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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1976
Page
3
Dorothia Owett, an 82 year old resident, will vote for the first time in the November election. She recalls her father’s belief that women belonged at home and admits she once believed him. Now she insists every capable person should vote, noting long hospital stays kept her from voting since the 1890s.
Southsiders elder Mrs Owers born in Sutherlin, last of 13 Owens children, grew up near High Street Danville. She attends Laurel Grove Baptist Church and says God guides her vote. With asthma, heart trouble, and poor vision she seeks information by phone and favors equal rights and education. She weighs Ford as having done some good and Carter with southern ties, hoping her one vote may matter in the outcome.
Danville has been chosen as one of 18 finalists for the All America City Citizen Action Award announced by Rebecca West of the Danville League of Women Voters. The National Municipal League sponsored event drew 370 nominees and about 190 formal applications with Danville the sole Virginia entrant. A 12 member jury will judge the 18 communities at the National Conference on Government in Williamsburg from November 7 to 10.
A two car collision Saturday night near Gladys, Campbell County, left Mrs. Viola Frances Fails Bates, 42, dead as a passenger. She was from Pittsylvania County and employed by Lane Company in Altavista. Surviving family includes Buford Bales and a daughter, with services at Same Harris Memorial Baptist Church planned Tuesday. Funeral arrangements in Danville.
Augusta Baker, renowned children's literature specialist, spoke at the Danville YWCA to teachers and librarians about storytelling for children. She emphasized respect for children, natural talent, and practice to master oral narration, noting that non curricular books spark early reading enjoyment and that storytellers must overcome nerves with preparation.
SOUTH HILL AP Henry Howell attacked Gerald Ford's unemployment promises at a Sun District Voters League meeting. He cited Labor Department data showing September unemployment at 7.8 percent, a marginal drop since May, arguing many Americans still cannot find work.
A 14-person Georgia led Peanut Brigade rolled into Danville Virginia door-to-door on a campaign swing for Jimmy Carter. Locals criticized Carter's Playboy interview while supporters defended the outreach and planned upcoming visits as residents weighed Carter's positions on gun control and labor. The Virginia leg follows other southern stops as Carter campaigns across the state.
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