The Charlotte Observer from Charlotte, North Carolina • 48

THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Thursday December 29 1988 I Of eastes 0 A Abre ask all Tourney Vied were to have been played Wednesday night four more today and six Friday Atwell said he has canceled all practice sessions until Monday when students return to school from Christmas break "You can't take a risk" said Atwell whose team beat AL Brown Monday to advance to the semifinals "We'll just relax and enjoy a Christmas vacation we don't usually have" Communicable Disease Control Unit and Rowan Health Director Herb Hawley Schaffer said Health officials will continue immunizing students when Rowan County schools reopen next week she said The basketball tournament included boys and girls teams from Davie County Al Brown and Northwest Cabarrus of Cabarrus County and from East Rowan Salisbury North Rowan South Rowan and West Rowan high schools in Rowan County Eight games played in the tournament Monday and Tuesday will count against the teams' records but no tournament champions will be declared said North Rowan High girls coach Gary Atwell Four games The measles outbreak first appeared about a month ago Since Dec 15 the number of suspected cases in Rowan County has doubled from 44 to 88 she said "The main reason for closing sports events is to keep it from spreading out of the county" said Schaffer The area measles outbreak was further aggravated by a Rowan County church group that was exposed to a child with measles while visiting in Florida over Christmas she said Measles is most contagious five days before the rash breaks out and four to five days after it appears The request to close the tournament was made jointly by the NC Division of Health Service's From Stoll Reverts Rowan County high school basketball tournament closed down midway through its games after health officials became worried spreading an outbreak of measles of 22 games involving 16 teams in the Catawba College Christmas Tournament were by the measles outbreak and local health officials "strongly suggested" tournament close because of the increasing of measles cases in the county said Evelyn the Rowan Health Department's nursing Staff writers Chris Hobbs and John Minter and special correspondent Helen Arthur contributed to this article t'- k4 I '-T' cs Jo 1 A H4 I 3 JkA)t' :3: 40 'i ----t Ali' I' 41- yf: e--- ----vp'14 'i94- :3 1 0i 44 it 1 I 7z 0:: -e- -t1'i1- -1'e11-' 4 let: 4iN I' ''-'''7i 't 4 P' 1 40 1 tt401 41- A s-'' ts-T41 i -'-Ve---714441 ''isCt '''-i--'4f'''' I 41-: ''''4 'v 1 4: 7-4 4 i'4 0 3 2' 7- 4 4r 4'' t'' 13'lc 4 yl 1 i :1 r-- 1 3 4 tilt -1- 4v- i i )4 1 77 i A-1 1 4 11i- 4 1 -A '4 '''f 3 4 014-t 4 f'' Z'-)-J-i 11 ii I 1 I i t-1--- 5 1 i '1 '''7Il'-1 'i '''i''-'2: 41! --i 111' it i 2 i i 2 1 5 1 '4'-'-P'''- ---'-'t-'-'': :1 --1''27-- sI t-'1 -4 -t "--''--'A J' i 4 -z --rfis' '1-- i 4 4 s' 3 4 1 27 "0::: '1'''''4: 4 110iA 'Y '''1: 1 '-'1: --4L' 4 --e i'11ii NA41' 1 4 I'' 1 Ir Y' 1 i' '1-- -t-i 'l jk -t -t i --f I '''P: '1-' A i- '1'4 t4 '1 i 4 'it 4'-l 4 2 -t i -il 411 4 7 t' i T-' i i'i 4 471 7- fi i- 't''''WII I 1 7- i 7 14s-S't if j'i 1 0 4'' i'Aut :7: i--A3-6 1 is' -J' 1: '7-! t- i ---t4-! 4-'-" 't 4 '''4-4-'-- '4 Vi: ''''4 4 '''''''''-''-4' Cf :4 '4: '4 1 4' 1 4' 'ir -1 'e 9'47 I 7:: r-' 4 i 4 Is0k 4 -f -): -44- -): I 7 4041 1'40 A l'' '1' t-'''-i ti: iA'-12: -1 kltit Le l' ') 'vesix4ic Ylq a' ts a 0 a 7 4: 44 "i'''4ti FkL ''S A roi! 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Marlboro 123 Beni BENN John M( Dec 28 Hospital plete Home of CHER Lisenby died Dec Administ lumbia Westside lion is 7 Rushing Surviv( son Jim! daughters Lugoff terfleld I sisters Dorothey CHES1 Brown 8: home Ft plete Der cparge 4C A Wednesday about it Fourteen annual canceled State that the number Schaffer director plaints want don't stop There's soliciting flow of the A illegal to to collect red and stopped motorists And Deed a I don't too snide I'm in traffic with the at But threat to and 'at least A he hated corridors Sharon traffic taking I don't who solicit think their invincible Sale A He noted extensions until "We USA" our plan has not changed that Mr through Obviously Johnson has is being escrow If get a donations be returned the interest mize dling the Mernick said he alive the PTL He was estate deal The than 800 PIL's assets acres in SC two them Once of the $65 be distributed Daniel Products 1988 at Dillon Survivors son Danny daughter Daniel Mrs City Fla Memorials Marlboro 123 John Dec 28 Hospital plete Home of CHERAW Lisenby died Dec Administration lumbia Westside is 7 Survivors son Jimmy daughters Lugoff sisters Dorothey CHESTER Brown 83 home cptarge -1: 'I el 11 I -IA i -1 rt 1) 1 -j'r iC 4 t- I 0 '-4-rilf- N-htv 411 itZ'w :::1 it -rf: A ifii4'-k0'ir-4-01: Tr'61 5 t1isziQtli i'' ::4 14' 4 1- :::::::::4 cite '-f I :74 or 7" 74 1 4- ryt -t 1 I i 1 1: Mother Held In Death Of 11-Month-Old By ELIZABETH LELAND Staff Writer A woman and her boyfriend have been charged in Richmond County in connection with the death of the woman's 11-monthold daughter April Michelle Caulder died last week after being shaken in an attempt to stop her crying Chief Deputy Dale FUff of the Richmond County Sheriff's Department said Wednesday The child's mother Jenny Lou Caulder 20 of 188 First Ave in Rockingham was charged Monday with contributing to the delinquency or neglect of a child Her boyfriend Albert Wayne Shepherd Jr also 20 and of the same address was charged with involuntary manslaughter and with contributing to the delinquency or neglect of a child Shepherd was being held Wednesday in the Richmond County Jail on $1000 bond Caulder was being held on $500 bond The death occurred after the baby accidentally burned herself Dec 19 on an electric range being used to heat the house in Rockingham Furr said The burn blistered and the baby cried FUff said He said someone shook the baby to stop her crying "The autopsy revealed that it (the baby) died from other than natural causes" FUff said "It died from shake syndrome When the baby was shook damage was done to its spinal cord and brain" The baby was taken to Richmond Memorial Hospital then to Duke Medical Center where she died FUff said Riff declined to say why Shepherd was charged with involuntary manslaughter State law defines involuntary manslaughter as the unlawful and unintentional killing of one person by another without malice premeditation or deliberation Japanese Kids Get Saturday School In SC Continued From Page 4C mark of respect and appreciation that they are making significant capital investment in our area" said Mayor Bill Workman The Greenville City Council gave $2500 to the start-up fund for the school A number of local businesses also contributed Organizers expect approximately 50 students when the school opens in April Japan ranks fourth among foreign countries in cumulative investment in the state through 1987 SC State Development Board figures show But Japan ranked second during 1987 with $163 million of investment in the state which was 264 of total foreign investment Total investment figures for 1988 are due in January but Japanese announcements by mid-year totaled almost $500 million I ROCK HILL Mrs Wilma Crawford Tinker 72 textile retiree died Dec 28 1988 at Piedmont Medical Center Funeral is 4 pm Friday at Greene Funeral Home Visitation is 7 to 9 tonight Survivors are her sons Charles Tinker David Tinker Jimmy Tinker daughters Mrs Ruth Langley of Lancaster Mrs Robbie Ballard Mrs Euretha Gordon Mrs Martha Helms Mrs Polly Hill Mrs Lillian Rowell Mrs Bea Surratt brothers Dillard Crawford of Fort Mill IB Crawford sisters Mrs Ruth Harden of Spartanburg Mrs Florence Fincher Mrs Ethel Melton Mrs Viola Snipes YORIC Mrs Mary Lucille Bailes Thomasson 60 of Myrtle Beach formerly of York homemaker died Dec 28 1988 at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston Funeral is 2 pm Friday at York Funeral Home Visitation is 7 to 9 tonight at York Funeral Home Survivors are her sons Steve Thomasson of Sterling Va Eddie Thomasson Rick Thomasson daughters Miss Sandra Thomas-son of Chesnee Mrs Debbie Frazier of Gaffney Mrs Brenda Santana Mrs Cathy Felts both of Myrtle Beach brothers Lindsay Bailes of Carlisle Pa Tommy Bailes of Rock Hill The family will be at the home oi Paul Comer 423 Atkins Rd Solicitors Not Breaking Law Continued From Page IC from including Merrell to know why the police the practice a good reason: If those money don't impede the traffic they're not breaking law Charlotte ordinance says it's stop or try to stop traffic money But if the light is the traffic is already then solicitors can bag like doves on a telephone wire incidentally you don't permit to solicit in Charlotte want all this to sound sure the groups that solicit do worthwhile things money And as dangerous nuisances go I suppose soliciting stoplights is a middle-of-the-road problem the practice is clearly a those collecting money Merrell's accident shows it's a potential threat to motorists Charlotte police sergeant said to work traffic along busy such as Independence or Amity Road And that officers weren't supposed to handle period without donning reflective orange vests and other steps to protect themselves know maybe the folks money at stoplights little aprons or cardboard collection cups make them Of PTL Step Closer Continued From Page IC that Memick through could delay the closing September plan to buy Heritage Johnson said "That's been all along Heritage USA been sold No money has hands We don't know Mernick will follow and put the money down nothing's been sold" said Heritage Ministries raised $54 million which held in an interest-bearing account Heritage Ministries doesn't chance to buy PTL the but not the interest will Johnson said He said is being used to mini' administrative costs of han- money an Orthodox Jew has is willing to deal with Ministries about keeping Christian broadcasting on satellite television network said in October that he interested in PTL as a real network carried on more cable systems is among most valued assets Other include I700 undeveloped northern York County 500-room hotels one of unfinished and a water park Memick pays the balance million the money will to PTL's creditors BENNETTSVILLE Mr Moore Hall 67 Sonoco retiree died Dec 27 St Eugene Hospital in Funeral is 3 pm today at Whitner-Evans Funeral Home are his wife Ruby Hall of Hartsville Mrs Rebecca Evans father McKay Hall sisters Elizabeth Davis of Panama Mrs Margaret Smith can be made to Rescue Squad PO Box Bennettsville SC 29512 BENNETTSVILLE Mr Matthew Quick 77 died 1988 at Marlboro Park Funeral plans are incom: Norton-Rushing Funeral Cheraw is in charge Mr James Fred 62 retired truck driver 27 1988 at Veterans Hospital in Co Funeral is 3 pm Friday at Baptist Church Visitation to 9 tonight at Norton-Rushing Funeral Home are his wife Dora Lisenby of Patrick Mrs Linda Chelluk of Mrs Cheryl Grice of Chesterfield brother Julian Lisenby Mrs Gladys Brooks Miss Foust Mrs Alberta died Dec 28 1988 at Funeral plans are incomplete Denton Funeral Home is in Mike Queen of Lake Wylie drops box in the mart parking lot on Donors To Charities Race To Beat Year-End Deadline JIM GUNDStatt off some clothes at the Goodwill South Boulevard in Charlotte manager in Charlotte said people should keep a list describing in detail what they've donated "If they're ever audited if there is a question about the value of the goods they donated the list will help" Sneed said Taxpayers should be careful he said to claim no more than the fair market value of an item what it could reasonably be sold for "A lot of people don't realize the market value of used clothing for example is fairly low" Sneed said He suggests that those in doubt check prices at a thrift store Associated Press marked with "Red Line" and "Blue Line" signs The Red Line van runs every 5 minutes along Church and College streets making a loop from 6th Street south to Carson Boulevard The Blue Line van runs every 7 minutes along Trade and 4th streets from Church to Hawthorne streets Schneiderman said he hopes to talk with others involved in shuttles about "melding them into something more permanent" Gateway Center on West Trade Street runs a daily shuttle uptown and the Adam's Mark hotel on McDowell Street runs one when demand warrants Midtown Square the mall at Kenilworth and Independence ran a shuttle to uptown before Christmas Charlotte Transit also offers free rides from 9 am to 3 pm along Trade Street between Mint and Kings Drive and along Tryon Street between Stonewall and I Ith streets "I think we're on the verge of seeing more retail uptown" Schneiderman said "This could be one of the first steps to developing our retail strategy" Smith Ferguson 77 retired bookkeeper died Dec 28 1988 at home Funeral is 2 pm Friday at Oakland Avenue Presbyterian Church Visitation is at the residence Bass Funeral Home is in charge Survivors are her sons Robert Ferguson brothers Guy Smith of York Harry Smith of Kingsport Tenn Ralph Smith of Atmore Ala sisters Miss Emily Smith of York Mrs Irene Hayes ROCK HILL Mrs Ethel Ramey McGinnis 64 of Mount Holly NC formerly of Rock Hill homemaker died Dec 28 1988 at Mercy Hospital in Charlotte Funeral is 2 pm Friday at Greene Funeral Home Visitation is 7 to 9 tonight at Greene Funeral Home Survivors are her sons Charles McGinnis Jr Roger McGinnis Terry McGinnis all of Statesville NC Edward McGinnis daughters Mrs Mary Brooks of Long Beach NC Mrs Myra Hancock of Mount Holly Ms Susan McGinnis brother James Ramey of Kings Mountain NC sisters Mrs Mary Bates of Gastonia NC Mrs Patsy Whitesides of Bessemer City NC Mrs Margaret Greene Mrs Betty Hovis Mrs Edna Oliver all of Kings Mountain The family will be at Susan McGinnis's home 516 Confederate Ave South Carolina Deaths By TED MELNIK Staff Writer Charlotte uptown officials are looking into making permanent the 10-day-old experimental shuttles that move office workers and shoppers around the central business district About 50 people a day have ridden the red- and blue-flagged vans which loop through uptown along two routes But some officials believe ridership could increase substantially if the shuttles now scheduled to stop Jan 6 keep running and become better known Mike Schneiderman executive director of Charlotte Uptown Development Corp said the shuttles could become an important link between shoppers and uptown stores "This is just one way to make shopping more convenient" he said The shuttles sponsored by CUDC and the Central Charlotte Association began Dec 19 as an experiment to put more uptown stores within reach of lunch-hour shoppers The vans are free and run 11 am until 2 pm daily Stops are Center in Lancaster Funeral is 3 pm Friday at Charlesboro Baptist Church Visitation is 7 to 9 tonight at Cauthen Funeral Home Survivors are her sons JT Rile of Page land Morris Fai le Rex Faile both of Lancaster Crawford Faile daughters Mrs Reba Taylor Mrs Bobbie Catoe Mrs Nancy Phillips Mrs Shirley Edwards brother Smith Helms of Texas sisters Mrs Cleo Carnes Mrs Ruth Baker both of Lancaster Memorials can be made to Charlesboro Baptist Church Route 3 Kershaw SC 29067 KERSHAW Mrs Marguerite Evans Perry 61 retired nurse died Dec 28 1988 at Richland Memorial Hospital in Columbia Funeral is 2 pm Saturday at White Plains Baptist Church Burial will be in Sharon Memorial Park Charlotte Visitation is 7-9 Friday at Cauthen Funeral Home Survivors are her husband Martin daughters Mrs Martha Turner of Charlotte Mrs Kathy Hardy of Mint Hill NC brothers Billy Evans Dallas Evans both of Page land sisters Mrs Bessie Johnson of Jefferson SC Mrs Ceo Blackwell of Inman ROCK HILL Mrs Ivey Snipes Dillingham 81 of Selma Ala formerly of Rock Hill died Dec 18 1988 in Selma Funeral plans are incomplete Greene Funeral He is in charge ROCK HILL Mrs Sarah Continued From Page IC December has been busy" said Tom Louie administrator of the Salvation Army program Agency trucks have been making about I 10 pickups daily up from the normal 90 daily pickups Rebound the Salvation Army and AMVETS a veteran's group pick up goods Goodwill picks up large pieces of furniture People donating used goods get a receipt from the charity But charities leave it up to the donor to record the items and their value Danny Sneed an IRS group CLIO Mrs Marguerite Cottingham Barrington 81 retired salesclerk died Dec 27 1988 at St Eugene Hospital in Dillon Funeral is 11 am today at WhitnerEvans Funeral Home Bennettsville with burial in Carolina Presbyterian Church cemetery Dillon County Survivors are her son Robert McInnis of North Myrtle Beach brothers JL Cottingham of Naples Fla JC Cottingham Memorials can be made to Clio Rescue Squad Clio SC 29525 or to American Cancer Society 500 Morehead St Suite 211 Charlotte NC 28202 CLOVER Mrs Mollie Royal Siske 81 RJR Nabisco retiree died Dec 28 1988 at Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill Funeral will be in San Diego MI Ford Sons Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements Survivors are her nephew Phillip Smith of Camden NC nieces Ms Sandra Horton of Bethune Ms Barbara Rogers of Clover Memorials can be made to the York County Heart Association DILLON Mr John Norton 84 retired security guard died Dec 28 1988 at St Eugene Hospital Funeral is 3 pm today at Dillon Church of God Survivors are his wife Theola son Wayne Norton of King NC daughters Mrs Annie Rowell Mrs Diane HItchell Cooper is in charge 1 ELGIN Mr James Corbett Branham 72 retired construction contractor died Dec 27 1988 at Kershaw County Hospital in Camden SC Funeral is 2 pm today at Hillcrest Baptist Church Survivors are his wife Mattie sons James Branham Jr of Virginia Beach Va Don Branham of Columbia John Branham daughters Mrs Blanche Cribbs of Birmingham Ala Mrs Irma Sweatt of West Columbia Mrs Debra Spence of Columbia Mrs Donna Rigsby brothers Thomas Branham of Lutz Fla Ernest Branham of Columbia Curtis Branham of Blythewood sisters Mrs Lucille Sanders Mrs Thelma Meadows Mrs Frances Coker stepmother Mrs Dora Branham of Blythe-wood Shives of Columbia is in charge FORT MILL Mr Albert Rondeau 52 Pritchard Paint and Glass Co employee died Dec 27 1988 at Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill Funeral is 11 am Friday at Unity Cemetery Visitation 7 to 9 tonight at Wolfe Funeral Home Survivors are his wife Susan stepsons James Hall Kenneth Memorials can be made to York County Hospice Inc PO Box 2742 Cherry Road Station Rock Hill SC 29731 KERSHAW Mrs Ona Helms Nile- 84 homemaker died Dec 28 1988 al-Marion Sims Nursing.