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The Bee: Danville Va Monday eb 23 1970 Area Deaths And unerals of James A Cabhagcstalk of scats Dr Arcy who has said ho will definitely bid Washington the Sing Out of forum on Averett College Mrs They were considering it a IU 1 1 1 Ivl 1 1 IZ HILO 1 1 I Uy LliLii April 10 deadline for filing thenl "sp 'a' Vn" on Injuries sustained in a head on Ann Mitchell 8890 ICarolyn Walters 8853 Dale and of at the the far away State Democratic Loyalty Oath Upheld I UUliU CHIUUUJ of cr mature have decided to be a candidate for Mrs I) deficit from biggest ovation at e(t amt subsequently was i ywimir1' proved had 7 3 backing in lhelcaus had only a one time itasc INI rift aft UJCPA BRIES to the barns the 400 bales of hay to an of pm at United Jake Tate Jr of Danville vice chairman of the iNational Credentials Committee' of the Veterans of oreign Wars will bo among the Virginia delega tion attending the annual VW Mid Winter Conference March 7 10 in: Washington DC this connection They also were discussing the likelihood that there would be at least one Negro candidate If all of these guesses were to materialize into fact by the for the the a BARBARA ALLEN Third Place meet tomorrow it at the Charcoal board session City iremen yesterday were called to the home of William Holt 328 Parkland Drive to put out a fire that had de veloped among scrap paper about 3 pm In another call about 9:30 last night firemen put out a grass fire off Stokes land Ave With lhe filing deadline for City Council candidates little more than six weeks away the weekend announcement by Gus Dyer Sr' that he would not seek re elect icti set the political tongues to wagging on possible candidates for the four seats to be filled At present there arc only two announced candidates for those and Mrs Graves both Richmond Blankenship uneral Conducted Yesterday them (the he Hubert Henderson uneral Rites Today JUANITA JEERS Salutaloiian CAROLYN HARPER Valedictorian Resident's Son Dies In Norfolk Alex Donavant Succumbs At 78 his activities as director of parks and recreation for the Wilson Recreation Department The citation read in part that Gillette strives to procure new recreation and park areas with particular em phasis on new facility develop ment in slum areas In this re spect he has established parks in poverty or ghetto The award is sponsored by the Javcees in cooperation with the i Lois Hughes of Staunton and Mrs Marion Dyer's Council Decision Starts Guessing Game Percv Carter son of Lena Carter of125 Thomas St died Saturday of a heart at tack in a Norfolk hospital His funeral will be heldtomorrow at 11 am at hishome 5220 Sharon Drive in Norfolk Interment will follow in that city Private School In City Slated or Discussion Wilson Man 44 Gets Physical itness Award Two Danville students Miss rances ay Carter daughter of Mr and Mrs A Carter and Miss Carolyn Carter daughter of Mr and Mrsl Carter have been named to the Meredith College list Lay Witness Program Set At Stokesland VCU Workshop On Drug Abuse Opens Tomorrow Discovery was made this morning that someone had brok en into the city pound and freed the dogs Speculation ran the range of an owner of a captive canine getting it back and re leasing the others or a prank ster or someone who dislikdS seeing dogs in captivity Pesticide Series Now In Progress Man Charged In Area Cutting College classes al Danville Community College will be held tomorrow night at 7 the administration bn il ding recently named in honor Joseph Taylor inal registration will take place on March 26 in preparation for the start of classes March 30 Tho United States produces 75 per cent of the world's crop of soybeans Hike In CC Tuition Slated eices from president on down At the same time the com mittcc in an extraordinary hour session here Saturday eliminated the loyalty oath for everyone but candidates ami de cided to nominate the candidate for senator this year via the primary route as usual In tho wake of the committee meeting there were two week end announcements of congres sional candidacies Veteran Rep Watkins Abbilt who had indicated ear lier lie would not run again this year said Sunday he was bow ing to the insistence of his con servative associates and would seek renomination The state party chairman has served 22 years in Congress Dr Roy White assistant professor of political science at Virginia Western Community College in Roanoke announced Saturday he would seek the Democratic nomination to run against Republican Rep Rich 1 ard It Poff who has represent ed the 6th District since 1952 Three fourths of the central committee meeting was occu pied with debate by the Resolu tions Cimmittce on revising the loyalty oat The one that cmerg i il ftil i i Im Am mil I wIH? Al) I Vtl Cliltl I Two Barns Burn On Carter arm $8000 Damage Public orum On Housing Set Here Thursday The board of Danville Post K' a 1 live Association will meet tonight at 6:30 at Mary's Diner $10000 Suit Is Instituted In Head On Crash Mvers of 1 and Mrs Towlcr of Dan Wiley 8850 Wanda Payne 8834 Deborah Price 8832 Lceland Lipscomb 8819 And Lunia Canada 8789 Linda Miller 8768: Rhumcl Shavers 8764 Phyllis: Smith 8755 and Celia lippen 8750 former city it was 'the the seco Services Conducted or Walter Rowland GRETNA The funeral Waller Rowland Social critic Cleveland Amory author of three best selling books and numerous free lance magazine articles in addition to his work as a contributing editor of will be lhe speaker inniehl as the Danville RotarV O' celebrates its 50 th Reid Putney who was bom in 17 1920 a and Luzania Doss Shelton and was of the Primitive Baptist faith Survivors include three sons and six daughters William Shelton of Danville Rt 2 Hugh Shelton of Chatham Star Route Edward Shelton and Emmett Harris of Chatham Rt 6 Mrs Leslie Lewis of Chatham Rt 2 Mrs Calvin Emerson and Mrs Linwood Lewis of Chatham Mrs David Chatham Rt Raymond ville lie also leaves three sisters Mrs A Murphy and Mrs Will Walker of Chatham Rt 2 and Mrs A 1 Hodnclt of Renan and 34 grandchildren The funeral will lake place tomorrow at 3 pm at Scott uneral Home and burial will he in White Thorn Cemetery near Chatham The body is al the funeral home and the family will be al the residence on Chatham Rt 6 Reynolds and one sister Arthur ranklin Rites Held Here Saturday Last rites for Arthur ranklin took place Saturday at the Lutheran Church of the Ascension with lhe Rev Ronald I isher officiating Pallbearers were Nyc Abernathy Astin Brown C( Shultz Henry Ingram John Simmons II 'Zechman and red Shanks The body was then taken to Graniteville South Carolina for interment yesterday afternoon in Graniteville Cemetery RICHMOND (AP) The first change in the tuition fee struc since the Virginia commu system was or A long time offender before lhe bar of justice in Municipal Court today was Raymond Vaden but this time it was for being drunk in public and not for the offense which dominates his long police record He was sentenced to 90 days on the City arm and fin ed $10 As in most past in stances he did not appeal There were 24 drunkenness cases on the routine 41 case docket uneral On Saturday or Mrs McGregor rites for Mrs Lessic i Haden McGregor were' conducted Saturday afternoon i at Townes Memorial Chapel bythe Rev Bobby Bennett Interment was in Highland Burial Park i Pallbearers were Buster Rice Burton Bill Smith i Norman Roberts Douglas Haraway and II Trice a lonig a possible candidate was Mrs rtnh Constance Hatcher widow of anniversary with a banquet at lid i'lll' zl I I I 1 IVP sponsored by known for her past long service WAmnn VAlare in! nr i i Danville voters on June 9 would be able to choose from six candidates for the four seats gging also and a included consideration oi Danville group and Westmoreland Choir were featured on da program marking the tenth anniversary of tho High Street Baptist Church Training Union A scries of activities are on tap here in connection with tho Lay Witness Mission riday through Sunday at Stokesland United Methodist Church Coordinator for the program is Peril Hannah a Methodist layman who will be assisted by ID couples and several young people front throughout tho South Two suppers will be held at the church at 6:30 riday and Saturday nights Singing and remarks by Hannah will follow the meals and participants will be divided into small groups for discussions with members' the witness team There will be a series of cof fee hours starting at 10 am Saturday at homes throughout the community The youth will sponsor a lunch car wash and Coke party that day and on Sunday members of the team will as teachers in Sunday school classes at Stokesland and Hannah will speak during the morning service meeting called Thursday in Courtroom of Building by steering committee RICHMOND (AP) Despite cries that tearing the party and the party in damn bad in Virginia the Democratic State Central Committee has voted to require candidates for public office to committee and was supported mainly by moderate and liberal elements of the party I One of the conservative party seniors remarked that I tearing thc party Sey enth District Democratic Chair man John Williams of Char lottesville said the party in damn bad shape Virginia and needs to be as nonrestrictivc as possible to His comment came after he sought to limit the pledge oL sup port to thc winner of a specific statc race by the losing candi AnniKHl hv (hUG AiUO VVili mor Del George Kawlins kt 1 1 niA zvf fivA nn liuv nv nouticcd candidates for the US Senate scat now held by Harry Byrd Jr inal action was deferred on full revision of thc party plan of organization until a meeting in May in Roanoke Several hear ings on overhauling the party structure were held around the state earlier this year Byrd Abbitt and Reps Dave Satterfield III of Richmond Daniel of Danville and Thomas Downigg of New port News were on hand later for a $100 fund raising din ner which Abbitt about $15000 to be $160000 campaign: last November at Piney Grove Baptist Church by the Rev Zack leming and the Rev Larry rakes Burial was in the family cemetery Pallbearers were mT Hutcherson Hyrum Woodson Dave Rowland Morgan Rowland Rowland Earl Rowland Roy Rowland and Eugene Rowland 26 Seniors At Langston Earn Honors Langston Class Of'70T op Students Edgar died riday in have been undertaken location building size grades to be offered Some 100 persons worn hand for the initial session and Accident Victim Rites Are Today GRETNA The funeral Bobby Maynard Osborne 33 of Pittsville Rt 1 was to be con ducted1 at 4 pm today at Colbert uneral Home by the Rev i Harvey Criminger Jr with burial following in the family cemetery near Climax He lost his life Saturday night in an auto accident on Rt 40 west of Gretna (story on Page 1) Born in Pittsylvania County June 14 1936 he was a son of Mrs Mollie Osborne and the late Alfred Osborne and was employed by Galveston Mills in Gretna Survivors in addition to his mother are seven brothers and three sisters: James Curtis and Joel Osborne and Mrs Sidney Paschal all of Chatham Roneie Osborne of Dry ork David Osborne of Gretna Mrs Lindy Tuck of Pittsville Haywood Osborne of Danville Mrs Troy Crider of Richmond and Charlie Osborne of Ashland Pa Mrs John Brown inal Services Today The funeral of Mrs Sibbie errell Brown lifelong resident of the Mt Hermon community look place at 2 pm today at Hermon Baptist Church 'with interment following in Highland Burial Park Age 80 shc died at her home Saturday afternoon after a six month decline in health' She was born in Pittsylvania Countv Aug 15 Survivors include two sons and four daughters: II Powell i rt rt nennerson ji ol juhiuiuuu Charles Henderson of Halifax Mrs1 Ruth II Hodnelt of South Boston Mrs Sarah Lcbsack of Japan Mrs Nancy Gee and Mrs Margaret McCann of Newport News He also leaves one brother and one sister Wallace Henderson lhe A public luncheon meeting of the Danville Chapter of the Virginia League for Planned Parenthood is scheduled for 1 pm tomorrow at the Downtowners for the presen tation of reports on educatioial activities of recent months A pre registration session fof new students planning to enroll Environmental pollution will be discussed by James Gauldin at the Thursday meeting of the Danville Society of Engineering and Science to be held at the Charcoal House The social hour at 6:30 pm will be followed by dinner at 7:30 A public piano concert by Australia born Allison Nelson Neal is scheduled for Thursday at 8 pm in thc Averett College auditorium program is one of the series of distinguished lectures and concerts and no admission will be charged Community Colleges The changes will take effect this summer Tuition for Virginia students will be increased from $135 to $180 about $5 a month over a nine month session and for out of state students from $450 to $639 Thc increases were made nec essary board chairman Eugene Sydnor Jr said Saturday by "heavy demands on the i financial resources inflation and Mrt rto rtf inf ninir) f'ri location of high quality in Caswell County and was instrumental in the organization of Bedford Academy in Bedford me steering committee comprised of business professional men physicians and has been in formed that such an operation would require a tuition of about $400 per child but no decisions on Hatcher and wcll Chamber of Commerce but no specific Interest in the possible development of a private grade 1 school in Danville will be deter 1 mined at a 7:30 pm Corporation Municipal temporary of the newly organized Education The group has already hcrad details of plans by Pittsylvania Educational oundation Inc for the operation of Woodlawn Art Jrtv rti 1 di vnd Llld III ana two other speakers will describe similar" private school developments at the Thursday session They are David Sartin of the board of trustees of Piedmont Academy at Providence collision traffic accident are the basis of a $10000 damage suit entered in Corporation Court by Mary Ann Johnson The action is against Roxie Elizabeth Chaney driver of an automobile in which the plain tiff was riding at the time of the accident the night of last Oct 19 at Main st and Piney orest Rd The motion for judgment entered through the law firm of Warren Parker and Williams alleges that the defendant made a left turn from Piney orest Rd onto the wrong side of Main and collided with another auto which is not identified ractured ribs and other painful injuries are alleged to the exten that continuing ex pesticides and an understanding Ernest Watkins Dies In Hospital Ernest Reid Watkins son the late Benjamin Watkins and Lucy Watkins died Saturday in Winslow Hospital He js survived by one son Roy Sherman Watkins Sr of Columbia SC two sisters Mrs Hatlie Henry and Mrs lone Weaver both of Dan ville two brothers Harry Watkins of Newport News and Benjamin Watkins of Dan ville and seven grandchildren The funeral will be held tomorrow at 3:30 Holbrook Street Presbyterian Church The Rev Stewart will deliver the eulogy biggest ovation at the dinner biggest ovation at (he dinner fol ial candidate William Battle and (he two Democratic winners in November 14 Gov Sar geant Reynolds and Atty Gen Andrew Miller Abbitt predicted thc Rvpubli Virginia Commonwealth I two day workshop on drug abuse will open tomor row and continue Wednesday in Richmond Purpose of the program is to provide education on drug abuse including current drug laws and their enforcement a documentary from a former addict and a review of the latest research findings from a medical authority Sessions will be held in Rhoades Hall beginning at 3 pm and again at 8 pm each day of thc workshop which is sponsored by tho Office of thc Dean of Students at VCU Principals on the program include Dr George Bright of the Medical College of Virginia who will discuss Campus Scene James Rowe Richmond attorney: James McMahon special agent of thc Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs of tho Department of Justice Detec tive John Willoughby of the Richmond Police Department and Dean Ira Andrews Dean of Students at Randolph Macon College in Ashland A former addict will discuss "inc wa with stories and situations from actual ex perience and the program will also feature small group discussions with audience and panel reaction 1 voters in as clerk of Municipal Coyrt Council on They were considering it a and certainty that there would be uneral services for Hubert II Henderson Sr of Danville Rt 5 Old Mt Cross Road were conducted at 2 pm today at Swiccgood Chapel by the Rev Curtis Hall with i all following in loral Hills Mem ory Gardens He died Saturday afternoon in Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient for six weeks He was born at Paces April 3 1891 a son of the late Richard A and Josephine Tune Henderson A retired farmer he had lived in the Danville area County Aug 15 '1889 a I the' past 20 years and attend daughter of the late James II led Shermont Baptist Chuich and Elizabeth Jennings and Illis wife the former Elizabethwas married Aug 29 1909 to McDowell died last August John Brown She had been amember of Mt Hermon church since 1897 Survivors in addition to her husband are one daughter and four sons: Mrs James Turner Bill Brown Robert Brown and Henry Brown of Mt Hermon and Edgar Brown of Danville She also leaves three grandchildren great grandchild Kelvin Mason Evans Services Are Today The funeral of Kelvin Mason Evans 46 of 620 Westview Drive took place at 2 pm today at Wrenn Ycatts chapel with interment following in Highland Burial Park He died Saturday evening of 'nn apparent heart attack at (Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient for six days' Born in Goody Ky Sept 23 1923 he was a son of the late rank Evans and Zela Bresler Evans He was a graduate of University of Virginia and a veteran of World War II He i married the former Ann Pharis on April 23 1946 Prior to his illness he was a I salesman for Danville Welding tC'o In addition to his mother and 'wife he leaves two sons 2nd iLt Thomas Howard Evans I Station al Rosso AB Lub Iwck Tex and David Mason I Evans of lhe home Other Biirvivors' arc grandmothci Brewster Johnson Jr Services Saturday Last services for Lloyd Lemuel Johnson Jr were held Saturday at Swiccgood uneral Chapel with burial in the cemetery of irst Baptist Church at Yanceyville NC The Rev A alls Jr and I i thc Rev Ralph McCormick officiated Pallbearers were Andrews Hudson Whitlow Amos Raymond 4 Pyrant Mitchell Cope Irvin arthing Charlie Guthrie A Oscar Amos and Charles Swicegood In addition loss included and about 25 barrels of corn Carter reported He said a passerby discovered the flames shortly before 1 am and waked him Pelham and Providence volunteer firemen were summoned and remained at the scene until about 4 am then were called back about an hour later when the smoulder ing debris flared anew The two destroyed barns were located about 150 feet apart Carter said A third barn nearby icscapcd damage Carter said he had no idea what caused thc blaze hrtnn nn firn arm in barns) since last I asserted Residents from as as Danville reported seeing the fhmnc ihn hlirnm turcs WILSON (AP) A 44 year old Wilson man Burt Gillette has received the annual physical fitness leadership (award presented to a Tar Heel resident who has made signifi cant 6 contributions to the na 1 1 rirj non a iiuitaa fnrp The North Carolina Jaycees nil announced thc award Saturday ganized in 1966 has been an night' Gillette was chosen for nouneed by the State Board for on the governor's mansion going to get thc keys back pretty Byrd has not announced whe ther he will seek re election Among the absent Saturday night was Rep John Marsh Jr of Woodstock who has said he will not seek Democratic re nomination without taking him self completely out of the pic ture He sent a telegram of good wishes and a check There had been reports at the diitier Abbitt would seek re election and he made them of ficial Sunday saying that "aft Lt nvotiit'A nnncidnm Edgar Thomas Dies At Age 65 ALTAVISTA inomas hi i Paterson He was born in Lynchburg eh 11 1905 a son of the late Arthur Thomas and Sima Sales Thomas Qtl Pui vin rt lltrnn enne wui tin VU 1U Thomas Jr of Gastonia Lowell Thomas and Clement Thomas both of Altavista twodaughters Mrs Jack Blair of Danville and Mrs Claris Keatls Altavista four brothers Robert Tlnnnas of Lynchburg and Walcy a of Baltimore Md three sisters Mrs Minnie Baker of Paterson'Mrs Everett armer and Mrs 5 Roy Bondurant both of Ch a 1 1 1 i 1 1 and 4 17 grandchildren The funeral will be conducted I tWedncsday at 11 at inch inch Chapel Burial will be ti in Greenlawn Cemetery The family will at the funeral home te morrow from 7 to 9 pm The Danville: Evening Lions Club will 7:30 pm House A follow but consensus ot guessers that' none of these A would be candidates this spring Mrs Ruth Adams Dies At Her Home Mrs Ruth Carter Adams died yesterday at 6 am at her home 755 Glendale Ave She had been in declining health several years Mrs Aila ms Danville June daughter of the late Clarence (Carter and Mary Summerlin Carter Most of her life was spent at Danville In March 1942 she married Raymond Cleveland Adams Mrs Adams was of the Bap tist faith Surviving in addition to her husband are one son and one daughter Raymond Adams Jr of Lancaster and Mrs Martha aye Ada sHenderson of Danville two brothers and one sister Roy Carter of Dublin Curtis Carter of Holland Ohio and Mrs Nellie Warren Rigney of Dan vuie The funeral services will be conducted tomorrow at 4 pm at' Wrcnn Yeatts Chapel Inter ment will be in Highland Burial Park The body is at the funeral home where thc family will receive friends tonight from 7:30 until 9 At other times they will be at the home 755 Glendale Ave re election and will seek i tn tn rm 1 i mu inn ioiL "I have been urged to do this by many many people from all sections of the district eeling that I can render a real service at this time I think it Is my duly to bow to (heir Another announced Democra tic candidate is Veter Ax son 49 Chesapeake common wealth's attorney Dr James Helms 42 a professor of history and social sciences at Ixmgwood College has entered the race for thc Republican nomination As if anticipating an nouncement Axson said it would not change his plans In thc race until a decision is made bv thc Abbilt sail be 110 preference on how the nomination should be made White leader of the bth Dis trict Democratic Coalition said despite reports Virginia Demo crats are defeated and split is not the minority in the state Johnny Motley a relciised on $1500 bond today in connection with the weekend felonious cutting of another man near Danville Motley is accused of woun ding Carl Junior Turner about 30 in the Washington Park area about 2:30 am yesterday Turner was taken to Winslow Hospital where some 30 stitches were required to close a cut in his tcniplc lie was released from the hospital later in the day 1 A hearing for Motley has been sei for March 3 in Pittsylvania County Court at Chatham Sacred Heart Parochial School 708 Randolph St will be lhe scene Thursday starting at 8 pm of a public housing League ot women cooperation with the Human Relations YWCA Topics for discussion will include public housing housing (names were being mentioned in code enforcement the proposed West End renewal project the' plight of residents living in this renewal area and the sale and purchase of houses Panelists will be Kenneth Welch executive director of the Danville Housing Thomas Russell West End residents Damage was estimated some $8000 today in the wake ofa predawn fire that destroyed two tobacco curing barns on the Jefferson' ofifarm of John Carter on the Richmond: one brother Charles (Shady Grove Rd Bailey Withams of Richmond and five grandchildren Tho funeral services will be conducted tomorrow at 2 pm at Wrenn Ycatts Chapel Inter ment will be in Highland Burial Park Thc body is at the funeral nome and lhe family is home 129 Moffett St for re election and Don Travis assistant manager of a local motel who is well known in Jaycec activities here Some of thc people who talk an election to death before it ever occurs were i i i yesterday that incumbent John Carter would make a last minute switch in his announced decision not to seek re election Apparently such a change was not anticipated in Dan decision not to seek a return to his Council seat One name being mentioned as A series of programs Chemicals Ortrti Jrtrtia rt rt rt rt 1 qIIvIUUo dlV 11UW 1 II conducted Pittsylvania County vocational agriculture teachers The classes ard being held each Tuesday from 7:30 to 9 pm at Chatham High School Dan River Gretna Junior Gretna Senior Mt Airy Elementary and Union Halil Elementary in connection with a statewide 30 minute color ed alional television program The classes are designed give participants appreciation of thc value ucatioial television program of precautions necessary in safe use of such chemicals Wesley Williams Dies Yesterday Wesley Cephas Williams died yesterday at 11:45 am at his home 129 Moffett St He had been in declining health 12 years and confined to bed two Williams 'was hnrn at I AUiiiui AVOlUlly Uli Kernersville July 25 they are presently interested in lisas a son ot tnc late George Williams and a Hut cherson Williams Most of his life was spent in Danville where hA nnAra nd Wi in mo hnnd Market on Main St before rctiring12 years ago On June 16 1924 he married thc former Ila Mann who survives him Mr Williams was a member of Moffett Memorial Baptist Church and was a veteran of World War I Pnwland was surviving in audition to his conducted Saturday afternoonre two daughters Mrs A Reynolds Dies At Age 59 CHATHAM Carlyle Ashworth Reynolds 59 of Chatham Star Route died at 9:55 am yesterday at Danville Memorial Hospital He was born in Pittsylvania County July 5 1910 a son of lhe late David and Ella Smith Reynolds A veteran of World War II he was employed: in the orthopedic department of Walter Reid Hospital' until four years ago when he retired to Pittsylvania County He is survived by two brothers Averett Reynolds of Chatham Star Route and minctt Blacksburg 1 Mrs Dcroy Jennings of Nathalie i The funeral will take place nr 9 nt struc President's Council on Physical the pressures of maintaining ed itness and Sports lucation of high quality Henry Shelton Dies Yesterday CHATHAM Henry Clay Shelton 89 Chatham Rt 6 died at 12:10 pm yesterday at his residence He was born in Pittsylvania tomorrow County Dec 29 1880 a son of Hollywood Baptist Church of mi mid 111 Duiiui oiiLiiun wmeh lie was a member and 4 and Luzania Doss Shelton and burial will be in the supp01t of 1 a rtrt vnm i ir nn nau ccnicicry The body is at Scott uneral Home and the family is at lhe residence on Chatham Star Route Redevelopment Authority Chari city sanitarian wnuiuaM ivi Beavers representing The tongue waggi I rt I I 1 4 A rt rt rl A 1 I representative of the Danville varous erstwhile CouncUmcn Board of Realtors Alvin Hall of rt 1 I i ii i is dirauora college win oe me moderator Written questions will accepted from the audience his maternal Mrs Ethel Brewster of Ridgeway one hrother Daniel Evans of NC and one 'sister Mrs Dollins of Newport News 'Miss Anna Mu'mpower Services Conducted The' of Miss Anna Relle Mumpowcr of the Ohl Halifax Rd was conductedI lerday afternoon at ccgood Chapel by the Rev Honaid I isher Interment followed in loral Hills Memory Gardens Pallbearers were Armealus tair Lewis Hair Wayne Hair inneth Wood Sr Kenneth Wood Jr and Earl Wood MARTINSVILLE Alex Donavant 7R of Martinsville died yesterday in a local hospital Surviving are his wife Thelma Weaver Donavant one daughter Mrs Rachel Baliles of Martinsville one son Kenneth Donavant of Ma i i 1 1 grandchildren one sister Mrs Walter Martin of Mavodan two brothers it Donavant of Martinsville and Everett Donavant of Danville four half sisters Miss Nancy Donavent and Mrs Sally Mottc both of Norfolk Mrs Mamie Burgess of Maitinsvillc and Mrs Elizabeth Amcsberry of Richmond The funeral service will be tomorrow al 2 pm Tho graveside service for at Stone Chapel Interment will Kimberley Ann Blankenship was he in Roselawn Burial Park conducted yesterday afternoon The family will be at the al Highland Rurial Park Thc funeral home from 7 to 9 Rev Curtis Hall officiated tonight 4 Honor students in thc Class of 1970 at Langston High School were announced today bythe 1 principal Mrs Vera Murphy who noted that the 26 have i scholastic averages for their high school years ranging from 8750 to 9546 The top score was chalked up by Carolyn: Harper who thus becomes valedictorian of the class of 151 seniors She is a (daughter of Mr and Mrs (Samuel Harper Ranking second to be salutatorian of the class is Juanita Jeffers daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Jeffers She has an average of 9434 Also receiving recognition as third honor graduate with a 9357 average is Barbara Allen I daughter Mr and Mrs i Howard Allen i Others in the class with 90 plus scores are Jerome Crews Vera Lewis 9 0 1 and Carolvn Lindsey and Trudy Williams both 9158 Brenda Russell and Linda Smith both 9095 Sharon McCoy 9075 and Carolvn Edmonds 9034 The others who will be recognized as honor graduates at the time of commencement are Sheree Via 8943 Charlie Martin 8937: Brenda Thomas 8927 Sandra I Cabiness 8926 determining whether groups: shares their interest in forming a private school Aft i' I Il S' 44:4:4 livK 4 I 1.