Tunstall FFA Chapter Top Virginia Farm Safety Winners
BLACKSBURG The Tun stall FFA Chapter was named state winner in the National Farm Safety Contest during the opening session of the 39th annual Virginia FFA convention. Members corrected over 600 safety hazards, produced more than 30 safety radio programs, and earned recognition from the Virginia Rural Safety Council.
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Tunstall
FFA Chapter
Blacksburg
FFA
Future Farmers of America
Tunstall Ffa
Virginia Rural Safety Council
Future Farmers of American Foundation, Inc
Riverheads Ffa
Augusta County
Halifax
Halifax County
George Wythe Ffa
Wythe County
Pittsylvania County
Virginia
James Robertson Harper
Dennis Thomas Jones
Posey Jones
Albert L. Powell
Chatham
Barry Bass
Bobby L. Childress
Carroll Rowland
Michael David Smith
Dan River
Glenn T. Crosby
Gretna
Steve Langston Hodnett
James Wesley Montgomery
FFA Association
State Association
T. C. Lacks
Henry W. Wood, Jr
Buckingham Ffa
Seaboard
National Ffa Foundation
Wood
Seaboard Airline Railroad Co
G. L. Baldwin
Clarence Byerly
Buffalo Gap High School
Larry Hynson
Montross High School
Alfred Stephens
George Wythe High School
W.R. Emmons
Wsls-Tv
Radio
Roanoke
Rural Retreat
Montevideo
Woodlawn
Sam Master Carr
Sherman Fisher
Stuart Buchanan
Clyde Saunders
Earl Wayne Wilbourn
Jerry Earles
Sanford Lee Wells
Roger Winn
Drewry Mason
Henry County
Memorial School of Radiologic Technology Graduates Form
Five students from Memorial’s radiologic technology program complete two years of study with instruction from W. T. Byrd and graduate technologists. Graduates are in demand across Virginia and nearby regions. This year three graduates Carol Mason Brenda McGuire and Anita Traynham stay with Memorial as staff and faculty to train current and new students.
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W. T. Byrd
Department of
Memorial
Virginia
Carolinas
District of Columbia
McLelland
Carol Mason
Brenda McGuire
Anita Traynham
Radiology
School of Radiologic Technology
Grants Total Over 37000 For Head Start Programs
Grants totaling more than 37000 have been approved by the federal Office of Economic Opportunity for Head Start projects in Danville and South Boston this fall. Danville School Board receives 22034, Society of Christ Our King Inc 5602, and William Y Bell Day Care Center in South Boston 10344. The program aims to give disadvantaged children preschool training before first grade, with tentative start July 5 at Lynn Regis School, Walter’s Mill Rd, and hours 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.
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Danville-area
Federal Office of Economic Opportunity
Danville
Society of Christ Our King, Inc
South Boston
William Y. Bell
Society of Christ Our King
Lynn Regis
Walter's Mill Rd
Kidnapping Charges Brought Against Virginia Beach Couple
Virginia Beach duo Martha Ann Hogard Russell and Claude Beverly Russell face kidnapping charges after a Danville waitress, Earlene Talley Gray, said she was picked up at a local cafe and taken down Route 58 east. Gray handed a note at a South Boston service station claiming she had been kidnapped.
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Virginia Beach
Martha Ann Hogard,Russell
Claude Beverly Russell
Danvine
Earlene Talley Gray
Augusta Ave
Rt. 58 East
Mrs Hattie Cobb Funeral Rites Set Tomorrow
Final rites for Mrs Hattie Warren Cobb 76 wife of the late John H Cobb will be held tomorrow at 2 pm from Swicegood Funeral Home chapel by Rev Roy L Hall. Interment in Mountain View Cemetery. She died Sunday night in Memorial Hospital after a long illness. survived by two daughters two nieces four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. The family will receive friends tonight at the funeral home 7 30 to 9.
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Hattie Warren Cobb
John H. Cobb
Swicegood Funeral
Roy L. Hall
Mountain View Cemetery
Cobb
Memorial Hospital
Sampson County
N. C
Danville
Hotel Leeland
First Baptist Church
Virginia C. Ross
Washington, D.C
Frances C. Bowles
Montclair
N.J
Cascade
Bernice Tate
Mount Cross Ra
Swicegood
Puckett Funeral Rites Slated Today
Mathew Luke Puckett 82 will have funeral services at 11 a.m. from Wrenn Yeatts chapel with interment at Highland Burial Park. He died Sunday morning at the home of his sister Mrs Mandy P Landrum Danville Rt 5 after four years of illness. A native of Roanoke County he farmed there until retirement 18 years ago and moved to Danville. He was a Methodist and leaves sons Lewis Thomas Joe Shelton and Mitchell Puckett all of Bedford County and Miss Ollie Puckett Bent Mountain and Mrs Dorothy Overstreet of Bedford County. He also leaves brothers John Puckett Salem and Joseph Puckett Schodack Landing NY and many grandchildren. The body rests at the funeral home and the family will be at his sister Mrs Landrum’s residence.
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Mathew Luke Puckett
Wrenn-Yeatts
Highland Burial Park
Puckett
Mandy P. Landrum
Danville Rt. 5
Roanoke County
Danville
Landrum
Lewis Puckett
Bent Mountain
Thomas
Joe
Shelton
Mitchell Puckett
Bedford County
Ollie Puckett
Dorothy Overstreet
John Puckett
Salem
Joseph Puckett
Schodack Landing
N. Y
Danville Civic League Endorses Candidates for City Posts
The Danville Civic League approved endorsements for local office seekers and outlined duties for the treasurer and city sergeant roles. Bates cited 16 years under Eugene Marshall and readiness to serve. Riddle, a deputy 18 ½ years, stressed qualifications and training. Seymore cited work conflicts but offered contact details. The group authorized a Political Action Committee to organize voter surveys, car pools, and polling-place workers, while delaying immediate committee appointments. Greene resigned as president, effective June 9, with applause from members.
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Bates
Greene
Eugene Marshall
Marshall
Riddle
Seymore
League
Political Action Committee
North Danville
North Dan
Danville
Columbus
Miss
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Michael Smith
James Harper
Bobsy Childress
D. T. Jones, JR
James Montgomery
Steve Hodnett
Patterson
Patterson Drug CO
Masonic Temple Bldg
Medical Arts Bldg
Uptown
Hattie Cobb
M. L. Puckett
Dan Civic League
A&p
Golden
Iona
Libby
Sauerkraut
Cole Slaw
Sunnyfield
Morton’s Salt
Hi-C
Old Virginia
Waldorf
Tae
ORL Monte
Jane Parker
Ann Page
Kellogg’s
FIME
Danville and
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Kair
Urep Aan
Jane Parker Ripple
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