2A. THE DAILY ITEM SUMTER. S.C.. TUESDAY. FEB.
4, Obituaries Arthur Goude, West Columbia Robert Hood, Elgin The Rev. Charles Seastrunk, Columbia Mrs. Ruth M. Shealy, Columbia Prince Washington, Georgetown Harry 1 Boyiston, Barnwell Deaver McCraw Greenwood Dr. H.
Perry Dyches, Aiken Mrs. Ida Moseley, Gustave Schurmeler, Aiken Aiken Willie Mack, Saluda' Ralph Galloway, Hartsville Mrs. Dollie Thomas, Orangeburg Johnny Wooten, Blythewood Mrs. Mae Bailey, Lake View Mrs. Annie Lou Duncan, Neeses Miss Rebecca Elane Jeanes, Chester Ellis Hutto, St, George Mester Stone, Lancaster Mrs.
Susan Massey, Lancaster Vann Welch, Charleston Heights Mrs. Hattie Richardson, Marion Mrs. Louise McAbee, Greenwood Mrs. Savannah Gomillion, Johnston Mrs. Celecia Brown, Blackville Charles Owens, Newberry Mrs.
Willis E. Sheorn, Camden Clifford George Bright, Columbia George Keels, Florence James Wilson, Smoaks Hazel Baker Sumter Patrick Mahoney, Charleston COMMANDER HANKS CAMPTON, Ky. Funeral services for Lt. Com. (ret.) Fred Tutt Hanks of Lexington, will be held in Campton.
Commander Hanks died Sunday in Sumter. Born Nov. 3, 1916, in Winchester, he was the son of Fred C. and Bess Hanks. Since his retirement from the U.S.
Navy, he has been employed by a real estate firm. In addition to his parents, survivors include his widow and two daughters, Sylvia L. and Wanda D. Hanks, all of Lexington, Ky. Harris Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements.
HAZEL W. BAKER Services for Hazel W. Baker 75, will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday from. the chapel of! the Shelley-Brunson Funeral Home with the Rev.
Knox Lambert officiating and burial following in Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Baker died Monday afternoon at The Tuomey Hospital. A native Kershaw County, he was the son of the late Jim and Ellie Crimminger Baker. He was member of the Northside Baptist church and a retired farmer.
He was married to the late Mrs. Alta Horton Baker. Survivors are three sons, Donnie P. Baker of Sumter, H. Wilburn Baker of Camden and Amos Franklin Baker of Merritt Island, one daughter, Mrs.
Milton (Katherine) Evans of Sumter; one sister, Mrs. Willene Hilton of Bethune; one brother, Joe Baker of Bethune; 18 grandchildren and seven The family grandchildren. home of his son at 468 Dogwood Drive. DAVID KELLY BISHOPVILLE Services for David Kelly will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the St.
Mark Baptist Church with the Rev. T. O. Everetts officiating and burial in the church cemetery. Mr.
Kelly died Friday morning at his home on Route 3. Born in Lee County March 15, 1915, he was the son of the late Steven and Patsy Kelly and a member of the St. Mark Baptist Church. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Geneva Holloman Kelly; four sons, Eugene Simon of Linden, N.J., David, James and Joseph Kelly, all of Mrs.
Bishopville; Jackson three daughters, of Patterson, N.J.. Mrs. Marie Joye and Mrs. Vertie Williams, both of Bishopville; two sisters, Mrs. Rena Watkins and Mrs.
Minnie Garvin, both of New York; 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Square Deal Funeral Home is in charge. Firemen Answer Nine Calls City firemen answered nine calls over the weekend and on Monday. None involved personal injuries requiring hospital attention. Fire badly damaged a house and its contents sat 8 Street, owned by Riley Realty Co.
and occupied by Ellen Rhodes. Firemen received a call to the house at 11:02 a.m. Saturday. The fire, of an undetermined cause, reportedly began in a rear bedroom. At 2:18 p.m.
Saturday firemen were called to the Bi-Lo Corp. Supermarket on Broad Street, to repair and reset a sprinkler head, which was part of the fire protection system. Employes at Bi-Lo reportedly triggered the sprinkler while they were defrosting a cooler. No damage was reported. Firemen were called at 5:50 p.m.
to extinguish a woods fire on a vacant lot at the intersection of Shallowford and Beckridge roads. Children playing with matches reportedly caused the fire. No damage was reported. At 11:35 p.m. Saturday firemen answered a false alarm on Dunway Drive.
Firemen were called at 8:10 a.m. Sunday to investigate a flooded heater at the residence of Ansome Goodine of Route 8. No fire or damage was reported. Firemen were called at 4:31 p.m. Sunday to the intersection of Knight Lane and Liberty Street to extinguish a fire in a 1971 Ford belonging to Larry Gibbons.
The fire reportedly began because of a flooded carburetor. Moderate damage to the engine was reported. At 8:16 a.m. Monday firemen were called to the Sumter Area Technical Education College parking lot to extinguish a fire in a 1970 Maverick driven by Claybourne White. The fire of undetermined cause reportedly began under the hood of the car.
Moderate damage to the engine was reported. Firemen answered a false alarm on Albert Drive at 2:42 p.m. Monday. At 9:29 p.m. Monday firemen were called to the residence of Randolph Black at 27 Birnie Circle to investigate a stopped up flue on a heater.
Smoke reportedly backfired in the house. Moderate soot and smoke damage to the walls and carpeting in the house were Late Stock 1 p.m. Quotations furnished by McCarley Co. 516 W. Liberty telephone 773-3309.
Allied Chem. Amer. Motors Beck-Dickinson. 33 BiLo Beth. Steel.
754 Campbell Soup Carolina Pipeline 15 Chrys. Coca-Cola Duke Power. DuPont 99 Eastman Kodak Eckerd Arristar. Ford GE 391 Gen. Motors.
Gen. Tele. Ga. Pacific La. Pacific 15 Gulf 194 Int.
Paper. Jeff Pilot. 32 Mich. Seam Tube. NCR J.
C. Penney Pepsi RCA Reeves Bros. 18 Reynolds Tob. Seaboard Sou. Railroad 42 Springs Mill Exxon Texaco.
Town Country .21 U.S. Steel 48 Westvac Winn-Dixie. Woolworth Westinghouse Cooper-Bessmer Ind. 1975 ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED RETURN POSTAGE GUARANTEED P.O. BOX WATER DEPARTMENT.
FIRST CLASS 1449 CITY OF SUMTER 773-1551 US. POSTAGE SUMTER SC. 79150. PAID 1 OZ. PERMIT NO.
47 01052 RETURN THIS STUB WITH YOUR PAYMENT OUR AMOUNT SEE REVERSE SIDE FOR CODES AMOUNT DUE CUT OFF DATE CASHIER'S STUB New Water Bill Approximately two-thirds of the citys ing new computerized water bills in a Marion Rembert, utility billing director. ing on the changeover from manual to over two years. It is estimated that 10,103 residential and business water their January water bills around water users will receive the new bill. water users will be receiv- computerized bills few days, according to also have features, The city has been work- stance the new bills computerized billing for as the old bills approximately 8,000 of the the month serviced." users will begin receiving by mail are asked Wednesday. Next month, all their payment.
Rembert said, "Going to the will not only save time and trouble, but will the old billing system did not have. For inwill show any credits or balances due, where only showed charges for water and sewage for He stressed that customers paying their bills to please return the stub part of the bill with Deputies, Police Make Marijuana Arrest In Monday Afternoon Raid Sumter County sheriff's deputies and city police confiscated a quantity of marijuana weighing approximately five pounds in a raid at the home of Lanny E. Byrd, 20, of Rt. 8, Box 114, Queen's Chapel Road, at 5:30 p.m. Monday.
Byrd was arrested on the scene and charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. The arrest was made as a result of the combined investigation of city and county law enforcement officers. Byrd was placed in the Sumter County Jail under $5,000. Sheriff's deputies made three other marijuana arrests Monday night, both resulting in charges of simple possession of less than an ounce of marijuana. Mark J.
Bouchard, 21, of 106 Reynolds Road and Noah Jerry Artrip, 17, of 756 Henderson St. were charged with simple possession after a bag of marijuana and half of a marijuana cigarette were found near their car, which was parked in a wooded area off Wise Drive across from Wilson Hall School at 10:30 p.m. Both Bouchard and Artrip were placed in the Sumter County Jail under $200 bond each. Philippe Francois Dancy, 19, of 75 Lakeshore Drive was arrested on a charge of simple possession of marijuana at Young's Market at the intersection of the Pinewood Road and the McCray's Mill Road at 11:35 p.m. While investigating a complaint of a suspicious vehicle at the Market, a deputy saw Dancy walk into the store and attempt to buy two bottles of beer.
At the time the deputy noticed a bag of what appeared to be marijuana protruding from Dancy's jacket pocket. The marijuana was confiscated, and Dancy was taken to the Sumter County Jail where he was placed under $200 bond. Sumter County deputies arrested Pauline Burke, 31, of Rt. 1, Box 62-B, Wedgefield, early today on a charge of assault and battery in connection with an altercation at The Pines, a tavern off Highway 441, at 12:30 a.m. Deputies' reports state an argument developed between Ralph Wheeler, 21, of Shaw AFB and Stephen and Pauline Burke.
A fight developed, during which Pauline Burke reportedly struck Wheeler over the head with a pool cue stick. The Burke woman was arrested on a charge of public drunkeness and released from the Sumter County Jail under $25 bond. A warrant has been issued on Stephen and Pauline Burke in connection with the assault. Sumter County sheriff's deputies arrested Nathaniel DuRant, 53, of 748 Palmetto St. Sunday on a charge of assault and battery with intent to kill in connection with an incident at the home of his sister, Rebecca Barnes of Rt.
4, Box 185, between 1:30 and 2:53 p.m. Sunday. DuRant came to his sister's house during the above time and started a fight with 1 her, according to deputies' reports. Another brother, Peggin DuRant of 22 Rainey Lane, was also at the house at the time of the altercation. When he attempted to stop the fight between his brother and sister, Nathaniel DuRant reportedly shot his brother in the lower, right leg.
Nathaniel DuRant reportedly left the house and then returned a short time later with a revolver and fired four shots, one of which struck Rebecca Barnes in the upper, right arm. Both Nathaniel DuRant and Rebecca Barnes were taken to the emergency room of The Tuomey Hospital where they were treated and released. DuRant was turned over to deputies, and he was placed in the Sumter County Jail. No bond has yet been set. A break-in and grand larceny at the home of James M.
Thompson of Rt. 5, Box 138B between 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Saturday is under investigation by deputies. Thompson told deputies that, once entry was gained through a rear door, the intruders took approximately 75-100 pounds of ham, chicken and venison from his Also reported taken were two cigarette lighters, a carton of cigarettes, a Black and Decker skill saw and a Black and Decker drill.
He also reported that his tool shed was entered and intruders took a number of socket and open end wrenches, socket handles, drill bits, a hacksaw and a shovel. Value of the stolen property was estimated at $750. The grand larceny of a McCullugh chain saw, valued $400, from the back of a station wagon belonging to J. W. Aimsworth of 13 Dabbs St.
while it was parked in front of Ret's Putt-Putt Golf on Highway 441 between 9 and 11:30 p.m. Saturday is under investigation by deputies. No arrests have yet been made. Sheriff's deputies are investigating the grand larceny of a Vespa Ciao DeLuxe motorcycle, valued at $358, and two white and brown, one-month-old puppies from the yard of Anthony Bolden of Rt. 2, Box 75, Rembert, between 10 p.m.
Saturday and 11 a.m. Sunday. The motorcycle is blue and white and its serial number is C7E1T217N66. Deputies are investigating the grand larceny of a Browning, automatic shotgun and a box of shotgun shells, valued at a total of $204, from a car belonging to Ted E. DuBose of Geddy Street betweeh 8 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 27, and 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28. The theft was not reported to deputies until Saturday.
Deputies are investigating the grand larceny of a trailer, valued at $300, from the yard of Sumter Wood Preserving on the Frontage Road between 10:30 a.m. Sunday and 8 a.m. Monday, The trailer reportedly has tandem wheels. A break-in and grand larceny at the home of Louise Collins of Rt. 3, Box 226-El between 1:30 and 5 p.m.
Sunday is under investigation by deputies. Entry was gained by cutting the screen on the back door after which the back door leading inside the house was pried open. Once "inside the intruder reportedly made off with a black and white television set, make undetermined, valued at about $195. Deputies are investigating a break-in and grand larceny at Long Branch Baptist Church on Highway 441 between 11 p.m. Saturday and 8:45 a.m.
Sunday. Once entry was gained by a method as yet undetermined by deputies, the intruders reportedly made off with a 16mm Bell and Howell movie projector, valued at $250. A break-in at the Creek Club, a night spot on Highway 521 North, between 11:30 p.m. Saturday and 6 p.m. Sunday is under investigation by deputies.
After gaining entry by breaking down the front door, the intruders took five cases of assorted beer, a case of soft drinks and eight quarts of wine, valued at approximately $52. The grand larceny of a girl's, blue, Sky Rider bicycle, valued at $54, belonging to Mrs. Mabelle Tomlin of 7 Logan St. between 5 p.m. Friday and 7 a.m.
Saturday is under investigation by deputies. The bicycle is valued at $54. Deputies are investigating the petty larceny of a white, Cordovan battery, valued at $40, from a car belonging to Wylie Bowens while it was parked at his home at 17 Martin St. between Friday and Saturday morning. The battery wires were cut to remove it from the vehicle.
A case of malicious mischief at Owens Package Store at Rt. 7, Box 351-B between 9:30 and 10:15 5 p.m. Sunday is under investigation by deputies. Unknown persons reportedly shot the plate glass windows of the store. Two bottles of liquor, valued at a total of $17, were broken by the bullets.
The cost of replacing the windows has not yet been determined. Deputies are investigating a case of vandalism to a pay telephone owned by General Telephone Co. outside Sumter Marine Supply on Highway 15 South Saturday night or early Sunday morning. The telephone was broken into, and an undetermined amount change was removed. No estimate was available as to the cost of repairing the telephone.
Outboard Boat Motor Missing The grand larceny of a h.p. Johnson outboard boat motor, valued at $350, from the rear of a boat parked in the yard at the home of Jerry Atkinson of 209 Lawrence St. between 8 p.m. Saturday and 9:30 a.m. Sunday is under investigation by city police.
A break-in and grand larceny of cash and merchandise valued at approximately $300 at Bradford's Grocery at 824 N. Main St. between Saturday afternoon and Monday morning is under investigation by city police. Prosecution Scheduled To Begin McCORMICK, S.C. (AP)- The prosecution was scheduled to begin presenting its case today in the trial of James Calvin Morrison, 31, and David Doyle Morrison, 24, both of Anaheim, Calif.
They are charged with killing three soldiers last summer. Circuit Judge John Grimball was also expected to rule today on a defense motion to appropriate state money to bring three witnesses into South Carolina. One witness from Anaheim and another from Portland, have already arrived to testify. Defense attorney Julius Baggett of McCormick has asked Grimball to consider using state money to bring in another witness from California and two more from Oregon. South Carolina law provides for state money to be used to transport and pay the expenses for indigents connected with a legal proceeding.
The Morrison brothers, arrested in Portland two weeks after the slayings, are charged with killing the Ft. Gordon, soldiers last June 1. The bodies were discovered June 2 on the South CarolinaGeorgia border on the shore of Lake Hartwell. The victims were Mark Bennett, 23, of Glendale, Eric Clickner, 19, of Mauston, and James Donaghy, 18, of El Paso, Tex. Four Injured In Auto Crash SUMMERTON Four Summerton residents were injured in an automobile accident at 7:19 p.m.
Monday when Isaac Montgomery apparently lost control of his 1971 Buick on rainslickened Highway embankment next to the Wateree 76 and plunged down a steep Swamp, according to reports from the Highway Patrol. admitted to Isaac Montgomery, 30, and Tiny Lawson, 19, were treatment of injuries suffered in the The Tuomey Hospital for crash. 1. Details of their condition were not immediately available in the Edward Montgomery, 17, and today. Two other passengers car, Troy Mellison, 27, were treated at the hospital's Summerton.
emergency room and released. All four men live on Route 1, made pending further investigation by the No charges have been Highway Patrol, Accidents Probed investigated four traffic accidents Friday, one of City police which involved personal injury requiring hospital attention. These included: Alice Drive about 150 feet north of Sunset Street, 2 p.m., rear end collision. Margaret S. Scott, 47, of 47 Barnett St.
was taken a in private car to Shaw AFB Regional Hospital for treatment of injuries. She was treated and released at the emergency room. Denise Boyce, 17, of 37 Bland St. was charged by police with Cheryl following too closely. Washington Street about 200 feet south of Warren Street, 4:55 two-car collision.
Police charged Brenda W. Jackson, 24, of p.m., Route 1, Oswego, with improper backing. Liberty Street at the intersection of Washington Street, 11:55 a.m., two car mishap. Bultman Drive about 25 feet south of Constance Street, 5:19 p.m., two-car accident. Police made no charges in either of the minor accidents.
Police also investigated a two car accident Saturday at 12:04 a.m. on Broad Street about 15 feet north of Guignard Drive. Kenneth M. Alford, 17. of 318 Council St.
was charged with failing to yield the right- of way. Five traffic accidents were investigated over the 48-hour weekend, two of which involved personal injuries requiring hospital attention. These included: West Liberty Street at Lafayette Boulevard, 11:26 a.m. Sunday, two-car collision. Leon Chisholm of 69 Gameco*ck Apartments was taken to the emergency room of The Tuomey Hospital where he was treated and released.
Police charged John Alfred O'Donnell of Columbia with disregarding a traffic sign. Damage to the vehicles ranged from moderate to severe. Lafayette Boulevard at Penn Street. 6:35 p.m. Sunday, automobile and motorcycle accident.
Alec John Magowan of Ft. Bragg, N. was taken to the emergency room of The Tuomey Hospital where he was treated and released. Police charged Wayne Douglas Leneau of 315 Brand St. with failure to yield the right of-way.
Both vehicles were damaged slightly, according to police reports. Morgan Avenue at Jackson Street, 12:15 p.m. Saturday, two-car collision. Both cars were slightly damaged, according to police reports. Police charged James Greer White of 1998 Pinewood Road with disregarding a traffic sign.
East Calhoun Street at Magnolia Street, 5:40 p.m. Saturday, two car collision. Police charged Albert M. Rose of 719 Boulevard Road with fialure to yield the right of- way. Both vehicles involved were severely damaged.
West Calhoun Street 100 feet west of North Washington Street, 11:44 a.m. Sunday, two-car collision. Both cars were slightly damaged, according to police reports. Police charged John Clifford Schoenheit of 585 Pringle Drive with failure to yield the right of- way. City police investigated seven traffic accidents Monday, none which involved personal injuries requiring hospital attention.
These included: North Main Street about 100 feet north of Calhoun Street, 9:15 a.m., two car accident. Police reports state both cars were slightly damaged. Salaska Watford Irick of 1148 Manning Ave. was charged with improper backing. Calhoun Street at North Sumter Street; 11:29 a.m.; two car, rear end collision.
Police charged Eugenia Wheeler Jones of Rt. 2, Box 536 with following too closely. Damage to the cars ranged from slight to moderate. South Main Street approximately 200 feet south of East Bee Street, 12:31 p.m., two-vehicle mishap. The two cars were slightly damaged, according to police reports.
No charges were made by police. Lafayette Boulevard at Calhoun Street; 1:15 p.m.; two-car, rear end accident. Slight to moderate damage to the cars involved was reported by police. Leon Murray of 19 Gameco*ck Apartments was charged with following too closely. Lafayette Boulevard at Crosswell Drive, 2:12 p.m., two-vehicle collision.
Both vehicles were moderately damaged, police reports state. No charges were made by police. Broad Street at Milton Road, 5:03 p.m., two car mishap. Both cars were moderately damaged, police reports indicate. Albert Lee Rhodes of 610 Brockington St.
was charged by police with failure to yield the right of way. Parking lot of the Sumter Parks and Recreation Department about 110 feet west of Artillery Drive, 7:22 p.m., two car accident. Damage to the cars involved ranged from slight to moderate, police reports state. No charges were made by police. Stocks Lower NEW YORK (AP) Profit taking after more than a month of sharp gains pushed the stock market broadly lower today in another session of heavy activity.
The noon Dow Jones average of 30 industrials was off 6.57 at 704.87. Losers held more than a 3-1 edge on gainers at the New York Stock Exchange. Analysts said some investors' decisions to cash in on profits appeared to have been prompted by concern over the forecasts of continued high unemployment and stubborn inflation contained in President Ford's message on the federal budget Monday. At the American Stock Exchange, the market -value index was down .66 at 73.84. The Big Board's composite index of all its listed common stocks dropped .30 to 41.08.
People with special medical problems, such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, epilepsy or allergy, are urged to wear an emblem identifying their illness as a safeguard against use of medication that might be injurious or fatal in an emergency, The World Almanac says. Medic Alert, which pioneered the use of informative emblems, says there are some 1.8-million epileptics, as well as diabetics, who may mistakenly be thought intoxicated. NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN. 'Round Town Sumter Model Airplane Club, First Federal Savings and Loan Association, Guignard Drive branch. 8- Sumter Elks Lodge No.
855, Elks Home, Second Mill. Oakland Property Owners Association, Oakland Elementary School. 8:15 "Forty Carats," Sumter Little Theatre, University Drive. 8:30 Closed AA meeting, 134 N. Washington St.
TONIGHT 7:30 p.m. Manchester School PTA, school gym. After gaining entry through a window on the south side of the building, the intruder took $260 from a tool box, a jar of pigs feet valued at $8.50 and eight cartons of cigarettes valued at approximately $40. Police are investigating a break-in and grand larceny at the and Washerette at 20 Meehan St. between 3:30 p.m.
Sunday and 8:50 a.m. Monday. Entry was reportedly gained by prying the lock on the front door. Once inside the intruders broke open a soft drink machine and took about $5 from it. A snack vending machine was also broken into and an undetermined amount of money was taken.
The intruders reportedly took a bubble gum vending machine with them, and they damaged a peanut vending machine, which will cost approximately $20 to repair. The value of the bubble gum was not available. No arrests have yet been made by police. A break-in and grand larceny at Bible Fellowship Church on Broad Street at the juncture with Salem Avenue between 5 p.m. Saturday and 7 a.m.
Sunday is under investigation. Entry was reportedly gained by picking the lock to the door of the minister's study. Once inside the intruder reportedly took a tape player-recorder set, the make and value of which has not yet been determined. Police arrested Charles Ward, 33, of 813 Beck St. at the Big Star Food Store at 133 S.
Main St. shortly after 1:15 p.m. Saturday on a charge of shoplifting two packs of cigars valued at a total of $1.04 and a package of cheddar cheese valued at $1.01. He was apprehended by city police and taken to the Sumter County Jail where he was placed under a $300 bond. A case of malicious mischief at Simpson's Hardware at Palmetto Plaza between 2:55 and 3 a.m.
Sunday is under investigation by city police. According to police reports, someone tore open two bags of peat moss wich had been left outside the building. The value of the peat moss has not yet been determined by police. WEDNESDAY 1 p.m. Double Triangle Club, YWCA, 105 S.
Washington St. 2-5 Sumter County Historical Society, Museum Archives, Williams-Brice House, 122 N. Washington St. 3-6 Three man art exhibit, Sumter Gallery of Art, West Liberty Street. 5:30 Sumter County Education Funds Crusade Conference, Holiday Inn, Washington Street.
6:30 Weight Watchers, Shaw AFB Recreation Center. 7:30 Sumter District 10 Boy Scout Committee, YWCA, 105 S. Washington St. 8 SLC Shrine Club Board, Shrine Club, Highway 15 South. 8:15 "Forty Carats," Sumter Little Theatre, University Drive.
8:30 Alanon family group, Shaw AFB Social Action Center. To have an event or meeting listed, call 775-6333 or 775-6334. FUNNY BUSINESS By Roger Bollen HOW CAN 4,00 I MEAN, WHEN 400 CONGAR M9 BILL. 16 SIDER THAT, THANKS TO TOO HIGH ME, HE GREAT AND TIE NEAR GREAT EVENTS PAT SHAPE THIS OLE WORLD WE LIVE IN, CAN ONCE AGAIN ENTER YOUR LIVING ROOM VIA TIE WONDER OF TELEVISION.
