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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1977
Page
6
Multiple obituaries from Penhook Gretna and surrounding towns detail Lucy Emma Ropers Belcher 97 of Penhook Route 2 and Harry A. Pruitt of Danville burial plans. Other notices include Myrtle Trene Scott Gretna 63 and Virginia Barksdale Coleman 106 with family survivors listed. funeral arrangements queued at Lynch Funeral Home Moran and Cunningham Hughes.
Funeral for Posie L Leftwich 80 of Danville is set for Sunday at 2 pm at Silver Creek Baptist Church with Bishop L G Campbell officiating. Burial follows in Silver Creek cemetery. Leftwich, retired farmer and textile worker, died Thursday at Memorial Hospital of Danville. He is survived by three sons, five daughters, a brother, and 42 grandchildren. Friends may call Saturday evening at Cunningham Hughes Funeral Home.
Maurice W. Johnson 60, of 124 Main Street, died Friday at 4 p.m. at The Memorial Hospital of Danville after two years of declining health. A Huntsville Alabama native, he was a son of the late John Abner Johnson and Nettie Pickney Johnson. He lived in the Danville area and worked at Dan River Inc. for 35 years. He is survived by two sisters Mrs. Willan Swain and Mrs. Opal B. Mullins, both of Danville. He will be interred at Swicegood Chapel. the burial place will be announced. The remains are at Swicegood Funeral Home and the family is at the home of Mrs. Swain 32 Bellevue Avenue.
Henry Howell accused Andrew Miller of wasteful spending and a debt burden in the June 14 Democratic governor primary. Howell claimed Miller’s campaign has spent $2.88 for every dollar Howell spent, funded by large corporations, and warned that if elected Miller would demand higher taxes to cover a budget-busting administration. Howell promised more remarks in the days ahead.
A group of 25 men and boys from Big Brothers of the Danville Area Ing. depart Danville for Washington D C to visit the Smithsonian Institute and the National Zoo. Anonymous donors fund lodging and meals. After two sightseeing days they return Sunday night. Paul Reavis, executive director, notes Big Brothers is a United Way agency matching fatherless boys with older male mentors. Claudius H. Pritchard Jr. named president of Maryville College in St. Louis Mo. at 49. He is married to Marjorie Pullen and has four children. Pritchard holds degrees from Hampden-Sydney Longwood and Florida State University.
Gulf Bay Star Paper Tube Inc. a South Carolina corporation with Danville facilities, announces purchase of Gulf Fibre Products Inc. a Florida company. The six Gulf Coast plants will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary making spiral paper found paper tubes for the paper textile and construction sectors.
Dr Wilhelm Moll of the University of Virginia Health Sciences Library was elected to the governing council of the American Association for the History of Medicine at a meeting in Madison Wisconsin. The association serves about 1000 physicians and others and promotes research and writing in medical history including public health dentistry pharmacy nursing and medical social work.
Patrick Henry Day observance at Red Hill Shrine Brookneal and Charlotte County on May 28 at 4 30 p m features John Warner former Bicentennial Commission chair as speaker to place a wreath on Henry s grave for the 241st birth anniversary Elizabeth Taylor will read Henry s obituary from the Virginia Gazette 1798 Bill Dwyer will present a scene from Thank You Mr Henry highlighting Henry s 1797 final Virginians speech Other participants include Eugene Caseys Red Hill DAR Brookwell American Legion Auxiliary and Staunton River Historical Society
A list of Democratic party names includes Jack Miller Helen Banks Randall Witcher Sandra Martin Ervin Hutchings Kermit Taney E L Shelton Carter Layne Tommie Soyars J Powers Pullen Rebecca Y Adams Otis Berger Jessie Clark Lindbergh Younger Virginia Johnson Lloyd Glass Irvin Burton McKinley Blair William Pritchett Garnett Ayler Pattie Brown Mrs Charles Adams F A Keaits Toy Fitzgerald Judy Hylton Clarence Davis Albert Bailey Frank Mobley J Allen Cook and Rev Fred Cox along with 9 alternates Delmos Hiler Aubrey Henry Vickie Adams Mildred Lee James McLaughlin Isaac Jackson Lee Williams Mack Carter Jr David Scates Bobby Burnet John Hawkins Ben Davis Bill Cooper Pete Yeatts Henry Crider Andrew Gilbert Thad Chilton Jr Richard Craddock Coleman Yeatts Jr.
Police report George Anthony Sydnor 18 of Cleveland Street was charged with grand larceny for stealing a bicycle worth 400 from Ballou Park May 15 owned by Berkley W. Barts. Separately Kenneth Younger suffered head injuries after a collision with a parked truck causing 2100 damage. driver Lewis Clark 2% charged with drink driving and passenger was treated at Memorial Hospital.
The Virginia Highway and Transportation Commission plans about 3.6 million dollars for Pittsylvania County and Danville road projects with June final appropriations. Key items include the Danville Bypass Rt 265 and Piney Forest Road widening, plus Rt 86 relocation and several railroad crossing safety improvments. A public hearing is scheduled in June at the Hotel Roanoke.
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