Langston Junior High inducts 48 into National Junior Honor Society
Langston Junior High School celebrates 48 new National Junior Honor Society members with a candlelight ceremony. Ninth graders John Bridgforth Fran Clerk Terri Custer Angela Estes Woody Fowler Jeff Fuller Dandrea Harris Tammy Poteat Lisa Ramsey and others were inducted along with 34 eighth graders. Ceremony leaders included Carol Ingram Amy Osborne Noel Thompson Nan Davis Christa Gilbert and Bora Duruman. Kenneth Miller spoke as guest, Langston chorus performed, and principal David Crews offered closing remarks.
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John M. Langston Junior High School
Langston
John Bridgforth
Fran Clerk
Terri Custer
Angela Estes
Woody Fowler
Jeff Fuller
Dandrea Harris
Tammy Poteat
Lisa Ramsey
David Reynolds
Laura Saunders
Cynthia Wilson
Carol Ingram
Amy Osborne
Noel Thompson
Nan Davis
Christa Gilbert
Susan Woods
Jane Watcher
Sara Brown
Dean, Sanderson
Kathy Thompson
Bora Duruman
United Way Division Leaders Meet On Tuesday 1977 campaign plans
Division leaders for the 1977 United Way campaign met Tuesday to map plans for the fall drive. Arthur E. Grady, general chair, outlined items to aid division leaders including recruitment of section chairmen by April 26. He praised local volunteers and stressed teamwork for the campaign theme We can do it together.
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United Way
Arthur E. Grady
Grady
Danville School Board to Present 1077-78 Budget to City Council
The Danville School Board will present a proposed 1077-78 budget of about 9.3 million to Danville City Council on Thursday at 7 20 p m in the council conference room. The proposal seeks a 672 440 increase for a total of 9 343 526, raising the district budget by 7.8 percent mainly due to roughly 9.2 percent pay raises. Also noted is Danville Community College expanding space for non credit courses including Law Everyone Should Know with registration reopening for six weeks starting Wednesday at 7 p m and continuing through May 4. Charles Majors, attorney and chair of the Danville Bar Association young lawyers section, said registration remains open until the first lecture. DT&P trims nighttime service to place a bus on the main line after 4 3 p m waits, reducing Crosstown route use to four or five riders in that two hour period.
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Danville
Danville Community College
Charles Majors
Young Lawyers Section
Danville Bar Association
DCC
Majors
Danville ‘Traction and Power Co
Dt&p
Allen Carter
Bp.m
Carter
Charges Dropped in Reidsville Gambling Case
In Reidsville District Court on Tuesday, gambling charges against James Ray Wilkerson and Aubrey Henderson, both of Danville Virginia, were dismissed. Also dismissed were charges against 19 others from a March 16 raid at County Line Truck Stop. James Edward Gibson, 43, of Greensboro, pleaded guilty to operating a gambling house and was fined $1,000.
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Reidsville
N.C
James Ray Wilkerson
Aubrey Henderson
Danville
James Edward Gibson
Greensboro Rt. 5
Gibson
Danville cases bound over for grand jury
In Danville General District Court Judge William E. Land bound over Murray L. Smith on felonious assault pending grand jury review. William E. Skipwith was bound over on felonious bad check counts after being found guilty on four related charges. The offenses date back to Feb. 22 and Nov. 5.
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Danville General District Court
William E. Land
Murray L. Smith
William E. Skipwith
Skipwith
Danville Plans Health Building Permit Granted
The Danville Planning Commission approved a special permit for the city to build a public health building on Taylor Drive. The vote was three to one with Earle Garrett dissenting. The project includes variances from residential zoning, permitting a taller structure fewer parking spaces and a smaller rear yard, with no public opposition voiced.
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Danville
Mrs Powell Rites Thursday Funeral for Mrs Mary Webb Powell
Mrs Powell 92 of N Main Street dies Tuesday morning after two months illness in Rocky Mount. Funeral Thursday at pm at Wrenn Yeats Chapel with Elder Earlex Ritch officiating. Interment Highland Burial Park. Survivors include daughters Elsie Price and John Foster, sons Billy Powell and Olis Powell, sisters Nannie Brightwell and Emma Mathes, three grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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Mary Webb Powell
Wrenn- Yeats
Earlex Ritch
Highland Burial Park
Elsie Price
Danville
John Foster
Alexandria
Billy Powell
Olis
Powell
Nannie Brightwell
Emma Mathes
Building Permit Issued for Salvation Army Center
The City of Danville issued a building permit Tuesday to Salvation Army owner of 123 Henry St to construct a community center at an estimated cost of 195000 dollars.
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Danville
Salvation Army
Henry St
Howell Pledges No Tax Increase in Virginia Gov Race
BLACKSTONE AP Henry Howell pledged that if elected Virginia governor there will be no general tax increase during his four year term. He urged cutting costs to fit revenues and promised to maintain state finances while funding modest new services. He said he would address unfair loopholes and seek serious reform.
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Blackstone (Ap
Henry Howell
Virginia
Howell
Blackstone Diaycees
Pittsylvania County Records 65 New Homes In March
Pittsylvania County issued 65 housing permits valued at $1,677,800 in March, the highest monthly total since the department began in 1973, and 245 total permits for the month set a department record. Mobile homes, sheds, garages and barns rose, with 54 mobile homes valued at $274,715 and 28 sheds, garages and barns at $94,378. additional residential and commercial repairs included church work and three new commercial structures such as Blairs Bright Seal Warehouse and a Quick Shop service station.
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Chatham
Pittsylvania County
County Department of Building and Inspections
Cmity
Blairs Bright Seal
Charles Owen
Gretna Community Center
Deaths And Funerals Gather Mary Jane Hendricks
Mary Jane Hendricks, 77, of Hart Route 2, died Tuesday afternoon at home. Widow of John Henry Hendricks, she was born in Pittsylvania County and survived by six sons, eight daughters, a sister, two brothers, 49 grandchildren and 42 great grandchildren. Funeral at Spring Road Baptist Church Thursday at 2 p.m. with burial in the family cemetery. Body at Colbert Moran Funeral Home with family receiving friends Wednesday 7:80 p.m. to 8:40 p.m.
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Andrew Oakes
Lula Clay
Kenneth Simpson
Barbara Hendricks
Hurt
Curtis Martin
Gretna
Ryland Myers
Danville
Clete Christy
Kannapolis
N.C
Ovie Dove
Willie Richard Dove
Fitchburg
Mass
Spring Road Baptist Church
Gene Ashworth
Ody
Colbert-Moran Funeral Home
Mary Farmer
Highland Burial Park
Miss Farmer
Washington, D.C
Charles F
Annie Moore Farmer
Washington
Archives Department
Ferdinand T. Hahn
Townes Funeral Home
Neltie Sue Marshall Chaney
Memorial Hospital
Pittsylvania County
Charlie W
Rebecca Alderson Marshall
Dan River Inc
Joseph Thomas Chaney
Keen Street Baptist Church
Emma Marshall
Mary C.gilliland
Thelma Chaney
Ruth Jordan
J. W. Marshall
Gerald Marshall
Evelyn Elliot
Charlotte Moon
Thomas E. Wright
George Rumney
Weenk- Yealls Funeral Home
Claiborne St
Former Danville Resident Dies in Air Tragedy
Jack D. Daniel, formerly of Danville, died Sunday in the collision of two Boeing 747s at Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands. His wife Patricia and daughter Linda survived, along with sister Helen E. Daniel of La Verne, California. Daniel was born in Danville, son of the late Ernest and his wife.
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Jack D. Daniel
Danville
Santa Cruz Dé Tenerife
Canary Islands
Mr. Daniel
Patricia
Linda
Collisin
Daniel
Ernest Daniel
la Verne
Cali
Market Sells 605 Animals at Virgina-Carolina Livestock Market
Volume and prices held steady as 605 head brought in a $90,000 total sale. Species included hogs veal slaughter cattle stock feeder cattle and cow calf pairs with VDAC grades and per hundredweight prices across categories. Notable figures show hogs at up to 35.73 per hundredweight and veal up to 68, while cows bulls and calves also quoted with utility and commercial ranges.
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Virginia-Carolina
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Monument, Shelton
Hughes Sty
Ray Creech
Charles E. Carter
Stephen G. Bass
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Motley’s Pharmacy
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A.B, Motley, JR
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