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Newspaper

Danville Register

Location

Danville, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Feb 28, 1975

Page

7

Deaths A Long Survivors List Corrected

HALIFAX The survivors of Addison Adams Long whose funeral was held Monday were mislisted earlier. Long died last Saturday at age 76. He was born January 28, 1905, the son of George M. and Mamie Satterfield Long. Survivors include his wife Lula Hall Long, a daughter Thelma Harmon of Monroeville Ind, two sons Leonard A Long of Chesapeake and Ray C Long of Danville, seven sisters and two brothers, six grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

Halifax Addison Adams Long Long George M Mamie Satterfield Long Lula Hall Long Thelma Harmon Monroeville Ind Leonard A. Long Chesapeake Ray C. Long Danville Annie Whitt

Mrs Jones 88 Dies After Long Illness at Memorial Hospital

Mrs Harvey Walters Jones aged 88 died yesterday after a three year health decline. Born in Pittsylvania County August 19 1886 she was a Laurel Grove resident widow of Robert Samuel Jones. She leaves a son Alfred Anderson Jones two daughters Mrs James A Oakley and Mrs Mary Janes four grandchildren and is survived by other relatives. Funeral at 2 pm tomorrow at Old Mill Primitive Baptist Church with Elder Danny Parker and burial in Jones family cemetery at Laurel Grove. The body is at Wrenn Yeatts Funeral Home. The family at the home of Mrs Quakley Sutherlin Rt 1.

Harvey Walters Jones Memorial Hospital Pittsylvania County Jackson Elizabeth Chandler Walters Laurel Grove Robert Samuel Jones Old Mill Mary Janes Danville Old Mill Primitive Baptist Church Danny Parker Jones Wrenn Yeatts Funeral Home Quakley Sutherlin Rt. 1 Susie Campbell Dickens Patrick County Charles W. Dickens Church of God Jeffery Blevins Greensboro N.C Otis Shannon Ivanhoe Laura Dickens Guy Nichols Walter Chesher Sr George F. Dickens Charles Dickens Charlie Campbell Townes Funeral Home Wooding Ave

George Webster Funeral Today

George Dunn Webster 75 died Wednesday after a short illness in Gibsonville North Carolina funeral services set for 2 30 p m at Bartlett Funeral Home with burial in Gibsonville City Cemetery He was born in Alamance County a World War II veteran a retired Cone Mills Minneola Plant employee He survived by two sons Arthur Webster of Danville Van and Hatson Webster of Elon College Rt 1 five daughters Mildred Shelton Del Rio Tenn Elyzia Leonard Thomasville Minnie Ruth Stallings Summerfield Bessie Mae Stallings Gibsonville Rt 2 Helen Drewery Gibsonville a half brother Harry Webster Fayetteville and a sister Ivey Murray Frederick Mo

Gibsonville N.C George Dunn Webster Bartlett Funeral Home Gibsonville City Webster Alamance County Cone Mills Minneola Plant Arthur Webster Danville, van Hatson Webster Elon College Rt. 1 Mildred Shelton del Rio Tenn Elyzia Leonard Thomasville Minnie Ruth Stallings Summerfield Bessie Mae Stallings Helen Drewery Harry Webster Fayetteville Ivey Murray Frederick, Mo

Orie A Yeatts Dies Yesterday at 62 in Altavista

Orie Archer Yeatts, 62, died yesterday morning at his Altavista Rt. 2 home. Born March 4, 1912 in Pittsylvania County, he was a son of the late Robert Lee and Sabra Doss Yeatts and a member of Penuel Baptist Church. Survived by wife Amanda Garrett Yeatts, son Connie Ray Yeatts, six sisters, four brothers, and one grandchild. Funeral arrangements incomplete. body at Finch and Finch Funeral Home. family at Rt. 2 residence.

Altavista Orie — Archer Yeatts Altavista Rt. 2 Pittsylvania County Robert Lee Sabra Doss Yeatts Penuel Baptist Church Heis Amanda Garrett Yeatts Connie Ray Yeatts Virginia Beach Noel L. Crawley W. R. Gowen Charlie Arthur Herbert Wade Jesse Scott Gladys Donald Grimes Rocky Mount Raymond L. Yeatts Dana H. Yeatts Rison Bennett Yeatts Ernest W. Yeatts Finch & Finch Funeral Home

Mrs Virginia Thorn ton Neal Dies At 75

Mrs Virginia Thorn ton Neal of Richmond dies at 75 in a Richmond hospital. Funeral services set for 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at St James Episcopal Church with graveside rites at Oak Ridge Cemetery in South Boston. She is survived by a son Thornton J Neal of Memphis and a daughter Betsy Neal Osborne of Danville along with siblings.

Richmond Virginia Thornton. Neal St.James Episcopal Church Oak Ridge Cemetery South Boston Neal Richmond Hospital Philemon H. Neal John J. Neal Danville Thornton J. Neal Memphis, Tenn Betsy Neal Osborne

H C Hallyburton Funeral Today

Funeral for Hadley Camp Hallyburton, 82, of Golf Course Road, will be held at 4 p.m. at Cavary United Methodist Church with Rev. Robert E. Carty and Rev. Bennie Poovey. Burial follows in the church cemetery. He died Wednesday in a local hospital. born September 17, 1892 in Burke County, NC. Survived by daughter Ruth Gilbert, sister Bessie Haskins, a grandson and three great grandchildren. Body at Brooks Funeral Home. Family at home.

Ruth Gilbert Sutherlin Rt. 2 Bessie Haskins Glen Alpine N.C Brooks Funeral Home

Mrs Tompkins Dead At 84 in Lafayette Indiana

Elizabeth A. Tompkins, 84, died after a brief illness in Lafayette Indiana. She was the widow of Martin H. Tompkins and the last member of her immediate family. Survived by four stepdaughters, a stepson, and several nieces and nephews. Graveside services set for 3 p.m. tomorrow at Highland Burial Park. body at Townes funeral home.

Elizabeth A. Tompkins Lafayette Ind Martin H. Tompkins Hontas McBrayer Charlottesville Dorthy Tompkins Whitmell Harvey Huntley Atlanta Robert Kemper St. Louis Richard Tompkins Danville Highland Burial Park Townes Funeral Home

Samuel Mills Funeral Today

Samuel A Mills funeral set for today in Las Cruces New Mexico for the Las Cruces man who died Wednesday night He was the son of Minnie Mills of Blairs Virginia and the late Walter C Mills He was the widower of Teddy Watkins Mills Survived by three sons and three grandchildren all of Las Cruces three brothers Carl V Mills Lemuell D Mills of Danville Virginia Noble Mills of Blairs Virginia and three sisters Elsie Fowlkes of Dry Fork Virginia Eunice Adams and Myona Yealts of Blairs Virginia

Las Cruss N.M Samuel A. Mills Minnie Mills Blairs Walter C. Mills Teddy Watkins Mills Las Cruis Carl V. Mills Lemuell D. Mills Danville Noble Mills Elsie Fowlkes Dry Fork Eunice Adams Myona Yealts

Hygiene Classes At Hatcher Center For Adults Start

Fifty one clients at the Fred T. Hatcher Center will attend weekly hygiene and personal grooming classes for the school year. Instructors are Brenda Bruce and Olivia Conley. Supplies were donated by Helping Hands Society and the Youth Association for Retarded Citizens. The center serves mentally retarded adults sixteen and older and is linked to the Danville Area Association for Retarded Citizens.

Fred T. Hatcher Center Brenda Bruce Pittsylvania County School Board Olivia Conley Fred T. Hatcher Danville Area Association For

Federal Judge Rules NC Inmate Grievance Commission Valid

RALEIGH AP A federal judge dismisses an action seeking to declare the law creating the North Carolina Inmate Grievance Commission unconstitutional. The ruling clears the commission to continue operations under state law.

Raleigh North Carolina

North and South Carolina firms named on 1970 Arab blacklist

The Associated Press reports that at least seven Carolinas firms including Burlington Industries reportedly appear on a 1970 Saudi blacklist of companies doing business with Israel. Officials note the list is old and未clear why certain firms are listed, with several executives offering limited explanations or denying knowledge of the boycott.

North South Carolina State Department U.S Israel Frank Church D-Idaho Associated Press Carolinas Burlington Industries Inc Greensboro N.C Re Search Inc Waynesville Spring Hinge Co., Inc Landrum Street Bros Mid Atlantic Wars Charleston North Carolina Senate Foreign Relations Committee Republic. Steel Corp Charlotte Seven Glass Co Durham Miami Oxygen Services Lexington Burlington Rea

Roanoke Firm Advances Stores Flattered by Arab Blacklist

Roanoke based Advance Stores Inc chairman Nicholas Taubman said he is flattered by being named on an Arab nations blacklist of 1,500 U S firms for doing business with Israel. The list released by Sen Frank Church includes firms like Ford Sears Xerox and RCA. Taubman noted family ties to Alliance Tire and Israel links and called it world politics.

Roanoke (Ap U. S Nicholas F. Taubman Advance Stores, Inc Nixon White House Taubman Sen Frank Church D-Idaho Senate Ford Motor Co Sears Roebuck & Co RCA Xerox Corp Israel State Department Church Arthur Taubman Alliance Tire & Rubber Co

Capitalism May Be School Topic In North Carolina Senate

Raleigh AP reports a bill approved 39-3 in the North Carolina Senate would require high schools to teach the free enterprise system. Gov. Holshouser backed the measure. sponsors Sen. Mauney and Rep. Foster argued for educating youth on private ownership, markets, and prices. Opponents warned it could force a specific doctrine.

Raleigh North Carolina State Senate James E. Hol Shouser Jr William K Mauney Cleveland Jo Foster Mecklenburg Foster Senate

Agriculture Committee Delays Hike in Target Prices

The House Agriculture Committee postponed action on a one year emergency measure to raise target prices for corn wheat and cotton for 1975 crops. The plan would lift cotton to 48 cents per bale wheat to 3.10 a bushel and corn to 2.25 a bushel. Supporters cite farmer protection amid rising costs and a bumper crop forecast. Chairman Foley delayed the vote amid urban opposition concerns and to frame a broader farm bill strategy.

Washington House Agriculture Committee Earl L. Butz Thomas F. Foley D-Wash Poage Butz Mississippi USDA Kansas Indiana

Gudger Pushes Prison Idleness Reform in North Carolina

In Raleigh AP report Senator Lamar Gudger urges action to curb idleness in North Carolina prisons. He backs programs like tree planting and garden work at youth centers and plans to draft new measures while avoiding a chain gang approach. The Senate committee also advances split sentencing with safeguards.

Raleigh Senate North Carolina Lamar Gudger D-Buncombe Ralph Edwards Senate Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee Gudger

Arthur Parrish Declared Outlaw in North Carolina

AP report from Durham says Arthur Junior Parrish, 23, of Durham was declared an outlaw by a superior court judge. The order allows any citizen to shoot if he refuses to surrender. Parrish is sought in the February 18 murder and armed robbery at a Durham meat market. Otis Rigsbee, 27, Hillsborough, was found slain. about $5,000 reportedly taken. Otis Carrington Jr., 26, Durham, faced grand jury charges on armed robbery. a third man is sought.

Durham N.C Arthur Junior Parrish Parrish Otis Jack” Rigsbee Hillsborough Harry Canaday Benson Otis Carrington, Jr Durham Grand Jury Rigsbee

State Broadcasters Seek Five Year Station Licenses

Virginia radio and television broadcasters urged the Virginia delegation to back legislation extending broadcast licenses from three to five years. At the 12th annual capital luncheon, Sen. William L. Scott and Sen. Harry F. Byrd Jr. attended along with eight House members. The group described the session as informal and said lawmakers appeared receptive to their ideas. The five year license bill previously stalled in Congress, while the association pushed further measures to stabilize licensing.

Washington Virginia Virginia Association of Broadcasters Congress William L. Scott Harry F. Byrd Jr House VAB

Honor Society Inducts 110 At O. T. Bonner

The O. T. Bonner Chapter of the National Junior Honor Society inducted 110 new members at a meeting of the Bonner Association of Families and Faculty last night. Officers presiding were Peter Freeman Tony Canady Deborah Bamberg Terri Gunnell Sharon Johnson Janice Yeatts and Annette McFalls. Members are selected by the faculty on character scholarship citizenship service and leadership. A reception was held in the commons honoring new members and their parents.

O. T. Bonner National Junior Honor Society Bonner Association of Families Peter Freeman

Uniform School Budget Free From Opposition

RALEIGH AP No opposition appeared at a public hearing before the House Finance Committee on a bill to establish a uniform school budget and fiscal control act for local public school units. Rep Lane Brown sponsor said the bill would replace a hodge podge of laws and Dingman praised it as a good compromise after months of hard work by involved agencies.

Raleigh House Finance Committee Lane Brown D-Stanly Raleigh E. Dingman Dingman

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Dickens George Webster Orie A. Yeatts P. H. Neal H.c.hallyburton Samuel Mills Hatcher Center Burlington Industries Horace Auberry Welea Inc Re-Search Inc Auberry Germany Republic Steel Corp Cleveland, Ohio Peter Frohlich Bomber Spring Hinge Co Frohlich Claude Gunnels Presi Richardson Preyer Dn.c Alliance New York Stock Exchange United Jewish Appeal Tennessee Beatrice Pocahontas Co Buchanan County Western Union Norfolk Virginia Dyeing Corp American Electric Power Co Appalachian Power Co Ralph Scott D-Alamance Penn Central Railroad McNeill Smith D-Guilford Smith Mary H. Odom D-Scotjand Agriculture Committee Foley House Democrats Rep W.R. Poage D-Tex N. C Russell Kirby D-Kirby Julian Allsbrook Glenn Jernigan Cumberland Jernigan Clent Anderson Furniture CO Shermont Baptist Church W. Curtis Hall WDVA Shenandoah Life Albert Maurakis al" Maurakis Albert P. Mavrekis Shenandoah Life Insurance Company I Company
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