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Newspaper

Danville Register

Location

Danville, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 28, 1965

Page

2

Desegregation suits argued in Virginia court

In Charlottesville on Friday Judge Thomas J. Michie heard identical suits seeking faster desegregation of Staunton and Augusta County schools. NAACP attorney S. W. Tucker pressed for a ruling before 1963-66 term. defendants urged dismissal.

Charlottesville Staunton Augusta County U.S. District Court Thomas J. Michie S. W. Tucker NAACP Atttorneys Wait B. ‘Timberlake Jr Henry S. Wickham Thomas C. McSwain Hugh K. Cassell Tucker Michie Cassell Augusta

Man Dies From Crash Injuries Near Clover

A 32yearold South Boston man John Richard Whitlow Jr died in hospital after a noncollision crash on U S 300 near Clover ten days earlier. He was thrown from his car after hitting a guard rail and suffered the loss of both feet and severe internal injuries. He is survived by his wife Julia Walden Whitlow two daughters Sarah Catherine and Edna Leis Whitlow his parents four sisters and one brother. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 230 p m at the Powell Funeral Home chapel with burial in Clover Cemetery.

South Boston U.S. 300 Clover John Richard Whitlow Julia Walden Whitlow Sarah Catherine Edna Leis Whitlow John R. Whitlow Robert A. Robey Richmond Roland Westbrook Sandston Margie Hall Roger Boyd Phoenix Ariz Detlef Whitlow Virginia Beach Powell Funeral Home Clover Cemetery

Mrs. Mattie Shultz Funeral Rites Held

Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie S. Shultz were conducted yesterday morning from Mount Vernon Methodist Church by Dr. Carroll W. Freeman. Interment followed at Highland Burial Park with pallbearers J. J. Worley Jr., C. Eugene Rowe, H. D. Perdue, Charles Ragland, Gare Johnson, Charles Bradley, Dr. H. R. Bourne, Leroy Werigo, Roger Mays, and Fitzhugh Tiltzheimer.

Mattie S. Shultz Mount Vernon Methodist Church Carroll W. Freeman Highland Burial Park J. J. Worley, Jr C. Eugene Rowe H. D. Perdue Charles Ragland Gare Johnson Charles Bradley H. R. Bourne Leroy Weringo Roger Mays Fitzhugh Tiltzheimer

Funeral Rites Set For Mrs Gardiner

Mrs Mere dith R Gardiner aged 73 mother of Robert Gardiner of Danville will have funeral services Monday morning in Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania with interment in Bryn Mawr. She died yesterday morning in a Bryn Mawr hospital. Survived by her son in Danville labor relations director at Dan River Mills and two other sons Dr M D Gardiner Jr of Dalkeith Western Australia and David Gardiner of Bryn Mawr along with seven grandchildren.

Meredith R. Gardiner Robert Gardiner Danville Bryn Mawr Gardiner Here Dan River Mills M. D. Gardiner, Jr Dalkeith Western Australia David Gardiner

Final Services Held For Lester Barber

Funeral services for Lester Barber were conducted yesterday morning from the Wrenn-Yeatts Chapel by Dr. Victor E Mantiply. Burial followed in Leemont Cemetery with pallbearers Edward Scruggs Atwood Gosney Berkley Richardson Cecil Harris Ben Woodtke Turner Raymond P. Stone and Fred P Scruggr.

Lester Sergeant) Barber Wrenn-Yeatts Chapel Victor E. Mantiply Leemont Cemetery Edward Scruggs Atwood Gosney Berkley Richardson Cecil Harris Ben Wood Tke Turner Raymond P. Stone Fred P. Scruggr

Dr J R Leith to Speak at First Presbyterian Church

Dr John Haddon Leith, professor of historical theology at Union Theological Seminary of Richmond, will be guest speaker Sunday at First Presbyterian Church. He will preach at both worship services. A South Carolina native, he studied at Erskine College, Columbia Theological Seminary, Vanderbilt, Yale, and Ecumenical Institute, and has served churches in Nashville and Auburn.

John Haddon Leith Union Theological Seminary of Richmond First Presbyterian Church Leith South Carolina Erskine College Due West US. C Columbia Theological Seminary Decatur Vanderbilt University Nashville Teon Yale University Graduate School Ecumenical Institute Union Ological Seminary Virginia Second Presbyterian Church Tenn Auburn Ala

Vacuum Cleaner Case Sent To Grand Jury

Donald Edward Saunders aged 18 of 426 Fast Ave was bound over to the grand jury after waiving a preliminary hearing on a charge of disposing of a vacuum cleaner he knew to be stolen. The cleaner was stolen from a salesman’s car last week. Two other young men charged with the theft will have preliminary hearings in Municipal Court on Sept. 0.

Donald Edward Saunders Fast Ave

Prices Mixed On Two Leaf Sales Markets

Prices and qualities varied across Eastern North Carolina and the Carolinas Border flue-cured tobacco auctions. The Border Belt slipped with top prices around 76 dollars per hundred and more tied leaf. Eastern Belt prices held firm with heavy volume and improving quality. Government loan participation stood at 11.7 percent in the East and 7.5 percent overall.

Associated Press North Carolina Carolinas Federal State Market News Service Border Belt South Carolina Stabilization Corp

Harper dies at 59 in Richmond area

Glenn R. Harper 59 from Nathalie Rt. 3 died Thursday in a Richmond hospital. Survived by wife Lurline Glass Harper and three sisters Bernice Coates, Robert Greenwood, and John L. Parker. three brothers James Harper, John Harper, William Harper. Funeral Saturday at 6 a.m. at Powell Funeral Home chapel with burial in Catawba Baptist Church Cemetery.

Powell Funeral Home Chapel Catawba Baptist I Cenetery

Burns Resigns Draper Baptist Pastorate After Five Years

Reverend Howard F. Burns announced his resignation as pastor of the First Baptist Church of Draper North Carolina. During his tenure the church built a new $250000 facility and added over 100 members. A Ferndale Maryland native, he is Bob Jones University educated and previously served at Sylvania Heights Miami Grace Baptist Rome. He organized the Gospel Missionary Baptist Church in Rocky Mount before moving to Draper.

Draper N. C Howard F. Burns First Baptist Church of Ferndale Bob Jones University Greenville S.C

$50,000 Suit Filed In Accident Case

J. T Broome filed a $50,000 damage action in Corporation Court against Henry Clark Nelson alleging permanent neck and back injuries from a collision in front of the Post Office on September 11, 1963. The two vehicles were parked when Nelson began to move.

Corporation Court J. T Broome Henry Clark Nelson Broome Nelson

Landing On Mars By Mid 1980s By Man Seen By Two Scientists

At a Virginia Tech space conference two NASA officials forecast manned Mars landings by the mid 1980s. Dr. Harry O. Ruppe and Dr. Rudolf Festa spoke of Mars and Venus missions, noting high costs but firm belief in eventual manned landings despite no current NASA plans.

Mars Blacksburg Virginia Tech Harry O. Ruppe National Aeronautic and Space Administration NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville Ala Ruppe VPI Rudolf Festa Venus Dr. Festa Dr. Ruppe

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