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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1972
Page
9
Longtime miller Glass contemplates retirement as he runs a small water powered operation serving 150 to 160 customers within 30 miles. He hopes to find a capable successor who can manage grinding, storage, and sales while preserving the mill’s historic dam and timber construction, possibly turning it into a museum.
The Riverdan Benevolent Fund has given three Danville area students college scholarships. Kathie Collie, Mark Luck, and Janice Sigmon were honored, with Collie planning to transfer to Danville Community College and Luck to Norfolk College. The fund has issued 87 scholarships over 16 years to Dan River employees’ children.
Last rites for Mrs. Nettie Dinnaway Martin, 7, will be held today at 2 p m at First Baptist Church at Republican Grove. Interment will be in the church cemetery. She died yesterday in a South Boston hospital. Born in Campbell County, she was daughter of the late Charles and Victoria Shaw Dunnaway. She was married to the late James William Martin Sr. Survivors include two daughters Mrs. Luther Jones of Newport News and Mrs. Basil Farson of Java, one son James W. Martin Jr., two sisters Mrs. Willie Glass of Hopewell and Mrs. Hester Mann of Gladys, nine grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
Second Lieutenant Munford P. Hall son of Mrs Laura H Hell of 149 Winthrop Court earned silver wings after navigator training at Mather AFB California He will fly with a Tactical Air Command unit at George AFB California A 1986 George Washington High School graduate he earned an AA from Mantee Junior College and a BA from Duke University His wife Rebecca is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Whitcomb R Scott of Greensboro NC Also listed are airmen and soldiers from North Carolina completing training or assignments at Lackland AFB Keesler AFB Fort Monmouth Fort Sill and in Germany Korea Hawaii and Vietnam with several promotions and unit transfers.
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