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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1977
Page
5
Obituary items list John Keatts of Gretna Rt. 3 dying at home with survivors including wife Sallie Morton Keatts and multiple siblings. Also announced are services for Margie Brown Boles of Java and Lillian Eaton Lang of Yanceyville with details on burial and family surviving members.
Mrs Rosa West Dix 85 widow of Alonza E Dix died Monday in a Farroville hospital. Funeral at 3 p.m. Wednesday Browning Funeral Home Keysville burial at family home. Survived by son Ernest B Dix five daughters two brothers three half sisters 12 grandchildren 15 great grandchildren one great great grandchild. ALTAVISTA Burnett Logwood 73 died Tuesday born in Campbell County retired Saunders Sawmill. Survived by brother Onnie R Logwood and two sisters Bessie and Pinkie Gibson. Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday Evington United Methodist Church. interment Evington church cemetery. Friends at Finch and Finch Funeral Home 7-8 p.m. Wednesday. Mary Alice Jackson 42 of 311 Cumberland Drive charged by Danville Police with passing bad check at local grocery store. says she was not taken into custody by Detective M C Halton as reported in Tuesday’s register. She called the detective and went to the store to make the check good.
Chatham area permits issued for several retail projects. Chatham Cooperative secures a 1 191,781 building permit for an 11,280 square foot retail facility to be built by P L Anderson of Danville near Chatham at U S 29 and date road 332. Vulcan Materials will construct offices at White Oak Mountain west of U S 29 for 815,91 by American Homes of Danville. Percy J Jones Jr plans a 10,000 dollar furniture and grocery store in a 20 by 100 foot slab building with block work hatch and truss roof. JR Davidson Jr to build a store at 3,682 dollars for a 60 by 40 foot block facility.
EGO Alternative School will host an open house from 6 30 to 4 50 p m Thursday for Pett sylvania County students in grades six through nine with potential who struggle in regular schools. The campus is at 1499 Franklin Toke and a contact number is 799 2267.
Seven defendants face grand jury action in Pittsylvania County General District Court after Judge Nelson Light certified multiple felony counts. The cases include manufacturing marijuana for Marion Denise Lee and Marvin Lee, a reduced drug possession charge for Gary Klein, and additional charges of burglary, larceny, forgery, and grand larceny involving several defendants. A bench warrant was issued for Jimmy Stone on a July grand larceny charge.
The Virginia-Carolina Livestock Market reported an exceptionally good sale on Tuesday led by market manager Jimmy Horges Jr. with 435 animals sold for 56000 dollars, down slightly from last week. Hog, veal, cattle and calf categories ranged in prices per hundredweight with varied grades and weights among hogs cows bulls stocker cattle and baby calves. Prices covered hogs up to 48 per cwt heavy butchers and slaughter cattle with heifers and cows priced across utility to standard grades. Baby calves averaged 3 to 40 dollars per head and cow-calf pairs sold 165 to 225 per unit.
Extension experts urge conserving stored feed and boosting fall production as drought tightens hay and silage supplies. Salvage drought damaged crops like corn and sorghum, test for nitrate if feeding stressed fodder, and consider late season pasture fertilization with nitrogen, phosphate, and potash to boost grazing and winter feed.
Dr. William E Gayle Jr of VCU explains common summer burn hazards from kerosene and gasoline on open flames and hot equipment. He describes burns depth, skin banking using cadaver skin, and the recovery timeline after homograft with transfers taking 12 to 72 hours to show changes though grafts are often rejected within three weeks. The MCV Burn Center handles about 150 major burns yearly and receives around 100 donor skin donations annually.
City officials and Mayor Robert K Clarke pursue cost data on buying second hand buses for a scaled down mass transit and a school tripper system. An executive session is planned to review information before possible open actions. Council behind plan to run service via a city committee rather than a formal authority. Plans aim to have service after the new school year begins, with insurance and funding considerations noted.
Abingdon AP reports President Carter signed a bill allowing disaster victims to obtain long term SBA loans at reduced rates for natural disasters from July 1 1976 to Oct 1 1978. Loans cover home and personal property repair or replacement with 1 percent interest up to 10000, 4 percent on next 30000, and 6 percent above. Contact SBA Disaster Office for details.
Newport News Republican State Sen. J Marshall Coleman accuses Democrat Del Edward E Lane of running against his own record as he campaigns for attorney general Lane previously promoted more consumer protection resources and investigative power but two years earlier helped defeat a measure to curb conflicts of interest between utilities and their suppliers Coleman cites an amendment requiring utility executives to disclose large income sources and stakes in firms doing business with the utility noting Lane opposed the amendment and now advocates greater scrutiny of utilities as Coleman contrasts past and present positions
A federal judge in Asheville awards Amy Tahquette Critter a 19541 refund claim of six thousand five hundred forty one dollars and fifty nine cents for 1971 IRS payments. The decision upholds her argument that income from a Cherokee region motel restaurant and crafts business on tribal land is tax exempt, a stance supported by Interior and challenged by the IRS. The case, tied to Indian land commerce and a prior tax evasion conviction overturned by the Fourth Circuit, signals potential substantial gains for Critter and tribal enterprises amid ongoing appeals.
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