Pittsylvania Board Hears Jail Building Proposals
The Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors heard cost estimates for a new jail at 1.45 million, a renovation at 1.98 million, and a rear addition at 1.32 million, with federal grants possible for study costs. MHA consultants outlined cell needs and building size, while the board discussed using Camp 15 facilities and a meeting with Danville officials.
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Chatham
Pittsylvania County
Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors
Moseley-Hening Associates Inc
MBA
Richmond
State Board of Corrections
Pittsylvania
MHA
Sheriff's Department
Danville
Consolidated District
John W. Daniel & Co
F.A. Keatts
Tunstall
Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Jennings
Camp 15
Moseley
Howard Vaughan
Staunton River District
Calvin Neal
Dan River District
Vaughan
Felony Arrests Reported in Danville Area Weekend
Danville police arrested two people on felony charges and probed four break ins. Cash and school equipment vanished from several sites. Janet McGregor Barker, returned from Houston, was charged with statutory burglary at King of the Sea Restaurant in May 1976. Lawrence Edward Haymes faced charges for a break in at Carl Eider’s home on Sept. 18 and grand larceny of a stereo.
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Danville
Janet McGregor Barker
Houston
Tex
King of the Sea
Ow, Howerton
Lawrence Edward Haymes
Beauregard St
Carl Eider
Chatelaine Ave
Stereo
Isabelle Bennett
Memorial Hospital of
Stonewall Jackson School
Roseleta Lea
Levelton St
Darlene Witcher
Hamilton St
Pittsylvania County
John Sylvania Matthews Tit
Four Suits Awaiting US District Court in Danville
Indictments against Patricia DeShazo and Michael Hodnett cover six counts each involving forged Treasury checks from 1976 and 1977. Cobb and Stump seek damages totaling $552,500 in civil suits over a Navy-related accident and a forklift incident. Local thefts include cash missing from homes and a hospital snack shop box. Police report a decomposed body found near Pelham Elementary, foul play not suspected, body in area 26 to 60 days.
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Danville
U.S. Western District Court
Patricia Diane DeShazo
Blaine St
U.S. Treasury
Fitzgerald
Fultz
Coman
Michael W. Hodnett
Treasury
Geneva C. Hodnett
Axton Br
Caswell County
Sam Harmlett
Pelham Elementary School
Hamlett
Regional Weather Outlook Across Virginia and North Carolina
National forecast notes a gradual cool down with periods of rain through Tuesday night and a chance of rain on Wednesday. Virginia highs in the 40s to 30s, lows in the 40s. North Carolina remains mostly cloudy and mild through Wednesday with rain in the west and showers in the east. mountain highs Tuesday in the 50s, south coast 70s, Tuesday night lows 40s to 50s, Wednesday highs 60s west and 70s east.
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Virginia
North Carolina
Tobacco Sales Season Ends Here in Bushhogging Trend
Tobacco sales year amid drought and heat yields mixed results. Charles Waddell notes some farmers plowed under dry plots, yet overall volume and price gains satisfy most producers. He credits higher support prices and a 12 percent quota cut, with drought affecting output across Florida to Virginia. Warren Price calls 1977 average or better, highlighting profitable drought-affected growers who irrigated, while scattered showers caused uneven yields across Pittsylvania County.
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Charles Waddell
Waddell
Us. Department of Agriculture
Florida
Virginia
Warren Price
Pittsylvania County
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Obituary notices from The Danville Register multiple deaths
James William Saunders 73 died Monday at Memorial Hospital after a three week illness. Born in Pittsylvania County on November 18 1902 he was married to Nellie Jane Lynch and survived by wife son and several grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at Wrenn-Yeatts with burial in Danville Memorial Gardens. Also listed are notices for Kenneth Lee Ramsey Mary Esther Tuck John Henry Whitey Heady and others with funeral details and locations across Pittsylvania and Halifax counties.
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James William Saunders
Memorial Hospital
Danville
Pittsylvania County
Arthur Saunders
Emma Sue Pillow Saunders
Wesley Chapel Methodist
Nellie Jane Lynch
George Saunders
Glenwood
James W. Saunders Jr
Ringgold
Lessie Hill
North Weymouth
Mass
Mabel Hearp
Roanoke Rapids
N.C
Leonard Saunders
Virginia Beach
Robert L. Saunders
Mary Dr
Ringgold Rt. 1
South Boston
Mary Esther Tuck
Halifax County
Lewis Dol. Tuck
Nannie Wilmouth
Revelation Baptist Church
Winston-Salem
John Henry (Whitey) Heady
Forest Hill Baptist Church
Heady
Foxcroft Drive
Forsyth Memorial Hospital
Power Tool Service Inc
Betty Burnette Heady
Brenda Kay Heady
Gary James Heady
Columbia, D.C
Alice Evans
Louisville
William Heady Jr
Houston
Tex
Donald
Leroy) Edward Wills
Keeling
Rt. 1
Greenville
Tenn
Elizabeth Christine Wills Harmon
Tennessee
Sandra Dalton Willis
Marcus K. Wills
Robert Harmon
Jeff Harmon
Dalton Family
Tom Erwin
Wrenn-Yeatts Funeral Home
Lucille Dalton
Robert H. Dunbar
Frank Marsh
Chatham
Robert Baker
Suitland
James
Charles Wyatt
Henry Wyatt
Texas
Lilly Hundley
Betty Hedrick
Charles Clay
Pearl Seliff
Providence
Wrenn-Weatts Chapel
wW.c. Bradley
Moss Family
Vandola Road
Frank O'Neal Webb
Swicegood Chapel
Robert Turner
Roy Bowles
Danny Parker
Danville Memorial Gardens
Mr. Webb
Woodlawn Drive
Carroll County
Hazel Webb Robertson
Collinsville
Jesse Herman Webb
Laurel Fork
Webb
U.S. Navy
Gadd Home Primitive Baptist Church
Axton
Plumbers and Steamfitter’s Union
National Rifle Association
Woodlawn Skeet and Gun Club
The Danville Register Subscription Rates Notice
The Danville Register announces daily delivery rates in city and suburbs at 55 cents per week. Single copies cost 15 cents for the Register, 25 cents for the Weekender, and 35 cents for the Sunday Register. Both the Register and Weekender are available by mail, with payment in advance.
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Danville
the Register Publishing Co., Inc
Union St
Register
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Kealts
Pittsylvania County Service Authority
Melvin Bayliss
State Highway Department
Edward Rice Jr
Howard Jennings
State Department of Corrections
W.T. Gatewood Jr
Westover
William Moseley
Danville Police
US S. District Court
Lawrence B. Cobb
Adolph John & Co
Erath Veneers Inc
Smith Veneers Inc
Cobb
Monyer
Rational Weather Service
NOAA
US Dept of Commerce
Lerotures
Ther
Danville Tobacco Market
THE
Danville Register
James Saunders
Kenneth Ramsey
Kenneth Lee Ramsey
Colbert-Moran Funeral Chapel
Gretna
Ramsey
Climax
Mr. Ramsey
Seventh St
Mary E. Tuck
John H. Heady
Donald Wills
Mrs. Dunbar
Nettie Wyatt Dunbar
Holy Cross Hospital
Hyattsville
Gracie Betterton Wyatt
Henry L. Wyatt
Frank Webb
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