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Danville Register

Location

Danville, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 12, 1973

Page

5

Keypunch Class Has Openings

A few openings were reported yesterday for the keypunch operations class offered by Dan River Inc and Danville Community College. Classes start September 28 and meet each Wednesday and Thursday for 10 weeks from 7 to 9 p.m. Typing a standard keyboard is required. Dan River employees should contact the training department. others call the DCC admissions office.

Dan River, Inc Danville Community College Dan River Training Department DCC

Sponsor Found For WPPD Food Program

Pittsylvania County Community Action Inc receives sponsor status for the Older Americans Nutrition Program in the West Piedmont Planning District. The WPPD will apply for 102000 in federal funds for elderly food programs and arrange sites to serve 100 meals daily to residents age 60 and up.

Pittsylvania County Community Action Inc West Piedmont WPPD

Ashworth Elected To Farm Board

C Wayne Ashworth a Pittsylvania County farmer near Danville was elected unanimously to the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation Board to fill the late A H Easley unexpired term with term to end in November 1975 The fourth district includes Charlotte Campbell Halifax and Pittsylvania counties Ashworth grows flue cured tobacco strawberries and flowers for a local florist He is a former Pittsylvania County Farm Bureau president and member of the Tunstall Young Farmer s Association He and his wife Olivia have two children

C. Wayne Ashworth Pittsylvania County Virginia Farm Bureau Federation Ashworth Fourth District Farm Bureau A. H. Easley Charlotte Campbell Halifax Pittsylvania Danville

Educational filmstrips and quizzes aid current events study

The Danville Register provides monthly study filmstrips with background guides and discussion questions plus a Teacher's Guide with vocabulary map tasks projects and homework. A weekly quiz reinforces current events every Friday and materials are prepared by Visual Education Consultants Inc Madison Wisconsin used widely in schools nationwide and abroad.

Danville Register Register Visual Education Consultants, Inc Madison Wisconsin VEC

Coordination Grand Says Dr Anderson at Averett convocation

Dr Conwell A Anderson Averett College president addressed students and faculty at convocation opening the 115th session. He framed coordination with Stratford as a grand effort to unite the two schools in friendship and urged a positive, less mistrustful approach to avoid echoes of Watergate in campus relations.

Averett Stratford Conwell A. Anderson Averett College Anderson Averett-Stratford Watergate Dr. Anderson

Boating Course At GW Names Instructors

Instructors for the USPS boating course at George Washington High School were announced by Bob Pettit. F. L. Hiltzheimer Jr will teach boat handling emergencies, Branch Clements and Jay I Nichols cover rules and navigation aids, with navigation by Frank Swicegood and Ralph Hess Jr. Classes run two hours in room A-101 and are free for teenagers, men, and women.

USPS George Washington High School Bob Pettit Danville Power Squadron F. L. Hiltzheimer, Jr Branch Clements Jay I. Nichols Frank Swicegood Ralph Hess, Jr

Registration For Voters Set Today At GW

Danville registrar Mrs. Mary Long will hold a voter registration session at George Washington High School today from noon to 6 p.m. The Oct 6 deadline to register for the general election is noted. The registrar's office at the Municipal Building is open weekdays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Tuesday evenings until 9 p.m. until Sept 18, with extra hours on Saturday Oct 6. Voters changing addresses must transfer registration by Oct 6.

Danville Mary Long George Washington High School

County officials push accreditation plan for Pittsylvania schools

Swanson, consultant for Pittsylvania County, explains regional and state boards certify schools after completing first phase reports by Thanksgiving. He urges formation of at least 14 committees on curriculum and activities, aims to boost coordination, esprit de corps, and community involvement toward accreditation in about two years.

Halifax Stony Mill Coates and Central Brosville Swanson

Tar Heel dealers plan bus caravan to press for phase four lift

North Carolina gasoline dealers led by Avery Upchurch pledge a Thursday bus caravan to petition Congress for a release of Phase Four price controls. The North Carolina Service Station Association said more than 300 Tar Heel dealers will participate and will also send telegrams to the state’s congressional delegation seeking support.

Raleigh North Carolina Service Station Association Congress Avery C. Upchurch North Carolina

Area Deaths and Funerals in Reidsville and Surrounding Areas

Charlie Pruitt 77 of Rt 8 Reidsville died at Annie Penn Memorial Hospital after a heart attack at home. Survived by wife Lottie Smith Pruitt, a daughter and three sons, plus step children, siblings, 18 grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral at Shelton Baptist Church with interment Bethel United Methodist Cemetery. Mary Mayeline Dodson of Star Route 2 died yesterday at Memorial Hospital Burlington after years of declining health. Born in Pittsylvania County Virginia, she was widow of Dodson and a member of Spiritual Baptist Church. Survived by five daughters, six sons, one sister and one brother, 26 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren. Funeral at Spiritual Baptist Church with burial Johnson family cemetery nearby.

Reidsville N. C Charlie Pruitt Rt. 8 Annie Penn Memorial Hospital Caswell County Robert Martha Brown Pruitt Lottie Smith Pruitt Garnetta Williams Danville Charlie W. Pruitt Ringgold Presley Pruitt Pelham James Lamberth Charles McMillan Roy Dockery Donald Moody Freddie Strater Henry Pruitt Garland Hedrick Chatham Robert Smith Axton Gayle Smith Annie Pruitt Sadie Pruitt Greensboro John A. Pruitt Shelton Baptist Church Roy Hall Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery Yancey Vile Mary Mayeline Podson Star Route 2 I Memorial Hospital Burlington May Jr Pittsylvania County Van Dim Nannie Adkins Podson Spiritual Baptist Church Helen Holder Louise Clayton Providence Rt. 1 Ruby Tepper Silver Springs Lacey Dunn Richmond Stella Fae Gammon Star Route 1 Harold Dodson Edmund Dodson Merian Dotson Frank Dodson Roy A. Dodson York Louis M. Dodson Sumpter S. C Clencie Motley Hays Munsford Johnson Netro W. Va Spirtual Baptist Church Johnson Family Cemetery

Dalton Dies at 65 in Reidsville Community

W L Dalton Sr 65 of Ruffin died Monday night in Annie Penn Memorial Hospital after seven weeks illness. Born March 15 1908 in Pittsylvania County Va he lived in Ruffin since 1940. Retired railroad section foreman he belonged to Masonic Lodge 323 Chestnut Level Va Scottish Rite Danville Ruffin United Methodist Church and Brotherhood of Maintenance Way of Southern Railway. Survived by wife Ada Collins Dalton three sons John L and Charles both Ruffin and W L Jr of Florida one daughter Mrs Bobby Tallent of Lenoir City Tenn three sisters and one brother nine grandchildren and a great grandchild. Funeral Thursday at 3 pm Ruffin United Methodist Church burial Oakland United Methodist Cemetery Dry Fork with masonic rites. Body at Wilkerson Funeral Home. family to receive friends tonight from 7

Reidsville N.C William L. Dalton Ruffin Annie Penn Memorial Hospital Pittsylvania County William A Leggion Dalton Masonic Lodge Ruffin United Methodist Church Brotherhood of Maintenance Way of Southern Railway Ada Collins Dalton W. L. Dalton, Jr Florida John L. Dalton Charles Dalton Bobby Tallent Lenoir City Tenn Eva Goard Susie Hastings Sterling Buchanan Dry Fork Norman Dalton Oakland United Methodist Church Wilkerson Funeral Home

Memorial funeral for David Oliver and anniversary at Beulah Baptist

Funeral services for David Oliver, 137 Warren St., will be tomorrow at 7 from Trinity Baptist Church. Interment at Floral Memory Gardens. Oliver died Sunday from injuries from a Sept 6 bicycle accident. Survived by brothers Alfred and Charles Oliver of Danville. Body at Harvey's Funeral Home. Beulah Baptist Church marks 77th anniversary Sunday with 11 am and 3:30 pm services. High Street Baptist Church Martinsville guests.

David Oliver Pana Trinity Baptist Church Lally Memory Gardens Oliver Warren St Danville Clarence Oliver Sid Lucille Oliver Beulah Baptist Church High St. Baptist Church Martinsville

Family to receive friends at Hooper Funeral Home

In Chatham Virginia the family will receive friends tonight from 7 to 9 at Hooper Funeral Home. At other times they may visit the residence of Merian A Dodson in Providence Route 1.

Chatham Hooper Funeral Merian A. Dodson Providence

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