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The World-News from Roanoke, Virginia • 4

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Roanoke, Virginia
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4 The World News Roanoke Va Wednesday Jan 3 1973 Two Buses DEATHS AND UNERALS Youth 19 Orders Canceled By Selective Service Obituaries JOHN ALBERT SIMMONS INSULATE NOW OR WINTER 2 Card of Thanks In Memoriam LX I I' or Walls loors Stan 888 Roll 3 10733 Sq Roll fl 1 1 tin II Insulate Before Gvwn Increasingly Preferred Your Choice UNERAL HOMES INC Helen change which also probably will meet opposition would aryof the mayor to $350 per month Some factions on city council plan to oppose' this iThe Norwegian merchant fleet of some 1400 ocean going vessels totals nearly 20 million gross tons and ranks fourth in the world behind i be i a Japan and Great Britain Provide Spacious And Artistic Arrangement Of All loral Tributes Woodgrain ply ound Guilty Of Robberv North Chapel 362 2735 Downtown 343 4451 Vinton Chapel 342 21 10 A 19 year old ranklin Coun ty youth described as a car penter who suffers epileptic seizures was found euiltv in inancing Available or Use Your Bank Charge Card Your Satisfaction 5 Guaranteed or Money Refunded A MAYS We wish to express our heart felt thanks and appreciation to cur many friends neighbors and relatives for the lovely flowers cards and other kindnesses following the loss of our be loved father John Williams Mays Son Larry Mays and daughter Dorothy Spencer Buy and install now for 4 season comfort and economy OwensCormng iberglas Insulation deadens outside noises too makes your home feel larger more spacious Roll style iberglas is easy to install use on walls and floors 6" on ceilings and watch those heat bills drop! owenscorning fiberglas of 17 buses that were pur chased two years ago after a federal court ordered full in tegration of elementary schools In addition to the yellow buses the school system SALEM UNERAL HOME Serving Since 1866 Boulevard at College Ave ROANOKE WiNitam at LiHfty PWw 312 0r Every ROANOKE 37Q7 BrnUatM Ae Ope Maaday ttaf Batarday A tt I PM tem 774 4451 Polystyrene panel provide highly efficient insulating properties to prevent heat loss and elimination of dampness or moisture condensa tion under most basement condi tions nas assumed command of the 1891st Communications Squad ron at Wheeler AB Hawaii A 1953 graduate of Andrew Lewis High School the major earned BS degrees at Virgin ia Polytechnic Institute and the Air orce Institute of Technology Roy Webber lorist 4000 Williamson Road Roanoke Va Dial 366 7651 ui rouoery The defendant Charles Otha Hartman of Rt 2 Boones Mill was described by a policeman as one of six young people who robbed a Southeast Roanoke man with a straight razor Sept 16 Hartman said he received no part of the money taken from James Thompson 50 of the 1600 block of Dale Ave nue SE and that he was una ware when he went with the group that a robbery "was planned Sentencing was delayed pending a presentence report by probation officers on Hart background and social history a as a commit tee setting a public hearing for the council Councilwoman Jane Hough The other proposed charter a member of the study com mittee said the committee went ahead and placed the ad permit council to appoint non in the' newspaper because of residents of Salem to boards the pressure of time a commissions provided Charter changes must be Salem is their of busi approved by the General As sembly which convenes next Under the present charter week in Richmond members of boards and com One of the charter changes missions must be qualified would involve raising the sal voters in the City of Salem move by the committee pletely and in his opinion Taliaferro was a member of the study committee but was out of town last week when the committee apparently de cided to schedule the hearing He said he knew nothing about it until after the ad appeared Councilman Eddie Joyce said he has never heard of WADE In our recent bereavement fol lowing the death of our husband and father John Wade we found com fort In the thoughtfulness of our rela tives ministers and friends We thank you for the flowers food and ether ex pressions of sympathy The memory of your kindness will always remain with us THE AMILY Mrs Lemuel Coles The funeral for Viola Coles 64 of 1710 Rorer Ave SW widow of Lemuel Coles will be Thursday at 11 am at Hamlar Curtis uner al Chapel with burial in Wil liams Memorial Park John Albert Simmons 56 of 113 Kenbridge St Lynchburg Vo died in North West Hospital Ama rillo Texas yesterday at 8:00 am He was born in Lynchburg Va He was the son of George Wand Hettie Blackwell Simmons He was a retired grocery merchant and owned and operated armer John's Market in Richmond Va He at tended the Thomas Road Baptist Church He is survived by his wife Garnette Salyer Simmons two sons David Earl Simmons Phoenix Ari zona John Albert Simmons Jr Lynchburg one daughter Mrs h' Watkins Lynchburg one sister Mrs Andrew Wern Lynchburg five grandchildren uneral services will be conducted at Whitten Tim berlake Chapel Thursday after noon at 2 o'clock by Dr Jerry Eplwell instead of walking to their neighborhood schools' Most of those affected by busing are black students The board also is expected to hire an architect to begin work on a proposed $2 million elementary school for South east Roanoke and additions to Hurt Park and ishburn Park elementary schools ROANOKE 21 Amoti Ave SW 0m Meadtf tbrv 7:31 AMteSJQ PM PM Ptea 342 4733 The question of whether a public hearing can be sched uled and advertised without the approval of city council will be raised Monday night at the Salem City Council meeting The question came up after a city charter study' commit MRS HAZEL JANNEY Mrs Hazel Helms Janney 63 of 1560 Reynolds Road SE passed away in a local hospital Monday morning She is survived by her husband Mr Joe Homer Janney a sister Mrs Evelyn Rhodes Roanoke three brothers Mr Helms Roanoke Mr Joe Da mon Helms Richmond and Mr Woodrow Helms Northfork West Virginia uneral services will be conducted from Oakey's Roanoke Chapel ot 1 pm Wed nesday by Elder William Holland with interment in Sherwood Burial Park riends may call at Oakey's Roanoke Chapel WASHINGTON (AP) In duction orders are to be can celed for draft eligible men who were left over from the 1972 draft pool and have in duction postponements due to expire in January or ebru ary They still could be draft ed in March however Daniel Cronin deputy Selective Service draft direc tor in charge of operations Mrs George II Washington The funeral for annie Washington of Rt 1 Hardy wife of George Washing ton will be Thursday at 3 pm at New Hope Baptist Church Hardy with burial in Xthe Washington family ceme tery there izer uneral Home is han dling arrangements Jesse Jefcoat Jesse Jefcoat 81 for merly of Roanoke County died Tuesday at his home in Laurel Miss Surviving are four sons Jefcoat Salem Euel Jefcoat Mobile Ala Dewey Jefcoat Liberty NC the Rev Alen Jefcoat Laurel The funeral will be today in Laurel You Panel With Poly Panel Insulation MOORE'S Supermarket of Lumber Building Materials CHRISTIANSBURG VA 1 1 Cut Opa Meafer tbra TtarWaa tN A rUar 1 AM I rM AaA JMartav 1 11 A la 4:00 PM Maaa 3I24HI Building Materials BEDORD VA 127 Berks Hill Rd Rt 122S Opel Msaday thn riday 7:30 AM la 5:30 PM And Saterday ON A ta PM Pteae 5410022 Reginald Groseclose i a 1 Paul Groseclose 53 died Monday at his home include a son1 Paul Groseclose Radford a sister Mrs Ellis Covey Radford The funeral will be Thurs day at 1 pm at Dudley Me morial Chapel with burial in Grandview Memory Gardens Dolphus Jones BASSETT Dolphus Clay Jones 81 of Bassett died Monday in a Martinsville hospital He was a retired employe of Stanley urniture Co Surviving are five daugh ters Mrs Melvin Grogan Mrs Jack Wade Mrs Edith Warren Bassett Mrs Noel Bradley Collinsville Mrs Lee Morris Buena Vista a son William Jones Atlan ta Ga three sisters Mrs Carl Stone Stoneville NC Miss Stella Jones Eden NC Mrs 1 i Rankin Black Mountain NC four brothers Ross Jones Gilmer Jones Eden Ben Jones Con cord NC Otha Jones Gra ham NC The funeral was today Charles Scanland Charles Marvin Scanland 77 formerly of Roanoke died Tuesday in a Baltimore Md hospital Surviving are four sisters Mrs Burnace Pitzer Roa noke Mrs Lucy Bowman Salem Mrs Edna Burnett Vinton Mrs Sheldon Car ey Dunedin la John Oakey Son neral Home Salem is han dling arrangements Mrs Homer Graham lora Conner Graham 38 of 701 Conway St NE for merly of loyd died Tuesday at her home She was the wife of Homer Graham Also surviving a son Douglas Graham Roanoke her mother Mrs Theodora Conner Roanoke five sisters Mrs William Graham Mrs Paul Graham Mrs A Spangler Mrs Ralph Goode Roanoke Mrs David Brown Salem Wood uneral Home loyd is handling arrangements Mrs Kent Henderson Eva Ross Henderson 94 of Rt 2 Trout ville died Tuesday in a Roa noke hospital She was the widow of Kent Henderson Surviving are two daugh ters Mrs Stull Roa noke Mrs Chance Troutville three sons Percy Henderson Roanoke Grov er Henderson Ashby Henderson Troutville two sisters Mrs Margaret Spigle Troutville Mrs Everett An derson Roanoke Rader uneral Home is handling arrangements Charles Kelley IRON Charles Em mett Kelley 78 of Iron Gate died Monday in a Clifton orge hospital He was a re tired employe of Can field Co Surviving are his wife Vi olet Campbell Kelley three sons Roy Kelley Ralph Kel ley Baltimore Md Earl Kel ley a daughter Mrs May nard Campbell Waynesboro a stepdaughter Miss Thelma May Kelley at home two sis ters Mrs Josie Leslie Cali fornia Mrs Leddie Johnson Iron Gate The funeral was today Mrs Harry Statler Gladys Rider Statler 68 wife of Harry Statler died today in a Bed ford hospital Also surviving are a sister Mrs Marvin St Clair Bed ford a half brother James Roye Moneta a half sis ter Mrs Martha Hardesty Dallas Tex The funeral will be riday at 2 pm at the Carder neral Chapel with burial in Virginia Memorial Park at orest Thomas Brown ROCKY Thomas Brown 95 for merly of Wirtz died Tuesday in a Rocky Mount hospital Surviving are three daugh ters Mrs Regnel Byrd Mrs Clifton Dillon Rocky Mount Mrs Robert Lunsden Wirtz two sons Clyde Brown Glade Hill Archie Brown Roa noke The funeral will be Thurs day at 1 pm at Lynch uner al Chapel with burial in Crossroads Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery near Wirtz Norman Wright LEXINGTON Norman Wright 84 of Lexington died Tuesday in a Norton hospital Survivors include a son James A Wright Radford a daughter Mrs Ida Dia mond Natural Bridge Lewis uneral Service is handling arrangements Unauthorized Hearing SALEM 27 WnI Mm StrMt OpM Mmday m4 fiiay 100 AM It 1:00 PM Tm WriiW TWi A 5:30 PM m4 Satarfay A (a 4 PM PtoM 3IM231 to provide free bus rides for all city students who had been paying 35 cents a day The free transportation was provided effective yesterday after nlaintiffs in thn Innrr anoke City school integration Air orce Man Gets case filed suit for free rides for all students who have to Command in Hawaii ride to their assigned schools Air orce Maj Donald (Jtey son of Mr and Mrs Otho Otey Rt 1 Salem Tuesday the action fob nOC nnrm ri amH lowed the decision not to issue a draft call during the first tvyo months of 1973 When there have been no draft calls in the past prac tice has been merely to ex tend the postponements month by month But Cronin said Selective Service wishes to re uneral Designs TELEPHONED AND TELEGRAPHED EVERYWHERE or DELIVERED LOCALLY OORE'S Division of 2) evnns products cpmPRnr move the of a draft for the 1972 group He said the men will be placed in an extended priority group and would be the first called if there is a draft call in March But if there is no March draft call all 68000 in the extended priority group will no longer be eligible for the draft The present authority to draft is due to expire on June 30 The Defense Department has said fewer than 10000 men will be drafted in 1973 and Cronin said these would come from the new pool of draft eligible men who drew lottery numbers last ebru ary Supermarket of Lumber and Are Sought Irks Salem Councilman The Roanoke City School Board will be asked by Supt Don Pack Tuesday night to buy two more yellow school buses and to select an archi tect for three building proj ects The two buses which cost about $8000 each will sunnle ment the present fleet tee placed "an advertisement in a Salem newspaper stating a public hearing would be held Monday night on two changes in the charter Council had not officially scheduled the hearing on the matter and one councilman transports students under con Jim Taliaferro called the' tract with the Safety Motor Transit Co a private bus company that has announced it is ceasing operations this year At the request of the school TT board city i 1 already Court toay has appropriated some $88000 Mrs Thomas GJ Leftwich Eddie Updike Leftwich 85 of 2337 Howard Road SW died today in a Salem hospi tal She was the widow of Thomas Leftwich Surviving are a son Lewis Leftwich Roanoke three Mrs Cora Willard Roanoke Mrs Cormena Meador Victo ria two brothers Herman Updike Ollie Updike Roa noke The funeral will be riday at 11 am at Updike uneral Chapel Huddleston with buri al in Leftwich Cemetery there William Basham Sr William Robert Basham Sr' 46 of Santa NM former ly of Roanoke County died Sunday at his home He was a sales manager for National Biscuit Co Surviving are a daughter Miss Roxanne Basham Santa two sons William Basham Jr Carl Jerry Basham Santa his moth er Mrs Bessie Carroll Bas ham Roanoke County six brothers Carl Basham Jim my Basham Elwood Basham Harold Basham Roanoke County Bobby Basham Eld ridge Basham Roanoke a sister Mrs Robert Lucado Martinsville A graveside service will be Thursday at 2 pm at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Lotz Sherwood Chanel Sa lem is a 1 i arrange ments iberglas Insulation Pays or Itself With Lower Heating Cooling Costs 99 70 Sq Roll "Tl Roll OAKEYS Jwiea(cSeMice ROANOKE Serving The Roanoke Botetourt Valley Since 1898 RADER uneral Homa Troutville and Buchanan Dial 992 1212 Covers 32 Sq 277 Pkg Reg 299 Mrs James McCaulev MOUNT ULLA NC Ola Mae Barrier McCauley 74 of Mount Ulla formerly ot Sa lem died Monday in a Salis bury nursing home She was the widow of James Pinkerton McCauley Sr Surviving are two sons James McCauley Jr Mount Ulla John William McCauley Salem Va four daugnters Mrs James Butler Mrs James Hiler Salem Mrs Richard Greer' a i Va Mrs Marion 1 1 Rocky Mount Va three sisters Mrs Warren Bass Mrs Sam Thomas Kernersville sRuth Baidy Morganton The funeral was today Mrs William II Hood I Lily Hunnicutt Hood 93 died Mon day at the home of a daugh ter Mrs Howard Drewry of Clifton orge She was the widow of i 1 1 Harvey Hood Also surviving are two sons Richard Hood a 1 1 1 NC William Hood El Paso Tex two other daugh ters Mrs Lamar ord Char lotte Mrs Jesse Lands Matthews NC A graveside service was to day rnef lAolnilt A r00m lightening prefinished simulated UOiy VVulllUl wood paneling now at New Year savings! ban01Afnnd SinfictnnOA Prefinished simulated woodgrain plywood iQpuWUUU wullUdlUIIGV paneling opaque basecoated with a highly durable baked on finish STANLEY In loving memory of our eno son hoy Stanley who passed away 5 years ago Jan 1 We think of him in silence His name we of't recall I There is nothing left to answer But his picture on the wall Sadly missed by wife Annie Stan ley and father and mother Mr and Mrs James Stanley In loving memory of my moth er Ollie Brown who passed away Jan 3 1964 and my grandmother Lucy Alziah Brown who passed away Jan 6 1927 AZissed by Lydia Brown Ransom CALDWELL In loving memory of Mary Caldwell who passed awav Jan 3 1962 Remembrance is a golden chain I Death tried to break but all in vain To have to love and then to part Is the greatest sorrow of one's heart Sadly missed by children and grand children In loving memory of my niece Lorraine Edwards on her birth Udy JdllUdry 1 dream of you dear Lorraine And see your smiling face And know that you are happy In our ather's chosen place Love Aunt Lillie In loving memory of our dear wife mother and daughter Lor raine Edwards on her birthday Janu ary 3 Your birthday has come again Lorraine The day we loved so well But you are not with us today Our love for you to tell No presents just flowers Upon your grave today Sadly missed by husband Junior son Jeffrey daughters Linda and Debbie Mother Hattie Simmons In loving memory of our dear Son and Brother Harold William Houck who passed away 5 years ago today January 3 1968 January brings sad memories of a loved one laid to rest You will never be forgotten By the ones who loved you best Days of sadness come over us riends may think the wound is healed But they little know the sorrow That lies in our hearts concealed Sadly missed bv Mother Dora Houck Sisters Hazel and Edith aye and Brothers Robert Don and am ilies WARNER In loving memory of our mother Nannie Taylor Warner who passed avray 3 years ago today Janu ofy Dear Mother you are not forgotten Though on earth you are no more tn memory you are wirn us As you always were before Sadly missed by Margaret Clara and Hubert 3lanf Sltinn AcnailA Medium brown woodtones iii a prefinished simulated iniliailUII f1dpCIIV woodgrain plywood paneling "Mrintntinn RsilcSimA Prama 'n deep brown woodtones Prefinished lulllullUII uaioailiv simulated woodgrain plywood paneling 532''x4'x8' n1 I 1 hjAKET Lotz owenscorning iberglas.

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