Deaths And Funerals Samuel Oliver Norris 59
Funeral services for Samuel Oliver Norris, 59, of 3011 Vaucluse Road S W Aiken, died Saturday. Service held today at 2 p.m. in George Funeral Home chapel Aiken conducted by Rev. Robert R Clyburn. Burial at Aiken Memorial Park. Pallbearers listed. Mother Dorothy Campbell of West Palm Beach Fla and sister Mrs Marshal Holloway of Sanford Fla noted. Friends may call at funeral home or residence.
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Samuel Oliver Norris
Vaucluse Road
S.W
Aiken
Chapel of George Funeral Home
Robert R. Clyburn
Aiken Memorial Park
Homer Agee
Francis Barton
Guy Gardner
Wallace Knopp
Bill Dempsey
Robert Magee
Howard Burdette
William Sweet
Gifford Rites Set in Aiken County for Jacob F Gifford
Jacob Fillmore Gifford 77 died Sunday at Aiken County Hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services Wednesday at 5 p.m. at George Funeral Home Aiken with Rev G Lamar Morgan officiating. Burial Hollow Creek Church cemetery. Survived by widow Rebecca Anne Clark Gifford, daughter Wendy Sue, stepdaughters Carol Murray and Rose Haines, stepson Walter Haines, mother Lydia Gifford, sisters Ruth Haines Delores Faunce Alice Parsons Bobby Key, brother James H Gifford. Friends may call at residence and funeral home.
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New Ellenton
Jacob Fillmore Gifford
Coffey St
Aiken County
Chapel of George Funeral Home
Aiken
G. Lamar Morgan
Hollow Creek Church
New Haven
Conn
Gifford
Rebecca Anne Clark Gifford
Wendy Sue Gifford
Carol Murray
Burlington
N.J
Rose Haines
Walter Haines
Riverside
Lydia Gifford
Ruth Haines
Delores Faunce
Bargainton
Alice Parsons
Bobby Key
James H. Gifford
Sunflower
Kan
Obituary of Mrs Dorathy McDowell of Aiken
Mrs. Dorathy McDowell 41 of 421 Aiken Lane died Monday at home. Funeral arrangements by Jackson Brooks Funeral Home Aiken. Native of Aiken and member of Second Baptist Church. Survived by four daughters Bernita Croft Dorothy B McDowell Teresa L McDowell Rhea M McDowell of Aiken and three sons William A Salley Bridgeton NJ Walter B McDowell.
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Dorothy McDowell
Aiken Lane
Jackson- Brooks Funeral Home
Aiken
Second Baptist Church
Bernita Croft
Dorothy B. McDowell
Teresa L. McDowell
Rhea M. McDowell
William A. Salley
Bridgeton
N.J
Walter B. McDowell
Aiken Standard Daily Publication Rates and Addresses
The Aiken Standard established 1867 publishes weekdays with AP dispatches. It lists mail and carrier rates, box address 456, 124 Rutland Drive, Aiken SC 29801, with corrections policy and subscription prices per period.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken
S. C
S.C
Associated Press
Powell 81 dies in Winnsboro service set
Mrs. Marie L. Powell 81 died at Fairfield Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Bethel Methodist Church with burial in Greenbriar Methodist Cemetery. She was a Fairfield County native. Survived by two daughters Mrs. John S. Rich Jr. of Columbia and Mrs. J L Hunt of Woodruff and five sons W Clyde Powell Frank Powell Columbia Lewis S Powell Charles ton Palmer E Powell Winnsboro and Warren F Powell North Augusta. Pope Funeral Home Winnsboro in charge.
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Winnsboro
Marie L. Powell
Fairfield Memorial Hospital
Bethel Methodist Church
Greenbriar Methodist Cemetery
Fairfield County
John S. Rich Jr
Columbia
J.L. Hunt
Woodruff
W. Clyde Powell
Frank Powell
Lewis S. Powell
Charleston
Palmer E. Powell
Warren F. Powell
North Augusta
Pope Funeral Home
Mrs Alonzo B Clark Dies in Augusta At 2 P M
Mrs Alonzo B Clark of 911 Heard Ave died Monday at 2 PM and was buried in the Galphin Family Cemetery. Dr R J Robinson and Rev Sanford M Kidd Jr officiated. A native of Beech Island she lived most of her life in Augusta and was a member of the First Baptist Church. Friends may call at Poteet Funeral Home on Greene Street.
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Alonzo B
Georgia Galphin
Infant Deana Aaron Expires. Graveside Service Set
Grave side services for Deana Leigh Aaron infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Aaron will be held Wednesday at 3 p.m. in Magnolia Cemetery with Rev. Felton Hardin officiating. Survived by parents paternal grandparents Clarence Goodwill Roanoke Virginia and maternal grandmother Ruby Rappe Piedmont Alabama. Friends may call Poseys Funeral Home North Augusta or at the residence.
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North Augusta
Deana Leigh Aaron
Charles E. Aaron
Metz Drive
Aiken
Magnolia Cemetery
Felton Hardin
Clarence Goodwill
Roanoke
Ruby Rappe
Piedmont
Ala
Posey
Beech Island resident S B Broome Sr dies at 3 p.m. service
Spires Brinkley Broome Sr of Beech Island died Sunday in a local church service at 3 p.m. Burial details follow. He owned Broome's Tractor Company, served in World War II, and was a longtime Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church member. Survived by wife Edna A Broome four sons Brink Roy Jim and John all of Beech Island one daughter Mary plus four brothers and four sisters.
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Beech Island
Brinkley Broome Sr
Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church
James C. Gilliam
F.W. Chandler
Church Cemetery
Broome
Edna A. Broome
Brink Broome
Roy Broome
Jim Broome
John Broome
Mary Broome
C.G. Broome
North Augusta
Filmore Broome
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Mammie Steinek
Charlotte
Jessie Bullard
Ada Harter
Ninety
Betty Chandler
Greenwood
Mrs Barbara Duffey Dies After Illness in Aiken Home
Mrs Barbara Duffey 25 wife of Franklin J Duffey Jr of 1014 Williams Dr Aiken died yesterday after extended illness. Services set for 11 a.m. tomorrow at St John United Methodist Church with Dr Feltham S James officiating. Burial in Sunset Memory Gardens. Born in Auburn Alabama she lived in Aiken most of life. Survived by husband and parents Walter B Scott and Carolyn Smith grandparents and sister Patricia Scott. Memorials suggested to American Cancer Society or Easter Seal Society care of St John church.
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Barbara Scott Duffey
Franklin J. Duffey Jr
Williams
Aiken
St. John United Methodist Church
Feltham S. James
Sunset Memory Gardens
Auburn
Ala
University of North Carolina-Greensboro
Duffey
Atlanta
Walter B. Scott
Patricia Scott
Carolyn Smith
Berea
American Cancer Society
Methodist Youth Camp Fund
St. John’s United Methodist Church
Easter Seal Society
Three North Augusta Students Placed on Probation
Three North Augusta High School students were placed on court probation for an altercation on school grounds last Monday. A third female student charged with assaulting two teachers failed to appear, bond of 100 dollars forfeited. the fight started in a doorway and moved to the yard at 10:30 a.m. One black female student allegedly struck two teachers and was expelled for the rest of the year.
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North Augusta
North Augusta High School
O.P. Hollis
Recorder’s Court
Steve C. Eubanks
Eubanks
Pallbearers Named for Local Obituary Service
Pallbearers listed include J.O. Prior, J.H. Prior, Dewitt Bellemy, Dillard Bellemy, W.L. Borden, and James Little for the services.
Obituary of Ella Johnson of Beech Island
Mrs Ella Thomas Johnson a Jackson native died Monday in Philadelphia Pa announced by Peoples Funeral Home She was a member of St Phillip Baptist Church Beech Island Surviving are one son Deacon Ben Johnson Augusta and two daughters Mrs Fairy Bell Wade Philadelphia and Mrs Corine Dixon Augusta
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Jackson
Ella Thomas Johnson
Philadelphia
Peoples Funeral Home
St. Phillip Baptist Church
Beech Island
Ben Johnson
Augusta
Fairy Bell Wade
Corine Dixon
North Augusta Chamber Director Gunnells to Retire
Jim Gunnells, North Augusta's first full time chamber director, resigns effective April 23 to become administrative assistant at the Anderson Area Chamber of Commerce. A search committee will collect applications for his successor as Gunnells cites regional economic potential and leadership in the Golden Triangle.
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North Augusta
Jim Gunnells
Greater
Gunnells
The
Aiken Standard
Anderson Area
Chamber
Golden Triangle
Anderson
Chamber of Commerce
Try Outs Set At Playhouse In Virginia Acres Park
The Aiken Community Playhouse schedules try outs for an evening of readings as its fourth yearly event. Auditions occur Thursday at 7 30 p m in the playhouse building inside Virginia Acres Park with four parts featuring two men and two women.
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Aiken
Civilisation film series ends with final episode
The last Civilisation film, Heroic Materialism, is shown at Rose Hill Art Center with screenings Wednesday and Thursday evenings at 8 and Thursday afternoon at 1 at Aiken Technical Education Center on the Augusta Highway. Lord Kenneth Clark discusses humanitarian reformers and the journey from the industrial revolution to modern Western civilization.
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Rose Hill Art Center
Aiken Technical Education Center
Augusta Highway
Kennth Clark
Wounds Fatal To Woman and Man Charged In Slaying
A Norcross woman Mary Jones died at University Hospital after a weekend shooting on Park Avenue in Aiken. Ernest Cade 29 was re arraigned on a murder charge. Police also report marijuana arrests, fire calls, and recent thefts including a tractor trailer and a North Augusta home break in.
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Norcross
University Hospital
Norcoss
Public Safety
J.C. Busbee
Ernest Clarence Cade
Mary Jones
Park Avenue
Aiken
Busbee
Aiken County
Kitty Hawk court martial ends with few cleared
In San Diego the Kitty Hawk court martial trials conclude with several black crewmen still jailed or discharged. The final trial found Airman Noel A. Smith of San Francisco guilty of assaulting a white crewman with a ketchup bottle and disrespect for an officer by refusing a brig exam.
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San Diego
Calif
Navy
Noel A. Smith
San Francisco
Brig
Pearman outlines I-20 growth and city widening plans
Silas N. Pearman told Aiken Kiwanis members that about 4.5 million in contracts have been let in Aiken County over two years with 50 million allocated since World War II including 22 million on I-20. He cited a 1.2 million bid for widening U.S. 78 and S.C. 215 and adding left turn lanes on U.S. 1, plus four laning of Richland Avenue east of the city and improvements at Carolina Drive Valley Road East Rollingwood for safety. He urged ARTS support for long range planning and questioned using road taxes for mass transit, noting South Carolina pays more into federal road funds than it receives back.
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Silas N. Pearman
Aiken Kiwanians
Pearman
Aiken County
Richland Avenue
Arkenites
Carolina Drive
Valley Road
East
Rollingwood
U.S. 1
Highway Trust Fund
South Carolina
District of Columbia
Kershaw Chamber Director To Address Key Club Event
Jack L. Brantley executive director of the Kershaw Chamber of Commerce in Camden will speak at the St. Angela Key Club annual banquet at 7 30 p m at the Holiday Inn His talk titled The Key Club and Community Involvement highlights Brantleys extensive civic work including past directorates with the Jasper County Heart Association Jasper County Chamber of Commerce and the United Fund He is a 1958 Clemson graduate and 37 years old with multiple honors and recognitions.
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Jack L. Brantley
Kershaw Chamber of Commerce
Camden
St. Angela Key Club
Holiday Inn
Brantley
Clemson University
United States Jaycees
Jasper County Heart Association
Jasper County Chamber of Commerce
S.C. Assn
Kershaw County United Fund
Jasper County
S.C
S.C. Jaycees
Health Panel Plans Meeting Next Week
The Lower Savannah Regional Comprehensive Health Planning Advisory Committee will hold its monthly meeting on April 17 at 8 p.m. at the Edisto Electric Cooperative Building in Bamberg.
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Lower Savannah
Edisto Electric Cooperative
Bamberg
Truck Found But Escapee Still Free
The county truck used by prisoner R A Mason in his escape from the Stockade was found abandoned on an Augusta street near 11th and Green. Mason, serving a three year sentence for house breaking and grand larceny, remains at large after the second escape from the minimum security facility in two weeks.
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Augusta
R.A. Mason
Mason
Stockade
Bob Burns
Llth and
Green
Georgia City
Board Fails To Elect. Willis Appointed At $25 Year
In a February outlined process a two thirds vote was required for selection. Moseley and Osbon moved to suspend rules but no vote was taken. Willis was elected 4-3 and offered a three year contract at 25 dollars yearly. Dr G T Myers will retire in June.
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Shealy
Moseley
Osborto
Osbon
Willis
Shealey
G.T. Myers
Aiken
City awards bid for police call and radio recording system
The Dog Law department reports a new system to record all police calls and radio messages with timestamps. Three bids were opened. Magnasyne Mobila of California had the low bid at $9,508.15 and was awarded. City Manager Windham said 75 percent of funds come from LEAP and 25 percent from the police budget.
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Police Department
Magnasyne Moviola
California
Windham
Law Enforcement
Forty two windows broken at North Augusta junior high
North Augusta Junior High School reported forty two windows shattered by vandals yesterday. Police estimated the damage at two hundred ten dollars, with rocks suspected as the cause.
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North Augusta
North Augusta Junior High School
Therm-O-Disc plant plans near Aiken continue to unfold
Verenes said the site’s tax and price outlook must rise for the project to expand beyond current scope. The company will decide its capital investment after discussions with the development board, while engineers review local contractor availability as Therm-O-Disc evaluates sites across the Southeast.
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Verenes
Development Board
Community Calendar Highlights Local Meetings and Events
The Rescue Squad meets at 7 30 p m at headquarters. The Board of Education gathers at 7 30 p m at the educational center. The Aiken Elementary PTA convenes at the school at 7 30 p m. County Commissioners meet at 8 p m at the health center. Rabies Clinic runs 3 5 p m at East Aiken Farmers Market and North Augusta Fire Station. Knights of Columbus meet at 8 p m at 1003 Spaulding. Graniteville Band Booster Club at 7 30 p m in the Lea Velle McCampbell High School band room.
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Board of Education
Aiken Elementary Pta
East Aiken
North Augusta
Knights of Columbus
Spaulding
Graniteville Band
Leavelle McCampbell High School
Graniteville
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Samuel O. Norris
Jacob F. Gifford
Mrs. McDowell
Alonzo B. Clark
Deanna Aaron
Spires
B. Broome Sr
Barbara Duffey
J.O. Prior
J.H. Prior
Dewitt Bellemy
Dillard Bellemy
W.L. Borden
James Little
Vrs
Ella Johnson
Dats
National Weather Service
NOAA
U.S. Dept of Commerc
Northeast
Pacific
N.A
Hartwell, Ga
Playhouse For Readings
Terday
J.E. Shuler
Julian Williams
York Street
Sheriff's Department
Hal Cato
Rt. 1
Ridge Spring
Gary Hinman
Hill Street
Callie Gunter
Wagner
Department
U.S. 178
State Highway Commission
Kershaw
Clemson
Board
N.A. School
Davis
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