Death of Charles Crowder Former Publisher in Virginia
Charles Woodrow Crowder 59, publisher of The Winston Salem Journal and Twin City Sentinel since 1974, died unexpectedly Friday afternoon at his Danville home. He led Virginia newspapers in multiple roles, with a career spanning Richmond and several Virginia cities, survived by his wife Joyce and two sons. The body remains at Townes Funeral Home as arrangements are made.
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Charles Woodrow Crowder
Winston- Salem
N.C
Commercial Appeal
Newpapers
Virginia
Ketchum-McLeod and Grove
Crowder
Commonwealth
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
Beacon Press
Richmond
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Joyce S. Crowder
Charles W. Crowder Jr
Danville
Jimmy L. Crowder
Los Angeles
Calif
Beulah Myers
Virginia Searee
Peggy Gossett
Orange
Tex
Shirley Sherve
Charlottesville
John L. Crowder
Townes Funeral Home
Mrs. Wilmouth Rites Sunday
Mrs. Virginia Mae W. Wilmouth 56 died Thursday in a South Boston hospital. Born in Halifax County she was daughter of Ernest G. and Mertie Throckmorton Wilmouth. Survived by three sisters and two brothers. Funeral Sunday at 2 p.m. from Powell Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Scottsburg Cemetery. Friends may call Saturday 7 to 8 p.m.
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South Boston
Virginia Mae W. Wilmouth
Halifax County
Ernest G
Mertie Throckmorton Wilmouth
Fork Baptist Church
Eleanor W. Rickman
Hyattsville
Edith Crenshaw
Silver Springs
Shirley Snead
Henry J. Wil
Mrs. Hentgen Dies In Bowie
Mrs Cyriil Mawyer Hentgen 48 of Bowie Md died Thursday morning in Bowie after a year long decline. She leaves her mother Mrs Mary Mawyer of Hurdle Mills North Carolina her husband Joe Hentgen of Bowie and two children. A funeral will be held at 10 am Monday at St Pyers Funeral Home Bowie.
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Bowie
Cyriil
Mawyer Hentgen
Danville
Mary, Mawyer
Hurdle Mills
N.C
Joe. Hentgen
Howie
St. Pyers Funeral Home
Louise Mills Rites Sunday
A funeral for Louise Lyle Mills is set for Sunday at 2 p.m. from Joseph W. Bliley Chippenham Chapel in Richmond. Burial will be at Dale Memorial Park in Chesterfield County. The 51 year old Danville native, retired textile employee, died Thursday night at her residence. Survived by son Russell H. Mills Jr and two daughters Judy M. Davis and Brenda J. Mills, all of Richmond, plus a brother Jessie Lyle of Newport News and two sisters Louise Talbert and Ruby Reynolds of Danville, and three grandchildren.
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Richmond
Louise Lyle Mills
Joseph W. Bliley
Judy M. Davis
Brenda J. Mills
Jessie Lyle
Newport News
Louise Talbert
Ruby Reynolds
Danville
James Bradley Dies At Age 53 in Halifax County
James Melvin Bradley 53 of Halifax RL 1 died Thursday in a South Boston hospital. Born in Halifax County he was the son of Frederick W. Bradley and Irene Snead Bradley of Vernon Hill. He was a member of Oak Level Presbyterian Church and a retired grader for the U S Department of Agriculture Tobacco Division. Survived by wife Geneva Henderson Bradley, two sisters in Lynchburg and two brothers Trent Bradley of Goldsboro and W Winston Bradley of Orlando. Funeral Saturday at 11 am at Oak Level Presbyterian Church with Rev. Robert Helstrom, burial in church cemetery. Body at Powell Funeral Home in South Boston.
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Halifax
James Melvin Bradley
Earl Weaver
Lynchburg
Trent
Bradley
Goldsboro
N.C
W. Winston Bradley
Orlando
Fla
Oak -Leve) Presbyterian Church
Robert Helstrom
Powell
South Boston
Graveside Rites for Robert Terry
Graveside services for Robert Coleman Terry will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in Highland Burial Park. The 64 year old died Friday in a Stuart nursing home after being born in Danville to the late William Nathaniel and Lucy Coleman Terry. He is survived by a brother W Nat Terry and two sisters Mrs W Walker Peers and Mrs C Maurice Flinn. The body rests at Townes Funeral Home. The family lives at 149 Westhampton Drive.
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Robert Coleman Terry
Highland Burial Park
Terry
Stuart
Danville
William Nathaniel
Lucy “Lynn Coleman Terry
W. Nat Terry
W. Walker Peers
C. Maurice Flinn
Townes Funeral Home
Thelma Dixon Rites Today
Services for Mrs. Thelma C. Dixon age 81 of 133 Lipton Lane will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Moffett Memorial Baptist Church led by Dr. Victor Manitiply. Interment follows at Mountain View Cemetery. She died Thursday night in Martinsville after two years of declining health.
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Thelma C. Dixon
Lipton Lane
Moffett Memorial Baptist Church
Victor Manitiply
Mountain View Cemetery
Dixon
Martinsville
SCC Bans Blue Cross Contract Clause in Virginia
The State Corporation Commission ruled that Blue Cross of Virginia cannot include provisions in health insurance contracts excluding psychologists, opticians, and optometrists from payment. It ordered withdrawal of such clauses and a 30 day endorsement to inform contract holders of their rights under state law. Controversy earlier involved Blue Cross refusing to pay psychologists unless supervised by a physician.
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Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Blue Cross of
Virginia
SCC
Commission
Bureau of Insurance
Blue Cross
Weekly Danville Job Watch Listing
This weekly listing compiles all Danville area jobs registered with the Virginia Employment Commission through Friday. For details on opportunities contact the VEC office at 734 Main St. Abbreviations include HS grad R&W W/T and Wil Train.
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Danville
Virginia Employment Commission
VEC
Main St
Virginia NAACP Report Shows Financial Trouble
RICHMOND AP The Virginia NAACP calls for stronger funding and membership after reports of financial strain and dwindling members. Executive secretary Jack Gravely says the race still faces battles and urges growth to 50 000 through programs and media outreach while urging white colleges to share desegregation duties. He notes media underplays black achievements and cites a Chesterfield County country club incident as a caution on color bias.
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Richmond
Virginia
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Jack “Gravely
NAACP
Gravely
Virginia Naacp
Insulation Shortage Hits Tidewater Virginia Dealers
Virginia insulation dealers report tight supplies and rising prices as demand surges nationwide. Horne Insulation in Chesapeake notes a 25 to 70 percent price increase and higher job costs from 300 to 380 for attic work. Owens Corning and Davenport Manufacturing allocations shrink to 40 to 50 percent, with Energy Control forced to seek other suppliers.
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Norfolk
Tidewater
Daniel Horne
Horne Insulation Co
Chesapeake
Horné
Horne
Quinn Miano
Energy Control Co
Virginia Beach
Davenport Manufacturing
Lorton
Miano
Lawyers Trained for Leadership Urged by Virginia Bar
North Carolina Bar Association President Herbert H. Taylor Jr told Virginia Bar Association members that lawyers are best qualified to lead governmental affairs at local state and national levels. He warned the profession has failed to maintain moderation and allowed special interests to dictate policies to the public good.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Virginia
North Carolina Bar Association
Herbert H. Taylor Jr
Virginia Bar Association
Jeft
Shorts- Hancock Sentenced on Larceny Count
George Ellis Hancock Jr. was sentenced in Danville Circuit Court for grand larceny involving a bad check. Judge B A Davis ordered one year in the state penitentiary, suspended on four months at city farm and three years probation after release.
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George Ellis Hancock Jr
Danville
B.A. Davis
Rocky Mount
Hancock
State
City Farm
Woman Arrested On Theft Charge In Danville
Pearl Lila Williams of Providence North Carolina was arrested by Danville Police Friday and charged with stealing a $1,400 diamond watch owned by Lelia Ford from The Memorial Hospital of Danville. Detectives W. R. Cheek and D. L. Dalton filed the arrest report. Williams is jailed pending a hearing.
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Pearl Lila Williams
Providence
N.C
Rt. 1
Danville
Lelia Ford
Lady Astor Place
Apt. 1
WR. Cheek
D.L. Dalton
Memorial Hospital of
Ms. Williams
Wrenn Astin Chevrolet Inc Forms In Danville
Gerald H. Wrenn and Charles W. Astin filed corporation papers in Danville Clerk of Court for a new car dealership. Ronald W. Williams named as registered agent. Initial directors are Astin of 335 Terry Ave and Wrenn of 135 Capri Ct.
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Gerald H. Wrenn
Charles W. Astin
Danville
Wrenn-Astin Chevrolet Inc
Ronald W. Williams
Astin
Terry Ave
Wrenn
Capri Court
Mission Board Picks Averett Student For Home Missions
Hardy Beverly Hardy a rising Averett College junior has been chosen by the Southern Baptist Convention Home Missions Board to serve in home missions this summer. The psychology major daughter of Rev and Mrs D R Hardy Jr will spend 10 weeks exploring missions work with backyard Bible clubs resorts and Christian social ministries under BSU sponsorship.
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Beverly Hardy
Averett College
Southern Baptist Convention Home Missions Board
Ms. Hardy
Averett
D.R. Hardy Jr
Turlington Road
Suffolk
BSU
BSU Folk Team
Averett Singers
The
Baptist Student Union
Computer Center Director Named at Averett College
Linda Almond McDaniel has been named director of the computer center at Averett College. A 1976 graduate, she will manage programming and aid administration and academics, with responsibilities for the center’s operation. She holds a secretarial administration degree, studied at Bluefield College, and is a Phi Theta Kappa member. She is married to Ted Gilmer McDaniel of Danville.
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Linda Almond McDaniel
Averett College
Timothy C. Brown
McDaniel
Bluefield College
Phi Theta Kappa
Alpha Chi
Ted Gilmer McDaniel
Danville
Aulenbacher Joins Southern Virginia Mental Health Institute
James Aulenbacher begins Monday as staff psychologist at the Southern Virginia Mental Health Institute. He is the first of four to be hired, holds a psychology master’s from Illinois State University and a B.S. from SUNY, and has recent experience at Iroquois Mental Health Center and Illinois State University. He is a Psi Chi member. Openings remain for three more psychologists, four psychiatrists, nine or ten nurses, and fifteen psychiatric aides.
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James Aulenbacher
Southern Virginia Mental Health Institute
Aulenbacher
Roanoke Tan
Illinois State University
State University of New York
Iroquois Mental Health Center
Watseka
Illinois
Campaign taps three co chairs in Fifth District race
Dalton campaign in the Fifth Congressional District names three co chairmen including Dalton ally Dalton Gail Bengston of Danville along with Ray Edwards of Collinsville and Dr Max Graeber of Midlothian. The movement also assigns regional county and city chairs across Pittsylvania Halifax Henry counties with names such as Virginia Hall Pat Wentz Allan Hoffman Wayne Ashworth Martin Edgar Renee Trent H Clay Gravely II and Linda Early in respective zones.
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Gail Bengston
Danville
John N. Dalton
Dalton
Bengston
Ray Edwards
Collinsville
Max Graeber
Midlothian
Allan Hoffman
Wayne Ashworth
Pittsylvania County
Martin Edgar
Renee Trent
Halifax-South
Boston
H. Clay Gravely
Linda Early
Henry County
Martinsville
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Salisbury Country Club
Chesterfield County
Raymond Smith
Smith Brothers
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Atlanta
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