Committee Chairmen Named for American Freedom Train Visit
Robert W. Thompson announces the steering and area chairmen for the American Freedom Train visit to Danville. Key roles include Dustin D. Dodd, Morris Jr., John Gilstrap, Alan Carter, Robert Tamson, Edward Lind, Joseph Stendig, and others coordinating security, hospitality, staff transport, publicity, and school group scheduling. Volunteers are urged to contact Lind at the Chamber office. Exhibit hours are 8 to 10 p.m. daily with 9 to 2 p.m. reserved for school groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Thompson
Danville Area
Alan Carter
Danville Transportation and Power Company
Robert Tamson
Tamsot Chevrolet
Edward Lind
Danville Bicentennial Commission
Joseph Stendig
Danville Holiday Inn
Flrst National Bank
Danville
Tom Truitt
Richard Bridgforth
Steve Gross
Jean Roberson
Belk-Leggett
Gloria Lewis
McDonald's
Charles Baker
Sears
Thompson
Lind
Chamber of Commerce
Deaths and Funerals Randolph Foster 2 Yanceyville NC
Funeral services for Randolph Foster age 2 are set for 2 p m Friday at Mineral Springs Baptist Church with Rev Otis Chestnut officiating Burial follows in the church cemetery Foster a son of the late James and Lillie McKinney Foster was born in Caswell County and was a farmer in Jones community He was a member of Springs Baptist Church and Dan River Masonic Lodge Survivors include his wife Dis Pan sy King Foster three daughters four sons three sisters and five brothers The family will receive friends at Fulton Funeral Home 7 30 to 8 30 p m Thursday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yanceyville
N.C
Randolph Foster
Otis Chestnut
Mineral Springs Baptist Church
Foster
Yanceyville Rt
Danville Memorial Hospital
James and
Lillie McKinney Foster
Caswell County
Jones
I Springs
Dan River
Masonic Lodge
Dis
Pansy King Foster
Yvonne Russell
Pelham
Robin Foster
Annie Foster
Willie Henry
Yanceyville Ri
Johnnie
James Foster
Washington, D.C
Rebecca Watlington
Beatrica Gwynn
Beulah Lenier Rites Thursday in Virginia
Beulah Dews Lenier 76 of Madison Heights died Monday at University of Virginia Hospital Charlottesville born in Pittsylvania County daughter of Walter M and Hattie Moon Dews widow of Noel Edward Lenier member Piney Grove Baptist Church retired Lynchburg Training School and Hospital survivor sons Noel E Lenier Jr two brothers two sisters four grandchildren one great grandchild funeral Thursday at Finch and Finchmeral Home Chapel burial Fort Hill Memorial Park viewing 7 to 9 p,m. at funeral home and at Carl Dews residence Madison Heights
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Altavista
Beulah Dews Lenier
Madison Heights
University of Virginia Hospital
Charlottesville
Pittsylvania County
Walter M
Hattie Moon Dews
Noel Edward Lenier
Piney Grove
Fla
Carl Dews
Melvin Dews
Transfer
Alice Reynolds
Red House
Ada Jordan
Phoenix
Nettie Fleshman
Brookneal
Nellie Dews
Carrie Wilburn
Appomattox
Hiam
Finch
Tobacco Volume Holds Despite Price Dip At Danville Market
Danville tobacco sales topped 976,301 pounds for a gross of 1,082,805 dollars and an average of 110.91 per cwt. Market volume stayed high versus a year ago while prices remained about 7 ahead of last year. Regional totals include Brookneal Clarksville Martinsville Roxboro Winston Salem and others with mixed averages from 108 to 122 per cwt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Tobacco Market News Service
Brooknell
Clarksville
Lawrenceville
Martinsville
Boston
Greenshoro
Mebane
Mt. Ary
Reidsville
Roxboro
Stoneville
Harrell Convicted On Two Petit Larcenies in Danville Court
Tearchie Harrell found guilty on two counts of petit larceny in Danville General District Court. Judge W. E. Land imposed fines of 22 dollars on each count and no jail time. Other cases include George Pegram charges dismissed, Carolyn Turner guilty to bad check with 95 dollar fine and 10 day suspended sentence. Case matters continue for Tony Williamson and Phyllis Adams and Virginia Adams with representation arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tearchie Harrell
Danville
W. E. Land
Harrell
George Pegram
Carolyn G. Turner
Tony K. Williamson
Fletcher Cunningham
Nalle
Phyllis A. Adams
Virginia Adams
James Stokes
Parsonage Permit Issued for Willis Memorial Church
Lonnie Alcorn has been issued a building permit to construct an $18,000 brick parsonage at Willis Memorial Baptist Church on Route 622 near Cascade. The 24 by 48 foot structure will include three bedrooms two baths and a basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatham
Lonnie Alcorn
Willis Memorial Baptist Church
Rt. 622
Cascade
White Attending Block Grant Session in Collinsville
City Engineer Victor White will attend an all day conference on block grants and the new public works act in Collinsville. sponsored by the West Piedmont Planning Commission. He will be accompanied by John Bradner chief city planner and Pete Ray coordinator of Danville civil defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor White
Collinsville
West Piedmont Planning Commission
Dutch Inn
White
John Bradner
Pete Ray
Danville
Mrs Dole Says She Will Speak Her Mind On Issues
Elizabeth Dole wife of Robert Dole said she and her husband do not see eye to eye on all issues and she would not hesitate to express her differences. She noted she has taken leave from the Federal Trade Commission to campaign and did not specify which topics they may disagree on during a swing through North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickory
Elizabeth Dole
Robert Dole
Dole
Fed
Eral Trade Commission
Greenville
Jacksonville
Alfred B. Turner Funeral Today
Alfred Bennett Turner 63 died while playing golf at the Ole Monterey Golf Club. A Roanoke resident, he owned a Gretna farm and was a WWII veteran and retired soil conservationist. Funeral at Gakey’s Roanoke Chapel today at noon. Burial in Sherwood Memorial Park. He leaves wife Edith and five sisters and four brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Alfred Bennett Turner
Gakey
Roanoke Chapel
Marvin Jacobs
Sherwood Memorial Park
Kenwood Boulevard
Ole Monterey Golf Club
Pittsylvania County
Gretna
Piney Fork Baptist Church
American Legion
Edith Johnson Turner
Floyd Turner
Bedford
Martin T. Turner
Rex G. Turner
Dry Fork
Ray T. Turner
Rocky Mount
Vianna ‘Turner
Annie Sink
Edith Kepley
Paul Johnson
Henry L. Owen Dies At 68 in Virginia Nursing Home
ALTAVISTA Henry Luke Owen 1004 Seventh St died Tuesday in Camelot Hall Nursing Home Lynchburg at age 68. Retired Lane Co. employee, Kedron Baptist Church member. Survived by wife Lone Norton Owen daughter Mrs. James Johnson Hart two brothers Clyde and John Owen three sisters Mrs. Alexandria Winston Gladys Mrs. George Nester N.C. and Mrs. Alfred Williams Gladys and one granddaughter Jennifer Johnson Hurt. Funeral at 2 p.m. Thursday Rev. Jesse Garmon Finch and Finch Funeral Home Chapel. Burial Alta Vista Memorial Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altavista
Henry Luke Owen
Seventh St
Camelot Hall
Lynchburg
Sam
Minnie Scruggs Owen
Pittsylvania County
The
Lane Co
Kedron Baptist Church
Owen
Lone Norton Owen
James ¢. Johnson
Hart
Clyde Owen
Gladys
John Owen
Alexandria Winston
George Nester
N.C
Alfred Williams
Jennifer Johnson
Hurt
Jesse Garmon
Finch and Finch Funeral Home
Alta Vista Memorial Park
Mrs. Mumpower Rites Thursday
Myrtle T. Mumpower 66 died Tuesday at her residence 188 Wood Ave after long illness. Born in Washington County to the late James Eunice Hammond Thomas and married to Abe W. Mumpower in 192. She was a member of Westover Drive Church of God. Survived by husband, son James Mumpower of Danville, daughter Mrs. Janie Burchette of Logan WV, three sisters Gracie Curd Danville, Dorothy Morris Durham NC, Elva Otey Cincinnati OH, and five brothers James Thorns Danville, Junior …
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle T. Mumpower
Wood Ave
Washington County
James Eunice Hammond Thomas
Abe W. Mumpower
Logan
W. Va
Gracie Curd
Danville
Dorothy
T. Morris
Durham
N.C
Elva Otey
Cincinnati
Ohio
James Thorns
County Administrator Screening Accepts Four Of Eleven Applicants
Pittsylvania County supervisors screened four of the 11 final candidates for county administrator last night. No applicant was eliminated, with seven more to be interviewed next Monday. Acting administrator Ahnelié Crane withdrew, saying she was satisfied with her prior post and did not wish to be considered. Eight applicants are county residents. one of the three from outside the county is from North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatham
Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors
Edwin Shiekis
Ahnelié Crane
Shields
Anther
North Carolina
Woodrow Rudd Rites Tomorrow
A funeral for Woodrow W. Rudd, 73, will be held Thursday at Joseph Bliley Funeral Home with burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Rudd died Saturday in Richmond of an apparent heart attack. He lived in Richmond 25 years, worked for Paulette and Eubank, and was a Baptist. He is survived by his wife Lena, two sons, a brother, four sisters, three stepchildren, and five grandchildren. Funeral services Thursday at 2 p.m. Swicegood Chapel. burial at Danville Memorial Gardens. Friends may pay respects Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darrell “Bubba” G. Jordan
Church St
Danville Memorial Hospital
Danville
Leatha Jordan
Dorsey Hughes Jordan
Ida Elizabeth Smart
Navy
Carol Wootty
Marton Faye Jordan
Jurty Jordan
Gloria Ross
Blytheville Air Force Base
Ark
Josephine Neal
Aileen Wright
Frances Steinburg
Wrenn- Yeats Funeral Home
Richmond
Woodrow W. Rudd
Joseph Bliley
Charlie Bradley
Oakwood Cemetery
Mr. Rudd
Pelham
N.C
George Allen Rudd
Jennie Vaughn Rudd
Southern Railway
Paulette and
Eubank
Lena Gustie Rudd
WW. Rudd Jr
John Allen Rudd
George Allen Rudd Jr
Sallie R. Lovelace
Virginia RL Powell
Gracie R. Dix
Alton RL Still
Staley
Thomas
Cincinnati
Ernest Thomas
Abingdon
Charlie
B.C
Dry Ridge
Swicegood Chapel
Danville Memorial Gardens
Leaf Theft Probe Extends Across State Lines
Pittsylvania County Sheriff and FBI are probing the theft of a tractor trailer loaded with about 40 000 dollars of tobacco from Dibrell Brothers Inc. The missing truck was sighted later at a drive-in on Interstate 40 west of Greensboro. FBI involvement follows cross state line theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatham
Pittsylvania County
J. Clint Fleming
Manda
Dibrel Brothers Inc
Dawson Sit
Sampson's Drive
Interstate 40
Greensboro
Dibrell
Dawson
FBI
Three Certified To Grand Jury In Pittsylvania Court
In Pittsylvania County General District Court Judge Nelson Light certified three cases to the grand jury. Charles Lee Walker of Dry Fork Route 1 and Danny Ray Cox of Danville both faced grand larceny of a citizens band radio, with arrests on September 17. Charles C. Gosmell of Eden, arrested July 9, faced habitual offender charges. Henry Terry of Chatham Route 3 had charges not pressed for breaking and entering Sam Andersons home on September 11 and theft of a shotgun valued at 50 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatham
Pittsylvania County
Nelson Light
Charles Lee Walker
Dry Fork
Henry Terry
Chatham Rt 3
Sam Anderson
Virginia Carolina Livestock Market sells 365 head total
The Virginia Carolina Livestock Market auctioned 365 head for 41 000 dollars under manager Jimmy Hodges Jr. Sales included 46 hogs 45 veal 90 slai 184 stock feeder calf and three e i combinations. Graded prices ranged with hogs heavy and light butchers sows and bulls noted. veal good standard. slaughter cattle cow and bull prices listed. stock feeder calves and cow calf combinations priced per head and per hundredweight. The YWCA offers a quilting class starting Oct 11 at 7 30 pm taught by Mrs. Luther Payne with sessions on square making sewing and quilting procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia-Carolina
Jimmy Hodges Jr
Virginia Department of Agriculture
The
YWCA
Luther Payne
Pigeon-Proof Line Installed Under Worsham Street Bridge
Eldred Yerks of the city electric department says a new pigeon-proof line using Hendrix cable has been installed beneath the Worsham Street Bridge to replace a vulnerable open conductors line that pigeons frequently shorted out by landing on energized parts and triggering shorts. He expects operation by next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worsham Street
Eldred (. Yerks
City Electric Department
Yerks
Legal Action Scheduled Against Area Business
The State Water Control Board announced legal action against Weaver Mirror Company of Rocky Mount for water pollution. In June 1975 the firm reportedly dumped sulfate and silver nitrate into a ditch feeding the Pigg River, contaminating about 23 miles of river east of Rocky Mount and killing 28,71 million fish. The board seeks restocking costs of 5,558.70 and investigation costs of 4,484,263. Civil penalties may follow if not settled out of court. a trial was set for February 1977. Weaver denies the charges, claiming silver is expensive to dump, and states wastes currently go to the Rocky Mount sewage plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thas
Weaver Mirror Company of
Rocky Mount
Pigg River
Bob Burnley
State Board
Weaver
Burky
Jine
Point
Rape Charge Shocks South Boston Community
Billy Gene Combs 27 of Sutherlin Heights 2 is charged with raping a South Boston woman after a night out and breakfast ride. He was arrested Sunday at his brother’s Danville Route 5 home and released on bond. Deputy Carter reports the assault occurred at about 1 a.m. Sunday after the pair left a local nightspot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Combs
Corns
Jesse Wayne Stone
Keeling Rt. 1
J. C.dodson
Annie Hairston
Stone
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Beulah
Darrell Jordan
Mrs. Dole
Alfred B. Turner
Henry L. Owen
Mrs. Mumpower Rites
Edna Earl
Anthony Barrett
Nags Head
Blairs
Harry Lea Reynolds
Callands-Gretna
W. T. Gatewood Jr
Westover
F. A. Keatts
Tunstall
Com
Mittee
Woodrow Rudd
Shermont Baptist Church
Eugene Tally
Third Avenue
Herb Brown Nursery
W. Curtis Hall
Pealun
Gladys G. Adkins
Ius
Jesus
Swice
Gregory General Store
Jove
Frank
Buddy" Flippo
Smith Cattleguard Company
Buddy
Holiday Inn
Riverside Drive
Virginia
Smith Cattleguard
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