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Newspaper

Danville Register

Location

Danville, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 01, 1975

Page

6

Hill death in Jamestown man 1

Joseph E Hill 1 of Jamestown NC died yesterday in Butner NC. He retired from Oakdale Cotton Mill and belonged to Mitchell Grove United Methodist Church. Survived by wife Frieda G Hill three sons J Addison Hill Dewey F Hill James Ralph Hill a sister Ida McGhee. Funeral at Mitchell Grove UMC tomorrow 3 PM with burial in church cemetery. Body to Sechrest Funeral Home High Point NC.

Joseph E. Hill Jamestown N.C Butner, N.C Addison Hill Cornelia Alldred Hill Hill Oakdale Cotton Mill Mitchell Grove United Methodist Church Mr. Hill Frieda Gross Hill J. Addison Hill Burlington Dewey FP. Hill Newton James Ralph Hill Danville Ida McGhee

Funeral for George T Merchant Held in Ringgold

Funeral services for George Terry Merchant 83 of Ringgold Rt 1 were held today at 2 p.m. at Wrenn Yealts Chapel with Dr Victor Mantiply officiating. Burial followed in Danville Memorial Gardens. Merchant, a Pittsylvania County native, died Monday after a five year health decline. A lifelong dairy and tobacco farmer, he retired 19 years ago. He married Georgianna Odell on December 14, 1912. Survived by wife four sons Garland, Marshall, Jacque, and George Jr. five daughters Mrs Aaron Phipps Mrs Dale Young Mrs Stanley Carter Mrs Clyde Lawhorn and Mrs James Davis. 14 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. The body lay in state at Wrenn Yealis Funeral Home.

George Terry Merchant Ringgold Rt. 1 Wrenn-Yealts Chapel Victor Mantiply Danville Memorial Gardens Merchant Pittsylvania County Ezekiel Merchant Sara Elizabeth Lewis Goldsboro N.C Aaron Phipps Dale Young Ringgold Stanley Carter Clyde Lawhorn James Davis Danville Wrenn-Yealis Funeral Home

C L Solomon Funeral Today in South Boston

A funeral service for OWie Lawson Solomon 81 will be held at Olive Branch United Methodist Church with Reverends Levitt and Webb officiating. Burial follows. Solomon died yesterday in a local hospital born in Halifax to William B Solomon and Nannie Guthrie Solomon. Survived by wife Connie Murray Solomon daughter Charlie C Moore son Ernest L Solomon four brothers Oley Solomon and three grandchildren. Body at Brooks Funeral Home. family at Ernest Solomon’s home.

Boston Owie Lawson Solomon Olive Branch United Methodist Church Charles Levitt Darrell Webb Oley Solomon Alton Rt. 1 Brooks Funeral Home Ernest Soloman

Rosser Link Dies At Age 83

Rosser Albert Link 83 of Alton died yesterday in a local hospital. He was a member of Harmony United Methodist Church and is survived by numerous nieces and nephews. Services are tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Harmony United Methodist Church conducted by Reverends Fowder and Payne. Burial in the Link family cemetery. The body is at Brooks Funeral Home with visitation tonight from 7 to 9 p.m.

Boston Rosser Albert Link Alton Halifax County Henry Link Margaret Powell Link Link Flarmeny United Methodist Church Harmony United Methodist Church Bob Fowder John Payne Alt Brooks Funeral Home

Raymond F Canupp Rites Incomplete

Raymond F Canupp of Danville died in Baltimore Maryland after a six month illness at age 58. He had lived in Danville before moving to Maryland 25 years ago and is survived by his mother Mrs. Charlotte Mae Canupp a sister Mrs. Ruth M Walker and three brothers Leonard J Canupp Edward Canupp and James Canupp. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.

Raymond F. Canupp Danville Baltimore Mr. Canupp Maryland Charlotte Mae Canupp Ruth M. Walker Leonard J. Canupp Smittfield N.C Edward Canupp James Canupp

Roosevelt Ware Funeral Set

Roosevelt Ware 75 of 853 Craghead St. will be buried at Oak Hill after a 3 p.m. service tomorrow at L. G. Brooks & Bro Funeral Chapel led by Rev. J. D. Dixon. He died Monday after a long illness in Danville. He worked for Southern Railway Co. until retirement. He is survived by a sister, Mandy Ware. The body is at L. H. Brooks & Bro. Funeral Home with visitation from 7 to 8 p.m. today.

Roosevelt Ware Craghead St L. G. Brooks & Bro J.D. Dixon Oak Hill Mr. Ware Danville Henry Ware Mary Tolten Ware The Southern Railway Co Ware Mandy Ware L. H. Brooks & Bro. Funeral Home

Lisbon Younger Funeral Friday

Funeral for Liskon P. Younger of Chatham Rk 5 will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Fairview Baptist Church. Rev. P. H. Wagstaff to conduct. burial in the church cemetery. Family visitation 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. tomorrow. He died Monday morning in the Veterans Administration Hospital in Salem.

Chatham Liskon P. Younger Chatham Rk Fairview Baptist Church P. H. Wagstaff Veterans Administration Hospital Salem

North Carolina crime up in five cities says DOJ report

The Justice Department finds a 12.2 percent rise in serious crimes in North Carolina's five largest cities for the first half of 1975, with Raleigh 24.4 percent higher and Winston-Salem 18.8 percent up. Charlotte shows 11.8 percent, Durham 8.7, and Greensboro under 1. The report notes increased reporting in Charlotte due to a team policing approach.

Charlotte North Carolina US Justice Department Department Winston- Salem Raleigh Winston-Salem Greensboro Durham Northeast West Charles Adams

Anti-Trust Suit Brought Against NCAA Suppliers

Raleigh AP reports a antitrust case against the North Carolina Audiovisual Suppliers Association settled out of court. The group will ease membership limits and cut its initiation fee of about $1,000. The suit claimed restrictions harmed competition as clinics in public schools displayed equipment. Public schools buy roughly $2.25 million in audiovisual gear annually.

NCAA Raleigh North Carolina Audiovisual Suppliers Association Consumer Protection Division The Attorney General's Office North Carolina

Feathers charges hit Charlotte Boy Scouts

Three Mecklenburg County Explorer Scouts faced citation by the U S Fish and Wildlife Service for possessing owl and hawk feathers used in authentic Sioux style costumes. The council will surrender the outfits to Charlotte Nature Museum by January 1 to meet the agency deadline.

Charlotte N. C Sitting Bull U. S. Department of the Interior Agents of the Interior Depart Ment’s Fish and Wildlife Service Mecklenburg County Council of Boy Scouts of America Explorer Jim Terry Nature Museum Terry

Robertson Charged With Theft

A 19-year-old county man, Jack Melvin Robertson Jr., was arrested yesterday morning and charged with grand larceny for stealing 928.29 dollars from the Kwik Pik on West Main Street on August 7. He was apprehended at 9:25 a.m. while working at Planter's Warehouse on Industrial Avenue and jailed briefly until bonding at 1:30 p.m.

Main Street Jack Melvin Robertson Jr M. 9. Dalton W. R. Moss Planter Industrial Avenue Purdum Woods Robertson Sheriffs Department

Prices Decline on Georgia Leaf Markets

Valdosta Georgia prices on tobacco grades slipped in Tuesday trading with losses of 1 to 3 dollars per hundred pounds. Five markets reported 2,019,789 pounds sold at an average of 99.32 per hundredweight, Alma led with 436,463 pounds at 104.87, Adel 261,536 at 101.40, Blackshear 497,041 at 100.18, Tifton 391,827 at 97.18, Vidalia 492,922 at 94.26. Adel and Tifton closed Tuesday, others due Wednesday. Gross Monday sales totaled 5.6 million pounds at 105.15. Auction bids varied by grade with BaF 115, B4K 108, BaKF 102, B4KM 106, HaF 112.

Alma Adel Blackshear Tifton Vidalia R Blackshear Hahira Valdosta

Police Officer Pleads Guilty In Assault Case

In Richmond a city policeman Clifton B. Alford and detention officer Thomas L. Hayes pleaded guilty to assaulting a woman prisoner. They received two month suspended jail terms and agreed to resign. The men were initially charged with sodomy, reduced after negotiations with the prosecutor Aubrey M. Davis Jr. and defense attorney Michael Morchower.

Richmond Clifton B. Alford Thomas L., Hayes Commonwealth Aubrey M. Davis Jr Michael Morchower

Cable Industry Urged to Act Not React in Washington

Atlanta AP report notes National Cable Television Association president Robert L. Schmidt telling Southern Cable Television Association members to initiate a legislative program rather than wait for others. He opposes a copyright bill provision allowing program owners to sue cable operators, calling it harassment and urging grassroots action to showcase cable’s potential.

Atlanta, Ga Robert L. Schmidt National Cable Television Association Southern Cable Television Association Schmidt National Association of Broadcasters Senate Washington America Schmidtt

Witnesses Testify In Arsenic Trial In Florence

In Florence, two arsenic poisoning victims and an insurance executive testified on day two against Mrs. Elmer Stone Conyers, accused of poisoning her second husband Murton Reese Conyers and linked to other fatal and attempted poisonings. Exhumations, medical testimony, and a hospital stay for Conyers' son-in-law John Van Buren were detailed during the proceedings.

Florence S.C Elmer Stone Conyers Florence General Sessions Court Conyers John van Buren Murton Reese Conyers Pamplice Willie Graham Stone Louise Opal Conyers Baron Iris Stevens Charleston Stone

Vepco Repairs Nuclear Reactor at Surry Plant

Virginia Electric & Power Co says one reactor at Surry station is shut for repairs and refueling. Unit to return about six weeks, with coolant temperature detectors and a steam tube being fixed. Refueling moved up from mid October to avoid another shutdown soon.

Richmond Virginia Electric & Power Co Surry Power Station Vepco

Police Probe Fire Deaths Of Two Women In Erwin NC

In Erwin North Carolina two women died in a house fire with the possibility of murder being investigated. Dorothy Jean Tolar Jordan 40 died soon after hospital arrival and Thelma Whitehead 52 was found in her bedroom. Firemen reported blood in the kitchen and bedroom as the fire started in the kitchen. Authorities awaited autopsy reports to determine cause of death. Four dogs and a cal were also killed in the blaze.

ERWIN N.C Dorothy Jean Tolar Jordan Thelma Whitehead Louis Joseph Joseph B.E. Sturgill

Bar Exam Continues to Page 1 B War of Names

A long list of names from Arlington to Norton appears in the Bar Exam section, detailing numerous applicants and their locales including Vienna Annandale Alexandria Richmond Reston Williamsburg and Norfolk. The roster spans Richmond and Arlington entries with many individuals and towns across Virginia noted for examination seating and results.

Michael Eisenberg Artington Bill James Elkins Vienna James Ronald Ennis Richmond Mark Fox Evens Hoger Charles Fairchild Annandale William Lincoln Fang Alexandria Gdulkner Mechanicsville Robert Sterling Faust Reston Francis Edmunt Fenwick Middleoute Jick William Fleming Arlingto el Clarke Flynn Arlington Richard Forbes Hichmond Tym Lynn Forbes Wiliamsburg Stephen Kellam Fox Jack Tra Frankis Janice Erlene Freeman William Thomas Freyvogel McLyan Albert Mitchell Garhee Lynchboro David Franklin Garber Steven Mark Garver Hussell James Gaspar Richard Edward Ginek Allan H Goodman Norfolk William Wolcott Goodrich Richard Francis Gorman Williamsburg Thomas Aminas Grant Walter Lawson Danville Stephen Joseph Frayson Dexter Brock Green Lanna Green Winnechael Abbott Grow Lexandra John Her Christopher Joseph Habenicht Emory Edwin Hackman John Victor Hahn Alexandra Dight Charles Hair Frances Fite Halsey McLean James Dewey Hamilton Fairfax Marshall Lamont Himey Tappahannock Carl Willard Ifarder Mary Jean Narenburg Richard Snyder Warman Donald Damian Hara Kenneth Louis Lexington Ray Vinton Hartwell Thomas Marston Haskins Virginia Beach Timothy James Hauler Colonial Heights Timothy George Hayes Mexandria Frances Perry Hissbrooke Falls Church Randall Madison Heald Melean Willian Knelin Stephen Lansdale Mary Dean Hunter Tachmond Ellen McNamara Hussey Alevandra Thomas Ward Hussey David Alan Ingold Mariane Roman Ingold William Paul Isele Arington David Blair Jackson Staunton James Bet Darksen Jr Charlottessne Terrence Garry Jackson Clyde Hanenek Jacob Wh Norfalk Lestie Cantrell Smith Chevy Chase Thomas Edward Smolka Pinero Gary Joseph Spahn Stephen Howard Spector Clifford Ross Spott Donald Joseph Stauber Andrew Yale Slanton Barry Michael Steapitt Alexi Linda Frances Steele Elizabeth Siein Ernest Max Stern Henry Smith Stout Jr Harrisonburg James Myron Sturgeon Jr Charleston Eddie Raymond Vaughn Jr Montpelier David Raymond Walker James Hamilton Walsh William Michael Wannisky Daniel Alton Ward Blackshurr Wallace Talbert Ward Uhl Robert Sands Warner Jr Newport News Charles Richard Walenn Caroline Watts Brightwood Richard Lewis Weatherford Portsmouth Daryl Eugene Webber Wichmond James Harrison Weise Chesapeake Ronald Reynalte

Morgan Defends CIA as Finest In World

Fayetteville AP says Sen. Robert Morgan of North Carolina defends the CIA as the finest intelligence agency in the world during a talk to the North Carolina Cooperative Council. He questions FBI and IRS actions, criticizes Pike and Church probes, and notes the agency’s files on Senate committee members.

Morgan CIA Fayetteville Robert Morgan D-N.c N.C. Cooperative Council FBI Internal Revenue Service Senate Rep Otis Pike D-N.y Sen Frank Church D-Idaho CFA

Livestock prices by weight and grade

Stock feeder cattle and cows listed with price ranges by weight and grade. Steers 300-900 lbs priced 30 to 35.50 for good and fancy, 22-26 medium, 17-22 common. 500-750 lbs 34-36.50 good, 26-33 medium, 19-24 common. 800+ lbs 33-36.75 good, 26-32 medium. Heifers 300-500 lbs 20-23.50 good, 17-21 medium, 15-17 common. 500-750 lbs 25-28.25 good, 19 common 15-18. Baby calves 3-12 per head. Cow-calf combos 99-157 per head.

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Church Sechrest Funeral Home High Paint, N.C G. T. Merchant Feneral Today C. L. Solomon Rosser Link Raymond Canupp Lisbon Edward Levi Levi Adams Inc Georgia Valdosta, Ga Market News’ Service Richard Dusenbury Frances Isgett Mrs. Isgett Harnett County Burg Robert Duane Jones Ciearge In and Joyner HL Barbara Ways Kamp Peter Kane E d Kane I Sanford 1 Kantor Joseph Henry Kasimer Gerald Istoreitz Charlottesville Jonathan Edward Kifmana Ceaiz Akin Kawamote Springfield Stephen Jay Kelin Are Vinston Richard David Kelly Alexanria Thomas Harold Kennedy Robert Bolling Lambeth Te Michael Myer Landa Marleigh Dover Lang Zane Alin Lang Jerry Leon Longley Verned Thomas Lankford Jr Ronald Howard Lazarus Burke George Robert Leach Williamsburd Louise Alberta Lerner Steven Levin Kenneth Saimich Levinson Donald Loss Lewy Stephenreigh Martson Douglas Richard Maxwell Robert Glenn Mayer John David Meade Petersburg Roger Darius Rare John Verhert Mearsam Thaining David Melvin Meirick Wiliam Edward Michaels Jr Michael Kimball Millard Rand Albert Mirante Ralph Anthony Mittelberger John Andrew Moffet Jr Fairfas Eus Conway Moncure Jr James Mexander Soore Suffolk Tammy Lewis Maine Willian Skelton Moore George Fetoy Moran Annandate Samdea Marissa Morewitz Michael Emanuel Rennings Moras Kenneth Bru Murov Matthew Krondred Murray Esmont Steven Lloyd Myers Timothy Bartholomew LeBride New York CNY Hichard Mot Johnn Trying McManus Lave Lonny McVey Aarnit Patnvia Marie Oesterle Ann Perinchief Palamar Fredericksburg Randal Chase Palamar Jim Hilary Parcel Ar- Kington Cara Nichuhr Park Annanfair Phillip Dean Parker Charlottes Ville Nina Kitlan Peace Ashlan Alexander Lally Peasler Charlottery Leonard Charles Pederson Jr Atefiria Gary Raymond Peet la Jolla Miss Sharon Marie Perry Charlottesy Gale Roy Peterson John Mchael Petruneio Charles Freeman Platt Charles Stanley Pompey David Andrew Perry Wayne Dis Porter Jr Joseph Michael Potenza Amon Jesse Powell Earl Mgrton Prater Jr Woodbririze Andrew Cureis Pratt Artinatan Joseph Thomas Trenstergast John Neal Price Arhington Michael Kevin Gavin Roanoke Avdrey Ramind Rah Breve Winder Radford Charles Burdette Ram Bruce Douglas Rathbun Sol Waite Rawls Jose Recin Recinto Jr Ralph Jacob Reeder Paul Stone Richter Adington Mark Botterworth Riegel Daseaw Roald Marshall Riggs Willam Bailey Roberts Ron William Robinson Thomas Harry Rockwood Winchester John Edward Roethel James Kucas Rogers William Louis Koshe Charles Tanner Hase David Chase Rosema McLain Thomas Rass Woodbridge Ty Gene Thoma Ruane Mary Prowee Rucker Alien Senti Kned Gabor Jeno Rozsa Robert Michael Sabel Charlotte Guilie David Scott Safran Mariya Annette Sallee Martin Salmon William Gordon Salmon Martha Christian Santate Covington David Hentr Schaub Donald Joseph Scheltharer Alvin John Schilling Philip Michael Schneider Kenneth L Schorr August Schutz Pas Michaelson Schwarzschild Willam Harry Schwarzschid Joseph Garden Seeber Wonbridge Engom Ward Shannon Waynes- Hore John Patrick Shanna Jr Alexaindria Damwl Fay Shapira Alexond Mare Heard Shapiro Cunningham Sheldon Larry Wayne Shelton W. Hyatsville William Leonard Strahere Damus Michael Shull Galexy Miss Corol Ann Sigmond Alan Leonard Silverstein Stuart Alan Simon Bruce Howard Slater Tich Jond James Michael Slattery Joseph Thomas Small Jr Ronaldee Smallwood Grange Gregary Wrett Smith Jerry Smith Ali Zimmerman Cohen Zimmel Warren Edune Zirkle Bruce Cart Zatler Linwood H. Webb John Neal, Jr Cesar Guanton Albert P. Maurakis Albert Maurakis Shenandoah Life Albert Shenandoah Life Insurance Company Mutual Compan Raiesso P Mt. Herman Pentecostal Holiness Church James Hilliard Singing Hills Shenandoah, Va K. A. Carlisle
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