No Limit Tag On Virginia Tech Game Puts Spotlight
Danville VPI Alumni Association banquet featured Dr. Hahn calling Tech independent as fall schedule includes Florida State on national TV. New officers were installed led by Clark Hodges, who urged 410 local Tech alumni to display stickers and boost promotion.
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Dr. Hahn
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Tech
Florida State
Danville
VPI Aluman Association
King of the Seat
Landon R. Wyatt
Randolph Eastwood
Pittsylvania County
W. C. McCubbins
T. E. Temple
O.T. Bonner
Bonner
VPI
Joseph M. Taylor
DTS
M. James VanDot
Mary C. Fugate
Averett College
Clark Hodges
Gene Lewis
Robert
Fowlkes
Hodges
Leonard Carter Funeral Rites Slated Today
Leonard Clyde Carter 63 vice president and manager of Bassett Superior Lines and Bassett Furniture Co. dies after long illness in Martinsville General Hospital. Funeral services set for 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Bassett home. Carter was a deacon and founder of Bassett Church of the Brethren, director of Roy Stone Transfer Co and People's National Bank. Survived by wife Gladys Stone, a son the Rev Clyde Carter, a daughter Mrs Claude T Stone, a sister Mrs W O Deweese, and three brothers L Carter, F A Carter, and F J Carter.
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Bassett
Leonard Clyde Carter
Bassett Superior Lines
Bassett Furniture Co
Carter
Martinsville General Hospital
Basset Church of the Brethren
Roy Stone Transfer Co
People’s National Bank
Gladys Stone
Clyde Carter
Midlands
Claude T. Stone
W. O. Deweese
Salem
F. A. Carter
Selma
F. J. Carter Sc
Washington, D. C
Blairs Youth Found Guilty In Traffic Death Of Friend
A Blairs youth, Carroll Wayne Pierce, 19, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in a fatal October traffic crash near Kentuck Elementary School. Sentencing deferred to May 24 for probation report. Pierce remanded in jail. Cassidy, 19, killed when Pierce lost control after speeding.
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Blairs
Chatham
Carroll Wayne Pierce
Langhorne
Pierce
William Boyd Cassidy
Halifax Rd
Kentuck
Cassidy
Mary Williams
Danville
Elmer Walden
Climax
Berman J. Adkins
Walden
Adkins
Sam Butler
Lawson Mon-roe King, Jr
Mt. Airy
King
Charlie Bradley
Dawson
Melvin Jones
Dry
G Moshenek New Piedmont Sertoma Head
G Wesley Moshenek a buyer for Virginia Tobacco Co was elected president last night of the Piedmont Sertoma Club at a dinner at the King of the Sea Restaurant. He succeeds charter president Paul W Farthing and will be joined by Edward J Morris R G Yates Harry E Morris W OH Wilson III Harold FE Terry Ray Hastings Roy D Bennett Thomas I Barker and J Randolph Eastwood on the board with Farthing as immediate past president. The new officers take office July 1. The club has completed its first Major project acquiring land for the Danville Pittsylvan ia Educational Foundation to build a home forretardates. A deed presentation and land dedication will be held soon.
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G. Wesley Moshenek
Virginia Tobacco Co
Piedmont Sertoma Club
King of the Sea
Moshenek
Paul W. Farthing
Mo. Shenek
Edward J. Morris
R. G. Yates
Harry E. Morris
W. OH. Wilson III
Harold FE. Terry
Ray Hastings
Roy D. Bennett
J. Randolph Eastwood
Farthng
Danville-Pittsylvania Educational Foundation
Independents Dyer and Kossoff to attend mayoral forums
Dyer and Kossoff, running as independents, will be invited to multiple forums planned by local groups later this month. The Jaycees scheduled a May 23 forum at Averett College for the council election. A Catholic men's club at Sacred Heart Church and the League of Women Voters are also considering forums.
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Jaycees
Averett College
Sacred Heart Church
League of Women Voters
Mrs Rhoda Willis Last Rites Held
Funeral services for Mrs Rhoda Carswell Willis were conducted yesterday afternoon from Swicegood Funeral Home chapel by Reverends J D Reynolds and Sebastian McGee. Burial was in Mountain View Cemetery. Pallbearers included Russell Holley Allan Holley Lonza Davis Richard Stegall Henry Towle Wyatt Simpson Wilmer Black Ezra Anderson Harry Darnell Hershell McGee and Raymord Byrd.
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Rhoda Carswell Willis
Chapel of Swicegood Funeral Home
J. D. Reynolds
Sebastian McGee
Mountain View Cemetery
Russell T. Holley
Allan Holley
Lonza Davis
Richard Stegall
Henry Towle
Wyatt Simpson
Wilmer Black
Ezra Anderson
Harry Darnell
Hershell McGee
Raymord Byrd
Henry T Brown funeral rites set for today
Final rites for Henry Thomas Brown 74 will be held at 3 p.m. today in Wrenn Yeatts chapel with burial in Highland Burial Park. He died yesterday in Memorial Hospital after 12 months of declining health and a week as a patient. A Ringgold Keeling area farmer and WWI veteran, he was wounded serving with Company F 317th Infantry. Surviving are a son Charlie Brown and daughter Elsie Aherton, plus siblings and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Henry Thomas Brown
Wrenn Yeatts
Highland Burial Park
Mr. Brown
Memorial Hospital
Pittsylvania County
Ringgold
Keeling
Cansylvania Barracks
317Th Infantry
Eva Tate
Charlie Dward Brown
Elsie Aherton
James Benjamin Brown
B. B. Tate
Eva Ferguson
Sutherlin
Joseph Downie Brown
J. C. Vaughn
S. K. Richardson
H. B. Ferguson
Danville
Theome
Aherron
Arnold J. Wall funeral rites set for tomorrow
Funeral services for Arnold James Wall 69 will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow in Swicegood Funeral Home chapel with Rev. H B Land Jr and Rev. Earl W Fike officiating. Burial follows in Highland Burial Park. Wall died after being stricken at home and pronounced at Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Bachelors Hall and farmer, member of Vandola Baptist Church. He married Sue Weatherford on November 15 1993 and is survived by his wife three daughters two sons three sisters two brothers and 14 grandchildren.
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Arnold James Wall
Vandola Rd
Swicegood
H. B. Land, Jr
Earl W. Fike
Highland Burial Park
Wall
Memorial Hospital
Bachelors Hall
Vandola Baptist Church
Sue Weatherford
Norma W. Martin
Geraldine W. Haymore
Danville
Carolyn Wall
Arnold J. Wall Sr
Westover Hills
James Lambert Wall
Fails Church
Myrtle Inman
Stokesland
James Childress
Mount Cross Rd
Lester.Hanks
Martinsville
Wessie T. Wall
Oliver E. Wall
Leon H Law Dies At 86 In Chatham
Leon Herbert Law of Chatham died at home Monday evening at 7 o clock after nine years of ill health. Born in Pittsylvania County November 21, 1879 he was the son of Henry Shelton Law and Lucy Thomas Law. He was twice married first to Kate Easley who died in 1924 and later to Alice Sheppard who survives. He was elder and treasurer of the Chatham Presbyterian Church and a partner in the former Law Bros Lumber Co. He also farmed in Pittsylvania and served as Chatham postmaster in the 1930s. Surviving are his wife two daughters Mrs Coy G Bishop Richmond and Mrs Charles E Bass Chatham son Henry Tatwell Law and one brother John D Law one sister Mrs W E Waller of Danville seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
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Leon Herbert Law
Chatham
Mr. Law
Pittsylvania County
Henry Shelton Law
Lucy Thomas Law
Kate Easley
Alice Sheppard
Chatham Presbyterian Church
Law Bros. Lumber Co
Pittsylvania
Coy G. Bishop
Richmond
Charles E. Bass
Henry Tatwell Law
John D. Law
W. E. Waller
Danville
Funeral Rites Set Today For Mrs Kushner
Funeral for Mrs. Sarah Rebecca Witten Kushner 87 widow of Rabbi David M. Kushner is at 3 p.m. at Swicegood Funeral Home with interment at Green Hill Cemetery. She died Sunday night at Roman Eagle Nursing Home after a stroke three years ago. A Lithuanian native living in Danville since 1902 she was known for philanthropy and belonged to Retz Chavim Synagogue. Survived by daughter Pauline Kushner Cohen of Chicago and four sons Hermann Benjamin Samuel and Robert Kushner all of Danville, plus 12 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. The body is at the funeral home. family at Dr. Kushner’s home 1321 Forest Cir.
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Sarah Rebecca Witten Kushner
David M. Kushner
Chapel of Swicegood Funeral Home
Green Hill Cemetery
Kushner
Roman Eagle Nursing Home
Memorial Hospital
Lithuania
Danville
Retz Chavim
Pauline Kushner Cohen
Chicago
Ill
Hermann B. Kushner
Benjamin P. Kushner
Samuel A. Kushner
Robert L. Kushner
Tne
Dr. Kushner
Forest Cir
W D Johnson Dies After Two Years of Ill Health
W Daniel Johnson 388, Chatham Rt 2, farmer and Church of God member, died after two years of declining health at Memorial Hospital Monday afternoon. Born Oct 10 1877 in Pittsylvania County, he was married to the late Susie Adkins Johnson. Survived by one son, seven daughters, a sister, a foster son, 34 grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 11 in Scott Funeral Home chapel with burial in Chatham Burial Park. body at the funeral home. family at daughter H T Jones’s home in Chatham.
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W. Daniel Johnson
Chatham
Rt. 2
Memorial Hospital
Pittsylvania County
Church of God
Susie Adkins Johnson
C.L. Johnson
Scott Funeral Home
Chatham Burial Park
Nin H. T. Jones
Chatham, T. 2
Mrs Lula Raines Rites Slated Today
Funeral rites for Mrs Lula Garrett Raines 78 will be held at 3 p m today from Woodward Funeral Home in Louisa with interment in Hillcrest Cemetery. She died yesterday in Louisa Hospital. Survived by one daughter Mrs Mary Laws of North Carolina and six sons Cephas H Lindsey II John N Raines Horace R Calvin C and Carl D Raines, all of Trevilizas and Danville.
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Lula Garrett Raines
Woodward Funeral
Louisa
Hillcrest Cemetery
Mrs. J. W. Hamner Dies Ex-Resident of Danville
Ex Danville resident Mrs. J. W. Hamner died yesterday morning in Charlottesville after a brief illness. Funeral services were conducted this afternoon at 2 o clock at the First Methodist Church in Charlottesville. Interment will also be in Charlottesville.
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J. W. Hamner
Danville
Charlottesville
First Methodist
Funeral services set at Chatham Presbyterian Church
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 4 p m from the Chatham Presbyterian Church. Interment will follow at Scott Funeral Home. The family will be at the residence on Main Street Chat am.
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Chatham Presbyterian Church
Chatham Burial Park
Scott Funeral Home
Main Street
Chatam
Local Industry Training Plans Hit by Federal Rules
Local officials and residents view federal regulations as stalling a training program. Senators Robertson and Wyatt discussed delays with the Labor Department after concerns this may involve race, though some applicants are Black and the DTIA has desegregated for years. Department aides cited age and education discrepancies and MDTA rules, with promise of state-level fixes and an expedited outcome, but Robertson has received no updates as the application remains unapproved.
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U. S
Willis Robertson
Labor Department
Landon R. Wyatt
Wiliam
Foster, Jr
Robertson
Foster
Sen
Civic Council Backs Local Civic Center
The Danville Civic Council voted unanimously to endorse efforts for a Danville civic center by sending a letter to the Super Committee. Eleven clubs were represented, and dates for the fifth annual Civic Golf Tournament were set for June 4 and 5 with rounds at Danville Golf Club and Tuscarora. Wendell English chairs the event with Dillon Barnett as vice chair.
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Danville
Wendell English
Dillon Barnett
Civic Council
IBM Seeks North Carolina Workers In 50-Year Growth Span
IBM, backed by a half century of growth, offers job satisfaction, stability, and advancement with fully paid benefits including life insurance retirement income hospitalization sick pay vacation pay and nine paid holidays annually. Open positions cover electronic technicians mechanical technicians electrical craftsmen and designers requiring degrees or equivalent experience in electronics mechanical metallurgy hydraulics or circuit design.
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IBM
North Carolina
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