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THE TIMES AND DEMOCRAT Orangeburg, S.C Thursday, January 8, 1998 3 Pastor: Working together for a noble goa that they have a part in our celebration," said Mellerson. "We had so many young folks come down" to help the church rebuild. In extension of this, J.D. Parker, a youth minister from Princeton Theological Seminary who is also a native of Orangeburg, will be speaking along with Jenkins. Mellerson said the message will be "something (the youth) can identify with." "It was just nice to see young people come down and give up part of their summer," said Marion Mack, vice-chairman of the trustee board.

The church doors "are open to anybody and everybody." It is his hope that the community support and volunteerism will be ongoing. "People responded well to our cause. We are really hoping and praying that this will be a continuous thing," Mack said. The culmination of the event will be Jan. 11, with Sunday worship services to be from 10:45 a.m.

to 12:30 p.m. The Rev. Glenn Kensil of the Church of the Brethren in New Windsor, Md. will be the guest speaker. "Approximately 90 percent of our volunteers came from this congregation (and) we are allowing (Rev.

Kensil) to come and speak," said Mellerson, who said "they will be there in big numbers." Later from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., the Rev. John Hurst Adams of Columbia, senior bishop of the A ME Church, will conduct the dedication, and although Mellerson said the service will be formal, participants will be dressed informally in T-shirts donning their theme, "From Tragedy to Triumph." "We thank God for the tragedy but we praise him for the victory he's given us through the tri umph. This is a miracle for us and our church and the community (and) I think God allows us to go through this to show there's more good than there's bad," Mellerson said. Founded in 1881 under the name Row Hill Church, the chapel's first building was soon constructed and named Butler Chapel under the administration of the Rev.

Moses Butler. As the congregation grew, the sanctuary which was eventually destroyed by arson was built under the leadership of the Rev. Jesse Thompson. There were approximately 80 to 90 churches involved in the construction of the new Butler Chapel AME Church along with over 300 volunteers, the first of which came from congregations in Pennsylvania. They included: Jeanette Ambush, Tamela Ambush; Diane Griffin; Samuel L.

Jenkins Jazmine Jenkins; Joshua Jenkins; Eddie J. Lovelace; Shirley Moore; and Sean Reeder, all of Bethel AME Church. Other volunteers included Sonya Beard of Levittown, Rachel Dorsey and Roscoe L. Lee Jr. of Bethlehem AME Church in Langhorne, Paul Earley of Ekklesia AME Church in Philadelphia, and Erik G.

Konyves of Bristol Presbyterian Church in Bristol, Pa. The fire that destroyed the church in 1996 has not consumed the congregation's spirit, and the dedication of their new house of worship is what Mellerson considers to be an example of the love that made the project possible. "Through it all God gave us the victory. You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving because love makes you give. This is the result you get when you pull your resources together," he said.

to their shirts 858 Palmetto guilty of fifth-offense driving under suspension and of violating the habitual traffic offender law. Shelton was sentenced to six months in jail on the first count and to a one-year term on the second, with the sentences to be served concurrently. Assistant Solicitor Angela Gar-rick prosecuted the case against Shelton, and Public Defender Peggy Hinds represented him during the trial. Correction: In Wednesday's edition of The Jerry Bryant's sentence was incorrectly reported. It should have been reported that Bryant, 39, of Route 1 Box 923, who pleaded guilty to attempting to purchase crack cocaine, was sentenced to six months in jail or a $500, suspended upon payment of a $100 fine and six months of probation.

We apologize for the error. p.m. Friday at Dial-Murray Fu neral Home ot Moncks Corner. Mrs. Leila Young Snipes The funeral for Leila Young Snipes, 89, of Orangeburg Nursing Home, 755 Whitman Orangeburg, formerly of Bolentown community, will be held at 3:30 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 8, 1998, at Thompson Funeral Home of Orangeburg, with Dr. Arthur Beasley officiating. Burial will be in Lebanon United Methodist Church Cemetery near Neeses. Pallbearers will be grandsons and great-grandsons.

Mrs. Snipes died Tuesday. Friends may call at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Rodney (Betty) Bates, 3815 Slab Landing Road, Bolentown.

The family suggests memorials be made to The Salvation Army, 1047 Broughton Orangeburg, S.C. 29115. Mrs. Flossie Westbury Mrs. Flossie Westbury, 82, of 113 Richardson Lane, St.

George, died Monday, Jan. 5, 1998, at Colleton Regional Medical Center in Walterboro. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Second Providence Baptist Church in Bowman, with Dr. S.B.

Marshall officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mrs. Westbury was born Jan. 20, 1915, in Orangeburg County, a daughter of the late George and Maggie Williams.

She was a member of Second Providence Baptist Church. She was a member of the Senior Choir and the Christian Burial Aid Society. Survivors include four sons, William Westbury, Frank Westbury, both of Reevesville, Morris Westbury of Riverdale, and Cleveland Westbury of St. George; two daughters, Louise Turner of Fort Washington, and Agatha Wiles of Hyattsville, 34 grandchildren and 38 great-grandchildren. Friends may call at the residence and at Brown and Son Funeral Home of St.

George. Mrs. Annice P.Young Mrs. Annice Poole Young, 93, of 12940 Old Number Six Highway, Eutawville, died Wednesday, Jan. 7, 1998, at a Lexington hospital.

The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church in Eutawville, with the Rev. Trey Rhodes and the Rev. Eric Stroman officiating. Burial will be in Eutawville Cemetery.

The casket will be placed in the church at 10 a.m. Pallbearers will be grandsons. Mrs. Young was born in Perry, a daughter of the late Henry Poole and Georgia Anna Whetstone Poole. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Eutawville, where she was in the Ladies Sunday School Class and the Woman's Missionary Union.

She was the widow of Lonnie Gerald Young. Survivors include five daughters, Mrs. Muriel Dantzler of Columbia, Mrs. Velma Griffin of Holly Hill, Mrs. Henrietta Howell of St.

George, Mrs. Leontine Stoudenmire of Greenville and Mrs. Jackie Bradham of Eutawville; two sons, Billy Young of Las Cruces, N.M., and Gerald B. Young of Oak Ridge, 23 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren and 19 great-greatgrandchildren. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m.

Friday at Avinger Funeral Home of Holly Hill. Friends may call at the Howell residence, 123 Lake View Belvedere II Subdivision, Eutawville, and the funeral home. The family suggests memorials be made to Eutawville Cemetery Fund, P.O. Box 82, Eutawville, S.C. 29048 or First Baptist Church, Eutawville, P.O.

Box 484, Eutawville, S.C. 29048. Pelion, died Tuesday, Jan. 6, 1998, at Lexington Medical Center in West Columbia. The funeral will be held at 3 p.m.

Friday at Antioch Baptist Church near Swansea, with the Rev. Dewey Cockrell and the Rev. Robert Jumper officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mrs.

Hutto was born in Orangeburg County, a daughter of the late Charlie T. and Alberta Hutto Stabler. She was a member of Antioch Baptist Church and was a former employee of Monroe Calculator. She retired in 1978. Survivors include her husband, M.H.

Hutto of Pelion; a daughter, Mrs. Gerald (Freida) Hutto of Swansea; a son, Terry M. Hutto Sr. of Swansea; a sister, Lucille Sturkie of Swansea; two brothers, Johnny Stabler and Thomas Stabler, both of Swansea; five grandchildren and a great-grandson. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m.

Thursday at Thompson Funeral Home of West Columbia. The family suggests memorials be made to Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery Fund. Paul Govan Robinson Paul Govan Robinson, 66, of Orangeburg, died Sunday, Jan. 4, 1998, at Camden General Hospital in Camden, Tenn. The funeral was held at 11 a.m.

Tuesday at Emmanuel Church of Life in Camden, with the Rev. Bobby Jackson officiating. Burial was in Flatwoods Cemetery in Camden, Tenn. Mr. Robinson was born in Orangeburg, a son of the late Harry Robinson and Mrs.

Bessie Boltin Robinson. He was a member of Southwest Terrace Church of the Nazarene. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Betty V. Chavis of Orangeburg and Mrs.

Monica Woods of Camden, Tenn; three sisters, Mrs. Ellen Blitch and Mrs. Ergena Gleaton, both of Orangeburg and Mrs. Elizabeth Hoffman of Springfield; a son, Robert Robinson of Orangeburg; 11 grandchildren and a greatgrandchild. Friends may call at the residence of Mrs.

Betty Chavis of Orangeburg. The family suggests memorials be made to the American Cancer Society. Oakdale Funeral Home of Camden, was in charge of arrangements. Miss Danielle Simmons Miss Danielle Simmons, 19, of 4445 41st Flushing, N.Y., died Tuesday, Jan. 6, 1998, at Mary Immaculate Hospital in Queens, N.Y.

Funeral plans will be announced by Eutawville Community Funeral Home of Eutawville. Friends may call at the residence of Mrs. Carrie Simmons and Minne Bryant of Eutawville and the funeral home. Mrs. Mazie A.

Smith Mrs. Mazie A. Smith, 78, of 1680 French Santee Road, Jamestown, died Wednesday, Jan. 7, 1998, at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center in Myrtle Beach. The funeral will be held at 1 p.m.

Saturday at Jamestown Baptist Church in Jamestown, with the Rev. Randall Blackman officiating. Burial will be in St. James United Methodist Church Cemetery in Jamestown. Mrs.

Smith was born Nov. 11, 1919, in Suttons, a daughter of the late Willie James Altman and Viola Elizabeth Timmons Altman. She was a former machine operator for Santee River Wool Combing Co. She was a member of Jamestown Baptist Church. She was the widow of Joe Clarence Smith.

Survivors include three daughters, Joan Mathis and Patsy San-dish, both of Jamestown and Lib-bie Prosser of Garden City; a son, Jerry Smith of Eutawville; three Mrs. Evelyn Amaker Briggman The funeral for Mrs. Evelyn F. Amaker Briggman, 84, of Calhoun Convalescent Center, St. Matthews, formerly of Swansea, will be held at 2 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 9, 1998, at Prodigal AME Church, near Swansea, with the Rev. Patrick B. Mellerson officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Pallbearers will be grandsons and nephews. Mrs. Briggman died Monday. She was born Aug. 13, 1913, in Calhoun County, a daughter of the late Jimmy Felder and Mrs.

Ella Thomas Felder. At an early age, she joined St. Peter AME Church near North. She later joined Prodigal AME Church, where she was a class leader, member of the Senior Choir, Good Samaritan Society, Women Home Christian Union and served in any capacity she could in the church. Mrs.

Briggman was first married to the late Otto Amaker and was the widow of Henry Briggman. i Survivors include four daughters, Ms. Daisy Amake of Columbia and Ms. Henrietta B. Hart, Mrs.

Tom (Ina) Hall, both of Swansea and Mrs. Samuel (Mamie) Charley of West Columbia; three sisters, Mrs. Lourine Golson of Columbia, Mrs. Mary Seawright and Mrs. Willie (Bernice) Edmond, all of Swansea; two brothers, Thoams J.

Butler of Springtown, N.C. and Robert L. Major of Orangeburg; four stepbrothers; five stepsisters; 12 grandchildren and 12 greatgrandchildren. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Willie B.

Crumel Funeral Home in North. Friends may call at the residence of her daughter, Ms. Henrietta B. Hart, 216 Caldon Road, and the funeral home. Mrs.

Maude Smoak Gaskin The funeral for Mrs. Maude Smoak Gaskin, 93, of Edisto Convalescent Center, Orangeburg, will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 8, 1998, at Thompson Funeral Home Chapel in Orangeburg, with the Rev. Mike Austin offici-wating.

Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Orangeburg. Pallbearers will be Bob Beckett, Gene Lambrecht, George "Lucky" Buck, Vern Eaton and Danny Stillinger. Mrs. Gaskin died Tuesday. The family suggests memori-.

als may be made to Trinity Pres-t byterian Church, 975 Willington Orangeburg, S.C. 29118. Mrs. Sarah S. Haselden Mrs.

Sarah Shuler Haselden, 75, of 1406 Boyer Road, Holly Hill, died Wednesday, Jan. 7, 1 1998, at her residence. 5 The funeral will be held at 3 p.m. Friday at the Chapel of Dial-Murray Funeral Home in Moncks Corner, with the Rev. Donald Fort officiating.

Burial will be in New Hope United Methodist Church Cemetery, Shulerville. Mrs. Haselden was born Sept. I 28, 1922, in Shulerville, a daughter of the late Augustus Shuler and Lizzie Ackerman Shuler. She was the widow of George Haselden.

Survivors include a daughter, Linda West of Eutawville; three sons, Odell Haselden of Mount Pleasant, Ronald Haselden of Santee and Tommy Haselden of St. Paul, four sisters, 1 Rhodie Bunch of Shulerville, Allie Derrick of Tucson, Sally Fort of Burlington, N.J., and I Flossie Morris of Lake Lure, N.C; a brother, Edward Shuler of a New York; 12 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. I Mrs.

Carrie Elizabeth 5 Stabler Hutto Mrs. Carrie Elizabeth Stabler Hutto, 66, of 1543 Swansea Road, In Loving Memory Of MR. ELIJAH "SING" COBBS March 4, 1924 January 8, 1993 Five years have passed away, but it seems like only yesterday. We love you, but God loves you best. We sadly miss you, Wife, Children.

Grandchildren, Great-grand. Sisters, Brothers, Niece? Nephews Other Family Members Continued from Page 1 Coates said his congregation was glad to have been able to lend the church's Family Life Center to take "care of their housing needs." "I'm thrilled that we played even a small role in it. We were very happy to do that but I wish we were more involved," said Coates, who said he will be speaking on "the common role that all of us as Christians have" to work together. "I think this is such a good thing for Orangeburg County. Here is a good example of how we can achieve something really noble," he said.

Polewczak agrees. "It (is) a great ecumenical outreach. It has enabled us to forge new bonds with the congregation," said Polewczak. "It's a building and a deepening of Christian bonds" that he hopes will filter down from churches to an individual "one-on-one level." On Saturday, Jan. 10, morning worship services will be held from 10 a.m.

to noon, with the Rev. Erick Williamson of Yarmouth, Maine, and the Rev. David Buchanan of Syracuse, N.Y., speaking. Mellerson said volunteers from both areas came "to help us rebuild our church" despite their vacation and job obligations. The Rev.

Samuel L. Jenkins and his congregation from Bristol, "were the very first to come down," Mellerson said, and Jenkins will be one of the featured speakers during Saturday evening's Youth Power service to be held from 6:30 to 8:30. "We're giving the young folks an opportunity to share with us. The youth is the church of tomorrow and we want to make sure Victims were Continued from Page 1 Two area men were confronted at gunpoint at the intersection and forced to drive to Industrial Boulevard, where they were made to take off everything but their shirts and lie in the middle of the roadway. The victims said the three men drove away in their car after kicking them in the head and face.

One of the victims said the man with the gun pointed it at the other victim's head and threatened to kill both of them. Vernon Stevens, 21, of 132 Pamela Lane, who was identified as the gunman in the incident, pleaded guilty Monday to armed robbery and was sentenced to 12 years in prison. The other man, 19-year-old Damien A. Tucker of 1692 Goff pleaded guilty Monday to misprision of a felony Participation Continued from Page 1 with the idea of the collaboration among the three schools. "This represents the type of academic collaboration we had in mind when we formulated the idea for the Community Higher Education Council," Tisdale said.

"This is an historic program and it is one of many historic agreements and initiatives that will be generated under the CHEC umbrella." Olson and Davis echoed Tis-dale's sentiments. "The collaboration between the three institutions makes more educational opportunities available to all students, at no additional cost to the taxpayer or the student," Olson said. "Cross-registration is one of the the property tax would run about $787 on that car this year. Easterday said that may be gouging people who can afford to lease a vehicle that they normally wouldn't be able to buy outright. Rep.

Rita Allison, R-Lyman, had questions about the state's In Loving Memory Of CARL EDWARD WEST who departed this life 12 years ago, January 8, 1986. Gone but not forgotten. You will always be with us in spirit and in our hearts. Sadly missed by, Your Parents: John Annie Mae West, Brothers, Sisters, Children and Other Family Members students forced to strip and received a Youthful Offender sentence of less than six years and a $200 fine, suspended upon two years of intensive probation. Spigner's case was brought before a jury in November but ended in a mistrial after one of the jurors had a seizure and required medical treatment.

During the trial another juror was excused after he told the judge he learned after he was chosen to serve on the jury that he was related to one of the victims. The sole alternate then took that juror's seat on the panel. Removing the juror who had the seizure from the case would have left only 11 jurors. Assistant 1st Circuit Solicitor Chris Murphy prosecuted the case, while Public Defender Michael Culler represented Spigner. Also Wednesday, a jury found Robert Orlando Shelton, 26, of limited to cornerstones for CHEC which we envisioned to be a benefit to the students at all three institutions," Davis added.

In order to participate in the program, prospective participants must be enrolled at their home institutions as full-time undergraduate students and must be in good standing with their home institution. The students also must have paid full-time tuition and fees at their home institution (and therefore will not have to pay extra tuition for credit courses taken at the host campus), and they must have enrolled for at least 50 percent of their course credit load at their home institutions. To participate, students must make sure the course at the host institution is not offered concurrently at the home institution (i.e. not offered at all or not at a con- than auto lease policy on charging sales tax for food. About half the states, including South Carolina, tax food purchases.

"We want to look at all of these (taxes) and see how they're serving the state," Allison said. Herbert Ames, a Florence County Councilman, said the auto tax breaks should be put on the front burner. In Memory of MRS. SYLVIA D. JONES Who departed this life 23 years ago today, January 8, 1975.

There is a place in our lives that can never be filled. Missed by, Your Loving Family Property tax costs much more ventient time for the student), they must meet the prerequisite requirements of the host institution and they must have obtained the required approvals. Part-time students will be required to pay regular per-credit tuition and fee charges directly to the institution where the course is taken. Courses are available under this program only on a space-available basis and registration occurs at the time designated by the host institution. Special fees, such as laboratory fees and book fees, must be paid to the host institution and are not covered under the cross-registration policy.

All courses taken at the host campus will be tran-scripted and sent to and recorded by the home institution, and these grades will be included by the home institution in academic calculations. Any exceptions to these policies must be approved in writing by the vice presidents of academics of both the home and host institutions. More information is available from the registrar's office at any of the three schools. 46 years in politics Continued from Page 1B But Morris said he wasn't afraid of losing had he sought reelection. "I was elected four years ago without the help of Henry McMaster, and I could be re-elected this year without the help of Henry McMaster," Morris said.

He won his first House election while in his early 20s, and served in the Senate and as lieutenant governor. He also made an unsuccessful bid for governor, the only election he said he lost. State Democratic Party Chairman Ronnie Maxwell said a wing of the party's new state headquarters would be named after Morris. sisters, Leola Sprague and Carrie Millwood, both of Jamestown and Mattie Riberas of Center Line, 12 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 In Loving Memory Of ROBERT LEE DIBBLE who departed this life seven years ago Jan.

8, 1991. We miss and love you. Your smile will always be with us. Sadly missed by, Katie Houser, Children, Daughter-in-law, Grandchildren, Great-Grandchild, The Dibble Family Friends Continued from Page 1 For example, a lease on a new BMW roadster can cost as little as $319 a month. But Revenue spokeswoman Vicki Ringer said The Family of the late MR.

DOZIER JONES, SR. Wishes to thank the many Churches, all family members and friends for the wonderful act of kindness shown during our time of bereavement. A special thanks is extended to the REV. SAMUEL FREDERICK. May God bless each and everyone of you in a very special way..