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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1965
Page
6
A judge fined Teachers Banks and spouse 5000 for false income tax returns covering three years. Banks admitted error not meant to defraud and pledged to change, while attorney Andrew Muse noted their teaching roles may affect future employment. Fines set at 260 and 100 per month but may be adjusted with probation.
William Irvine Overbey 64 died at his home in Chatham after five months illness. Born May 23 1901 he was proprietor of W I Overbey and Son Hardware Co. He belonged to Chatham Baptist Church and Pittsylvania Masonic Lodge No 24 AF AM. Survived by wife Alice Rebecca Treadway Overbey two daughters Annandale and Bon Aire a son W S Overbey Jr four brothers two sisters and four grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday at 11 am at Scott Funeral Chapel with burial in Chatham Burial Park.
Funeral rites for Acie Brown Dalton were conducted Monday afternoon from Weatherford Primitive Baptist Church by Elder O. K. Tench. Burial was in the Russell Dalton cemetery. Pallbearers were Marvin Brumfield, Glen Dalton, Stanley Shields, J. W. George, Herbert Yeatts and Harold Dalton.
In Municipal Court Massey Woodrow Wilson of Reidsville NC had a possession charge dropped as North Carolina authorities planned auto theft charges against him in Kernersville. The docket totaled 30 cases with most for public drunkenness. three additional fines were for resisting arrest and public indecency. others included abusive language.
Winnie Mae Bray Ashworth, 47, died Monday at Martinsville General Hospital after four years illness. Born August 6, 1918 in Henry County, she was a Wesley Memorial Methodist Church member. Survived by husband William E. Ashworth of Axton Rt 1, two daughters, two brothers, three sisters, two half-sisters, and her mother. Services Wednesday at 2 p.m. from McKee Chapel with burial in Wilson family cemetery.
Leaf markets in the two Carolinas will observe a sales holiday this Friday to ease congestion at redrying plants. The Old Belt Warehouse Association confirms the 1965 season will begin next Monday despite the holidays, with a Sept 20 opening date still firm.
Funeral rites for Frank Hamlin Millner were conducted Sunday afternoon from Townes Memorial Chapel by Rev. Harry L. Kidd and Rev. B. B. Isley. Burial was in Danville Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers were Clarence F. Millner Jr. Llewellyn Millner Buck Millner Oscar Millner James Millner William Millner L. F. Millner and H. A. Pinckenstein.
In Reidsville North Carolina a 30 member Ku Klux Klan unit and a large group of Negroes demonstrated Saturday night. No arrests or injuries were reported as the groups walked the street singing and shouting at each other. The Klan had given police advance notice of a planned march and reportedly plans another march next Saturday.
Mrs Margaret Sams McNally dies in East Aurora New York Saturday. She is aunt of Mrs J L Pugh and stepdaughter of Mrs J W Sams Glenwood. She leaves husband Robert C McNally two sons Robert C and Greg McNally one sister Mrs James Barker Hopewell and one brother Weldon Sams Keyport New York A memorial service will be held tonight at 7 30 in an East Aurora church.
Henry Emerson Young 65 died at 7 15 p m at his Danville home after a six week illness. A Pittsylvania County native and Dan River Mills employee for over 15 years he retired in 1964 due to health. He was a Vandola Baptist Church deacon with five daughters and three sons surviving. Funeral services set for 2 p m tomorrow at Vandola Baptist Church with burial in Highland Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Townes Funeral Home and reside at Danville Route 1.
The Associated Press reports gains Monday across the North Carolina and South Carolina flue cured tobacco belts. Markets saw $1 to $2 per hundred gains in the NC Middle Belt and $2 to $3 per hundred in Eastern NC with heavy leaf volume and improved quality. Sale days extended through Thursday with holiday closures to ease plant congestion.
The Junior Wednesday Club hosts a talent party at the Downtowner Motor Inn tonight at 8 o’clock to preview its upcoming Red Stocking Review. Ed Carter of Cargill Co New York arrives to greet club members and guests.
Averett faculty and student leaders discuss how to engage students and foster lifelong learning. Dr. Hardee frames creative teaching as teacher and student collaboration, while students cite college day experiences, small community benefits, and the aim of leadership. Faculty welcome notes emphasize expertise, hard work, and Christian purpose.
Graveside rites for Miss Gladys Lea of Danville will be held at Green Hill Cemetery Wednesday at 3 p.m. She died last week in New York City where she had taught voice since 1937. Lea, 71, was a Peabody Conservatory graduate and studied with Emma Calve in Paris. Before New York she taught at Knox School for Girls in Coopertown, N.Y., and at the Ethel Walker School in Simsbury, Conn. The body will lie in state at Townes Funeral Home.
The Hugh T. Williams Veterans of Foreign Wars Post will meet tonight at 7 30 at the Post Home 829 North Main Street A full attendance list is sought.
State Police Sgt. J M Hutcherson Jr reminds certified inspectors at Forest Hills School tonight starting at 8 oclock to enforce Virginia seat belt rules for 1964 and later model cars before issuing inspection stickers. Principal speaker Set Curtis Wilson of Bedford. Violators risk certification cancellation or re-examination.
James B. Coates assistant manager of the Monticello Hotel in Norfolk died Sunday after two months illness. born May 31 1904 in Bluefield West Virginia he was 61. Survived by his father Deckard E. Coates Sr of Halifax two sisters in Henderson Myrtle Beach and Selene Peterson Halifax and five brothers including Richard Portsmouth Robert Lynchburg Alton Myrtle Beach and Daniel Durham. Funeral services today at 1 30 p m at the Virginia Funeral Chapel Lynchburg with graveside rites at Spring Hill Cemetery.
A Stuart man was fined 1500 dollars for operating as a common carrier without authority under ICC rules. The semi annual term of the U.S. Western District Court opened with multiple liquor cases. Raymond L. Shelton received 100 dollars on each of 15 counts. Ike Welborn, 40, Martinsville, got two years for distilling. Others faced various sentences, probation, or guilty pleas for distilling and related offenses in Pittsylvania Halifax and Henry Counties. Several defendants await disposition on additional charges.
Final rites for James Wilson Singleton were held Sunday afternoon in First Pilgrim Holiness Church by the Rev Kenneth E Story. Burial was in Clover Bottom Cemetery near Brookneal. Pallbearers were Frank Tibbs, Buddy Hylton, Wayne Gibbs, Ernest Trent, Herbert Singleton, Chester Anderson, Jimmie Brightwell and Dennis Stowe.
The funeral for Mrs Annie Haley Reid was conducted Sunday afternoon in Swicegood Funeral Home chapel by Rev Andrew L Yelton and Rev Richard Smith. Burial followed at Leemont Cemetery with pallbearers Henry Reid Raymond Reid Wallace Reid Otha Reid Jr Donald Reid Gary Reid Ronald Payne Donald Campbell Dean Payne and Allen Lytle.
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