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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1966
Page
5
North Carolina agriculture reports indicate widespread drought stress with tobacco, corn, peanuts, soybeans, hay, apples, peaches, and pastures deteriorating. Moisture is scarce statewide, totals vary by region, with Piedmont hardest hit and cotton relatively less affected.
Associate Justice Clifton L. Moore of the North Carolina Supreme Court died Tuesday at North Carolina Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill after months of illness. He was 65 and had been away from the bench since February 7. A Burgaw native, Moore gained fame as a prosecutor convicting 93 Ku Klux Klan members in Columbus County in 1952 and helped push the Moore Act to curb secret political societies. Funeral plans are incomplete. the family asks no flowers. Gov. Dan Moore lauded him as a jurist of high caliber and devoted public servant. His career included service as a Superior Court judge and a longtime lawyer, with involvement in education, scouting, and church work. He is survived by his wife Hazel Swinson Moore and two children.
The Darville School Board called for bids to supply materials for receiving Educational Television in local classrooms. Maintenance staff will install equipment, with aerials, converters, and coaxial cables planned for each building and at the two high schools. Initial use targets fifth and sixth grades, with broader programs later, and the district hopes to have the Martinsville Road elementary ready by February. Construction at Taylor School and Woodrow Wilson upgrades proceed, while a new junior high project advances pending title clearances and court action this month.
Mrs Edna Harvey Fulton 79 died at Memorial Hospital at 3 p.m. yesterday after six weeks illness. A Vandola native born July 14 1886 she was a daughter of the late William Harvey and Lula Harvey. She lived in Danville most of adulthood and belonged to First Baptist Church DAR Hughe not Society Mani kin Town Founders and Wednesday Club. Survived by daughter Mary H Fulton sons Julian M Fulton and Master Sgt Tredway B Fulton. Remains at Townes Funeral Home with family at 1100 Main St Apt 7.
The Methodist Publishing House in Nashville announced the 11th Wesley revision hymn book with 2,150,000 pre publication orders. The 539 hymn texts include 74 by Wesley founders, and music for 402 songs with contributions from gospel, ecumenical, American folk, and international sources. Shipment began after a consecration service.
Funeral rites for Mrs Kath leen Eaton Gammon of Chatham will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. from Scott Funeral Home with interment at Chatham Burial Park. The 41 year old Danville Memorial Hospital patient died after four days of treatment and years of declining health. She was born June 6 1925 in Pittsylvania County a daughter of Emma Yeatts Eaton and the late Joseph Eaton. A Steva Church of Christ member she married Loyd Harrison Gammon and worked at Dan River Mills. Survivors include her husband. her mother. two daughters Mrs W Lee Reynolds of Albany New York and Jocelyn Page Gammon. and brother Loyd G Eaton of Chatham.
Leonard Davis 86, farmer of Chatham Rt. 4, died at his home at 6 am. His wife Susie Allen died years ago. Survived by nine children including Spencer Davis of Danville and Virginia Carter of Martinsville, plus several Davises in Philadelphia and Chatham Rt. 4. 14 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Remains at Cunningham and Hughes Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
Rep Basil Whitener and a congressional group reported strong morale among American and South Vietnamese troops due to recent bombings of Hanoi and Haiphong. He warned of widespread loyalty to local areas over the nation and urged a push for a national spirit, civil action, and qualified State Department appointees in South Viet Nam programs.
Albert Coley Cox 77 of Reidsville Rt 3 died at 745 am Tuesday in Annie Penn Memorial Hospital. A Caswell County native and retired farmer, he belonged to Dan River Primitive Baptist Church. Survived by his wife Maggie Minter and six sons, four daughters, ten great grandchildren, and other relatives. Funeral at 2 pm Thursday at Dan River Primitive Baptist Church with Elder David Spangler officiating. burial in church cemetery.
Raleigh AP reports Governor Dan Moore and the Council of State voted to hike the interest rate charged to banks holding state funds from 4 34 to 5 percent. The rate ties to U S Treasury note yields which have climbed recently. The last change occurred January 6, 1966.
In Guilford Superior Court three jurors were seated for the murder trial of Joseph E. Spence and Glenwood ONeil Williams accused of killing Durham taxi driver Alton Maynard. Half of prospective jurors oppose the death penalty. 34 summoned, 17 excused for anti capital-punishment views. Defense objections overruled to questions about moral courage. Another venire expected Wednesday as 51 more jurors remain to be questioned.
Edward Lewis Wagstaff 46 of Hartford Conn formerly of Halifax County died Sunday in a Hartford hospital. He is survived by sister Mrs. Carol Tucker of Richmond and brother JT. W. Wagstaff of Richmond. Died Thursday service to be held 3 p.m. at Powell Funeral Home in South Boston with burial in Bethel Baptist Church cemetery Halifax County.
Final rites for Thomas E Bowles were conducted yesterday morning at Wrenn-Yeatts chapel by Dr. O B Newton Dr Victor Mantiply and Rev C J Naro. Interment followed at Highland Burial Park with graveside rites by the Chickasaw Tribe Neo 67 of Red Men. pallbearers named Claude.
Yeatts and a roster including W. W. Anderson Norm an Boswell Thorton Link Dr. Asa W. Viccellio Dr. Robert E. Musgrave T. C. Talley Jr Harold Robertson H. E. Coggins E L. Rowland and Charles R. Warren appear in a compiled list likely related to local governance or professional appointments.
A family shares a heartfelt verse about guiding a wonderful boy toward fairness bravery and integrity. The note hopes the poem opens treasured avenues of family memory. It asks readers to identify the unknown author. Mention of Dewey Swicegood funeral home in Danville Virginia remains part of the source context.
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