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PAGE 2A THE DAILY ITEM SUMTER SC MONDAY AUGUST II 1971 1 4l Obituaries PASQUALE PISTORIO Pasquale Pistorio 36 of 1 Louise Circle died Saturday night at the Tuomey Hospital He was born in New York son of Rosario and Concetta Servidio Pistorio He was employed as a truck driver and was a member of the Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus Surviving in addition to his parents are his widow Patricia Lopez Pistorio four daughters Lisa Marie Elena Marie Elizabeth Marie and Lorraine Marie Pistorio of the home a sister Sally Rayona of Floral Park NY and a brother Leonard Pistorio of New York City Mr Pistorio will be taken to New York for services and burial Harris and Sons Funeral Home was in charge of local Reshuffling A Possibility (Coatiaued from Page 1A) incorrect and we were satisfied our investigation was satisfactory The auditor city attorney and the mayor have been given all that information Black said he personally saw "everything Mr Cotts turned in and I personally had it investigated "Our records indicated that some of the times the inspectors were supposed to be off work according to the complaints our records indicate they were Black said He added that sometimes time taken off by Funderburk and Hudson was credited to their vacation time and that on other occasions they were off during the day because they had worked at night Asked what information Cotts took to city officials and how the subsequent in-house investigation was conducted Black said goes into certain areas that might touch on certain areas under investigation Actually he just handed in his resignation and statement and little calendar pages torn Off showing different dates We checked the dates out and found out by our records he was BLACK REPEATED his earlier statement that he knew nothing of any wrongdoings within city government before the SLED investigation was exposed and Funderburk was arrested He said he does not know how long the investigation may continue am having no part in the investigation I think that is important because that is the way it should Asked if he felt he should have been aware that such alleged illegal activities were going on in his capacity as city manager if indeed they were Black said response is this If I had known that illegal actions were going on it is elementary that 1 would have stopped them city manager we have internal checks and balances and our checks and balances have been effective except in this one instance and somehow it got past us "The system is such that if someone wanted to do this type of thing I know any sure 100 per cent way to prevent it We can do our best to see it does not happen again Concerning allegations Hudson added allegations were made and checked out and no foundation was found for them The mayor and city manager were aware of that and I really have no further SLED Probe Continues A SLED investigation into alleged illegal activities within city government is continuing and SLED officials and the Sumter County solicitor's office refuse to speculate when it may end SLED spokesman Hugh Munn said last week the conclusion of the investigation "may not be too terribly long away" But today he said he does not know when it may be completed Meanwhile no further arrests had been made as of this morning since Thursday according to checks with the Sumter County Correctional Center local law enforcement officials and district magistrate Lang Hogon Jr Thus far only one city official suspended city engineer Don Funderburk has been arrested in connection with the investigation EMMA LOUISE AYERS Mrs Emma Louise Lehman Ayers 106 died Sunday in the Hopewell Nursing Home Born in Hustisford Wis she was the daughter of the late August and Augusta Schensow Lehman She was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church Surviving are two sons Henry Raabe of Stevens Point Wis and George Raabe of Prescott Ariz a grand-daughter Mrs Lawrence Auld of Sumter nine other grandchildren 24 great-grandchildren and sevaral neices and nephews Mrs Ayers will be taken to Wisconsin for services and burial Harris and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of all local arrangements Those who wish may make memorials to the Trinity Lutheran Church in Spencer Wis JAMES LEMAR TIMMONS James Lemar Timmons 44 died Sunday morning in Lee County following a motorcycle accident Bom in Sumter County he was a son of Henry Timmons and the late Mrs Louise Pack Timmons He was a member of the Sumter Bible Church a veteran of the Korean War and a textile printer at Santee Print Works Surviving are his widow Mrs Margaret Dickerson (Peggy) Timmons of the home his father of Sumter a daughter Mrs Frankie Lyles of Sumter two sons James Jeffrey and Henry Duran Timmons of Sumter and two brothers John Henry and Francis Dewey Timmons of Sumter Services will be 4 today in the chapel of the Shelley Brunson Funeral Home conducted by the Rev Ray Williams and the Rev William Gaskell Burial will be in the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery Pallbearers will be Edward (Pete) Ward William Timmons Harold Truesdale Billy Richard LH Prescott Jr and Jimmy Floyd The family will be at the home 1939 Millwood Road MRS RILLA HANNIBAL Mrs Rilla Hannibal 733 Webb St died Friday afternoon at her home after a long illness Bom in Lee County she was a daughter of the late Gears and Mary Williams and the widow of Richard Hannibal Sr She was a member of the Jehovah Baptist Church where she was active in the Missionary Society Surviving are three sons Jesse Charlie and Richard Hannibal of Sumter two sisters Mrs Effie Hayward of Winston-Salem NC and Mrs Daisy Pressley of Sumter 12 grandchildren seven great-grandchildren and several neices and nephews Services will be 4 pm Tuesday at the Jehovah Baptist Church conducted by the Rev BF Weston Burial will be in the Mayesville Cemetery The family will be at Mortuary tonight from 8 until 8:30 WILLIAM GULLEDGE CHESTERFIELD William Gulledge 58 a lawyer died Friday in Washington Surviving are his widow Louise Gulledge a son William Gulledge of Springfield Va a daughter Mrs Janice Puterbaugh of Alexandria Va two brothers James Gulledge Jr of Sumter and Joe Gulledge of Rock Hill and three sisters Mrs Evelyn Steele of Jefferson Mrs Frances Jones of North and Mrs Sur urst of Rock Hill Services were held today In Springfield Va and burial will be 11 a Wednesday at Chesterfield Cemetery (UPI) Two-Way Support in supporters on his arrival at the Crown Center hotel Kansas City Sunday President Gerald Ford is prevented by his son Jack from falling into a crowd as he reaches for cheering On Slain Girl Followed might have been used by the couple Also neither of the victims had fingerprints on file at the FBI in Washington The two young people were found last week on a dirt road between 1-95 and SC 341 about 25 miles east of Sumter near the Florence County line Authorities are working on the theory that the couple was traveling on the interstate when they may have picked up a hitchhiker who killed them and then stole their vehicle investigators ask that anyone who might be able to give any information about the case or who thinks he might recognize either of the two victims call the Sumter County Department Investigations Division 775-1133 and a description of the girl in the newspapers Authorities are withholding the name of the girl pending verification oftieis identity The Vamville man was unable to provide any clue to the identity of the young man found slain with the girl The Georgia lead is the best tip given the investigators and the only lead currently being followed Last week attempts to trace the serial number of the watch worn by the young man proved fruitless and authorities came to a deadend on a tip that a van in a Florence County garage Sheriff's investigators are in Brunswick Ga today following a lead which may confirm the identity of the young girl found shot to death last Monday morning on the Locklair Road in Eastern Sumter County Investigators Hugh Mathis and Ron Foisey are in Georgia looking for the mother of a girl that a Vamville SC man said he dated during 1975 That man was in Sumter Sunday and after looking at autopsy photographs and the body told investigators he thought he knew the identity of the slain girl He came to Sumter after seeing sketches MRS ANNA WITHERSPOON Mrs Anna Prince Witherspoon died Friday in Mayesville Surviving are three daughters Mrs Mildred McBride of New York City and Mrs Mozell Johnson and Ms Mary Alice Prince of Hartford Conn four sons Jasper Prince of Mayesville Shirley Prince of Hempstead Carnell Prince of Mayesville and Thessalonia Prince of Manchester Conn three sisters Mrs Mary Dudley and Mrs Rebecca Walker of Newark NJ and Mrs Rosetta Moses of Sumter a brother Warren Toney of Newark NJ and 48 grandchildren and 45 great-grandchildren Services will be 4 pm Tuesday at the Goodwill United Presbyterian Church conducted by the Rev FD Colclough The family will be at the home Rt 1 Box 55 Mayesville and at the Jackson Funeral Home tonight at 7 Council To Meet Top Airmen the new zoning or- ings on dinance School Boards Meeting School District 2 and 17 boards of trustees will hold their regular monthly meetings Tuesday night Topping the agenda for the District 2 school board is presentation of a job description manual drawn up by the staff The board is slated to discuss enlarging Manchester Elementary School and to receive a report on Sumter County students attending Florence County schools Also on the agenda is the second reading of the policy on staff reduction The agenda for School District 17 includes discussions on building plans and an evaluation report on the Wilder School project Both meetings start at 7:30 pm Tuesday memebers of City Council will get a chance tc meet Shaw Air Force Base nominees for "Outstanding Airmen of the Air for 1975: A1C Arturro Aquirre Jr MSgt Cletus Brown and Sgt William Porter The three will be presented letters of congratulations by Mayor WM Hodge Also on the agenda for the regularly scheduled 9:30 am meeting are three items concerning community development: the appointment of a member from the city to the loan approval committee for overseeing low cost CD loans the award of the construction grant for six tennis courts in Palmetto Park and discussion of forming a design committee for the South Sumter Park Council is also scheduled to: dates for public hear Bloodmobile Visits The bloodmobile will be at the First Baptist Church on Hampton Ave Tuesday from noon to 5 pm The staff will set up in the educational building across from Job Service the state employment office blood is a simple and easy procedure for anyone in good health The donor is registered weighed his temperature taken a careful medical history secured his blood pressure and hemoglobin determined and if he meets all the criteria a pint of his or her blood is drawn into a sterile plastic bag which is immediately placed in a refrigerated case for transport to the Red Cross Center in Columbia There it is tested and blood program chairman Harold Lyles said pint of blood may then be stored until there is call for it from one of the 20 or more hospitals in this area or it may be used to prepare one or more of the many blood derivatives which are aS valuable medically speaking as whole blood in the treatment of specific illnesses" he said Motorcyclist Dies In Crash A 44-year-old Sumter man was killed early Sunday morning when he was thrown from his motorcycle on US 76 about 2 miles west of Adkins in Lee County Lee County Coroner MD Hancock Jr said James Lemar Timmons 44 1939 Millwood Road was killed almost instantly when he was thrown from his motorcycle while traveling at a high rate of speed at about 2 am Sunday Hancock said a ruling as to cause of death would be notified of a public hearing at 7 pm Aug 26 to consider a rezoning request which has been recommended for approval by the City-County Planning Commission The request is to rezone approximately three acres on the northwest side of Wise Drive 300 feet northwest of Rast Street from R-12 to R-9 in order to accommodate a nursery school on the site The request is made by Hodge Properties a request from Korn Industies to extend a proposed addition to its plant 10 feet into the Silver Street right of wav Motorboat Stolen made when investigations i 4 Charged With Pot Possession the case were completed someone broke into his car and stole a Lafayette two-way radio valued at $125 Gavilla Geoff Graydon 46 Carolina Trailer Park told deputies that someone stole a Mars CB radio valued at $107 from his car over the weekend George Holloway Rt 4 Box 281 reported that someone broke into his home late last week and stole a stereo valued at $150 Clinton Pedro Jenkins 12 American Trailer Park reported that someone broke into the glove compartment of his car Saturday and stole a 22 caliber pistol valued at $50 Sheriff's deputies are investigating the theft of an outboard boat motor and trailer from a Lynchburg man last week Reports said Joe Williamson Star Route 39 Lynchburg told deputies that someone stole his 14-foot boat 18-horsepower outboard motor and a trailer Value of the goods was set at $1000 Deputies are also investigating the thefts of CB radios from two cars parked at the Carolina Trailer Park over the weekend Bobby Gene Lopp 14B Carolina Trailer Park reported that Noon Stocks Couple Taken Home For Rites OKLAHOMA CITY OKLA The bodies of a young naval officer and his wife killed last Thursday in a wreck on 1-95 have been returned here for funeral services and burial Lt (jg) Alton Douglas Marrs 26 and his wife of two months 19-year-old Davina were killed instantly when their car hit a bridge abuttment on I-95 at SC 53 Thursday afternoon Reports said Mrs Marrs was driving when she apparently lost control of their 1970 MG while traveling at a high rate of speed and ran into the median where they hit the concrete bridge abutment The couple was reportedly en route to a Florida vacation from Virginia Beach Va where Marrs was stationed with the US Navy Lt Marrs was born in Oklahoma City the son of Ernest Alton and Wandaleen Kerr Marrs Mrs Marrs was born in London England' daughter of Mr and Mrs Mark Vitow Harris and Sons Funeral Home was in charge of local arrangements The Sumter Daily Item Established 1894 Published every afternoon except Sunday by Osteen Publishing Company Inc 20 Magnolia St Sumter SC 29150 Second class postage paid at Sumter SC SUBSCRIPTION RATES CITY CARRIER BICYCLE DELIVERY BRADHAM-GRIFFIN Funeral Home SOI BultmanDr Sumter SC William Bradham Charlton Griffin Phone 773-3331 Four persons including three juveniles were arrested for possession of marijuana in separate incidents over the weekend Reports said Herbert Thames 22 of 316 Boundary St Manning was arrested Sunday night at the Kentucky Fried Chicken on Miller Road in Sumter He was arrested after officers reportedly found a marijuana cigarette and some marijuana in his car Thames was taken to the County Correctional Center and later released on $200 bond Three boys ages 13 14 and 15 were released to their parents Sunday afternoon after officers arrested them for simple possession of Reports said officers had reports of young people smoking marijuana in the park on Milton Road and upon investigation they found four marijuana cigarettes in the pocket of the 15-year-old one marijuana cigarette in the pocket of the 13-year-old and a marijuana cigarette butt under the foot of the 14-year-old All were released to their parents pending Family Court action City police also arrested two people in connection with an alleged shoplifting incident at Clark's Department Store on Broad Street Saturday Reports said Yvonne James 20 and Hurbert Moss 17 both of 217 Woodlawn Ave were arrested after they tried to leave the store without paying BUY DIRECT FROM WHOLESALER AND SAVE AT LEAST 25 for two pairs of shoes and two plastic toys Both were taken to the County Correctional Center James was released after posting $300 bond but Moss was still in jail on $300 bond Someone broke into the Pace antique store over the weekend and stole $65 in cash from a bank bag that was hidden in a file cabinet Nothing else was reported missing and thieves apparently overlooked about $20 in change which was lying on the counter according to police City police are also investigating the theft of 36 cartons of cigarettes from the Kayo Service Station 379 Manning Ave sometime Friday night Value of the cigarettes was set at $144 Woman Hurt In Car Wreck A Sumter woman was taken to The Tuomey Hospital Saturday night after she was injured in a rear-end collision on North Guignard Drive Reports said Louise Ford Rt 2 Box 746C was stopped to make a left turn from Guignard Drive when her Pontiac was struck from the rear by a 1976 Ford driven by Harrell Durant Jr 205 Thomas Drive Ford was taken to Tuomey where she was treated and released Durant was charged with driving too 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