Pittsylvania Supervisors advance Bicentennial plans and surveys
Pittsylvania County Supervisors in Chatham moved forward with plans for a county office building civil defense measures and a county water and sewer survey to guide future needs while tabled several contentious items including zoning action a county sales tax proposal and fox trapping funding A land donation offer for Pittsylvania’s first courthouse site was endorsed with restoration to be funded by garden clubs and county support A federal grant request of 23200 was approved to back a nationwide water and sewer deed survey over 20 years
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Pittsylvania Board of Supervisors
Chatham
County Planning Commission
State Health Department
Farm Bureau
Edward Cocke
Gretna
Planning Commission
Smith Mountain Dam
Landon Oakes
Pittsylvania
U.S. Civil Defense Organization
Danville
Martinsville
J. Coates Carter
Pittselvania
Robert Easley
Callands
Board
Easley
Smith Mountain Lake
Elkhorn Lake
Albert Bailey
Tunstall
Bailey
Cooke
Planing Commission
Smith Mountain
Cocke
Pigg River
Dewey Hunt
Commission
Hunt
Frank Walton
Grayson Jacobs
Walton
Elliott McCormick
Addison Moore
Pittsylvania Farm Bureau
Jacobs
Commonwealth
Joseph M. Whitehead
Oakes
Garden Club
Judy E. Towler
Civil Defense
Driver Quoted As Watching Bird Not Car
A man blamed for a Union St bridge crash said his bird watching distracted him. Eugene McCall Ingram 27 of Reidsville ran into Peggy Keesee McGuire 36 of Danville behind Linda Moss 19 of River View Dr. Damages totaled 350, 300, and 5 dollars respectively. A passenger Winnie McGuire 57 suffered whiplash. Earlier, Michael Turner 19 of Westview Dr. skidded a motorcycle on Arnett Blvd. Damage to the cycle was 15 dollars.
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Union St
Eugene McCall Ingram
Reidsville
N.C
P. L. Rowland
Ingram
Peggy Keesee Mctuire
Danville
Michael Rickett Turner
Westview Dr
Arnett Blvd
Riverside Dr
Police Stop Teen Runaway Couple Plans to Wed
A Nash ville 11 year old boy and 16 year old girl who ran away to wed were detained by local authorities in Danville after admitting intent to marry. The girl had previously run away, her father said. Also reported damage to 15 headstones at Leemont Cemetery and a break-in at Kemper Road Laundromat with washing machines broken.
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Nashville
Tenn
Danville
B. C. Elliott, Jr
Elliott
Leemont Cemetery
Claiborne St
Kemper Road Laundromat
Sparks Cast Member in N C Arts School Play
William Sparks of Danville will be among the cast in Noel Coward's Hands Across the Sea at the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem. The show, directed by Osvaldo Riofrancos, uses a triple cast of 27 students with two productions nightly by separate companies. Sparks will portray Mr. Wadhurst. four to five performances per company follow, with matinees for parents, students, and faculty. Free seats require advance reservations due to limited theatre capacity.
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William Sparks
Danville
North Carolina School of the Arts
Winston- Salem
Noel Coward
Sea
Osvaldo Riofrancos
New York
Sparks
Wadhurst
Dewey Sparks
Idlewood Terrace
Drama School
Trial Dates Set For 57 Felony Cases
Cor poration Court set trial dates for 57 felony cases in the May term. Seven cases were temporarily passed and no felonies were continued. Woodrow Gravely burglary charge not pressed. William Moses Springfield discharge into occupied building case removed with leave to reinstate. Four murder cases to be heard May 16 to May 26. Contested misdemeanors to proceed until felony trials begin May 16, with several more set for June 1.
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Corporation Court
Woodrow Gravely
William Moses Springfield
William Edward Richardson
Albert Nathaniel Collins
Daniel Alfred Simon
Jon Wesley Brown
Man breaks arm in ladder fall
Fred Cousins, 52, of 854 Lee St., fell from a ladder while painting a sign at Nita's Beauty Salon on Church St. He sustained a broken arm and other injuries, was knocked unconscious, and taken to Memorial Hospital where he was listed in satisfactory condition yesterday.
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Fred Cousins
Lee St
Cousins
Nita
Church St
Memorial Hospital
Area Students Win Scholarships at Honors Night
Two Martinsville students received scholarship awards at Virginia State College in Petersburg during Honors Night. Rosemary Belcher won the Nu Lambda Alpha Phi Scholarship of 100 dollars, and Carole Draper earned the Anna L Lindsay Scholarship. Both Martinsville students joined Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society with Draper elected to Kappa Mu Epsilon and Pamela Carrington to Alpha Mu Gamma. Elsie Gunn of Danville joined Pi Omega Pi.
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Martinsville
Virginia State College
Petersburg
Nu Lambda
Alpha Phi
Rosemary Belcher
Anna L. Lindsay
Carole Draper
Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society
Miss Draper
Elsie Gunn
Danville
Pi Omega Pi
Pamela Carrington
South Boston
Alpha Mu Gamma
Residents Vote To Incorporate Town Of Hurt
In Hurt Virginia residents approved incorporation by 196 to 114, enabling the town to inherit the 200 acre Clement Hill estate of the late John L. Hurt Jr. The charter becomes effective Jan 1, with a June 14 vote for a mayor and six council members to begin duties next year.
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Hurt Voting Corporation
Clement Hill
John L. Hurt
Lee Green
Neil Eckard
Lane Co
Green
Hart
Eckard
Tom Hamilton
Hart Elementary School
Grayson Jacobs
Brutus
Pittsylvania County
Jacobs
Board of Supervisors
Chatham
Altavista
Campbell County
Staunton
Deadline Missed On Federal Aid For Danville Schools
Danville city schools apparently will not receive funds under Title I for the coming year after missing the Monday deadline to file applications. The state education department listed 12 Virginia localities lacking proposals, while Pittsylvania County secured $717,000 for eight schools and 17 mobile classrooms. Other counties and cities also submitted late applications, boosting approved and pending projects to about $24 million from an initial $30.6 million entitlement.
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Danville
Virginia
State Department of Education
O. T. Bonner
Pittsylvania County
Alleghany
Bland
Craig
Culpeper
Nansemond
Nelson
Orange
Powhatan
Charlottesville
Clifton Forge
Galax
Robert S. Sparks
Rotary hears forecast of future schools from librarian
Mrs. Sara Hiltzheimer of Forest Hills School outlined tomorrow’s schools to the Danville Rotary Club. She projected modular classrooms, multi teacher teams, year round use, and air conditioning challenges. She urged freeing teachers from clerical duties, expanding scholarships, and personalizing instruction with supervisory curriculum coordinators on every level.
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Sara Hiltzheimer
Forest Hills
Danville Rotary Club
Hiltzheimer
Rotarians
Danville
Martinsville Names First Corporation Court Judge
Martinsville swore in Frank I. Richardson Jr as the first judge of the new Martinsville Corporation Court in Henry County. The oath was administered by Court Clerk Jesse B. Clift with Judge John D. Hooker’s Bible. Judge Alec N. Harmon and Judge Jackson Matthews presided. Gov. Godwin appointed Richardson after the 1966 General Assembly created the court.
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Martinsville
Frank I. Richardson, Jr
New Corporation Court
Henry County
Richardson
Jesse B. Clift
John D. Hooker
Marlinsville
Hooker
Alec N. Harmon
Pulaski
Jackson Matthews
21St Judicial Circuit
General Assembly
Godwin
WWI Veterans Auxiliary Hear Top Officers
The Cansylvania Bar racks No. 1081 and its Auxiliary, veterans groups, met at the Armory after a dinner to hear top state officers. George D. Gardner of the Virginia Department commander discussed three bills before Congress on veterans benefits including relief for those over 72 with no income cap. Jake Tate Jr. urged members to seek help and support membership. Auxiliary leaders Mrs. C. J. Wheelbarger and Mrs. Aurora Gardner spoke. The Barracks scheduled monthly meetings in June July and August and noted the May 17 delegate election for the department convention. The charter was draped in memory of Dr. Harry W. Pritchett and Gordon G. Fralin.
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Cansylvania Barracks No. 1081
Armory
George D. Gardner
Norfolk
Virginia
Congress
Gardner
Jake Tate, Jr
Division of War Veterans Claims
C. J. Wheelbarger
Aurora Gardner
Department
Harry W. Pritchett
Gordon G. Fralin
Two Women Die as Fogbound Crash Near Gretna
A three woman car ride to Altavista jobs collided with a lumber truck on foggy Rt. 29 two miles north of Gretna yesterday morning. Lois Stowe Grogan and Edna Hedrick Gouldin died. Helen Bolling McDaniel was in critical condition at Memorial Hospital. The truck driver, Gordon Sullian of Lafayette, was unhurt. Funeral plans set for Gouldin in Chatam and Grogan in Dry Fork. both deaths push Virginia highway toll higher for the year.
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Lane Furniture Co
Altavista
Rt. 29
Lois Stowe Grogan
Edna Hedrick Gouldin
Helen Bolling McDaniel
Memorial Hospital
Gretna
C. E. Piymale
Plymale
Booker Lumber Co., Inc
Nedrow
N. Y
Gordon Andrew Sullian
Lafayette
N.Y
Gouldin
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
Chatham
Highland Burial Park
Danville
Hurt St
Scott Funeral Home
Oakland Methodist Church
Dry Fork
Russell T. Stowe
Pittsylvania County
C. W. Stephens
Jessie Hendrick
Richard H. Gauldin
Jerry Richard Gauldin
George Sours
Bernard Lee Hedrick
Grogan
Ralph C. Grogan
County
Danny Fowlkes Stowe
Oakland Metho
Richmond
U.S. 1
Virginia
Lady Smith
Caroline County
Jonesville
Lonnie Collins
Jonesvile
Lee County
U.S
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Pittsylvania Supervisors
Town of
Hurt
Incorporated
Norfolk & Western
Mrs
Rotary
WWI Veterans Auxiliary
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