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8 Tho Bee Donyille Vo Mcndoy December 22 1 975 Area Deaths And unerals re Virginia Seen Moving Toward wife Bicentennial New Year Nov 10 1897 make Danville Andrews of fu fu Your Recommendation May Be Important WREN EATTS i i i LOOM Memorial Bank has Hospital been re American Last Day Church of Holiness Body of Christ at Eden NC will hold a special birthday service for Christ on Dec 27 at 7 pm at the church Nelson Johnson of Gretna Rt 4 has been re elected chairman of the Pittsylvania County committee of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service and Thomas Barker was named vice chairman Also on the committee is Ray mond Parrish with Henry Ashworth and Herman Motley serving as alternates The board of the Danville Bi centennial Commission this week discussed plans for March delivery of poster maps depicting local historic sites and a January antique photog raphy exhibit Interest also was expressed in a later an tique show featuring items on loan from local homes New officers of the Ministers ellowship of Evangelicals for 1976 include the Rev Eugene Tally president the Rev Roger Collins vice president the Rev Linwood Johnson secretary the Rev Paul Ray treasurer and the Rev Ellenberg member at large The fellowship has about 30 members The funeral of James Eddie Lanier will be held tomorrow at 2 pm at Vance Street Bap tist Church Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery He was born in Pittsylvania County a son of the late Isaac and Lucinda Lanier and died Thursday in Memorial Hos pital He is survived by his wife Mrs Grace Coleman Lanier The family will receive friends at Beavers uneral Home tonight from 7 to 8 o'clock ganized or where they are the report said it can be argued that the absence of such a program may well lead to the establishment of employe The commission emphasized that since another study com mission is looking into the spe cific question of unionism of RICHMOND (AP) Virginia is moving irreversibly toward active labor relations with its employes and should get ready for it a study commission said today "With the continuing growth of organized labor in the public said the Commission on State Governmental Man agement in an interim report is likely that whetherit comes as a result of federal legislation state legislation or strikes the Com monwealth of Virginia will find Research shows that many Dan ville families do not know which funeral home to call at time of sudden loss Please remember these facts since soon a friend may ask for advice Suggest a call to us night or day the 13 member commission stressed it did not mean to im ply employe unionism It said however that Virginia should consider adopting a labor rela tions statute to deal with the problem "The program proposed in this report can exist and is needed where employes are or Buchanan Purchases Boise Plant However this survey also learned that the families we served do recommend that other Danville families call us first at need The Blood accredited bv the Association of Blood Banks for another two year period Henry Nichols uneral Today SOUTH BOSTON The neral of Henry Wilson Nichols Sr was held toda at 11 a at Powell Chapel Burial was in Clover Cemetery Mr Nichols 63 of Norfolk died riday in a Norfolk hos pital Born in Halifax County he was a son of the late Paul Nichols Sr and Mrs Pattye Guthrie Nichols of Halifax who survives He was married to rancis Clay Nichols who survives He was a member of Clover Baptist Church In addition to his wife and mother he is survived by a daughter Mrs Donald Mason Barbourville a son Henry Nichols Jr airmont WVa four sisters Mrs Samuel Powell Halifax Mrs Gray Snow South Boston Mrs Rowlett Graves Yorktown and Mrs Ben Sugg Newport News and five grandchildren James Lanier Rites Tomorrow late Kate Mr A BS degree in aeronautics has been awarded by Parks College of St Louis University to John A Brooks Jr son of Mr and Mrs John A Brooks Sr of 313 Rhodenizer St and husband of the former Mason Anderson Curtis Anderson Timothy Anderson Randolph Anderson Marncn Anderson and Beverly Anderson all of Milton NC Oscar Anderson Jr Washington DC McArthur Anderson Brooklyn NC and Gerald Anderson Richmond and five daughters Angela Anderson Dianne Poteat and Theressa Poteat all of Blanch NC and Mrs Jean McGhee and Vera Mae Anderson both of Danville Also surviving are five sisters Mrs Mandy Womack and Mrs Rosa Younger both of Danville Mrs Ethel Kates Chatham and Mrs Missy Wright and Mrs Laura Anderson both of Baltimore Md: two brothers Walter Anderson Danville and Alfred Anderson Roanoke and 15 grandchildren Event Set CHATHAM ireworks and church bells will mark the beginning of 1976 when the Pittsylvania Independence Bicentennial Commission cele brates 200 years of freedom at the stroke of midnight Earlier in the evening cele brants will gather at a lantern lighted Liberty Tree on the courthouse green to mark the beginning of the Bicentennial year: The Chatham Volunteer ire Department will hang lanterns throughout the tree as was done over 200 years ago when rebellious colonists in New England would use such as rallying points The ceremonies will begin at 11:45 pm at the tree with an invocation by the Rev James Grant Jr and welcome by Dr Randall Reynolds Judge Carrington Thomp son will brief the assemblage on the first step toward revolution the election of the committee of safety at Callands Courthouse in 1775 Bennett uneral Slated Tomorrow A funeral service for Mrs Patsy Williams Keesee Ben nett will be held tomorrow at 2 pm at Swicegood Chapel by the Rev John Groff Burial will be in loral Hills Memory Gar dens Mrs Bennett wife of Walter Bennett of 368 Juless St died yesterday a few hours after being admitted to Me morial Hospital Born in Danville she was a daughter of Mrs Edith Stanfield Williams Vass and the late Louis Carlton Williams or the past 11 years she had been employed at Corning Glass Works Shewas of the Baptist faith In addition to her husband she is survived by a daughter Terri Keesee and a sister Mrs Suzanne Kendrick both of Danville The body is at the funeral home and the family is at the residence of her mother 373 Cumberland Drive RC Stafford Rites Tomorrow HALIAX A graveside service for Robert Charles Stafford will be held tomorrow at 2 pm atthe Moore family cemetery in Halifax County Mr Stafford died yesterday in Blackstone at the age of 34 Among his survivors is Clyde Stafford of Halifax Boyette Rites Set Tomorrow The funeral of Mrs Helen Vaughan Boyette 73 of 127 Wildhurst Lane will be held tomorrow at 2 pm at Keen Street Baptist Church by the Rev Thomas Wright and the Rev James McGee In: terment will be in Highland Burial Park Mrs Boyette died yesterday in Memorial Hospital where she had been a patient since riday Born in Yancey County NC she was a daughter of the late James Wilson and Mrs Harriett Metcalf Parker Most Andeson Blanch NC Joseph of her hie was spent in Danville where she owned and operated West End Beauty Shop for 25 years before retiring in 1967 She was a member of Keen Street Baptist Church the Memorial Hospital Gray Ladies Senior Citizens Club Past Pocahontas of Wyanette Council No 22 ano past president of Ladies Auxiliary of American Legion Post 1081 Surviving are her husband Amos Boyette a daughter Mrs Moir Simpson Dan ville three step daughters Mrs John Timble and Mrs Donald Hoyt both of Arlington and Mrs Louise Haislip Charlotte NC a step spn Amos Boyette Jr Byrum Conn "a brother Grady 'Wilson Milford and eieht sten grandchildren and four step great grandchildren The body is at Swicegood uneral Home where the family will receive friends today from 7:30 to 9 pm The body will be taken to the church at 10:30 am tomorrow Rites Not Set or Victim Of Drowning uneral arrangements mained incomplete this morn ing for Mrs Lovelean Amos Coleman 53 of 693 Green St who drowned Saturday after noon in Dan River Police termed her death a suicide alter they were told she ran to the river bank near Ken tucky ried Chicken on Union St took off her coat and jumped in the water Mrs Coleman was born in Danville and was the daughter of Mrs Alice Petty Most of her life was spent in Danville where she as employed at various times at Memorial Hospital and numerous tobacco factories She lived with her mother She was a member of Loyal Baptist Church In addition to her mother she is survived by a sister Mrs Mary Hall Danville and a brother James Thomas Amos Sacramento Calif The body is at Beavers neral Home Active Employe Labor Relations Your loving family Dec 22 Mrs Lumpkin uneral Today CHATHAM inal rites for Mrs Emma Pruitt Lumpkin 62 of Chatham Rt 4 were set for 2 pm today at Weal Presbyterian Church with burial in the church cemetery She died Saturday in Dan ville Memorial Hospital Born in Pittsylvania County she was a daughter of the late Joel Pruitt and Mary rances Casey Pruitt Surviving are her husband Geafus Lumpkin and a sister Mrs Radah Chism and Chatham itself in the business of active labor relations in the fairly near future" The commission based its conclusion on an "attitude sur of what it said was a rep resentative sampling of the more than 72000 em ployes and management per sonnel It also said implementation of the griev ance procedure by state agencies is of paramount im portance to the Com monwealth" The commission which has been studying the state person nel system said about 66 per cent of the some 3300 employes surveyed returned their ques tionnaires In referring to the need for a program of more effective em ploye management relations The former Boise Cascade plant on Doolittle St has been purchased by George Bu chanan Jr president of Vir ginia Carolina Veneer Corp and will be operated as Dan ville Plywood Corp with a payroll of about 40 people "We saw the opportunity to purchase an existing plant and begin operation on a similar line of products with very little changing in retooling for a reasonable price when the Boise operation shut down earlier this Buchanan reported He credited the Danville Chamber of Commerce and Danville Industrial Develop ment Authority with assistance in developing avenue of favorable financing to the purchase possible Proffitt Infant uneral Today A graveside service for Ryan Proffitt infant son of David and Thenia Scott Jones Prof fitt was held today at 11 am in the cemetery of Wolf Island Primitive Baptist Church near Reidsville NC He died Saturday in Memorial Hospital In addition to his parents of Pelham NC he is survived by a brother David Proffitt Jr paternal grand parents Mr and Mrs Walter Proffitt Hillsville maternal grandmother Mrs Gladys Jones Pelham NC and great grandparents Mrs Ella Proffitt Pelham NC and Mr and Mrs Dan Mitchell Davy Va 703 NORTH MAIN STREET 793 5511 Oscar Anderson Rites Yesterday inal rites for Oscar Ander son 53 of Milton NC were held yesterday at Cunningham Hughes Chapel Burial was in the cemetery of Bell Grove Church at Chatham Mr Anderson died Wed nesday in Chapel Hill NC He was born in Pittsylvania County a son of the William Anderson and Johnson Anderson Anderson was a farmer He is survived by his Mrs Alma Anderson Milton NC: 11 sons Larry Anderson Seinora Edward requests in lieu of flowers that contributions be made to aith Home or the Danville Lifesaving Crew Austin Durant Services Held Last rites for Austin Durant 63 of 102 Keens Mill Road were held Saturday at Cunningham Hughes uneral Home with burial following in loral Hills 7 Memory Gardens Mr Durant died Tuesday in Danville Memorial Hospital He was born in North Carolina a son of the late Marvin Durant and Hattie 7 Bowden Durant Mr Durant vi as a tobacco worker He is survived by six sisters Mrs Retha Evans and Mrs7 Ora Durant both of Boston Mass Mrs Cleo Baker Jacksonville NC Mrs Elease Quinn ayetteville 7 Mrs Chessie Wallace2 Baltimore Md and Mrs Agate Graham Proctorville NC and a brother Mathew Durant airmont NC Burrell Canada Rites Yesterday Last services for Burrell Canada were held yesterday at LH Brooks Bro chapel with burial following in Oak Hill Cemetery Mr Canada 66 died riday in Danville Memorial Hospital Born in Pittsylvania County he was a son of the late John and Hattie Graves Canada He was employed at Dan River Inc until his retirement He was married to the former Alice Cunningham who sur vives In addition to his wife he is survived by three daughters Mrs Hattie Totten Mrs Queen Morrison and Miss Lunia Canada all of Danville two sons William and Joseph Canada both of Danville: two brothers Jessie and John Canada both of Hudson NY and 10 grandchildren and a great grandchild Abe Koplen Clothing Co Th Koplen Stores: Since The IMO's state and local employes it avoided duplicating the effort And the task force concluded that while new griev ance procedure represents long step forward in personnel there's lots of room for improvement Especially hard hit by the commission was the existing pay policies which the commission said the mediocre employees at the ex pense of those whose attitudes energy and zeal deserve a bet ter recompense" WILLIAM GRAVETT You left us quietly Your last thought unknown But your precious memory Lingers on Pets (Continued from Page 1 B) Impulse purchases of pets an be unhappy though one kennel owner warned times I feel sort of sorry for the puppy people buy puppies on impulse and don't realize they are going to have to raise it and train I would like to thank my friends and my family for the many kind deeds they have done for me since my recent illness Wishing for them a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year MRS SAM BOAZE Nine members of Danville Typographical Inion Local 857 recently were recognized for a combined total of more than 335 years of membership Local 857 President Rosser Moore (right) presented certificates to (from the left) Raymond McNeely 25 years Luke Dickens 25 years Carl urgurson 46 years Tom Rites At Church orLeeYeatts uneral rites for 60 year old Lee Plunkett Yeatts of Dan ville Rt 7 will be held tomor row at 11 am at Mt Hermon Baptist Church Burial will be in Danville Memorial Gardens He died Saturday in Duke Hospital Durham NC where ho had heon a natient for 13 aavs The family will receive 7 friends tonight from 7 to 8:30 at Wrenn Yeatts uneral Home 7 Mr Yeatts was born in Pittsylvania County a son of' the late William Plunkett Yeatts and Martha Yeatts Yeatts He spent most of his life in Gretna and Mt Hermon Mr Yeatts was a retired farmer He was a member of Mt Hermon Baptist Chruch On Dec 11 1937 he married the former Nannie MctncKara In addition to his wife Mr 7 Yeatts is survived by six daughters Mrs Nancy T'ickeral Gretna Mrs Shirley 2 Philpott Hunt and Mrs aye erguson Mrs Patsy Mills Mrs Betty Phelps and Mrs Phyllis Gibson all of Danville a brother Andrew Yeatts Blairs: and 13 grandchildren 11 Comrnuntty 1 Research IB patron Surveys Suit (Continued from Page 1 B) and Butz the defendants are Mayor Robert Clarke and councilmen AK Anderson Onico Barker Charles Har ris Bobby Hill Therit Winstead and Ronald Wil liams The suit demands $600000 in actual damages and $15 mil lion in punitive damages Mrs Crews uneral Set CLARKSVILLE The neral of Mrs Bessie lorence Crews will be held tomorrow at 2 in at Hunting Creek Bap tist Church Interment will be in the church cemetery Mrs Crews died yesterday in Halifax Community Hospital at the age of 89 Born in Pilot Mountain NC 3 she was a daughter of the late Mason Lane and Martha Midkiff Lane She was married to the late Richard Thomas Crews She was a member of 1 Hunting Creek Baptist Church Surviving are six daughters 7 Mrs lorence Williams Roxboro NC Mrs Jane Harper Henderson NC Mrs Mary Miles Clarksville Mrs Callie Smith Nathalie Mrs Agnes Haith Mebane NC' and Miss Norma Crews 2 Clarksville three sons Ira Crews Nathalie Nathan Crews Roxboro NC and 7 Sam Crews Appomattox and 26 grandchildren Judge Berry inal Rites Held Today Graveside rites were held at I 1 today in Highland Burial 2 Park for retired Judge Calvin Berry Sr who was killed in7 a traffic accident on Rt 29 at Blairs on riday The 70 year old judge retired from the bench of Danville'sMunicipal Court three years ago alter 27 years of service 7 He was born at Appomattox 1 Court House on May 12 1905 a son of the late John and Sallie Turner Berry After graduation from the College of William and Mary in 1932 he practiced law in Danville for about 10 years and served as chief parole and probation officer for three 1 years before his appointment to the Municipal Court judge 7 ship Judge Berry was the author" of two legal one on civil practice in municipal and county courts and the other on 7 criminal practice in such courts He was a member of Moffett 2 Memorial Baptist Church On Nov 26 1931 he former Mabel ern Staf ford In addition to Mrs Berry of the home 226 Rocklawn Avenue he is survived by a son Calvin Walter Berry Jr 2 Danville two daughters Lee 7 Hie wife of Mr Hugh Ingram Richmond and Sally the wife 7 of William Davis Roanoke7 a sister Mrs Kathleen Bowker Jensen Beach la and seven grandchildren The amily Of Lee Plunkett Yeatts arm Bureau Legislators Air Issues County arm Bureau leaders around the state have just ended a series of meetings with General Assembly members to discuss the farm organization priority issues for 1976 Pittsylvania County arm Bureau leaders met with Sen Coleman Yeatts and Dels Claude Swanson Calvin owler and Richard Elliott The Virginia arm Bureau at its 50th annual meeting in Norfolk adopted policy positions on 94 agricultural social and economic issues ollowing the annual meet ing the VB board of direc tors selected 26 priority issues These issues were featured in a series of 19 meetings with Gen eral Assembly members The arm Bureau has voiced support for a balanced budget at all levels of government a Virginia constitutional amend ment that will permit localities to exempt farm machinery and livestock from taxation mal practice legislation to hold down medical costs and op poses ERA and public employe collective bargaining Bicentennial Booklet Published A major Bicentennial effort of Dorothea Henry Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution is publi cation of of the Early History of the United States of for distri bution to local pupils in middle schools Additional copies of the 26 page written by Miss Cassie Averett Young with the assistance of Mrs WH Mc Collum are available for purchase by the public The nine short sketches deal with well known personages events and symbols associated with the colonial and revolu tionary periods Copies of the booklet can be ordered from Mrs BA Gos ney Jr 408 Randolph St or Mrs RG Atkins 485 Main St Rites Tomorrow or Mrs Turner PITTSVILLE Graveside rites for 60 year old Mrs Lucy Graves Turner of Washington will be held tomorrow at Ridgeway United Methodist Church at Pittsville She died riday in a Washington hospital The body is at Miller's neral Home in Gretna She was born in Pittsylvania County a daughter of the late Della Graves She is survived by a daughter Mrs Betty Johnson Pittsville four brothers James Graves Norfolk Haywood Graves Pittsville Rush Graves Page Va and Carrington Graves Washington DC and two grandchildren Printers Union Members Cited Southard 40 years rank Pascucci 40 years: rank McIver 25 years Bill Shultz 25 years Ernest Talley 40 years and Vernon Wilkerson 50 years Wilkerson Talley urgurson Pascucci and McIver are all retired as is Claude Yeatts (not pictured) who was cited for 25 years of membership 1 MM rVri' tv kA Bl liMii I i.