Pittsylvania plan for school integration approved by federal officials
Pittsylvania County's freedom of choice plan to integrate schools received approval from the U.S. Office of Education, allowing more than 80 Negro students to transfer to white or predominantly white schools last May. The action ensures continued federal funds exceeding $100,000 for 1965-66 operations as the new school year opened smoothly with enrollment near expectations.
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Pittsylvania County
U.S
Combs
Pittsylvania
Subdivision Amendment Introduced By County Board
The Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors discussed an amendment to allow subdivision into three or fewer parcels without full ordinance procedures. Felix Hunt urged changes amid other minor amendments, with a public hearing scheduled next month. The board also acted on highway interchanges, wildlife restocking funds, and predator rabies control inquiries.
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County Board of Supervisors
Chatham
Felix Hunt
Pittsylvania Planning Commission
Hurt
Fletcher J. Watson
Henry Hurt
County Planning Commission
Seven Injured In City Street Accidents
Seven people were injured in city traffic incidents yesterday including two motorists who fell asleep at the wheel. The most seriously hurt was six year old William Clarence McIvor of 807 Glendale Ave with widespread abrasions and shoulder contusions after being struck by Charles Henry Voges of 840 Glendale. Len Vernell Lyons, 43, of 240 Jefferson St., suffered an arm abrasion when his car hit Robert Swanson Kempleton’s parked vehicle on Colquehoun St as Lyons claimed sleep at the wheel. Louise Bray of Danville Rt. 4 reported hip pain after a Riverside Drive collision with Jean Adkins Wells’s car, linked to Eloise Livington Freeman of Leaksville. Leonard Warren of 238 Gray St. reported wrist and knee pains after waking to a wreck into a utility pole on Industrial Ave. Three people were injured in a rear end crash at Piney Forest Rd and Riverside Dr.
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William Clarence McIvor
Glendale Ave
Glendale
H. C. Wyatt
Charles Henry Voges
Len Vernell Lyons
Jefferson St
Robert Swanson Kempleton
Augusta Ave
Colquehoun St
M. F. Carter
Colquehoun
Louise Bray
Danville Rt. 4
Industrial Ave
Piney Forest Rd
Riverside Drive
Cherrystone Watershed Project Advances in Virginia
The 29,400 acre Cherrystone Creek watershed in Pittsylvania County won House Public Works Subcommittee approval along with a 581,145 federal grant. The 14 projects require Senate approval too, with dams planned to control floods and conserve land downstream. Three dams on Cherrystone Creek near Climax and Roaring Fork would form storage pools up to 3,372 acre feet during floods.
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Cherrystone Creek
Pittsylvania County
House Public Works Subcommittee
House
Senate Public Works Committees
Eugene F. Hart
Soil Conservation Service
Chatham
Congress
Climax
Banister
Conservation Service
Hadriet Mill
Roaring Fork
Hodnett Mill
Danville Concert Association workers rally for sellout pitch
About six dozen volunteers gathered at the Down towner to hear board members detail this season's programs. They urged quick ticket remittance and warned of possible early cutoff after the September 20 report dinner as 2,000 invitations go out.
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Philip Jeffreys
The
Danville Concert Association
Danville
Jo Ann Spangler
Ruth Finch
Spring Lake Road Property Owners Named In True Bill By Special Jury
A Pittsylvania County Circuit Court grand jury returned a true bill against Rex C. Smith and Francis S. Smith over property on Spring Lake Road described as a public nuisance. The six member jury in Chatham heard from county officers and Walton Ave residents about alcohol use, disturbances, and alleged deaths and wounds related to activity on the private road near Danville. Commonwealth's Attorney Joseph M. Whitehead said no trial date is set. The grand jury found the Smiths owned cabins and a lake lot where illicit activity allegedly occurred, involving vagrants and nightly disturbances, with residents claiming the nuisance harms neighborhood health.
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Spring Lake Road
Pittsylvania County
Danville
Spring Lake
Chatham
Albert Bailey
Walton Ave
Commonwealth
Joseph M. Whitehead
Rex C. Smith
Francis S. Smith
Spring Lake Rd
Smith
Wallon Ave
Langhorne Jones
Safe Stolen From Danville Vending Service
The Danville Vending Service on Route 29 near the city limits had a break in last night. A 1000 pound safe was stolen after suspects entered through the front door and likely used a truck to remove it. Proprietor Fred Feidelman did not know the safe's contents. Deputy Sheriff Carson Elliott leads the investigation. this is the second safe taken from the business.
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Danville
Rt. 29
Fred Feidelman
Carson Elliott
Elliott
Danville Court Grand Jury Indicts 39 in 174 cases
Thirty nine indictments were returned along with one no true bill in 40 presentments to a Danville Corporation Court Grand Jury yesterday. One indictment was reconsidered in the Cecil Morton Perkins grand larceny case before a true bill was issued in the McDaniel lease. Perkins remained with no true bill. The criminal term opened with 68 of 174 misdemeanor cases disposed of by guilty pleas, and fourteen defendants failed to appear.
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Corporation Court
Grand
Cecil Morton Perkins
Commonwealth
Eugene Link
McDaniel
Perkins
Seasonal Workers Food Stamp Plan Heading to Council
A plan to supplement relief for seasonal workers and other unemployed through food stamps will go before City Council Friday. L. M. Tennant said about half of 2,000 seasonal workers did not receive unemployment and many go hungry due to a General Assembly change. The plan requires recipients to buy stamps and use them for groceries, with the federal government backing the cost difference. The Finance Committee took no action beyond placing the item on the council agenda.
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Finance Committee
L. M. Tennant
Social Service Bureau
General Assembly
Tennant
U.S
O. T. Bonner
Danville
T. E. Temple
New Uni Structure home shown in Danville factory build
A factory built five room Uni Structure home from Continental Homes is showcased in Danville at Timberlake Drive in Pine Crest. A. K. Ferrell and Co. hosts a 1 to 6 p.m. open house with Ralph C. Lester and local officials in attendance. The model aims at 100 sales in a year with delivery times touted from three to twelve weeks depending on features and financing.
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Timberlake Drive
Pine Crest Subdivision
Uni-Structure
A. K. Ferrell and Co
Danville
Continental Homes
Boones Mill
Ralph C. Lester
Martinsville
Aubrey K. Ferrell
Ferrell
Continental
Pine Crest
Timberlake
Little Theatre Tryouts Slated For Tonight
The local Little Theatre group holds tryouts this evening at 8 30 p m in the Church of the Epiphany parish house on Jefferson Ave for the three act comedy Mary Mary by Jean Kerr It features three men and two women and runs October 15 and 16 in Stratford College auditorium.
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Little Theatre Group
Mary
Jean Kerr
Church of the Epiphany
Jefferson Ave
Stratford College
A Thought to Remember Procrastination Warning
A vignette on procrastination shows how delaying tasks harms relationships and timely goodbyes. It warns that yesterday’s tomorrow becomes today too late, with the regret of unspoken words and unfinished visits. The piece ends with a funeral home attribution and a teaser for a future column by Frank Swicegood.
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Aunt Jane
Charlie
Dewey Swicegood
Swicegood
Frank
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