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768-4716 The StateColumbia SC Thursday Dec 29 1988 A home for etst 1M 'Mir Bring in your old lamp LAMPS SHADES FINIALS SOUTHERN LAMP tA SHADE SHOWROOM Outlet Hwy 1 Two Notch Rd) in Pontiac adopted and lives with his family somewhere in the state "He's a normal healthy happy baby says Barry Dowd deputy commissioner for Department at Social Services Children Family and Adult Services Hospital custodian Carlos Martinez found the infant when she entered the chapel to pray during a work break "I didn't expea to find a baby in she said DSS has been in frequent contact with the boy and bis family "The placement could not be any better" says Ms Dowd adjustment has been Even though Ms Martinez hasn't seen Baby Moses since he left the hospital she forget him "I pray for him to be healthy and strong and for his mothers both of AFTER CHRISTMAS SALE! GREAT GIFT1 12 For fit 12 for Friend 14K CHARMS 12s I me ms) EWELRYWAREHOUSE 'fynuftM dsTMCTIVC IfAIMG Louise Elrod right with Betty Jackson in August Good Samaritans reach out to help a devastated family DOUBLE YOUR SAVINGS! SALE PRICES IN EFFECT AT BOTH STORES RnoMof Sura Aeeanet Or Deyi Seme Ai Ceok-Ne PaymcM Til MarafeS Colony Jfom Fff KtAfmtWU tlONHNF Oil Gamers Ferry nd Wane 77 HIP Mow MMW KX On Saturday April IS a naked 8-pound 5-ounce newborn was found wrapped in a bloody dirty blanket in the front pew of the Baptist Medical Center chapel The male infant's umbilical cord had been severed with something "crude leading authorities to believe that the mother delivered the' baby herself Dubbed "Baby by the hospital employee who found him the infant remained in the Baptist Medical Center nursery while police searched for his mother After a thorough medical examination he was placed with a foster family His birth mother who was located and identified relinquished her son for adoption Eight-and-a-half months later Baby Moses has been permanently Oh why not? For awhile during the early spring Stagmomantis Carolina bugged the General Assembly Academically talented students at Dacusville and Croswell elementary schools in Pickens County were convinced that South Carolina needed a state bug After all we have a state dance a state shell a state flag and a state this that even a state dog so why not a state bug? In May after a winding road through the Legislature Gov Carroll A Campbell signed a law making the praying mantis the state bug The students in grades three through six came up with the idea after beginning a study of bugs Several insects were considered worthy of state bug status but the mantis won out After all it is easy and safe to catch and it benefits farmers by eating other plant-destroying bugs To Sen Nell Smith D-Pickens who introduced the bill the experience of getting a state bug was more than just giving the bug its just recognition than anything I've heard that the kids got so excited that they went home and convinced their parents that if they Car become involved and call their legislators and some of them had new done that legislators are very acc says Mrs Smith a retired school teacher "A few of the kids said all of this made their parents register to vote and get barbecue? actment troupe to make his point in person with Koch Brad Jergenson Adams' assistant at City Hall said he knows the mayor remains interested in pursuing the publicity campaign But what form it may take in 1989 has not yet been determined know put together a package of information We'll probably sit down and talk about where we want to go with it after the first of the Jergenson said One possibility is somehow combining a City Hall effort with the Greater Columbia Chamber of next five-year economic development initiative Kay Newman who handles promotional work for the chamber said no decisions about a joint venture incorporating the Big Apple angle as a promotional tool have been made wouldn't rule it out I know the mayor is interested in Ms Newman said Keep your eye on SC's business Read business news every day in 5 State WHAT Fires have a way of changing life dramatically Such is the case of Ralph and Louise Elrod's family In mid-August a faulty wire in their Columbia Avenue home ignited a fire that destroyed all their possessions Nine people were without shelter The community reacted quickly to their plight The local American Red Cross chapter funneled donations of clothing and furniture and offers of help to the Elrods who found temporary housing in an apartment owned by a friend The insurance settlement provide enough money to rebuild the house in which the family had lived for almost 20 years so the family decided to move to Lexington County In her travels Tina Elrod one of daughters occasionally passes by the burned-out dwelling which was sold to supplement the insurance payoff the only house I ever lived she says still hate to ride by and see The Elrods found a piece of property off Platt Springs Road and Route 6 not far from where one of their adult sons lives They purchased two trailers and have settled in Daughter Betty Jackson and her two children live in one trailer The rest of the family resides in the other No one in the four-generation family currently has a full-time job Health problems prevent Ralph Elrod Louise Elrod and Mrs Jackson as well as one of Mrs brothers from working The family is getting by solely on government assistance checks for disability payments Ralph Elrod has a heart condition he was recovering from by-pass surgery when the fire broke out Aug 15 Louise Elrod said her husband is experiencing circulation problems in his legs An 18-year-old granddaughter it be Will 1989 be the year Columbia Mayor Patton Adams agrees to fork over Southern-style barbecue pork to the mayor of New York? Maybe not Adams continues to maintain that Columbia is the birthplace of the nickname a jazz term that surfaced as the name of a nightclub and dance in the capital city in the late 1930s He has assembled newspaper and magazine clippings as evidence Ed Koch counterpart in New York rejects that notion Koch produced proof just before the 1988 presidential election showing the term was used in print by New York journalists a decade earlier When the debate surfaced last summer Koch bet a New York-style pizza Adams was mistaken Adams countered by offering a plate of barbecue Adams says he isn't ready to pay off just yet HV aw I lleriwNi tale 1 Cihiy Hm mi alas Mm aad flalri Dnl mim tfce eavtufri tMtsCMAiUM Up To 50 Savings! llfattfm 1710 Oavtae Steel 0M-1M41I1 faMMery ot Celmey ease FentUme fcif Mofri 10-0 Sat 10-f SB 3 i i rr i J4 I Family hopes move helps The family of an 11-year-old Spartanburg County boy who shot and killed two burglars in his home in March has moved to try to put memories of the event behind them done Billy Knight says of his son Todd Knight said publicity including an appearance on seemed to have helped Todd deal with the shootings we want to talk about the events The family moved last week from their rural Switzer home to a house they built in Woodruff The bodies of Danny Ray Abernathy 35 and Broadus Petty 39 both of Spartanburg were found outside the Knight house March 14 The men who were unarmed were shot about 5 pm inside the house with a 22-caliber rifle Todd had been given for Christmas according to Coroner Jim Burnett Todd a sixth-grader at Woodruff Elementary School told authorities he was watching cartoons when the men broke into the house Both men had lengthy criminal records including convictions for burglary The shootings were ruled justifiable and no charges were filed Sobering tragedy The memory of two popular Richland Northeast High School students is still fresh in the minds of the high faculty and students our quarterback was hurt during the playoff games the backup quarterback would have been one of the young men who says Principal Ron Hill one of those things everybody keeps in Max Edwin Blount Jr 18 and James Matthew Moore 16 died May 7 when their car slammed into a utility pole near Pontiac and caught fire about 2:30 am Blount who was driving had a blood-alcohol percentage above the legal level for intoxication Hundreds of tearful students attended their funerals and vowed to swear off drinking and driving obviously had more of an impact at the time but I think there are more and more students who are Hill says enough but you hear students cautioning other LAfterj Christmas TAKE AN EXTRA 10 OFF ON ALL FALL WINTER MERCHANDISE ALREADY MARKED DOWN 25 AND 30 A SALE! TEMS ONLY INSTALLATION EXTRA AFTER CHRISTMAS 1 CLEARANCE SALE All Ladies Gents Seiko Watches 1 25 off 5 Windhams Jewelry (NEXT TO TRt-OTY MUSIC) 710 12th St West Columbia 739-1800 SAVE WITH US 17MM1 SAVE WITH US Jeanie was studying to become a hairdresser But she lost all her equipment uniforms and instructional material in the fire and return to school She said she's embroiled in a disagreement with the school and a bank that loaned her tuition money Her situation is further complicated by the expected arrival of a child in the spring Despite those difficulties the Elrods' resilience has impressed some Columbians who initially responded to the family's bad luck Laura Messer and Beverly Keller have continued to monitor the struggle back to a normal routine The two women coordinated the furnishing of both trailers with donations Mrs Keller enlisted the help of her peers who belong to a local professional organization of interior designers and decorators to provide the Elrods with a Thanksgiving meal Mrs church the Christian Life Assembly arranged to have Christmas gifts for the family's children Mrs Messer said some reason my subconscious said one is your responsibility and you should do something about believe God just picks out certain projects for all of us and I knew this was one for Louise Elrod says don't know how I can ever thank those ladies for what they've done for us It makes you feel good to know there are people out there like Mrs Messer was inspired to continue helping the Elrods because a humble family They would never ask for any help You'd have to force them to tell what their needs are They stayed a burden on my sirs: pizza or When Koch went public with his evidence Adams said he hoped to mount a rebuttal that might even include a summit meeting between the two Adams said in November he would be willing to travel to New York in 1989 perhaps with a dance re-en accident She came out of the cast about three weeks after her father's funeral her mother says As Brenda Hepler prepared for her family's first Christmas without her husband she said doing all right We're just trying to kind of regroup and reorganize appreciate everything that everyone has done for us including a lot of little things that were done for us that were really amazing some of them by a lot of people I really Within three days of the murder Anderson police arrested four men ages 20 to 21 Three were charged with murder one with accessory to murder The 10th Circuit Office plans to seek the death penalty for three of the defendants The first William Bell is scheduled to come to trial Jan 9 says Assistant Solicitor Daviff Stoddard ew Year Weekend Sale THURSDAY7HRU MONDAY ONLY SAVE TO 50 By taking an additional Four months after killing life normal as ENTIRE STOCK OF ALREADY REDUCED FALL HOLIDAY FASHIONS IN SIZES 16W-26W BUT HURRY AT THESE SAVINGS EVERYTHING WILL GO FAST! 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