Funeral Today for J L Grogan At Mt Cross Road
J L Grogan 87 of Danville died yesterday in Danville Memorial Hospital after a long decline. A funeral will be held today at 4 p.m. at Whitmell United Methodist Church with burial in Highland Burial Park. He operated Grogain's Store and was survived by three daughters, a brother, four grandchildren, and four great granddaughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JL. Grogan
Mt. Cross Road
Whitmiell United Methodist Church
Roy Creech
Highland Burial Park
Mr Grogan
Danville Memorial Hospital
Pittsylvania County
Joseph Henry Grogan
Nancy Willis Grogan
Grogain
Swicegood Funeral Home
Eden
N.C
Robert Lee Smith
S. Fieldcrest Road
Morehead Memorial Hospital
Sam and
Mary Pruett Smith
Fieldcrest Mills
Dan River Inc
Myrle Smith
Cynthia Stultz
Eva Stephens
Russell Aron Dies At Age 63
Russell Witt Aron, 63, of 230 Ruskin Sr. Danville resident, died last night after six years of declining health. Born in Callands to Ton Aron and Aura Lee Shorter Aron, he worked as a salesman for Barkhouser Motorsnc until retirement six years ago. He married Ruth Reynolds on December 21, 1935. Survived by wife Ruth, daughter Patrica Lee Aron of Boston, and four sisters including Mrs. May A. Parrish of Danville and Mrs. Vivian A. Hall and Mrs. Beulah …
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Witt Aron
Ruskin Sr
Mr. Aron
Callands
Ton Aron
Aura Lee Shorter Aron
Danville
Barkhouser Motorsnc
Ruth Reynolds
Aron
Moffett Memorial
Diverse Craft Classes Set At Nature Center
A broad fall program at Ballou Park Nature Center offers diverse crafts. Courses begin the week of Sept 15 with varying fees. China painting, beaded flower work, ceramics, embroidery, crochet, cloth flower construction, cake decorating, candle making, and basket weaving are scheduled on specific weekdays with multiple time slots. Bus trips to Williamsburg Pottery Factory and Southern Living Christmas Show are listed for Oct through March.
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Ballou Park Nature Center
Loi Aim
Williamsburg Pottery Factory
Southern Living
Nature Center
Danville Historical Society Sets Exhibit Preview
The Danville Historical Society previews an exhibition at the National Tobacco Textile Museum on Lynn Street marking the first autumn meeting tomorrow at 7 30 p m. Mrs Victor A Matney chairs the display committee with other members presenting the program.
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Danville Historical Society
National Tobacco-Textile Museum
Lynn Street
Victor A. Matney
Chapel Hill Man Killed In N. C. Traffic Accident
The Highway Patrol reported one death in North Carolina tied to weekend traffic incidents. The fatality count for the year rose to 986, compared with 1,049 at the same point last year.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
Associated Press
Highway Patrol
North Carolina
Photography as a Means to Clarify Inner Images
The article discusses photographers Scarboro and Gowin who view photography as a way to reveal verbal images of family and friends. Scarboro highlights his mother Frances as a central subject and stresses that a powerful face alone does not make a good photo. Both photographers aim to capture subjects with minimal interference, balancing personal feeling with form, and describe photography as a process of going, changing, and arriving at where they start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarboro
Frances
Gowin
Danville
Sam
Transco Expands Exploration Venture With McMoran Firm
Transco Exploration and McMoran Exploration form a joint venture to explore new energy sources. The program commits at least 24 million dollars over three years ending August 31, 1978, with sites along A. Oakes in Blairs and Callands. The notice also mentions a funeral for Louise A Heynolds and a church reunion in Whitmell.
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Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation
Transco
Danville
Transco Exploration Company
Transco Exploration
McMoran Exploration Company
A. Oakes
Blairs
Louise A. Heynolds
Callands
Wrenn-Yeatts Funeral Home
Kansas City Top Choice For GOP Convention Site
The GOP site-selection committee leans Kansas City for the 1976 convention with Cleveland and Miami Beach as alternatives. Kansas City offers extensive facility space and media capacity, while Cleveland boosts hotel space and a large convention hall, and Miami Beach cites strong resort accommodations. The final recommendation goes to the Republican National Committee with customary ratification expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Washington
Republican
Cleveland
Miami Beach
Republican National Committee
Ralph Perk
Florida
GOP
Midwest
New York City
Kemper Sports Arena
National Basketball Association
Kings
Scouts
Madison Square Garden
Ringgold Firemen Answer 7 Calls
Ringgold Volunteer Fire Department answered seven calls this week led by assistant chief Mike Neal. Four were vehicle crashes including a fatal Rt. 58 East crash with a North Carolina truck driver burned to death. Three barn fires occurred, two saved, with a tobacco barn fire on Ringgold Rt. 2 producing only smoke damage at the Ed Gosney farm after the earlier crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ringgold Volunteer Fire Department
Mike Neal
Rt. 58 East
North Carolina
Ringgold Rt. 2
Neal
Ed Gosney
Truck Driver Killed In Highway Crash Aid Units Respond
A highway wreck left one man dead. Fire departments from Ringgold and Westover Hills supplied water and kept the fire under control while Ringgold volunteers obtained more water. Halbrook, survived by wife Magdalene and three young daughters, was involved in the incident. cause undetermined.
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Ringgold Volunteer Department
David C. Lampley
Westover Hills Volunteer Department
Westover Hills
Ringpold
Westover
Johnson
Halbrook
Magdalene Marsh Halbrook
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the Register
Danville, Va
J.L. Grogan
R. L. Smith
Russell Aron
Edith
Emmet Gowin
Danvillians
Museuca
The
Gulf Coast
Texas
Louisiana
McMoran
Thomas W. Stegall
Mollie Bishop Stegall
Whitmell United Methodist Church
Ours
Wparbal Beach
Shaw
Overby
Reid
Kent
Keatis
Kemper Arena
Ringgold Firemen
Harold Elbert Hunt
Wrenn
North Main Street
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