Florence Morning News from Florence, South Carolina • 2

You are cordially invited to attend the Sunrise Services Sunday April 22 7 AM South Irby St En trance oj Mount Hope Cemetery 2 A SA1URDAY APhIL 21 1973 LORENCE MORNING NEWS Child Drowns In Pond The body of a 12 year o)d lorence youth who drowned after diving into a pond in a wooded area of North lorence was recovered riday after noon Members of the lorence Rescue Squad found the body of Johnny I Brown of 1200 Max well St shortly after witnesses reported seeing the boy dive into the pond around 2:30 pm lorence Coroner William (Billy) Eaddy said the youth apparently swim and the efforts of a wit ness William McDuffie to save the youth were in vain Ruling the drowning acciden tal Coroner Eaddy said the incident was investigated by officers of the lorence Police Department and the lorenceCounty Department 4 MC riends Pass Mid Way Point of Goal (Staff Photo by Johnny Ellis) POND WHERE LORENCE YOUTH DROWNED RIDAY ATERNOON IS CHECKED BY OICERS CORONER rom Left Dep Andrew Sellers Patlm George Nettles Coroner Eaddy and A Wiggins tt 't i mf iia 4r aaapm '7' vl 1 I W3IM wfaa wIH 7 fKbSKSBr wnaUHnBii! RIMII EmBHEK Im wKWIB Ji James Thomas DILLON uneral services for James Elitheus Thomas will be conducted Suday at 2 at Chapel United Methodist Church in Little Rock by the Rev Cooper Burial will be in St Cemetery directed by uneral Home Mr Thomas 66 died Tuesday in Cape ear Valley Hospital in ayetteville NC1 front injuries received in a December auto accident He was born in Dillon County a son of the late John and Reathea Thomas Surviving are his wife Mrs Theo Thomas of the home four brothers John Thomas and Clarence Thomas both of Dillon Will Thomas of Hart sville and Theodore Thomas of Hartford Conn twp sisters Mrs Anna Allen of Laurinburg NC and Miss Hesie Thomas of Newark NJ Legrand Poston Mrs Ila Griffin GREENVILLE Mrs Ila Keyes Griffin 94 widow of John Preston Griffin died riday morning at the home of her daughter Mrs Kathryn Cun ningham after a short illness uneral arrangements will be announced in Greenville Surviving in addition to Mrs Cunningham are four other daughters Mrs Acker of Greenville Mrs Coit Wilson of lorence Mrs Lock man of Hendersonville and Mrs Wyle of Ander son two sons Griffin and Griffin both of Greenville and several grand children and great grandchil dren Mrs Annie Cooper uneral services (for Mrs Annie Cooper of Rt 3 lorence Sunday at 12:30 pm at Savan nah Grove Baptist Church by Jimmy Green Jimmy Green 65 of 228 Marion St lorence died riday in a lorence hospital of an apparent heart attack uneral services will be announced by Ideal uneral Parlor Johnny Lee Brown Johnny Lee Brown 12 of 1200 Maxwell Street drowned riday afternoon near lorence uneral services will be announced by Ideal uneral Parlor Mrs Bertha Hannah LAKE CITY Mrs Bertha (Missy) Hannah 75 of Rt 3 died riday morning after a long illness uneral arrangements will be announced by Green's unreal John Willard will be conducted Home Passing the mid wav point of its $18000 goal the 1973 Mem bership Campaign of riends of rancis Marion College was reported riday to have received more than 53 per cent of the total being sought "The campaign is proceeding on schedule and we're encouraged by interest and par ticipation at this point "stated Senior Vice President Dr Howard Stokes Basic membership in the organization is a $10 donation Persons giving $25 con tributions are designated as Associate members a $100 donation designates donors asr 2lsro0 I (j ROMULUS MARKS THE BOUNDARIES ORTHECITY ROME 1PRIL2I 3 C9' JJ JmII CITY NEWS BRIES Criminal Court Opens Here A one week term of General Sessions Court of lorence County will convene Monday at 9 am in the lorence City County Complex general sessions courtroom Tenth Judicial Circuit Judge Harry Agnew of Anderson will preside during the term which has more than 250 cases on the docket will seek a $500 scholarship Zones are lorence Marion Sumter Charleston and Georgetown Members of the Toastmasters Club will serve as judges The winner will a state contest Performs Solo Presents Concert The Choral Club of Wilson High School will present its annual Spring Concert Thur sday at 8 pm in the auditorium Under the direction of Mrs Singleton pieces such as "Kyrie" Legrand Poston 33 of 307 Harrell St died in a lorence hospital early riday morning 'uneral services will be con ducted at 2:30 pm Sunday at Morris uneral Home by the Rev Cecil Lambert and the Rev Jimmy Deese Burial will be in Buelah ree Will Baptist Church Cemetery near Olanta Pallbearers will be Cecil Bruton Johnny Rotan Tommy Rotan rank Allenczy Roy Rogers and Harold Matthews Mr Poston was born at Coward a son of Loyd Poston and the late Rebecca Matthews Poston the Rev Ralph Canty Burial will be in Myers Cemetery directed by Ideal uneral Parlor Mrs Cooper died Tuesday in a lorence hospital after long illness She was a daughter of the late Henry and Rose Emma Jackson and a widow of the late Tommy Cooper Surviving are two daughters Mrs' Robertha Cobb and Mrs Queen Esther Cannon both of lorence three sons Tommy Cooper Jr Henry Cooper and Willie Cooper all of lorence five sisters Mrs Wilhemena Rose of Baltimore Md Mrs Mabie Cusaac of New York CONWAY John Willard 57 died riday afternoon at his home after a short illness uneral arrangements will be announced by Goldfinch uneral Home of Conway Mr Willard was born in lorence County a son of Mrs Rosa Willard of lorence and the late Gus Willard He was a veteran of World War II ser ving in the US Army and was an attorney Surviving besides his mother are his wife Mrs Lillian Garrett Willard and a brother Willard of Arlington Va Contest Set Mrs Martha Rowell Mrs Corneilus Cooper NAACP Meets Mrs Mellie Sports Mrs Mellie Gibson Sports 67 Sunrise Services Ernest Montgomery Sr 001 frd Lo013 died 5 riday afternoon in a lorence Landing System The Upper Echelon Dixie District Champions of ive members of the rancis Marion College faculty recentlj' participated in tlie 46th Annual Meeting of (he South Carolina Academy of Sciences conducted at the University of South Carolina Solicitor Kenneth Summer ford stated that all persons charged with crimes are remin ded that their presence is necessary or their bonds will be estreated and bench warran ts will be issued The president of the lorence branch of the NAACP announ ced riday that the group will not hold its regularly scheduled monthly meeting this Sunday but that the meeting's date had been changed to Sunday April 29 at 4 pm in the New Ebenezer Baptist Church DARLINGTON rank Lee died at his home riday of an apparent heart attack uneral arrangements will be announced by Jordan uneral Home The Bethea Gardens near Latta will be the site of Easter sunrise services Sunday at 6 a The Rev Mark House rec tor of the Episcopal Church of the Pee Dee will be the guest speaker Special music will be perfor med by several young persons and other pastors from the Lat ta area will participate in the service Church of Rhems Surviving are six daughters Mrs Levine of lorence Mrs Graham of Summer ton Mrs Purvis of St Stephens Mrs Leo Hyman of Kirtland AB NM Mrs John Calcutt of lorence and Mrs Carl Lee Sr of loren ce three sons Charlie Spor ts Jr of lorence George Sports of Charleston and William Sports of lorence: two sisters Mrs Eva Hucks of Dillon and Mrs Mae Locklair of St Stephens 34 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren TORONTO Ont (AP) A new instrument landing system for commercial jets at Toronto International Airport will near ly eliminate the need to close runways because of fog the government said DILLON uneral services for Mrs Corneilus Cooper will be conducted Sunday at 2 pm at' Williams uneral Service Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery Mrs Cooper 82 died Thur sday in a Conway hospital of an apparent heart attack Mrs Cooper was born in Dillon County a daughter of the late John and Orphie Bass Williams Surviving are two sons Thomas Cooper of Conway and rank Cooper of Laural Hill a daughter Miss Marie Cooper of Washington a sister Mrs Essie Hyatt of Dillon: eight grandchildren and nine great grandchildren Surviving in addition to his father are his wife Mrs Agnes Hayes Poston of the home three daughters Miss Linda Poston Miss Dona Poston and Miss Beverly Poston all of the home a son Legrand Poston Jr of the home three sisters Johnnie Rhames of Orangeburg Mrs Russell Sum merlin of lorence and Mrs Ervin Poston of Hemingway: two brothers Tommy (Pete) Poston and Jimmy Poston both of' Coward Mrs Mary Robinson and Mrs Amanda Eckles both of lorence and Mrs Eva Jordan of Columbia four brothers Oliver Jackson of lorence Jackson of New York Raymond Jackson of Baltimore and Earnest Wilkins of Newport News Va 39 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren The chairman of the Depart ment of Biloogy Dr John Boyce Jr and Dr Lawrence Swails assistant professor of Biology attended sessions con cerning the research and experimentation in biological sciences An Optimist Club sponsored oratorial contest will be held at 7 pm Saturday in the com munity room of the Peoples ederal Savings and Loan Association building ive zones will be involved in the contest in which students A 33 ycar old lorence man died early riday morning of an apparent self inflicted gunshot wound Legrand Poston of 307 Harrell St according to official shot himself in the head with a 22 caliber rifle Thursday afternoon and died in a loren ce hospital at approximately 2:40 am riday morning The fatal incident which occurred on Brookgreen Drive was investigated by lorence County Under Sheriff Archie Gainey and Chief Investigator Ray Shupe Sr Other Deaths Mrs Sarah Herrin Columbia John Shell Columbia Tom Phillips Clover Mrs Ivez Kay Andrews Thomas Cannon Conway Vincent Wright Chester Andrew aulkenberry Kershaw James Redfeam Sr Jef ferson Mrs Harley Spring field Woodrow Rish Swansea Robert Gruber St George COLUMBIA uneral ser for Mrs Martha Mae Rowell will be conducted Satur day at 3 pm at Smith Brothers uneral Home Marion Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery Mrs Rowell 76 died Wed nesday in a Columbia hospital after a long illness She was the widow of the late Elly Major Rowell of Marion County Surviving are a daughter Mrs Mary rances Lee of Columbia three brothers Williford of Easley Williford of Eatonton Ga and Williford of Ozark Ala Dr William 11 Breazeale Jr 1 professor and chairman of the MC Chemistry Department led the Chemistry Symposium which was attended by mem bers of the Academy industrialists governmental agency representatives and Gov ernor John West hospital after a long illness She was the widow of the late Sports Sr who died in 1962 uneral services wjll be con ducted Sunday at 2 pm by the Rev Arthur Martin in Waters uneral Home Chapel Burial will be in Bristol Chapel Cemetery Mrs Sports was born in Georgetown County a daughter of the late Merritt Parrott and Lavenia Parrott She was a housewife and had lived in lorence since 1948 She was a The Williamsburg County Ministerial Alliance will spon sor an Easter sunrise service at Elijah United Methodist Church in Kingstree on Sunday at 6 a More than 40 churches will participate in the service The Rev Kearns is pastor of the church Professor Murray will direct the 2000 voice choir with Professor George Speights assisting with the music Nathaniel Taylor will serve as organist aculty Members Participate In Annual Meet (Continued from Page 1A) Participating in the service will be the pastors and choirs of the Lebanon ree Will Baptist Church the Elim Baptist Chur ch Tabernacle Methodist Chur ch Evergreen Baptist Church and Effingham and Hopewell Presbyterian Churches A nursery will be maintained and coffee and doughnuts will be served after the worship ser vice Smoking Eyed MANCHESTER England (AP) Prof Howell of Southampton University ac knowledging that some smokers live to age 90 still maintains the habit is dangerous for 95 per cent of the population I ELECTED counselor Dr John Boyce Jr I chairman of the Depart ment of Biology at MC has been elected to a three year term as Coas tal Counselor for the I South Carolina Biologists Association He is from Marion and holds a Bach elor of Science and Mas ter of orestry degrees from Yale University and received his phD degree from Duke University Hehas published extensive ly on various aspects of biological science with attention focused on for est diseases iM! The director of public relations for rancis Marion College rank Crow Jr ser ved as tenor soloist for the per formance of Theodore Dubois "The even Last Words of Christ" at the irst Baptist Church in Conway riday Crow awarded bachelor of science and master of arts degrees from Appalachian State University has appeared in lorence Little Theatre productions and is the per manent soloist for Temple Beth Israel in lorence Dr Richard Henderson assistant professor of Chemistry presented an original paper on the "Reac tions of the Hydrogen Atom in Solution" and Dr red Clayton Jr assistant professor of Chemistry also presented an original paper on the "Elec trochemistry of Titanium in Molten lourides" Nathan Strickland MULLINS Nathan Wade Strickland died riday night in a Conway hospital after a short illness uneral arrangements will be announced by Cox Collins uneral Home In Pamplico an Easter Sunrise service will be held at the Pamplico ree Will Baptist Church The Rev Rashie Ken nedy Jr evangelist at Mt Elon ree Will Baptist Church will speak The service is being spon sored by the Beulah Mt Elon and Pamplico ree Will Baptist Churches members of the Century Club and those donating $l000 or more are pamed as members of vthe newlv formed President's JCIub Dr Stokes commenting on the most important facet of the drive said "Any citizen of the CPee Dee Region can make a sig Jiificanl contribution in support quality higher education foronly $10" Charlie loyd uneral services for Charlie L' loyd 62 of Rt 1 Effingham will be conducted Saturday at 11 am by the Rev Clifton Stubbs and the Rev Osborne in Waters uneral Home Chapel Burial will be in Matthews Cemetery Pallbearers will be John A Miller Jr Kenneth Lamb Ebonyez Matthews Ronald Yarborough Millard loyd and Johnny Askins Honorary bearers will be McCain Grier McCain Sanders Bacote Dorrell Percy Anderson Sam Stevens Robin son Lanier Davidson Ralph Holloman and Beaufort Bryant Mr loyd died at his home Thursday morning of an apparent heart attack MYRTLE BEACH (AP) A record crowd of 200000 is expected along the 50 miles of South Grand Strand during the Easter Weekend The forecast of perfect beach weather with clear skies and warm temperatures was drawing thousands of motorists riday along the main high ways leading to the 50 mile stretch of beaches from Georgetown to Little River The Highway Patrol said the traffic was moving but The estimate of 200000 visitors came from Myrtle Beach Mayor Mark Gamer and Lloyd Bell of the Greater Myr tle Beach Chamber of Commer ce Bell said most news accounts highlight the number of young people flocking to the Strand but the majority visiting the beaches this weekend will be Woman Charged Arrested on charges of shoplifting an 18 year bld lorence woman has been released from the lorence Detention Center on bond Mildred Tar'nhs of 911 Pine St was arrested by lorence family groups Police Detective Miles and Patrolman George Nettles and charged in a warrant issued by Magistrate William (Babe) McLeod in that she did: "take merchandise for her own use without paying the purchase' price or from the lorence Discount Store and Kress Co Items taken were articles of ladies clothing "Awake the Trumpets" and a ballet performance by Vida Durant and Pamela Burch will be performed Lighter numbers will include Got A riend" A Kind of Hush" and Got Time to Die" Admission is 50 cents for' Mrs adults and 35 cents for students Wins Scholarship Julius Clark HI? a son of Mr and Mrs Clark Jr of Camden and a grandson of the Rev and Mrs Julius Clark Sr of 1217 Madison Ave lorence has been awarded a full 4 year Army ROTC scholar ship to a college of his choice for 1973 74 The scholarship will pay for tuition fees books laboratory costs and other educational expense plus $100 a month for up to ten months for each year He is a lieutenant colonel with the ROTC unit at Camden High School 33 Year Old Man Dies Of Gunshot LAKE CITY uneral ser vices for Ernest Montgomery Sr 64 will be conducted Satur day at 2:30 pm at St John's United Methodist Church by the Rev Howard Burial will be in the church cemetery direc ted by Green's uneral Home Mr Montgomery died in West Palm Beach la Saturday after a short illness Surviving are ms wife Mrs Lillian Montgomery of West Palm Beach la a son Ernest Montgomery Jr of West member of Antioch Baptist raim tseacn ria two daughters Mrs Lila Mae Gam ble and Mrs Myrtle Gamble of West Palm Beach la four brothers Weldon Montgomery of New York Ed Mon tgomery Evant Montgomery and John Wesley Montgomery all of Lake City and 16 grand children GUEST SINGERS Spartanburg will be among visiting groups for the Ninth Annual Show of the lorence Harmony Chorus Saturday night at the West lorence High School Auditorium The program will begin at 8 pm and general admission will be $250 The chorus is a chartered affiliate of the Society for the Preserva tion and Encouragement of Barbership Quartet Singing in America Record Crowd Expected Hugh Boyd Hugh LeRoy Boyd 1512 Palmetto Street died riday morning in a lorence hospital after a short illness uneral services will be con ducted Sunday at 3 pm in the Stoudenmire Chapel conducted by Dr Edward Byrd and the Rev Paul McWhirter Burial directed by Stouden mire uneral Home will be in the Lamar Cemetery Mr Boyd was born in oreston a son of the late Hugh Stephen and Amanda Josephine Harvin Boyd Prior to retirement he owned and operated Boyd's Auto Electric He was a member of the irst Baptist Church and a former president of the Pettigrew Bible Class Surviving are' his wife Mrs Lile DuBose Boyd of lorence a daughter Mrs (Dorothy) Ridgill of Winston Salem two grandsons Joseph Ridgill and Richard LeRoy Ridgill both of Green ville and two great grand children two brothers A Boyd of Hartsville rank Boyd of Lamar three sisters Mrs Baker of Lamar Mrs Britton of Lane and Mrs Brailsford of Hileah 'la Jacob Johnson Jacob Johnson 47 of 403 Men ded St died at his home riday of an apparent heart attack uneral arrangements will be announced by Smith uneral Home HOTLINE 662 2575 Hours are 7 pm until 11 Monday through Thu ns day and from 4 pm riday until 7 am Monday Mrs Ollie Mcadden OLANTA uneral services for Mrs Ollie Mae Mcadden will be conducted Sunday at 1:30 pm from Hickory Grove Baptist Church by the Rev Mcadden Burial will be in the church cemetery directed by uneral Home Mrs Mcadden died in a Manning Hospital Wednesday after a long illness rank Lee Wf if '4 Sk V'k i I' 4 BJ nsv'W ''a Mfr i SJs if as I MgHBUBKWMt 'i Jr.