Lipizzan Stallions Dazzle Danvillians In Market Garden Show
Lipizzan stallions perform in Market Garden with graceful canters and caprioles. Otto Hermann Jr narrates a world class display detailing horse training, Hapsburg lineage, wartime rescue by Patton, and the 1963 migration of the horses to America.
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Otto Hermann Jr
Austria
Hermann
Herrmann
Ottomar Herrmann
Czechoslovakia
Europe
America
United States
Senior Citizens Activities Planned in Danville
The Danville Parks and Recreation Senior Citizens Center offers craft classes after the noon luncheon. Girl Scout Troop 170 hosts a September birthday party at 4 p.m. The seniors’ skit is postponed to tomorrow at 2 30 p.m. A one day trip to the Richmond State Fair departs Friday at 7 a.m. Reservations are due today at 2 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville Parks and Recreation Senior Citizens Center
Girl Scout Troop 170
Danville
Richmond
Mrs. Smith Dies At Age 75 In Mebane
Mrs. Willie Pointer Smith, 75, of Mebane Rt 3, died suddenly at her son's residence. Born in Caswell County, she was a member of Hebron United Methodist Church. Survived by a son Earl L. Smith, a daughter Mrs. Mary Hardy, a brother Joe Pointer, a sister Miss Huldah Pointer, and four grandchildren. Funeral at Hebron UMC tomorrow at 3 PM with burial at an area cemetery. The family will receive friends tonight at Hooper Funeral Home in Yanceyville and at Earl Smith's home later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Kent Orrell
Third Ave
Minning
Veterans Hospital
Salem
Mr. Orrell
Halifax County
Jermiah W
Sallie Ann Thompson Orrell
Boxwood Dairies
Third Avenue Christian Church
Grace Evans Orrell
Jean Brown
Danville
Wilson K. Orrell
Winder
Durward Orrell
Belmont
N.C
Ronald Nelon Orrell
Camille
Connie Farmer
Gretna
Lyndia Orrell
Richmond
Wrenn-Yeatts
Funeral Home Chapel
F. V. Ellenberg
Highland Burial Park
Mebane
Willie Pointer Smith
Mebane Rt. 3
Joe Pointer
Hurdle Mills
Huldah Pointer
Hebron United Methodist Church
Ronald Jones
Ted Kirk
Hooper Funneral
Yanceyville
Earl Smith
Stanley Lee Wilson
Danville Memorial Hospital
Pittsylvania County
Matt Wilson
Hannah Hairston Wilson
Wilson
Davis Linen Services
Jones Chapel Baptist Church
Josephine Witcher Wilson
Paul E. Wilson
Evelyn W. Petty
Chams W. LaDiggo
Cincinnati
Ohio
Hayes McConnell
Oak Hill
L. H. Brooks & Brothers Funeral Home
Moorefield Lane
Building permit issued for $41,750 church in Virginia
J S Davis has secured a $41,750 building permit for a new brick church on Virginia Route 41 near Danville. The Franklin Turnpike Baptist Church will feature a top floor sanctuary, Sunday School rooms, a basement and two half baths with work already underway.
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Chatham
J. S. Davis
Davis
Franklin Turnpike
Danville
Three County Projects Put Up For Bids October 13
Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation announces bids open in Richmond for 22 state projects including three local works. Danville area requests left turn lanes on U S 38 both east and west. Gretna district funds bridge repairs over Southern Railway and Pigg River on U S 29 and VA 40. Henry County will add guardrail and safety improvements along 23 miles of U S 220 from the Franklin County line to the North Carolina line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsylvania County
Henry County
Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation
Richmond
Danville
U.S. 38
Gretna
Southern Railway
Pigg River
U.S.29
Virginia 40
Franklin County
Hog Market Slump Ties Yard Record With Mixed Prices
Virginia-Carolina Livestock Market saw hog prices fall while other livestock values rose. Hog sales totaled 38 head for 42000, down from last week’s 590 head for 70000. Department of Agriculture price lists cover hogs cattle veal and calves with varied per hundredweight figures and several weight classes. Barksdale sustains a gunshot wound to his right leg at Green Street Park. a suspect is held for investigation.
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Virginia-Carolina
Jimmy Hodges Jr
Virginia Department of Agriculture
Phillip Barksdale
Green Street Park
Barksdale
Memorial Hospital
D. W. Dalton
Jefferson and
Green Streets
Wiles Pleads Guilty To Burglary Charge
James Allen Wiles pleaded guilty in Danville Circuit Court to statutory burglary. Judge W Carrington Thompson ordered a presentencing report for Oct 20. Other pleas involved John William Smith Jr. for forgery and uttering with pre sentencing to Oct 2. Powell found guilty of unlawful wounding with five year sentence suspended to 12 months on City Farm and five year behavior period after release. Jury failed to reach verdict on Junior Speaks McCay for habitual driving offense, trial declared mistrial. Meadows case delayed for medical exam due to illness.
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James Allen Wiles
Danville
W. Carrington Thompson
John William Smith Jr
Thompson
Smith
Amos Nathaniel Powell
Ernest White
Powell
White
State Penitentiary
Junior Speaks McCay
Land Certifies Sodomy Charges in District Court
Danville General District Court Judge William E. Land certified sodomy charges against Sally A. Maeger and Victor W. Wood to the grand jury. They were charged on Aug. 1. Judge Land also arraigned 31-year-old David A. Wright of Lynchburg on a fugitive warrant from Mecklenburg County. Alfred Adkins Jr. pleaded not guilty to damage charges and was fined $512 and $65 for Aug. and Aug. 1 counts. Randy F. L. Gross case postponed to Sept. 24. Gross faces weapon concealment, firearm brandishing, and two resisting arrest counts.
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Danville General District
William E. Land
Sally A. Maeger
Victor W. Wood
Judge Land
David ‘A. Wright
Lynchburg
Wright
Mecklenburg County
Alfred Adkins Jr
Adkins
Randy FL Gross
Gross
GW Marching Band To Play At Fair
The George Washington High School band of Danville will join 32 Virginia and North Carolina high schools in the Fourth Annual Marching Band Competition at the Virginia State Fair on Governor's Day September 28. Governor Mills E. Godwin will speak to students at 2 40 p.m. The GWHS band directed by Thomas R. Hunn competes in Division One starting 6 12 p.m. at the state fairgrounds arena. The event, organized by John D. Savage of VCU, is sponsored by the Virginia State Fair Committee and VCU with SVU students assisting. More than 2,600 students are expected to participate and trophies will be awarded for first through third in two divisions.
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Richmond
George Washington
Danville
Mills E. Godwin
John D. Savage
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia State Fair Committee
VCU
Savage
Trials Continued In Pair Of Cases In Chatham
In General District Court Judge Joseph Whitehead Jr. continued the trial of two defendants. Thomas Steve Canney facing grand larceny charges was set for Sept 28, Leroy Clark’s case was adjourned to Oct 12 on defrauding counts. Maria Knight facing malicious stabbing charges had charges not pressed and was ordered to pay $15 in costs.
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Chatham
General District Court
Joseph Whitehead Jr
Thomas Steve Canney
Leroy Clark
Maria Knight
Union Leader Appeals for Public Employee Union Support
In Danville union officials defend Virginia public employee bargaining rules as chiefs, arguing municipalities may negotiate while city councils retain final say. IAFF leaders urge equal pay for firefighters, criticize council inaction on fire pay, and call for public debate with The Bee.
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Hemmert
Virginia
IAFF
Ray Via
Andrew P. Miller
Via
Senate
New York
Danville
The
Bee
SAFF
Washington
Philadelphia
Richmond
Rigney Arrested In County On Multiple Warrant List
Gretna Ri 2 resident Lesley Maynard Rigney, 35, was jailed on charges of threatening to do bodily harm, breaking and entering, and trespassing at Hilda Brown’s home. Over the weekend, deputies arrested five others including James Thomas Owen and family for grand larceny of an antique wagon.
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Barry Thomas Owen
Dudley Street
Michael Jerome Owen
Hughes Street
Larry David Compton
Danville Rt
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Omic
Hercmann
Bridgette
Hapsburgs
Professor Herrman
George Patton
Patton
Merrimann
Czecholslovakia
Lipizzans
Jerry Orrell
Harry L. Dalton
Herry Lee Dalton
Ferry Road
Robert Lee Dalton
Macie Holley Dalton
Stokesland United Methodist Church
Dan River, Inc
Dalton
Louise Wall Dalton
Mabel Soyars
Vivian Harris
Gastonia
Harry Lee Dalton
L. Wayne Dalton
Roanoke
Louise Russell
Durham
Dempsey E. Dalton
Roanoke Rapids
Marvin Dalton
Rock Hill
Swicegood Funeral Home
Ferry Foard
Alton B. Foster
Halifax
South Breton
Powell Funeral Home Chapel
South Boston
McKendree United Methodist Church
Mr. Foster
Wilkesboro, N.C
Robert J. Foster
Lou Church Foster
McKendree
Julia Mitchell Foster
Shirley Hamlett
Goldsboro
Charlie W. Foster
Creedmoor
Raleigh
Stella Campbell
North Wilkesboro
Stuart
Quincy
Woodryw Foster
Mary Wallace
Jessie Hughes
Pansy Meadows
Ray Foster
Washington, D.C
Robert
George
Paul
Jesse Foster
Roman Eagle Memorial Home
Arnold
Margaret Martin
Frances Rowland
Ruth ‘Wyatt
Roman Eagk
Bernice Jennings
Stanley Wilson
Shorts
Pastor Hughes
Westover Drive
Church OF God
Wiles
Chester Howard Meadows
Meadows
Myadec
Professional Pharmacy
Wetsen St
Wi. Main
Park Place Pharmacy
W. Mein
Rigney
Henry Hardy Lewis
Danville Rt. 2
J. C. Gilbert
Dewey Swicegood
Boards of Education
Noy
P.I.A
West Main Street
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