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1 Deaths and funerals Council 2 The bvfci-Joumd, Oowood, S.C-, Won- Augut 13, 1990 O'Reilly wins crown in statewide contest MRS. ELIZABETH C. GUY AIKEN Elizabeth Cooper Guy, 77, of 957 Alfred died Aug. 11, 1990. Born in Buckhead, she was a daughter of the late Ira Brinson and Mary Ankers Cooper.

She was a retired teacher from North Aiken Elementary School and was a member of St. John's United Methodist Church and Katie Williams Sunday School class. Surviving are three sons, Walter C. Guy Jr. of Aiken, Daniel C.

Guy of Saluda and Dr. Ira B. Guy of Athens. Services were at 11 a.m. today at St.

John's United Methodist Church. Burial was in McBee City Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the AmpHran Heart Association. 'f -r Christine O'Reilly, 17-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Brian O'Reilly of Greenwood, was crowned "S.C. Young Woman of the Year" Saturday in Aiken. A rising senior at Greenwood High School, Christine was named "Greenwood's Young Woman of the Year" earlier this year. Competing among 24 young women for the state title, Christine won dual honors when she also received "The Spirit Award" voted by her fellow competitors. Christine scored highest in two of the five competition categories, according to the contest judges.

She placed first in creative and performing talents and the presence and composure category. "They're trying to get away from the beauty pageant image in this competition," said Christine during a phone conversation this morning. "Other categories we were judged on included an interview, physical fitness, and scholastic achievements." Her vocal rendition of the traditional hymn, "The Old Rugged Cross," won the talent phase of RUTH K. STONE NEWBERRY Ruth Kibler Stone, 88, formerly of Route 2, died Aug. 11, 1990 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital She was a member of St.

Philip's Lutheran Church and a charter member of the Joy Fellowship Group. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Brady (Sue) Nichols of Leesville; two sons, Harold Stone of Newberry and Roy Stone of Saluda; four sisters, Mrs. Louie (Sudie) Metts, Mrs. Lee (Ethel) Livingston, Mrs.

Pete (Rebecca) Driggers and Mrs. Heyward (Kathryn) Mills, all of Newberry; and two brothers, David Kibler of Newberry and Earl Kibler, both of Spartanburg. Services were today at St. Philip's Lutheran Church. Burial was in the church cemetery.

The family is at the home of Kathryn Mills, 1218 Keroes Newberry. Memorials may be made to St. Philip's Lutheran Church. McSwain-Evans Funeral Home was in charge. AZALEA THOMAS HODGES Miss Azalea Thomas, 92, Formerly of Route 1, died Aug.

10, 1990 at McCormick Health Care Center. Born in Greenwood County, she was a daughter of the late Ed-mond and Hattie Butler Thomas. She was a member of Women's Home Aid Society 98 and a member of Good Hope Baptist Church. She was the last survivor of her immediate family. Services will be announced by Robinson Funeral Service of Ware Shoals.

SEAN D. MATTHEWS Sean David Matthews, 2, of 210 Curl Creek Road, died Aug. 11, 1990, at Self Memorial Hospital. He was a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. Surviving are his parents, Couple (Continued from page 1) the county's accomplishments in attracting more than $250 million in economic investment during the first quarter of this year and in implementing the recommendations of the Aa Hoc Committee on Solid Waste Management, Haynie.

said. Officials from South Carolina's 46 counties met at Hilton Head last week during the association's annual conference. The gathering lasted from Thursday to Saturday. Greenwood County received more good news when the elected Councilman Belle Kennette as third vice president of the organization. The election puts Kennette in line to become president of the association in 1994 if she continues serving on County Council.

"This is an honor not only for her but for Greenwood County," Haynie said. "Greenwood County has a high profile in the Association of Counties, and this gives us a position to influence the direction of the association." Also during the conference, the association adopted its own version of a solid-waste management bill for consideration by the S.C. General Assembly. The association's version differs from the bill previously considered by the General Assembly in that it reduces the amount of direct involvement by state Department of Health and Environmental Control in managing solid-waste planning, Haynie said. "It eliminates DHEC's pervasive regulatory activities, and by doing so it eliminates the $5-per-ton fee that was going to be mandated by the state," he said.

The association's version of the bill would give counties both the responsibility and the authority tot carry out solid-waste planning, Haynie said. The previous version of the bill gave counties the responsibility for planning but deprived them of much of the authority, leaving that to DHEC regulators, he said. Also at the conference, the association decided not to endorse the proposed local-option sales tax. It decided that such an endorsement should be left up to each county government, since the decision whether to adopt the sales tax will be up to each county in November. Haynie said county and municipal officials in Greenwood support the tax and plan to hold public forums in the fall to discuss the merits of the tax.

Cuts (Continued from page 1) also said thai several administrative positions receive full or partial funding from non-local revenue sources. The District 50 Board of Trustees cut $200,000 from the district budget during a long executive session at the end of June. The cuts included approximately $50,000 in repair and maintenance items, $60,000 in existng positions, $32,000 in requested positions, and $40,000 in salary adjustments. Three existing positions were cut due to the budget reduction two principal apprentice slots and an ETV assistant technician slot. Warplanes (Continued from page 1) Persian Gulf, said in a briefing that forces in.

the region are equipped with protective suits, masks 'and antidote's In case of an Iraqi chemical weapons attack. Asked if he was worried about chemical weapons, Fogarty said: "The fact that they do have chemical weapons is disturbing to everybody throughout the world, but we are a trained force, if they happen to employ them." "I feel confident we are prepared td defend ourselves," he said. On the Independence, Rear Adm. Jerry L. Unruh, commander of 'Battle Group Delta, said the battle group's ships also were equipped to deal with a chemical attack, but that the chances of such an attack were "very, very slim." Fogarty said of the Gulf region: "It is a tough environment, the heat and the humidity make it a little uncomfortable.

It is a challenge but our forces have met this challenge." (Continued from page 1) leukemia victims and their families, but heart transplant patient Frank Walden came out Saturday night. "He hugged Frances' neck," Smith said. "It's really overwhelming," said Tiffany's mother. "Tiffany looked up at me and said, 'I can't believe these people are all here to help Her daughter has been in the hospital 80 times in her brief life. "Most of the time, she's real sick about this time of year because of the high humidity.

But this year, if she makes it to Aug. 19, she won't have been in the hospital in six months." Those hospital stays, despite good insurance and under standing staff at Self Memorial Hospital, have taken their financial toll. "We may never get them paid off, but we get them paid down," she said. This benefit was a literal Godsend, Brown believes. "It's amazing to be praying for the Lord to provide a way to make ends meet, and then out of the blue, someone comes up and says they want to do a benefit for Tiffany.

I don't know what to say or do." Tiffany sat spellbound through much of the hooplah. The first time she sought to say "Thank you" into the microphone, the crowd couldn't bear her. The second time, though, the message came across clearly when Fred Smith put the microphone to her lips. "We've done seven or eight of these," said Frances Smith, the organizer. Fred credits his wife with being the true propulsion behind the benefits.

Without her, he says, they just wouldn't go. The irony, he says, is his spouse suffers from a damaged facial nerve that sends such excruciating pain through her that she passes out. "They said there's nothing they can do about it," MRS. NELLIE E. FULMER LAUREN'S Nellie E.

Fulmer, 60, wife of Von P. Fulmer, of Sandy Springs community, died Aug. 10, 1990. Born in Laurens County, she was a daughter of Minnie Black Edwards and the late Verdie Edwards. She was a member of Sandy Springs United Methodist Church.

Surviving, in addition to her husband, are a son, Curtis Fulmer of Laurens; two daughters, Mrs. Patsy Mabry and Mrs. Cathy Williams, both of Laurens; her mother of Laurens; six brothers, Troy Edwards and Oscar Edwards, both of Clinton, Verdie E. Edwards of Sumter, James Edwards and Carl Edwards, both of Laurens and Harry Edwards of Whitmire; and six sisters, Mrs. Doris Landers of Laurens, Mrs.

Avis Roberts and Mrs. Vilot Lambert, both of Clinton, Mrs. Eva Gibbs of Greenwood, Mrs. Lillie Bell Murphy of Enoree and Mrs. Minnie Lee Wilburn of Clarksville, Ga.

Services were Sunday at Sandy Springs United Methodist Church. Gray Funeral Home was in charge. HENRY K. CATOE SR. BETHUNE Henry Kenneth Catoe 41, of 3816 Jones Cemetery Road, died Aug.

11, 1990. Born in Bethune, he was a son of Frances Inez Mangum Catoe and the late William Clyde Catoe. He was an employee of Grace Bleachery, and a member of Timrod Baptist Church. Surviving are two sons, Henry K. Catoe Jr.

of Bethune and Shane M. Catoe of Rock Hill; his mother of Bethune; four brothers, Harold Catoe of Kershaw, Glenn Catoe of Camden, and Donnie Catoe and Wayne Catoe both of Bethune; two sisters, Mrs. William (Frances) Boone of Greenwood and Loretta Rodgers of Bethune. Services will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Timrod Baptist Church.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at Cauthen Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Bethune Rescue Squad. MRS. BILL LINDSAY HONEA PATH Ruby Lee Smith Lindsay, 59, wife of Bill Lindsay, of Route 1, Abies Drive, died Aug. 12, 1990, at Anderson Memorial Hospital.

She was a homemaker and a member of New Hope Baptist Chnrch of Due West. Surviving, in addition to her husband, are a daughter, Mrs. Gaines (Jean) Evans of Anderson; five grandchildren, two of whom were raised in the home, Mrs. John (Joy) Franks of Honea Path and Pam Spivey of Anderson; two sisters, Mrs. Carl (Ollie) Cox of Anderson and Mrs.

Ralph (Cleo) Lusk of Toccoa, and a brother, L.T. Smith of Toccoa. Services were at 4 p.m. today at Faith Baptist Church in Honea Path. Burial was in East View Cemetery, Honea Path.

The family is at the home. Sullivan-King Mortuary, Anderson, was in charge. ROY H. MORRIS COLUMBIA Roy H. "Bubba" Morris, 69, husband of Mrs.

Leone Tyson Morris, of 2 Tempo Court, died Aug. 11, 1990. Born in Greenwood, he was a son of the late John Edward Morris and Nettie Graydon Morris Sproles. He was a World War II veteran and retired from the Army. He retired from South Carolina National Bank and was a member of East Columbia Church of God.

Surviving are two sons, William Morris of Sacramento, and Wayne Morris of Folsom Lake, and two brothers, Carl Morris of Greer and Joseph W. Morris of Spartanburg. Services with military rites will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Green-lawn Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m.

tonight at Dunbar Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to East Columbia Church of God. MADGE S. WOFFORD CHARLESTON Madge S. Wofford, 91, of 1329 Coleridge died Aug.

11, 1990 at St. Francis Hospital in Charleston. She was a member of North-bridge Baptist Church of Charleston, a former teacher of the Madge Wofford Sunday School Class and a member of the WMU. She was a member of the Southern Bell Telephone Pioneer Auxiliary and a former Spartanburg County school teacher. She was also a retired cosmetologist in Greenville.

Surviving are three sons, C.J. Wofford Jr. of Saluda, John T. Wofford of Greenville and Edwin J. Wofford of Charleston; a daughter, Emelyn W.

Commins of Charleston; three sisters, Ruth Workman and Sarah Smith, both of Woodruff and Alma Hudson of Spartanburg; and a brother, Albert Stephens of Laurens. Graveside services were Sunday at Switzer Baptist Church Cemetery, near Woodruff. Stribling Mortuary of Woodruff was in charge. CHRISTINE O'REILLY competition. As state title winner, Christine takes home $2,550 in scholarships and gift certificates for retail merchandise.

She will represent South Carolina in the national finals next summer in Mobile, Ala. The competition once carried the "Junior Miss" title. said Smith. "She's been to at least 30 doctors." He reflects, "She just puts everybody else before herself. She's had a pretty rough time of He said working and helping others helps keep her mind oft her own pain.

Lou Wallace, a benefit regular, says people still show good-heart-edness when it comes to helping others, particularly children. "It just gets bigger and better," Wallace said. She and Patsy Vincent did miss one year, but that was because they had to work second "shift. "We did call in and listen to the music," Wallace chimes in. She adds, "We've never had a bad turn-out.

it's Southern hospitality at its' best." Robby Briggs said he started attending the benefits after hearing about them through Smith. "He's been a friend for a long time," Briggs said. Word about the benefit was spread through a flier, radio, churches, merchants, and the grapevine, Smitiuaid. Mrs. Smith made good use of the phone lines in getting the message out about who would be the year's subject.

"I used to stay on the phone for two or three days at a time," she jokes, The Smiths consider the family's needs when determining who to support through the year's event, i The 1990 Smith benefit and bash wound down around 2 a.m. Sunday. "The band just up and quit at midnight," said Smith. "I didn't get to bed until 3 a.m. We still had 10-15 people here 'til 2 a.m." As of Saturday, though, the benefit cycle had already come full circle.

The 1990 version wasn't cold yet before plans were being laid for 1991. "I've already gotten a phone call about another little boy for next year," said Mrs. Smith. ence experiments." Tomato plants belong to the nightshade family, which includes such poisonous plants as the black nightshade, Marlins Some scientists feared mutations could cause the tomatoes to become like their poisonous relations. "We've noticed that the colors were a little different, but nothing yet that scares us, or makes us think they're monsters," Mit-termeyer said.

"I'm really looking forward to eating the tomatoes. I've been waiting six years," The United States intensified its military fortification of Saudi Arabia and the surrounding seas over the weekend, sending in Marine and Army air assault troops and shipping Patriot surface-to-air missiles and other sophisticated air-deployed weapons to the region. Sources who disclosed the movements said Pentagon planners assumed that, in the event of an Iraqi attack, an initial air battle could be decisive. George Funeral Home was in charge. JOHNNIE RAY YON PERRY Johnnie Ray Yon, 36, husband of Mrs.

Shirley Turbyfill Yon, died Aug. 11, 1990. Born in Aiken County, he was a son of Lessie Smith Yon and the late Jessie Lee Yon. An Air Force veteran, he was a machine operator for Aiken County Public Roads and a member of Rocky Grove Baptist Church. Surviving, in addition to his wife, are his mother of Perry; three brothers, Thomas H.

Yon of Lexington, Lindy "Ricky" Yon of Wagener and Michael A. Yon of Greenwood; and three sisters, Mrs. Shirley Marie Dor of Perry and Mrs. Bonnie Starnes and Mrs. Maine McCollum, both of Salley.

Services will be at 6 p.m. today at New Hope Baptist Church near Pelion. Blizzard Funeral Home of Wagener is in charge. DOT P. MANLEY HODGES Dorothy P.

Man-ley, 58, wife of Alvin D. Manley, of Route 1, East Grumbling Road, died Aug. 13, 1990, at Self Memorial Hospital. Born in Hodges, she was a daughter of Clyde Price and the late Bertha Davis Price. She was employed by Riegel Manufacturing Company, Tasco Industries, and was a member of Providence Baptist Church.

Surviving, in addition to her husband, are her father of Hodges; four sons, Van C. Manley of Annapolis, Marty L. Man-ley and Daryl W. Manley, both of Hodges, and Stephen L. Manley of the home; four sisters, Mrs.

Mary Hodges and Mrs. Ruth Leopard, both of Hodges, Mrs. Merle Hill of Roebuck and Mrs. Nancy Holtzclaw of Broomfield, three brothers, Ed Price, of Lake Greenwood, Rudolph Price of Hodges and Dewey Elmes Pride of Ninety Six; and three grand children. Services will be at 3 p.m.

Tu day at Providence Baptist Chun with the Rev. J.B. Redd and the Rev. Charles Caldwell officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Gardens.

Pallbearers will be David Price, Ray Price, Eddie Price, Jeff Jerry Price, Philip Hodges and Henry Hodges. Honorary escort will be Charlie Pitt, Toby Luker, Marvin Dutton, Larry Moore, J.B. Rogers, Derek Kinney and Joe Smith. The body is at Harley Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight. The body will be placed in the church at 2 p.m.

Tuesday. The family is at the home. MRS. WILLIE MAE D. BROOKS Services for Mrs.

Willie Mae Dean Brooks will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Tabernacle Baptist Church with the Rev. Ernest L. Cain, the Rev. Ulysess Parks and Dr.

Ed F. Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Evening Star Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be deacons, and trustees of Tabernacle Church. Flower bearers will be members of the Missionary Society.

The body will be placed in the church at 2 p.m. Tuesday. The family will receive friends tonight at the home on 621 Gilliam St. Percival-Tompkins Service is in charge. THE INDEX-JOURNAL 261-540 Oiwnwuri Jour.

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Matthews of Greenwood. Graveside services were today at Greenwood Memorial Gradens. The family is at the home. Harley Funeral Home was in charge. City log EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES Greenwood EMS responded Sunday to emergencies at U.S.

25 North (three), Janeway Street (two), U.S. 25 South, West Summit Drive (Ware Shoals), and Valley Road. POLICE DEPARTMENT Greenwood city police on Sunday responded to two disorderly conduct incidents, one assault and battery, one case of resisting arrest, one petit larceny, one case of drawing a weapon in affray, one juvenile complaint, one destruction of real property, and breaking and entering of an auto. SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT The Greenwood County Sheriff's Department responded Sunday to four vandalism incidents, two assaults and battery, one grand larceny, one petit lar ceny, one assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, one domestic problem, and one shoplifting incident. Today's meetings 7 p.m.

The Saluda County Council will meet in the conference room of the county courthouse. Council will consider third and final reading of a bond ordinance for the county's health and human services building. Tomorrow's meetings 7 p.m. The McCormick Town Council will meet at Town Hall. The agenda includes a report from the Redistricting Committee and discussion of an ordinance establishing the Business League Storefront Improvement Rebate Program.

7:30 Abbeville City Council will have its regular meeting in council chambers at the Abbeville Opera House. The agenda includes city manager reports on awarding bids for several city projects. Fires (Continued from page 1) sequoias. Workers tried to protect the trees by clearing debris and undergrowth from around their trunks and applying a chemical fire retardant. Seventy-five people fled a park settlement Sunday to escape the one of the fires.

Fires have burned 127 structures since last week in California ranging from outbuildings to homes. Sixty-six were in Forests, near Yosemite. The park, which usually gets 25,000 weekend visitors, was empty of tourists. (Continued from page 1) reported back to the. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, program manager J.

Gregory Marlins said. So far, no one has grown a "killer tomato' Most have ignored NASA warnings not to eat the fruit. "They're eating them all over the country," Marlins said in a telephone interview from Washington. "In this first generation, there are very few mutations," he said. "But philosophically, we think it's not a good idea to eat your sci Blockade (Continued from page 1) should be tied to Israeli withdrawal from territories it seized in 1967.

Prince Bandar Bin Sultan, the Saudi ambassador to Washington, said on "Good Morning America" that Saddam should not try to make the Israeli territories a part of the Kuwait crisis. "He is mixing the issues," the ambassador said. "That is not an excuse for an Arab country to go an invade another Arab country." Iraq. Iraqi troops Were accused of fatally shooting a British businessman trying to flee Kuwait the first report of a foreigner dying in the invasion. Saddam, in a statement read on Iraqi television, called Sunday for "all cases of occupation, and those cases that have been portrayed as occupation" to be resolved simultaneously, under the "same principles and guidelines." He said Israel must leave the West Bank and Gaza Strip and Syria must withdraw from Lebanon if Iraq is to leave Kuwait.

Israel took the territories from Egypt and Jordan in the 1967 Middle East war. Saddam also demanded the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Saudi Arabia and the end to economic sanctions against his country. The Iraqi leader Warned: "If the spark of war is started, many will be burned." (Continued from page 1) The Saudi pipeline was Iraq's last major operating oil export outlet following the closure of two pipelines through Turkey last week in retaliation for the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Saddam's army took over the wealthy sheikdom Aug.

2 in a dispute over oil, land and money, then began massing along the border of Saudi Arabia, which has the world's largest oil reserves. Western nations quickly boycotted Iraqi goods, including the vital oil, and some Arab nations last week joined the sanctions. American and Arab soldiers were deployed to defend Saudi Arabia, while European, Canadian, and Australian warships headed to the Persian Gulf to join a U.S. flotilla. A group of Iraqi pilots offered Sunday to fly suicide missions against the U.S.

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