Deaths and Funerals In Chatham and Danville
Richard Witcher of Washington DC died Tuesday in a DC hospital born March 15 1907 in Pittsylvania County He is survived by six brothers and three sisters Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1 pm from Watson Level Baptist Church Burial in the family cemetery in Moneta. The family will receive friends Friday night at Miller's Funeral Home and at the home of a sister Mary Praunty Mary Clemmie Evans of Mt Cross Road died Tuesday night at Memorial Hospital after four years of declining health Born June 2 1892 in Franklin County she worked 93 years at Dan River Mills and was a member of Old Mountain Primitive Baptist Church She is survived by three daughters two sons a sister and several grandchildren great grandchildren and great great grandchildren Services Thursday at 2 pm at Swicegood Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Danville Memorial Gardens Details of the viewing times and home visits provided The Danville-Pittsylvania Republicans appointed Nancy Collie and Sandy Simmons as special events co chairs for the Pard-Dole campaign The first event features Lt Gov John Dalton on Friday October 1 at Sambo's restaurant Riverside Drive 4 to 4:45 pm Dalton will discuss compulsory unionization of farm workers and federal spending if Ford is not elected He will then address GOP headquarters and the Scottish Rite Bodies at 7:30 pm Mrs Callie and Mrs Simmons are noted as organizers
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Chatham
Richard Witcher
Washington, D.C
Moneta Rt. 1
Pittsylvania County
William
Margaret Reynolds Witcher
Laura Bell Witcher
Mr. Witcher
Lemon Witcher
Washington
D.C
William Witcher
Pittsburgh
Guard Witcher
Moneta
Pete Witcher
Pittsville
Scott Witcher Chatham
James Witcher
Jamestown
Minnie Crider Pittsville
Mary Prounty Chatham
Virginia Williams
Baltimore
Jack Wilson
Watson Level Baptist Church
Miller's
Mary Praunty
Chatham al
Mary Clemmie Evans
Mt. Cross Road
Memorial Hospital
Evans
Franklin County
William and
Nora Bryant Evans
EB. B. (Buck) Evans
Dan River Mills
Old Mountain Primitive Baptist Church
Danville
Cross Road
Nancy Collie
Sandy Simmons
Pard-Dole
Sarah Buchanan
Danville-Pittsylvania County
Republicans
Ford
Buchanan
John Dalton
Dalton
Ford-Dole
Sambo
Riverside Drive
Allan A. Hoffman
GOP
Callie
Thomas Callie
Stratford College
Simmons
Robert G. Simmons
Auditions Set For Averett College Play Of Mice and Men
Auditions for the Averett College drama Of Mice and Men will be today and tomorrow from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in Pritchett Auditorium. Betty Smith, chairwoman of the drama department, will oversee the casting of ten men and one woman for performances on November 17 18 and 19. Public casting is open with the condition that half the cast are Averett students for festival entry. Steiber Steinbeck’s Pulitzer Prize winning tale follows two roving farmhands.
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Mice and Men
Pritchett
Betty Smith
Averett College
John Steinbeck
Averett
Steinbeck
Planning Commission To Consider Rezoning Request in Danville
The Danville Planning Commission will meet Thursday to decide on A. K. Ferrer and J. W. Abbott’s request to rezone the Franklin Turnpike and Annhurst Drive corner to C-1 for a 3,200 square foot professional office on a lot currently zoned limited commercial. The site limit is 2.40 square feet per building.
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Danville Planning Commission
Franklin Turnpike
Annhurst Drive
A. K. Ferrer
J. W. Abbott
Rutledge Creek Park sells ten lots in new 70 acre tract
Rutledge Creek Park buyers include eight lots bought by a top local builder and two by a former GWHS athlete now in Chicago who plans to retire in Danville. The 70 acre tract between Danville Golf Club and Glen Oak Golf Club is jointly owned by George Buchanan Dr James Sprinkle and Wood Creek Development Corp. The Danville Ski Club hosts a wine and cheese party October 16 at 4 p.m. in the Danville Room First National Bank Building. guests will learn about ski schools a mobile ski repair shop trips and ski clothing.
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Rutledge Creek Park
George B. Mowbray
Mowbray
GWHS
Chicago
the Knoll
Danville Golf Club
Glen Oak Golf Club
George Buchanan
James
Danville Ski Club
Danville
First National Bank
Boughton Promoted At Hanover Mills To Fiber Quality Chief
YANCEYVILLE North Carolina Hal Boughton plant manager of Fiber Production Hanover Mills Inc Yanceyville plant has been promoted to manager of fiber quality assurance Jim Campbell will replace him Campbell has three years with the company most recently as manager of the Fuquay Varina plant
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Yanceyville
N.C
Hal Boughton
Hanover Mills, Inc
Fiber Quality Assurance
Boughton
Jim Campbell
Fuquay-Varina
Prices Rise Again in Virginia Carolina Livestock Sale
Livestock market manager Jimmy Hodges Jr. reports a definite uptick this week with 364 head sold for 46 000, nearly the same volume as last week. Items included hogs veal slaughter cattle stocker stock feed cattle and calves with graded prices per hundredweight ranging from hogs 24 to 34 75 and cattle up to 38 50 for various grades.
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Virginia-Carolina
Jimmy Hodges Jr
Virginia Department of Agriculture
Four Area Women In Hostess Club
Four Averett area women were named as Hostess Club members for 1976 77. Dianne Carroll Amy Giles Ann Gosney and Patricia Shelhorse were selected based on scholarship poise and personality for the upcoming year.
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Averett
Hostess Club
Dianne Carroll
Mac Carrall
Providence
Amy Giles
Glen D. Giles
Crosland Ave
Low Ann Gosney
Herman Gosney
Ils
Starmoul
Patricia Shelhorse
Nancy H. Shelhorse
Glenwood PI
Tallege
Two Accidents Damage Five Vehicles In Riverside Memorial Run
Two crashes on Riverside Drive and Memorial Drive yesterday caused about 4500 dollars in damage to five vehicles and injuries to two people. Ronald J. Bailey, 22, of Baltimore Avenue, was hospitalized with back face and leg injuries after a motorcycle collision near Upper Street and Memorial Drive. Anthony Moss II, of S12 N. Ridge Street, was charged with reckless driving. In another incident, Dallas Womack was charged with failure to obey a red light after a three vehicle accident on Riverside Drive near Westover Drive injuring one passenger. Betty Mabe suffered an arm injury, with Mabe’s vehicle totaling around 2200 dollars in damage.
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Riverside
Memorial Drive
Ronald J. Bailey
Baltimore Ave
Memorial Hospital
Upper Street
Anthony Moss Ll
N. Ridge
Bailey
Harley
Moss
Dallas F. Womack
Danville Rt. 1
Riverside Drive
Robbie L. Mabe
Womack
Westover Drive
Betty Mabe
Mabe
Thomas E. Davis
Directory Aid To Be Revamped For New Charges
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone plans a realignment of directory assistance with five centers in Alexandria Richmond Norfolk Hampton Roanoke. Three centers will use main computers and microfilm enabling faster call retrieval. Beginning Nov 6 a per-call charge applies after a six-call allowance, exempting handicapped users and certain facilities.
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Chesapeake
Potomac Telephone
Alexandria
Richmont
Norfolk
Hampton
Roanoke
Richmond
Directory Assistance Service
C&p
Williams Sworn In as Western Virginia U.S. Judge
Glen M. Williams was sworn in as the new U.S. District Court judge for the Western District of Virginia. U.S. Sen. Harry F. Byrd and Rep. Willan C. Wampler presented the ceremony in Abingdon.
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Abingdon
Glen M. Williams
U. S. District Court
West
Ern
Virginia
U. S
Sen
Harry F. Byrd
Ind-Va
Rep
Willan C. Wampler
R-Va
Ford
James Turk
H. Emory Widener
Williams
Janesville
Ted Dalton
Judge Light Certifies Three To Grand Jury
In Chatham Virginia three cases were certified to the grand jury by Judge Nelson Light. Jaffrey Dane Bryant faces shooting into an occupied building on May 19. James Emmett Moon charged with grand larceny on Jan. 1. Gerald Thomas Stone charged with forgery on June 9. Several grand larceny charges against Barry Thomas Owen James Thomas Owen Michael Jeromé Owen and Larry Dad Comptitt were reduced with one guilty plea to petit larceny, plus a $25 court cost and a suspended twelve month jail term with two years probation.
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Chatham
Pitnsylvania
General District Court
Nelson
Jaffrey Dane
Bryant
Builing
James Emmett Moon
Gerald Thomas Stone
Barry Thomas Owen
James Thomas’ Owen
Michael Jeromé Owen
Larry Dad Comptitt
Dailgje Light
Light
Keneth Graham Bailey
Léroy Clark
Playboy Changes Spark Shopper Interest in Danville
Playboy listings have shifted in Danville with stores reporting radical changes. Curious readers chase sensational comments by public figures after middle of the road papers avoid printing them. Some older residents recall politicking used to be town entertainment, now politicking and entertainment mingle at local newsstands.
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Danville
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Mary C. Evans
Planning Commission
Rutledge Creek
Ski Club States Party
Hanover
Council
Slaughter
City of
United Way
Cornell
Detty
Lee C. Hamilton
Heartline
T. E. Yeamnan
Vivian Giles
Samuel Adkins
Alvin Drake
Danville Highway Safety Commission
Russell Beavers
Lee Isenhour
Housing and Redevelopment Authority
Vernon Ferguson
Commission of Architectural Review
Henry Hogan
Industrial Development Authority of
Girard Street
Turpin Street
Robin Drive
Parsons Street
Langston Arvin
Byrd, Wampler
U.S
Thomas Leon Averett
Billy Gene Combs
Joseph Ulysses Conk
Ralph Jubbr
Harrow
Ricky Dean
Perkins
Joseph Victor Williams
William L. Scott
Manila
Scott
Senate Judiciary Committee
William Poff
Poff
Wampler
Hth
M. Caldwell Butler
Pott
Hans
Williams Sala
Townes
Teves
West Main Strand
Playboy
Jack
Ginger Hagin
Florida
North Main Baptist Church
Melfi
Marco Borghese
ORIG
Fabriano
Sorranto
Dynes
Streat
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