First 1965 City Fatality Suits Killed In Crash
William Riley Suits 62 died early yesterday after noon under an oil truck that overturned after hitting a tractor trailer at Memorial Drive and Bishop Road. The accident marked the citys first fatality this year. James Wendell Larkins 29 of Columbus Ga drove the other vehicle. Larkins swerved to avoid the collision but limited maneuver space and brake failure contributed. Suits had 46 years with Schoolfield Coal and Wood Co. Survived by wife Virgie Slayton Holley, son Clyde Curtis Suits, a sister and brother. Funeral Wednesday 4 p.m. Swicegood Funeral Home. Burial Schoolfield Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Riley Suits
Memorial Drive
Bishop Rd
R. W. Brumfield
Schoolfield Coal and Wood Co
Suits
James Wendell Larkins
Columbus
Brumfield
Larkins
Tom Huston Peanut Co
Danville
Granville County
N.C
Schoolfield
Augusta Ave
James Garfield
Virginia May Montgomery
Virgie Slayton Holley
Clyde Curtis Suits
Richmond
George Sammons
James G. Suits
Swicegood Funeral Home
Schoolfield Cemetery
New Capias Issued For Pete Boyter
A second capias for Richard Dave Pete Boyter was issued by Circuit Court Clerk Sam Swanson after Boyter was released from jail following the first capias. The new bond allows rescission of his $1,000 bond if caught. Boyter, former Silver Slipper proprietor, was ordered to report by June 25 and was placed under 30 days to settle affairs before jail. Commonwealth's Attorney Whitehead challenged bonding, noting the judgment became final 21 days after trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Dave
Pete) Boyter
Boyter
Sam Swanson
Swanson
Rt. 58
Danville
Langhorne Jones
Commonwealth
Joseph M. Whitehead
Aldredge Quits to Enter Education Field
James H. Aldredge Jr leaves Danville Knitting Mills after 18 years to pursue education. He will re-enroll at Virginia Polytechnic Institute for a six week vocational industrial education course to gain a teaching certificate. He may seek a Danville teaching post. no city treasurer pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville Knitting Mills
James H. Aldredge, Jr
Aldredge
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Danville
VPI
Acca Temple of the Shrine
Roman Eagle Lodge No
Roman Eagle Memorial Home, Inc
Paul C. Beatty
B. A. Worley
Caswell Crash Leaves Two Drivers Treated at Hospital
Two drivers were treated at Memorial Hospital after a collision on NC 86 near the Virginia North Carolina line. Gordon Reynolds of 658 Lee Street and Daniel Carlton of Yanceyville were treated and released. Reynolds was charged with failure to see his maneuver could be made safely. both cars were demolished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital
Virginia-N.c
N.C
Sam Riddick
Gordon Francis Reynolds
Lee Street
Daniel Wayne Carlton
Yanceyville
Reynolds
Riddick
Speech Hearing Film To Be Seen
A film detailing Danville Speech and Hearing Center work will have its first public showing Thursday at 8 p.m. in Memorial Hospital School of Nursing auditorium on W Main St. Ray Southard produced the film illustrating disorders addressed by the center staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville Speech and Hearing Center
Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
W. Main St
Ray Southard
U S Special Forces unit outlines Viet Nam foes faces
A 13 member U S Army Special Forces team described the varied enemies in Viet Nam including the Viet Cong and hardships such as fear indifference poverty ignorance and disease They praised a local Operation Friendship campaign by the Danville Jaycees to collect clothing for South Vietnamese villagers and refugees The drive included a Riverside Shopping Center display a Market Garden Field demonstration and a Friday Fort Bragg caravan sponsors urged donations via fire stations with pickups planned through Thursday and a phone line 792 3111 Captain H D Himes praised the effort noting clothes are badly needed in remote jungle and mountain villages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viet Nam
Danville Jaycees
Fort Bragg
N.C
Ft. Bragg
Riverside Shopping Center
Market Garden Field
Ray D. Robertson
Richard Bethune
Connie Mack
Robertson
Jaycees
Joe Lynch
H. D. Himes
High Court Upholds County Jury Award
The Virginia State Supreme Court of Appeals affirmed a Pittsylvania County jury verdict of 16,000 in favor of the McDonald family in a suit over a child hit by a pickup on Rt. 40 near Gretna. The case centered on whether a motorist must anticipate children near a highway and exercise precautions. The incident occurred July 24, 1964, when four year old Calvin McDonald ran into the road while playing with siblings. trial testimony cited visibility blocks and a tractor trailer obstructing the view. The award will be divided among the victim’s parents and two surviving brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsylvania County
Donald Gray Burseldom
Wette
Harley L. McDon
Calvin
Pwen
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Thomas ¢C. Gordon
Woo
Burnette
Rt. 40
Gretna
Chatham
W. Carrington Thompson
Virginia
Dale
McDonalds
Dale McDonald
Edwin B. Meade
Meade
Sherwood Shopping Center and Apartments Put Up For Auction
On June 29 at noon the Sherwood Village Shopping Center and the 66 unit Sherwood Apartments will be sold at public foreclosure auction. First mortgages held by Metropolitan Life Insurance Co and Security Life and Trust Co secure the sale, with bids subject to liens from Sherwood Village Inc and other trustees. Built by the late J A Brightwell, the properties were a postwar firsts in the city and have faced multiple delays after Brightwell's death on May 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherwood Village
Sherwood
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Security Life and Trust Co
J. A
Jack) Brightwell
Brightwell
Hampton Drive
Arnett Blvd
Colonial Stores
Bargain Center
Social Security
Danville
Metropolitan
Security Life
Sherwood Village, Inc
R. C. Clement
D. C. Rice
George C. Gregory
Alan G. Fleischer
Herman G. Koplen
Joseph M. Winston, Jr
Danville tobacco market eyes fifth buyer set this year
Danville and Winston-Salem NC warehousemen risk losing a fifth buyer set this year if a Washington DC appeals court ruling on USDA grading and price support services is not issued by Friday. The case challenges the Criteria Que regulation requiring proof of adequate buyers. The Danville market seeks to obtain extra government services before the Apr 30 deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Washington
D.C
R. Paul Sanford
U. S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Winston-Salem
N.C
Sanford
G. Osmond Hyde
John W. Campbell
Lumberton
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Danville Tobacco Association
Man Charged With Shooting Into Automobile
Cecil S Wheeling of Collinsville is charged with shooting into a car carrying Sam Flood in Martinsville. Flood, 21, said a man with a rifle blocked his path after following in a second car and three shots hit his front, but he escaped unharmed before police arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsville
Cecil S
Wheeling
Collinsville
Sam Flood
Fayette St
Flood
Cus Itody
Salem
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Wm.r. Suits
Pete Boyter
U.S. Army
Coast Artillery
Department
14Th
Southwest Pacific
Bessie Wagner Aldredge
James I H. Aldredge
Chatterbox
Imoliday Inn Restaurant
Mars
Alice
Cillian
Yates
Iar
Caswell
U.S
Special Forces
James Strader
Dalice Lee
Sgt
G. L. de- Long
High Court
Sherwood Shopping Center
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