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liillllllllinilllillllilKIlllllliKiiHij The Bee: Danville Va Saturday April 3 1971 5 Area Deaths And unerals I lUllllllllllllllllllIllllliiliiiiiiiiiiUK He said he planned to use the citizen participation in the con 1 1 No 0 Virginia Skyline to to be taken Association the a noted be a waste of which 1 1 LOOM BRIEfy the for the be and are Brooks the family the his She had health since in ebruary PETERSBURG CAP) rights adherents set off nccticut economist attorney in surance executive noted NAACP is and always has been working for in the sense of increasing the economic and political power of Explaining the stand on udy per jump into me ponucai is appreciably better than it has been previously He said the state has a revised consti tution which will say are willing to pay for quality educa when it becomes effec tive July 1 In addition the State Board of Education has a new chairman Preston Caruthers of Arling ton who Rapier said had cour age commitment and a program of action for bettering Virginia schools and who wants VEA help have never had an open At the turn of the century there were as estimated two fillion wild horses ranging the grasslands of the West Today the Bureau of Land Manage ment' of the Department of In terior estimates there are now only 16000 impede the flow of blocking a traffic in of Calvary Church will be con at 2 pm ad for candi May 4 Gen Mrs Ruth Adkins Rites Are Tomorrow a Wilmington to Ralcigh says have been giv runaround so by Carolina school officials Pittsylvania County farmers may sell meat products to in dividual consumers under the ederal Meat Inspection Act according to Maurice Rowe commissioner of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Commerce Clarifying a USDA ruling he stated law docs prohibit him from selling the cured product to a retail establishment for resale to the County Ga she was a Mercenary comes from Greek word meaning citizen lion like the National Guard re serve units etc I'd hope people would realize it would be better to have citizen participation than going completely to a profession al army which has a certain amount of inherent danger just in the fact it exists as a pro fessional On some of the other subjects the governor: steps to have Vir ginia removed from provisionsof the federal Voting Rights Act Willie one Williamson and in a bid to tret I them working together instead of against each other Abortion? One student asked whether abortion laws should be amend ed to allow advertisements in in the family Gretna by the Kirby The body was to the residence today at 5 pm from Colbert uneral Home Dansylvania Barracks No 1081 Veterans of World War 1 and its ladies auxiliary will meet Tuesday at 3 at the city armory New officers will be elected and a full attend ance has been requested Debate Contest Honors Awarded Tunstall Team Wounding Case Noisy Prowlers Occupy Police hi jiiciiiiiuiiu ii nicy are lu the General Assembly on a course of action are nearly powerless unless teachers get out and the legislators in their home districts says VEA President Don Rapier Speaking riday to about 100 educators taking part in a two day VEA action clinic Rapier said the teachers must find a new to di rect political action at the local and state They must also get over the notion Rapier said that cinct legwork beneath them Rapier a 1 classroom teacher this month the Teachers Told To Get Out And 'Sell Legislators In Their Home Districts the Teaching on Goode St City residents the Danville office and residents Audrey Carolina To Get Cooler Weather Reports Show Routine Work Of City Crews RICHMOND (AP) Virginia situations Rapier said teachers Education Association lobbyists I must organize themselves and in RirhrnnnH if 1hov arn tn inmn hntn Ihn ivJitinol Civil Rights Group Begins 20 Mile Hike Melvin Kenneth Wiles son of Mr and Mrs Melvin Wiles of 130 Meadowbrook Drive has been named to the winter quarter list at Virginia Polytechnic Institute where he is majoring in political science the as Robert Elmore By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A pleasant though cooler weekend is in store for North Carolina and the Greater Greensboro Open golf tourna ment The rain that plagued the GGO and other outdoor activi ties across Tarhcelia riday has moved offshore leaving be hind fair skies lots of sunshine and typical early spring tem peratures Readings yesterday were in the 50s over the eastern half of the state about what was fore cast for today and Sunday but the mountains had readings of only about 40 Rainfall amounts were a quarter of an inch or so but persistent until the afternoon Sunday is expected to be fair everywhere investigating released Leaders Of March Present List Of Demands To Officials In NC Skyline Council Of Girl Scouts Slates Annual Meet In Roanoke Jan 26 1900 a of the late James Vaughn and Rosa Workers the in Patrick Social Security Pays $3 In Area Monthly Monday is the deadline for applications and fees to be paid for the General Educational Development (GED) Tests to be administered in Material Center April 17 and 24 may apply at School Board Pittsylvania County may contact Mrs Miller director of adult educa tion at the Cultural Center in Chatham Mrs Dora Chitwood Services Set Monday Last rites for Mrs Dora Chitwood will be conducted Monday at 2 pm at Swiccgood Chapel by the Rev Gollard McGuire Interment will be in Danville Memorial Gardens Wlrs Chitwood 70 of 164 Ingram Rd died yesterday in Memorial Hospital been in declining suffering a stroke 1970 Born in Banks July 20 1900 daughter of the late John and Neva Nunley Evans She had made her home in the Danville area for 37 years and was a member of Mountain View Baptist Church in Banks Coun ty Surviving are her husband Charlie Chitwood one daughter Mrs Irene Moran of Westover Hills three sisters Mrs Lydia Gerrin of Cornelia Ga Mrs Louise Carpenter of Decatur Ga and Mrs Lola Maxwell of Toccoa Ga one brother Dorsey Evans of Dan ville eight grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren The body will be at the funeral home until tomorrow afternoon when it will be taken to the residence boards listing the name and address of a cam paign treasurer An opioning issued by office March 15 said candidates who were unable to comply with that regulation could not have their names printed on the ballot May 4 When it reconvened Monday the General Assembly adopted an amendment saying the re quirement would not be applic able to any primary or general election held before June 1 It was made to apply retroactively office said the change in the election law required the approval of the attorney general just as reapportionment legislation and other voting laws now under consideration by the Justice Department Miller delivered the new amendment Wednesday to Atty Gen John office and received word riday a letter of approval was on the way rushed through the General Assembly Monday relieves candidates for town offices in the May election from having to comply with a new requirement to appoint campaign treasurers before the qualifying deadline passed last month Some candidates in the 66 municipal elections faced the prospect of not having their names printed on the ballot be cause of emergency legislation adopted by the 1971 General Assembly that advanced the filing deadline to March 5 Many candidates were caught unprepared and were unable to file petitions with local and state uneral services for Mrs Ruth Vaughn Adkins will be conducted tomorrow at 4 pm at Barker Chapel by Dr Samuel Greeson Interment will be in Highland Burial Park Mrs Adkins 71 of 205 Hairston St died yesterday at her residence following an ex tended illness She was born in Pittsylvania County daughter ranklin Collie Vaughn She was married to the late Johnnie Adkins She was a retired employe of Dan River Inc Surviving are four sons Edd Adkins of Westover Drive Dudley Adkins of Danville Melvin Adkins of Richmond and Albert Adkins of Shelby NC four daughters Mrs Dick Gosney and Mrs Barbara Ann Murphy both of Danville Mrs Rachel A Doolin of the home and Mrs Rosa erguson of Charlotte 22 grandchildren and three great grandchildren She also leaves five brothers Elvin Charlie and Earl Vaughn all of Danville and James and Robert Vaughn both 'Yanceyville NC and five sisters Mrs Thelma Lewis of Danville Mrs Ralph Peek of Ringgold Mrs Lena Ward of the Mt Cross Rd Mrs Pattie Touchstone of Baltimore Md and Miss Bobby Jean Vaughn of Danville The body is at the funeral home and the family is at the Hairston St residence RICHMOND The electoral attorney general has approved an amendment to state voting laws removing one barrier to the printing of the names of all city and town councilmanic dates on ballots for the elections says Atty Andrew Miller The amendment Samuel Jack Craig of 831 Glendale Ave was reported in critical condition this morning at Memorial Hospital where he was in the intensive care unit for treatment of a gunshot wound the head Police shooting formation about how the injury was inflicted or circumstances surrounding wounding Surgery was performed early this morning after he was brought to the hospital emergency room about 11:30 pm In other police activity during the night a prowler report took officers to a Cathy Drive home whose owner had awakened by the sound of so meone beating on a window at the back of the house He said he saw one man go along the side of the house from the rear to the front of the premises and then return to the back When he opened a back window he related two men ran from behind the house down into a wooded area in the direction of Starmont Drive Police found that the the prowlers had made enough noise to awaken not only the householder but also his neighbors next door Also being investigated was a break in reported yesterday afternoon at the home of Walter Johnson White 770 Wilson St Traffic accidents during the afternoon and night hours in cluded only one report of a minor injury William Lee Gatewood 1535 Lansdale Drive sustained a cut on the chin about 8:30 pm when he made a left turn from Main onto Pearl St in front of a north bound car driven by Charles Robert Cut tie 263 Southland Drive Damages to the front of the two vehicles were estimated to total about $700 There was only about $95 damage in a single car accident on Walker St at Clay about 9:45 pm but the Otha Vann Barber 1252 South Boston was charged with drunk driving after his auto failed to complete a left turn from Clay and hit a pole A collision in the Main Canal intersection yesterday afternoon resulted in about $100 damage to the left front of the truck driven by James William Har ris of Roxboro Rt 1 NCwho was charged with running the red light on Main St and some $175 to the left side of the car of John Glass of Ringgold who entered the intersection from Canal St Also investigated yesterday afternoon were minor damage collisions on Baltimore Ave at Main and in the Link Watson lol off Craghcad St A variety of activities daily occupy city crews maintaining and improving various services but these projects attract little public attention unless the work happens Io vehicles by lane Beginning Research and Informa tion Office is compiling daily reports of these activities with Thursday's listing work in pro gress in 20 different locations and showing 11 On both days crews were laying gas and water mains on Millerton a new Starm ont street and were also ex tending gas service Rosemary Lane making water and gas taps for the new quay Pontiac building on Union St and renewing gas service on Brooke Drive At the same time on both days Public Works crews were widening Tunstall Road which was partially blocked in the process also had Lindhurst Drive partially blocked for regarding the street and curb and gutter repairs 'and were doing street patching and restoring curb and gutter at several Main St locations Other activities by water and gas craws on report included repairing a water leak on Alpine Drive making a water and gas tap on Gay St renewing gas service on Dun more St and flushing water mains in preparation sterilizing them on Andes Drive in the Keen Terrace develop ment while a consultant con ducting a leak survey was working on the transmission line from ox Hollow to Mt Cross Road On riday crews renewed gas service on Gran ville Drive and Watson St report also show ed Public Works employes doing street patching bn Plum Chatelaine Lcvclton Hunter and Old Mayfield along with patching and curb and gutter work on Rosemary Lane and Tyler St In addition Bridge St was blocked for sewer con struction at the electric substa tion riday's report listed patching on Sandy Shores streets and patching and Work on low ditches on Lanier Ave what the scouts can do to help the situation Miss Burch guides and assists local councils in im plementation of national ob jectives designed to scouting Girl Scouts in the Dansylvania Barracks 1081 Veterans of World War 1 and its ladies auxiliary will meet Tuesday at 3 pm at the city armory New officers will be elected and a full at tendance has been requested he said the so called militant groups are merely in the fight for integration We are opposed to any a 1 1 political party such as the Black Panthers appear to be trying to set up Instead we want to integrate Negroes into existing political The official is nearing the end of a 12 week speaking tour and will speak in Martinsville and three other Virginia cities before returning to Connecticut for Easter He commented that in his travels in the South for the past six or seven years he had noted substantial changes in the attitudes of whites in the and cited examples of election of black government and public school officials and the recent election of a Negro to head the student government at the University of South Carolina Action Removes Barrier Printing Of Council Candidates On Ballots uneral Rites Today or Norma Jean Love SOUTH Graveside rites for Norma Jean Love seven month old daughter Norman and Clara Ann Conner Love were to be con ducted today at 2 pm by the Rev Terry Peck in Oak Ridge Cemetery The infant died yesterday in Halifax County Community Hospital DOUBLE ATALITY BLACKSTONE IT) A trac tor trailer and a pulpwood truck collided head on today killing both drivers on Virginia 614 about 10 miles north of here Slate police identified victims Brown Jr 25 of Victoria and James Walter lippen Jr 20 of Burkeville Apartment living is becoming more more fashionable these days and who birds to lei people get ahead of them? The high rise multi family facility in top photo is sleek new and uncluttered birds with tastes and is mounted on a post tall enough to provide a view into the windows of the two story people residence in the background or those birds who prefer American her itage architectural styles the multi family apartment complete with a ccessory build NAACP Official Notes Changes In Attitudes A public meeting of villc branch of the Association for the The annual meeting of the Girl Scout Council will be held at the Salem Roanoke Valley Civic Center April 17 at noon The speaker will be Miss Mary Burch of Washington DC director of Region 11 Girl I Scouts of the USA Mrs Robert Hagan annual meeting chairman and her committee will follow the theme Action in the table decorations exhibits and songs to be sung by the girl scouts The speaker will talk on the problems involving ecology and Mrs Bertha Walker Rites Not Announced EDEN NC inal ar rangements for Mrs Bertha oley Walker had not been an nounced early this afternoon by Sugg Harris uneral Home Mrs Walker 57 of Eden Rt 1 died yesterday in Morehead Memorial Hospital after a brief iiiness She was born County Va Oct 5 1913 aaugnter oi Hush Wright oley Mrs Walker was an employe of Sears Roebuck and Co and was a member of King Memorial Baptist Church Surviving are one daughter Mrs Barbara Winterburg of Los Angeles Calif five sons Philip Eugene Walker of Woodridge Va Jimmy Walker of ranconia a Buddie Roger Walker of An nandale Va David Walker of Arlington Va and Daniel Walker with the US Air orce in Alaska three sisters Mrs Katherine Meeks and Mrs Grace Coleman both of Danville Va and Mrs Esther Riddle of Granite City Ill ano one brother rank oley Sr of Eden the Dan National Advan cement of Colored People (NAACP) last night at Loyal Baptist Church was addressed by Alfred Barker Lewis na tional treasurer of the NAACP who sees an increase i primary accomplishments such as the number of Negro officials in government growing Negro voler registration and improved housing In a preceding interview RALEIGH (AP) The lead er of march cn the North that any more mean dering would time Milton itch of the Southern ership Conference made the statement riday after present antccd annual income an end ing a list of nine demands to to to hunters in North Carolina Lt Gov Pat Taylor and House employment of more blacks in spcaKcr run Godwin itch met with the two offi la cials while an estimated 1501 black demonstrators waited on the sidewalk in front of the stale legislative building The group had completed a 125 milc walking riding march from Wil mington to seek what they called against oppres Taylor suggested that since a majority of the demands dealtikets symbolizing two black with the administration of edu youths slain during racial un cation the General Assembly rest in Wilmington ffi I in the lower photo is an elegant contem porary residence enabling its feathered ten ants to maintain a tradition ol gracious living combining the best of the past with the con venience ol today These two local apartment developments are just a sample of the diversified housing facilities awaiting birds this spring in yards all over the city whose approaches are marked with signs designating Danville as a bird sanctuary iS Constitution was available to' don't agree completely with him and it was a the idea of a professional army said Holton got to mean We have had great benefits from something a tough thing an flicts we have had through his emotional thing and I think it's Story and hope we wouldn't awfully important now that wejget away from citizen participa Keep a oaiance aoout ana Keep our judgment open about it and not let our emotions take They came into the session as Holton plugged for regional co operation in support of Presi dent revenue sharing ef forts and explained why he favored appropriating more money for sewage treatment facilities this year instead of taking over local welfare costs was not directly responsible for implementing them He suggested that the protes tors take their case to the State Board of Education Godwin said the demands dealing with legislative matters should be nut intn thn fnrm hill nnJ I Mil MLLC4 'referred to a committee a co ordinator I The list of demands included Christian Lead proposals for an end to canital punishment support of a guar by Eugene Karol a member of the National Education Associa tion executive committee from Lewis a retired while Con nanimore county via Karol said nothing in educa tion is "untouched by politics Teachers have got the numerical strength to do almost anything we want to He called on the delegates to co home determin I Both the Tunstall affirmative and negative teams placed first at the annual Piedmont District Debate Tournament held yesterday at Dan River High School The affirmative team was represented by Charlotte Adams and David Rowland while Mary Weringo and Steve Dishman won the COlTlDetition for Ibn nnrfntivn (side The teams examined the pros and cons of control of pollution said Gallaher principal of the host school and chairman of the Piedmont debate district Placing second was the af firmative team of Michael Gunn and Edwina Beavers of Dan River and earning second place honors on the negative side were Debra Harris and Tommy Jamerson of ieldale Collinsville High School The competition was sponsored by the Virginia High School League and the nine high schools in the Piedmont each entered four contestants The Tunstall teams will represent the Piedmont District in the state tournament April 29 and 30 in Charlotesvillc iiii jivv inuiiL i i iiiuif in stale government and a stand against the Indochina War Receiving the list Taylor said: will sec to it that this is transferred to members of the General Prior to the meeting the demonstrators marched down ayetteville Street under police escort The group was led by a mule drawn wag on carrying two wooden cas A Williamson Dies Yesterday SOUTH Jethro Amos Williamson of Milton Rt 1 NC was pronounced dead on arrival yesterday at Danville Memorial Hospital He was born in Halifax County Dec 10 1890 a son of John Allen Williamson and Mattie Taylor Williamson The retired tobacco farmer was a member United Methodist where the funeral ducted tomorrow Interment will follow in the church cemetery Surviving are his wife Laura Williamson three daughters Mrs Edith Meeler and Mrs Doris Zimmerman both of Alton and Mrs Joyce Lewis of Danville three sons Harold and Robert Williamson both of Milton and Johnny Williamson of Danville two sisters Mrs Jack Collie and Mrs Collie both of Milton brother Raymond of DeWitt' grandchildren The body is at uneral Home and is at the residence Civil on a i 20 milc hike at 6 am today their destination the State Cap itol in Richmond and a com mcmoralive rally for the late Dr Martin Luther King Jr Southern Christian Leadership Conference officials coordinat ing the march said 75 persons i began the trek Police put the number at 30 to 35 Plans called for the walkers to arrive early in the afternoon at Monroe Park where they were to join a local delegation and march downtown I to the Capitol steps The SCLC said a car caravan would be leaving Petersburg at noon with more demonstrators The Rev Curtis Harris exec utive secretary of the Virginia Council on Human Relations was to be the keynote speaker at the rally Herbert Coulton Virginia field director of the SCLC said the purpose of the affair to show a united force against war racism and The rally comes on the eve of the third anniversary of King's assassation in Memphis Tenn The Danville Social Security Office is paying over $3 million dollars per month benefits in the district said Max Boatwright manager of the local facility As of June 30 1970 there were 16572 people in Danville and Pittsylvania Cunty receiv ing $1397200 per month The 10 percent increase recently pass ed into law will mean an ditional $139720 per month these beneficiaries The first check to include 10 percent increase will delivered June 3 This check will be for the month of May only A separate check will be mailed later in June which will include the increases for January ebruary March and April The beneficiary does not have to do anything to get the in crease as is automatic Boatwright The famous Punch and puppet show was first formed in England at Covcnt Garden in 1661 Governor Holton Discusses Wide Ranging Issues In 'Rap' Session With Students a and Ella tion in our He said any such action in that direction must be done negotia tion with the attorney general of the United The state he said no longer needs federal supervision Said he vetoed a campus demonstration bill because it was but feels its shortcomings were cleared up by changes drated by Atty Gen Andrew Miller Asked if he felt there is a need for such a bill Holton replied: think there is a need for a good trespass law sure You Ido I Expressed disappointment at uuuuoutu liu oaiLl 111 LU I The full protection of the another question but he added: congressional rejection of fur i IlnOr'ritnzlinzxfllOC1 door at the State Board of airfax County Education Rapier told urn i iu Ja a 4 nnn II I'st lll Til 711111111 first full time paid presi statc public school educators dent had some critical words who also heard a keynote speech for the physical condition of Powhatan County High School for which a new building is plan ned I'm from Arkansas hut damned if seen as Rapier said of a visit he paid the school a few days ago ridiculous to expect teachers to teach and vount? neonle learn 1 LU fcU JlUHlu UCLUinilll a cd to 'show teachers how to use If they are to better such their untapped political power extend opportunities to all region between the ages of seven and 17 Region II includes the state Pennsylvania Maryland Delaware Virginia West VircTinio VAnUm! i XiLLU AWHUUVy aim the District of Columbia representing a total mem bership of almost 75 million girls and adults The speaker holds BS and MA degrees from Trinity University San Antonio Tex prior to her service with the Girl Scouts she was program director of the San Antonio Recreation Department and a Community Center Director in Kansas City Miss In 1943 she was recruited by the US Marine Corps as a part of the nucleus of young women who helped establish the goals and training objectives for women who served in the Marine Corps during World War 11 and continued in this capacity for four years She is a member of the National Social Welfare Assembly the Adult Education Association for Girl Scout American Camping Association and a member of the National Board of directors for the Na tional Citizenship Conference Mrs Warren of Clifton orge is president of the Virginia Skyline Girl Scout Council and will preside at the business sesion of the meeting Mrs Creasy 89 Dies Last Night Mrs Maude Elliott Creasy 89 died last night in a South Boston hospital Born in Pittsylvania County May 29 1881 she was a daughter of the late Thomas Claiborne Creasy and Lavalette Elliott Creasy She was married to the late Stover Henry Creasy and was a member of Anderson Memorial United Methodist Church She was a graduate of the Randolph Macon Institute (now Stratford College) in Danville Surviving are two sons Claiborne Creasy of Gretna and oLuvei ii creasy jr nynennurg two daughters Miss Lavalette Creasy of Gret na and Mrs Malcolm Lacy Jr of South Boston seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren Graveside services will be conducted tomorrow at 3 pm cemetery at Rev Harold yM (AP) The subject sooner because have come com matter langed all the way from think the next time we'pletely away from discrimina abortion to carrnts tn thp mal cuhctonHoi rr VM ll I LHLlvaoC 111 Galley court martial as Gov state support to localities in Vir Linwood Holton took part in alginia we must insist on some free wheeling session with (protection against this bickering Roanoke College student leaders land rivalry about artifical boun No holds were barred as theldaries between cities and coun governor took part in the ques said Holton tion and answer session during He said he planned to use the his trip here riday for the financial aid to urban localities dedication ot the new $4 million as science center at the college Everyone must understand Holton said of the court martial conviction of Lt William Calley Jr that was convicted by a bona fide jury which took long hours to deliberate It (thenewspapers where abortions can trial) was conducted in the best be obtained He replied: way we Know aoout military like to see the draft he said in answer to ther funding of the SST but said he was pleased with water and air pollution results noting the men he had named to the state boards much more agres and the state is ing to see good Said the motives of the Urban 12 coalition of the highest order I expect to use their motives and their efforts in the next session of the Gener al Assembly to support legisla tion which will meet some of the needs we have in our metropolit an the students take all the out of politics like politics Il is a competi tive two party thing so that bother High Style Housing or The Birds I I WWM 7i4Z Wx JU A' I rsr irrt v1 'V 1 I.