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The Farmville Herald And Farmer Leader
Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia
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Announcement of Dr. Francis Simpkins speaking at the Virginia UDC division meeting on Tuesday, including awarding of military service crosses. The 61st annual convention will be in Danville, October 2-4, involving local chapters.
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Dr. Francis Simpkins, Longwood College history professor, will speak at the historical evening of the Virginia division, United Daughters of the Confederacy convention Tuesday.
A feature of the meeting will be the bestowal of crosses for military service to six recipients. Mrs. John Prior Cowan, district president, of Falls Church, and Mrs. John McKee, recorder of crosses, of Lynchburg, will present the crosses.
The sixty-first annual convention will be held in Danville from October 2 through 4.
UDC chapters in this section of Virginia are the Farmville chapter, whose president, Mrs. J. L. Bugg, is a past president of the Virginia division, and Appomattox, Chase City, South Boston and Lynchburg chapters.
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Danville
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October 2 Through 4
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Dr. Francis Simpkins will speak at the UDC Virginia division meeting on Tuesday, featuring the bestowal of crosses for military service to six recipients by Mrs. John Prior Cowan and Mrs. John McKee. The 61st annual convention is in Danville from October 2 through 4, with local chapters including Farmville, Appomattox, Chase City, South Boston, and Lynchburg.