Crewe to Host 33rd VFMA State Championship Contest
Prominent Virginia Folk Music Association division will stage its 33rd annual state championship on Sunday September 18 at the Southside Electric Pavilion. Crewe Kiwanis Club sponsors with cash prizes and trophies for first to third. Two age groups 3-9 and 10-? will compete and VFMA queen crowned. Top five bands may receive contracts to perform at Kings Dominion on October 23 and 30. Registration runs from dawn to 2 pm.
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Crewe
Virginia Folk Music Association
Joe
Southside Electric Pavillion
Crewe Kiwanis Club
VFMA
Kings
Dominion
Poth
Wilson College welcomes Mary Dale Greenberg for 1977-78
Mary Dale Greenberg daughter of Dr and Mrs Milton Greenberg of 173 Linden Drive enrolls for the 1977 78 academic year at Wilson College Chambersburg Pa She is a George Washington High School graduate and plans to major in history or science
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Dale Greenberg
Milton Greenburg
Linden Drive
Wilson College
Abere Arts College For Women
Chambersburg
George Washington High School
First Sickle Cell Education Seminar Held in Danville
The first annual sickle cell educational seminar will run Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon at the Danville Public Library auditorium. Sponsored by the Danville Pittsylvania County Area Chapter of the Virginia Sickle Cell Anemia Association, with program director Larry Covington. It will include a panel discussion on medical sociological and biological aspects and feature the film Sickie Cell An Inherited Disease. Open to the public especially medical professionals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theressa
Vanessa Grasty
Brenda Walton
Union Street Baptist Church
Danyuie
Danville Public Library
Danville- Pittsylvania County
Virginia
Hunter's Safety Course in Chatham At Center Auditorium
The Hunter's Safety CHATHAM A course will be held Oct 3 and 4 in the auditorium of the Educational and Cultural Center. Robert B Chenault of the Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries will teach. Topics include gun handling safety selection and hunter safety. Open to hunters aged 10 or older. Contact CB Phillips at the VPI extension office in Chatham for more details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatham
Educational and Cultural Center
Robert B. Chenault
Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
CB. Phillips
VPI
Fund Raising Drives Near Goal for Mary Lemons Fund
Martinsville fund drive reports over 75 600 dollars raised nationwide for an experimental nerve implant operation for 21 year old Mary Lemons paralyzed in an auto accident. She travels to Yale New Haven Hospital for two weeks of tests before surgery as First National Bank of Martinsville and Henry County manage donations and the trust fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry County
Lemons
Yale-New Haven Hospital
Connecticut
First National Bank of
Martinsville
Heary County
Chamber Debates Right To Work Policy At Danville Meet
Danville Chamber of Commerce directors approved one policy backing the Taft Hartley Act and right to work while opposing public employee collective bargaining. The board also moved to seek National Chamber accreditation and set a local planning work session to assess performance and weaknesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Dustin Dodd
Danville Chamber of Commerce
Dodd
Hoth
Danville Area
Right-Towack
Virginia
Right-Towork
Danville Leaf Price Sets New Market Record
Danville tobacco market sales surpassed $1 million with an average price of 134.98 dollars, a record high and 9 cents above Tuesday’s figure. The Virginia market average was 134.74, while South Hill led Virginia with 138.76 and Chase City followed at 136.39. Reidsville posted the top North Carolina price at 134.48.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Virginia
South Hill
Chase City
North Carolina
Reidsville
South Boston
Burlington
Madison
Mt. Airy
Roxboro
Winston-Salem
Farmers Hear Offers Of Relief In Drought Meeting
Pittsylvania County farmers heard offers of relief and advice from six representatives of financial institutions and agencies. Ed Morris John Lunsford Perry Mitchell and others outlined loans grants and management methods to cope with the 1977 drought. ASCS director Warren Price noted funds were inadequate and discussed emergency feed allocations and upcoming program extensions. Rick Muster detailed farm management strategies including cattle feeding timing and winter forage planning to reduce losses and preserve breeding stock.
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Chatham
Pittsylvania County
Ed Morris
Fidelity American Bank
John Lunsford
F.H.A
Perry Mitchell
Production Credit Association
Rick Muster
Henry Maxey
VPI
Warren Price
ASCS
Price
National figures aid Howell in Virginia gubernatorial drive
Illinois congressman Paul Simon and White House aide Stuart Eizenstat spoke at a $10 dinner in Norfolk that drew 400 plus and raised over 1,000 for Henry Howell. The event honored Hubert Humphrey and supported Howell as Virginia votes loom. Humphrey canceled two appearances for cancer treatment but may still campaign in Roanoke later this month.
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Norfolk
Henry Howell
Paul Simon
Stuart E. Izenstal
Carter
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Howell
Holiday Inn- Scope
Humphrey
Simon Ad Eizenstat
Virginia
White House
Trenstal
Obituaries of Dewery Clark and others at Danville area
Dewery Clark of Ringgold died Tuesday at Danville Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Born October 2, 1800 in Halifax County, he was the son of Robert and Betty Clark and survived by six children. Funeral services will be at Mt Pleasant Chapel Baptist Church in Sutherlin on Sept. 10 at 3 p.m. with a visitation Sept. 9 at Harvey's Funeral Home. Also listed are Mrs. Lavenia Farmer Walton of Danville, Mrs. Goldie T. Owen of Danville, and Tosie Acdie Lemon of Penhook with services and burial details at Oak Grove Baptist Church in Blairs, Highland Burial Park, and Franklin Grove Baptist Church respectively.
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Tie Danville Ywca
Rosemarie Glatz
Danville
YWCA
Dewery Clark
Ringgold
Danville Memorial Hospital
Halifax County
Robert
Betty Clark
Clark
Corsenella Hardy
Mt Pleasant Baptist Church
Ane
Dee Lelian Branion
Washington, D.C
James
Robert Clark
California
Clyde
Mt Pleasant Chapel Baptist Church
Sutherlin
JE. Stewart
Harvey
Lavenia Farmer Walton
Keens Mill Road
Memorial Hospital
Pittsylvania County
George
Marge Palmer
Dan River Inc
Oak Grove
Mabel Wilson
Geneva Glaze
Andelear Williams
Loveleen Lawson
New York City
William
Jeremiah Farmer
Oak Grove Baptist Church
Blairs
Ralph
Cypress
Oak Hill Cemetery
Cunningham and Hughes Funeral Home
Goldie T. Owen
Swicegood Chapel
Clarence B. Jackson
Highland Burial Park
Owen
Halifax Road
Spring Garden
George T. and
Beddle Alice East Owen
Glenwood
Dan River
Beyer
Main St
Apt
B-3
Penhook
Tosie Acdie Lemon
Penhook Rt 2
Roanoke Memorial Hospital
Franklin County
William and
Sallie Brown Lemon
Franklin Grove Baptist Church
Lemon
U.S. Acmy
Lt. McGuffin
Robert Lemon
Lynchburg
Roscoe Lemon
Roanoke
Kenneth Lemon
Bridgeport
J.R. Johnson
Franklin Memorial Park
Rocky Mount
Miller
Gretna
Coleman outlines two tier system for criminals
Coleman proposes a two tier plan judging criminals by type and judge. Repeat offenders would face sentences ensuring prison. Property crimes would require restitution but not long first offense penalties. He then attacks his opponent as lacking legislation in the attorney general’s office and running as a consolation for not seeking the governor.
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Coleman
YWCA Open House in Danville Highlights Exhibits and Volunteers
The Danville YWCA invites the public to an open house on Sunday September 1 from 3 to 4 30 pm. Fall class instructors will display work including birds carved in Grady Cates class at Chatham. A showing of the documentary Gift of Time on volunteering precedes refreshments hosted by the reception committee chaired by Mrs Catherine Luck.
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Danville
YWCA
Grady Cates
Chatham
Catherine Luck
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Annapolis
Elizabeth Durham
Tine Marie D'Ercole
Hamilton
Ohio
Nautical Museum
U.S. Naval
Avrmen
Wilson
Hunter
UPI
Mary Lemons
Chamber
General Assembly
National Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of
Dada
By Mike McGowan
Matt Weller
Muster
Rosnoke
Bill Rosendahl
Dewey Clark
Mrs. Walton
Tosie Lemon
Canada
Med
Ywca Clubs
Marjorie Hollman
Women’s Resource Center
AOA Guard
Giles Flower & Gift Shop
Doris
Jim Bernard
Adldbesias
Danville Vault Corporation
Chatham Road
Fora
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