The Bee from Danville, Virginia • 11

(MMOMMIQM Grundy A Gty Destroyed MHIi State lood Loss Tops $100 Million Gazing Land Use Approved amily Set Afire Carolyn Winstead und Set Public Notice TnrrrrrrrmrnnrTrrmrr GRACE VICELLIO Executrix Danville Vault Corporation Chatham Road Phone 793 1 71 1 President Carter Wednesday to declare 13 counties and one city a major disaster area and telephoned a Carter aide to ask that the request be expedited He said he expected a response a few days" find that the situation is beyond the capabilities of the state and affected local governments to effectively Godwin said in a letter to the President Many communities still had no telephone communications and a number were still without water supplies sewer service and power even though floodwaters from the worst flood in 50 years had Averett was going to expand but the commissioners needed to control growth so it was in a style rather than throughout residential areas i Before making a motion to accept the plan Luther stressed rezoning restriction the same as is enforced in residential zones A special permit to Dan Memorial Hospital was granted after a heated discussion for construction of aparking lot on hospital property fronting Embry Street The property is zoned residential and the hospital requested a limited com mercial zoning Garrett and Luther disqualified themselves from the vote because of possible conflicts By The Associated Press Southwest Virginians con tinued efforts today to recover from devastating floods that caused more than $100 million damage in about half of the Inundated area Gov Mills Godwin asked DID YOU EAGLE TRIPLEX BURIAL VAULTS ARE MANUACTURED LOCALLY BY Three elderly Williamson women stare out the window of a relief center at 12 15 feet of water still remaining in a downtown area of Williamson WVa The women all had to walk through waist deep water to leave a housing project at which they resided located across the street from where they are now housed The flooding here is the worst in history (AP Wire photo) mm Issions voted unanimously yesterday to approve a land use plan thpt provides for expansion of Averett College into a surrounding residential area The commission also The formation of a Carolyn Winstead und to help meet ballooning medical expenses of the young YWCA staff member was announced today by Mrs William Jones Jr George Anderson Mrs Jones a resident of 133 Westhampton Ave will serve as treasurer of the fund Donations may be made at the irst National Bank of Dan ville the YWCA or the Girl Scout Service Center Need for the financial assistance is especially serious Anderson noted because Miss Winstead AYETTEVILLE NC AP) Three members of a family were critically burned and a fourth was killed Wednesday after gasoline apparently was poured on them and deliberately set ablaze ayetteville police said Margaret McDonald 36 told them that she and her three children were doused with gasoline and then set afire Shawn McDonald 9 was killed His two sisters Llewlyn 12 and Candace 7 were last reported in critical condition at a Cincinnati Ohio burn center where they were airlifted Wed nesday Also injured was Erwin McKinnon 32 who lived with the family He was taken to Baptist Hospital in Win ston Salem in critical condition iremen found empty gasoline containers at the scene The house was only slightly damaged The mother was taken to North Carolina Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill 1976 graduate of Madison had made ap plication for hospitalization insurance in early March but I had not been accepted at the time she was stricken on March 24 A native of Danville and a i member of Calvary United Methodist Church she had been active in Giri Scouting as a youngster Since last June Anderson noted along with her job at the YWCA she has been Instrumental In taking a job program to the local juvenile detention home to state prison camp 15 and to aith Home ordinances regulating automobile junkyards and townhouses The ordinances and land use plan are expected to go back toDanville City Council Tuesday for final decisions ijj All three issues were discussed at a public hearing Monday night but only the provision allowing rezoning for expansion of Averett met serious opposition The commissioners were in disagreement for a while on the matter of requiring Averett to submit more detailed plans for its expansion before ap proving the plan Commission Chairman Earl Garrett III said two coun cilmen told him they would like such information before making a decision City Manager James Lord a commissioner agreed it would be a good idea However Commissioner David Luther asserted Averett had submitted enough in formation on Its growth and waiting for more would be a delaying tactic He said such a delay would be unfair to the college and its neighbors and could only benefit the commercial planning firm working with the city on the land use plan Garrett noted it was obvious The Supreme Court of Virginia has denied a writ of error sought by Thomas Wayne Wilson after his con viction last summer in Dan ville Circuit Court on charges of rape and abduction The appeal had been entered after he was found guilty by a jury last July 29 and was sentenced to two life terms in the state penitentiary Wilson had been arrested in May 1976 and accused of the May 5 abduction of a woman in the Memorial Hospital parking lot He allegedly raped her after he forced her to drive to Lexington St in Pittsylvania county GRUNDY Va AP) "Grundy as a town no i longer exists how the resident of a nearby com munity described his view of the stricken area Barbara Berry the mayor of this south western Virginia town ravaged by flood waters said Wednesday the situation is critical town is she said all of our businesses without ex ception have been destroyed Our business losses alone will exceed $25 million The worst flooding in the history of this section of the state has left thousands homeless here and in Buchanan County Officials said at least 2000 homes have been destroyed or damaged to the point of being uninhabitable Grundy a town of 3000 has rationed water and most of the town is without electricity or telephone service The streets are covered with mud and silt and water in some areas of the town water reaches a depth of 10 feet Travel through Grundy has been restricted Mayor Berry has imposed a 7 a to 6 curfew on anyone entering or leaving Grundy without a pass She explained that mop up operations downtown demand that no unnecessary per sons be on the streets trustees of the church through Temple Co with the assistance of attorney Bryan Tate The church has set aside this as "Building und Drive with a goal of $10000 In March 1976 the congregation had raised over $12000 for a new educational building Last week congregational meeting rescinded all previous action to erect the educational building at the present location Regarding the present Commissioners Lord Julian 'Swanson and John Warren voted in I favor of the permit over a rezoning as protection against future commercial use of the property if the hospital ever Denied: a request from R1 Wllford Cocke for rezonlng from residential to com mercial on Davis Street so he could build am orthodontist officeXUAM in i Granted Dr Ashby a commercial rezoning so he can use the Bland Church home which he owns on Main Street as a combination office and residence Approved a residential rezonlng to allow Hedrick Johnson Development Corp to build condominiums on three lots fronting Swain Drive SMALL GROUP ENROLLMENT: REGISTER NOW ne said A building committee will be farmed at the congregation's next business meeting Then will come action on employing an architect to start developing plans for the facility at the new location Negotiations and purchase of the property from Edward and Julia Williams were handled by Wyatt Sr chairman of the board of Many of the homeless are staying in the Grundy Elementary School where the Red Cross has set up a shelter and is providing free meals and clothing The Grundy Hospital which was evacuated earlier this week when its basement was? flooded was offering only emergency services Wednesday Its patients were evacuated to Richlands after the hospital lost electricity Many of the roads leading to Grundy are extremely hazardous in places with parts of them having been torn away Buchanan County administrator Hagy said there are still pockets of people who are isolated by the flood and have been without food for three days Rescue teams and members of a 'National Guard unit were preparing Wednesday night to launch a search for the solated residents Portable tanks have been located in various parts of town to provide drinking water for residents A limit of five gallons per person per day has been set Only one grocery store was open Wednesday but Mrs Berry said that food supplies are adequate They had been brought in from neighboring communities by helicopter try to come back from this It's she said Until then Grundy is a candlelit city CHRIST THE KIHGX LUTHERAN KINDERGARTEN 1172 rqnklin Turnpike receded Godwin said in his letter to the President that seven floodrelated deaths were reported and persons are Two of the dead 'were' identified as Samuel Robert Crockett 49 of Wolford ad ministrator of federal Title I funds for the Buchanan County school system and Danny Lee Lester 22 of Bee a coal miner whose body was found by the Haysi Rescue Squad in Dickenson County Wednesday Temporary shelter was provided by local governments for about 9400 people forced to evacuate their homes hemorrhage with resulting paralysis The fund sponsors noted that in addition to the possible surgery she faces an extensive and recovery period with physical therapy rne young woman was nown to Canada yesterday for possible brain surgery after having been a patient in the Memorial Hospital intensive care unit since last month when she suffered what ap peared to be a cerebral Proposed Highway Project ROUTE 658 (PACES ROAD) HALIAX COUNTY JUNIOR and SENIOR CLASSES (4 and 5 year olds) NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS IRST GRADE READINESS RELIGIOUS CREATIVE ACTIVITIES DRAMATICS PHONICS AND NUMBER CONCEPTS The amily of MRS AAARY WEBB POWELL wish to thank all their friends and rela tives for the sympathy and love shown to them in the death of their loved one THE POWELL AMILY agreed to a request for a pre sentence report and set his sentencing for May 2 The judge permitted Newsome to remain free on bond He took note however of a report by uller that there was some evidence regarding the having later harrassed the police officer who investigated the case and admonished Newsome to heed his advise not to do anything to harrass the officer Testimony which preceded change of plea was by Harry Ray Grubbs who also was indicted on com panion charges in connection with the market break in and The Virginia Supreme Court a ge Plastic bag AnfalninflcnmaVlAinrninc rejected Wilson petition for a 5 writ of error with the effect of affirming the judgments of the local court News of the higher court's action was announced this morning by Commonwealth Attorney William uller III before the start of the jury trial of Ronnie Newsome Newsome who had been indicted by a grand jury on charges of burglary and grand larceny at Northside Market in changed his not guilty plea to a plea of guilty after a jury had heard part of the testimony slated for presentation by the com monwealth The guilty plea was accepted by Judge James Ingram who then convicted him as charged without a special permit noting even though he did not think it was legal he doubted anyone would test it The townhouse ordinance creating zoning districts specifically for construction of townhouse units which could be sold to individual owners was requests would not bet ap approved with little discussion proved automatically The city attorney was asked under the new plan The toy add a two jjtory height couege wouiu nave io pruviue good plans to get rezonings he explained In discussion of the automobile or dinance Garrett a lawyer questioned the need for the city ordinance He claimed prosecuting a few cases under existing state statutes would clean up the problem of 1200 individually junked cars in Danville Garrett voted In favor of the ordinance prohibiting keeping of three or more junk cars Lee Street Baptist Church has purchased of property for a future relocation of the church on a tract of more than two acres south of Grove Park Elementary School on College Drive Park between Main and Charles Sts The transaction was authorized last week by overwhelming at a congregational meeting ac cording to the pastor the Rev: James Hopper The actual move from its present location on Jefferson St at Lee and Stokes Vguiuill iiiv pivovui is still a long way off however property and buildings the minister said that purchase inquiries from interested persons or other church groups will be welcomed Lee Street Baptist members celebrated their 75th anniversary there in May of last year The pastor expressed the hope that it will become community in its new location when the move finally becomes reality WT 1 A Phone 793 1 711 Ask Your uneral Director To EXPLAIN THE EAGLE EATURES Lkj a i aajua aJ itjuuLJUuu a axC Lee St Church I It ft xA' A neighbor identifies for a Chesterfield County policeman the victim of a Richmond bound Amtrak passenger train Police said Douglas Carl Banks age 3 was playing on the tracks near his home at Colonial Heights yesterday when he was struck by the train and killed The boy was thrown over 100 feet from the point of contact AP Wirephoto) A 4L XlX CALL VIRGINIA 792 5930 ATER 6:00 PM Appeal Denied In Rape Case rnntalnincr enmo CVMI in mine Grubbs detailed in his testimony how the break in if The' Danville Planning was effected the trouble they 5S had in moving the heavy bag and their subsequent trips to North Carolina banks to convert the coins into folding money which they divided between them In his opening statement to a 1 1 approved tne jury rutier naa indicated proposed that bank employes would appear as witnesses to corroborate the testimony by Grubbs Defense attorney John Carter had told the jury that with no preliminary hearing having been held on the charges the testimony would be as new to the defendant and his lawyer as it was to the jury Buys Property or Relocation NOTICE All Patients of the late Dr Asa Viccellio are requested to come by his offices at once to pick up their Medical Records All interested persons are advised that the' State Highway and Transportation Commis sion of Virginia is hereby indicating its will ingness to hold a Combined Location and 7 Design Public Hearing concerning the pro posed improvement of Route 658 in Halifax County from Route 58 to 089 mile west of Route 751 This project is located in the south west corner of the county north of Route 58 Maps drawings and other information con cernlng the proposed project are available for public review and copying in the Depart ment of Highways and Transportation Dis 1'1 trict Office located on Route 501 just south of Route 460 in Lynchburg and in its Residency Office located on Route 501 just south of Halifax Any interested citizen from the communities affected by this route may request that a Public Hearing be held by sending a written request to Mr Barkley II Resident Engl ri neer Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation Halifax Virginia 24558 on or before April 22 1977 In the event such a1' request is received a further notice of the time and place of the hearing will be posted State Highway and Transportation Commission of Virginia The Bee: Danville Va Thursday April 7 1977 3 NOTICE NON DISCRIMINATORY POLICY Christ the King Lutheran Kindergarten admits students of any race color national and ethnic origin to all the rights and privileges programs and activities gen accorded or made available to students at the 1 school It does not discriminate on the basis of race 1 color national anJ ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies admissions policies and other school administered policies Call the Church 793 8079 1 between 9 AM and 12 PM I JH fl 'J BBS a I 4 4 fl KJ JjB Jut jfl if jar nr wr a ar MWT xut WM: 4 'j Wit 2 A i v'L'r X4 vafcnJTrda' ax A ') rflHflflWJ VA'! 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