Halloween Trick Or Treat In Danville Bright With Costumed Kids
Young trick or treaters braved chilly forty degree weather as Halloween themes filled Danville. Toddlers and kids in ghosts fairies football players and superheroes lined up for candy. The Jaycees hosted a haunted house at the old Danville Nursing Home with Frankenstein Dracula and mad scientists offering scares and faux shots while guides moved guests through dimly lit rooms.
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Adutts
Danville
Danvills Jaycees
Frankenstein Dracula
Frankenstein
County Voters Get Free Transport to Polls
Free transportation to the polls will be offered to voters in six precincts on election day. The Dan River Distributive Loucation Chil of America will provide rides from the polls for those voting in North Kentuck, South Kentuck, Hinggeld, Keeling, Aire parvant Glenwead precincts. Service runs from morning until polls close. To arrange, call 20-842 between 9am and 5pm.
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Dan River
Langston Junior High To Hold Open House Today
Langston Junior High invites parents to attend a conference day and open house to discuss their child’s progress. The event runs from 1:5 to 8 pm with teachers available for meetings today and Tuesday. no classes will be held during these conference days.
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Langston
Langston Junior High School
Two Charged With Auto Larceny In High Speed Chase
A 1:25 am high speed pursuit ended in a single car crash on Holbrook Street with about 13300 property damage. Driver Jackie Cabiness 19 and passenger Lawrence Palmar 22 were arrested after the Pontiac Trans Am stolen from Fuqua Pontiac was pursued by Officer Shaw Jr. Debris damaged an apartment at 324 Holbrook as the car struck the building. Cabiness faces grand larceny breaking and entering and other counts. Palmar also charged. Bond set at 2000 each. Hearings set in Danville and Dunville courts.
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Holbrook Street
Denville
Jackie Leoo Cabiness
Cedar Place
Apt. 2
Lawrence
Slim" Palmar
W. Paxton St
W. 5
Shaw Jr
Memorial Drive
Cabiness
Roberts Street
Nto Holhrop
Holtreok SL
Snow
Willam F. Grasty
WW. Jones
Grove St
Son
C. W. Howerson
Fuquay
Pontiac
Palmer
Danville
Chamber to discuss 10 critical issues for 1977 assembly
Danville area Chamber of Commerce identifies 10 issues crucial to local business during a Pre Conference. Topics include public employee bargaining, land annexation, highway construction financing, sales and income taxes, cigarette and tobacco taxes, municipal utility rules, school board elections, Equal Rights Amendment and the death penalty. Speakers include Sumpter Priddy, Edward Lanes, and Edward Willey. Public employees unionization and the Commonwealth city county setup are debated as impact on development. Chamber urges businessmen to participate. Thursday event at King of the Sea Restaurant. reservations via Chamber of Commerce.
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Danville
Tanacco
We Chamber
State Corporation Commission
Sumpter Priddy
State Retail Merchants Association
Edward Lanes
Edward Willey
Dodd
Halloween Break-Ins Reported in Danville Schools
Danville police logged Halloween pranks with break-ins at Grove Park and Stonewall Jackson schools. Stonewall entry came via ground floor window. cafeteria mess and spoiled meat left. Grove Park opened through unlocked window. no damage noted. Several assault and battery arrests over the weekend, with hearings set November 18 in Danville General District Court.
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Danville
Grove Park
Stonewall Jackson
Stonewall
Grove Park School
Donald Wayne Henderson
Schoolfield Dr
MT White
Danville General District Court
Bassett Man Dies Found In Car After Nighttime Mystery
Gene Crews 47 of Bassett Rt 6 was found dead in a car at Fairystone Park around 6 23 pm Saturday. Police say he appeared to have died 10 to 12 hours earlier. An autopsy is planned in Roanoke. Survived by sister Brenda Falls and extended family. Body at Finco and Pinch Funeral Home Altavista pending arrangements.
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Ballon Park
Jerry Wayne Wilson
Stokes St
T. H. Breedrove
Edward Thomas Gunter
Keeling Rt. 1
Mary E. Holloway
Chatelaine Avenue
Danville
Bassett
Patrick Cony Sheriff's Office
Gene Crevis lv
Bassett Rt. 6
Fairystone Park
Finco
Pinch Fuserel
Altavista
Brenda Falls
Fur
Virginia papers back Ford in major endorsements
Roanoke Times and World News endorsed President Ford in Sunday editions. The President has won endorsements from virtually all Virginia dailies, except the Fredericksburg Free-Lance Star which backed Carter on October 25.
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Roanoke
Roanoke Thoes & World News
Ford
Virginia
Exept
Fredericksburg
This Bird Carver Keeps Models In His Freezer
C Grady Cates began carving miniature cardinals after admiring a local craftsman. Now he is a walking encyclopedia on bird carving with awards and aims to turn the hobby into a business.
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Chatham
Grady Cates
Whlkting
Miniature Cardinals
Local woodcarver shaping birds from real to imagined
Cales Cates of Kapalpa Drive and his wife Marcia nurture a basement hobby turning frozen, stuffed, and live birds into carved works. He studies habitats and master carvings, paints his own eyes, and plans a live Canadian geese project while preparing pieces for the Richmond Craft fair and Salisbury international exhibit. Nora Lynne occasionally assists as he balances family and craft.
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Cates
Bel Lo
Fila
Cales
Richmond
Lowa
Salisbury
Seye
Lem Ward
Nora Lynne
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Iank
Geath
Howerton
Dunvilles
Halbrook St
Jackie Leon Cabiness
Lawrence Palmer
Halbrook Street
Chamber
HF. Haymore Jr
Congressional Action Committee
King of the Sea
Chamber of Commerce
mMarie Jane Anderson
Chatham Rt. 3
Bert Leggett
Nar-Dan
TL AL Brown
Wing Clark
Allavista
Inulition Crews
Lena Smith
Lynchburg
Southsiders
C. Grady Cates
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