The Bee from Danville, Virginia (2024)

October 27, 1975

Publication:

The Beei

Location:

Danville, Virginia

Issue Date:

Monday, October 27, 1975

Page:

10

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At State Penitentiary General Lockup Ordered Area Deaths And unerals or Weapons Search 300 II LOWENSTEIN To Get Honor SC Blacks Protest Dibrell Slaying In lorence Dividend Doubled Local Briefs Godwin Advocates Controlled Growth Mrs MOTLEY'S WREN EATTS ormer Danvillian Tim Bruce of Manchester Ga is the newly elected vice presi dent of the Georgia Society for Textile Training and Develop ment composed of textile training and personnel direc tors from that state and Ala bama He is the son of Mr and Mrs TM Bruce of Danville Mrs Jerry Clark of Mar tinsville is the newly elected chairman of Girl Scout District 1 covering Southside Virginia from Clarksville to Stuart Douglas Hayes of Danville has been appointed to serve on the National Civil Service and Employment Committee of the Veterans of oreign Wars Two public meetings will be held in this area on the newly passed air Credit Billing Act and the Equal Credit Op portunity Acts The first is set for 2 to 5 pm today at the Re tail Merchants Association office in Martinsville and the second on Thursday from 9 a to noon at the Ramada Inn in Lynchburg A city wide Halloween Cos tume Parade a project of the local Recreation Department and Nor Dan Shopping Center will be held at the center today at 7 pm following 6 pm registration for participants age 12 and under On Thursday and riday during city teacher work days the JW Squire Armory will have special activities starting at 1 pm for children age 12 and under Gym recreation for ages 13 16 is set for riday afternoon Canty led the crowd in chant ing had The march and speeches were sponsored by the lorence NAACP chapter Marshals with red armbands marched beside each group along the approxi mately one mile route to the downtown area The marchers walked in rows of six abreast and 10 to 12 deep The first half of the journey was conducted in silence but as they marchers reached the business section they began to sing Shall Police say officer Clinton Snipes shot Muldrow after the man attacked the officer with a hammer Oct 19 Snipes had stopped Muldrow for a traffic violation He has been placed on administrative leave pend ing completion of an investiga tion by State Law Enforcement Division agents Tho Qtatn Pnmmiccinn Oiif door Recreation proposed such a bond issue in the 1974 Gener al Assemblly but it was op posed by Godwin and was not adopted Lechner noted Godwin said last year he oppose of using general obli gation bonds for outdoor recre ation but felt such a bond isue would be turned down in a ref erendum because of the gaso line shortage and mood of the But Lechner said he dis agrees with assess ment and feels the bond issue would be approved The Danville Jaycees will staff a night ly from 6 to 9 pm in a frame house next to Holdiay Inn on Riverside Drive The Muldrow shooting touch ed off a riot last Tuesday Gov James Edwards sent dozens of highway patrolmen and SLED agents and alerted a Na tional Guard Military Police unit in lorence The guards men remained on duty through most of Sunday The Danville tobacco market was closed today in observance of Veterans Day Auctions will resume tomorrow A credit seminar scheduled by the Danville Retail Mer chants Association for Nov 20 at the Downtowner Motor Inn will bring ederal Reserve representatives to discuss the air Credit Report Billing Act the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and other consumer rights items A meeting of the George Washington High School Band Boosters Club is set in the bandroom at 7:30 pm to morrow The Dan River Chapter of Distributive Education Clubs of American will continue a can and bottle clean up project next weekend to obtain salvage fund to be used for a trip to New York Payment of a 100 per cent common stock dividend is scheduled by Dibrell Brothers Inc Each Dibrell shareholder of record as of Nov 10 1975 will receive one additional share for each share held on that day The action was taken riday at the regular quarterly meet ing of board of di rectors which also approved payment of a quarterly cash dividend of 35 cents per share to each shareholder of record as of Nov 10 The cash dividend is to be paid on Nov 18 on the basis of the number of shares outstanding prior to the stock dividend Board Chairman RB Bridg forth Jr said the 35 cent per share quarterly dividend on an annual rate of $140 per share compares to $120 per share paid during the year ended May 31 Bridgforth said the board of directors at its January meeting will establish the new cash dividend rate for the 808110 shares outstanding fol lowing the 100 per cent stock dividend investigation is under way into that incident Officials gave this account of the escape attempt: Prisoner James Henderson 31 serving a life term and 20 years for malicious wounding A special meeting of the Pittsylvania County School Board is set for tomorrow at 7:30 pm to discuss the state budget cut and night use of schools by community groups and to make application for financing under the Com prehensive Employment and Training Act ATTENTION VETERANS! SEE US OR YOUR EVERY DRUG STORE NEED! The See: Donville Vo Monday October 27 1975 The Danville Ski public meeting tomorrow at 7:30 pm at irst National Danville Room will begin with a wine and cheese party and will include plans for season activities and a presentation on the nearby new Wintergreen ski resort ATER HOURS PRESCRIPTION SERVICE PHONE 793 7500 George Washington High School will have open house for parents tonight from 7:30 to 9:30 with pupil schedules to be provided along with student guides VIRGINIA BEACH (AP) Gov Mills Godwin says Vir ginia must do its utmost to see that there is controlled growth planned that will allow both the and the quality of life needs of its people Godwin said Saturday at the awards banquet of the Virginia Wildlife ederation he has sensed in recent years that people are looking for a od of reassessment a time for taking stock of our advances in all the fields we lump together under the word of progress The Award as the state's top conservationist of 1975 was presented to Dr Rob ert Giles Jr who teaches wildlife management at Vir ginia Tech and has taken an and robbery from Richmond entered the basem*nt on the pretense of having legal papers to show guard Cpl Ellmon James When James opened the door uneral services for Aubrey John Benson will be held to morrow at 11 am at Glen Hill Baptist Church by the Rev James Land Burial will be in the loral Hills Memory Gar dens Mr Benson 53 of 1146 South Boston Rd died Saturday night in the Veterans Hospital in Salem He had been in de clining health for three years and a patient in the hospital 11 days The body is at Wrenn Yeatts uneral Home where the family will receive friends today from 7 to 8:30 pm Born in Clayton NC he was a son of Herman Benson and Lizzie Adams Benson His early life was spent in Clayton but he moved to Danville in 1950 On June 4 1953 he married the former Beatrice McKnighl who survives He was a member of Glen Hill Baptist Church and a World War II veteran Surviving are his parents of Clayton and his wife of Dan ville a son Danny Benson Lexington NC five step daughters Mrs Carolyn Meade Daytona Beach la Mrs Sylvia Ingram Mrs Lillie Shelton and Mrs Linda ulcher all of Danville and Mrs Lou Ella Parker Colonial Heights three brothers Hocutt and Walter Benson both of Clayton and Sherwood Benson Graham NC two sisters Mrs Janice Canady Clayton and Mrs Louise Mills Raleigh NC and 14 step grandchildren Le Cercle rancais de Dan ville will meet Thursday at 8 pm at the new home of the president Mme Gina Wassing 126 Greencroft Place for a program by Dr Nancy Osborne Mme Thomas Bag well and Mme Walter Vincent MARTINSVILLE uneral services for Ernest Jake Lawson were conducted today at 1 pm at Stone Chapel Burial was in the Lawson family cemetery near Stuart Mr Lawson 80 of Mar tinsville died Saturday af ternoon Born in Patrick County he was a son of the late John and Ida Lawson Surviving are his wife Mrs rances Lawson five daughters Mrs Clara Turner Bassett Mrs rances Hall Concord Tenn Mrs Christine Gilley Collinsville and Mrs Carolyn Hooker and Mrs Virginia Blankenship both of Martinsville five sons Roosevelt Lawson New Orleans La Ernest Lawson Bassett and James and Sam Lawson all of Mar tinsville and 37 grandchildren and 30 great grandchildren LORENCE SC (API More than 2500 blacks marched through downtown lorence Sunday to protest the senseless and dehuma slaying of a black man by a white police officer are standing with plenty of dignity yet with plenty of said rank Gilbert president of the lorence chap ter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People wish to die an honorable death and from natural he added referring to the shooting death of Marvin Muldrow a 25 year old father of two us unite not the Rev Ralph CCahty of lorence told the crowd which sang Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me and other civil rights songs uneral services for Jessie Johnston Ramsey were held yesterday at 4 pm at Hollywood Baptist Church by the Rev Zeke Crawford Burial was in the church cemetery Mrs Ramsey 69 of Chat ham Star Route med riday in Danville Memorial Hospital She was born in Henry County a daughter of the late James Johnston and Essie Garrett Johnston She was amember of Hollywood Baptist Church Mrs Ramsey is survived by her husband John Giles Thompson Ramsey: four daughters Mrs Bernice Long Wilmington Mrs Marion Marloe Chatham Mrs Janice Garcia Wilmington and Mrs Ernestine Reynolds Dry ork one son Harold Ramsey Chatham two brothers James Johnston Callands and Obie Johnston Axton and 11 grandchildren and six great grandchildren Aubrey Benson Rites Tomorrow Mrs Ramsey uneral Held DRIVE UP DRUG STORE SERVICE Ernest Lawson Services Today Major Parrish Rites Tomorrow Graveside rites for the Rev Major Parrish a former resident of Chatham Rt 6 will be held tomorrow at 1 pm in Callands Baptist Church ceme tery by the Rev James Venable The Rev Mr Parrish 82 of Bell Vernon Pa died riday at his residence The body is at neral Home Mr Parrish was born in Pittsylvania County a son of the late Major and Carolyn Lampkin Parrish He is survived by his wife Mrs Sophia Parrish two sons Pershing Parrish Bell Vernon Pa and Hurbert Parrish Pittsburgh Pa two daughters Mrs Deloris Lane Bell Vernon Pa and Mrs Aphelia Dickerson Mon City Pa one brother Sam Parrish Ohio three sisters Mrs Ginnie Grasty and Mrs Elira Barnes both of Detroit Mich and Miss lorence Parrish Lawrence Pa and seven grandchildren derson and locked in a cell with another inmate The other would be escapees who had hidden while Henderson ap proached James entered the basem*nt and subdued Cpl Willie Nedwards Nedwards was blindfolded his keys were taken and he was locked in a cell The inmates used his keys to enter the adja cent west basem*nt On a routine check guard Lt John Lester came to base ment saw the rope and hooks which had been piled at the en trance and noticed telephones were off their hooks He was subdued by the inmates at the entrance and locked in a cell like the others Nurse David Vaccarro also was locked up when he came to make his usual rounds Murray Lowenstein son of Mrs Rachel Lowenstein of 531 Main St will receive the Scottish rite investiture of Knight Commander of the Court of Honour in a ceremony in Baltimore Md Nov 29 The Danville father the late Henry Lowen stein attained the 33rd de gree Death Claims Mrs Petty SOUTH BOSTON Mrs Ella Weatherford Petty 96 died today in a local nursing home She was born in Halifax County a daughter of the late Charles Anderson Weatherford and Alice Wood Weatherford she was married to the late Leslie Petty and was a member of Main Street UnitedMethodist Church Surviving is a daughter Mrs Albert Via Jr of South Bos ton The funeral will be held Wednesday at 2 pm at Powell 'Chapel Burial will be in Oak Ridge Cemetery The family is at the home of Mrs Via 1010 Logan St in South Boston Mrs Leia Charlotte NC grandchildren and grandchildren Edward Mitchell Rites Saturday uneral services for Edward Mitchell were held Saturday at 2 pm at Swicegood Chapel by the Rev Roy Hall Inter ment was in Danville Memo rial Gardens Mr Mitchell died Tuesday in Maryland Mrs Jordan Rites Tomorrow CHERAW SC uneral services for Mrs Martha Wal lace Jordan will be held to morrow at Zoar United Meth odist Church with burial following in the church ceme tery Mrs Jordan 80 died Sat urday in a Cheraw nursing home Born in Chesterfield County she was a daughter of the late James and Nancy Hurst Wallace' She is survived by three sons Roger Jordan Kannapolis NC James Jordan Jacksonville la and Donald Jordan Sadiesville Ky: six 1 daughters Mrs Velma Ken nedy Trinity NC Mrs Shirley Hyman Baltimore Md Mrs Virginia Mae Rivers Danville Va Mrs jNan Lou Williams Philadelphia Pa and Mrs Blanch Locke and Mrs Alice Burr both of Cheraw: a sister Melton and 24 32 great MrS Robinson Rites Yesterday uneral services for Mrs Anna Robinson were con ducted yesterday at 1:30 pm at Mt Carmel Baptist Church by the Rev James Stewart In terment was in Oak Hill Ceme tery Mrs Robinson died Wed nesday at DC General Hospital in Washington She was born in Pittsylvania County a daughter of the late Harris and Miss Arrington Services Today SOUTH BOSTON uneral services for Miss Ruth Helen Arrington were held today at 2 pm at Mt Cana United Meth odist Church by the Rev Law rence Pritchett and the Rev Kenneth Clark Burial was in Grace Baptist Church ceme tery Miss Arrington 59 of Vir gilina Rt 3 died Sunday in a South Boston hospital Born in Halifax County she was a daughter of the late William Thomas and Tina Hailey Arrington She was a member and treasurer of Mt Cana United Methodist Church Surviving are two sisters Mrs Martha Gordon South Boston and Mrs Mattie Stevens Virgilina Rt 3 and two brothers Kerns and John Arrington both of Virgilina Rt 3 PHARMACY 1206 West Main St Phone 792 4421 PHARMACISTS: A MOTLEY JR BENDALL JR were surrounded the inmates surrendered and were locked in cells in basem*nt officials said Riddle said no employes were injured and one inmate re ceived a superficial cut on the he was taken hostage by Hen arm during the incident wnicn lasted between 35 and 40 min utes A spokesman said the at tempt apparently was an effort to free Malcolm Jefferson sentenced to death on a first degree mudrrer conviction for killing a guard in 1971 at the Powhatan State arm He orig inally was sentenced to eight years for robbery from Lynch burg Officials said the escape at tempt was limited to the seven inmates and the routine of the prison was not generally dis turbed But late Sunday a spokes man said Willie Brown Jr serving 80 years for robbery and malicious wounding was stabbed four or five times in the back in a stairwell of a shops building Brown was taken to the Medi cal College of Virginia Hospital where his condition was unde termined State police were reported to have taken a suspect into custo dy and planned to file charges after completing an investiga tion Officials said no charges Mrs Shelhorse Services Today uneral services for Mrs Rosa Anna Manning Shelhorse were conducted today at 2 pm at Townes Memorial Chapel Burial was in the Shelhorse family cemetery near Chat ham Mrs Shelhorse 92 died Sat urday in Roman Eagle Memo rial Home Born in Henry County she was a daughter mf the late George Washington Manning and Judie rances Grant Her husband was Chesley Martin Shellhorse who died in 1946 Mrs Shellhorse attended the Sandy Creek Baptist Church Sutherlin She is survived by six children James Shellhorse and George Noel Shellhorse both of Sutherlin Leslie Shellhorse Norfolk Mrs Bessie Ingram Grand Valley Col Ruby Gay Rocky Mount NC and Mrs Bernice A Sager Silver Springs Md: and a sister Mrs Howard Brewer This message is important to you and your family So please clip and keep You qualify for cash burial benefits if your service time included these periods: WORLD WAR I April 6 1916 to November 11 1918 WORLD WAR II December 7 1941 to December 31 1946 KOREAN June 27 1950 to January 31 1955 VIETNAM August 5 1964 to May 7 1975 A 1973 federal law provides up to $800 for funeral allowances in case of service connected causes Other families receive $250 funeral allowance plus a $150 plot allowance for burial in a private cemetery Call us now for full information Ernest Stroud Dies Today Ernest Stroud of Arlington Place died in Memo rial Hospital this morning at 8 He had been in declin ing health for three years and was last admitted to the hos pital on riday Mr Stroud 74 was born in Kershaw County SC on June 8 1901 a son of the late William IO Stroud and Maggie Phillips Stroud He had made his home in Danville since 1932 and was a barber at Park Place Barber Shop until his retirement He is survived by his wife Marie Boulware Stroud of the home a son Ernest Stroud Jr of Roanoke three sisters and six brothers: Mrs WL McMillan of Mobile Ala Mrs' Nina rost ol Spartanburg SC Mrs Jim Corcoran ofNew Smyrna Beach la: Wesley Stroud of ClevelandTex AR Stroud of Pineville NC Charles Sidney Stroud of Long Beach NC Woodrow Stroud off Dry ork James Boyce Stroud and Levi Stroud both of Danville and two grandchildren The funeral will be held at Swicegood Chapel Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock by the Rev Bobby Logan Interment will follow in Danville Memo rial Gardens The body is at Swicegood neral Home and the family is at the residence 703 NORTH MAIN STREET 793 5511 Mrs Clyde Moon Services Today uneral services for Mrs Charlotte Baum Moon were conducted this morning in Lin coln Neb Mrs Moon 48 wife of Clyde Moon a native of Danville died Thursday in St Elizabeth Hospital Lincoln In addition to her hfisband 1 he is survived by one daughter Paula Cunning: a son Jeffrey Moon: her parents Mr and Mrs Joseph Baum one sister Mrs Phyllis Rohnert and one brother Bill Baum all of Lincoln Mrs Robinson was the widow of Elijah Robinson She was a retired tobacco worker Mrs Robinson was a member of Mt Carmel Baptist Church She is survived by a son Elijah Robinson Jr Washington a daughter Mrs Gloria Hallmon Washington DC and a brother Thomas Harris Danville The body is at Cunningham Hughes uneral Home The family is at the residence of Thomas Harris 130 Ross St RICHMOND Acting in the wake of an attempted es cape by seven long term prison ers and the stabbing of another State Penitentiary officials have ordered a general lockup for the purpose of looking for weapons among the inmates The suspension until further notice of all institutional activi ties involving noncorrectional personnel including inmate family visiting was ordered at 11 Sunday by Warden Walter Riddle His action received the sup port of Jack Davis director of the State Department of Cor rrections who said all re sources of his agency would be made available to expedite and facilitate the search for weap ons The stabbing occurred late Sunday hours after the seven inmates one appealing a death sentence used knives and a homemade rope in a bid to es cape about 9:30 a from the prison basem*nt Officials said the men were contained and captured in basem*nt an area of cells for transient prisoners activity rooms and Death Row after the attempt was discovered in progress by a guard The inmates had locked three guards and a male nurse in cells in the basem*nt when an other guard saw a priisoner use keys to open a locked door The guard Booker fired at have been placed in connection the prisoner with a with the escape attempt and an and missed tnen caued tor help Shift commander Capt Ed Willis ordered about 25 guards into the basem*nt and sent three with shotguns to the cov er the west wall Seeing they Roy Warren Rites Saturday SANORD uneral services for Roy Gafton War ren were held Saturday at 2 Georee pm at Great Chapel Christian savannah Peatross Harris Church by the Rev Jack Phil lips and the Rev Richard Brewer Interment was in the church Mr Warren 71 died Thufs day night in Sanford He is survived by his wife Constance Cuddy Warren three sons Roy Jr and Curtis both of Southport and George Ashboro three daughters Mrs Mary Hardy Danville: Mrs Velma Beal and Mrs Sue Dean both'of Sanford and 20 grand children and seven great grandchildren active role in environmental battles Mrs Elizabeth Haskell of Martinsvillle a member of the State Air Pollution Control Board was given the Virginia Clean Air Conservationist of the Year Award for her work es tablishing air quality standards and enforcing standards bar ring air pollution The federation also heard a plea from Del Ira Lechner Arlington for a proposed $84 million state bond issue for parkland acquisition and land conservation Lechner who has said he will sponsor such a bond isue in the 1976 General Assembly urged federation members to ture the spirit of Paul Revere and arouse to encourage the assembly to put the bond issue on the presi Mrs rances Brav dentialbanot next year 7 1 ne btate commission Services Today uneral services for Mrs rances Cox Bray were con ducted today at 2 pm at Swicegood Chapel by the Rev red Cox and the Rev WC Bradley Burial was in School field Cemetery Mrs Bray 73 of Pelham NC died Saturday in Danville Memorial Hospital She had been in declining health for two years and was last admitted to the hospital Oct 13 Born in Rockingham County she was a daughter of the late Nathaniel Cox and Mrs Lizzie Hall Cox She had made her home in Pelham for 35 years and was a member of Vandola Baptist Church Surviving are two daughters Mrs Mildred Crowder Martinsville and Mrs Ruby Earhart Bachelors Hall nine sons John and Harry Bray both of Greensboro NC Thomas Bray Keeling Carroll Bray Ruffin NC William Bray Pelham and James Beverly Curtis and Julian Bray all of Danville two sisters Mrs Ella Reynolds Danville and Mrs Minnie ranklin Lynchburg a brother Coleman Cox South Boston Road and 25 grand children and 11 great grandchildren 1 i I ME I 'wEI dfisiit.

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