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Newspaper

Danville Register

Location

Danville, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 08, 1968

Page

9

Phi Alpha Psi BSP To Fete Faith Home Children Tomorrow

Phi Alpha Psi of Beta Sigma Phi will host a skating party for Faith Home children at Fairground Roller Rink this Saturday, March 9, with treats afterward. Chapter officers Judy Brown, Eva Pendergraft, Rita Jefferson, Nancy Spencer, and Cheryl Mustain will assist. BSP City Council rep is Vivian Gibson with Gypsy Phelps as alternate. Spring events include a rushees party on March 20.

Phi Alpha Psi Beta Sigma Phi Sorority Faith Fairground Judy Brown Eva Pendergraft Rita Jefferson Nancy Spencer Cheryl Mustain BSP

Annual Reports Highlight Ladies Benevolent Society Meeting

The Annual Reports detail activities of the Ladies Benevolent Society with 554 members. Officers and chairmen listed include John Ensminger, Mrs. Virginia Omas, John Tulloch, and Mrs. M. H. Watson. The Snack Bar at Memorial Hospital logged 1,560 volunteer hours. New president Mrs. O Lewis Roach Jr. urged the Pennies for Patients project.

John Ensminger Nick Virginia Omas John Tulloch M. H. Watson Ladies Benevolent So Society Miller Vernon Memorial Hospital W. H. Hoffran O. Lewis Roach Jr Harold Cordeil Mem Leslie Simpson

North Carolina Orchid Society to Sponsor Show

The North Carolina Orchid Society with Greensboro sponsors invites the public to a spring orchid show at the National Guard Armory Greensboro. March 23 11 am to 10 pm and March 24 12 30 pm to 5 pm admission is free. Accredited American Orchid Society judges will select prize plants.

Greensboro N.C North Carolina Orchid Society National Guard Armory Franklin Boulevard East Market Street East Bessemer Avenue United States American Orchid Society E. Reid Bahnson Winston-Salem Col Dale M. Hoagland Bethania D. W. Randolph

Two Million Get Food Assistance in Southeast

The Agriculture Department announced nearly 2 million people in the southeast received food assistance in January. It also reported extensive future foodstuffs purchases and more than 61,000 Southeastern schoolchildren eating breakfast at school. State breakdown includes North Carolina with 139,344 commodity and 34,614 food stamps, Tennessee with 30,636 commodity and 102,699 food stamps, and Virginia with 7,654 commodity and 16,120 food stamps across several counties and cities.

Atlanta Agriculture Department Consumer and Marketing Service Southeast North Carolina Tennessee Virginia

Dear Abby column on faithfulness and wartime temptations

A wartime Dear Abby column discusses staying faithful during long separations in Korea. Readers share letters about marital fidelity, temptation, and coping strategies, with Abby advising staying busy, exercising, praying, and writing daily to spouses.

Abby United States Army Korea

Misses' Pants Pattern 9040 and Catalog Offer

Sewing ad for Printed Pattern 9040 Misses' sizes from 8 to 16 with fabric yardage and decorative options. Includes price 65 cents pattern, 15 cents extra for mailing, mailing address in New York, and offers for a Spring Summer pattern catalog and instant sewing 300k guide with over 500 pictures for $1.

Marian Martin Register Publishing Co West 18Th St New York New Spring

Couple Shot To Death In South Carolina

In Holly Hill South Carolina deputies report Howard Jackson and his wife Melha were shot to death on the lawn of a local doctor’s office on Thursday A warrant was issued for Edward Early ex husband of the deceased to arrest him for the killings.

Holly Hill S.C Orangeburg Howard Jackson Melha Edward Early

Antiwar draftee beaten by fellow inductees in Oakland

Mardie Louis Clark, 20, of Berkeley, arrived at Oakland Military Induction Center with injuries after claiming fellow draftees on the bus beat him for distributing anti-Vietnam War literature. He refused induction, then sought treatment at Herrick Hospital for minor injuries.

Oakland Calif Salakland Mardie Louis Clark Berkeley Santa Rosa Clark Herrick Hospital

Dial Demonstration Service Offered in New York

New York AP report says a dial a demonstration service will inform residents about peace movement activities. Call 1 924 6315 in NYC. the Fifth Avenue Vietnam Peace Parade Committee will update the message each Monday. Upcoming includes an April 26 student faculty strike and an April 27 petite march and rally at Central Park Sheep Meadow.

New York New York City Fifth Avenue Central Park Sheeps Meadow

Four From Danville 1 On MC Dean's List

Harrisonburg Madison College names four Danville students to the Dean's List for the first semester. Recipients are Patricia Lee Barksdale, Elizabeth Alice Farley, Dolores Elaine Scarce, and Joan Marie Scearce, with their parentage and addresses listed in the notification.

Harrisonburg Madison College Patricia Lee Barksdale Charles G. Barksdale Girard Street Elizabeth Alice Farley A. A. Farley Jr Brightwell Dr Dolores Elaine Scarce Henry E. Scarce Melville Ave Joan Marie Scearce Andl

OES Chapter To Meet At Kentuck

Robertson Bennett Chapter No 70 Order of the Eastern Star will meet Friday March 8 at 730 pm in the Masonic Hall at Kentuck. The agenda includes balloting and election of officers per Mrs Mary Bennett worthy matron. Mrs Paul C Scearce of 213 Spencer St. In order to be listed a student must achieve a B plus grade average or better.

Robertson Bennett Order of the Eastern Star Masonic Hall Kentuck Mary F. Bennett Paul C. Scearce Spencer St

Goren On Bridge By Charles I GoreN 1968 Chicago Tribune

South opens four spades against three no trump. East fools with a king win and cashes spades to defeat nine tricks. South misreads diamonds and clubs, North discards, and declarer risks clubs as the heart return and dummy queen setup lead to a late revival.

Charles If. Goren The Chicago Tribune South West East North Declarer Dummy Bast Anna Karenina

Love as a weapon and Tolstoy in a woman’s tale

The column argues love is not a weapon or source of coercion and warns against trying to control a partner’s happiness. It cites Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina as a cautionary tale of power struggles in marriage, relating knuckle cracking and personal coercion to broader relationship dynamics. It also includes a bridge anecdote about a contract in a card game.

Jersey Abby J. DH. D Korea Mrs. Lawrence American Rifle Association Leo Tolstoy Ike

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