Three Major City Projects Get Super Group's Backing
The Super Committee backs a dormitory for Danville’s Community College with initial housing for 260 students, possible expansion to 400, and notes a 1966 start. It also weighs Armory Coliseum funding needs, talks on an old Armory renovation, and a staff plan for a Ambassador in Blue program offering savings bonds and a $100 prize. The panel plans elections of officers at the June 29 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
van Got
DTI
Curtis Bishop
Averett College
Dr. Bishop
T. E. Temple
Armory Coliseum
Defense Department
National Guard
Army
Paul Booth
Virginia National Guard
Booth
Temple
Coliseum
Dr. Lee
Super Committee
William H. Luther
Parks and Recreation Department
Danville
Luther
Northwestern University
Super
WETM
Cochairmen O. L. Roach, Jr
Charles Haynsworth, Jr
Can I Help You Attitude Shifts from Self to Service
DEWEY SWICEGOOD argues a shift from what’s in it for me to a can I help you mindset. He cites Judas and 30 pieces of silver as foils, praising altruistic acts as a remedy for greed. Swicegood notes more people adopt helpful conduct, urging continued community care through his Danville Virginia funeral home column.
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Judas
Mrs Murrell 87 Dies at Home in Guilford County
Mrs. G. C. Murrell 87 died at her Gibsonville Route 1 home Tuesday at 2 a.m. after a long illness. Born Lucy Ellen Griffin in Patrick County Virginia she lived in North Carolina most of her life. She leaves husband five sons two brothers two sisters 23 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at 3 p.m. from Apple Chapel Christian church with burial in the church cemetery.
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Reidsville
N. C
G. C. Murrell
Gibsonville
Route 1
Lucy Ellen Griffin
Patrick County
Virginia
North Carolina
Guilford County
Apple’s Chapel
Murrell
Apple’s Chapel Christian Church
Ida Forbes
Rt. 2
Odell Powell
J. L. Neese
Eck Brown
Funeral Rites Set Today For Mrs Leffel
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Hall Leffel 40 of Lynch Station will be held at 4 p m today at the Church of Latter Day Saints Gretna Burial will follow in Myers Cemetery near Moneta She died Monday night at her home She was a Campbell County native daughter of Mrs Louisa Burnett Hall and the late Bryant Hall Survivors include her husband James D Leffel one son Melvin J Leffel six brothers and four sisters from Lynch Station Altavista Hurt Rocky Mount and Richmond
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Lynch Station
Dillard
Rudolph Hall
Jack Hall
Altavista
Odella
Oliver Hall
Hurt
Onnie Hall
Richmond
Jfour
Robert Altice
Rocky Mount
Bruce Matherly
Gene Clark
William Hall
Transfer Of Negroes Approved In Halifax
In Halifax County and South Boston 46 Negro pupils will enroll in predominantly white public schools next term under the freedom of choice plan. Forty eight Negroes moved to Halifax County High School and eight to white county elementary schools. Ten South Boston Negro children were assigned to South Boston elementary schools.
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South Boston
Halifax County
White County
Two Meetings Each Month by WW I Vets in Barracks
World War I veterans in Cansylvania Barracks agreed to resume two monthly meetings. The first Tuesday will be a business session and the third Tuesday an entertainment gathering at City Armory on July 6. Reports from the recent Department convention in Norfolk note George S. Gardner elected Commander and Charles E. Reed re-elected Quartermaster. A memorial service honored 87 Virginia veterans and auxiliary members who died last year. The Barracks mourned National Commander Pickard who died at a veterans convention in Des Moines, Iowa, and recalled Melvin Eddy as the prior commander who died April 8.
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Cansylvania Barracks
City Armory
Henry Terry
R. B. Bullington
Department
Norfolk
George S. Gardner
Charles E. Reed
Virginia
Pickard
Des Moines
Iowa
Melvin Eddy
Pay Increase At Disston Danville Plant
Talmadge C. Jones, plant manager, announced a 3 percent wage rise for about 300 production, maintenance, and tooling employees at the Danville Disston Division plant of H. K. Porter Co. The raise, effective June 28, raises average pay to roughly $1.72 an hour, continuing Porter's pattern of wage increases since the plant opened five years ago.
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Danville Disston Division
H. K. Porter Co
Talmadge C. Jones
Porter
Jones
Disston
Project Head Start to Start Here in Danville
Danville launches a six week Project Head Start from 9 am to 1 pm through August 6, aiming to aid about 15 pupils per teacher with aides and volunteers. The program targets children entering first grade in fall 1965, focuses on health social and educational activities, and offers free medical and dental exams plus meals.
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Overton
OEO
Mrs. Levett Funeral Rites Slated Today
The funeral for Mrs. Mary Catherine Sanderson Levett 76 will be held today at 2 pm from the Wrenn-Yeatts chapel with interment in Highland Burial Park. She died Monday night at her daughter’s home in Danville after 12 years of declining health. A native of Red Springs N C she lived mostly in Robeson County before moving to Danville 12 years ago. She married Louis C. Levett in August 1909. he died November 11 1942. Surviving are four daughters Ella Meredith Lillian Gardner Della Payne and Mamie Lynthacum 18 grandchildren and 30 great grandchildren. The body is at Wrenn-Yeatts Funeral Home and the family at 413 Worsham St.
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Mary Catherine Sanderson Levett
Wrenn-Yeatts
Highland Burial Park
Bible Study Seen Antidote To Juvenile Delinquency
NEW MARKET Youthful Bible study is presented as a preventive against juvenile delinquency. Elmer A. Robertson of the Seventh-day Adventists discusses long term cultivation of Bible study from early years. H. M. S. Richards and the King’s Heralds Quartet arrive for a radio rally on the New Market Camp Meeting program. The conference ends this Saturday.
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New Market
Washington D.C
Shenandoah Valley
Elmer A. Robertson
Middle Atlantic States
Ards
King’s Heralds
Voice of Prophecy
Richards
America
H. M. S. Richards
Sweet Briar Court Ruling Prompts Compliance Statement
Sweet Briar College announced it has signed a statement of compliance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 after a judge ruled the founder’s will requires the school to educate only white women. Board chair J. Wilson Newman emphasized the action aims not to defy the court and that appeals may follow.
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Sweet Briar
Sweet Briar College
Swank Women’s College
Amherst Circuit
C. G. Quesenberg
J. Wilson Newman
New York
Amherst County
Sweet Briar Board of
Quesenberg
Chatham Firm Wins Fourth Safety Award
Ennis Business Forms Inc of Chatham earned the Safety Award of Honor from the Virginia Manufacturing Association for no disabling injuries in 1964. The company has won four straight years. Homer C. McElroy praised employee cooperation in safety. In 1964 over 200 employees logged more than 400000 man hours without a lost time injury. The award notification arrived yesterday. an engraved plaque is expected later this month.
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Ennis Business Forms, Inc
Chatham
Virginia Manufacturing Association
Ennis
Homer C. McElroy
McElroy
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Leffel
Halifax
Oko
Danville Health Department
Mrs. Levett
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Indy
Gibson
Sparks
Giles
Craghead St
Danville, Va
McMaster Import Co
Detroit, Mich
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