Blacks and Women Triumph in Virginia Municipal Elections
Across Virginia voters elected new municipal officers with historic firsts. Electees include Harrisonburg’s first black council candidate Elon Rhodes, Roanoke’s first black mayor Noel Taldor, Amherst’s first black councilman Eddie H Radwell, and Fredericksburg’s first black mayor Rev Lawrence A Davies. Women also gained seats in Newport News Hampton and Covington councils, while Brookneal saw a lopsided mayoral result. Some races defied expectations with write-ins and unique outcomes.
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Associated Press
Elon Rhodes
Harrisonburg
Roanoke
Noel Taldor
Roy Webber
Ammherst
Eddie H. Radwell
Danville
Charles Harris
Fredericksburg
Lawrence A. Davies
Edward H. Camn
Margarie B. Rucker
Bedford
Newport News
Hampton
Covington
Newport News Council
Tonita M. Warren
Deaths and Funerals in Danville area
A graveside service for Oliviay L. Watlington former Danville resident will be held tomorrow at 11 a.m. in Highland Burial Park with Masonic rites by Morotock Fodge No. 210. Watlington died Sunday in St Petersburg Florida after declining health and leaves wife Ruby L. Watlington a son Elmer Watlington three grandchildren and his church membership noted. The body arrived at Wrenn Yeatts Funeral Home this morning with visitation set. Gus Dillard Slayton 77 of Sutherlin Route 1 died yesterday in Danville Memorial Hospital after a month as a patient. He was a Pittsylvania County native, married Annie Roberts in 1924, and was a Laurel Grove Baptist and Red Men No 124. He leaves three daughters Irma Culver Joyce Camp and Linda Walker six grandchildren and one great grandchild. The body remains at Wrenn Yeatts Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
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Oliviay L. Watlington
Danville
Highland Burial Park
Mr. Watlington
St. Petersburg
Fla
Caswell County
N.C
Thomas Anthony Watlington
Ella Mae Campbell Watlington
Wayside Dinner
Watlington
Ruby L. Lewis
30Th Avenue Baptist Church
Morotock Lodge of
Masons No
Scottish Rite
Sir. Watlington
Elmer Watlington
Wrenn-Yeatts Funeral Home
Gus Dillard Slayton
Sutherlin Rt. 1
Danville Memorial Hospital
Pittsylvania County
Robert Slayton
Eliza Wiles Slayton
Slayton
Laurel Grove
Annie Roberts
Mr. Slayton
Laurel Grove Baptist Church
Irma S. Culver
Tampa
Joyce S$. Camp
Huntsville
Ala
Linda S. Walker
Rudy T Hughes Rites Tomorrow
Funeral for Rudy T Hughes 51 of Westover Drive will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Swicegood Chapel with Rev. Roger F Collins and Rev. Gerald B Reeves officiating. Burial in Danville Memorial Gardens. Hughes died yesterday at Danville Memorial Hospital after years of declining health. He was born in Rockingham County North Carolina and lived in Danville since 1935 a World War II veteran who received a Purple Heart at Okinawa. He married Lorna Wail on Dec 1 1946 and is survived by his wife a son Michael S Hughes three sisters and two brothers. The family will receive friends at Swicegood Funeral Home from 8 to 9 p.m. today.
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Rudy T. Hughes
Westover Drive
Swicegood Chapel
Roger F. Collins
Gerald B. Reeves
Danville Memorial Gardens
Mr. Hughes
Danville Memorial Hospital
Rockingham County
N.C
John Tunstall Hughes
Nannie Sue Dix Hughes
Danville
Hughes
Pacific
Okinawa
Lorna Wail
Michael. S$. Hughes
Danvill
Otis Evans
J L Mahaley Rites Tomorrow
Funeral services for James Leroy Mahaley are set for Thursday at 3 30 p m at Bush Arbor Primitive Baptist Church with Elder Wallis Smith and Rev Thomas H Smith directing Burial will be in the church cemetery The Rowan County native and retired farmer and sawmiller died Monday in a Reidsville hospital Surviving are his three daughters and five sons with several grandchildren Friends may call today from 7 to 9 p m at Rich and Thompson Mortuary in Burlington.
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Vanceyville
N.C
James Leroy Mahaley
Bush Arbor Primitive Baptist Church
Wallis Smith
Thomas H. Smith
Mahaley
Howard Byrd
Danville
Henry Fain
Yanceyville
Henry Bos
Providence
Irving Mahaley
Brice Mahaley
Robert L. Mahaley
Henry J. Mahaley
Burlington
G. Andrew Mahaley
Kenner
Brice Gregon
Russer
sTeat
Rich and Thompson Mortuary
Funeral Thursday for Mrs Godfrey
Funeral services for Mrs. Nannie Bell Godfrey will be held Thursday at 4 p.m. at St. Paul A M E Church with Rev. S A Raines officiating. Burial follows at Oak Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Godfrey, of 704 Betts Street, died Sunday morning at home. She was born in Pittsylvania County to the late James and Nannie Jackson Wilson. She belonged to St. Paul A M E Church Almagro Chapter No 75 O ES Successful Tent No 143 Community Club and Almagro Senior Citizens Club. Surviving are two sisters Miss Pharlena Wilson and Mrs. Martha Holloway Danville and a brother Albert G Wilson Danville.
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Nannie Bell Godfrey
St. Paul A.M.E
S. A. Raines
Oak Hill Cemetery
Godfrey
Betts St
Pittsylvania County
James and
Nannie Jackson Wilson
St. Paul A.M E
Almagro
Taylor Harvey Rites Tomorrow
Funeral services for Taylor Harvey will be conducted Thursday at 1 p.m. at Harvey's Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. He died Monday at his Danville home. Born in Danville, he was the son of Sam and Maggie Harvey and a retired City of Danville employee. Survived by wife Rena Walker Harvey, two daughters Elizabeth H. Joyner and Pamela R. Harvey, son Mitchell Harvey, four grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Friends may call today from 3 to 9 p.m. at Harvey's Funeral Home.
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Taylor Harvey
Harvey
Oak Hill Cemetery
Danville
Sam and
Maggie Harvey
Rena Walker Harvey
Elizabeth H. Joyner
Wampion
Pamela R. Harvey
Mitchell Harvey
Chester S Ring Services Today
Graveside rites for Chester S Ring will be held today at 3 p.m. in Highland Burial Park with the Rev Hoy Creech officiating. Ring 68 of W Franklin St Richmond died Monday after a lengthy illness. He was born February 2 18 in Tacoma Wish. He was a retired Virginia Department of Commerce budget analyst and a member of Second Presbyterian Church of Richmond. Surviving are his wife Patsy Pritchett of Whitmell and a brother Lawrence Ring of Bethesta Md. The funeral home will receive friends today from noon to 2 p.m. at Townes Funeral Home.
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Chester 5
Ring
Highland Burial Park
Hoy Creech
Page W. Franklin St
Richmond
Mr. Ring
Tacoma
Wish
Virginia Department of Commerce
Second Presbyterian Church of
Iiss
Patsy Pritchett
Whitmell
Lawrence Ring
Bethesta
Theam
Townes Funeral Home
Graves Infant Dies In Hospital
A newborn girl died yesterday at Danville Memorial. Graves, daughter of Lorraine shed-yesterday, was born in Danville on Meret 3. Her death ends a brief life in this community.
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Graves
LaMuntay Graves
Lorraine Shed
Danville Memorial
Bor
Danville
Festival Showcases GVHS Fine Arts Night of Art and Drama
George Washington High School hosted its annual fine arts festival featuring art exhibits from Merideth Jeffress Christine Still and others, photography by Harry Paltisal students pottery by multiple classes, a Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat performance by the Concert Choir directed by Xelia Hickson, a 21 member Stage Band, and a drama presentation by Patricia Compton's classes led by Emily Cockman.
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George Washington High School
Merideth Jeffress
Christine Still
Harry Paltisal
Brenda Davis
GWHS
Xelia Hickson
Patricia Compton
Emily Cockman
Towns Voters Cast Largest Ballots in Hurt Mayor Race
Voters in Hurt elected incumbent Robert T Welker JT and two other incumbents Jordan Moorefield and Harry Wilson Warden, with newcomers Oscar Roach and Kenneth Brown gaining seats. Payne secured 254 votes to begin his fourth mayoral term. charter changes set Hurt council terms at four years and staggered elections starting 1978.
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Walker
Jordan C. Moorefield
Harry Wilson Warden
Oscar J. Roach
Kenneth Lee Brown
Madeline C. Key
Cadie Rowland
Sam Cuthran
Hurt
Payne
Chatham and
Gretna
Moorefield
Warden
Hart Council
Virginia Carolina Livestock Market Sale Auction Totals 277 Animals
The Virginia Carolina Livestock Market auctioned 277 animals for 41460 yesterday. Hog counts included 85 hogs and 61 slaughter cattle with mixed stock feeder cattle, veal, baby calves and cow calf pairs. Prices per hundredweight covered hogs veal slaughter cattle stock feeder cattle and calf types with varied ranges and conditions. Proceeds and price tiers reflect a steady market despite lower volume.
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Virginia-Carolina
Jimmy Hodges Jr
Virginia Department of Agriculture
Four Convicted Of Robbing Cascade Store
Four Eden men were convicted in Chatham Circuit Court of armed robbery in the December 27 1975 Cascade grocery holdup. David Taunton 15 Cecil Hall 17 Johnny Doss 19 pleaded guilty with Doss also admitting a felonious escape. Kenneth Manuel 19 found guilty on a not guilty plea. Robbery netted 427 dollars. Smith’s wife later died of a heart attack. Sentences set for Doss May 2 Manuel Hall and Taunton May 2 and June 22. Willie Mitchell Jr. convicted of forgery in Pittsylvania Circuit Court. sentencing June 22. Ronnie Martin 19 Martinsville convicted of statutory burglary and grand larceny. sentencing May.
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Chatham
Dudge W. Carrington Thompson
Eden
N.C
Cascade
David Earl Taunton
Cecil Alvin Hall
Johnny Buford Doss
Doss
Kenneth Thomas Manuel
Roy
Smith
Thompson
Manuel Hall
Taunton
Willie James Mitchell Jr
Pittsylvania County
Mitchell
Ronnie Ray Martin
Martinsville
Glenn Easton
Martin
Sutton Charged With Breakin At Searce's Garage
Richard Donald Sutton of Eden North Carolina was arrested at 4 p.m. in Henry County for breaking and entering Searce's Garage on Piney Forest Road and stealing tools and spark plugs valued at 811 dollars during the night of April 7. A preliminary hearing had not been scheduled. Also arrested was Sean Howard Jennings of Garfield Street for contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
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Searee
Piney Forest Road
Richard Donald Sutton
4Th Morgan Road
Eden
N.C
Henry County
Searce
Sutton
Sean Howard Jennings
Garfield St. Apt
Jennings
North Main Street
Hamtin Avenue
Graveside Service for Infant in Danville
An infant of Danville is survived by a maternal grandmother Mrs Lille Graves paternal grandfather Howard Graves two brothers Troy and Antoine Graves and a sister Diana Graves all of Danville. A graveside service will be held today at 11 am in Gek Hill Cemetery by the Rev. LG Campbell.
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Grant St
Apt
Lille Graves
Danville
Howard Graves
Troy
Antoine Graves
Diana Graves
Gek Hill
Res
LG. Campbell
Leaf Quality and Prices Lower at Maryland Tobacco Auction
Leaf quality and prices fell at a Southern Maryland tobacco auction on Tuesday per the Federal State Market News Service. Most grade averages declined about 1 percent per hundred pounds from the previous day while less choice tobacco appeared and good grade rises were noted. Top price held at 115 per hundred. net sales Monday reached 916,000 pounds at 108.4 per hundred, up 1.19 from Thursday, pushing season totals to 10,977,000 pounds at 109.42 per hundred.
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Upper Marlboro
Maryland
Federal State Market News Service
North Carolina Man Faces Nine Charges After Atlanta Shooting
A North Carolina man identified as Steve Harvey Wilson faces nine charges after a shooting on Interstate 20 near Atlanta following a speeding stop by Georgia State Patrol Trooper Isaac Whitehead. Wilson and Whitehead were each shot in the leg by the same bullet. both hospitalized but not seriously injured. Wilson faces four traffic offenses in Cobb County. five additional counts including assault and violations of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act in Atlanta.
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North Carolina
Atlanta
State Patrol
Isaac Whitehead
Steve Harvey Wilson
Whitehead
Wilson
Lome Town
Assistant Commonwealths Attorney Role Noted in Danville History
In 1951 to 1952, he served as an assistant Commonwealth's Attorney for the City of Danville, reflecting early legal service within the city. The record places him within Danville's legal apparatus during the early 1950s, indicating formal prosecution duties at the municipal level.
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Commonwealth's
City of
Danville
McLaughlin Pleads Guilty in Danville Court
John Allen McLaughlin pleaded guilty in Danville General District Court for possession of illegal whiskey on March 7 and was fined 220 dollars. Gary Ricky Bates was found guilty of tampering with a machine and marijuana possession with fines and short sentences. Harry T. Robertson's case for feloniously throwing objects and disorderly conduct was not pressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Allen McLaughlin
Danville General District Court
McLaughlin
Gary Ricky Bates
Harry T. Robertson
Emergency Workers Training Scheduled Across County
Training sessions on refilling Scottair packs will be held May 3, 7, and 8 for emergency service personnel countywide. Each unit should send five members. full units may attend. The Chatham Fire Department stores the equipment with London Worsham as contact. Sessions include May 6 at Chatham fire station 4 PM and 8 PM at the rescue squad, May 7 at 10 AM and 4 PM at the fire station and 8 PM at Gretna rescue squad, and May 3 in Blairs at 10 AM and Laurel Grove at 2 PM.
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Chatham Fire Department
London Worsham
Chatham Fire Station
Chatham Rescue Squad
Gretna Rescue Squad
Blairs
Laurel Grove
Mt Hermon Fun Night Planned by PTA
Mt Hermon Elementary School’s parent teacher association hosts its annual fun night Friday from 3 to 10 pm at the school. A hot dog supper starts at 3 pm, games and events run from 6:30 pm, with the crowning of the king and queen at 7 pm. An auction sale closes the evening.
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Mt. Hermon
French Club Plant and Bake Sale at Kings Fairground
The Dan River High School French Club will hold a plant and bake sale at Kings Fairground Plaza on Saturday May 8 from morning to 3 pm. Proceeds will go to a scholarship fund.
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Dan River High School
Kings Fairground Plaza
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Lynn Musgrave
Ann Kilgore
Martha Ailer
Eugene L. Huffman
Brooknell
Vincent J. Lusardi
Patline W. Douglas
Kathryn H. Massey
Peter Kramer
Washington
Rappahannock
J. Newhill Miller
Madison
Joseph R. Drake
Culpeper
Fairfax City
O.L. Watlington
O.D. Slayton
J.L. Mahaley
Chester S. Ring
GVHS
Jonathan Large
Dean Boulware
Keith Pulley
David Chambers
Tim Cassell
Tim Rodgers
Sandra Mika
Sarah Holliday
Jane Hosking
Pam ‘Thomas
Jack Sauerbeck
George Powers
Joey Willis
Jan Jordan
Sharon Johnson
Samuel M. Hairston
Robert T. Payne
Wentworth
Nalls
Squadlmgy
Robert T. Welker JT
Shorts
Young Writers Confab Set
Carrie Ashe
Teacher Materials Center
Goode Street
C. T. Benner
Edith Cocke
Mary Willams
Glendale Avenue
Helen Dodson
Gregory General Store
Jovo
Ili
Townes
Main Street
Banville, Virgnia
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