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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1973
Page
4
Obituaries list George Ewell Mitchell of Altavista Dies at 61 with service at Lambs United Methodist Church. Multiple survivors and funeral details for Jacob Hammock Clyde Payne and Mrs Irene Crane noted, with burial locations in Brown and Mitchell family cemetery Floral Hills Memory Gardens Highlawn and Danville Memorial Gardens and Huntington widowhood and family ties across Danville Sutherlin Lynchburg and Norfolk.
Funeral for Thomas Edward Hudson will be held at 2:30 p.m. today in Powell Chapel with burial at Hunting Creek Baptist Church cemetery. Hudson, 59, retired manager of the Suffolk ABC store, died in a Norfolk hospital Sunday. He is survived by his wife Gladys Miller Hudson, one son Thomas E. Hudson Jr., a sister, and his mother. Funeral arrangements are incomplete for Mrs. Maudina James Wilson of 408 Gay Street who died Sunday morning.
Readable scraps mention a product named FASTEETH powder. The fragment suggests ease and reassurance in dental care, but details like usage, brand context, and purpose are unclear.
Morris notes growing bingo interest in the Danville area while warning that organized bingo remains illegal. He explains that only club members can run a game, highlighting ongoing legal restrictions on operation.
Mayor Robert Clarke will receive a plaque from the Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission designating the Sutherling Mansion as a state registered landmark. Miss Mary Cahill of the Danville Historical Society will present at a 2 p.m. ceremony on the mansion front steps in Danville. Del. Calvin W. Fowler will speak. attendees include George A. Myers Jr. and Dr. James Jennings. The event is open to the public.
Councilman A K Anderson named chairman of a five member Transportation study committee. Mayor Robert Clarke announced the panel includes Council members Donico Barker and Ruth Harvey Charity and Allen B Carter and William Rickman. The group will study city transportation systems buses and taxation and submit recommendations for future needs.
ACCOMACK AP Republican gubernatorial candidate Mills Godwin denounces Henry Howell as proposing a “latter day medicine man” plan to replace the sales tax on food and medicines. He challenges Howell to specify which state salaries or services he would cut to fund his proposals. Godwin says Howell’s plan is unworkable and vows to take the gloves off in the campaign, arguing Virginia must maintain services and finances responsibly.
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