2A The Bee: Danville, Friday, July 22, 1988 obituaries 'Peck' McMillon Robert W. (Peck) McMillon, 81, Route 1 Ringgold, died Thursday at his home after a lengthy illness. Born July 5, 1907, in Henry County, he was the son of the late Joseph McMillon and Flora Simpson McMillon. He lived most of his life in Danville area, where he retired after more than 21 years as a guard at the Danville prison farm. He was a member of Williamson Memorial Presbyterian Church, and a veteran of the U.S.
Army. Survivors include his wife, Nannie Wilson McMillon of the home; two daughters, Mildred Giles of Charleston, S.C., and Betty Ann Dix of Ringgold; two sons, John McMillon of Danville and Curtis McMillon of Ringgold; three sisters, Virgie Clark of Axton, Hatty Bray of Brosville and May McMillon of West Fork; one brother, Alonza McMillon of Axton; eight grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at Swicegood Funeral Chapel by the Rev. O.
Neil McCarter. Burial will be in Floral Hills Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, and other times at the residence, State Road 989. Elonza Farthing The funeral for Elonza Douglas Farthing, 88, 312 Stanley Drive, will be conducted at 2 p.m.
Sunday at Wrenn-Yeatts North Main Chapel by the Rev. Jacob Mangus. Burial will be in Danville Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home and other times at the home, 312 Stanley Drive.
Farthing died Thursday morning at Moose Haven Rest Home in Orange Park, Fla. Born Dec. 5, 1899, in Pittsylvania County, he was the son of the late John Henry Farthing and Minnie Nora Burnett Farthing. A retired farmer, he lived most of his life in Pittsylvania County. He was a member, former governor and Legionnaire of the Danville Moose Lodge.
Survivors include one daughter, Nora Ann Grubbs of Danville; six sisters, Annie Walker of New Jersey, Ruth McGee of Blairs, Eva Barksdale of Dry Fork, Pauline Coleman of Little Plymouth, Rebecca Murphy of Cartersville and Laila Ryan of Danville; one grandson. Lillian Elliott Graveside services for Lillian Harvey Elliott, 90, 1417 North Main will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday in Leemont cemetery by the Rev. Adolf Otersen and Dr. Paul Hodge.
The family will receive friends from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at Barker Funeral Home and other times will be at the residence. Mrs. Elliott died Thursday evening at her home after a long period of declining health. Born March 15, 1898, in Martinsville, she was the daughter of the late William Baker Harvey and Eugenia Pauline Motley Harvey.
She lived most of her life in Danville, where she was a self -employed seamstress for many years. Mrs. Elliott was a member of Shelton Memorial Presbyterian Church. She was the wife of John H. Elliott, who died March 24, 1949.
She is survived by several nieces and nephews. Sarah Logan The funeral for Sarah Hayden Logan, 79, 369 Ross will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at Loyal Baptist Church by the Rev. D.J. Thomas.
Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday at Cunningham Hughes Funeral Home, and other times at the residence, 369 Ross St. Mrs. Logan died Wednesday in The Memorial Hospital of Danville.
Born May 13, 1909, in Danville, she was the daughter of the late John Hayden and Rebecca Vaugh Hayden. She was a member of the Ever Ready Club of Loyal Baptist Church, Usher Board and Charlotte Garrett Missionary Circle. Survivors include her husband, Albert H. Logan Sr. of the home; a son, Albert H.
Logan Jr. of Danville; three grandchildren. Martha McLaughlin CHATHAM Martha Hall McLaughlin, 75, Richmond, formerly of Vernon Hills, died Thursday morning in Richmond. Born Dec. 19, 1912, in Halifax County, she was the daughter of the late Cabe Hall and Ora Lankford Hall.
She was the wife of Elisha W. McLaughlin, having first been married to Louis M. Toombs. She was a member of Mount Tabor Baptist Church. Survivors include three daughters, Helen T.
Adkins of Chatham, Jean M. Terry of Richmond and Ann M. Wood of Gretna; one son, Thomas M. Toombs of Powhatan; three sisters, Evelene H. Clay of Richmond, Lillian H.
Rock of Keysville and Zelia H. Barksdale of Phoenix; two brothers, Preston Hall of Richmond and William Hall of South Boston; 15 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at Scott Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. A.
Kyle Flora. Interment will be in Hillcrest Burial Park. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. At other times they will be at the homes of Jesse Adkins, Route 3, Chatham, and Dean Wood, Route 1, Gretna.
weather VIRGINIA: Variable cloudiness some 70s in the mountains. Lows in today through Saturday with show- the low and mid 70s except some 60s ers and thunderstorms likely, main- in the mountains. ly during afternoon and evening EXTENDED FORECAST hours. Highs in the 80s each day. The National Weather Service's Lows tonight in the lower 70s except extended forecast for Virginia, Sun60s mountains.
day through Tuesday: Variable cloudiness throughout NORTH CAROLINA: Variable the period with scattered showers cloudiness with scattered showers and thunderstorms each day. Highs and thunderstorms through Satur- from the mid 80s to the low 90s. Lows day. Highs mostly in the 80s except from the mid 60s to the mid 70s. Murder charges dismissed for 3 Murder charges against three Pittsylvania County residents have been dismissed in Franklin County.
Neal Scott of Penhook, William Sanford "Billy" Davis of The three, Gary Chatham and Karen Pannell Pickeral of Chatham had been charged in conwith the drug overdose death of 19-year-old Kimberly Dana Kirk of nection Snow Creek. Kirk's body was found in front of Franklin County Memorial Hospital in June. The charges were dismissed by General District Court Judge William N. Alexander during the preliminary hearing held Thursday. The Family Of ELONZA DOUGLAS FARTHING requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to the Danville Life Saving Crew, 202 Christopher Lane, Danville, Virginia 24541.
Inflation Continued from Page 1A Cereal and bakery prices, not yet showing the full effects of the drought, were up 0.4 percent. Grocery store prices, reflecting upward pressures before the drought took hold, had risen 0.5 percent in May and 0.8 percent in April. As for meat, analysts expect prices to fall later in the summer as producers, facing staggering feed prices, sell off parts of their herds. But one economist, Donald Ratajczak, said in advance of today's report that some retailers have not yet passed their lower wholesale prices on to consumers. Indeed, pork prices rose 1.2 percent last month while beef prices gained 1.3 percent.
As for energy, gasoline costs, driven downward by worldwide drops in crude oil prices, dipped a significant 0.9 percent after rising 1.6 percent May. Clothing prices fell 0.3 percent after rising a strong 3.8 percent through the first five months of 1988. Department analysts attributed the decline to larger than usual markdowns in prices for women's clothing. The 0.3 percent seasonally adiusted gain in the Consumer Price Index left the annualized inflation rate for the first half of 1988 at 4.4 percent, the same as for all of 1987. The index itself stood at 118.0 i in June, meaning that a selection of goods costing $100 during a 1982-84 base period would have cost $118 last month, 50 cents more than in the preceding month.
Excluding the effects of the volatile food and energy categories, retail prices rose 0.4 percent in June, double May's 0.2 percent increase. The department gave these details of June's price changes: -Cooking oil prices were up 0.4 percent while dairy product costs fell 0.2 percent. Prices of fruits and vegetables edged downward 0.1 percent. Restaurant meal prices gained 0.4 percent. Food prices, including meals eaten outside the home, rose 0.6 percent.
Energy prices overall were down 0.2 percent. Fuel oil prices dropped 0.6 percent while natural gas and electricity costs gained 0.4 percent. -Prices for infants' and toddlers' clothing were off 1.0 percent, followed by a 0.8 percent drop in the costs of women's and girls' clothing and a 0.1 percent dip in men's and boys' clothing. -Housing costs rose 0.3 percent, the same as in May and April. Medical care expenses were up 0.4 percent, less than in recent months but 6.4 percent greater than at this time last year.
-New car prices rose 0.3 percent. The government's monthly inflation reports are attracting growing attention as the financial markets worry about the impact of rising prices on the strength of the economy. Factories last month operated closer to capacity than at any time in eight years, raising fears that strong demand will free manufacturers to raise prices. Meanwhile, unemployment fell to 5.3 percent, a 14-year low, and heightened concern that workers will be able to demand higher wages. Sandra Shaber, an economist with the Futures Group, a Washingtonbased consulting firm, said consumer resistance to higher prices is discouraging inflation outside the food and energy categories.
"Clients wring their hands and tear their hair. In many industries restaurants, women's apparel, electronics you can virtually only sell something if it's on sale," she said. Ratajczak warned that the longterm outlook for inflation is not as good as over the next month or so. After meat prices fall because of an increase in slaughtering, prices will go up and stay up for at least a year in response to a shortage of animals. Also, the low unemployment rate will begin to be felt in an increase in the price of services, he said.
"An upward tilt in inflation appears fairly inevitable," he said. "Next year could be a problem year, but it won't be explosive." Amee SILK GARDENS Riverside Dr. Crane Bldg. 797-9554 58 upgrade Continued from Page 1A sett, is the major proponent of a superhighway along the bottom of Virginia. Committee legislators are hoping that the project will receive the support of powerful Northern Virginia legislators, who have been successful in lobbying for non-highway revenue funding for a massive Metrorail transportation system and other projects in the area over the last several years.
In a preliminary draft study prepared by the transportation department, five options are outlined with "extremely preliminary" cost estimates ranging from $637,500,000 to $1,156,400,000. The same preliminary report, which spans five highway construetion districts, 18 counties and several cities and towns, stresses the importance of U.S. 58 to the port of Hampton, cargo Roads transported because of on the the highway. "Loads of cargo from manufacturing centers such as Martinsville and Danville, as well as goods from neighboring North Carolina, are transported along Route 58," according to the report. "Approximately 45 percent of all port-related truck traffic utilizes Route 58 when entering or leaving the Hampton Roads region." East-west bypasses would be con- Dukakis Continued from Page 1A Amid an explosion of cheers, onetime rival Jesse Jackson strode on stage to shake hands with Dukakis, the man he failed to defeat, and with Bentsen, whose job he wanted as a consolation prize.
Dukakis, the cool technocrat who rarely shows emotion, was stirred by the electricity of the evening and the shower of adulation. "I've never had a night quite like this one before," he said. Delegates gave him rave reviews. "You got the idea he is real, he can feel," said Darrell Ringer, a Kansas farmer who had been pledged to Jackson. "'He spoke our language," said Hartford, Mayor Carrie S.
Perry, another Jackson delegate. Betty Van Uum of St. Louis said that if Bush were watching the speech, "he was probably quaking in his little Gucci shoes." "We're going to win because we are the party that believes in the American dream," declared Dukakis, the 54-year-old son of Greek immigrants. "I know because I am a product of that dream, and I'm proud of it." His eyes glistened with tears and his voice caught in his throat as he spoke of his late father, Panos. "How I wish he were here tonight.
He'd be very proud of his son and his adopted country." He said the Nov. 8 election "isn't about ideology. It's about competence." He said a Dukakis administration would have a Justice Department "that isn't the laughingstock of the nation." Dukakis promised to do better than the incumbents in protecting the environment and fighting illegal drugs. What's more, he said, in a Dukakis White House, "if you accept the privilege of public service, you had better understand the responsibilities of public service. "If you violate that trust, you'll be fired; if you violate the law, you'll be prosecuted; and if you sell arms to the Ayatollah, don't expect a pardon from the president of the United States." Echoing a pledge of his ancient Greek forefathers, Dukakis vowed to "never bring disgrace to this, our country, by any act of dishonesty or cowardice.
In all ways, we will transmit this country greater, better, stronger, prouder and more beautiful than it was transmitted to us." Plotting strategy for the fall campaign, Dukakis' aides said he will contest every state with Bush, who will get the Republican presidential nomination at the GOP convention in New Orleans Aug. 15-18. "He intends to run an aggressive national campaign that concedes no Flowers have been an expression of sympathy since the beginning of time. Call us when your need arises. Our Fresh Flowers Last Longer DESIGNING IS AN ART! PROMPT DELIVERY! Waddell's Flowers 447 S.
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RELIGIOUS BOOK CENTER Over a Quarter of a Century of Service 120 Market St. 792-4443 'She's a Del. Lew Parker D-South Hill structed at Martinsville, Danville and South Hill in all five options. The most costly option would be a straight improvement of the U.S. 58 corridor from Bristol to Suffolk for 481 miles at an estimated cost of $1.1 billion.
I A second option includes a new location for U.S. 58 in Patrick County, parallel to the North Carolina state line between I-77 and the existing road near the Henry County line. Total cost of the option, including the Patrick County relocation, i is estimated at $1.02 billion. According to the report, the existing roadway "traverses heavy mountainous terrain between Meadows of Dan and Stuart, and widening to four-lane arterial standards may not be feasible. Also, bypasses would have to be considered at Hillsville and Stuart." Widening road would cost about $251,000,000, while the new location would cost about $120,600,000.
A third option includes relocation of U.S. 58 at Patrick County, and state, no region, to George Bush and the Republicans," said Dukakis spokesman Dayton Duncan. To succeed, the ticket will have to win back the disenchanted Democrats who switched to Reagan in 1980 and 1984. Nearly 40 percent of the members of the AFL-CIO voted to re-elect Reagan. "The Democratic Party is the party of your parents; come on home where you belong," appealed Rep.
Dan Rostenkowski of Illinois in a Rubbish Continued from Page 1A computer voting terminals scattered about the convention floor. Soon, a small army of laborers and technicians was pulling down the light and sound systems, stacking chairs, ripping up the carpet and using crowbars on the $1 million moveable podium from which Democratic, nominee Dukakis had addressed the delegates just an hour before. "We'll salvage the elevator and some of the other parts, then we'll haul the rest off to the landfill," said William "Pug" Mabry, a general superintendent for Flagler Construction which helped construct the convention set. He said the work crews had 12 hours to remove the chairs, rip up the carpet and temporary floor beneath it and then take out 50 miles of cables beneath the floor. "In 12 hours there will be cranes in here, pulling down the TV network anchor booths, which then will be miles.
Total cost of the option is $957.5 million. Option number four includes the Patrick County location, with an overlap at I-81 and I-77 for 475.9 miles, and a would cost approximately $706 million. A fifth option, the cheapest at $637 million, would include the alternate Route 58, overlaps at I-81 and I- 77 and the relocation of the Patrick County section. A particular problem with U.S. 58 in Danville, Clement said, is the Riverside Drive area.
Travelers must deal with congestion for several miles. The transportation department study suggested a southwestern bypass of Danville, which would begin at existing U.S. 58 west of Danville and go southeasterly to intersect. with U.S. 29 and 265 south of Danville and would overlap U.S.
265. Study committee members appeared cautiously optimistic about the prospect for such a project. "We're all for this," said Creekmore. Anderson, meanwhile, said the project had "the potential for a lot of appeal," and Parker said he felt it was "legitimate enough to talk about in the next session of the General Assembly." nominating speech for Bentsen that was aimed at the television audience across America. Former Rep.
Geraldine Ferraro, who was Walter Mondale's running mate in the Democrats' 1984 loss to Reagan, said, "I think we had one big problem that this ticket is. not going to have. We had Ronald Reagan to run against." "It's a ticket that can win across the country," said Martin Davis, the only black in the Utah delegation. taken to New Orleans for the Republican convention next month." In addition to the cable beneath the floor, the sound and lighting crew had to remove some 500 lights and 15 miles of cable above the floor. "I know that sounds like a lot, but we had even more lights up there for the Pink Floyd concert here a couple of months ago," said Chuck Adams, a spotlight technician.
Mike Oshust, director of operations for The Omni coliseum, said the work crews, in addition to removing 2,000 portable chairs, also had to reinstall 5,500 fixed seats that were removed so the Democrats could install their huge pink, blue and gray podium. "It took us six weeks to put up the podium but we'll have it completely torn down within eight days," hen said. "We've got to work fast because we've got another show coming in on the 29th." fire City man critical after house fire A city man burned in a fire at his home Thursday evening was in critical condition this morning at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville. Firefighters responded to the 130 Stonewall Court home of Montague Womack at 7:44 p.m. On arrival, they found Womack on the floor of his bedroom with burns to his upper body.
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