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Page 2B, Orangeburg, S.C., Thursday, September 24, 1 992 StateLocal emorrat Obituaries Water water people aren't really trained in what there doing." Pendarvis said Keaton was "almost telling the truth" about this, because Pendarvis and Freddie Bowman, who also works with the town's water supply, only have beginner's permits to deal with drinking water. Because of this they are directed in their work with the help of Bruce Ellis of Bamberg. Ellis's license even enables him to train Pendarvis for his class license. According to Pendarvis, he must train Under Ellis for at least a year and pass a written test to gain this license. He began his training in March.

Responding to Pendarvis's explanation, Mayor Robinson said, "I suggest we stay away from that." Robinson also repeated his challenge to Keaton: "If he knows where they are and they're untrained, I'd appreciate him showing me where they are and 111 get them trained." Leroy Robinson officiating. Burial will be in the Jerusalem Baptist Church Cemetery, Salley. The casket will be placed in the church at 1 p.m. Pallbearers will be deacons of the church. Mr.

Parker was born in Aiken County, a son of the late James Parker and Estelle Williams Parker. He was a member of Union Baptist Church, where he served on the deacon board. He was also a deacon at St. Paul Baptist Church in New York. Mr.

Parker was a World War II veteran. Survivors include a daughter, Ms. Martha Anderson of Brooklyn, N.Y.; a step-son, Tommy Ellison of Maryland; and a sister, Ms. Lucille McKie of Aiken. The family will receive friends from 3 to 8 p.m.

Thursday at Ful-mer's Funeral Home in Springfield. Johnnie Rivers Johnnie Rivers, 79, of Route 1, Box 416, Cordova, died Wednesday at The Regional Medical Center. Funeral plans will be announced by Simmons Funeral Home of Orangeburg. Friends may call at the residence and at the funeral home. Gary Stevens Williams DENMARK, S.C.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Gary Stevens Williams, 25, died Sept. 13, in Gautier, as a result of an auto accident. The funeral will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Olar, with the Rev. W.S.

Walker, the Rev. C.F. Mitchell and the Rev. Eddie Williams Jr. officiating.

Burial with military honors will be in Honey Ford Baptist Church Cemetery in Denmark. Pallbearers will be the Honor Guard for the U.S. Navy. Honorary pallbearers will be family members. Mr.

Williams was born Oct. 21, 1966, in Denmark, a son of Ms. Edna Mae Williams. He was a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church where he served on the usher board. He was a 1984 graduate of- Denmark-Olar High School.

He attended Voorhees College until he entered the Navy. His first station was the USS Virginia (CGN-35) and Naval Communication, stationed in Jacksonville, Fla. He reported to the USS gallery on April 14, 1992. He was a member of Operation Department Communication Division. Mr.

Williams joined the crewmen aboard the USS Gallery on Aug. 31, 1992. He received a number of awards including Sea Service Department Ribbon, Good Conduct Award and National Defense Awards Citation for Outstanding Performance aboard USS Virginia. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Melita Arlene Jones-Williams; three sons, Garion Mon-dell Williams, Brandon Jamal Williams and Sherard Tyrell Williams; his mother and father of Denmark; and a brother; Andra Williams of Denmark.

Lebby Funeral Home of Denmark is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Eleanor Johnson Wyche BLACKVTLLE, S.C. Mrs. Eleanor Johnson Wyche of Blackville, died Monday at Aiken Regional Medical Center.

The funeral will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at Lebby Funeral Home Chapel in Barnwell, with Pastor M.P. Howard officiating. Burial will be in Blackville Cemetery. Pallbearers will be nephews.

Mrs. Wyche was born in Barnwell County, a daughter of the late Luther Johnson and Carrie Smalls Johnson. She was first a member of Macedonia Baptist Church of Blackville, then later became a Seventh Day Adventist Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Cleo M. Ballard of Columbia; two sisters, Mrs.

Alberta J. Bush of Blackville and Ms. Mamie Johnson of New Rochelle, N.Y.; a granddaughter and two greatgrandchildren. Lebby Funeral Home of Blackville is in charge of Rutha K. Johnson of Columbia, Mrs.

Jeannette Reddish of Bamberg, Mrs. Jestine Sanders of Denmark and Mrs. Lucille Brown of Jacksonville, a sister, Mrs. Bessie Wright of Brooklyn; 20 grandchildren and 28 greatgrandchildren. The family will receive friends from 7 to 7:30 p.m.

Thursday at Carroll Mortuary of Bamberg. Friends may call at the residence on U.S. Highway 64 in Ehrhardt Mrs. Hattie Mae Wilson Kinard Mrs. Hattie Mae Wilson Kinard, 86, of the Orangeburg Nursing Home, died Wednesday at her residence.

The funeral will be held at 3 p.m. Friday at Calvary Baptist Church Neeses, with the Rev. R.B. Moorehead and the Rev. B.B.

Chestine. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be Jacob Gar-rick, Paul Garrick, Billy Dyches, Terry Walkup, Ray Smith and Maurice Keitt. Honorary pallbearers will be deacons of Calvary Baptist Church. Mrs.

Kinard was born Sept. 14, 1906, in Orangeburg County, a daughter of the late Ennis Wilson and Hattie Gray Wilson. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. She was the widow of Leo Kinard. Survivors include a son, Jimmy Kinard of Indian Harbor Beach, five daughters, Mrs.

Mary Dyches of Hilda, Bernice Davis of Gaston, Mrs. Carl (Agnes) Keitt of Osteen, Jolly Jensen of Orlando, and Mrs. Corrie Gibson of Norway; a brother, Mickey Wilson of Tabbs, four sisters, Lizzie Douglas of Savannah, Helen Harden of Lexington, Alma Daniels of Chamblee, and Hope Love of West Columbia; 19 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and a great-great-granddaughter. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Thompson Funeral Home of Orangeburg.

Friends may call at the residence of Mrs. Corrie Gibson, U.S. Highway 400, Norway, and at the funeral home. Mrs. Rudine Asbury McEoohin VANCE, S.C.

Rudine Asbury McEoohin, 46, of Brooklyn, N.Y., died Monday after an extended illness. Funeral plans will be announced by Jenkins Funeral Home of Holly Hill. Friends may call at the residence of her mother, Mary Asbury, Route 1, Box 1323, Vance. James Matthew Parker AIKEN, S.C. James Matthew Parker, 76, of 411 Union Baptist Road, Aiken, died Monday.

The funeral will be held at 3 p.m. Friday at Union Baptist Church in Aiken, with the Rev. Mrs. Lois Brickie Dukes ST. GEORGE, S.C.

The funeral for Mrs. Lois Brickie Dukes, 71, of St. George, will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday at Bryant Funeral Home Chapel in St. George, with the Rev.

Rob DeWitt and the Rev. Ted Sherrill officiating. Burial will be in Harleyville Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Timmy Walters, Richie Walters, Roger Brownlee Martin Chavis, Jimmy Brownlee, Jamie Dukes, Joey Dukes and Jeffery Cox. Mrs.

Dukes died Tuesday. She was born in St. George, a daughter of the late George Brickie and Addie Jackson Brickie. She was employed as a presser at Carolina Industries in St. George.

She attended St. Matthews Baptist Church and was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. She was the widow of Joseph Harry Dukes. Survivors include three sons, Buck Dukes and Sonny Dukes, 1 both of Orangeburg, and Bufort Dukes of St. George; three daugh- ters, Mrs.

Estelene Brownlee and Jennie Brownlee, both of St. George, and Mrs. Linda Walters of Reevesville; two sisters, Miss Arlene Brickie of St. George and Mrs. Florence Stanfield of Walter-boro; a brother, Charlie Brickie of St.

George; 19 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Friends may call at the funeral i home. Hiawatha "Jack" Henderson REEVESVILLE, S.C. Hi-, awatha "Jack" Henderson of 1 Route 1, Box 166-A, Reevesville, the Dorange community, died Tuesday at The Regional Medical Center after an extended illness. Funeral plans will be announced by Owens Funeral Home of Branchville.

Friends may call at the residence and funeral home. Mrs. Susan Y. Jamison EUTAWVILLE, S.C. Mrs.

Susan Y. Jamison, 94, of Route 2, Box 78, Eutawville, died Tuesday The Regional Medical Center in Orangeburg. Funeral plans will be announced by Shuler-Marshall Fu-J neral Home of Holly Hill. Friends may call at the residence and at the funeral home. Harold Kearse EHRHARDT, S.C.

The funer-" al for Harold Kearse, 78, of Ehrhardt, will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Olar, with the Rev. W.S. Walker officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Mr. Kearse died Monday. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Inez Kearse of the home; 1 three sons, Harold Kearse Jr. of and Leroy Kearse, both of Brook-.

lyn, N.Y., and Charles Kearse of Ehrhardt; five daughters, Mrs. Louise Daniels of Brooklyn, Ms. Continued from PagelB broke down. The current situation is better than the one the city ran into two years ago, however. That time Tim Holt, chief of the volunteer fire department in Bowman, had to route water through his fire truck the entire evening.

The water came from the well and was then pumped to the chlorina-tion unit via the fire truck, according to Pendarvis. This event, coupled with the fact that the secondary pump was bacteria-laden, caused the town to consider digging a third well. The town then decided to clean the well they already had. "If I didn't come on in October, the people of Bowman wouldn't have water right now," Pendarvis says. He said if the town hadn't cleaned the well, Holt would be out there again routing water with his fire truck.

Pendarvis also discussed accusations by the Rev. Bill Keaton, a minister at Bowman Southern Methodist Church, that "the local Daze Continued from Page 1 mances by the Can Can Girls, and one of the impressive "Shootout" episodes. Thursday, Sept. 24, there are carnival rides and concessions but the formal observation will begin Friday at noon at the museum in the center of Branchville as a Mclntire Air National Guard contingent presents the colors and the National Anthem is presented by Holly Dukes. Mayor Alfred Smoak will greet the dignitaries and give the welcome and the beauty queens, including Miss Raylrode Junction Danielle Haselden, will be on hand for the festivities.

Each year, the festival committee dedicates the program book to a special person and this year, Boone Walters is honored. Born in Orangeburg County in a community called "Cowtail," Boone's one dream in life was to become a real life cowboy. In 1971 he began a labor of love, building an old cow town replica. It can be visited while you are Raylrode Daze. Boone now is employed at the Charleston Naval shipyard but his home is in Branchville where he and his wife, the former Barbara Turner (now a detective with the Orangeburg County Sheriffs Office) and they have one daughter, Missy.

Boone's hobbies are watching western movies and working in the old town and he sure likes Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. The board of directors of the Festivul promised, in writing in that book, that "maybe one day the festival will buy you a horse just like Trigger." The Festivul Board, committees and Branchville citizens also are expressing their appreciation to former Mayor Bob Connelly and his wife, "Miss Dot" for their hours of dedicated service given to the town through the years. Danielle Haselden, 17, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Charles Hill of Moncks Corner and Will Haselden of Charleston, will reign over the festival as Miss Raylrode Junction 1992.

An honor student at Berkeley High School, she plans to attend Furman University and pursue a pre-med course. The queen says she hopes to get her medical degree from MUSC. This annual event, which has grown in importance and prestige over the years, celebrates the first train to come through Branchville. This was the "Best Friend" and arrived in Charleston on a boat Oct. 23, 1830.

It ran about 16-21 miles an hour and carried 40-50 passengers in four cars. They used a front car with a Felder Continued from Page 1B Mike Gulledge has parlayed some $2 million into over $10 million that has been set up as a revolving loan fund, where local government entities can get loans at a 4 percent interest rate. "We discussed the revolving loan fund that will be available The revolving loan fund could have a great future impact. This is a very important area as relates to local governments," said the lawmaker. "They're trying to wean local governments from the grant system they've had since the Woody Brooks money." The real culprit of the state's $200 million budget deficit -which will probably be closer to $230 million Felder said, is the method of economic forecasting.

The Carnell-Felder bill, which the Ways and Means officers endorsed in modified form, calls for using the last year's actual revenues to forecast estimates. "We're looking at a 2 to 3 per Migrant education commission suggests fine-tuning of programs torch to serve as a light. There were several "Best Friend" trains built and some of the first ones blew up or had other problems. But the Branchville depot was an important stop on their way through to Hamberg, near what is now Augusta, Ga. Passenger tickets varied iri cost from 50 cents to $6.75, depending on the length of the trip! Branchville was important to the trains, but they also were a most important part of the town's economy, and for this reason they are remembered nostalgically and this festival celebrates those early 19th century days and the trains that brought the world to the town.

The Branchville Railroad Shrine and Museum, located in the old depot, is the place to visit if you haven't been there before. It tells the historic tale of the days when Branchville was a "branch" on the map where Indian trails met on the way to Charleston from where Augusta is now on the west, and from Orangeburg. The first white settlers came about 1774 and a stagecoach dining room was known as the Branch Eating House and they believe this was the origin of the name of the town. For the ninth year, the "Cheyenne Band" will perform at the festivul. At least two couples will celebrate wedding anniversaries during the festivul, including Irvin Ellison Newsome and Inez Folk Newsome, married 75 years.

Business establishments, service organizations such as the Rescue Squad a group of volunteers who quietly serve their community as well as the police and churches in the area, all will be putting their time, effort and resources into making this a very special occasion once more. Beauty queens, gunfighters, can can girls, lots of food, carnivals, the Red Dog Saloon, music and more the Branchville Raylrode Daze Festivul will have it all, as the town celebrates the first passenger train which came through the depot November 7, 1832. As you visit the old depot, now the museum, stop to think that you are walking where at least three past presidents stopped to dine. Yes, Presidents William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft were guests in this historic spot, so when you enter the town of Branchville during the annual Raylrode Daze Festivul, you are taking a stroll through history. Visit and enjoy! cent growth year That's $100 million in new money," said Felder, explaining that is already committed to pay off debt service and to replenish the capital and general reserve funds.

"The next year is very critical in the budget for South Carolina's future. We've got to hold the line and it will be tough because a lot of people will be hollering." By the second year, he said the state should have realistic numbers that will provide a "true, accurate picture of what's going to happen." "The real key is to see can we maintain the discipline," he said. "I feel more comfortable with what we're doing now in Columbia than in the last six years. It's a struggle. It's hard to make government understand you can't spend what isn't there.

Thank goodness, we require a balanced budget and those kinds of fiscal restraints The key question is will the political side will allow the discipline to stay in the system." Mrs. Wertley W. Stabler NORTH, S.C. Mrs. Wertley Wise Stabler, 88, of Route 1, Box 636, North, died Tuesday at Edis-to Convalescent Center in Orangeburg.

The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Andrew Chapel United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Lindsey Rivers and the Rev. Jack A. Poole officiating.

Burial will be in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be Van Blan-ton, George E. Crider, Wesley Ray, Andy Stabler, George Stabler and Joe Stabler. Mrs. Stabler was born in the Belleville community of Calhoun County, a daughter of the late William Joseph Wise and Carrie Grice Wise.

She was a member of Andrew Chapel United Methodist Church. She was the widow of Frank W. Stabler. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Gene (Florence) Blanton of Shelby, N.C.; two sons, Ernest Franklin Stabler of St.

Louis, and the Rev. J. Melton Stabler of North; a sister, Mrs. Janet W. Erwin of Charleston; eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Dukes-Harley Funeral Home of Orangeburg. Friends may call at the residence and at the funeral home. The family suggests that memorials be made to Andrew Chapel United Methodist Church building fund, Route 1, Box 670, North, S.C, 29112. cational attainment is among the lowest of any occupational group while dropout rates are among the highest, the analysis said.

While stopping short of recommending higher spending, the commission did suggest that existing programs be retooled and that there be greater coordination between federal, state and local migrant programs. "I don't think we are calling for a total revamping. I think what we are asking for is modification in the existing programs," Linda Chavez, the commission's chairwoman, told reporters. South Carolina has 1,123 students who are children of migrant workers and received $244,106 in federal money for the migrant education program this fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30, the commission said.

The majority of the nation's estimated 600,000 migrant children are Hispanic where previously most were Anglo or black, said Chavez, a former Reagan White House aide. In loving memory of Mrs. Florie Fludd Pondexter who departed this life 1 year ago, September 24, mi. We watched you softly slip away, we tried so hard to make you stay, but Cod was watching from above, and called you home to share his love. Now we praise God for letting us have you and for the time you shared our days, for the joy laughter you gave, for the warmth and your loving ways.

We tliank Cod for having let us have you for so many wonderful years. Sadly Missed by Children, Grandchildren, Sister For the record Orangeburg Department of Public Safety Police In the 24-hour period ending at 8 a.m. Wednesday, the Orangeburg Department of Public Safety made the following arrests: two on charges of shoplifting and one on a charge of breach of trust. Fire The fire division responded at 9:23 p.m. to a car fire on a state road near U.S.

Highway 301. The car was destroyed, said Sgt. E.J. Garrick. EPA begins landfill cleanup CAYCE, S.C.

(AP) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has begun the cleanup at the Lexington County landfill, a Su-perfund site, the agency said Wednesday. Site Consultants Inc. of West Columbia will determine the extent of the contamination and conduct a feasibility study on cleanup alternatives as the first step, the agency said. The process should take between a year and two years to complete, the EPA said.

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Their edu- In Loving Memory Of MRS. CATHERINE C.MILLER who departed this life two years ago, September 24, 1990. We do not lose the ones we love, They only go before; Wliere there is everlasting life; Where sorrow is no more. You may begone from our lives, but you will always live in our hearts. Sadly missed by, Children, Sisters, Grands, Other Relatives Friends.