Battle Lines Form Over Danville Civic Center Plan
Danville debate over a proposed civic center heats up as council members split on a public referendum. City leaders including Lawrence G. Wilson Jr and T. Winstead clash with Charles A. Womack Jr over funding, federal aid, and the center’s size and necessity.
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Civic Center
Danville
Batte
Lawrence G. Wilson
Herit T. Winstead
Wilson
Winstead
Charles A
Ian” Womack Jr
Womack
U.S. Department of Commerce
Economic Development Administration
South Danville
Stokestand
Squire Armory
North Danville
Danville Obituary Highlights L Beatrice Wade Hairston
Obituary notices for L Beatrice Wade Hairston of 1270 Paxton St Danville long time teacher author of A Brief History of Danville 1924 44 and community leader dies suddenly at home. Services set for Holbrook Street United Presbyterian Church with interment at Oak Hill Cemetery. Survivors include son Robert L Hairston Jr two sisters two brothers and two grandchildren. Also listed are other local obituaries for Milton King David McCain Sr Willie Leonard Jennings and Elizabeth Bates Willard with service details and survivor lists.
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L. Beatrice Wade Hairston
Paxton St
Danville
Robert L. Hairston Sr
William and
Anna Coleman Wade
Virginia State College
Petersburg
Columbia University
Lydia
Eastern Star Lodge
League of Women Voters
American Association of Retired Persons
Holbrook Street United Presbyterian Church
William A. Yancey
Edward Wilson
Beulah W. McKinney
Maude Wade
East Orange
N.J
Willie Wade
Baltimore
R. 0. Wade
George Wilson
Oak Hill Cemetery
L.H. Brooks & Brother
Robert L. Hairston Jr
Keen Mill Road
Milton
Nic
King David McCain Sr
Elizabeth H. McCain
Winfred McCain
Philadelphia
Penn
Ralph L. McCain
O’kelly McCain
Washington, D.C
King David McCain Jr
Brooklyn
Douglas McCain
Forrest McCain
Upper Marlboro
Helen Watkins
Clerta Jeffreys
Drusilla McCain
Floral Hills
George Smith Dies After Brief Illness at 73
George Smith 73 died Thursday in Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Born in Pittsylvania County he was the son of the late Nannie Smith and had two marriages Bridie Hamlett now deceased and Mary Stephens who survives. He leaves a son Avon Lawrence Smith of Danville and three grandchildren. Services at 3 p.m. Monday at Beavers Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. W. J. Toomer officiating. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Body at the funeral home. family in Apr. 8-20 of Purdum Woods.
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Willie Leonard Jennings
Rt. 7
Danville
Memorial Hospital
Church Anderson
Mattie Crenshaw Jennings
Lena Bell Strange
Dan River, Inc
Jennings
RE. 7
Mt. Herman
Altavista
Elizabeth Bates Willard
Finch & Finch Funeral
J.W. Winston
Owen Human
Altavista Memorial Park
Willard
7Th Street
Franklin County
Raleigh E. Bates
Della Chambers Bates
Jonah EB. Willard
Carroll C. Willard
Edith Moore
Richmond
Hazel Johnson
Raleigh
N.C
George W. Bates
Lynchburg
Luther D. Bates
Redwood
Dora Fields
Callie Osborne
Ruth Callahan
Bassett
George Smith
Pittsylvania County
Nannie Smith
Bridie Hamlett
Mary Stephens
Avon Lawrence Smith
Beavers Funeral Home
W. J. Toomer
Cleveland Mitchell
Darlington County
S.C
James
Callie Mitchell
Pearl Edwards Mitchell
Elvera Boston
Jessie M. Caraway
Newport News
Fostean Copeland
Lamar, S.C
Vivian Gordon
Brooklyn
N.Y
Leanette Davis
George
Charlie Mitchell
Timmonsville
Msgt
Hert J. Mitchell
U.S. Air Force
Scott Afb
Ill
D.C
Fairlawn Drive
Elsie Lawson Auterback
Swicegood Funeral
Roy Hall
Floral Hills Memorial Gardens
Auterback
Pelham
Suitland
William H. Lawson
Lillie Cummins Lawson
South Boston
Clarence Russell Sadler
Powell Funeral Home
Glenwood United Methodist Church
Sadler
Halifax County
Henry Ellis Sadler
Daisy Lowry Sadler
Edith Crawley Price
Emmanuel Pentecostal Holiness Church
Cecil Coates
Price
Roman Eagle Memorial Home
William Crawley
Margaret Bennett Crawley
William Thomas Price
Emmanuel Pentecostal Wwoliness Church
Brosville
Roman Eagle
Westover Hills
Janice Price
Sigmon
Wrenn-Yeatts Funeral Home
Sigman
Riverside Drive
Multiple Funerals Set Across Gretna and South Boston
Funeral services are planned across Gretna and South Boston for Harold Lee Barbour Arthur Fred VonEime Elsie Lawson Auterback and Clarence Russell Sadler. Each service includes church or funeral home rites with interment at local cemeteries and survivors listed.
Virginia and North Carolina Weekend Weather Outlook
Mostly sunny in Virginia with highs near 60 and 40s lows. Increasing clouds Sunday with a chance of showers in the mountains. Monday brings windy, warmer conditions and a chance of showers, then cooler in the mountains with 60s to near 70 highs. In North Carolina, west Sunday is cloudy and windy with scattered showers in the mountains. east portion sunny with 60s to near 70 along the coast. Partly cloudy, windy nights and Monday with scattered showers spreading eastward. Sunday night lows in the 50s, Monday highs in the 70s and 80s. Downtown Weather Log notes calm winds and no precipitation.
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Virginia
North Carolina
The Register Publishing Co Subscription Rates Notice
The Register Publishing Co announces daily newspaper rates for Danville readers. Carrier delivery is 55 cents a week in city and suburbs, single copies 13 cents for the Register and 25 cents for the Weekender, Sunday Register 25 cents, both available by mail in advance.
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Danville
the Register Publishing Co., Inc
Union St
Register
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Danville Register
Mrs. Hairston
K. D. McCain
L. Jennings
Mrs. Willard
H. L. Barbour
Gretna
Harold Lee Barbour
Terry Tuttle
Rt 1
Pittsville
Clarence
Betty Roland Barbour
Herman Roland
Clyde Barbour
Hurt
Nellie Ridgewe
A. G. VonEime
Arthur Fred VonEime
Ascension Lutheran Church
James Utt
Highland Burial Park
Mr. VonEime
Westover Drive
Germany
Ethel Rose Saunders VonElime
Robert Edward Saunders Jr
Arthur Fred VonEime Jr
Garnett Lee VonEime
Ella VonEime
Eric VonEime
Mrs. Auterback
Dc. R. Sadler
Gales Show
Bera Bar
National Weather Service
NOAA
US Dental Commerce
Mrs. Price
R. W. Pritchett
Reidsville
Robert William Pritchett
Main Street United Methodist Church
Dewey Smith
Reidlawn
Mr. Pritchett
N. Scales Street
Annie Penn Memorial Hospital
Raymond Holbrook
Red) Pugh
Elwood Pritchett
Eden
Effie Newman
Largo
Fla
Nora Anderson
Lucy Lawton
Madison
Wilkerson Funeral Home
Manne D. Ingram
Ems
Wrenn
Iene Ie
North Main Street
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