The Roanoke Times from Roanoke, Virginia (2024)

August 13, 1974

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Tuesday, August 13, 1974

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S7 5 I Ja £5 Obituaries Stone AP Photo Moore Soars State Simon Expects the ord Giving To Next VA Chief Increasingly Preferred REE CANDY DOWNTOWN NORTH CHAPEL VINTON CHAPEL Eliza Ralph Police Search Summer Cabins services will be held afternoon from Bar MRS PAULA HARTMAN Mrs rances Hedrick Hart man age 59 of Rt 8 Roanoke died Monday in a ocal ospital surviving are her husband Paul A Hartman two daugh ters Mrs Sara Woolwine Roaoke Miss Carl Hartman Va Beach father Arthur Hedrick Sr Roanoke one brother Arthur hedrick Jr Roanoke' three sisters I PULASKI Emmett Dale 70 died Monday Ar rangements by Strickler's uneral Home DUBLIN John Smith Johnson 85 died Sunday neral Wednesday at if am DeVilbiss uneral Home Chapel Radford UNERAL HOMES INC Itemize All uneral Service Charges in the elts Galax The family will receive friends from 7:00 to 9:00 pm Tuesday at the DeVilbiss neral Home Radford MRS LALA ANGLE GO PILOT Mrs Lala Angle Goff age 90 died at her home Sunday She was the widow of Emmett Goff Surviving are one daughter Mrs Vera I Goff of Pilot: two sons How ard Goff of Pilot Ray Goff of Check four grandchildren seven great grandchildren uneral services will be Tues day 2:30 pm from the Huff ville Church with the Rev Lowell Altizer and the Rev Carnice Mannon officiating Interment will be in the church cemetery Arrangements by Wood uneral Home loyd riends may call at the funer al home Correll Christiansburg also 6 grandchildren and one great grandson uneral services will be conducted at North Chapel 1 pm with the Rev Robert Aiderman officiating Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens riends may call at North Chapel Out of State ST ALBANS Va Wel don Willis is 84 brother of Mattie Cunningham Roanoke Va died Sunday CLAUDE PHARIS Claude Pharis age 80 of 2905 Courtland Ave NW died in a local hospital late Satur day night He was retired from the East End Boiler Shops with 47 years of service Surviving are his wife Mrs Vivian Sutphin Pharis Roa noke two daughters Mrs (Mary Lee) Miller and Mrs (Claudine) Waldron Jr both of Roanoke one brother Hayden Pharis Christians burg one sister Mrs Albert how the policy might relate to the future of world oil prices Sen rank Church Idaho subcommittee chairman said the US government any longer afford to leave oil prices to oil companies as it has in the past" "The US government is go ing to have to play a role to protect the consumers of this country" Church said Simon agreed in principle to a stronger government role in the price area but made clear he opposed legislation proposed by Church that would require government approval for long term oil contracts between American oil companies and foreign suppliers Simon said he feeds it is prop er for the government to give advice to US companies I do not believe that decision making responsibility on the operation of their foreign trad ing activities and their foreign investment should be assumed by the US He told the subcommittee that reports of a postponement of an oil auction by the Saudi Arabian government are although he had heard nothing officially Simon has said the auction which was scheduled for this month could result in down ward pressure on world oil prices RADORD Mrs Nettie Snipes Camp 93 died Monday Graveside service Wednesdayat 2 pm Hazewell Methodist Church Cemetery Ellaville Ga Arrangements by DeVil biss uneral Home MARION uneral for Mrs Emma Dowell Hutton who died Sunday will be today at 2 pm Barnett uneral Home Chapel MARION James Elwood Brewer 45 died Sunday neral today at 11 am Barnett uneral Home Chapel' BUENA VISTA Mary Hartless Barger 76 died Mon day uneral Wednesday at 3 pm Amole Lomax uneral Home Chapel SOUTH BOSTON James Edmond Hodge 50 died Sun day uneral Wednesday at 2 pm Scott uneral Home Chapel Chatham MRS EDNA KYLEEN (JULIE) LUCKADO Mrs Edna Kyleen (Julie) Luckado age 60 of 2302 Moun tain View Terrace SW passed away Sunday in a Roa noke hospital She is survived by her husband Banks Luckado Sr two sons Banks Luckado Jr Baltimore Md Alan Luckado Slidell La two daughters Mrs Jack (Angeline) Downs Roa noke Mrs Kenneth (Virginia) McAllister Salisburv Md three sisters Mrs 'Geneva Neighbors Roanoke Mrs rances Wade Mrs Clarisse Correll both of Salem also eight grandchildren uneral services will be held from Lotz Roanoke Chapel Wednesday 11:00 AM with the Rev Wilson Jamison officiating Interment will follow in Cedar Lawn Memorial Park riends may call at Lotz Roanoke Chapel pri me Court on Tuesday morn ing The wnt was sought by the Western Australia University Guild of Undergraduates The Department of oreign Affairs said Monday night the Russian party was detained be cause they did not have visas for a stopover in Singapore on the flight to Moscow Ermolenko said Sunday he was seeking political asylum the first Russian defector to Australia since Soviet diplomat Vladimir Petrov in 1954 1 COVINGTON Roger Allen Reed 18 died Monday in Ra leigh NC uneral Thursday at 2 pm Arritt uneral Home Chapel LAUREL ORK Nell Jackson (Mrs Guy) 67 died Monday uneral Wednesday at 10 am Vaugh an Guynn McGrady uneral Home Chapel Hillsville PAUL BARDEN Paul Barden age 58 of 2737 Lofton Road SW died at his home Saturday morning He was manager of Station Audits with the Rail road Mr Barden was em ployed by the Nickle Plate Railroad in 1941 He has been affiliated with the Rail road since the merger of the two railroads in 1964 He was a member of the irst Presby terian Church indlay Ohio Surviving are his wife Mrs Marie Russell Barden two daughters Mrs Lora Yates Miss Linda Barden two grand children Roanoke a 'half brother George Sanburn Col umbus Ohio In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the American Heart Association uneral services will be from the Roanoke Chapel 12 noon Tuesday conducted by the Rev William Klein Inter ment will be private riends may call at the Roa noke Chapel MRS NELL JACKSON LAUREL ORK Mrs Nell Jackson 67 died at a Pulaski hospital Monday She is survived by her husband Guy Jackson one sister Miss Beatrice Dickerson of Willis Va uneral service will be Wednesday at 10:00 am at Vaughan Guynn McGrady Chapel with burial in the Mon ta Vista Memory Gardens Vaughan Guynn McGrady neral Home in charge of ar rangements JOHN SMITH JOHNSON John Smith John son age 85 died Sunday in a Salem hospital He was a for mer resident of Radford Sur viving are his wife Mrs Ethel Johnson two daughters Mrs Margaret Daughtry Dub lin Mrs Emogene Sawyer Portsmouth three sons Stan ley Johnson Atlanta Ga Buford A Johnson David Johnson both of Madison Heights Michigan two sis ters Mrs Rose Lineberry Galax Mrs Bettie Galyeon Scott Bluff Nebraska 10 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren also survives uneral services will be at 11:00 am Wednesday at the DeVilbiss uneral Chapel with the Rev Jerry Anderson offi ciating Interment will follow LEWISBURG Pa (AP) Police have searched more than 100 cabins in a thickly wooded area of central Penn sylvania for four convicts who escaped from Iwisburg feder al penitentiary Saturday working on the as sumption that still in this an BI spokesman in Williamsport said Monday The convicts including a for mer Mormon Sunday school teacher who was serving a term for skyjacking command eered a garbage truck inside the prison and drove it through two locked chain link gates The BI spokesman said agents from Harrisburg and State College had been called in to assist The BI identified the es capees as Richard McCoy Jr 31 of Provo Utah con victed of hijacking a United Airlines jet in 1972 and bailing out with $5(0000 in ransom: Jo seph Havel 60 of Philadelphia Lany Bagley 36 of Des Moines Iowa and Melvin Walker 35 of Evansville Ind The latter three were serving bank robbery terms CALVIN COOPER Calvin Cooper of 4266 Southern Hills Drive SW died Sunday in a local hospital Among his survivors is a de voted cousin Mrs Mattie Simpson of I ouisville Tenn and other cousins nephew red Cook two other nephews one niece one half sister Mrs annie Bell He was a member of Maple St Baptist Church and a retired employee of Railroad uneral will be Wednesday at 3 pm at Maple St Baptist Church with burial at Springwood Burial Park The family will greet friends 7 pm 8 pm Tuesday at Hamlar Curtis uneral Home EARL BAKER ELLER CHILHOWIE Earl Baker Eller age 48 died Saturday night He is survived by his son Roger Lee Eller of Chil howie: his mother Rebecca Jane Eller of Chilhowie one sister Mrs Oliver Craft of Chilhowie four brothers Ed gar Eller Gamie Eller Les ter Eller and Ernest Eller all of Chilhowie uneral services will be conducted 2:00 PM Tuesday at the Macedonia Baptist Church with Rev Bu ford Hash Rev Earl Sexton LEWIS WADE MILTON Lewis Wade Milton age 82 of 1810 Windsor Ave SW died in a local hospital Sunday He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church Surviving are one sister Mrs Lillian Han nah of Salem one brother Earl Milton of Roanoke uneral services will be con ducted at the Oakev's Roa noke Chapel 10:30 am Tuesday by the Rev Daniel Scott Burial will be in Ever green Cemetery riends may call at the Roanoke Chapel A helicopter transports sculptor Henry Moore's and Queen" from its place on the Joseph Hirshhorn estate in Greenwich Conn Monday to a flatbed trailer This sculpture along with others belonging to Hirshhorn were being shipped to the Hirshhorn Museum and sculpture garden at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC RICH CREEK Robert Clinton Parcell 84 died Sun rday uneral Wednesday at 2pm irst United Methodist Church Arrangements by I uneral Home Nar rows MARTINSVILLE Infant twin daughters of Mr and Mrs Horace Mason Jr died Sun day Graveside service today at 10 am Roselawn Burial rark Arrangements by uneral Home PILOT Mrs Lala Angle Goff 90 died Sunday uneral today at 2:30 pm Huffville Church Arrangements by Wood uneral Home loyd GALAX John Morton Bob bitt 53 died Sunday uneral today at 11 am at Vaughan Guynn uneral Home Chapel MOODLAWN Oliver Au gusta Pyrtle 78 died Satur day uneral Wednesday at 2 pm Vaughan Guynn uneral Home Chapel Galax RIDGEWAY Lavinder Wilson 75 died Monday neral Wednesday at 2:30 pm Matrimony Primitive Baptist Church Stoneville NC Ar rangements by Stone uneral Home Martinsville 1 uneral for Calvin Coop er who died Sundav will be Wednesday at 3 pm Maple Street Baptist Church Henry Lee Childress 49 109 121 a St SW died Monday Ar rangements by Hamlar Curtis uneral Home cl*tON ORGE beth Kidd Bean (Mrs R) 70 died Monday uneral Wednesday at 2 pm Nicely uneral Home Chapel BEDORD Robert Ste vens died Monday Arrange ments by Bedford uneral Home HENRY LEE CHILDRESS Henry Lee Childress age 48 of 109 122 St SW died Mon day in a local hospital He is survived by his wife Mrs Mary Childress two daugh ters Mrs Wanda leming and Miss Barbara Childress both of Roanoke two sons Henry Lee Childress Jr and Clifford Childress both of Roanoke one stepson Jimmy Young of Roanoke his father and step mother Mr and Mrs lemon Childress of Hardy two half sisters Miss Peggy Childress and Mrs Susie Bonds both of Hardy one halfbrother Thomas Childress of Hardy one grandson Tyrone lem ing and many other relatives The body is at Hamler Curtis uneral Home pending ar rangements MCCRACKEN CALLAWAY Douglas Cal vin McCracken age 19 of Route 2 passed away Sunday evening of injuries sustained in an automobile accident Surviving are his parents William HM Mc Cracken Route 2 Callaway three brothers Giles Mc Cracken Randall McCracken and Darius McCracken all of Callaway uneral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2:00 PM in Lynch Chapel with the Rev Hollis Harris of ficiating Interment will fol low in ranklin Memorial Park riends may call at Lynch uneral Home Rockv Mount and Rev Charles Blevins offi ciating Burial will follow in the McClure Cemetery The body will be taken to the Church one hour before ser vices Terrace Heights uner al Home in charge of arrangements'1 MRS ANNIE PEARL DEWS INNEY Annie Pearl Dews inney of Route 1 Blue Ridge passed away Monday in a local nurs ing home She was a retired clerk 8 Norfolk Western Railroad and the widow of Jesse inney She is sur vived by five sisters Mrs Weiland Sr of Savannah Beach Ga Mrs Conner and Mrs Reynolds of Roanoke Mrs Lin Tredway Arlington and Mrs Lynn Williams Blue Ridge Ar rangements by North Chapel MRS COURTLAND SHORT Mrs Selma Gene Short of 2014 Sherwood Ave SW died in a local hospital Sunday af ternoon She had been em ployed by Samuel Spigel Inc for 47 years as Assistant Buy er and Saleslady Surviving are her husband Courtland Short also one neph ew Dewey Gralev Char lotesville Va uneral ser vices will be conducted at Roanoke Chapel 10:30 am Wednesday by Dr John Newman Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery riends may call at the Roanoke Chapel ROBERT STE ENS BEDORD Robert JM Stevens of 419 West ranklin St died Monday in the Bed ford County Memorial hospi tal Surviving are his wife Claudine Stevens one niece Lorraine Green of Charles City Bedford uneral Home is handling arrangements MRS DOLL1E TATE Mrs Dollie Tate of Rt 3 Salem died Monday at her residence She is survived by her husband Willie Tate one daughter Mrs Lucy Motley of Salem: two sons Sgt Charles Grimes of US Air orce Shreveport Louisiana Samuel Tate of Roanoke one brother Randolph Via of loyd three grandchildren The body is at Hamlar Curtis uneral Home pending funeral arrangements WALTER THOMASSON Walter Thomasson age 52 of 432 leming Ave NE passed away Sunday in a Roa noke hospital He was an em ploye in the accounting department of the Norfolk and Western Railway a veteran of World War II and a member of the Huntington Court United Methodist Church Survivingare his wife Mrs Rachel Thomasson one step daugh ter Mrs Nancy Cronise stepson Barry Pendrey mother Mrs Thomas son all of Roanoke two broth ers Thomasson of Charleston WVa Herman Thomasson of Roanoke one sister Mrs George Dillard of Roanoke uneral sendees will be conducted from the North Chapel 3 pm Tuesday with the Rev Jack Minnick officiating Burial will be in Blue Ridge Memori al Gardens riends may call at the North Chapel MRS MYRTLE RUTH WALKER Mrs Myrtle Ruth Walker of 1507 Orange Ave NW died Monday in a local hospital She is survived by one daughter Mrs Velma Taylor of Roa noke one sister Mrs Bernice Woolfolk of Columbus Ohio two brothers Hubert Clark of Columbus Ohio: Herman Clark of Roanoke The body is at Hamlar Curtis uneral Home pending arrangements Ermolenko and the rest of the six man party of Russian musicians he was traveling with trooped off the British Air ways plane Monday after Perth lawyer JM Gillett was granted a wnt of habeas cor pus It required the Soviet cul tural attache to bring Ermo lenko before a judge in the Su it CALLAWAY Douelas Cal Ivin McCracken 19 year old son of Mr and Mrs William McCracken died Sunday neral Wednesday at 2 pmXynch uneral Home Chapel 1 Rocky Mount JlBLUE RIDGE Annie Pearl Dews inney died Mon i day Arrangements by Oak North Chapel Roanoke CHILHOWIE Earl Baker Eller 48 died Saturday neral today at 2 pm Mace Baptist Church Arrangements by Terrace Heights uneral Home Mrs Margaret Lynch Roa noke Mrs Geraldine McGo wan Baltimore a grandchild Tracey Woolwine A Liturgi cal prayer service will be held at Oakeys Roanoke Chapel at 7:30 pm Tuesday uneral will be at Our Lady of Naza reth Catholic Church at 10:00 am Wednesday with the Rev Michael Schmied officiat ing Interment will be in Ever green Cemetery riends may call at Roanoke MRS HUTTON MARION Mrs Emma Dowell Hutton age 77 died Sunday afternoon in a Marion hospital Surviving are one daughter Mrs Willard Blev ins of Marion one son Charles Hutton of Marion three step daughters Robert Jones Marion Mrs rank Hall Marion Va Miss Vivian Hutton Roanoke a brother Schooler Dowell of Marion also 11 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren unerai Tuesday netts uneral Chapel with Rev Martin Rev Ken neth Killinger Rev Dewey Mosier and Rev Doug Hamm officiating Burial in Attoway Cemetery Mother Admits Allowing Child To Smoke 'Pot' MIAMI la (AP) Appar ently healthy and normal 21 month old Jamaica Naomi Rus so was in the care of the lori da Division of amily Services Monday after her mother's con fession that she let the toddler smoke marijuana Mary Katherine Russo 23 of Eagle Creek Ore was ar rested Saturday along with John Sidgwick 21 of Pen sanooth Cornwall England and rank JV Busboom an American wito gave his moth home in Montreal Canada as his address The three were to be brought before a US Magistrate in Miami on Monday on charges of possession of cocaine Agents said Mrs Russo had pounds of cocaine in plastic bags strap ped to her body after she ar rived in Miami on a flight from Bogota Colombia no reason to believe that marijuana will per manently harm the said a amily Services spokes woman who said the division has asked for temporary custo dy of the child for 30 days The spokeswoman said that if no relative could be found to care for the child the division would keep her in a shelter or a foster home child had a few mos quito bites but otherwise showed no signs of abuse and no signs of emotional disturb ance other than being sur rounded by strangers spokeswoman said WASHINGTON (AP) President ord intends to give to the naming of a new director of the Veter ans Administration to replace much criticized administrator Donald Johnson a White House spokesman said Mon day President has the mat ter of the next Veterans Ad ministration administrator very keenly on his said Press Secretary Jerald ter Horst he hopes to move on that very ROBERT CLINTON PAKCELL RICH Robert Clin ton Parcell age 84 of Rich Creek died Sunday in a Roa noke hospital He was born in Bland County on Jan 21 1890 and was the son of the late Cal vin and Margaret Pegram Parcell He is survived by hiswife Mary Cowan Parcell Rich Creek one brother TM Parcell Craig Springs Va two sisters Airs Mary Davis Rte 1 Narrows Mrs Martha Long Shamokin Penn uner al services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 pm at the irst United Methodist Church in Rich Creek with the Rev Virgil Anderson officiating Burial will follow in the Wood lawn Cemetery Bluewell WVa The body is at Riffe's uneral Home in Narrows where friends may call after 3 pm Tuesday OAKEYS Jutieiaf cSeWice ROANOKE uneral Designs Alton Robertson Pres Phone 344 9287 Calls received till 10 pm Monday thru Sunday Soviet Gets Second Chance To Defect in Australia PERTH Australia (AP) A young Soviet violinist who changed his mind about defect ing was given a second chance Monday when Australians acted to prevent his return to Mos cow The British airliner that wasto have returned Georgy Ermo lenko 18 to the Soviet Union took off without him 25 minutes late when labor union officials politicians and students joined forces to prevent his departure saying he was leaving under duress uneral for Edna Kyleen Luckado (Mrs Banks Sr) who died Sunday will be Wednesday at 11 am Lotz uneral Home Chapel Roa noke rances Hedrick Hartman (Mrs Paul A) 59 Rt 8 Roa noke died Monday uneral Wednesday at 10 'am Our Lady of Nazareth Catholic Church Arrangements by Oakev's uneral Home Roa noke RE ROOING TIME Let us inspect your roof and gutters REE ESTIMATE HA BONDED Roanoke Roofing Co Call 362 5454 Aho Aluminum Pre inished White Seamless Gutters and Down Spouts Metal Roofs Replaced or Painted Distinctive uneral Designs otlaAigeCs oicetfj 19 So Market St Salem Va 389 9986 Open 'til 5 pm Carpet Dirty? Call Beauti Guard "Safe Steam Extraction" 1 CARPET CLEANING TNMakes Carpet Shampooing a Thing of th Past ROANOKE 563 9201 Christiansburg Blacksburg Radford 382 4230 Lynchburg 847 6953 MARY IIARTLESS BARGER BUENA VISTA Mary Hartless Barger age 76 died at her home Monday morning She is the widow of Thomas Alexander Barger Survivors are four daughters Mrs Lu cille Holt and Mrs Mary Cole man both of Buena Vista Mrs Dorothy Conner of Roa noke Mrs Madeline Tardy of Rockland Calif three sons Thomas Barger and Eu gene Barger both of Colum bia SC Joe Barger of Wise Va three sisters Mrs Eva Watkins of Natural Bridge Mrs Ida Sperka Mrs Nina Zollmann both of Lexington one brother Wilford Barger of Baltimore Maryland 20 grandchildren 15 great grand children uneral services will be conducted at Amole Lomax uneral Chapel Wednesday at 3:00 PM with the Rev A Hawes officiating Interment will follow in Green Hill Cem etery The family will receive friends from 7:00 to 9:00 PM Tuesday at the funeral home Mrs Marie Martin Norfolk JAMES ELWOOD BREWER MARION James Elwood Brewer age 45 died Sunday morning in a Marion hospital Surviving are his wife Helen Whitt Brewer a daughter Miss Lucinda Brewer Mar ion a son Randy Leon Brew er Marion his mother Mrs Dora Brewer Clifton Va three brothers Ernest Brew er Clifton Bayford Brewer Bristol Tenn Leonard Brew er Bismarck Dakota a sis ter Mrs Paul Cline Clifton uneral services will be held Tuesday 11 am from Bar uneral Chapel with Rev Buford Hash officiating with burial in the Grosses Creek Cemetery MRS NETTIE SNIPES CAMP Mrs Nettie Snipes Camp 93 died Monday in a Shawsville nursing home Surviving are one son Dr Thomas Camp Radford A graveside service will be held at 2:00 pm Wednesday at the Hazewell Methodist Church Cemetery Ellaville Ga The body will be taken to Ellaville Tuesday at noon from the De Vilbiss uneral Home Rad ford Roanoke Valley rf uneral for Walter Thom asson who died Sunday will be today at 3 pm Oakev's North Chapel ft Mrs Myrtle Ruth Walker 1507 Orange Ave NW died Monday Arrangements bv Hamlar Curtis uneral Home Mrs Dollie Tate Rt 3 Sa lem died Monday Arrange ments by Hamlar Curtis uneral Home for Selma Gene Short Mrs Courtland who died Sunday will be Wednesday at uneral Home Chapel Roanoke MINIT DOODLE by LOUIS MAGILA SPECIAL NOTICE Come Visit Our All New TOY DEPARTMENT Toys for All Ages rom All Brand Names you Know and Trust GENERAL SALES 3361 MELROSE AVE NW To Stay High WASHINGTON (AP) Treasury Secretary William Simon said Monday lower world oil prices will depend in large part on progress toward a Middle East peace settlement Simon held out little hope of any significant decrease in the price of oil now about $1085 a barrel while tensions between Israel and the Arab countries are high Simon testified before a Sen ate subcommittee on multina tional corporations regarding his recent trip to several Mideast countries He told the subcommittee that he and Secretary of State A Kissinger are cur rently at work on a new policy that will cover both US eco nomic and political interests in that part of the world are developing a nation al policy in this whole area in cluding what the US govern ment's role (on oil prices) should be in the future" Simon said He offered to brief the sub committee in closed session on THE ROANOKE TIMES Tuesday August 13 1974 Deaths unerals State DENTIST yesterday: ''USEtNE COMPLETE MSEO LETTER Af STHDlCATf WpfftO RIGHTS RSERVEO kJ 1 Jay Price of Oil i 11 BBSS Lotz I.

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