The World-News from Roanoke, Virginia • 4

'he World News Roanoke Va Monday June 30 1975 'X w' 4 Delegate notes Deaths unerals Obituaries State Roanoke Valley inequities asks 1 man districts mers is inevitable may Disaster mockup praised by official Young 2 Lines 4 Days 4 Dollars 1 CALL 981 3311 THE ROANOK TIMES HJodb 'XfUW Classified Advertising Department SHOE CLEARANCE funeral Designs AT THOM AN SAVE 20 TO SANDALS In inemoriam Tanglewood Mall Roanoke Salem Plaza Crossroads Mall James rances Lions club head A THOUGHT OR TODAY to in Mrs Beatrice Martin Hall 71 1119 13th St SE died Sunday uneral Wednesday at 11 am Lotz Hoanoke Chapel Benjamin Burkett Bivens 75 380 Woods Ave SW died Sun day uneral Tuesday at 3 pm ROanoke Chapel ELLISTON uneral for Robert Craighead will be Tuesday at noon Hamlar Cur tis uneral Home Roanoke AUST1NSV1LLE Edward James Austin 64 died Sunday uneral Wednesday at 2 pm Church of God of Prophecy Poplar Camp Arrangements by Morehead uneral Home SAMUEL QUINTON AKERS SHAWSVILLE Samuel Quinton Akers age 77 died Sunday at Meadowbrook Nurs Edgar Lawrence unk 85 1005 Winona Ave SW died Sunday uneral Tuesday at 1:30 pm Roanoke Chapel Wilhelmine Baumwell (Mrs Max) of Roanoke died Sunday Arrangements by Oak Roanoke Chapel SHAWSVILLE Samuel Quinton Akers 77 died Sun day Arrangements by Grant Bryant uneral Home Ellis ton Charles Bova 76 1537 Brandon Ave SW died Satur day uneral Tuesday at 11:15 am St Andrews Catholic Church Arrangements by Oak Roanoke Chapel Miss Mabel Anne Gormican 49 2652 Derwent Drive SW died Sunday uneral Tuesday at 10 am Our Lady of Naza reth Catholic Church Arrange ments by Roanoke Chapel Dorethia Smith Dodson 67 Rt 4 Salem died Monday Ar rangements by Lotz Salem Chapel AUSTINSVILLE uneral for Mrs Melinda Jane Tickle 29 will be Tuesday at 2 pm Picketts Chapel Church of God Wythe County Ar rangements by Morehead neral Home IELDALE Mrs Margar et Lucille Goings Rakes 70 died Saturday uneral Mon day at 4 pm ieldale Baptist Church Arrangements by Mc Kee uneral Home HUDDLESTON Mrs Eu lalia Estelle Woodford Wei gand Purvis 79 died Sunday Graveside service Tuesday at 3 pm Springhill Cemetery Lynchburg Arrangements by Updike uneral Home Hud dleston Airman Kathey Goins daughter of Mrs Mary Sykes of Roanke has been assigned to Dover AB Del for duty in the transportation field after completing Air orce basic training at Lackland AB Tex Airman Goins is a 1971 grad uate of Jefferson Senior High School MISS ANNE GORMICAN Miss Mabel Anne Gormican age 49 of 2652 Derwent Dr SW died Sunday morning in a local hospital She is survived by her father and mother Al bert and Mrs Edith Gormican three sisters Mrs Evelyn Kunz of Willingboro NJ Mrs Mary Nofsinger of Woodbridge Va Mrs Jane Campbell of Ash ville NC uneral services will be from Our Lady of Nazareth Catholic Church 10:00 am Tuesday with interment in St Andrews Cemetery Prayer ser vices at 7:00 pm Monday riends may call at Roanoke MRS BEULAH ALICE WIMMER MANNING Mrs Beulah Alice Wimmer Manning age 73 of 2712 John son Ave NW Roanoke passed away Sunday in a local hospital Mrs Manning is sur vived by one daughter Mrs Garnet Crawford one son Lewis Manning both of Roanoke one brother Willie Wimmer one sister Mrs Viola Manning both of Bent Moun tain also surviving are six grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren uneral ser vices will be conducted Tues day July 1 1975 3 pm from Lotz Roanoke Chapel with the Rev West officiating In terment will be in Cedar Lawn riends may call at Lotz Roan oke Chapel 1001 ranklin Rd SW Presented as a Public Service Every Day by: Mrs Beulah Alic Wimmer Manning 73 2712 Johnson Ave NW died Sunday uner al Tuesday at 3 pm Lotz Roanoke Chapel ROCKY MOUNT Willis Parker Cheatham 71 died Sun day uneral Tuesday at 11 am Gogginsville United Methodist Church Arrange ments by Lynch uneral Home ROBERT CRAIGHEAD uneral services for Robert Craighead of Rt 2 Elliston' will be Tuesday 12 Noon at Hamlar Curtis uneral Home the Rev A Charlton of ficiating Burial will' be in Wil liams Memorial Park The procession will leave from the home of his sister Mrs lora Braxton 506 ifth Street NW riends may call Monday at Hamlar Curtis uneral Home James rances a commer cial salesman with Davis and Stephenson Inc has been 'elected president of the Sugar loaf Lions Club Other officers are James Robertson first vice president James Wise second vice president Joseph Masters third vice president Robert Walker secretary rank Crews treasurer James Musgrave tail twister John Jones lion tamer and Randall Sharitz Erve Kidd Ger ald Sink and Charles Payne directors The new officers assume their posts July 1 MRS EULALIA ESTELLE WOODORD WEIGAND PURVIS HUDDLESTON Mrs Eu lalia Estelle Woodford Wei gand Purvis age 79 passed away at her residence Sunday She was bom in Bedford Coun ty a daughter of the late Henry Thomas Woodford and Augusta Burnette Woodford She was the widow of the late Wei gand and Edgar Purvis She was a member of Bethesda United Methodist Church She is survived by three brothers Henry Albert Woodford of Tal bott Tenn John Woodford of Brownsburg Ind Cornelius A Woodford of Hyattsville Maryland four sisters Mrs Cora A Walton of Huddleston Mrs Otelia West of Eving ton Mrs rances Dixon of St Petersburg la Mrs Sara Roach of Washington A graveside service will be con ducted Tuesday at 3:00 pm in Springhill Cemetery Lynch burg A procession will form Tuesday afternoon at the home and proceed to the cemetery The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7:00 to 9:00 pm Monday riends may call at Updike uneral Home Huddleston INCASTLE Mrs Dorothy Scott Bishop 61 Rt 1 died Sunday uneral Wednesday at 10:30 am irst Buchanan Presbyterian Church Grundy Arrangements by Rader uner al Home Troutville CHARLES BOVA Charles Bova age 76 of 1537 Brandon Ave SW died Saturday evening in a local hos pital He had been in the prod uce business since 1918 when he went into business In 1921 he opened the Bova Wholesale and Produce Co which he owned and operated until his death He was a mem ber of the Optomist Club of Roanoke The Elks Club Knights of Columbus and the Roanoke Chamber of Com merce Surviving are his wife Mrs Pearl Dunman Bova twosons rank Bova and Rudy Bova both of Roanoke one brother Joe Bova Roanoke three sisters Mrs Louise Hannefin and Mrs Isa belle Rickley New Providence NJ Mrs Rose Payne Roan oke also 7 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren The fami ly suggests memorials be made to the Roanoke Valley Heart Association A prayer service will be at 8 pm Monday at Roanoke Chapel neral services will be from St Andrews Catholic Church at 11:15 am Tuesday conducted by the Rev George Gormley Interment will be in St An drews Cemetery riends call at Roanoke AMILY WANT ADS In loving memory of our Son Ricky McDaniel on his birthday June 30 Dear God please take this message To our loved one up above Tell him how much we miss him And give him all our love We have only your memories Rick To remember our whole life through But the sweetness will linger forever As we treasure the memory of you Mom and Dad Mr and Mrs VO McDaniel Alton Robertson Pres Phone 344 9287 Calls received till 10pm Monday thru Saturday Texas trainee now in Delaware In memory of my Son James isher who passed away June 30 1974 Darling it broke my heart to lose you But you did not go alone or part of me went with you The night God called you home God please take him a message To my loved one up above Tell him how much I miss him And give him all my love Sadly missed by your Mother Ollie isher MRS DOROTHY SCOTT BISHOP INCASTLE Mrs Dorothy Scott Bishop age 61 of Rt 1 died Sunday in a Salem hospi tal She was formerly of Wil liamson West Virginia and Grundy Virginia Surviving are her husband George Bish op Jr one son George Bishop III Richmond one daughter Mrs Betty Bishop Lemons Dallas Texas one sis ter Mrs Mabel Taylor Wil liamson West Virginia two brothers Dr Scott Tempe Arizona Carl Scott Springfield four grandchil dren uneral services will be Wednesday 10:30 am from the irst Buchanan Presbyteri an Church at Grundy with bur ial to follow at 2 pm at airview Cemetery William son West Virginia riends may call at Rader uneral Home Troutville if i Central Emergency Relief Kingston Jamaica She said that Jamaica has a very well organized disaster team because the island is sub ject to hurricanes flooding and earthquakes She said that 1000 people died in a big flood in 1970 haven't had an earth quake for Mrs La Beach said 1 expect we are about due for Most of the visitors had ca meras and were busy filming various parts of the disaster activity Mahler the state department man said that the countries represented had some sort of disaster program but they were not always adequate The state department gets so many calls for disaster aid in various countries that officials decided to train people so they could help themselves Different people have differ ent reactions to disaster Mah ler said The relatively new nation of Bangladesh a continuous disaster where you you can find 300 people dead on the streets each morning dead from star The students playing the dead and wounded lay motion less in the hot squirming a bit when they thought no one was looking Little Cindy Ballard who had a nasty broken ankle and bloody nose wore a tag with her name and the extent of her injury When asked her age Cindy kept her eyes closed but grinned and whispered Everyone including Mayor Roy Webber was impressed by the display A voice boomed over a loud speaker saying: all the volunteers possible to the hos pitals to assist with Another came over a bull horn: Life Saving Crew members load these kids in the Army The students on stretchers were taken to Roanoke Memo rial Community and Lewis Gale hospitals as part of the demonstration All emergency services in the Roanoke Valley including the Salvation Army and Red Cross had representatives on hand Women in the Red Crossfield kitchen were getting ready to feed emergency work ers what southern fried chicken Tomorrow the visitors will see a film on Hurricane Cam ille and hear talks on floods and flood prevention They will visit fire stations and rescue squads and get a demonstra tion of emergency services at Woodrum Airport Mahler said that the Roan oke demonstration is the first ever scheduled for foreigners and that Roanoke was chosen out of a field of 30 cities He said that some of the na tions represented need to learn cooperation In some countries Mahler explained the head of each service jealously keeps his group separate to build up him self three daughters Mrs Maggie Thompson Mrs Mildred Ruff Mrs Elsie Sisk all of Salem 24 grandchildren 3 step grandchildren 6 great grandchildren uneral ser vices will be conducted at 11:00 a Tuesday at the Bethal Baptist Church Salem with interment in Church Hill Ce metery uneral arrangements are being handled by the John Oakey Son uneral Home Salem EDGAR LAWRENCE UNK Edgar Lawrence unk age 85 of 1005 Winona Ave SW died in a local hospital Sunday evening He was a retired clerk in the Passenger Dept of the railway and is survived by his wife Mrs Lula Moomaw unk two daughters Mrs Marion Carden and Mrs Mar garet (R Jr) Burks of Roanoke seven grandchildren and six great grandchildren uneral services will be held in Roanoke Chapel 1:30 PM Tuesday by the Rev Har ry Gamble with burial in air View Cemetery riends may call at Roanoke Lotz HMRMIIOMhMM' MRS LEEVELL STUMP GRUBB Mrs Leevell Stump Grubb age 72 of 2724 12 o'clock Knob Road Salem passed away in a Roanoke hospital Sunday She was the widow of Raymond Grubb Surviving are five sons Carl Grubb Vinton Willie Grubb Darden Grubb Elmo (Bud) Grubb Eugene rom Page 1 cretary to the iji' National Emergency Commission said handling was adequate but with this kind of coordina tion and training a lot of lives could have been saved This is I the benefit of drills like Dr Volvick Remy Joseph of Tahiti echoed thoughts Although his coun biggest problem would be hurricanes he intended to use simulation to stage a dissaster in Tahiti is he said have no fullscale drills like this Now I will be able to set up and run a mock disaster This is as nearly real as it is possible to make it You can't put a value on the BENJAMIN BURKETT BIVENS Benjamin Burkett Bivens age 75 of 380 Woods Ave SW died in a local hospital Sunday morning Surviving are his wife Mrs Carrel Duerson Biv V1RGINIA Del Ray Garland Roanoke today asked a subcommittee to endorse the idea of single member districts for all seats in the House of Delegates In remarks prepared for de livery to a meeting of the Joint Subcommittee on Legislative Reapportionment here he said that have a grossly irrational pattern of misrepre Some delegates he said re present over 300000 people while some represent as few as 46000 districts create rivalries between candi dates of the same party at elec tion time and between members representing the Hitting the ceiling is no way to get up in the world Anonymous Trash pick ups earlier in city Trash will be collected early this week at the homes of Roanoke City residents who live on riday's routes riday will be the ourth of July and city workers will be off that day ME Showalter manager of refuse collection said that routes will be covered Wednesday and Thursday He urged residents who live on those routes to have their refuse available for collection on both of those days this week OAKEY UNERAL SERVICE ROANOKE NORTH VINTON CLINE YOUNG Cline Young age 83 died Sunday morning in the Veter ans Administration Hospital in Salem He was formerly of Marion and had made his home with his niece Miss Ruth Young in Roanoke for the past several years He is survived by several other nieces and ne phews uneral arrangements aye incomplete Seaver Brown uneral Home Marion is in charge of arrangements same constituency as they vie for political he said Under proposal Roanoke City would be divided into two districts as would Roanoke County Now each is a two member district a time when so many people are concerned about the escalating cost of political cam paigns a move to single mem ber districts will do more than anything else to reduce expen said Garland On a related subject Garland suggested the establishment ol a legislative reapportionment commission that would redis trict the state every 10 years and as needed to meet contin gencies Lions club picks officers Mrs Leevell Stump Grubb 72 2724 12 O'clock Knob Road Salem died Sunday uneral Tuesday at 11 am Bethel Bap tist Church Arrangements by John Oakey Son uneral Home Benjamin Burkett Bivens 75 380 Woods Ave SW died Sun day Arrangements by Roanoke Chapel Who needs expensive shoes when got Thom McAn? Service item Army Capt John Rowell Jr son of Dr and Mrs Rowell of Blacksburg has been assigned as officer in charge of educational TV at the School of Americas at ort Gulick Cze choslovakia Helping Roanoke Valley amilies Since 1866 rom Page 1 ton filled box is provided place the identifying article and place it in the body bag Strickland said that in any big disaster there are going to be a few bodies that be identified we go by process of elimination You go through passenger lists and rule out who it be The last resort is the dental re The demonstrator said that a dentist is called to the morgue as soon as possible to check dental records and compare them to the victims seems that the teeth are the last to be destroyed in any Strickland said are very few people who do not have a record of some dental The records of all people missing in disasters are sent to the morgues A dentist can check them against the teeth and usually solve the identity problem All of the personnel taking part in the mock disaster were for real and Warren Trent who heads Office of Emergency Services said the exercise was good training for everyone Some of the 22 visitors spoke English and others had inter preters Capt Mohamed El Hedi Chemli director of civil protec tion for Tunisia said that he and Capt Mohamed El Moncef Lassoued administrative di rector of the Tunisian National Guard were getting some valu able information from the si mulated disaster He said that they are in the process of organizing a coordi nated disaster team The only woman in the for eign group was Mrs Enid La Beach executive secretary WILLIS PARKER CHEATHAM ROCKY MOUNT Willis Parker Cheatham age 71 of Rt 4 died Sunday morning in aSalem hospital Mr Cheatham was a member of the Goggins ville United Methodist Church served 21 years active duty in the Navy and was called back to active service during World War 11 He retired as Chief Boatswain Mate Surviv ing are his wife Mrs Mae Cheatham one daughter Mrs Darleen Kalmbach Nanai mo British Columbia Canada four grandchildren and one great grandson uneral ser vices will be conducted 11 am Tuesday in the Gogginsville United Methodist Church by the Rev Eugene Meek Inter ment will follow in Mountain View Memorial Park The fam ily requests that flowers be om itted and memorials be made to the ranklin County Rescue Squad Lynch uneral Home is in charge of arrangements SALEM UNERAL HOME Serving Since 1866 Boulevard at College Ave uneral Designs TELEPHONED AND I TELEGRAPHED EVERYWHERE I DELIVERED LOCALLY Roy Webber i lorist 4000 Williamson Road Roanoke Va i Dial 366 7651 Mashburn Lakeland la 3 grandchildren Services will be 3 pm Tuesday at Roanoke Chapel Dr Harry Gamble will officiate Inter ment will be in airview riends may call at Gene) 's Grubb all of Sem ens a daughter Mrs Lawrence Palmer Sarver Colonial Heights Va a brother Wil liam Patty Bivens Athens ing Home Shawsville Surviv Tenn a sister Mrs A ing are his wife Mrs Elsie Akers Shawsville three daughters Marie Clowers Shawsville Roselee Mussel manar and Eline Smith both of Shawsville: one son Samuel Akers Elliston 3 sisters Mrs Reid Bailey of Tifton Ga Mrs Dorothy Booth Mrs Joe Voci both of Roanoke also 7 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren uneral will be 2:00 pm Tuesday at the Con gregational Holiness Church Shawsville Interment will be in the church cemetery Study group praised RICHMOND (A ormer Howell said General Assem Lt Gov Henry Howell cited bly action to ease the impact of two recommendations by the high electric bills on consu electricity costs commission today as indications that roads seem to be leading to fairer electric Howell pointed to the com suggestion that Virgi nia study issuing energy stamps and set up an office of consu mer advocacy thought that in the time allocated to them that they did a good Howell said were working under the shotgun I think the people have awakened all strata of government to the need for fair electric The commission set up by Gov Mills Godwin in the wake of consumer complaints about soaring electric rates turned over its report to the governor riday Great savings on sneakers slippers and handbags jtoo! Come early to choose from the many styles sizes available I JXXSITVfiVrTTV pl lL SOC 38y liii i Wwi! i I i I I.