Florence Morning News from Florence, South Carolina • 2

SEPTEMBER 9 1 977 LORENCE MORNING NEWS Miss Hines Selected I As a Talent inalist 1 GENERAL SESSIONS COURT Trial for Gaskins Postponed By JOHN DAVIS Morning News Staff Writer Valerie Althea Hines of lorence Miss Black South Carolina will be one of 10 talent finalists to perform on network television ri day night in the Miss Black America Pageant Miss Hines was selected as one of the 10 ta lent finalists Wednesday night during pageant competition in Santa Monica Calif The finals will be broadcast on NBC riday beginning at 9 pm Miss Hines 20 a lorence native in her senior year at Limestone Colllege in Gaffney won the state contest in Greenville June 17 She is a daughter of Mr and Mrs reddie Hines of lorence a gradaute of McClenaghan High School and former first runner up in the Miss lorence pageant "I'm very proud and I'm so happy she reached the top ten" her father said Thurs day "I'm wishing her the very best of luck" I "I think it means a lot to al" who has been in several other contests he said "The only thing she can do now is do her Hines stayed in lorence while his wife went to California this week to attend the pageant Their daughter Michelle 14 went along see what Vai is he said The 31 contestants will compete in the final night of the pageant riday when winners in swimsuit and evening gown competition will be announced and judges will pick 10 pageant finalists and a winner Eleven judges scheduled to decide on ri day's finalists and winner include Am bassador Andrew Young and television per sonalities Germaine Jackson Jim Brown Vernita McGee Pam Grier and Dr Joyce Brothers Ten talent finalists were announced after the end of talent competition Wednesday night Bathing suit and evening gown competition was held earlier in the week but the finalists have not been announced Talent finalists will compete riday night during the pageant A trophy and $1000 will be given to a talent winner riday night and sev eral talent finalists will travel with Miss Black America next year Noble Sissle a pageant spokesman said Thrusday Miss Hines' singing and dancing to songs from the Broadway musical "Purlie" won her a finalist position in the talent competition She said before leaving lorence in August she was excited about going to the Hollywood area "Later I want to get into the entertain ment business" she said During early August she practiced the songs which she and her mother worked into a medley and dieted and jogged morning and afternoon to build endurance for dancing Miss Hines went to Los Angeles Calif last year and won the National Shrine Queen title After graduation from Limestone in May she said she plans to study theater in New York Among the prizes for the pageant riday will be $10000 and a part in a television show our runner ups will win prizes ranging from $2000 to $7500 By WAYNE ORD Morning News Staff Writer A trial for convicted murderer Donald "Pee Gaskins on a burglary charge was moved to October by a circuit judge Thursday in lorence County General Sessions Court The move was made when presiding Judge James A Spruill granted a motion for a continuance in the case from Gaskins' attorney John Grisso of Columbia Grisso said he was notified Wednesday the trial would be called Thursday afternoon By calling the case 12th Cir cuit Solicitor Kenneth Sum merford made it clear he intends to seek prosecution on the charge against the 44 year old man who was convicted in con nection with the Prospect mass murder case Gaskins who is serving two life sentences in the Central Cor rectional Institute in Columbia was escorted into the courtroom by about nine State Law En forcement Division (SLED) of ficers Two other co defendants were also taken into the courtroom where they entered pleas of guilty to burglary Charles She aly 21 and eagin 20 both of the Lake City area will be come state's witnesses against Gaskins according to Summer ford Sentencing of the two men has been deferred A jury will have to be impounded prior to the sen tencing to determine if mercy should be recommended in the case Burglary carries a maximum of life in prison However if a jury recommends mercy the judge can sentence the defen dants anywhere from five to not more than 40 years in prison Summerford said he will ask the jury for mercy in the case Both were released from cus tody on their personal recogni sance bonds and they left the courthouse with friends shortly after they pled guilty Gaskins and the others are charged with a burglary which according to the indictment oc curred on April 18 1975 at the home of Elizabeth Marlowe in lower lorence County Gaskins confessed to the burglary at a hearing on April 6 "He told me this morning he would pleas not guilty" Grisso co defense counsel for Gaskins said However a plea on Gas part was underdiscussion during private meetings Gas kins was also in telephone con tact with his other attorney Gracy Query of Charleston while meeting Grisso in the sol icitor's office Grisso said Gaskins has indi cated to him that he wants to plead guilty to the other mur ders he is charged with in lor ence County provided he is promised life sentences in re turn for the pleas John Thomas Cleo Johnson Jacob Singletary SCHOOL uneral services for John I fen: of 507 Lawson St ill be Saturday at 2 pm in smith's uneral Service Chape) Burial will be in Sunset Memory Gardens Mr Thomas died Tuesday al his home after an illness He was born in lorence County a son of the late Liston and Kosie Thomas Mr Thomas was a member of Aimwell Bap tist Church of Pamplico Surviving are his wife Mrs Lillie Bell Parker of the home six sons James Thomas Cleve land Thomas Willie Thomas Tony Thomas ail of Washington DC Marion Thomas of Santa Ana Calif and Benjamin Thomas of Boston Massachusetts a daughter Ms Carolyn Anderson of Quebec Canada a brother Eddie Thomas of Pamplico 29 grand children and eignt great grand children Walter Mincey NICHOLS Walter Dew Min cey 79 died Thursday in a Loris hospital after an illness uneral arrangements will be announced by Meares Mor tuary Mr Mincey was born in Horry County a son of the late Purdee and Zelphia Gerrald Mincey He was a retired farmer and a member of Pleasant View Bap tist Church Surviving are his wife Mrs Alice Turner Mincey of the home a son Donald Webb Min cey of Charleston two step sons Shelton Turner of Lexington Ky and Charles Turner of Blacksburg three step daughters Mrs Hazel Brown of air Bluff NC Mrs Bill Huskey of Newport News Va and Mrs Elmer Strickland of Cerro Gordo NC two sis ters Mrs Sally Anderson of Nichols And Mrs Lilly lowers of lorence and 12 grandchil dren Mrs Clara Skinner LAKE VIEW Mrs Clara Beatrice Skinner 59 died Tues day at her home after a short illness uneral services will be ri day at 4 pm in the Union AME Church Burial will follow in the church cemetery directed by Troy uneral Home Mrs Skinner was born in Mar ion County the daughter of Mrs Mary Ellen Gerald Jenkins ord and the late Alonzo Jenkins Surviving besides her mother are a daughter Miss Sheryil Skinner of the home a step daughter Mrs Elorise Johnson of New York NY a step son William Johnson Skin ner Jr of Lake View a brother Benjamin Jenkins of Lake View a step brother Bishop ord of Orlando la two sis ters Mrs Selonia Davis of Lake View and Mrs Grace Dalone of Baltimore Md a step sister Mrs Mary Ann McCray of Drum NC Mrs Azalee Murphy DARLINGTON Mrs Azalee Murphy died Wednesday in a lorence nursing home after aa illness uneral arrangements will be announced by Mitchell Josey uneral Home TIMMONSVILLE Cleo Johnson of Brooklyn NY for merly of Timmonsville died Saturday in a Brooklyn hospital after a short illness uneral services will be at 3:30 pm Saturday in Antioch Baptist Church Burial will fol low in the Sansbury Cemetery directed by Bowman uneral Home Mr Johnson 47 was born in lorence County a son of the late Zeke and Sally Johnson Surviving are his wife Mrs Alberta Smith Johnson of Brook lyn two daughters Miss Betty1 Johnson and Miss Judy Johnson both of Brooklyn two sons Robert Johnson of Brooklyn and William Ray Ham of Tim monsville two sisters Mrs Pearl Dickey of Timmonsville and Mrs rancis Brown of lorence three brothers Ear ley Johnson of Timmonsville Wallace Johnson and Ivory Johnson both of Brooklyn Mrs Mary Reed WASHINGTON un eral services for Mrs Mary Jane Reed will be Sunday at 12:45 pm in the Ebenezer Un ited Methodist Church in Lydia Burial will follow in the Sandy Bluff United Methodist Church Cemetery directed by Hines uneral Home Mrs Reed 83 daughter of the late Charlie and Roxie Jacobs Holmes and the wife of the late Clarence Reed died Monday at her home after a short illness She was born in Lee County and had lived in Washington for the past 40 years She was a re tired employe of the Hot Shope Restaurant chain Surviving are a son John Boyd Reed of Hartsville a daughter Ms Phiphine Reed of Lamar two sisters Mrs Holl ner Spann of Manhattan NY and Mrs Juanita Richardson of Washington 17 grandchildren and 31 great grandchildren Dunk Alford HAMER uneral services for Dunk Alford will be at 4 pm riday in Magnolia AME Church Burial will be in the church cemetery directed by uneral Home in Dillon Mr Alford 86 died Monday in Honorage Nursing Home in lorence after a long illness He was the son of the late Maggie and Issac Alford and was born in Marion County Surviving are two brothers Willie Alford of the home Johnny Alford of Hamer and a sister Mrs Sarah Alston of Nor fold Va Miss Dorothy Ripple BALTIMORE Md Miss Dorothy May Ripple 21 for merly of Hartsville died Thursday in a local hospital of injuries received in an auto ac cident uneral services will be Sun day at 5 pm in Walter Brooks Bradley uneral Home Burial will be in White Oak Cemetery Miss Ripple was born in Hartsville a daughter of Mrs Ida Ripple and the late Luke Ripple Surviving is her mother of Hartsville SCRANTON Jacob Singletary 55 a farmer of Rt 1 died Thursday in a lorence hospital after a long illness uneral services will be Saturday at 11 am at New Zion Baptist Church with burial in Singletary Cemetery near Cow ard with Masonic Rites directed by Brockington uneral Home of Lake City He was born in lorence County a son of the late William Walter and Mamie Cockfield Singletary He was a member of New Zion Baptist Church was a past master and secretary of Scranton Masonic Lodge a member of the lorence chapter of York Rite Masons the Col umbia chapter of Scottish Rite and of Omar Shrine Temple of Charleston Surviving are his wife Johnnie Thomas Singletary a brother Joe Singletary of Cow ard three sisters Mrs HM Jettie 1 Belk of Lake City Mrs Wilmont (Jeanette) Rowell of lorence and Mrs Vernon 1 Jac kie) Turner of Cartersville Ga Isaac Gilmore Jr LAMAR uneral services for Isaac Gilmore Jr will be Saturday al 5 pm in the Sandy Grove United Methodist Church Burial will follow in the Church cemetery directed by Jordan uneral Home Mr Gilmore died Monday in a lorence hospital of injuries re ceived in an automobile acci dent He was born in Lee County and attended Darlington County schools He was a member of the United Methodist Men and was employed by Willis Construction Co for 11 years Surviving are his wife Mrs Von Weathers Gilmore of the home three daughters Miss Vone Della Gilmore Miss Tammy Gilmore and Miss Sharan Gilmore all of the home his father Burnice Gil more of Columbia his mother Mrs Gertrude Gilmore of Lamar two sisters Mrs Emma Lee Lucas and Mrs Bernice Mae James both of Lamar three brothers Otis Lee Gilmore of Columbia Alphonzo Gilmore of Lamar and Donald Ray Gil more of San rancisco Calif and a son Leroy Gilmore of Hartsville Grant Made or Research COLUMBIA (AP) The Na tional Science oundation has approved an $18763 grant to es tablish a legislative research program using selected college students Lt Gov Brantley Harvev announced Thursday Harvey said the program will provide the General Assembly with research capability on a continuing basis from graduate students at the University of South Carolina Clemson Uni versity and other state sup ported institutions of higher learning The lieutenant governor said the students will have the op portunity of making a practical application of their scholastic skills while receiving academic credit and pay Board Votes To Buy Site The lorence County District One School Board voted 8 1 Thursday night to buy the Char lie Dorn Smith property located off National Cemetery Road in order to build the proposed new elementary school in that site School board member David Eagerton cast the only no vole as he said "1 think we ought to stay where we are at" This was a reference to the Josey property near the airport on which the school board had originally planned to build the school Plans were changed when op position to the site blocked a grant from the Economic De velopment Administration Both Board chairman George Jordan and District Superinten dent Dr Bruce Crowley said they still felt the Josey property was the best site ormula Changed or Water Loans A more liberal formula for de termining the amount of grant funds supplementing loans av ailable for improvement of rural community water systems af fected by drought has been pul in effect in ail counties in South Carolina by the armers Home Administration (mHA) ac cording to an announcement by the agency's state director KG Smith In calculating a community's ability to repay an emergency loan for water system im provement mHA previously has taken into account existing indebtedness only for water Educator Named COLUMBIA (AP) Robert Hill 41 Thursday was named deputy state superinten dent of education responsible for administering programs in the Department of division of administration and planning The announcement by Super intent of Education Cyril Busbee said Hill will succeed Jesse A Coles who becomes coordinator in the Office of State Planning INAL DISCHARGE Ah parti Interested will pleesetake notice that Annie Loe Childers Executrix ot the estate RuM Childers has this day made application unto the Court of Probate of toronoo County for final dis charge as such Executrix and that the 3rd day of October 1977 at 10 o'clock A is the time appointed lor a hearing on the peti tion Patsy Stone Judge of Probate lorence County Sept 291623 facilities The new formula lets the agency take into account the applicant's existing indebted ness for ail purposes Smith said this is expected to increase the grant portion of mHA funding of many projects Diggs Hill lorence County supervisor for mHA said he has contacted all of the mayors in lorence County and only one expressed a need for the grant Scranton Mayor Arthur Smiley said Thursday night that he had applied for a loan for the City of Scranton under the re vised program He said the citi zens of Scranton had been ex periencing short periods of water shortage due to a water pump that is "breaking down" Smiley declined to say how much he had applied for but he said the new well that is to be drilled will cost about $80000 by itself Smiley said engineers told him that the present water sys tem had been damaged because it was pumping sand which wascaused by the drought He said the application for the grant should have already been ap proved Hill said the deadline for the grants as well as the disaster loans which the mHA is offer ing is Sept 30 He said informa tion on project assistance can be obtained from the mHA lor ence County office in the McMil lan ederal Building When there NOTICE TO CREDITORS All person Mvlng claims or demands against the eitaia at Margaret Elizabeth Paris deceased are requested to present the same itemized and verified to lhe un dersigned duly qualified Administrator of said estate within the time prescribed by law five months and all persons Indebted to the said estate are asked to make prompt payment to the undersigned Emil Paris CO DeBerry Attorney at Law PO Box 34 lorence (Sept 91623) INAL DISCHARGE All parties will please take notice that Patricia Ann Richardson Boatwright Ad ministratrix of the estate of Moses Boat wright deceased and Virginia Boatwright has this day made application unto the Court of Probate of lorence County for final discharge as such Adminlstratrlxand that the sth day of October 1977 at 10 o'clock A is the time appointed for a hearing on the petition Patsy Stone Judge of Probate lorence County (Sept 9 16 23 30) are no words let flowers speak for you or a complete selection of sympathy flowers call your TD lorist Yjur Etr Touch lorlt' Grisso said his client to get everything cleared Gaskins has been charged with eight murders in lorence County and was convicted on one of those murders This case is currently under appeal to the SC Supreme Court Asked if he knew why lhe sol icitor was seeking prosecution Grisso said he know "It's so insignificant" Summerford said the reason he is seeking prosecution is "be cause he (Gaskins) admitted he committed a He said he planned to dispose of the case in the October term of court by a trial or a plea During open court Grisso moved for a dismissal of the case because of a denial of speedy trial which Gaskins had requested Judge James A Spruill denied the motion Grisso then moved for a con tinuance "on the grounds I have not had an opportunity to pre pare on this Grisson said later out of court "Pee Wee didn't think they I Shealy and eagin) would tes counts Alvin Robinson 17 pled to two counts and Charles Mcadden 18 pled to three counts They were sentenced to two years suspended on service of 60 days and $175 restitution each to two probation The three youths were charged in connection with a series of break ins al Carolina Academy in Lake City where about $700 worth of property and food was stolen over a period of six weeks in 1976 Two teen agers from Pamplico were also given jail time after they pled guilty to charges of grand larceny and malicious injury to property Mark Baxley 18 and James Richard Jones 19 both of Rt 1 were sentenced to two years suspended to 60 days and $125 restitution each and two year probation David Robert Goff 20 of 1324 King Ave lorence pled guilty to failure to stop for a blue light and were sentenced to one year suspended on service of three month? or $300 to one year prob ation Jacquelyn Turner 40 of Washington Street lorence and Billy Donald ilyaw 30 both pled guilty to DUI second offense and were sentenced to one year suspended to two months or $250 and one year probation Willie Graham 22 of Lake City pled guilty to accomodation sale of marijuana and was sen tenced to six months suspended to 60 days and two years proba tion LeVeme Montgomery 23 of Lake City pled guilty to sale of marijuana and was sentenced to two years suspended to three months and three years proba tion Judge Spruill allowed a man sentenced to one year in prison Wednesday to be released Thursday on a $5000 appeal bond Clinton Leon Yarborough 31 of Scranton was convicted of DUI fourth offense and sen tenced to a year in prison His attorney Assistant Public Defender Johnny DeBerry re quested the appeal bond in the case Giving mcmm NAROMM fucreo morticaxs We give ourselves ivhen we give gifts of the mind ideas dreams purpose ideals principals and plans Basically we give what we are The art of giving encompasses many areas It's an outgoing overflowing way of life Waters unemalHomeforover84 years has practiced the art of giving and this has enabled us to serve the people of our community better A call to Waters leading funeral home is a call to a friend I Leading UNERAL HOME and CHAPEL 400 Dargan St lorence SC tify against During the day's only jury trial a Rhode Island man was acquitted of housebreaking and grand larceny charges The charge arose from a June 11 break inof a home on Sumter Street in lorence Nadine Johnson a next door neighbor to Mrs Annie Brown whose home was broken into testified she saw Vincent Joseph Baroody 19 walk from behind the Brown home carrying a bag She said she saw him get into a car with anotherman and the two drove off According to a report $75 in cash some clothing and a shoul der bag were taken Mrs Johnson said she talked briefly with the man in the car and she later related this con versation to lorence County Sheriff Department Inves tigator Elijah Harkless lorence County Public De fender Ernest Hinnant asked her "Are you sure Mr Baroody was not the person seated in the "I am sure" she said Harkless testified that he in terviewed Baroody after he was arrested in Darlinmgton and that Baroody admitted to him that he was at the house but that he never went in it Baroody said he talked with Mrs Johnson at the car accord ing to Harkless Hinnant asked if the conversation Baroody re lated was word for word" the conversation Mrs Johnson related Harkless said Baroody testified that he was hitchhiking to Myrtle Beach when a man in lorence who he knew only as picked him up He said he went with to the house but hedidn know the man wen into the house with intent to steal Baroody said he never knew that stole the items and neither did he give him any of the items Three Lake City youths weregiven jail time to serve after they complete this school year when they pled guilty to several counts of housebreaking and grand larceny Leroy Gist 18 pled to four 84 YEARS SERVICE Oil iWB fl OW' Michiana BILLY GRAHAM Crusade 1 fjSutjsa al a 11 Hl i 1 1 rom NOTRE DAME with CLI BARROWS GEO BEVERLY SHEA TEDD SMITH JOHN INNES Special guests: ANDRAE CROUCH and EVIE TORNQUIST Subject: "The world's search for a supernatural man or woman" 8:00 PM WBTW TV ch 13 READ BILLY BOOK "HOY TO BE BORN AG AIN" AVAILABLE AT BOOK ANO DEPT STORES 9 St'M.