The Bee from Danville, Virginia • 3

I Six Named To Chrysler Museum Board NOROLK (AP) The Nor folk City Council voting on each one separately has ap pointed six new members to the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk Board of Trustees Councilman Joseph A Jordan Jr cast the only no vote Tues day in the tallies He did so expressing strong opposition to the acceptance of the Chrysler art package as an in The six appointees bring board membership to 17 Under terms of the Chrysler gift the board is being enlarged from nine members to 18 The final appointment will be made Alay 11 by the Norfolk Society of Art board Two members were named riday by the museum board Two of the six members were proposed by Walter Chrysler Jr donor of a multi million dollar art collection which is to be transferred from his former museum in Provincetown Mass Chrysler is also a board member Named by Chrysler were Ed gar William Garbisch art col lector and retired businessman and rank A Vanderlip Jr both of New York Garbisch is brother in law Norfolk residents appointed were Airs Arnold Strauss art patron and lecturer Hugo Madison lawyer and rector of Norfolk State College Dr Thomas Lane Stokes a surgeon and Dr Eugene Poutasse Garbisch a retired Army colonel is married to Bernice Chrysler The father founded the automobile company Col and Airs Garbisch have a country estate in Maryland near Cambridge and have amassed a comprehensive col lection of American art They have given selections from it to the National Gallery of Art' the Alctropolitan Museum of Art and the Philadelphia Museum of art Vanderlip is an industrialist who was on the Chrysler board in Provincetown Added by the museum board riday were James Brown di rector of the Virginia Museum of Arts in Richmond and Wal ter 13 Martin Jr Norfolk law yer and member of the House of Delegates William Parker president of the present museum board and critic of the Chrysler gift greeted news of the appoint ments Tuesday with skepticism think the whole thing is he said Parker on April 13 refused to sign the legal papers bringing the Chrysler collection to Nor folk Plans or DCC Meet Needs Of Area Stressed Governmental representatives and other community leaders from throughout the multi county area served by Danville Community College gathered at the King of the Sea Restaurant last night to hear an assessment of the college's present ac tivities and plans for future developments Those from Patrick Henry Pittsylvania and Halifax counties and the cities of Dan ville Martinsville and South i 1 state legislators councilmcn a supervisors and in terested citizens along with representatives of the state community college department and board in Richmond multiscreen audio visual presentation on the im portance of education to con temporary man and the types of training and facilities available on the local campus was followed by a discussion of new plans and ideas on future campus development to enable the school better to meet the educational needs of the region Indonesia has 3433 miles of railway More than 50 local employers will have Stratford College seniors as employes tomorrow for the second annual Day in with the students contributing their day's pay to the establishment of a lor the Class of 1971 A Quality Increase carrying an immediate salary boost has been presented to Airs William (Tom Carter senior clerk in the Danville Social Security office in recognition of her degree of in ex ceeding the quality standards The May docket of Pittsylvania Circuit Court includes 23 two of them murder cases set for Alay 12 and 14' along with 84 misdemeanors seven warrants appealed from county court and 33 other common law actions A date remains to be set for the trial of nine persons charg ed with perjury Aliss Kay Stephens of Danville appeared the past weekend in the Palmetto Player production) of the a comedyi mindful of the Roadrunner car David Payne Wins Horticulture Award David Lee Payne 18 year old Tunstall High School senior has been named area winner of theuture of America a i award for ornamental horticulture He is the son of Mr and Airs David Payne Dry ork Rl 1 Among the accomplishments which led to his selection for the award were plantng more than 300 flowering plants 15 roses and 22 shrubs His program also includes four agricultural pro duction enterprises toons at Converse College Spar tanburg Aliss Stephens daughter of Air and Airs Roy Al Stephens Birnam Wood Hill played the role of the Bear Roger Winn of Axion is one of some 100 students recently in itiated into Phi Sigma Society at Virginia Tech Blacksburg where he is a senior majoring in animal science The citywide ban on outdoor fires has been lifted in the wake of the overnight rainfall in the area the ire Department reported today Imposition of the ban depends on day to day weather i a spokesman said in askingresidents to check with the idepartment before setting out door fires ormal Opening or New Restaurant Mr too IMh II fW3! MIMIR frJj 1 1 UBw Managei John whole family was on hand for the ribbon cutting that launch ed the formal opening today through riday of the new Steak King Restaurant on Piney orest Road Pictured with owner Phyl Daly (left) during the ceremony ate Julie Eagle and Airs Nancy Eagle holding young David At the right are the restaurant manager and co owner and Del George Anderson who lust developed his i ihbon cutting abilities during the period he served as vice mayor The restaurant is geared to family style fast food service offering an assortment oi steak dinners in a buffet type menu Cash As Well As Stamps or Crew Clifton Clark uneral Mrs Beatrice Motley late ci and Alarjorie Carolyn Chatham retary treasurcr and at the right are East board member and chairman of the light bulb sale and Charlie Dorton another board member In the foreground are some of the many books of trading stamps which already have been contributed to the Civitan Club project in behalf of the Life Saving Crew Mrs Mary Clark Rites Set Tomorrow Cash as well as trading stamps will help the Civitan Club protect of acquiring a new jc scue vehicle for the Danville Life Saving Crew as members of the Danville Associa tion of Life Underwriters realized In the photo a Life Underwriters donation of $50 from a recent light bulb is being received by Brandon Scearce At the left is Jerry Duncan board member and sec Alrs Strange survives two sisters of Chatham Robinson of two step Younger and Younger both Last services for Airs Mary Less White Clark 86 of Chatham Rt 4 will be con ducted tomorrow at 2 pm at Calloway Level Primitive Bap tist Church by Elder Smith and burial will be in the church cemetery The wife of Walter Clark she died Saturday in Alemorial Hospital after a brief illness She was born in Pittsylvania county a daughter of the crrid and Alary White Survivors in addition to husband include two sons daughters: Alphonso of Trenton NJ Kaiser of Long Island NY Minnie Witherspoon and Wonder Calloway of I Be Held riday inal rites for Clifton Clark 35 ycar old former Chatha resident will be conducted ri day at 2 pm at Wilson Alemorial Baptist Church by the Rev William Lee Burial will be in the church 'emetery The Pittsylvania County native died Sunday in Balti more Aid He was a son of Jeff Clark and the late Agnes Clark In addition to his father and stepmother Airs Velma Clark of Baltimore he leaves one brother Carrington Clark of Baltimore and two sisters Mrs Airs uneral Set Saturday ror uaniei arrange The funeral of Daniel Tucker Strange 71 of Cascade Rt 1 will be conducted Saturday at 1:30 pm at Shiloh Baptist Church of which he was a member and burial will follow in the church cemetery A farmer and native of Pittsylvania County he died Alonday at his home lie was a son of the late Jesse and Lucy Cole a strange and his wife Carrie A him' uneral Set Saturday Last rites for Airs Beatrice Alotley 70 of Cascade Rt 1 will be conducted Saturday at 3:30 pm al New Mine Creek! Baptist Church at Keeling by! Elder Jube Adams Burial will be in the lliett family cemetery! at Keeling She died Alonday in Alemorial! Hospital i The widow of Rufus Alotley she was born in Pittsylvania i County a daughter of the late 1 Allen and Jenny Womack1 itzgerald and was a member of Old Aline Creek Baptist i Church Survivors include two I daughters and seven sons: Alrs Lucille Brooks of Baltimore Aid Airs Bessie Adams of Cascade Daniel Adams of i Hampton McKinley Alotley of Chatham red and Wilmer I Alotley of Danville Alotley of Ringgold five Clark Clark Airs Mrs Hampton and Aliss Ola Clark Airs Nannie Jamerson and Airs Willia Jamerson all of Chatham along with 2 0 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren She also leaves two brothers Charlie and Dillard White of Pittsburgh Pa Airs Lila White and Airs Lucy Pittsburgh and Cephus and Thomas and John Alotley of I Blairs She also leaves two sisters) Airs Victoria itzgerald ami Airs Alice Motley of Blairs 27 grandchildren and several great grandchildren The body is at Cunningham Hughes uneral Home where the family will receive friends riday from 7 to 8 pm fcra MifeJ lam sisters Airs Gertrude Whittles of Pittsburgh and Mrs lossie Scruggs of Chatham The family will receive friends tonight from 8 to 9 at the church Mrs Archie Crews Rites This Afternoon He also leaves five brothers and four sisters: Jesse and loyd Strange of Cascade George and Theodore Strange of Eden NC Charles Strange of Donora Pa Airs Annie Brown of Alexandria and Airs Lucinda Simms Mrs Alary Harris and Airs Viola Hiter all of Washington DC SOUTH BOSTON inal services for Airs Archie Grubbs Crews of South Boston were set for 3:30 pm today at Trinity Episcopal Church of which she was a member with burial following in Oak Ridge Cemetery The widow of rank Crews Sr she died yesterday in a South Boston hospital She was born in Halifax County a daughter of the late James Edwin Grubbs and Angie Moore Grubbs Survivors include one daughter Airs William Holt and one son rank Crews both of South Boston and three grandchildren and one great grandchild The body is at Cunningham Hughes uneral Home where the family will receive friends riday from 8:15 to 9:15 pm Mrs Clay Motley uneral Rites Today The funeral of Airs Clav Walton Alotley was set for 2 pm today a Swicegood Chapel with interment follow ing in Highland Burial Park She died yesterday i Roman Eagle Alemorial Home at the age of 73 500 Turn Out or Job air Mobley Heads New Evening Lions Officers Now officers for 1971 72 were elected last night by members of the Danville (Evening) Lions Club They arc rank Aloblcy Jr president William Smith Jr first vice president Dr Wayne AlcCubbins second vice president II Laddie Clark third vice president: and Byron cntriss secretary treasurer Holland owlkes Sr was named Lion tamer and Earl Chisholm tail twister Named to the board of directors were Robert Dye Jr and Kingoff Reports on the white cane and broom sale projects were made by Harden and loyd Banc members of the Danville (Host) Lions Club who were guests at the meeting at the Charcoal House Williams VW Elects Officers Sets Installation Alembers of Hugh Williams Post 8977 Veterans of oreign Wars elected new officers last night at a meeting attended by ifth District a Malcolm Cooper of Chatham Cooper will also conduct the installation for the post's of ficers on Sunday Alay 30 at 6 pm Howard Lewis was elected commander with Logan Owen as senior vice commander and Kyle Kirby junior vice com mander Other officers are Calvin agan chaplain John Lovelace quartermasterJake Tate judge advocate and Leonard Jefferson surgeon Outgoing commander Elwood Talc was named a trustee for three years with Lewis Here Yesterday The first annual held yesterday at George Washington Senior High School attracted approximately 5 0 0 senior and junior high school students The event provided participants with the op portunity to discuss future employment possibilities with representatives of 24 local firms and to make applications for employment Chairman of the event was Kenneth Axtell assistant ad ministrator of Al i a 1 Hospital who said similar pro grams arc scheduled Alay 6 at Chatham High School and Alay 11 at Tunstall High School Sponsors included the local Chamber of Commerce and the Virginia Employment Com mission Participating firms were ARA Service Inc John Daniel Co Nationwide Insurance Hardee's US Gypsum Telephone Co Memorial Hospital Swanson Al Central Apparel Corp and Pepsi Cola Also City of Danville irst National Bank Womack Radio Supply Penney Service Technology Corp Virginia 1 men! Commission American National Rank Good year Tire Rubber Co Dan River Inc Vulcan Materials Co and Danville Industries Inc WHY THE WEATHER RICHMOND (AP) Showers spread across Virginia today but will taper off tonight as a warm front that brought the rain moves across the state ossils of starfish in rocks that are believed to be 400 mil lion years old arc fundament aly the same as those exist ing today AlcCubbins to be a trustee for two years and Robert ord for one year i The family of Mrs Allie Aldridge Underwood requests that in lieu of flowers memorials be sent to Lee Street Baptist Church Library Advertising Ban Has Not Hurt Cigarette Sales Official Says Richmond Man May Be irst I The Bee: Danville Va Wednesday April 28 1971 3 A i Black Admiral CHULA VISTA Calif (AP) Mhen Samuel Gravely Jr joined the Navy nearly 30 years ago as an enlisted man were not letting Negroes do any says his wife used to clean up the pool Now in line to become the US Navy's first black admiral Pentagon sources confirmed Tuesday that Capt Gravely 48 a one time railway postal clerk from Richmond Va will be nominated for rear admiral by President Nixon' Senate confir mation is required Navy officials said it would be to imply Gravely got it" because of his color don't give a guy three ships because one officer said Gravely who was the first Negro to command a US war ship is in mid Pacific bringing the guided missilc frigate Jouctt in to San Diego after seven months off Vietnam She is scheduled to dock Saturday At his two story home in this San Diego suburb life was a bit more excited than usual was hoping if he was se lected it wouldn't happen until he came wife Alma said Tuesday night way taking all of the con The have two sons Robert 13 and David 10 and a daughter Tracey 6 so proud of him been writing to my daddy tell ing him that I want to be the first lady admiral Tracey said the jolt well always gets you said Mrs Gravely took longer possi bly than for the average man but we knew the Navy had opened up enough for a Negro to become an Gravely joined the Navy in 1942 as an enlisted man served a threc year hitch and then re turned to Virginia Union Uni versity where he earned a bach degree in history He earned his commission through officer candidate school at Columbia University that time they sending Negroes to the Naval said Airs Gravely Gravely was recalled to ac tive duty in 1949 and 'from then on came naturally to his wife said The Navy traditionally has been the most conservative of the services with only two other Negroes besides Gravely hold ing the rank of captain the equivalent of colonel in the Army and Air orce Less (han 1 per cent of the officers are black compared to more than 3 per cent in the other two services Two other blacks in the armed forces hold star Air orce Brig Gen Daniel James and Army Brig Gen rederick Davison But for Gravely the eldest of five children whose mother died when he was 15 his said Airs Gravely very dedicated He loves However Gravely faces more enlisted work when he gets home The front light at the house is broken and says Airs Gravely been waiting for my husband to come and re pair Nine In Area Among Averett Honor Graduates Nine Averett College gradu ates from the local area were announced as honor graduates recently rances Ann Kilncr daugh ter of Air and Airs George Kilner was graduated with summa cum laudc honors for a grade point average of 294 out of a perfect 3 point grade av erage Other area members of Av first baccalaureate de gree class in 57 years who Graduated with honors were Nancy owlkes Neighbors daughter of Mrs Alary owlkes summa cum laudc Lynda Brown Dallas wife of Charles Dallas magna cum laudc Emmeline Gunn Dillon wife of Lyle Dillon magna cum laudc Harriet Joyncs ITellmuth wife of Everett A Ilellmuth RICHMOND The chair man of the board of Philip Alonis Inc says the ban on radio and television advertising has not hurt cigarette sales pleased to report that industry results so far this year show not only that a reduction did not take place but that cigarette unit sales are Joseph Cullman III said Tuesday at the annual meeting of stockholders of the diversi fied tobacco company He made the statement as stockholders learned consolidat ed operating revenues for the first quarter of this year in creased 33 per cent over the same period a year ago from $3097 million to $4129 million Net earnings were $214 mil lion or 87 cents per share compared with $153 million or 67 cents for the same period last year Assuming full dilution Cullman said earnings per share were equal to 77 cents compared with 58 cents a year ago The results were a record for the first three months and marked the 27th consecutive quarter in which revenues and earnings per share increased over the same period of the previous year the company said The corporation had a growth rate of 23 per cent annually over the last five years with earnings increasing from $119 per share in 1965 to $336 per share last year Cullman said He said Philip Alonis during that time increased its share of the American cigarette market from 103 per cent to 173 per cent Marlboro the major brand accounts for 10 per cent of the cigarette sales Cullman said School Rejects Mass Amnesty Bid By Students inal Masonic Reunion Session Set Tomorrow REDISV1LLE NC Ten of the 60 students suspended after a class boycott Alonday at Reidsville Senior High School were reinstated yesterday but school officials refused a plea for amnesty by the others Approximately 50 students many of them accompanied by their parents came to the school yesterday asking that the suspensions be lifted Principal II Griggs said told them that as we an nounced earlier each student's reinstatement would be con sidered on an individual After hearing Griggs state the school's position the students and parents read a statement protesting the system to be used in choosing the cheerleaders They then left the school Griggs said those not yet reinstated may come back' if they arrange a conference for them and their parents but that the school will not accept re quests for mass amnesty The students refused to attend classes Alonday in protest of the selection process for the cheerleading squad i Griggs said is as far as the high school ad ministration is concerned Only some 60 of the 400 black students have taken part in the boycotts About 700 white students also attend the school Driver Is Given Extra 90 Days or 120 Total Jacob Lonzo Wyatt 43 of Ringgold Rt 2 who yesterday was found guilty of second of fense drunk driving pleaded guilty in Municipal Court this morning to an additional charge of operating a motor vehicle after his permit had been revoked in the previous case and was given an additional 90 days and fined $10 penalty in the drunk driving ease was 90 days a $200 fine and revocation of his driving privileges for another three years Other eases today were more routine The 35 cases on the docket were for speeding A total of seven defendants were tried and found guilty Seven cases were dismissed or nol pressed At the request of the com monwealth was entered in the case of Carolyn Perryman on a grand larceny charge in an old case It was indicated by police that efforts to locate the accused had been unsuccessful and the warrant has never been ex ecuted Ulysses Grant had voted in olyn one presidential election be fore entering the White House in1869 according to Encyclopae dia Britannica The spring reunion of Dan ville Scottish Rite Alasons will end tomorrow with conferring of the 32nd degree and the class banquet to be addressed by Dr Arch Acey in the Alasonic Temple The final session will follow the conferring of the 28tli through the 31st degrees this evening and the 19th through the 27th degrees last night on the Thomas Stanley Alemorial Class Guest speaker last night was Charles Webber of Salem sovereign grand i irs general and treasurer bf the Supreme Council of the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States He extended greetings to local Alasons from Henry Clausen grand com mander of the Alasonic bodies and other members of the Supreme Council Directors of degree work last night were James Dennv Jr and Ilaraway with Denny James itzgerald Al Warren and Bobby Chaffin as degree masters assisted by Al Hutcherson Jr Crutchfield Reynold IL Pleasant Choates Bernard A Wiggs Little James Ray and Scearce Jr Others assisting were Rocsel Dalton Dl Alycrs Cook Jr Dyer Nichols Kopcicnski' Wilson Carter red Shanks Jr and AL Harlow Board To Set Date or irst Budget Review CHATHAM The Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors its meeting here Alonday night is expected to set the date for the initial review session for the proposed new county budget According to County Clerk A 11 Kloses the budget will not be considered at the meeting Monday since it must be ad vertised for seven days prior to the first review He said the board will decide whether to consider the budget at a special session during Alay or to delay the matter until its regular June meeting The 1971 72 budget reportedly contains a $500000 deficit some of which would be offset by revenue from an increase in county real estate taxes The increase results from the recent reassessment of real property upward to a total value of $721 million which is equal to 30 percent of the assessed value of county real estate Aloses noted that the 1971 figure is 40 percent above the interim assessment of $511 million and the 1965 total of $431 million the last official reassessment Charles City County Is Ordered To Drop reedom Choice Plan Jr magna cum laudc and also Donna Newton Dorr wife of Robert Dorr cum laudc DianC Landrum ATangus daughter of Airs Eva Landrum magna cum laude Betty Jane Martin daughter of Air and Mrs Prath er Martin magna cum laude Elizabeth Cole Perkins daughter of Air and Airs James Russell Perkins magna cum laude Judith Elaine Allen daughter of Air and Airs Her man Loe Allen magna cum laude Michael Louis Dance son of Air and Airs Louis A Dance magna cum laude and Alary Arnold Stephens daugh ter of Mrs Annie Stephens cum laude The commencement exercises marked the first time in Av history that men were awarded bachelor degrees The exercise also marked the last conferring of associate of art degrees for students in two year programs and the last time that associate of science degrees will be given except In specialized fields of business Eggs are associated with Easter because the egg is a sym bol of feility and resurrection RICHMOND (AP) Revers ing an order lie issued himself in I9G8 over the opposition of the NAACP US District Judge Robert Alcrhigc Jr has di rected that Charles City County abandon its freedom of choice plan of school pupil assignment In a seven page opinion issued Tuesday Alcrhigc said the plan for the five public schools had not worked to elimi nate racial segregation in the overwhelmingly black educa tional system and even sug gested the county might con sider a neighborhood school concept He added however he didn't think this would work either in the county where the 1969 70 school enrollment includ ed 1551 blacks 159 Indians and 1G7 whites County officials were ordered to file within 30 days a new plan for a unitary school system that eliminate racial segregation At the time he approved the freedom of choice plan Alcr higc said he felt it would' lead to the of the segre gated system But he indicated at a Alarch hearing when black plaintiffs contended the plan had been administered to en courage racial segregation that he was prepared to reverse his earlier opinion In the previous order approv ing freedom of choice he said he sincerely felt the school board plan result in con formity with the constitutional Merhige said in his Tuesday opinion it would have had it been oper ated as contemplated 'Unfortunately there is no true freedom of choice where all citizens arc not treated equally or where the schools for one reason or another are unequal either in their facilities curricula blatant and obvious ad mitted discrimination in this in stance leads the court to the necessary' conclusion that the school plan as oper ated heretoiore is violative ot the Because of the make up however Alcrhige admitted it seemed to him situation existed inevitably there will be some all black.