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Tha Regitter: Danville, Dec. 6, 1969 Captured By- entury-Old State Flag flgain Ready To Display (AP) A 30 by'Memorial Museum at Newport state flag that was in I over Richmond when the ci-j It was returned to the Capi- Performing Arts Justify Support Saiif ord Argues RALEIGH (AP) Former Gov. Terry Sanford said Friday state- government should support the performing arts "to bring out the talents of young peo- pies." know we necd Zen Zaii Shorter Succumbs In Local Hospital Zen Zan Shorter 63, died at Memorial Hospital yesterday afternoon after having been in ill health for-the past 7 months. Be had been a patient at the hospital for the past three weeks. ty'was captured by Union fore- tol in 1966 but showed the rav- development, the lifting of per esf.

during the Civil War camelages of time: it was faded andi ca i nc me but we also need ito improve the level of life and the spirit of our people," San- Koine again Friday. giant banner. made i threadbare, by i State Budget Director L. Richmond women more than a-Kuhn found a firm in New York Century ago, was originally said it could restore the rjed off by a Yankee soldier as i giant flag for $785. The job was booty.

Frederick A. Stevens several months ago but Massachusetts returned it to the) it was Friday before a new "slate in 1927. display case in the Capi- "Jfrom then until the early Hols north corridor was read- 3960s it was displayed on vr'ajl of a state museum in thei There the flag was folded tol Sanford said, "Maybe the debasement of the Finance Build- show the Great Seal figure of that people support and un- irig in Capitol Square. When the Virtus, the semitopless genius I derstand the arts is the best museum closed, the flag was'of the Commonwealth trium-i me asure of what level of civili ford told a small audience gathered for the Art Council's annual meeting. The Winston Salem School of jArts was founded during Sanford's administration with his support.

He also set up the Art Council. loaned for a time to the Warjphant over Tyranny. Walter J. Adams Succumbs In Hospital Mrs. Niiia Hauser Dies In Hospital Mrs.

Nina Ruth Burge Hauser died yesterday afternoon at Hospital after being Waller Jake Adams died str i ken at her residence. Fnday at 2 p.m. at Memorial orn in Forsythe County, N. Hospital. He had been in July 2 6, 1912 she was the tfttfining health for the past of the late James years and a patient the Thomas and Maggie Sands hospital for 2 months.

Burge. She was married to Adams was a native of (John Alfred Hauser who died in Danville, born June 16, 1891. He 11953. Recently sh had made was a son of the late home with hep daughter at Adams and Elizabeth WarflSOO Chester Drive. She was a Most of his life was member of The Stokesland in Danville.

Adams was a member of life Main Street Methodist CEurch. is survived by a sister Itfrs. Willie Tuck of Lynchburg; Baptist Church and the V.F.W. Auxiliary. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs.

Robert E. Shore a son Ira E. Hauser, eight grandchildren and four great- Born in Eden, N. he was the son of the late John Henry and Kate Ann Durham Shorter. Most of his life was lived in Danville where he was a auto mechanic.

In recent years he had been employed by Dan River Mills as a maintenance man in No. 5 Mill. He was of the Baptist Faith and a member of the Loyal order of Moose and the Red Men. Survivors are his wife, the former Mozelle. Thomas, of the home, 162 Walton Avenue; two sons, Zen Shorter Jr.

of U. S. Air Force stationed at Langley Field, and Gene Shorter, of the U. S. Air Force, stationed in Korea; two daughters, Mrs.

Romona Mae Tuck of Gretna and Mrs. Delores Anne McDowell of Wheeling, W. Va. Also the following brothers sisters, Wade Shorter of W. M.

Denison, 35, John Tyler CC RICHMOND (AP) Officials at John Tyler Community College in Chesterfield County announced Friday that Piney Forest Methodisj Marshall Denison, 35, will be Church by the Rev. Roy Chamberlain, the Rev. Roy G. Pickrel Final Services Slated Monday Funeral services for Roy C. Pickrel will be conducted Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from Houston Likely To Be Awarded NBA Franchise zation the society has Sanford is said to be one of four candidates under serious consideration for the presidency of Duke University.

Asked about this, Sanford told a newsman, "I do not think it would be proper for me to comment under the The Dukes University selectionNen Moss of committee is due to make a re- Jmmy port on its choice Dec. 13. Miss Emma Slayton Final Rites Held Funeral services for Miss Emma J. Slayton were held Friday afternoon from Wrenn- Yeatts were and a number of neices and! grandchildren, all of Danville; nephews. 'funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m.

from the Wrenn-Yeatts Chapel and interment will be in Highland Burial Park. The body will remain at the funeral home sej-yices. prior to the E. Stokes Daniel Resigns Post As City Inspector Stokes Daniel, City Building Inspector since 1965, has! resigned his post, effective Jan. 1, 1970, to accept a position with the firm of Shanks Wilmarih', engineers and surveyors.

Daniels assume, position J.an. 5, ave as his reason for; Lena Mrs. Also, five sisters; Mrs. Venable of Pilot Mammie Wall of Harvey, 111., Mrs. Luna Kuttl and Mrs.

Betsy White, both of King, N. and Mrs. Grace Thornton of Greensboro, N. C. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Stokesland Baptist Church.

Interment will be in Highland Burial Park. The body rests at Barker Funeral Home and the family will be at the Shore residence, 300 Chester Drive. Chapel. The conducted by services Richmond, Mrs. Ruth Goble of Lexington, N.

Mrs. Clyde Bass, Mrs. Charlie Gourley Mrs. Ellis Pruitt, Mrs. Mamie Farmer, Mrs.

Earl Emmerson and Mrs. Andy Mahan all of Danville; and nine grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are William Pheagin and Rev. Edjjj Ome Calhoun. Interment followed in theip 111Ar Slayton Family Cemetery 1 uu incomplete.

The body svill rest at the Barker Funeral Home Rev the family will at the next president of the junior college, Denison, i native of Greenville, succeeds Dr. Thomas M. Hatfield who last month said he was resigning to work and study at the University of California at Los Angeles. Denison was dean of students at Virginia Western Community College in Roanoke in 1963-1966 and currently is associate director for student services in the State Department of Community Colleges. He holds an undergraduate degree from Roanoke college, took his master Radford College and last summer received 'his doctorate at the University of Virginia.

"I think we have got to continue with ongoing programs (at John Tyler) and make every effort to serve the community in the future to the best of our ability," Denison said. He added he intends to work losely with community leaders nd industry as well as area igh schools. John Tyler has about 1,900 tudents but Denison predicted ie school will have at least ,000 students next year and ,500 within five years. Denison said he was pleased Sheets and Dr. 0.

B. Newton. Many Top Start In Baseball Plan Benefit Contest HOUSTON, Tex: (AP) The Houston Chronicle said Friday it had learned that Houston probably will be awarded a National Basketball Association franchise next month if the University of Houston would permit Interment will be in the the team' to play in the new Hollywood Baptist Church Hofheinz Pavilion. The NBA plans to add two expansion clubs, for the 1970-71 season. Mentioned are Houston, Buffalo, Cleveland, Portland, Salt Lake City and Minneapolis.

The Chronicle said its un- Laurel Grove. The pallbearers were Blair Clark, Joseph Moorefield, Bobby Walton, Robey Hall, Dudley Tate, John Tate, Joe Davis and Thomas Garrett. Funeral Services For John Allred Scheduled Today Funeral services for John i Ralph Allred will be conducted 'today at 11 a.m. at Brooks "deske to" become FuTn ral Ch 1 11 3 0 11111 Bos or active in the. engineering I I te ent wl11 foll Oak field.

He received -a Rl ry Civil Engineering from VPI in Mr 66, of South Boston, died Wednesday a (For Mrs. Gilbert Held Yesterday Mrs. Hardister Rites Conducted Yesterday Funeral services for Mrs. Ethel Pruitt Hardister were conducted Friday afternoon from Townes Memorial Chapel by the Rev. Earle Fike and Rev.

Eugene Tally. Interment was in Green T.HU1 Cemetery. 'Pallbearers Giles; John CHATHAM services for Funeral Mrs. Katharine Eppler Gilbert, wife of the late Charles R. Gilbert, were conducted Friday afternoon Hollywood Baptist Church by the Rev.

Marvin C. Patterson. Interment followed in the Gilbert Family Cemetery. Pallbearers were W. Averetl Reynolds, Harris C.

Moore Ernest Reynolds, Garnet Edwards, Jack Easley, J. Mays, Bryan Nuckols, ant Charles A. Moore, Jr. were Bendaii, Berkley Restraining Order Edwards, Curtis Ephron i .4 Oakes, Therit Winstead, Edgar Dalton, and Frank -Bates. Blue Law Action Since then, he has been with the City period.

except for a brief His first position was.in the City's' Engineering Department where he --served until December, .1965. He. was named to the Building Inspector's post following the death of John native of Charlotte, N. Daniels is a graduate of George Washington High School. is married to the former BjSlty Gatewood of Danville and they have three children, Low-Yield Nuclear Explosion Conducted LAS VEGAS, Nev.

'(AP) A low-yield nuclear explosion was detonated in a mileilong tunnel under the Nevada test site Friday, the Atomic Energy. Commission announced. blast, 1,375 ee't under South Boston hospital. He was born in Halifax County' March 4, a son of J. R.

Allred and Mucie May Allred, and was married to Minnie WooMdge'--Allred, Uvho survives. The test was the 23rd announced Also surviving are two this year at the site about 75 HIGIJ POINT (AP) Su p'erior Court judge issued an 1 or der Friday temporarily prohibit ing the enforcement of Hig Point's so called blue lav against Sunday sales by som businesses. The order by Judge James E. Exum Jr. was obtained by a jg group of stores after 43 persons' have the opportunity to work vith one of the older community olleges, as well as with the rea, the program and the cemetery near Chatham.

A retired Dan River Mills employe, Mr. Pickrel died Thursday night after being in declining health for the last five years. He was born in Pittsylvania County, Aug. 22, 1889, a son of the late James and Emma Rice Pickrel. He was a member of the Dan River Retired Workers Club and an honorary member of the board of Piney Forest Methodist Church.

In addition to bis wife, Ocie Jefferson Pickrel, he is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Gordon Waller of Kensington; Mrs. Melvin Hawkins of Danville, Mrs. Silas McNew of Hopevvell and Mrs. Lawrence Everett of Hampton.

Also, three sons, Guy, Jimmy, and Edward Pickrel all ol one brother, J. Coy Pickrel of Chatham; 10 randchildren and 18 great The body is at Swicegood 'uneral Home and will be laced in the church at noon -londay. The family is at the esjdence, 660 Piney Fores Road. named out-of-state source said 1C Mrs. M.

S. Lovell Final Rites Set For Sunday Funeral services Mrs. Martha Stone Lovell will be conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. at Fieldale Methodist Church. Interment will follow in Oakwood Cemetery.

Veteran Officer Sound Over In Pistol Death Mrs. Lovell 92, of Martinsville; died a Martinsville convalescen is survived by two home. She a te Mrs. 'Frank ChitWopd of Martinsville anc Mrs. "Ethel Ensley Harrington of Fieldale; two sons, Norman C.

Lovell of Stanleytown and Curtis. Lovell of Bassett; 2 grandchildren, 45 'g a.jt grandchildren, and seven greal great-grandchildren. The. ''body is at 11 i Funeral' Home in JACKSONVILLE, (AP A 13-year veteran of the Jacksonville police force wa jound over to Onslow Superior Friday on a manslaughter charge in the shooting death ast Saturday of a 16-year-old boy. Et.

Jessie K. McCumbee was arrested follosving death of Raymond C. Bryant. The boy was shot early Saturday as police were seeking to question him in break in case. No trial date was set.

an NBA team would not be laced here if the team could ot use Houston's new eat fieldhouse. Neither University of resident Philip Hoffman nor Director Harry Fouke vould comment. NBA Commissioner Waiter Kennedy, reached in New York, aid "Several groups have ap- us about a franchise in louston. However, I have re- 'eived no formal applications." 'We do have a primary in- erest in Houston," he added. 'And expansion will be discussed at our winter meeting Wednesday in Chicago." The Chronicle said Ben Kerner, former owner of the St.

Louis Hawks who has been trying to bring an NBA team to Houston, is not involved in the new effort. The NBA has 14 members. Although expansion will be discussed next week the two new franchises are not expected to be awarded before the NBA All- Star game break Jan. 19-20. A new team would be stocked with an expansion player draft.

However, if Houston is awarded a franchise the owners would be expected make a strong effort to'buy former University of Houston stars Elvin Hayes MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) Many of baseball's stars will play in a preseason benefit exhibition game at Los Angeles, a spokesman for the sponsoring Southern Christian Leadership Conference announced Friday at the winter meetings. More than 70 players from 24 major league clubs have expressed interest in playing in the March 28 game at Dodger Stadium which will benefit i tha SCLC foundation and the proposed Dr. Martin Luther King Memorial Center. 1 The game, to be called--the East West Base- ball will pit stars from the Eastern Divisions 'of both leagues against othen from the Western Divisions.

Originally scheduled for 1969, he game was postponed. Selection of the starting II-'. neups will be made by members of the 'Southern California Sportscasters Association and: the Los Angeles-Anaheim chapter of the Baseball Writers As-' sociation. At least two "players from each club will be on tha rosters. Tom Seaver, the New York Mets' pitching ace, and sluggers Hank Aaron of Atlanta, Reggia Jackson of Oakland and Ron Santo of the Chicago Cubs wera among the standouts whom it was said had responded favora? bly to invitations.

Joseph D. Peters, a spokesman for the SCLC said Roy "ampanella and 'Joe DiMaggio, both members of the Hall of Fame, have accepted invitations to manage the squads. Commissioner Bowie Kuhn and. the owners are giving their full cooperation. from San Diego and Don Chaney from Boston.

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FULLTIME SCOUT MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) Bob Clear of Carson, a former minor league pitcher and manager, was appointed a fulltime scout for the California Angels Friday. Clear managed Pittsburgh's Geneva, N. "Yl, farm club in the New York- P.enhsylvania League last sea son. BIBLES BIBLES BIBLES BIBLES BIBLES "IT IS WRITTEN "by FRED BEV1LL were arrested Sunday as the daughters, Mrs.

Bobby H. Hudson of Scottsburg and Mrs. Charles T. Ferguson of South Boston; two sons, Ralph M. Allred of Chase City and James B.

Allred of South Boston; two sisters, Mrs. H. E. Booth and Mrs. A.

B. Northey, both of Rainier Mesa, had a force of merchants opened to test the less than 20,000 tons' law. Attorneys for the stores said the law is unconstitutional because it discriminates by allowing some businesses to oper- ate while others are forced to miles northwest of Las Vegas. A spokesman said there was no damage radioactivity 'was released. Joyce, 5, Steven 12, and Debra.iSourh Boston; two brothers, 15:.

(Ned Allred of Arlington and Hal reside at 160 Franklin Allred of Weirton, W. and and down. Almost 2.2 million ICo'urt. POPULAR PARK ESTES PARK, Colo. Mountain National Park in Colorado has 410 square miles of territory, most of it up nine grandchildren.

persons visited the park in 1968. close. Forty-two of those arrested worked at K-Mart, Zayre's and Sky City stores in High Point. Exum scheduled a hearing on his restraining order for Dec. 19.

Spokesmen for the stores said they will operate on Sunday in the meanwhile. The dentist is one man who can tell a woman'to shut her mouth and get away with it. It's not easy as you think to get a park- ing ticket. First, you have to find a parking place. Kyou kjnd an see your preacher; he has heard more than anybody else.

You don't need an excuse to stop and shop at the Religious Book Center. See us for those Christmas gifts. RELIGIOUS BOOK CENTER 120 Market St. 792-4443 BIBLES BIBLES BIBLES BIBLES BIBLES BIBLES GRAND OPENING CONTINUES TODAY KWIKSHOPMKT. 1332 PINEY FOREST ROAD Just Above Nor-Dan Next Door to Loundoroma Coin Laundry OPEN DAILY 8 A.M.-12 P.M.

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