Temple urges graduates to solve national problems for true success
Danville Technical Institute 149 graduates were urged by City Manager T Edward Temple to find solutions to the nation’s larger problems and to view education as a lifelong necessity. He warned that success and wealth mean little without safeguarding freedom at home and abroad, and he emphasized public participation, moral values, and broad horizons in confronting future economic and social changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Edward Temple
Danville Technical Institute
George Washington High School
Danny Ross
Temple
America
Tempie
DTI
Dana Ville Community College
General Assembly
Study Commission On Higher Education
Eugene C. Stryker
Harold D. Henry
Business Department
Gerald Bridges
Ray Hayes
O.T. Bonner
Robert E. Morgan
J.M. van Oot
Brenda Anne Agee
Jessie Marie Cox
Peggy Jean Hearp
Miriam H. Moore
Phyllis J. Moorefield
Robert Wayne Shrieves
Roy Vann Anderson
Nancy Faye Carter
Darryl Joseph Cox
Thomas Durthburth Garrett, Jr
Robert David Goode
James Thomas Gulley
Carrol Edgar Higgins
Mary
City Native Named To Bank Post in Williamsburg
William B. Guerrant, Danville native, named director of marketing for Peninsula Bank and Trust Co. in Williamsburg. He will oversee promotion, advertising and staff training. Guerrant is VP of Heritage Management Corp. and former Dow CocaCo executive, WWII Army veteran, Virginian alumnus, and active community member with Rotary, Presbyterian Church, United Fund board, Chamber travel committee, and Boy Scouts duties. He is married to Martha Ann Bradley with two sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Guerrant
Danville
Peninsula Bank and Trust Co
Williamsburg
Guerrant
Basil D. Browder
Heritage Management Corp
Dow Chemical Co
Dow Chemical International, Inc
University of Virginia
University of Cincinnati
Lowell Textile Institute
Michigan State University
U. S. Army
Williamsburg Presbyterian Church
Williamsburg-James City
Boy Scouts
Martha Ann Bradley
Bill
Brad
Career Soldier Minster Discusses Letters Of Sympathy Hardship
Lt Col Emanuel Alford a career Army officer and licensed Method ist minister returned from Viet Nam will speak at Sledd Memorial Methodist Church. He notes writing condolence letters to widows and mothers is the hardest part of his job. Alford led 1600 troops in four divisions and helped fund a 500 bed orphanage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viet Nam
Emanuel Alford
United States
Sledd Memorial Methodist Church
Alford
Quinhon
New Guinea
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware
Ohio
Germany
Formosa
Puerto Rico
Danville
Doris Barts
Cavalary (Airborne
23Rd Infantry
01St Airborne
Korea
Confession Admitted in Halifax Poisoning Trial
Halifax Circuit Court admitted as evidence a confession by Franklin Satterfield 23 of South Boston that he put rat poison in a soft drink later given to his three year old stepson Ronald Brenner, who died of arsenic poisoning. The trial heard testimony from the defendant’s wife and medical experts about the boy’s death and the autopsy findings. Insurance records and prior examinations were also noted during the day’s proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Franklin Satterfield
Boston
G. E. Mitchell, Jr
Satterfield
C. T. Coates
Ronald Brenner
Coates
McLaughlin
Thomas A. Crowder
South Boston
Crowder
Mic
N. E H. Wooding
Thomas J. Moran
Memorial Hospital
Danville
Richmond
Moran
Robert V. Lankey
Southwestern Hospital
Marion
Billy Lloyd
Southland Insurance Co
Savings Bond drive hits milestones in Virginia counties
Danville led six month E and H bond sales at 158 percent of its 1966 goal with 834 622 82 toward 1 432 000. Pittsylvania Halifax Martinsville and Henry reported 36 58 and 35 percent respectively with June sales totals and chairmen named. Randolph statewide June sales 7 120 646 and year to date 4 243 036 48 percent of goal. National June public sales rose by 96 million. E bond and E H bond totals marked highs for decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Virginia
John H. Randsph, Jr
B. W. Booth, Jr
E&h
Pittsylvania County
C. E. Hagberg
Pittsylvania
Halifax County
Halifax
F. W. Sizemore
Martinsville
Henry County
L. C. Whaley, Jr
Randolph
WWI Vets and Auxiliary Hold Watermelon Feast
Members of Cansylvania Barracks No. 1081, Veterans of World War 1, and its Auxiliary will gather at Ballou Park Oven No. 6 Tuesday for a watermelon feast. Attendees arriving at 7 p.m. were told there will be unlimited watermelon. Committee members include John W. Barber Sidney G. Hall and George P. Richmond.
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Cansylvania Barracks No
Ballou Park
John W. Barber
Sidney G. Hall
George P. Richmond
Students Attend Annual Workshop Representing Two High Schools
Guy Johnson will represent George Washington High School and Robert Bridgford will represent Robert E. Lee Junior High at the Student Cooperative Association annual workshop at Radford College on August 16. Miss Linda Ter Iry, an advisor of the Lee group, will also attend the conference focusing on leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Johnson
George Washington High School
Robert Bridgford
Robert E. Lee Junior High
Student Cooperative Association
Radford College
Linda Ter Iry
Lee Group
Building Boom Slows in Danville but Surges Past Last Year
Danville's building boom eased in July yet remained ahead of July 1965 with 78 permits issued for projects valued at $490,419. New homes dominated the value, with 20 starts totaling $305,495, boosting year to date permits in 1966 to $5,098,222. The largest project was a $40,000 12‑unit apartment block on Hughes St by Mowbray Construction Co, while commercial activity lagged, including a single new 2‑car wash at Commerce St and several repairs totaling $24,500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Stokes Daniels
Mowbray Con
B&s Construction Co
Drought relief granted to 49 Virginia counties
Virginia counties including Pittsylvania Halifax and Henry received haying and grazing privileges on cropland taken out of production under federal programs amid drought. Gov Freeman announced relief due to reduced hay and pasture crops, with similar efforts in North Carolina. Caswell and Rockingham counties sought CCC grain to preserve foundation herds, while local officials urged rain to revive crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsylvania
Halifax
Henry
Virginia
U. S
Orville L. Freeman
North Carolina
Caswell
Rockingham
Commodity Credit Corporation
Caswell County
Ralph Aldridge
Drausht
Caswell Committee
State Committee
Raleigh
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Aldridge
N. C
John Cyrus
Piedmont
Heyond
Freeman
Blacksburg
Animal Industry
Virginia Tech
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committees
Agriculture Disaster Committee For
Gov. Godwin
Godwin
Washington
Powhatan
Albemarle
Alleghany
Amelia Amherst
Appomattox
Augusta
Bath
Bedford
Bland
Botetourt
Brunswick
Buckingham
Campbell
Charlotte
Craig
Culpeper
Cumberland
Dinwiddie
Fagusquier
Floyd
Franklin
Goochland
Greene
Greensville
Highland
Loudoun
Lunensburg
Madison
Mecklenburg
Montgomery
Nelson
Nottoway
Orange
Page
Patrick
Pittsy
Vania
Prince Edward
Prince William
Pulaski
Rappahannock
Roanoke
Rockbridge
Shenandoah
Spotsylvania
Warren and Wythe
Clarke
Frederick Counties
County Native Named To Kiski School Faculty
Edward Dawson Jr a native of Pittsylvania County has been appointed to the faculty of Kiskimindas Springs School in Saltsburg Pa He will teach English and music appreciation to about 35 students and direct the school glee club He is a UNC Chapel Hill graduate married to Adelle Schmalzield of Pittsburgh and is son of Mr and Mrs C E Dawson of Chatham Rt 1
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Dawson, Jr
Pittsylvania County
Kiskimindas Springs
Saltsburg
Kiski
Dawson
Pittsburgh
C. E. Dawson
Chatham Rt. 1
Spring Garden High School
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
Adelle Schmalzilied
Officers Chosen By Ambulance Service Unit
A nominating committee was named to recommend officers for a proposed volunteer ambulance service in Chatnam. The Aug. 12 report will be at Pittsylvania Health Center. Banks Chamberlain warned a private service may arise if the effort fails. Danville may see a private unit. Scott Funeral Home offered a used ambulance. Landon Worsham heads the committee, with Banks Chamberlain and George Peery on it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatham
Pittsylvania County Health Center
Chatham Town
Banks Chamberlain
Danville
Scott Funeral Home
Funeral Home
Marvin Scruggs
John D. Law
Pittsylvania Red Cross
Halden Shelton
Landon Worsham
Chamberlain
George Peery
Hamill Named To New Post With N & W
Roanoke Virginia C Hamill named assistant vice president coal traffic at Norfolk and Western Railway a new position Hamill joined N W in 1960 after coal mining and sales experience He has held multiple coal traffic posts and since last November has been director of domestic coal traffic He is a Williamson West Virginia native and WVU Marshall University alumnus with wartime service in Italy and a long career in coal firms
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Roanoke
Hamill
Norfolk and Western Railway
N&w
Inland Coal
Williamson
W.va
West Virginia University
3Th Air Force
Italy
Marshall University
Sycamore Coal Company
Cinderella
Princess Coal Sales Company
Huntington
Thomas
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QO. T. Bonner
City Public Schools
Bank Post
Armed Forces Staff College
Norfolk
Sledd
the Register
Danville, Va
Sat
Lillian W. Yates
Robert G. Haymore
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