Loyal Baptist Parishioners Dedicate Historic Marker
In Danville Virginia on October 19 1975 Loyal Street Baptist Church marked its history with a dedication ceremony for a historical marker honoring the ex enslaved community that built the church site. Parishioners recalled 1865 1870 milestones and the 1924 move to Hulbrook and Gay Streets as the crowd listened to prayers and mused on heritage.
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the Register
Danville, Va
Loyal Baptist
Danee Im
Franklin, Monument
Cabell Streets
Loyal Street
Loyal Street Baptist Church
Hulbrook and
Gay Streets
Loyal Baptist Church
Doyle J .Thomas
Thomas
Lie Church
Geary
Worlds
So. Graham Owa Mass Ave
Galvin
A.A
Murray
C.T
Melton
S.C
Hawk
C.N
Jones
Arthur WJ
SMLA President Urges Opposition at Corps Hearing
Smith Mountain Lake Association president Bill Smith called on all property owners and lake users to attend Engineers' hearings on Corps waterway regulations. He argued proposed runoff, dredging, and deck rules are unworkable and would force large public expenditures, urging citizens to voice opposition at Danville Community College and Franklin County High School meetings.
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Smith Mountain Lake Association
Smith Mountain Lake
Esent
Bill Siith
Smith Mountain
Bill Smith
Corps of Engineers
Joseph M. Taylor
Danville Community College
Smith
Rocky Mount
Franklin County High School
Citzens
Senith Mountain Lake
Four Virginia candidates discuss taxation and ERA at Danville YWCA
Four candidates for the Virginia General Assembly debated taxation, ERA, and government controls at a Danville YWCA forum watched by about 75 attendees. Participants included Sen. Coleman Yeatts, Bengston, Fowler, and Cecil Murray, each presenting positions on abolishing regional planning commissions, tax proposals, rape law limits, and ERA support or opposition.
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Ywca Forum
Virginia General Assembly
Danville
Cecil Murray
Fowler
American Association of University Women
AAUW
Alpha Kappa Alpha
League of Women Voters
National
Orgenization For Women “Now
WCA
Virginia Senate
House of Delegates
Yeats
Bengston
Murray
West Piedmont District Planning Commission
Yeatts
Kingston
E.R.A. Murray
Virginia
Virginia Supreme Court
Virginia Municipal League
Virginia Ywca
Coleman B. Yeatts
Gary L. Bengston
Del
General Assembly
Calvin W. Fowler
Averett Seesaw Marathon Supports United Fund Drive
Averett College students stage a see-saw marathon on campus to raise funds for the United Fund. The event runs Tuesday and Wednesday from noon, with a goal around 300 to 600 dollars, weather permitting.
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Averett
United Fund
Averett College
Augit Sager
United Fuml
Fresh Evans Jr
Ness
W. Main St
Klan feud pits Imperial Wizard against Maryland leader
Baltimore factory worker Tony LaRicci claims Imperial Wizard Jimmy Venable is senile after Venable banished LaRicci and four other state grand dragons. Venable defends his mind and leadership while a West Virginia meeting names Dale Reusch as temporary imperial wizard amid a split in the national Ku Klux Klan.
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Mid
Ku Klux Klan
Tony la Ricci
Maryland Klan
Lakicci
Jiones KR. Venable
Atlanta
Lam Nat
Venable
la- Kreel
Venabie
Nations
Klan
Iia
Drone Mountain
Lakicer
Maryland
Grand Dragons
North Carolina
South Carolina
Ohio
New Jersey
Lakiech
LaRicci
Jimmy Venable
Wicer
Grand Driven
West Virginia
Dale Reusch
Lodi
Imperial Wizard
Lakieci
Reusch
Klay
John Fulcher Rites Tomorrow
John Buford Fulcher 78 of Martinsville died Saturday night in Martinsville Memorial Hospital. Retired farmer, son of late Will and Sallie Fulcher. Survived by wife Halcher, daughters Chaude Scarce Spencer and Charlie Rhyne Eden NC, sister Beatrice Goad Mayodan NC, brother Rob Fulcher Sandy Ridge NC, half sisters Louise Patterson Mella and Ollie Smith Eden, and four half brothers Walter Sandy Ridge Jeff Danville Elmer Picidale Homer Eden. Funeral 2 pm tomorrow at Maya Baptist Church, burial in Sandy Midge Christian Church Cemetery. Body at Stone Funeral Home. Burial arrangements incomplete. The American Defamation League noted Klan membership under 7,000, FBI says activity down for years. Venable notes Klan now opposes socialism and Shacky threat.
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Martinsville
John Buford Fulcher
Mar- Unyville
Marlinsville Memorial Hospital
Sallie Hailles Fulcher Minnivare
Halcher Fulcher
Chaude Scarce
Spencer
Charlie Rhyne
Eden
N.C
Aso
James W. Fulcher
Collinsville
Beatrice Goad
Mayodan
Maya Baptist Church
Fa Wardofeader
Im Sandy Midge Christian Church
Stone Funeral Home
Tugboat crewmen strike reroutes ships at Hampton Roads
The Inland Boatmen's Union walkout idled about 230 tugboat crewmembers in Norfolk and Baltimore causing several ships to be diverted from Hampton Roads over the weekend. Officials expected a count of rerouted vessels on Monday as talks with Tatkipetont, resumed in Baltimore with a federal mediator, collapsed again.
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Hampton Roads
Baltimore
R. 1
Counselman
Sargana Palot Association
Inland Boatmen
EBL
IRS
Tatkipetont
Homecoming Set At Chatham Heights Church
Chatham Heights United Methodist Church hosts its 12th anniversary homecoming next Sunday with founder Crab Byrd presenting the worship service alongside current pastor William N. Ranes. A noon fellowship and covered dish dinner precede a 1 p.m. prayer meeting at the Craddock home, with church origins traced to 1961 in the Craddock residence. The afternoon features Ridgeway United Methodist Church youth music and The Joyful Noise.
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Chatham Heights United Methodist
Crab. Byrd
Itam
Tex. Willlam
Ranes
4. W. Craddock
Craddock
Ridgeway
Bomb found in trash at Virginia Beach car wash
Harry Hall and his son discovered a pipe bomb in a trash can at Wishy Washy Car Wash on Virginia Beach Boulevard. Navy explosives experts disarmed the device after responders arrived within minutes. Hall described the bomb as a wax sealed pipe with a triggering mechanism.
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Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach Boulevard
Navy
Harry HH Hall
B- Stars
Chain Reaction Auto Accident Damages At Main Street
A three car chain reaction at North Main and New streets caused 2460 in damage. Minnie C. Lindsey 124 White St lost control on North Main, hitting a parked Virginia W. Lewis car, which struck Bryant F. Shelton's vehicle. Lindsey faces reckless driving charge. no injuries reported.
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North Main
New Streets
Danville
Ray A.m
Minnie C. Lindsey
Main Street
Virginia W. Lewis
Main St
Lewis
Bryant F. Shelton
N. Main St
Lindsey
Chevrolet
Shelton
Laura A Mallery Named Dental Hygienist Head
Laura A Mallery, 418 Southland Dr, named president elect of the Virginia Dental Hygienists Association. She will be installed as state president at the VDHA Annual Session in Richmond in Sept 1976. She worked as an instructor at UPenn and Old Dominion University and is also married to Dr. Malcolm J. Mallery.
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Laura A. Mallery
Southland
Virginia Dental Hygienists’ Association
VDHA
DHA
New Jersey
Virginia Tidewater
DILA
VDILA
University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine
Old Dominion University
Malcolm J. Mallery
Spirituals At Mount Vernon United Methodist Church Program
Mount Vernon United Methodist Church opens its 1975 74 music series with a 4 p.m. program next Sunday featuring handbells brass wood winds autoharp xylophone and voices performing white and black spirituals. November 23 at 4 p.m. brings a Thanksgiving service with guest harpsichord and recorder ensemble plus Mount Vernon Choir and guest soloists in Bruckner Te Deum. An organ recital by Baxter Jennings and Ray Martin is set for January 23 1976 with local organists. February and March 1976 programs will celebrate Bicentennial Festivals of Sacred American Music for instruments and voices.
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Mount Vernon United Methodist Church
Mount Vernon
Anton Bruckner
Baxter Jennings
Ray Martin
Gofoorth and Tuck funerals planned in two communities
A funeral for John David Gofoorth Jr. will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Barker Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Danville Memorial Gardens. In Gretna, Zack Monroe Tuck dies today and funeral services are set at 2 p.m. at Colbert Moran Funeral Home Chapel led by Reverends Lilly and Cummins, with interment in the Doye family cemetery.
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John David Gofoorth Jr
Barker Funeral Home Chapel
Danville Memorial Gardens
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