Danville Fourth of July flotilla race set with Pepsi prizes
Danville Parks and Recreation announces a 10 a.m. flotilla race on July 4 with first prize of 15 cases of Pepsi, second 40 cases, and third five cases. Judging for originality and appearance will occur at Riverside Center at 7 p.m. The event bans manufactured vessels and mechanical propulsion, allows fixed rudders, and requires life preservers.
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Danville Parks and Recreation Department
Riverside Center
Recreation Department
School Field
Camilla Wiliams Park
Profanity In Children At Williamsburg School
At College of William and Mary experts debate four letter words in kids books and in classrooms. Delaune and Bloom say parental overreaction fuels incidents while focusing on underlying emotions rather than punishment. They urge choosing better books and calm, attentive responses to curb long term harm.
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School of Education
College of William and Mary
Jewell Lynn Delaune
Robert B. Bloom
Leasons
Delaune
Broom
Delanne
Miller Brewery Expands Eden Plant With High Speed Packaging
Miller Brewing Company advances its Eden North Carolina facility with a 505000 square foot packaging warehouse, installing lines filling bottles at 1200 per minute and cans at 1500 per minute. The site anchors a three million barrel annual capacity, with full operations planned for 1978.
G R Smith Installed President of VAFP
Dr George R Smith Jr of Caswell County N C has been installed as president of the Virginia Academy of Family Physicians He has practiced in Shawsville since 1955 and holds Harvard Medical School credentials He advocates three years postgrad training with board certification and recertification every six years noting rising interest in family practice trainee programs and a shift from the general practitioner model.
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George &. Smith Jr
Caswell County
N.C
Virginia Academy of Family Physicians
VAFP
Smith
American Board of Family Practice
Shawsville
Mildred Hodges
Danville
William 8. Smith
Harvard School of Medicine
Miller Leads Howell in Virginia Democratic Primary Poll
A Richmond Times-Dispatch survey of registered voters planning to vote in the June 14 Democratic gubernatorial primary shows Andrew Miller ahead of Henry Howell 38 percent to 26 percent. Thirty-six percent were undecided, with Miller also leading Howell and Jah Dayiton in hypothetical head to head matchups.
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Richmond
Andrew Miller
Henry Howell
Times-Dispatch
Miller
Himself
Howell
Jah Dayiton
Summer Classes Scheduled at Danville Area High Schools
Danville schools announce summer programs for high school and junior high students at George Washington High School and Bonner Junior High from June 20 to July 30. An experimental laboratory school for Danville and Pittsylvania County pupils runs June 20 to July 19 at Park Avenue Elementary with math and science focus, field trips, and crafts, in partnership with the University of Virginia master’s program.
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George Washington High School
Kenneth Miller
Danville
Langston and
Bonner
Pittsylvania County
Park Avenue
Miller
Jack Tale Players To Perform In New York
Ferrum College's Jack Tale Players, a children's folktale drama troupe, have been selected to perform at the Fourth Annual New York Youth Theater Festival in Central Park on May 29. Rex Stephenson, Ferrum College assistant professor of theater and speech and founder, says the group is the only southern theater invited. The troupe formed three years ago after discovering mountain folktales about a character named Jack, passed orally through families from England and western Europe to the Blue Ridge settlers.
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Ferrum
Ferrum College
Stéphenson
Jack
England
Europe
Blue Ridge
Averett Leaders Plan Conference Trip
Dr Conwell A Anderson president of Averett College and Dr Malcolm Huckabee dean will attend the 22nd National Institute of the Council for the Advancement of Small Colleges CASC to be held June 34 at Lin denwood College in St Charles Missouri The theme Curriculum Development Liberal Education Work and Lifelong Learning emphasizes meeting needs of students of all ages and small colleges innovating curricula for continuity and leadership.
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Conwell A. Anderson
Averett College
Malcolm Huckabee
National Institute of the Council For the Advancement of Small Colleges
CASC
Lindenwood College
St. Charles
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