New Outdoor Drama Planned for Winston-Salem Bicentennial
Winston-Salem announces Till the Day Break an outdoor drama about Moravians and Old Salem roots. The eight week summer production opens July 5, runs Tuesday to Saturday with Sunday matinees, produced by Salem Drama Inc. and directed by Lewis Wayte Boyd.
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Winston Salem
N.C
Winston. Salem
Czechoslovakia
New World
Old Salem
Winston-Salem
America
Salem Drama, Inc
Jay Willoughby
Stephen Foster
Bardstown, Ky
Richard Stockton
New York City
Samuel Goldwyn
H. K. Smith, Sr
Stockton
U. S. Steel Hour
Gore Vidal
Hyde Park Playhouse
New York
Isaac van Grove
Christina Giannini
Howard Becknell
Salem College
Old Salem Restoration
Nerakis
Jones
Salem
Virginia Plan Urges Wide Services for Retarded
The Virginia Association for Retarded Children lauds a new Virginia Mental Retardation Planning Council report. Dr. Hiram W. Davis notes the plan reflects broad citizen involvement and calls for preschool classes, expanded education, more residential facilities, and coordinated services to meet lifespans needs with state and local cooperation. The group stresses planning is only the first step and urges active implementation by all sectors.
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Virginia Association For Retarded Children
Virginia
Mental Retardation Planning Council
Hiram W. Davis
Department of Mental Hygiene and Hospitals
Planning Council
Conrad Slone
Roanoke
Styte
Eas
Stone
Virginia Association
Lawson Rites Held for George Lawson at South Hill
Funeral services are set for 3 p.m. today at Crews Funeral Home in South Hill for George Lawson 53 a former Danville resident who died Thursday night of a heart attack in South WL He was the brother of Lewis P Lawson of Ingram Rd Danville.
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George Lawson
Crews Funeral Home
South Hill
Lawson
Danville
South WL
Lewis P. Lawson
Ingram Rd
Shan-Gri-La Auction Sells Park Land At $24 765
Bids totaling 24765 were entered yesterday at the Shan-Gri-La Recreation Park and adjoining land sale along Moorefield Bridge Road. The pool and 11.97 acres sold for 8500 with high bid by H B Pickeral of Danville. The sale, conducted for Mrs Lila Donaldson to settle her husband George Donaldson estate after a fatal 1964 auto crash, drew a sizeable crowd and brisk bids.
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Shan-Gri la
Moorefield Bridge
H. B. Pickeral
Danville
Moorefield Bridge Rd
Sandy River
George Shields
Shields Auction and Really Co
Westover Drive
Lila Mr. Donaldson
George Donaldson
Donaldson
Tobacco Crops Look Good Says Area Agents
County agents report tobacco crops look good though slow growth delays transplanting. They note need for warm weather and adequate rain for a normal crop. Some areas report spotty rainfall and minor flea beetle damage with hail impact limited by season timing. Farmers consider irrigation if rain does not arrive. overall outlook remains cautiously favorable despite late start and cool, dry spring.
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Alex Eae
Agen
Ralph Ald
Wayland J. Reems
Caswell County
N. C
Pittsylvania
Wayne, Brown
Brown
Mabifax
H. Ss. Reynolds
Lunenburg
HB. Powers
George Pollard
Henry County
Order of Tents Opens Confab Here Tuesday
Mayor W C MacCubbins and Councilman Charles Womack greet the United Order of Tents of the J R Giddings and Jollifi Union when it opens its ninety first annual convention here Tuesday at the city farmary. The mayor will deliver official greetings at the 10 p.m. session with Ruth Harvey featured at 8 p.m. session.
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W. C. MacCubbins
Charles Womack
United Order of Tents
J. R
M. C. Martin
Doyle Thomas
Dorothy Harris
Dep.uty Hazel C. Slaughter
Charlotte! Williams
Emily Gilpin Chamber
Richmond
Order
Nathalie Man Killed in Auto Crash into Barn
A 24 year old Nathalie Negro was killed when his 1959 Chevrolet left Rt 1502 in a curve and crashed into a tobacco barn at Valens. The driver, Steward Henderson Jennings, died from head injuries after rescue workers spent two hours extracting the body. The crash adds to Virginia's 1966 traffic toll, reaching 433 victims by Saturday.
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Nathalie
Nathalie Negro
Valens
Henderson Jennings
B. W. Wright
Halifax County Rescue Squad
Jennings
Virginia
Hutcherson Family Reunion Set June 26
The Hutcherson family reunion will be held at Oven No. 6, Ballou Park, on June 26. Friends and relatives are invited to come and bring a picnic lunch.
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Hatcherson
Oven No. 6
Ballou Park
Martinsville Fire Claims Second Victim
A Martinsville apartment fire killed Thomas Woodrow Wilson and his wife Pauline Arledge Wilson. Thomas died at Baptist Hospital after severe burns. Pauline died on arrival at Martinsville General Hospital from suffocation. Funeral services set for Stone Funeral Home chapel with burial at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Martinsville
Thomas Woodrow Wilson
Starling Ave
Baptist Hospital
Winson-Salem
N, G
Wilson
Pauline Arledge Wilson
Martinsville General Hospital
Ronald F. Wilson
Koehler
Lottie W. Stultz
Mary W. Best
Kirs. Faith W. Via
Ridgeway Rt. 1
Ruth W. Crawley
J H Simpson Last Services Planned Today
Funeral services for John Harvey Simpson will be held today at 3 p m in Wilkerson Funeral Chapel. Interment will follow at Greenview Cemetery. Simpson, 59, died of a heart attack Thursday. He lived most of his life in Reidsville and worked 30 years as a mechanic for the North Carolina Highway Maintenance Department. He was a member of the First Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife Ruth Carter, a son Walter Harvey Simpson of Mopaiam Washington, a daughter Mrs John Gerlach of Eton College, a brother Hume Simpson of Reidsville Rt 2, two sisters Mrs Porter Tuttle of Guilford College and Mrs Ray Wiper of Norfolk Virginia, and three grandchildren.
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Reidsville
N. C
John Harvey Simpson
Wilkerson
Greenview
Simpson
Guilford County
North Carolina Highway Maintenance Department
First Baptist Church
Ruth Carter
Walter Harvey Simpson
Mopuiam
Wash
John Gerlach
Eton College
Hume Simplison
Reidsville Rt. 2
Porter Tuttle
Guileford College
Ray Wijper
Norfolk
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Lewis Wayne Boyd
Vpi
Lewis Wayte Boyd
Hom
Will
Joseph Hamer
Virginia Polytechnic Network
de- Institute
Placksburg
Fenders
Dan
River Mills
Hie
Virginia Exterminating CO
Boatwright Ave
Sears Roenick
Sherwin-Williams Paints
Stewart Thompson
Lewis Blank
God Ayn
Qua Dock
James Chesley Lanier, Jr
Shan-Gri-La
George
Hutcherson
J. H. Simpson
Chatham Monument CO
Center St. Chatham ,A
Colvin C. Oakes
IL Cleasees
Ballou Park Shopping Center
N. Union
Ats OT
Taney Irginia Bank
Trust Company
PN Mair Astl
Ember Federal Deposit Insurance Core
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