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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1967
Page
8
John Maurice Cantrell graduated Saturday at Woodberry Forest School in Forest. He was elected a member of the Cum...
Mrs Laura Giles Dixon Giles age 56 died at Memorial Hospital Saturday at 6 p.m. after a five day illness. Born Brosville September 2 1870 she was daughter of John and Mary Dixon. Survived by son Clarence L. Giles Whitmell by daughter Mrs Herbert D. Dodd five grandchildren 14 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday 11 a.m. Townes Memorial Chapel with burial Giles Leftwich cemetery Pittsylvania County. Remains at Townes Funeral Home. Family at 202 Marshall Terrace.
Donald Dallas, a rising junior at Tunstall High School, has been elected head of the Tunstall Chapter of the Future Farmers of America for the 1967 68 school year. Other officers include Donald Holley vice president for public relations Eddie Walker vice president for cooperative activities Cecil Wallace vice president for community service Jerry Finney vice president for safety Sam Allen secretary John Barbour treasurer Ralph Jones reporter Tim Payne sentinel Denny Gibson parliamentarian David Payne chaplain and T Burgess advisor.
Henrietta Skinner Carr will graduate Monday from St. Catherine's. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Carr of 115 Lindes Drive. Miss Carr has served as assistant editor of Ink-Carrlings, the school literary magazine, and participated in the Saturday tutoring program, Hospital Volunteer program, dramatics, and riding.
Retiring Virginia Fifth District congressman, serving his eighth term, received the Distinguished Service Award of the Americans for Constitutional Action at a Washington reception. ACA honors those whose voting records strengthen constitutional principles and individual rights amid calls for a growing economy and victory over Communist aggression. Admiral Ben Moreel praised the record and devotion to good government. Tuck sits on the Judiciary and Un-American Activities committees.
Funeral services for Mrs. Nannie Webb Hall of 818 Ed monds Street were conducted from Swicegood Chapel Saturday afternoon by Rev. John Savage and Rev. James F. E. Wynes. Interment followed in Schoolfield Cemetery. Pallbearers were Carl Cumbo Roy Eanes Allen Sheets Melvin Evans Milton Moran Joe Curd Charles Gentry Sherman Cumbo.
Nellie Davenport Tucker 85 of Rt 2 Gretna died Saturday evening at her home. Born March 5 1882 in Pittsylvania County she was daughter of John S Davenport and Qattie Lovelace Davenport. She belonged to St John’s Episcopal Church. Survived by four sons Hol M Tucker Vernon L Tucker W Gordon Tucker Jack Tucker. one daughter Mrs Harry Lewis. one foster daughter Mrs William A Barksdale. 18 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. Funeral at St John’s Episcopal Church Monday at 3 pm. Burial in church cemetery. Body at Colbert Funeral Home. family at residence.
Funeral services for Curtis W. Parker will be held at 2 p.m. at Swicegood Funeral Home with Reverends Dwayne Allen and Billy Barber officiating. Interment will follow at Schoolfield Cemetery. Parker died after a heart attack Friday afternoon.
Belmont Abbey College in Belmont North Carolina received a 244503 grant from the U S Office of Education toward an 800000 PE facility. President Very Rev Jude Cleary said construction is set to begin next spring and will include a gymnasium for about 2000 spectators a swimming pool and other PE amenities.
Stratford College Alumnae Association presented gifts totaling 13012.50 at a luncheon in the dining hall. Most funds, 9000, will buy new books for Christine Burns Library as the college expands four year programs. Mrs Edmund Campbell spoke on liberal arts value and women’s education in a tech age.
A two car collision at Patton and South Ridge streets injures two, with $1,400 damage to three vehicles. Lillie Jeanette Coleman and Margaret Coleman Hardy suffer arm and knee contusions and a forehead laceration respectively. Officer H R Chaney says Coleman failed to stop at a red light, causing Barbara Anderson Fears to spin and strike Larry Lee Summers’ vehicle at the intersection.
Funeral services for Raleigh Julian Setliff of 213 Edgewood Drive were held at the Chapel of Swicegood Funeral Home. The Rev. Richard Smith and Rev. Lester F. Gayton conducted the service. Burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery with graveside rites by the Motega Tribe of Redmen. Pallbearers included Floyd Castle Sr, G B Holle, A D Moore, I Williams, Claiborne Holt, Robert Bryant, George Fil, and Sam Murphy.
The candidate, continuing from page 1 B coverage, vows to secure funding for roads schools and mental health facilities. He notes the state will spend substantial land for these needs and promises attention to the mental health sector in the legislative agenda.
Funeral services for George Shelton 52 of Ringgold Rt. 1 will be held at 4 p m from Townes Memorial Chapel with burial in Floral Hills Memorial Garden. Shelton died after being struck on Rt 58 east Friday night by a car driven by Vaughn Pearce Grogan 20 of Stoneville NC. He was a World War II veteran, formerly employed by Dan River Mills, and survived by multiple siblings and a stepmother. He rests at Townes Funeral Home with family at the Ringgold residence.
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