Warrenton Group Telegrams Gov Moore Over Violent Acts
Warrenton residents protest violence against Rev Luther Coppedge a Franklin County civil rights figure and his family. Telegram signed by T T Clayton Warrenton Negro lawyer for the Second District Association asks to confer with Governor Moore at his earliest convenience signaling concern and demand for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warrenton
N.C
Dan Moore
Luther Coppedge
Franklin County
T. T. Clayton
Second District Association
February sales rise across retail and manufacturing firms
Melvin Fill and J T Cornette report a record February for their parent companies with sales of 59.9 million, up 21.06 percent from last year. Bassett Furniture forms a new hotel and public seating division led by Howard Bourland, while Fieldcrest contemplates reacquiring control of a 40 percent stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin R. Fill
W. T. Grant
J. T. Cornette
Diskay
W.T. Grant
U. S
Howard R. Bourland
Basset Furniture Industries Inc
Robert Spilman
Bassett
Department of Commerce
Commerce Department
Rebecca Oakes Dies In Hospital
Rebecca Dawn Oakes aged 19 months died Saturday at Memorial Hospital after being admitted earlier in the day. Survived by parents Jordan Nathaniel Oakes and Alice Yeatts Oakes and brother Lesley Denise Oakes, plus a half-brother and half-sister, Gregory Dean Oakes and Susan Gayle Oakes of Los Angeles. Paternal grandparents Major Oakes of Danville rt 5 and maternal grandparents Robert Yeatts of Danville rt 5. Funeral Monday at 4:00 p.m. from Wrenon Yeatts Chapel with interment in Danville Memorial Gardens. The body remains at the funeral home. family at 215 Swanson Ave Mt Herman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Dawn Oakes
Jordan Nathaniel Oakes
Alice Yeatts Oakes
Memorial Hospital
Lesley ‘Denise Oakes
Gregory Dean Oakes
Susan Gayle Oakes
Los Angles
California
Major Oakes
Rt. 5
Danville
Robert Yeatts
Wrenon-Yeatts
Danvile Memorial Gardens
Swanson Avenue
Mt. Herman
Summer Reading Program Seen Boosting Danville Children
Danville’s SPEED summer program featured 9 music and 9 physical education teachers, with every child receiving at least one music period and a assigned physical activity. Results showed 82 percent improvement in group citizenship and behavior, while reading attitudes improved to near-universal positivity. officials called the program a success despite incomplete play-area work and budget limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Overton
Cafeteria 1
Director
Nea
Danville
L. F. Walden Dies Formerly of Halifax
Loul Fleming Walden of Richmond, formerly of Halifax County, died Friday in a Richmond hospital. A retired watchman, he will be buried at Dan River Baptist Church cemetery after funeral services Sunday at 3 p.m. from Powell Funeral Home in South Boston. Survived by four daughters, three sons, a sister, a brother, 18 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathalie
Joseph Walden
Rockville
Aubrey Walden
Richmond
Kember Doughtery
Franklin
Lawrence R. Walden
South Boston
Louis F. Walden, Jr
Funeral Rites Set Today For D H Partin
Funeral services for Dinkey Dave Partin will be held at 2 p m from Wrenn Yeatts Chapel with interment at Mountain View Cemetery He died Friday night at Memorial Hospital after two days illness Partin born June 1 1900 in Greenville Tenn spent most of his life in Danville employed by Dan River Mills retiring six years ago He married Lottie Allen in 1920 and leaves a wife a son Leroy Partin Charlottesville a daughter Mrs Donis Kennedy Danville a step son James M Harwell Danville six grandchildren and five great grandchildren Also a half brother and sister Roy Burnett Evenburg Ga and Mrs Vonnie Ervine Danville Body remains at funeral home. family at residence 139 Moano Place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dinkey
Dave
Hubert Partin
Wrenn-Yeatts
Mountain View
Partin
Memorial Hospital
Mr. Partin
Greenville
Tenn
William Partin
Danville
Dan River Mills
Lottie Allen
Grace Methodist Church
Dan River Retired Workers Club
Dan River Odd Fellows Lodge
Leroy Partin
Charlottesville
Donis Kennedy
James M. Harwell
Roy Burnett
Evenburg
Vonnie Ervine
Moano Place
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Judy Luther
Frances Kahn
Guy
the Business Register
G. W Moore
Fieldcrest
Ralph C. Lester
Continental Homes Inc
Boone's Mill
Weil-McLain Co., Inc
Michigan City
Ind
Continental
Weil-McLain
Acme Visible Records Inc
Crozet
Leonard S. Schmitz
Acme
American Tobacco Co
Bermuda Hundred
Chesterfield County
American Electric Power Co
Appalachian Power Co
Securities and Exchange Commission
AEPCO
Virginia National Bank
Bank of
Hampton Roads
Hampton
Hampton Bank
Virginia National
VNB
Hampton Roads Bank
Band of
Roads
Coppedge
Electro Plastic Fabrics Inc
Pulaski
Blue Bell Inc
Greensboro
Nlc
E. Claiborne Robins Jr
Central National Bank
Champ B. Respess
W. Harry Schwarzschild Jr
Robins
A. H. Robins Co
Respess
CNB
Chevrolet
Pittsylvania County
Ford
Dodge
Plymouth
Pontiac
Buick
Olds
Virginia
Fieldcrest Mills
Eden N. C
Amoskeag Co
Boston, Mass
Boston
Electronic Industries Association
EIA
Garfinckel
Brooks Bros
Miller & Rhoads Inc
Peoples Drug Stores Inc
George B. Burrus
Peoples
Rexall Drugs
Riverside Center
DIAL
Milton Cornblatt
Dan Myers
Irginia Bank
Tate
Aptinss
Rebecca Oakes
Paul Clayton Cain
Paul
Meather
Lucy Cain
Betty Stewart Cain
Mike Cain
Hobart Cain
Ruth Anne Cain
Virginia Carter
Tattle Rathiek
Eastern Star
Lucille Phelps
Helena
Kaufman-Brydon
Cox
Edith Chapman
Thomas Platt
Sam Cox
Savcacio Oes
L. F. Walden
Halifax
Danville Memorial Gardens
D. H. Partin
Chris Friberg
Averett
Massachusetts
Sam W. Boaze
Salisbury Marble & Granite Co., Inc
Arnett Blyd
Danville, Ya
Featuring
Earl Brewer and
The
Sons of Faith
the Christianairs of
Hilliard
First Pentecostal Holiness Church
North Main St
Don S. Whitfield
Pastor
Universal
Ainsworth
Main St
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