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Page 14 Aiken Standard, Aiken, S.C., Tuesday, January 23,1973 Deaths And Funerals Sam Williams Jr. NORTH AUGUSTA Funeral services for Sam Williams of Carolina Terrace Apartments, who died Sunday, were held today at 10:30 a.m. in the ehapel of Posey's Funeral Home, North Augusta, with Father Creston Tawes officiating. Burial was in Sunset Hill Cemetery. Elwood S.

Newton Sr. NORTH AUGUSTA Funeral services for Elwood S. Newton of 1203 Highview North Augusta, who died Sunday, will be held today at 3 p.m. in the chapel of Posey's Funeral Home, North Augusta, with the Rev. Hugh E.

Baumgartner officiating. Burial will be in Westover Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be George Claussen B.K. Barnes, Ernest Sherman, J.R. Owens, Dixon Ulmer, Miller Blackwell, Bob Rood, and Jim Holloway.

The family suggests contributions to be made to the Heart Fund. Friends may call at the funeral home. Bennie Lee Porter Funeral services for Bennie Lee Porter, 63, of New Holland Road, who died Saturday at his residence, will be held today at 4 p.m. in the Friendship Baptist Church, Leesville, with the Rev. J.A.

Williams officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Jackson- Brooks Funeral Home, Aiken. Eli Simpkins Eli Simpkins, 64, of Route 4, died Sunday. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Jackson- Brooks Funeral Home, Aiken.

He was a native of Edgefield County, but had lived in Aiken most of his life. He was a member of the Bell Grove Missionary Baptist Church. Surviving are: his widow, Mrs. Louise Seigler Simpkins, six daughters, Mrs. Nellie L.

Isaac, Mrs. Mattie Simpkins, Mrs. Essie Simpkins, Mrs. Annie Butler, and Mrs. Betty Jenins, Aiken, and Mrs.

Fannie A. Gantt, Ft. Lauderdale, six sons, Sammy Simpkins, Joseph Simpkins, Elijah Simpkins, III, Charles Simpkins, and James Oliver Simpkins, Aiken and Ernest Simpkins, U.S. Army, Germany; two sisters, Mrs. Sallie Roper, Aiken, and Mrs.

Emma Simpkins, Hatchet, New York City; and two brothers, Joe Simpkins, and Walter Simpkins. New York City. Friends may call at the rest' dence of his daughter, Mrs. Annie Butler, 1368 Congress or at the funeral home. Doras Boatwright Sr.

BATH Doras Levert Boatwright of Augusta Road, Bath, died Monday in a local hospital. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 4 p.m. in the chapel of J.M. Posey Sons Funeral Home, Langley, with the Rev. Joe Lassiter officiating.

Burial will be in Sunset Memory Gardens with Masonic rites. He was a merchant, a member of the Baptist Church, a past master of the Bath Masonic Lodge 263, and past Wor- thry Patron of Balanter Chapter 157, O.E.S. Surviving are: his widow, Mrs. Luneta Parker Boatwright; two daughters, Louise Boatwright, and Mrs. Nell Shelton, Bath; one son, Doras L.

Boatwright Walterboro; and 10 grandchildren. M. Raymond Storey DECATUR, Ga. M. Raymond Storey, 49, of 3987 Flintridge Stone Mountain, died yesterday at DeKalb County Hospital.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. today at Clarkston Baptist Church, Clarkston, Ga. Burial will be in Melwood Cemetery, Clarkston, directed by A.S. Turner Son Funeral Home. Surviving are: his widow, Mrs.

Louise Crusselle Storey, three daughters, Vickie Storey, Miss Marcia Storey, Miss Mar- celle.Storey, all of Stone Mountain; his mother, Annie E. Sprinkle, College Park, five sisters, Mrs. Katie Oberlin, Mrs. Ollie Walker, both of College Park, Mrs. Lillie Rhinehardt, Graniteville, Mrs.

Josephine Couch, Graniteville, Mrs. Helen McReynolds, Miami; one brother Forrest S. Storey, Graniteville; and several nieces and nephews. Cain To Speak To Jaycees Aiken Jaycees willmeet UAiken Jaycees will meet' cee Hut to select this year's Boss of the Year and Distinguished Service award recipients. Guest speaker for the event will be Rep.

Marshall Cain. 2nd Civilisation Film To Be Shown "The Great the second of the "Civilisation" series brought to Aiken by Rose Hill Art Center, will be presented Wednesday at 8 p.m. and Thursday at 1 p.m. and 8 p.m. for the general public and patrons of the art center.

The film will be presented at the University of South Carolina-Aiken Regional Campus in the auditorium. An additional showing Wednesday at 12 a.m. is for USC-A students. The second film outlines Western Europe's coming alive in the 12th century. Lord Kenneth Clark describes the 100 years in which the great abbeys and cathedrals reflected the expansion of the human spirit.

It was the era of the belief that God could be approached through beauty, gentleness and compassion. "Great things were to be done in the next three centuries of high Gothic, great feats of construction both in architecture and thought, but they all rested on the foundations of the I2th century." 20 Contestants To Seek Junior Miss Title Aiken will crown its 1973 Junior Miss and Miss Aiken Saturday in the Aiken Junior High School Auditorium. The two-night pageant starts at 8 p.m. Friday with preliminaries. The finals will start at 8 p.m.

Saturday. The 20 Junior Miss contestants will be judged in the areas of scholastic achievements, talent, poise and personality as well as youth fitness. Ten of the contestants, and their backgrounds, who will be competing in the Junior Miss contest follows: Teresa Lynn Bell is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Bell of Aiken.

Her extra-curricular activities include being a member of the Student Council, Li- brary member, Thurbur Carnival Play, and a member of Bus Driver Club. She is a member of Millbrook Baptist Church and her hobbies include bowling, sewing, baton twirling, and horseback riding. Lynn Foster is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell E.

Foster. Her extra curricular activities include Junior Follies and a member of the Secretarial Club at Aiken High School. Besides school activities she enjoys guitar, softball, and student nursing. Lynn intends to enroll at Kings College upon graduation from Aiken High School. Miss Foster also enjoys piano.

Patricia Elaine Mappus, a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. T.W. Mappus, is a member of the National Honor Society, Science Club, Aiken High School Band, German Club, Aiken Civic Ballet, Aiken High Pep Band and 1972 Senior All-State Band. She enjoys teaching and is looking forward to attending the College of Charleston upon graduation.

A very talented song- stress, Janet Lynn Temples, enjoys singing and playing the guitar. Along with her other activities she is a member of the First Baptist Church Choir, and secretary of the Youth Council. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. Dan L.

Temples of Aiken. Besides her many activities Jan Hogsed, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Hogsed, lists her special interests as sewing, crocheting, reading, swimming and horseback riding. Jan is a pianist and plays the piano for her church.

Among other activities, Sheryl Leigh Stevens, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert E. Stevens of Aiken, is a member. of the Student Council, vice-president of the Block Bridle Club, vice-president of Homeroom, has been Student of the Week, Newspaper humor editor and area Guidance Committee member.

Sheryl lists as her special interests basketball, swimming, tennis, horseback riding, cooking, sewing, and water sking. Grace Rusche is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B.C. Rusche of Aiken and has been active in many, extra curricular activities.

She lists as her special interests basketball, volleyball, and softball. An accomplished musician, Joy Katrina Price, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Price, has also been active in extra curricular activities.

Her hobbies include basketball, softball, volleyball, guitar, singing, piano, and cooking. Joy is planning to attend the University of South Carolina upon graduation. Valerie Jean Holloway is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Holloway and has been active in many extra curricular activities.

She has been active in the church choir and a member of Pine Needles staff and Political Science Club. Memberships include Ka- leidescope Staff, Nurses Aid at St. Josephs, and winner of VFW essay contest. Valerie plans to attend Princeton University in Princeton, N.J. after graduation.

Pam Wilson a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L.E. Wilson, lists her extra curricular activities as member of the Marching and Symphonic Band, Spanish Club, Junior Follies Student Director and member of the Student Council. Pam plans to attend Clemson University upon completion of high school and is an accomplished pianist.

Park rom Fife 1) first. Suitt plans to build a brick building on the land in hopes of selling it to an industrial concern. The property faces the waste treatment plant at the back end of the park. Councilman Robert S. Perry Jr.

said before the vote that he would vote against the resolution unless a more firm commitment could be secured from Suitt, or unless the city could get a guarantee from Suitt's bank. "I know we want to get this Industrial Park, but we have to remember that this is the city's money we are dealing with and not private funds," he said. Councilman Hastings Wynan said, "We have had other offers we could not accept because we could not meet the conditions. The design of this building has been approved by the State Development Board and it would meet the requirements of 90 per cent of the prospects of the type we need. If it was my money, I would be willing to take the chance." Perry was the only one to vote against the resolution.

City Council also gave first reading to an ordinance which would authorize the Need For Tax Hike Page 1) believe it is the most unfair of all taxes. But he said it is the property tax upon vyhich counties rely. In one case he said "some towns in South Carolina provide two-thirds of all their local revenue through the property tax." Wasson praised Aiken County for its reassessment program and called for such statewide uniformity in administration of the tax. "I compliment Aiken County in the progress it has made in reassessment. At the suggestion of the tax commission, all rural property in the county has been said.

Stressing the importance of a new uniformity Wasson underlined the point by citing instances where mill- age rates may range from a high of 253 in one county to a low of 38 in another. Property tax on a $35,000 home in one county may run more than $500 in some cas- es and in another it may be $260, he said. He explained that assessment is based on the value of the land and not what the land is being used for. The tax chairman said the system must be guarded so as not to overburden certain industries which could in the long run retard growth potential. "The property tax is the only local tax that can be administered on a local level," he said, noting, that the county gets back, 7Vz per cent of all income tax, 90 per cent of all bank tax, with the counties and cities sharing taxes on alcohol but the county even getting back a third of all taxes "depends on the property tax for the majority." Special guests at yesterday's meeting arranged by program chairman B.T.

Barnes, were Martha Chapman, Aiken County auditor and Frank Thomas, county treasurer. Both Thomas and Mrs. Chapman quizzed Wasson on questions they are most frequently asked. Mrs. Chapman said most persons who come to her office wonder why some sections of property are raised and others are not.

Said Wasson, "it is per- missable to change assessments in one area rather than the entire county." He added that if persons have complaints they may appear before their local appeal board and lastly, the tax commission. Thomas noted that there have been numerous complaints received by his department about the form 406 which must accompany payment for license tags. Wasson said his department has had the same complaints but added: "It's getting the tax in." sale of the bonds to finance the four major civic improvements planned for Aiken. City Manager Roland Windham said that he had been advised by the state bond attorney to sell the bonds after the first quarter of the fiscalyear to get a better interest rate. The bond attorney said the city should get an interest rate of five per cent on the 20-year bonds.

The ordinance will be put to a public hearing and final vote at the next city council meeting. City council began transactions last night to trade parcels of land with the Aiken County school system The schools will get $5,000 the rights of way to section; of Sumter, Horry and Mar ion streets, one block oi Sumter, and 50 feet of Hen derson Lane. Sumter, Horry and Marior Streets cross the Schofield High School playing fields. The one block of Sumter bisects the entire campus and the school plans to put up covered walkways. The property at Henderson Lane is adjacent to Aiken High School.

In return, the city will receive the now burned out Aiken Graded School property next to the Smith Hazlett Recreation Center and 30 feet of land adjacent to the other side of Aiken Junior High School which will -be part of the Public Safety Building property. The matter will be heard in a public hearing and be voted on at the next city council meeting. Purse Snatcher Nearly Gets Himself Snatched BELVEDERE Purse snatchers usually strike with lightening speed and flee before tbe victim can react usually. When Mrs. Joyce Wal- lenzine of 109 Wilde in Belvedere became a target for a young purse snatcher last night at North Augusta Plaza she changed the theory.

Police reported Mrs. Wallenzine held on, began screaming and according to police the youth fled into tbe woods without his prize and hasn't been located yet. North Augusta police noted Mrs. Wallenzine's reaction was alert and "unusual" in such cases. Two More Break-Ins Take Place At Schools N.

Augusta Council Honors A.L. Metz NORTH AUGUSTA A special North Augusta City Council meeting was held last night to honor A.L. Metz of North Augusta. Metz retired as North Augusta Water Works Superintendent after 33 years of services. Yesterday was proclaimed A.L.

Metz Day by Mayor Raymond Walters, with the special meeting highlighting the observance. Lewis C. Lott, a veteran of 17 years with the North Augusta water department has been named to succeed Metz, according to Walters. (Contain! From tionai City Christian Church, after which the body will be returned to Texas for burial in the family cemetery of the LBJ. Ranch.

Before the body of the nations 36th president is flown to Washington, it will lie in state from noon CST today until 8 a.m. Wednesday at the LBJ Library in Austin, Tex. There will be a full honor guard. Johnson was pronounced dead at 5:43 p.m. EST Monday aboard his private plane at San Antonio International Airport.

The sudden attack ended a distinguished public career which saw Johnson rise from simple Texas roots to both houses of Congress, to the powerful post of Senate Democratic leader which earned him the reputation as a masterful politician, to the vice presidency and finally to the presidency after the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963. On Monday, 51 minutes before he was pronounced dead, Secret Service agents responding to his pleas found Johnson slumped on the bedroom floor of his ranch in Johnson City and began a desperate 85-mile trip by air to Brooke Army Medical Center here in hopes of saving his life. Col. L.R.

Hieger, chief of pathology at Brooke, performed an autopsy on Johnson's body late Monday night and listed the official cause of death as coronary thrombosis. Aiken Police who are already investigating numerous break-ins at local schools, added two more cases yesterday and a third break-in at the Pony League Concession stand where thieves stole a $500 pitching machine, and several other items. Also stolen, according to Mike Facciolo, recreation director, were several baseball bats and a Scoreboard control panel valued at $100. The field is located on Old Airport Road. Police arrested four Aiken juveniles yesterday and charged them with recent crimes involving both breaking and entering and grand larceny.

Public Safety Director J.C. Busbee said three juveniles, all boys, aged 12, 16, and 16 have been charged with breaking and entering and grand larceny in connection with the Jan. 12 break- in of the Teen-Town building. Busbee said $40 and a $10 check were stolen in addition to the destruction of the coke machine and ransacking of the kitchen. A 16-year-old Aiken youth has been charged with simple possession of marijuana and breaking and entering to commit petty larceny and breaking and entering to commit grand larceny.

Busbee said the youth was charged in connection with the theft of speakers and tape player from an auto about three weeks ago. The drug charge, he said, was made at the time of the arrest. Added to the investigation roster yesterday was the theft of 45 to 50 keys from an office at St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church; entry of six lockers at the Aiken High Gym; and entry of Eustis Park Elementary School. Busbee said thieves entered the elementary school through a window in the restroom and stole crackers, candy and cokes.

Revenue a house would be renovated for use." In explaining the needs of the planned shelter, Hyer remarked that the facility would operate on the basis of providing medical help either through the family or the shelter. Noting immediate needs, he said money must be allocated for an administrator; assistant administrator; phone rentals; and furnishings such as beds for the shelter. "This will be a first for the county. It's gratifying to see," said the hotline initiator. "The shelter will give us an outlet to do something now-this type of program will answer many problems." Hyer added that a majority of the funds for the shelter would be commissioned for counseling.

In reference to the hotline itself, which will be an integral part of the proposed Aiken County Drug and Alcohol Shelter, Hyer said some changes have recently been made in connection with the present hotline setup. "In order to cut down on confusion," said Hyer, "we will now use just one hotline number." The number is 279-1999. Hyer said the hotline was facing financial difficulties in maintining the previous three numbers. He said telephone bills for the organization were reaching $156 a month. Donations for the hotline are needed, said the North Augusta pharmacist.

He said of the recent 1,600 fund raising letters mailed by the group, $700 was collected. Hyer, the founder of the county's hotline also expressed optimism for the shelter commenting, "it's a beginning." NOW AVAILABLE EMERGENCY OXYGEN EQUIPMENT PHARMACY 839 Richland Ave. W. Dial 648-8328 Community Calendar TODAY The Rescue Squad will have, a business meeting at 7 p.m. at 1 headquarters.

The Parks Commission will: meet at 8 p.m. in council chambers. The County Commissioners will meet at 8 p.m. at the health center. The League of Women Vo-' ters of Aiken County will meet: at 8 p.m.

at the Palmetto Federal Civic Room. The Aiken Great Books Discussion Group will meet at 8 p.m. in the library of Aiken Prep School. TOMORROW The Aiken Heart Board will meet at 10 a.m. in the Ramada-" Inn.

The Aiken Chess Club will; meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Pet: Dairy Building. Pregnant? Need Help? For assistance and information on a confidential basis call will help you. A I A A I A I J215) 449-2006 (215) 449-2007 (anydmej.