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StateLocal cmutrat 'Page 2B, Orangeburg, S.C., Friday, September 6, 1991 Obituaries Hazardous waste firm shut down a brother, Andrew Maurice Guinyard of Orangeburg; his maternal grandfather, Wilbert Gleaton of Jamison; two great-grandmothers; his great-grandfather; and a special friend, Ms. Antonia Turk-vant Friends may call at the residence and at Simmons Funeral Home. Charlie Howell ST. MATTHEWS, S.C. Mrs.

Mary M. Reed BROOKLYN, N.Y. The funeral for Mrs. Mary Murph "Mother" Reed, 100, of 43 Pillings Brooklyn, will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at Jones Chapel Baptist Church in Orangeburg, with the Rev.

Hubert Jones officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be grandsons and Masons. The casket will be placed in the church at 2 p.m. Mrs.

Reed died Monday. She was born in Calhoun County, a daughter of the late Shederick Murph and Olivia Perry Murph. She joined Jones Chapel Baptist Church at an early age and attended Liberty Temple Church of God in Christ after moving to Brooklyn. She was the widow of Onan Grover Reed. Survivors include two daughters, Frizell Reed of Brooklyn and Mabel Reed Hampton of Orangeburg; a son, Grover Reed Sr.

of Orangeburg; a sister, Rachel Jenkins of New York City; 15 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday at Simmons Funeral Home. Friends may call at the residence of Franklin and Doris Simpson, Route 2, Box 5565, Cannon Bridge Road, Cordova, S.C; at the residence of Mabel Hampton, 951 Whittaker Parkway, Orangeburg; and at the funeral home. Miss Jolanda T.

Shivers NORTH, S.C. Miss Jolanda between the DOE and a number of activist groups who oppose nuclear reactors. An example of such resistance is a letter sent on Aug. 30 to Energy Secretary James Watklns. It was signed by 22 citizens' groups across the country, Including the Energy Research Foundation of South Carolina.

The letter stresses the need for cleanups at nuclear production sites, as well as the need for DOE to leave to other agencies and the public the responsibility to decide what poses health and environmental risks and when cleanups are needed. On Thursday, DOE issued a news re- lease announcing the update of its five-year plan on environmental restoration and waste management across the nation. Highlights COLUMBIA The University of South Carolina on Friday will release the names of scholarship recipients that were previously kept secret, according to the school's president. The names of 27 1 students who received scholarships from former USC president James Holderman will be revealed, USC president John Palms said. HARLAN, Ky.

Democratic gubernatorial nominee Brereton Jones has pledged that as governor he would seek a meeting with South Carolina Gov. Carroll Campbell to settle the standoff between Great West-em Coal Co. and Santee Cooper. Jones said the South Carolina electric utility signed a long-term supply contract with Great Western because of advantageous prices. He said now Santee Cooper wants to terminate the agreement because coal costs have declined instead of increasing.

YORK A 1 36-year-old former elementary school building will be a used as a film site for a CBS television movie, Death of Innocence. On Thursday, film technicians installed a fake elevator and a beauty pageant office at the McCelvey Center in York, which was turned into an arts center three years ago. CHARLESTON A 4-day-dd infant wrapped in a blanket was found on the porch of a Charleston man's home, police said. The infant, wrapped in a blanket, was discovered Wednesday night about 11:30 p.m. along with a bottle of baby formula and a letter addressed to a woman in the man's neighborhood, police said.

CLEMSON Kegs of beer are flowing again this year on the campus of Clemson University after being banned for a year, university officials said. "We realize we're going against the trend throughout the country," Almeda Jacks, Clemson's dean of students said Wednesday. But the decision to try kegs for a year and then evaluate the policy was a compromise with the students, she said. BARNWELL Authorities are investigating the switching of the blood sample of an off-duty Barnwell County sheriff's deputy following a car wreck in which the deputy was suspected of drunken driving. An investigation into the disappearance of a sample of Sgt.

Jay Gantt's blood from the Barnwell County Hospital was requested last month, said state Law Enforcement Division spokesman Hugh Munn. Compiled from wire reports GREER Violations have led state officials for the first time to order the immediate shutdown of a hazardous waste facility, citing "an imminent health threat." Aqua-Tech Environmental Inc's facility has a history of ignoring state environmental laws, officials with the state Department of Health and Environmental Control said Wednesday. Last week, DHEC found fuming drums of chemicals, a nearly overflowing containment basin of contaminated water and other potentially hazardous conditions. "We can not wait any longer for the firm to correct the problems," said Lewis Bedenbaugh, director of solid and hazardous waste management for DHEC. Bedenbaugh and other officials said inspections dating back to 1982 showed numerous violations of waste management laws.

Problems ranged from failure to keep accurate records to improper use and management of waste canisters, officials said. Aqua-Tech President David Opitz said the company will appeal the derision. "This was totally out of the clear blue yonder. I was completely surprised," Opitz said. "The more practical thing to do would have been to order us to clean up.

I never expected them to close us." The Wisconsin-based company has been cleaning up the site and shipping away many gallons of hazardous material since an explosion eight months ago, he said. It will take longer to clean up the site after closing the plant, Opitz said. "Keeping it in operation would be the most prudent thing to do." The company accepts chemical waste, explosives and discarded drugs from more than 300 industries and 100 military installations across the nation. Most comes from 70 companies in South Carolina. Anderson sheriff, former girlfriend-deputy settle their lawsuit ANDERSON, S.C.

The Anderson County Sheriff and an ex-deputy who was previously his girlfriend have settled a sex discrimination lawsuit out of court. Laura Massingale sued Sheriff Gene Taylor in May after the state Human Affairs Commission chose not to resolve a discrimination complaint she filed last year. The amount of the settlement was not released. Ms. Massingale, who is single, was fired Old Santee Canal State Park reopens Saturday Mrs.

Frankie B. Bethea I LEXINGTON, S.C. Mrs. Frankie Boatwright Bethea, 51, of Lexington, died Thursday. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m.

Saturday at Lexington Baptist Church. Burial will be in Lexington Memorial Cemetery. Mrs. Bethea was born in Batesburg, a daughter of the late Fred H. Boatwright and Vanoy Williams Boatwright.

She was a retired employee of Philips Components and a member of Lexington Baptist Church and the Order of the Eastern Star. She was the widow of Carl Bethea. Survivors include her stepmother, Mrs. Neula Davis Boatwright of Lexington; two sisters, Mrs. Janel B.

Smith and Mrs. Patricia B. Mathias, both of Lexington; a brother, Fred H. Boatwright Jr. of Orangeburg; two stepsisters, Mrs.

Mary D. Hazelton of Lexington and Mrs. Novis D. Motzko of Columbia; a stepbrother, D.B. Davis Jr.

of Lexington; and a maternal aunt, Mrs. Peggy C. Puryear. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Caugh-man-Harman Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel.

The family suggests memorials be made to Lexington Baptist Church. Mrs. Flossie H. Birch DUNN, N.C. Mrs.

Flossie Hampton Birch, 53, of 1286 Heck-' le SE, Apartment 4, Orangeburg, died Wednesday evening at the Betsy-Johnson Hospital in Dunn following a brief illness. Funeral plans will be announced by Bethea's Funeral kHome of Orangeburg. Friends may call at the residence and at the funeral home. Mrs. Eliza Calhoun EUTAWVILLE, S.C.

Mrs. Eliza Calhoun, of P.O. Box 225. Eutawville, died Thursday at her residence. Funeral plans will be announced by Shuler-Marshall Funeral Home of Holly Hill.

Friends may call at the residence and at the funeral home. Miss Justine Gadson Miss Justine Gadson, 50, of 1997 Ellis Orangeburg, died Thursday at The Regional Medical Center. Funeral plans will be announced by Jenkins Funeral Home of Orangeburg. Friends may call at the residence and at the funeral home. Dewpree A.

Guinyard The funeral for Dewpree Antonio "Tony" Guinyard, 17, of Route 4, Box 1898, Limestone Road, Orangeburg, will be held at 4:30 p.m. Saturday at Mount Calvary Baptist Church in Orangeburg, with the Rev. James Glover pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. I The casket will be placed in the church at 3:30 p.m.

Mr. Guinyard died Monday, He was born in Orangeburg County, a son of Joseph Guinyard and Iris Gleaton Guinyard. He joined Mount Calvary Baptist Church at an early age, where he was a member of the Sunday schoo, the youth choir and the usher board and was assistant Sunday school superintendent. He was a senior at Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School, where he was a member of the HLS Club. Survivors include his mother of Orangeburg; a sister, Ms.

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HI Blue Shield South Carolina Aug. 17, 1990, after Taylor accused her of dating a married deputy. The deputy, Eddie Tate, resigned four days later. Taylor, who was romantically involved with Ms. Massingale for nearly a year, said department policy prohibits married deputies from having intimate relationships with other employees.

That statement led critics to accuse Taylor, who dated Ms. Massingale before his divorce became final, of violating his own policy. U.S. District Judge Henry M. Hertong Jr.

signed an order Aug. 30 dismissing the lawsuit because it was settled out of court. Stephen Henry, Ms. Massingale's attorney, said Wednesday he couldn't comment on the settlement "All I can really say is it's settled, and it's over" he said. Lethal litter: a real peril COLUMBIA A simple water balloon can be as dangerous and deadly as a 60-pound concrete slab or a 30-pound barbell when it smacks a car at high speed on the highway.

that's what several motorists on South Carolina roads have discovered when faced with the lethal litter thrown from bridges and overpasses. The state Highway Safety Office estimates that thrown or falling objects caused 284 accidents last year. Not all of the items in the count were intentionally thrown, said William Bloom, a statistician with the Highway Safety Office. There is no count of highway accidents or fatalities involving something deliberately thrown onto the highway. David Whyte was traveling 65 miles an hour early Sunday on Interstate 85 to Greenville when four people dropped a 60-pound concrete slab on his pickup truck.

He wasnt injured, but the slab of concrete hit his right front headlight and fender. An accident in March 1990 was more serious. Philip Reed, 38, of Indiana was driving a tanker-truck on Interstate 26 in Spartanburg when he was hit and killed by a 30-pound barbell. In August, Tim Waldrop, 22, was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison for tossing the barbell off a bridge. Congressman says fight over new reactor will continue if SRS chosen AIKEN Battles over a new production reactor will not ease if the Department of Energy chooses the Savannah River Site as the location, according to Rep.

Butler Derrick, There will be a constant competition for funds for a 10- to 15-year period to get the facility built because appropriations for the reactor will be made annually, he told the Aiken Sunrise Rotary Club Thursday morning. This thing is never going to be a done deal," Derrick said. Other battles are also likely to continue personal property; recovered property and five accidents. Orangeburg County Sheriff's Office There were 28 incident reports on file at the Orangeburg County Sheriff's Office Thursday morning. Deputies are investigating the Thursday morning theft of three lawn mowers from Eutaw Equipment Co.

The state has unwittingly "tortured several people to death" in executions, he said. Done improperly or with faulty equipment, executioners risk bringing the inmate back to life. Successive jolts, if less than 2,000 volts, could restart the heart much as an emergency room doctor does with shock paddles, he explained. "That's to be avoided because you could wind up with a human vegetable sitting in the chair -someone who you've destroyed his brain but you still have to deal with the fact he has a functioning heart," Leuchter explained. Evatt said all parts of South Carolina's executions are rehearsed including strapping a correctional officer to the oak chair and carrying him out of the electrocution chamber afterward.

"When it goes down, it will be done just like clockwork," Evatt said of Friday's scheduled tors and wood area. The park also an Interpretive history bluff community submersible vessel attack on The center will two theaters, a "School groups interpreter of cultural and students about worked the canal Other programs months include the wonders history in a sandbox. been offered at mark the official For more State Park, call parking fee of $3 school groups). Corner, off U.S. Charlie Howell, 70, of Route 1, Box 355, St.

Matthews, died Wednesday at The Regional Medical Center following an extended illness. Funeral plans will be announced by Carson's Funeral Home of St. Matthews. Friends may call at the residence and at the funeral home. Mrs.

Belle W.Kirkland BAMBERG, S.C. Mrs. Belle Wood Kirkland, 80, of Route 2, Box 48, Bamberg, died Thursday afternoon at Bamberg County Hospital following an extended illness. Funeral plans will be announced by Cooner Funeral Home. Mrs.

Kirkland was born in Osborne, a daughter of the late James H. Wood and Tiny Mizzell Wood. She was a member of Colston Branch Baptist Church and the Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 64 in Ehrhardt. She was a retired clerk of Ehrhardt Drugstore. Survivors include two sons, James Robert Kirkland and Francis Marshall Kirkland, both of Bamberg; a brother, James H.

Wood of Adams Run; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Friends may call at the residence of Marshall Kirkland in Bamberg and at the funeral home. Mrs.

Margie Miller ST. MATTHEWS, S.C. The funeral for Mrs. Margie Miller, of 412 Fearl St. Matthews, will be held at 3 p.m.

Saturday at Bethel AME Church in St. Matthews. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mrs. Miller died Tuesday.

She was born in Orangeburg County, a daughter of the late Hamp Gladden and Alice Saylor Gladden. She attended the Calhoun County public schools and Allen University. She was a house detective with the Alexandria Department Store of New York for 35 years. Survivors include a son, Melvin Miller of Bronx, N.Y.; and two sisters, Mrs. Jessie Mae Bull of St.

Matthews and Miss Eloise Gladden of Long Island, N.Y. Friends may call at the residence of Mrs. Jessie Mae Bull, 114 Ashby St. Matthews, and at Holley Funeral Home in St. Matthews.

Mrs. Virginia S. Powell UNION, S.C. Mrs. Virginia Smith Powell, 77, of Oakmont Retirement Center, Union, died Wednesday evening at Wallace Thomson Hospital following an extended illness.

Graveside funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in Grace United Methodist Church cemetery in Union, with Dr. Anthony Gavalas and the Rev. Carl Clary officiating. Pallbearers will be Sammy Smith, Kevin Smith, Bob Hill, Raymond Jolly, States Gregory and Donald H.

Carter. Mrs. Powell was born May 24, 1914, in Lockhart, a daughter of the late Samuel Neely Smith and Mamie Lackey Smith. She was retired business manager for Wallace Thomson Hospital and a member of Grace United Methodist Church. She was the widow of Roy Thompson Powell.

Survivors include a son, M. Charlie Jamieson of Orangeburg; two sisters, Juanita S. (Jack) Carter of Union and Inez S. Fowler of The Methodist Home, Orangeburg; a brother, S.N. Smith of Columbia; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

S.R. Holcombe Funeral Home of Union is in charge of arrangements. CARD OF THANKS The family of the late GEORGE GORDON wishes to thank each of you for the kind expressions of sympathy extended during the brief Illness and death of our loved one. We sincerely appreciated the flowers, telegrams, cards, delicious food, visits, and other courtesies rendered during our period of bereavement. May God, forever smile on each of you.

The Gordons, Berrys, Brantleys, Ruperts, Pages and Larkes The S.C. Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism will reopen Old Santee Canal State Park on Saturday, Sept. 7. The park, which originally opened in late July 1989, was closed the following September after Hurricane Hugo swept through it. "Thousands of trees were destroyed and the nest sites of the great blue heron and ospreys were lost," said Mary Seabrook, one of the park's two interpreters.

Since that time, dead trees have been cleared, boardwalks have been repaired and many areas have been replanted. "Ospreys have built two new nests and the great blue herons have reestablished a small rookery after a one-year absence," said Seabrook. The park features the Old Stony Plantation, site of the Stony Landing House, which was longtime legislator Rembert Dennis' boyhood home. The park also has a limestone bluff, an exposed cliff along Biggin Creek. Composed of Cooper Marl, the limestone formed 25 to 35 million years ago when the ocean covered the area.

Old Santee Canal State Park was built by the S.C. Public Service Authority (Santee Cooper) and is being leased to PRT. The park has over three miles of boardwalks and nature trails, which allow access to the black waters of Biggin Creek. Bald cypress trees dominate the swamp as small islands provide a foothold for sweetgum, laurel oak and red maple. American alliga ducks are year-round residents of the ofers a picnic area, canoe rentals and Center.

The center will hold many cultural displays including a recreation of a limestone and a model of "Little David," a which, in 1863, made the first successful a warship. also have archaeological exhibits, small gift shop and a classroom area: are welcomed," said Carol Moore, another at the park. "We have a wide variety natural history programs that teach the Santee Canal, the people who and the environment surrounding offered at the park during the coming animal adaptation, nature detectives, of the wetlands, plantation life and Although several programs have the park since Hugo, Saturday will reopening of the park. information about Old Santee Canal (803) 899-5200. There is a year-round per car and $15 for buses (waived for The park is one mile east of Moncks Highway 52.

Tysha Shivers, 16, of Route 2, Box 150, North, died Tuesday at Richland Memorial Hospital following an extended illness. The funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Jerusalem Baptist Church near North, with the Rev. A.M. Utsey officiating.

Burial will be in the church cemetery. Miss Shivers was born in Brooklyn, N.Y, a daughter of Joseph Shivers and Mary Whetstone Shivers. Survivors include her parents of Stuyvesant, N.Y; her foster mother, Mrs. Angeline Edmond of North; four brothers, Joseph Shiv- ers Jermaine Shivers, Johnathan Shivers and Darryl Shivers, all of Stuyvesant, N.Y; two sisters, Miss Jacqueline Whetstone and Miss Jovina Shivers, both of Stuyvesant, N.Y; and her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Alberta Jacobs of Orangeburg.

Friends may call at the residence of her foster mother, Mrs. Angeline Edmond, Route 2, Box 150, North, and at Willie B. Crumel Funeral Home of North. Mrs. Bertha Wannamaker EUTAWVILLE, S.C.

The funeral for Mrs. Bertha Lee Wright Wannamaker, 74, of Eutawville, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Springfield Baptist Church in Vance, with the Rev. James E. Council officiating.

Burial will be in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be Robbie Simmons Ernest Wright, Donald Wright, George Poindexter, Samuel L. Simmons, Charles Wright, Ralph Dawson and Freddie Wright Jr. The casket will be placed in the church at noon. Mrs.

Wannamaker died Sunday. She was born in Orangeburg County, a daughter of the late Ephesius C. Wright and Alice Green Wright. She grew up in Vance and attended the public schools of Orangeburg County. At an early age she joined Mount Olive Baptist Church in Cameron.

She later joined Cannon Streeet Baptist Church Charleston and Springfield Baptist Church in Eutawville. She served in the Senior Choir, and was president of the Pastor's Aid. She was also a member of the Christian Aid Society. She was a soloist with the Trav-elettes Singers of Eutawville and was the widow of Scott O. Wannamaker of St Matthews.

Survivors include three sisters, Mrs. Mary Ann Simmons and Miss Amelia Wright, both of Eutawville, and Mrs. Ruby Mcintosh of Queens, N.Y; three brothers, Israel Wright of Eutawville and Freddie Wright and Willie Wright Bradshaw, both of New York; seven aunts and four uncles. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday at Eutawville Community Funeral Home.

Friends may call at the residence and at the funeral home. In Memoriam In loving memory of our mother, Pansy Scoville Boyd, who departed this life sixteen years ago today, September 6, 1975. In Mansions above, a special place has been set aside for God's loved ones to abide. Sadly missed by, Gerald ine, Alethia, Juanita, Verdelle, Carol, Relatives and Friends For the record Orangeburg Department of Public Safety The Orangeburg Department of Public Safety Police Division answered 17 calls in a 24-hour period ending 8 a.m. Thursday.

Calls answered by city police included: burglary; open door; petty larceny; discharging a firearm; four disturbance; suspicious activity; domestic; two malicious injury to Chair Continued from Page 1 Leuchter cited the 1990 execution in Florida of Jesse Joseph Tafero. Witnesses saw flames and smoke erupting from the head of Tafero, who died only after repeated jolts of electricity. He said Florida has a "horrendous" system. In Memory Of MACK WHEAT 1903 -1990 Cod called you home, one year ago, it seems like yesterday. The tears grief you left behind has taught us how to pray.

I thank my Lord for leaving you with us for many years. 1 remember our last day together and my eyes fill up with tears. Only Cod can see the sorrow in our hearts today, but soon well be together, my daddy, for you ha ve led the way. Missed more than words can say. Wife, Children Grandchildren Incident reports on file included: two assault; vandalism; assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature; verbal threats; three break-in; runaway; three domestic; privily stealing; three grand larceny; use of vehicle without owner's consent; two missing person; two burglary; disposing of property under lien; breach of trust; sexual as-, sault; stolen tag; alarm; child neglect; attempted burglary.

Electrical current is delivered by-an electrode attached to the top of the headpiece and travels through the body to another electrode attached at the ankle, according to prison officials. South Carolina's electric chair administers 2,000 volts at five amps for five seconds, followed by 1,000 volts at two amps for eight seconds, followed by about 250; volts for two minutes, Evatt said. The inmate, according to Leuchter, is unconscious l240th of a second after the first jolt of electricity. That is far quicker than the human body can register pain. The first jolt is designed to disable or totally destroy the central nervous system, he explained.

Adrenalin, which could jump start the heart, is allowed to dissipate into the blood during a brief pause, he said. A second jolt of at least 2,000 volts should then be administered, to ensure that the individual is "heart dead," he said..