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Danville Register

Location

Danville, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 04, 1965

Page

2

Pastor Manson Estes Returns to Lead Two Kentucky Churches

The Rev. Manson P. Estes, formerly pastor at Spring Garden Presbyterian, returns to Pittsylvania County to pastor Williamson Memorial and Kentuck Presbyterian churches. Installations, services, and charges will occur with presiding officials from Appomattox and local congregations. Estes, a Charlottesville native, is a Bob Jones University and Columbia Theological Seminary graduate with wife Irene and three daughters.

Manson P. Estes Spring Garden Presbyterian Church Pittsylvania County Williamson Memorial Kentuck Presbyterian John D. MacLeod Lynchburg Appomattox

Mrs. Mattie Watlington Dies at 89 in Yanceyville

Mrs. Mattie Page Watlington aged 89 died Friday at her Prospect area home after a prolonged illness. Funeral services will be Sunday at 3 p.m. in Prospect Methodist Church with burial in the Watlington family cemetery. She was a lifelong Prospect resident, born August 31, 1876, and survived by four sons, one daughter, three sisters, and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Yanceyville N.C Mattie Page Watlington Prospect Methodist Church Watlington Prospect Old Oak Grove

Logan Meadows Funeral Sunday

Final rites for Logan Ben Meadows will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Swicegood Funeral Home. Interment will be in Highland Burial Park. Meadows, 53, of 114 Bradford St., died Thursday of an apparently self inflicted gunshot wound. A World War II veteran, he was an employee of Lea Lewis Furniture Co.

Logan Ben Meadows Swicegood Funeral Home Highland Burial Park Mr. Meadows Bradford St Lea- Lewis Furniture Co

Rites Conducted For Mrs Wilson

Funeral for Mrs. Peter Hairston Wilson conducted yesterday morning at Townes Memorial Chapel by Rev. John B. Cunningham. Burial followed at Berry Dill. Pallbearers listed: Henry Moir John Carter Mayo Worsley Gordon Norburn French Conway Ray Brown Louis Roach Joe Whitehead.

Peter Hairston Wilson Townes Memorial Chapel John B. Cunningham Berry Dill Henry Moir John Carter Mayo Worsley Gordon Norburn French Conway Ray Brown Louis Roach Joe Whitehead

Mrs Goodwin Dies At Apex Funeral Today

Mrs Elsie Yeatts Goodwin aged 67 of Apex North Carolina died after a long illness at Apex Hospital. Funeral services are set for Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Apex Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Bob Watson presiding. Graveside rites follow at 3 30 p.m. in Highland Burial Park Danville Virginia with Rev Ross Range. Survived by husband Hughie H Goodwin two daughters Mrs Kenneth Barbour Raleigh NC three sons Richard Jacksonville Florida Ernest Raleigh Eugene Rt 3 Apex two sisters Mrs Ernest Bennett Ringgold Virginia Mrs Nancy Omohundro Arlington Virginia three brothers Ernest Stover Yeatts Danville Harvey Yeatts Washington DC and 11 grandchildren.

Apex N.C Elsie Yeatts Goodwin Apex Hospital Apex Funeral Home Bob Watson Highland Burial Park Danville Ross Range Goodwin Hughie H. Goodwin Kenneth Barbour Raleigh Richard Jacksonville Fla Ernest Eugene Rt. 3 Ernest Bennett Ringgold Nancy Omohundro Arlington, Va Ernest and Stover Yeatts Harvey Yeatts Washington, D.C

Mrs Diana Plaster Rites Held At Calvary Baptist

Funeral rites for Mrs Diana Plaster were conducted yesterday afternoon from Calvary Baptist Church at Edgewood by Rev Lester F Gayton Rev R O Smith and Rev Richard Smith. Burial was in Schoolfield Cemetery. Pallbearers were Albert Plaster James Graham Bobby Graham Tray Scearce Roy Scearce Kenneth Thomas C G Blizzard and Ralph South.

Diana Plaster Calvary Baptist Church Edgewood Lester F. Gayton R.O. Smith Richard Smith Schoolfield Cemetery Albert Plaster James Graham Bobby Graham Tray Scearce Roy Scearce Kenneth Thomas C.G. Blizzard Ralph South

Youth Fatally Injured Run Over By Car

Billy Carver an 18 year old Gastonia resident was fatally injured when struck by a car on highway 275 near Dallas at about 345 am. Charles R. King 25 of Mount Holly was charged with manslaughter after officers found a prior nighttime dispute among King and two women passengers. King was jailed pending autopsy findings.

Gastonia N. C Billy Carver Gaston County Charles R. King Rt. 1 Mount Holly Carver Highway 275 Dallas Alan Bridges Harold Harwell King

Holton Attacks Virginia Highway Financing Policy

Republican gubernatorial nominee A Linwood Holton criticized Virginia highway fiscal policy at a Charlottesville news conference. He accused authorities of abandoning pay as you go and funding toll roads with debt, urging a constitutional amendment. About 600 people greeted him at a Roanoke area stop as he planned Northern Virginia campaigning.

Charlottesville Virginia Horton

Two Resignations From North Carolina Attorney General Staff

Raleigh AP Two assistant attorneys general Sanders and Barbee resigned from Wade Bruton’s staff effective Sept 1, leaving three vacancies in the office. Bruton confirmed the departures amid earlier moves by Ray Brady to the ABC Board and discussion by James Bullock about a Charlotte city attorney post. Bruton expects replacements soon.

Raleigh Atty Wade Bruton Asst Richard T. Sanders Charles W. Barbee Bruton Sanders Barbee Justice Ray B. Brady State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board Dan Moore James F. Bullock Charlotte Brady Sanders Sanders George B. Patton Malcolm Seawell

Dance Slated At Tuscarora Country Club Tonight

A poolside dance is planned at Tuscarora Country Club from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. for members and out-of-town guests, with casual dress and Bermudas allowed. Music will be recorded. Members may bring two local guest couples. If rain, the event is canceled.

Tuscarora Country Club

Live Coverage Of Speaker Ban Hearings Set

Raleigh AP reports statewide live coverage of speaker ban hearings next Wednesday and Thursday coordinated by the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters. WRNC Raleigh will originate radio coverage with broadcasts from 10 a.m. to 11 45 a.m. and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The coverage will air on FM stations statewide. WRAL TV will provide live TV coverage 10 a.m. to noon and 2 to 4 p.m. WUNC TV will tape and air the sessions later.

Raleigh North Carolina Association of Broadcasters NCAB Harry Severance Wilson WRNC Wral-Tv Wunc-Tv Chapel Hill

Court Refuses Injunction In School Action

Asheboro N C AP a Ramseur parents Friday lost in an effort to obtain an injunction preventing Randolph County Board of Education from a new plan of school operation in Ramseur district Superior Court Judge Hal H Walker denied the motion saying evidence did not show necessity While the hearing was in progress all 18 county schools opened without incident under a desegregation policy The county schools have about 21700 pupils about nine percent Negroes The school is scheduled to take up classes next Tuesday morning.

Asheboro N. C Ramseur Randolph County Board of Education Superior Court Hal H. Walker

Intervention Asked In Suit On Voting Rights

In Lynchburg the federal government seeks to intervene in a suit by Frank M. McCann challenging the Voting Rights Act. A hearing is set for Sept. 11 in Charlottesville to consider intervention and jurisdiction under Section 14-B. McCann seeks to purge voting lists of those registered under the act.

Lynchburg U. S. District Court Frank M. McCann Thomas J. Michlie Charlottesville Saunders Mestel Civil Rights Division U. S. Department of Justice Washington James C. Roberson Roanoke U. S Michie McCann District of Columbia

Paint firm sues McGregor for 3404 dollars in court

The Mary Carter Paint Co files in Corporation Court a suit against L A McGregor claiming he owes 3404.97 dollars plus interest since April 1 for a paint shipment.

Mary Carter Paint Co Corporation Court L.A. McGregor McGregor

Lynchburg College Receives 67000 President's Home Gift

Lynchburg College trustees gift a 67000 president's home at 3804 Faculty Dr. to replace the Vernon Street residence. The Georgian colonial house will support official events, with Carl Gillespie leading the project and construction already underway for a 1966 move.

Lynchburg Lynchburg College Board of Trustees Paul Schweitzer Norfolk, Va Sarge Schweitzer Carl Gillespie Gillespie Bennett B. Cardwell George W. Fix Co, Inc Carey Brewer

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