Rally Urges Danville Voters to Back Black Turnout
More than 200 Danville Black residents attended a one hour rally at High Street Baptist Church urging turnout for Tuesday's city council election. Though the league did not endorse candidates, endorsements were expected at an upcoming meeting. Calvin Hill urged a plain vote for the best candidates and credited Dr. Martin Luther King with securing voting rights.
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Calvin Hill
Danville Voters League
Washington Redskins
Danville
Voters League
Danville City
Hill
High Steet Baptist Church
Deanville
League
Jerry L. Williams Jr
Williams
Charles Harris
Harris
Will
New York City
Danville Holiday Inn
Till
Martin Luther King
Calvin Till
Jerry L. Williams Hally
High Street Baptist Church
Arthur White
Unemployment Steady in Danville Area This Spring
The Virginia Employment Commission reports March area unemployment at 7.9 percent, with Danville city higher at 8.5 percent and Pittsylvania County at 7.0. National rate stood at 8.0, while Virginia’s was 6.0. local claims declined into April, hinting at upcoming gains as manufacturers recall workers and construction picks up.
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Virginia Employment Commission
Richard Pretty
WEC
Danville
Pittsylvania
Virginia
Mare
Nore
Sutherlin Academy Spring Auction Carnival Set
The Sixth Annual Sutherlin Academy Spring Auction Carnival takes place Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Neal's Warehouse. The Country Store will be led by Mrs. Carroll Whitlow with items like straw brooms, produce, dried flowers, shellacked bread, and ladies bonnets. Also features grandmother's booth, bake sale, plant and student booths. Averett Players banquet May 32 at 6:30 p.m. Inne Downtown Motorton. reservations by May 7 with Mrs. Joan Kuhn.
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Sutherlin Academy
Neal
Carroll Whitlow
Averett
Inne
Motorton
Joan Kuhn
Byrd presses State Dept on Moscow embassy microwaves
Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr criticizes Henry Kissinger and the State Department for failing to force a halt to microwave radiation aimed at the U S embassy in Moscow. Byrd cites detente concerns and presses that the press exposure compelled acknowledgment of the issue.
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Marion
Harry F. Byrd Jr
India
State Department 1
U. S
Moscow
Byrd
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
Russa
Smyth County
United States
State Department
Mental Facility Landscape Plan Approved for Danville Institute
Newton Ray heads a committee behind a landscaped front for the Southern Virginia Mental Health Institute in Danville. Architectural approval is noted, as the Southside Men's Horticultural Group seeks donations from hospital service-area groups to fund a front-portion planting budgeted at about 1200 dollars within a 6000 dollar total plan. The Sacre tract will allow others to buy and plant materials. volunteers and donations are welcomed now while formal Arts and Humanities Commission action is pending.
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Newton
Ray
Southern Virginia Mental Health Institute
Danville
Southside Men's Horticultural Group
State Arts and Humanities Commission
Commission
19 Exhibit Decoupage At Armory
Over 50 participants entered in the 1876 Decoupage Exhibit and Contest at the J.W. Squire Armory co sponsored by the Danville Licentennial Commission Danville Parks and Recreation Department and Frances Handy Shoppe Audrey Stone won best in show for a decoupage rocking chair June Adams won the special bicentennial award Others include Adams first in the plaque division Ruby Glass second Betty Pendleton honorable mention The judging was by Mrs Katherine Dunn of Atlanta Ga author and producer of over 3 000 decoupage pieces
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J.W. Squire Armory
Danville Licentennial Commission
Danville Parks and Recreation Department
Frances Handy Shoppe
Audrey Stone
June Adams
Ruby Glass
Betty Pendleton
Katherine Dunn
Atlanta, Ga
Ferrum College To Award First Bachelors Degrees
Ferrum College plans its first bachelor degree conferral during Sunday commencement. Attorney General Andrew P Miller will deliver the address as the college awards B A and B S degrees to its first senior class, alongside about 250 sophomores earning associate degrees. The event marks Ferrum’s move beyond an associate program with five career oriented majors. The ceremony includes a 2 p m graduation in the gym and a 11 am baccalaureate service in Vaughn Chapel.
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Perrum
Ferrum College
Andrew P. Miller
Fife
Fecrum College
Joseph Thart
Ferrum
William P. Swartz, Jr
Joseph T. Hart
Aubrey L. Mason
Thomas Phillips, Jr
Vaughn Chapel
Multi colored hydrants pop up citywide in bicentennial drive
City wide effort brings red white and blue hydrants to Danville with residents and local clubs painting posts along main roads and neighborhoods. Rebecca Hodges of Sherwin Williams coordinates permits and designs while Temple Terrace club volunteers and a fire station crew showcase varied motifs from stars and stripes to minute men.
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Rebecca Hodges
Hodges
Sherwin-Williams Co
Boatwright Ave
Danville
van Valkenburg
Greensboro N.C
Sion
Martha May
van Valkenburgs
Temple Terrace
G.L.H. Johnson
Marie Dewberry
Granville Drive
Randy Eanes
Randy
George Washington High School
Mes Dewberry
Laxtan
Clarkson Streets
Ke Commer
Brewke Drive
Dunnam Avenue
W. Main Street
Augusta Avenue
Ronnie Scearce
Swain
Scearce
Downey Lane
Eden Place
Jimmy Gregson
Marshall Terrace
Margaret Lewis
Hedges Mies
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Calvary Baptist Church
Jesus
R. A. Raines
St Paul's Ame Church
Interdenominational Ministers Alliance of
Black Alliance
Council
Raines
King
VEC
Averett Players Banquet
State
Armory
Fenton and Lockett
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