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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1976
Page
3
Danville engineer Thomas Henderson checks homes businesses and plants for back flow devices to prevent contaminants from entering the water supply. He notes most new buildings already install preventers and urges older properties to add them for protection and hose safety.
Richmond AP Lutherans from Virginia gathered at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart for the Virginia Synod annual communion service. Dr. Robert J. Marshall urged adherence to confessional heritage as Rev. Virgil Albert Moyer Jr. was elected president emeritus and successor on the fourth ballot. Delegates approved measures to aid the physically disabled and to help clergy address alcoholism, set a $583,963 budget, and elected three-year terms for four on the synod’s Executive Board.
SEPSA has withdrawn its permit request to build a water intake in Lake Gaston for a 46 million gallon per day transfer to Norfolk. Danville expert Allan Hoffman doubts the move is permanent, citing potential refiled plans and need for environmental review. The Corps noted public hearings would be required if reconsidered as part of ongoing Tidewater water studies.
A science workshop for four gifted fifth and sixth graders from Danville and Pittsylvania County will be held at Chatham Hall in Chatham tomorrow. Dr Danna Burch will direct with help from advanced students and area school personnel. The Delta Kappa Gamma Society Alpha Gamma Chapter sponsors demonstrations in chemistry history and physics plus a planetarium show on space travel. The society aims to provide science experiences not usually available to fifth graders but of interest to academically gifted students.
In Aurora, North Carolina, residents reflect on 12 years since phosphate discovery. Texas Gulf Inc. bought 360 acres, sparking doubt about town growth as mining plans reportedly span 69 years, not involving Aurora or Pamlico River. Local FISH group meets at Mount Vernon United Methodist Church. Lifelong resident Marshall Gilford questions big business impact while Texas Gulf denies harmful intent and says plans exclude the town.
Vernon Hill resident John Robert Stephens sustained minor injuries when his 1971 Tienda motorcycle hit a 45 pound fawn on State Route 729 around 9 15 p m. The deer died on impact and damage to the bike was about 500 with abrasions to Stephens arms hips and knees. The carcass would go to Stephens though deer hunting season was not open.
Satamy Via of 883 Bureauguard St was treated and released at Danville Memorial Hospital for a neck laceration after a stabbing Saturday at 11 p.m. on Darby Road in an abandoned shack. Police credited Pittsylvania County for the investigation as the case moved to the county sheriff. Garden Club Meeting Luncheon Set at King of the Sea Restaurant Wednesday at 1 p.m.
Fairfax AP report says jail mates Goode's associates coerced him for 11 days to pen a two page statement detailing the killing of 11 year old Kenny Dawson in March. They claimed Goode signed the confession and later joked about it as a failed coercion.
C P Robertson Christopher Paige Robertson Jr. 76, died Saturday at his Arcadia home. Born in Pittsylvania County, he was son of Lelia Blair Robertson and Christopher P Robertson. He belonged to Mount Hermon Baptist Church. Survived by wife Edina Travis Robertson, daughter Mary Elizabeth Robertson of Arcadia, two sons Christopher Kit and Robert Travis Robertson of Los Angeles, two sisters Mrs James M Church and Mrs G Ryland Harper of Danville, and two grandsons in London. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
PROSPECT HILL NC A funeral for Mrs Anna Hamlett Shorter 77 of Prospect Hill Rt 1 will be conducted today at 2 p m at Hooper Funeral Home Chapel in Yanceyville Interment will be in Leesburg United Methodist Church cemetery She died Saturday in a local nursing home
William and Mary expands its art holdings with gifts from alumni and friends. Joseph Henry Lonas, a Berlin-based American sculptor, plus works including Chinese chairs and John Marshall silver, broaden a collection that spans paintings, sculpture, prints, ceramics, and Asian pieces. The display relies on rotating showcases due to limited space.
Bernard D. Hines 50 of Vernon Hill died Saturday night at his niece s home. A welder with Local No. 2230 Greensboro for 15 years, he was born near Gretna to Lula Shields Hines and the late John Millard Hines. Survived by his wife Irene Holsclaw Hines a daughter Bennie Easley Danville six sisters and two brothers. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm Swicegood Chapel with Highland Burial Park burial. The body at the humeral home. family at Vernon Hill State Road or Sally Philpott Swansonville.
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