmen were interviewed in prior visits, with several loan applications generated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Small Business Administration
Danville
Lewis Roach, Jr
Danville Chamber of Commerce
SBA
Main Street
Howard Hylton
Chamber of Commerce
Last Services Held For Elder Eggleston
Final services for Elder Franklin Floyd Eggleston of Mayfield community Ruffin North Carolina Route 2 were conducted yesterday afternoon from Dan River Primitive Baptist Church by Elder D W Spangler and Elder James R Hollandsworth. Interment was in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were R O Duggins R L Wright Spencer Corum Gold Minter W H Tilley Harold Weatherford W L Pryor and Bridus Voss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Floyd Eggleston
Mayfield
Ruffin
N. C
Rt. 2
Dan River Primitive Baptist Church
D. W. Spangler
James R. Hollandsworth
Church
R. O. Duggins
R. L. Wright
Spencer Corum
Gold Minter
W. H. Tilley
Harold Weatherford
W.L. Pryor
Bridus Voss
Lorillard reshuffles officers to boost leadership
Lorillard Tobacco Co moves Manuel Yellen to board chairman and CEO, replacing Morgan Cramer who shifts to head the international division. J. Edgar Bennett becomes president and chief operating officer as Cramer expands overseas duties. Lorillard posted 1964 first quarter sales of 109.9 million and earnings of 4.1 million or 59 cents a share, with full year sales at 466.773 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
P. Lorilard Co
Manuel Yellen
Morgan J. Cramer
Cramer
International
The
Tobacco Company
Lewis Gruber
J. Edgar Bennett
Yellen
Bennett
Lorillard
Danville public schools announce 1965 opening dates
The Danville School Board released the 1965-66 calendar showing classes start for most students on August 23 with pre school conferences on August 23 and 24. Orientation and state tests fill the first week. Elementary half days on Aug 25 26 27. Labor Day holiday September 7. End terms include Thanksgiving November 25-26 and Christmas December 20 to January 2. Easter April 7-12. final day June 1 and commencement June 3 for high seniors.
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Danville School Board
State Board of Education
Elderly Man and Youth Drown Off North Carolina Beach
In Carolina Beach New Hanover County coroner says 71 year old A Q Roebuck of Raleigh and 18 year old Horace W Bedsole of Roseboro drowned while attempting to rescue each other at an unprotected stretch of the north end. Lifeguards worked 45 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolina Beach
N.C
New Hanover County
Starr MacMillan
A.Q. Roebuck
Raleigh
Horace W. Bedsole
Rt. 1
Roseboro
MacMillan
Roebuck
Bedsole
Durham Life Names Baker City Manager
Bobby L. Baker promoted from agent to staff manager at Durham Life Insurance office in Danville announced by District Manager W. O. Cundiff. Baker, a Danville native and longtime agent, lives with wife Faye Moss and two children at 314 Inglewood Drive. He is elder at Burton Memorial Presbyterian Church and former treasurer and Sunday school superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby L. Baker
Durham Life Insurance Company
Danville
W. O. Cundiff
Baker
Durham Life
Inglewood Dr
Faye Moss
Burton Memorial Presbyterian Church
Royster Testifies In Wilson Tobacco Market Suit
Fred Royster of the Bright Belt Warehouse Association testified as the first witness in a U S district case charging a conspiracy to control selling time on the Wilson tobacco market. The suit by Cozart Eagles & Co seeks damages of 524000 and an injunction against the boards time allotment system.
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New Bern
N.C
Fred Royster
Hendrson
Bright Belt Warehouse Association
Wilson Tobacco
Royster
U.S
Cozart, Eagles & Co
Wilson Tobacco Board of Trade
Wilson Board of Trade
Cozart
Board of Trade
George Inman 54 Dies. Services Set At Townes Memorial
George Berger Inman 54 of 467 Old Mayfield Road died yesterday after years of declining health. Final rites will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow from Townes Memorial Chapel with interment in Highland Burial Park. He was born in Pittsylvania County, son of Mrs Doss Abbott Inman and the late D N Inman. He was Baptist. He leaves his mother, a brother Henry Inman and a niece Jacqueline Motley. The body rests at Townes Funeral Home and the family at the residence.
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George
Berger Inman
OldMayfield Rd
Barksdale Dies During Camp Pickett Maneuvers
Cecil E. Barksdale of Glenwood a sergeant first class in the Virginia National Guard died of a heart attack during two weeks of field training at Camp Pickett He was 41 born May 28 1924 in Pittsylvania County and survived by his wife four children his mother three brothers and four sisters The body will return to Danville for funeral arrangements with services at Glenwood Memorial Baptist Church and at Wrenn Yeatts Funeral Home 167 Lexington Ave Glenwood
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Cecil E. Barksdale
Glenwood
Virginia National Guard
Camp Pickett
Barksdale
Danville
246Th Artillery
Otho Wayne Hanks
Otho Jarrard Hanks
Pickett
Mr. Barksdale
Pittsylvania County
Porte Brumfield Barksdale
John Roger Barksdale
Helen Weatherford
Pittsylvania Colnip
Thompson- Arthur Paving Co
Glenwood Memorial Baptist Church
Jimmie Edward Barksdale
Ronald Wayne Barksdale
Ricky Lee Barksdale
Lisa Dawn Barksdale
J. R. Barksdale, Jr
Earl Thomas Barksdale
Larry Barksdale
Jack Francisco
William Morgan
William Pearson
June Barksdale
Wrenn- Yeatis Funeral Home
Lexington Ave
Three Virginia counties set to desegregate schools this fall
The State Pupil Placement Board approved desegregation in Bland Lun enburg and Nottoway counties for fall. In Nottoway 151 Black students were placed in previously white schools, 11 in Bland, 19 in Lunenburg. About 700 Black students were assigned to white or desegregated schools in the batch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Bland
Lunenburg
Nottoway
Rocky Gap
One Sent To Grand Jury And Two Fined In Drug Cases
Municipal Court hearings led to one defendant bound over to the grand jury and several fines in drug case charges. Gilbert L. Keeling, 51, bound over for failing to keep proper drug sale records, while a second charge was not pressed. Donald Dempsey Mahaffey, 34, fined 50 on four charges of selling dangerous drugs without a licensed pharmacist. Anderson Bernard Molley Jr., 39, fined on five charges, including 80 for selling dangerous drugs without a prescription and 25 for each charge of conducting a pharmacy without personal supervision. John Thomas Cunningham, 42, and Augusta Thomas, 31, paid fines after unemployment benefits false statements charges. Jack Brightwell Jr. had a wreck related drunk driving charge reduced to reckless driving with a 50 fine and costs.
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State Board of Pharmacy
Gilbert L. Keeling
Franklin Turnpike
Jones
Donald Dempsey Mahaffey
Englewood Lane
Motley’s Pharmacy
Anderson Bernard Molley, Jr
College Ave
John Thomas Cunningham
Truman Jr
Augusta Thomas
Danville
Jack Brightwell
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New Arcade
Dan River Sertoma Club
Pauseroses Ost, CO
Wly.c.i
Otho J. Hanks
Otho Hanks
Elder Eggleston
N. C. Beach
Baker City
George Inman
Stewart Thompson
Lewis
Tormelolard
Genera Agency
Cyoneine
Bolton's Telephone Answering Service
Aml
the National Bank OF
Ballou Park
Wilson-Ridge
Riverside
Main St
Park Wilson Street
Ridge Riverside Drive
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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