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A 6 T'MES AN DEM0CAT Orwitfc1. S.C. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1966 National Achievement Program Four Local Students Sbepptird's F8e In. Hands Jury For Sdcondl lim: Thanksgiving Music Program Is Planned U.S. 1 tftttHJiia I that "prejudicial publicity" and "a carnival atmosphere" at the first trial tainted the conviction.

mimf Spite year prison term, with parole possible after 11 months. Acquittal and Sheppard's final release from a charge that has hung over his head since 1954, and has already cost him nine years in prison. Sheppard, seated behind defense attorney F. Lee Bailey, looked intently at the Jury during much of Talty's charge. In a spectator's seat was his second wife, blonde, German-born Arl-ane Tebbenjohanns Sheppard.

They became pen pals while he was imprisoned and were married In 1964, two days after his release Sheppard, 42, was sentenced to life Dec. 21, 1954, for second-degree murder after a nine-week trial. The original jury also was composed of seven A special event of the Thanksgiving season in Orangeburg will be a Thanksgiving Communion Service for the Senior Adults of St. Paul's Methodist Church, Sunday, November 20 at 3:30 p.m. in the church sanctuary.

The service will include a brief seasonal message by the pastor, Rev. James A Merchant The Chancel Choir will present special vocal and instrumental selections, directed by Miss Edith Plemmons, director of church music. Mrs. W. O.

Whetsell will accompany on the piano. The Sacrament will be administered to the group while seated in the pews. At the conclusion of the worship service guests will be Invited to Wannamaker Hall for a period of fellowship and refreshments. The tea table will be arranged by Mrs. S.

Harley and Mrs. Everett Arant with Mrs. Heyward Curlee, Mrs. A J. Hutto, and Mrs.

Clifton Harley completing the decorations. Mrs. Harley and Mrs. James A Merchant will preside over the tea table. Marilyn Sheppard died with more than 25 bone-deep blows to the head URGENT No one need tell you about the tremendous growth of South Carolina in Business and Industry.

In order to furnish the consistently growing State with TOP NOTCH Businesses and Industries we, the State, must provide them with trained personnel. Electronic Computer Programming Institute wants to help make this possible. How? By training capable computer programmers who can do quality work. Therefore, as a computer programmer you can be a valuable asset to your State. If you can pass an aptitude test, are between 18 and 40, and have a desire to learn for more information write to: Electronic Computer Programming Institute 4445 Devine Columbia, C.

or Phone 782-3132 Dept. C-19 (Advt.) IS 11' 13 Tops In 3,000 commended candidates pre viously selected by a different committee, which had considered detailed information on the 5,500 students who had been either nominated or endorsed by their schools. Results of a three- hour assessment battery taken by all commended candidates were available to the Finalist selection committee, along with academic records, school recom-mendations, and other information submitted by the students. A test of educational development was part of the assessment battery. Names of the commended candidates were sent to all U.

S. accredited colleges and universities in September. Further information on each Finalist will be sent to the colleges he has Indicated a specific interest in attending. These reports help colleges in their efforts to locate talented Negro students, according to Hugh W. Lane, Achievement Program director.

"Many colleges," Lens said, "have expanded their admissions programs to include the schools from which Finalists and commended candidates come. This improves the students' chances for admission and fi nancial all" Financial need is not considered In selecting Achievement Finalists and scholarship winners, but does govern how much financial help a winner receives. Starting with Information supplies by the candidate and his family, the students need is cal culated by a standard formula which takes into account such factors as family Income and a ge in be in men and five women. He en tered prison July 20, 1955, after the failure of his first appeal. On July 16, 1964, Sheppard was released in $10,000 ball from Ohio State Penitentiary by order of a U.S.

District Court Judge in Dayton, Ohio. Last June 6, in a review of this deci sion, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered a new trial on grounds A ftfftffifl (jffi3f litre vra (lE3D(djlte (E) cflfai ggti) qd oxBanljltp i it SPECIAL PURCHASE A (Hi flSW Decorated Service for 6 IrC. BREAK-RESISTANT MELAMINE Dinnerware in your choice of "Brown Leaves" or beautiful "Poppy" patterns. Each set comes entirely in one matching color.

COMPLETE 40 Pc. SERVICE FOR SIX 6 FULL SIZE DINNER PLATES 6 CEREAL BOWLS 6 CUPS SET OF 6 MATCHING TUMBLERS 6 SAUCERS SET OF 6 MATCHING JUICE GLASSES COVERED SUGAR BOWL' CREAM PITCHER' VEGETABLE DISH 1 QAtitWiiViViWI PAY ONLY 1 CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) A jury sat secluded once again In judgment on Samuel H. Shep-pard, following his second trial In the murder of his wife, Marilyn, 12 years ago Seven men and five women jurors got the case at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Common Pleas Judge Francis J. Talty's second-floor courtroom in the Cuyahoga County Courthouse, across the hall from the scene of Sheppard's 1954 trial.

With them into third-floor jury quarters, the panel took a copy of the indictment which charged that "Samuel H. Sheppard on or about the fourth day of July, 1954, in the county aforesaid, unlawfully, purposefully and maliciously killed Marilyn Sheppard." In a 40-mtnute charge to the jury, Talty gave them three possible verdicts with which to climax a 3Va-week trial that began Oct 24: Guilty of second-degree murder punishable by life imprisonment, with parole possible after 10 years. Guilty of first-degree manslaughter carrying a one to 20 n. 4 AREA DEATHS assets, other children in college, unusual expenses debts, and the cost of attending the college chosen by the student. The sum each winner receives is not made public.

Achievement Scholarships are sort of "educational lnsur ance," since the award can be adjusted if family finances chan markedly while the student Is college. Scholarships are guaranteed for four years as long as the student maintains normal progress toward a bachelor's degree in an accredited college or university in the Unit ed States. Students may compete slmul taneously in the Achievement Program and the National Merit Scholarship Program, both of which are administered by the Merit Corporation, but may not awarded scholarships by both. The Achievement Program was created by a $7 million Ford Foundation grant to Na tional Merit Scholarship Corporation in 1964. Nearly 50 cor poratlons, foundations, and In.

dividuals participate in the pro gram as scholarship sponsors. Figures for the number of fin- alists by state are by the state which the student's school is located, since this determines the geographic region in which the student will compete for an Achievement Scholarship. Re stated by residence of student, states with the largest numbers of 1966-67 Achievement Finalists are: New York (101), Texas (85), North Carolina (78), Virginia (73). Ohio (72), California (65), Louisiana (63), Georgia (60), and Illinois (51). Orangeburg; Edward Kel ler, Greenwood; three sisters, Mrs.

H. W. Pearce, Orangeburg, Mrs. Cora K. West Cameron, Mrs.

Lester Stoudenmire, Lone Star; three brothers, C. C. KeL ler and T. K. Keller both of Cameron, and Robert L.

Keller, Orangeburg; and nine grand children. HERBERT JEFFCOAT PERRY. S. C. Herbert Jeffcoat, 73, of Perry was dead on arrival at the doctor's office in Wagener on Wednesday afternoon from an apparent heart attack.

Mr. Jeffcoat was a son of the late David and Ida Harley Jeffcoat and was born in Orange burg County. Survivors Include his widow, Mrs. Leo Chavls Hill Jeffcoat Perry; four sons, James and Stacy Jeffcoat of Wagener, Menrel Jeffcoat of Tipton, and Herman Jeffcoat of the U.S. Air Force in California; one daughter, Mrs.

Christine Ayers Bowman; one step-son, Jackie Hill of Swansea; three stepdaughters, Mrs. Norma Chavis Swansea, Mrs. Marzie John son and Miss Agnes Hill, both Columbia; one brother, Charlie Jeffcoat and one sister, Mrs. Minor Keadle both of Perry; twenty-seven grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Baughman Funeral Home in Wagener.

"Quick One" When a tavern customer asked for a "quick one" in colonial times, he was served Calibogus, which was cold rum mixed with beer. SB mm I (Ite Ito 1 WEEKLY 1 1' WITH I A Rank W. J. Dark, superintendent of City Schools announced Wednesday that June Manning of Or. angeburg High School and Ileen Frlnks, Henry Cain and Eula Mack of Wilkinson High School, are among the 1,150 finalists nationwide in the third National Achievement Scholarship Program for outstanding students.

More than 250 of the Finalists will win four-year college scholarships ranging In value from $1,000 to $6,000 ($250 to $1,500 per year), depending upon their need. Two hundred scholarships are underwritten by Ford Foundation grant funds and additional awards by sponsors. Winners will be announced In March. Over 30,000 Negro students were considered in selecting the Finalists. Nearly 4,500 were directly nominated by their schools and an additional 1,000 were endorsed for candidacy by their schools after requesting consideration on the basis of their scores on the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

Students from more than 1,900 schools were considered. States with the largest numbers of Achievement Finalists are New York (101), Texas (83), North Carolina (76), Ohio (70), California (64), Louisiana (61), Georgia (59), and Illinois (50). To keep the Finalist group representative of outstanding Negro students throughout the country, each of four geographic regions was alloted a number of Finalists proportional to its Negro population in the 1960 U.S. census. Finalists were chosen by a selection committee from among MRS.

B. T. GRIFFIN TRAVIS AFB, Mrs. Trudy Onens Griffin, 46, wife of Major Benjamin T. Griffin and resident of Travis Air Force Base, since July 1963, died here Sunday, Nov.

13, following a brief Illness. Death was tentatively attributed to a heart ailment Mrs. Griffin was born In Philadelphia, and lived In Camden and SewelL N. J. prior to her marriage.

She was a grad uate of the Pitman, N. high school, and of the Strayers Business College, Philadelphia. She was a member of the editorial staff of the Spartanburg, S. Herald-Journal from 1946 to 1951. Her husband, who later resumed military service as an information officer of the Military Air Transport Service (MATS), also was on the Herald Journal staff.

From 1954 to 1958, she and Major Griffin lived at 3215 Ren-lee Orlando, Fla. During this period, Major Griffin was information officer at Orlando Air Force Base, Fla. When he was transferred to the MATS headquarters at Scott Air Force Base, they lived at 445 S. Railway Mascoutah, 111., until he was reassigned to the headquarters of the 1502nd Air Transport Wing, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. From January 1960 until their transfer to Travis, they lived at 4313 Llklni Harbor Heights, Honolulu.

Mrs. Griffin has been active in the Family Services organization and the Travis Air Force Base thrift shop. She was past Silver Custodian of the base Officers' Wives' Club and has been a member of the Pilots Club at Spartanburg, as well as an active member of Parent Teachers Association at their homes in Orlando, Mascoutah and In Honolulu. Likewise, Mrs. Griffin was active In Girl Scout work, having been Girl Scout leader In Hawaii and at Travis, and devoted considerable time to this activity.

She also was a member of the Bethlehem Southern Methodist Church at Eutawvllle, S. C. Besides her husband who Is information officer for Travis Air Force Base and the 60th Military Airlift Wing (MAC), she Is survived by a daughter, Trudy Ann, a Vanden High School senior; her mother, Mrs. John F. Onens, Sewell, N.

and a sister, Mrs. Glynn O. Wells, Wenonah, N. J. A memorial service was held at 10 a.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 16, In the Travis Air Force Base Chapel 2, with Chaplain C. R. Posey officiating. A funeral service Is scheduled Friday, Nov.

18 at the Bethlehem Southern Methodist Church, followed by interment in the Griffin family plot, Eutawvllle Cemetery, Eutawvllle, S. Funeral arrangements will be handled by the Sauls-Rhame Funeral Home, Holly Hill, S. C. MRS. AGNES HOOVER VARNVILLE, -Funeral services for Mrs.

Agnes Jack VEGETABLE DISH CREAM PITCHER COVERED SUGAR BOWL son Hoover, 63, sister of Mrs. Andrew C. Dibble of Orangeburg, were held Tuesday at 3 p.m. at the Varnvllle Methodist Church. Burial was in Hopewell Cemetery near Varnvllle.

Mrs. Hoover, born In Dillon County, Oct 26, 1903, was the daughter of the late Alex M. and Agnes Buford Jackson. She had taught in the Varnvllle schools for 35 years. Surviving besides Mrs.

Dibble, are two other sisters, Mrs. W.S. Heath Sr. of Columbia, and Mrs. C.

L. Rast of Swansea; four step-daughters, Mrs. M. K. Campbell of Varnvllle, Mrs.

D. O. Duckworth of Memphis, Tena, Mrs. R. L.

Booth of Memphis, and Mrs. C. O. Connelly Jr. of Varnvllle; one stepson, Rev.

E. U. Hoover of Roanoke, Va. ARTHUR J. KELLER CAMERON, S.

C. Funeral services for Arthur J. Keller of Cameron who died Tuesday night in Sumter will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Dukes- Harley Funeral Home in Orangeburg with his pastor, the Rev. G.

B. Corley officiating. Burial wiU foUow in St Mat thews Lutheran Church Cemetery near Creston. The family will be at the home of Mr. and Mrs.

Arthur J. Keller Jr. at 1289 Delmas N. E. in Orange burg.

Active pallbearers will be Robert K. West Clarence Pear-ce, Seba Stoudenmire, Carroll Stoudenmire, Frederick Keller and Kenneth Keller. Surviving Include two daugh ters, Mrs. J. a Carroll, Ft Motte, Mrs.

J. H. Barwick, Sum ter; two sons, Arthur J. Keller the of of of of a IN THE AT rOUR i i 5--': NEW BLUE-ond-WHITF WRAPPER GROCER'S TODAY! ENERGY FOOD 167 Russell, N.E. Orangeburg, S.C.