Danville Man Arrested in B N Truck Stop Robbery
Danville man Jesse Ray Ramsey is jailed in Chatham County after authorities pursue a tale of being coerced into robbing the B N Truck Stop where he formerly worked. Ramsey, 24, recalled a plan with an unidentified man, a drive to routes 58 and 501, a shirt shot through, and money split in Durham. A crudely written note mentioning Mrs Ware and a 55 Ford was found at the scene, with registers and a pinball machine emptied.
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Danville
Chatham
Rt. 58 East
Jesse Ray Ramsey
Baught
Ramsey
Alvin M. Talley
Rt. 5B
Talley
B.C. Elliott
Rt. 58
South Boston
Rt. 501
Roxboro
N.C
Durham
Funeral Rites Set Today For Mrs Newman Newnam 68
Funeral services for Mrs Gracie Newnam 68 will be at 3 p m Thursday at Lindsey Street Baptist Church Reidsville officiated by Elders Kerr King and David Spangler Interment Greenview Cemetery She died Tuesday in Cone Memorial Hospital Greensboro after ten years illness She was a native of Henry County Virginia lived most of her life in Reidsville and was wife of John Edgar Newnam Also survives two daughters Mrs Carl Hurst and Mrs Elwood King a sister Mrs Allen Rice a brother Walter Turner and multiple half siblings and four grandchildren The body lies at the home of her daughter Mrs Hurst 104 Madison St
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Reidsville
N.C
Gracie Newnam
Lindsey Street Baptist Church
Kerr King
David Spangler
Greenview Cemetery
Carl Hurst
Elwood King
Allen Rice
Walter Turner
Nina Bivins
Channing Post
Tampa
Fla
L. H. Turner
Gulf Breeze
J. A. Turner
Greensboro
Hurst
Madison St
Smith Child's Funeral Rites Set Tomorrow
Martha Ann Smith schoolgirl 12 of Athens West Virginia killed by lightning will have funeral services tomorrow at 7 am at First Presbyterian Church. Interment in Highland Burial Park. Survived by parents Charles C. Smith and Netta Fae Barbery Smith two sisters grandparents and other relatives. Body at Townes Funeral Home. family at 661 Timberlake Drive.
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Martha ‘Ann
Marty) Smith
Athens
W. Va
First Presbyterian Church
Highland Burial Park
Charles C. Smith
Netta Fae Barbery Smith
Timberlake Dr
Staunton
Robert E. Lee
Barbara Ellen Smith
Toni Louise Smith
C. R. Smith
Carroll County
T. A. Barbery
Townes Funeral Home
Robert Yeatts Final Services Planned Today
Graveside services for 66 year old Robert Cornelius Yeatts of Rhoden Izzer Street will be held this afternoon at Highland Burial Park led by Rev. L W Cooper. He died yesterday morning near his home as son of Eppa S Yeats and Virginia A Clements Yeatts, born in Danville on April 12 18. He once worked for a railroad and later with Dan River Mills. The body is at Barker Funeral Home.
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Robert Cornelius Yeatts
Rhodenizer St
Highland Burial Park
L. W. Cooper
Yeatts
Eppa S. Yeats
Virginia A. Clements Yeatts
Danville
Dan River Mills
Barker Funeral Home
Reading Class Opens Tonight at Community College
A reading improvement course begins tonight at the Community College building with six weeks of sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7 to 9 PM. W. Leigh Taylor will teach for senior high school age students, aiming to boost reading speed while preserving comprehension. The program focuses on eye-span expansion and various reading methods, with open slots for new enrollees. Wyatt, a noted performer and recent Lynchburg standout, joins the faculty of Pees High School.
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Community College
Emoll
W. Leigh Taylor
Taylor
Tenice
Lynchburg
Wyatt
Sesginia
Florida
Danville Youth Sets Down Model Car Building Methods
Danville teenager John Estlow 1965 George Washington High School graduate describes organizing and teaching a class at the Presbyterian Center last summer for a four page Car Model magazine spread. The article features more than 40 photos showing step by step building and students at work. Estlow preparing for VPI engineering school has won 40 plus model car trophies and placed high in Revell and regional shows this and prior years.
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Danville
John Estlow
George Washington High School
Presbyterian Center
Estlow
John W. Estlow
West Main St
VPI
School of Engineering
Washington, D. C
Charlotte
N.C
Jerry Wyatt Graduates From Lynchburg College
Gretna resident Jerry Wyatt was among 214 seniors who earned bachelor degrees at Lynchburg College. Wyatt completed his studies as part of the spring commencement exercises held on campus, reflecting the college’s latest degree completion milestone.
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Jerry Wyatt
Lynchburg
Gretna
Lynchburg College
Danville Pair Bound Over In Parts Theft Case
Danville duo bound over to the grand jury on charges tied to April thefts at J R Service Station. Kenneth Collins faces grand larceny counts for intake manifold two four barrel carburetors and a kit while James Burnett is charged with receiving stolen goods. Scearce, the proprietor, testified parts were taken from a car he worked on and later found in Collins’ car. Deputy Royall said Collins initially denied but then admitted taking the parts. Burnett allegedly admitted taking one carburetor knowing it was stolen. Also slated for August is Ronald Stephens former Callands Elementary principal charged with enticing three boys and making improper advances. Stephens waived preliminary hearing.
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Collins
C. C. Royall
Burnett
Circuit Court
Grand Jury
Ronald Stephens
Stephens
Callands
Jen
Schoolfield Bank Votes Dividend Statement
Schoolfield Bank and Trust Company directors voted a 40 cents per share dividend for 22,500 outstanding shares. Payment scheduled July 1 for stockholders of record June 15. Bank President Frank W. Mobley Jr. reported all-time high earnings and deposits through May.
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Schoolfield Bank and Trust Company
Frank W. Mobley, Jr
Mrs Adams 60 dies at Memorial Hospital
Mrs Sallie Wyatt Adams aged 60 died yesterday after ten days as a patient at Memorial Hospital. Born April 17 1905 in Mt Airy Pittsylvan ia County she married Clarence B Adams on January 6 1923. Survived by husband two sons Douglas Co Adams and Walter B Adams one daughter Eleanor A Ashton six siblings and six grandchildren. Funeral 5 pm tomorrow Keen Street Baptist Church interment Schoolfield Cemetery. The family at 325 Bellevue Street. Body rests Barker Funeral Home. viewing 7 to 9 tonight.
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Sallie Wyatt Adams
Memorial Hospital
Adams
Mt. Airy
Pittsylvania County
Clarence B. Adams
Dan River Mills
Keen Street
Danville
Eleanor A. Ashton
Ft. Benning
Keen Street Baptist Church
Schoolfield Cemetery
Bellevue St
Barker Funeral Home
Two Damage Clathes Settled Out-Of-Court
An out of court settlement resolves two injury claims from a traffic accident on Industrial Ave January 19 1964. Althea Holmes age 6 receives 1200 dollars and Willie Walker age 3 receives 550 dollars. Plaintiffs sue Peggy Walker on behalf of the children against James Holmes driver of the vehicle. The defendant allegedly turned left into the path of another car operated by D E Grubbs and was struck.
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Industrial Ave
Althea Renee Holmes
Willie Herman Walker
Peggy Walker
James Holmes
D. E. Grubbs
County Native I Dies At Age 65
Mrs. Lola Brown Foley, 65, of Halifax Massachusetts and formerly of Pittsylvania County, died at 7 10 p m yesterday in Halifax She is survived by her husband W E Foley four sisters and one brother and relatives in Danville and Pittsylvania County Funeral arrangements are incomplete
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Lola’ Brown Foley
Halifax
Mass
Pittsylvania County
Massachusetts
W. E. Foley
Danville
Funeral Rites Held For Mrs Loyd B. Martin
Funeral services for Mrs Loyd B. Martin were conducted yesterday afternoon from Tabernacle Christian Church by Rev W E Collins and Rev Dennis Reynolds. Interment was in the Oakes family cemetery with pallbearers Junior Collins Leslie Mattox Paul Brown Joe Wells Glenn Johnston John Barnes Louis Barbour and Pete Anderson.
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Loyd B. Martin
Tabernacle Christian Church
W. E. Collins
Dennis Reynolds
Oakes Family
Junior Collins
Leslie Mattox
Paul Brown
Joe Wells
Glenn Johnston
John Barnes
Louis Barbour
Pete Anderson
Danvillians Win Medical Degrees at Duke Ceremony
Snowden Cowman Hall II and James Henry Shore received Doctor of Medicine degrees at Duke University’s 113th graduation in Durham North Carolina. Hall is the son of Dr and Mrs S C Hall of 111 Linden Drive and Shore is the son of Mrs J I Carter of 240 West Main Street.
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Duke University
Durham
Snowden Cowman Hall
S. C. Hall
Linden Dr
James Henry Shore
Carter
West Main St
Norman Scearce Rites Conducted
The funeral for Norman R Scearce was conducted yesterday afternoon from Swicegood Funeral Home chapel by Rev Don S Whitfield. Burial followed in Mountain View. Pallbearers were Robert W Scearce Frank W Scearce Jessie H Scearce James M Scearce Curtis Hanks George W Gammon W Davis Richardson Grover Davis Johnnie B Strader William A Wells.
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Norman R Scearce
Swicegood Funeral Home
Don S. Whitfield
Mountain View Cemetery
Robert W. Scearce
Frank W. Scearce
Jessie H. Scearce
James M. Scearce
Curtis Hanks
George W. Gammon
W. Davis Richardson
Grover Davis
Johnnie B. Strader
William A. Wells
Last Rites for Mrs Mayme Lewis Horne Held
Funeral rites for Mrs Mayme Lewis Horne were conducted at Wrenn-Yeatts chapel by Dr Victor K Mantiply. Interment followed at Highland Burial Park with pallbearers Joe Lynch Johnson T Walton Jr Keister Jones Jr Mickey Gauldin Raymond Mitchell Harold Robertson and Herbert J Walton.
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Mayme Lewis Horne
Wrenn-Yeatts
Victor KE. Mantiply
Highland Burial Park
Joe Lynch
Johnson T. Walton, Jr
Keister Jones, Jr
Mickey Gauldin
Raymond Mitchell
Harold Robertson
Herbert J. Walton
VFW Post 8977 Delegates Named For Virginia Meet
The Hugh T. Williams Post 8977 will send delegates to the Department of Virginia convention in Roanoke July 17 with instructions to back the re election of W T Woodell as department quartermaster a post he has held since 1942 The meeting adjourned with J Ed Wagner passing the commander gavel to Elwood C Tate at the next meeting June 22 Charles E Griffin was admitted to membership by asset
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh T. Williams
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Department of Virginia
Roanoke
W. T. Woodell
J.ed Wagner
Elwood C. Tate
Charles E. Griffin
Danville Kennel Club Obedience Class Time Change
The dog obedience class sponsored by the Danville Kennel Club has a new schedule. It will start Sunday at 4 30 p m at the Danville Nursing Home on Riverside Drive and run for eight weeks.
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Danville Kennel Club
Danville Nursing Home
Riverside Dr
Danville Student Accepted at North Carolina School of Arts
Linda Gayle Jones of Danville has been accepted to study drama at the North Carolina School of Arts in Winston-Salem, becoming the third Danvillian to gain entry. She has studied drama at Averett College and acted in leading roles, with summer stock at Flat Rock. The school plans dormitories for 250, opens September, and awards high school diplomas and college degrees after required study.
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Linda Gayle Jones
Danville
North Carolina School of Arts
Miss Jones
Winston-Salem
N.C
Robert Carrom Brooks
Randolph K. Brooks
Park Ave
William Earl Sparks
Dewey C. Sparks
Idlewood Terrace
M. L. Jones
Greenwood Lane
Averett College
Averett Players
Brooks
North Carolina
Southeastern
U.S
Vittorio Giannini
North Carolina School of the Arts Foundation, Inc
R. B. Crawford
Hanes Corporation
Gray High School
School of the Arts
Gift of Stock in Family Business At Issue in Suit Against U.S.
Piedmont Trust Bank sues the U.S. government claiming a $12,586.22 refund plus interest for estate taxes overpaid on Annie Beck Smith of Martinsville. The case centers on a plan to transfer Smith's Smith Wholesale stock to her children over five years to use a $30,000 gift exemption. She died before completing the transfers, and the government contends taxes were owed as a transfer in contemplation of death. The executor argues the estate should not be taxed since she did not expect to die at 48. The suit outlines the family business growth and the widow's plans to preserve it for the children amid questions of timing and tax implications.
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U.S. Western District Court
Piedmont Trust Bank of
Martinsville
Annie Beck Smith
U.S
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Irving In. Groves
John W. Smith
Mr. Smith
Frank I. Richardson, Jr
District Director of Internal Revenue
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Exescutor
Wandering Island Moves Across Lake in Macedonia
A landslide formed a floating island in a lake near Mavrovo Yugoslavia that powers a hydroelectric station. The island drifted 12 kilometers toward a village's shore as current carried it along. Farmers tied it to beech trees to anchor it in place.
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Mavrovo
Yugoslavia
Macedonia
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