Mrs Olive Brown 75 Ridge Spring Dies
Funeral services for Mrs Olive Brown 75 of Ridge Spring are held at Mt Pleasant Baptist Church with Rev John Wrenn officiating Burial follows in the church cemetery Survivors include three daughters six sons and a sister Memorial lists include Batesburg Wal t erboro Aiken Graniteville West Columbia Ridge Spring and North Augusta.
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Ridge Spring
Olive Brown
Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church
John Wrenn
Marvin A Cumbe
Batesburg
Harold Cato
Jeppd Burson
Vaucluse
Jessie Brown
Walterboro
Harold Brown
Aiken
Grover
Buck) Brown
Coxwell Rites Held for Belvedere Resident
Funeral services for Maggie Vance Coxwell passed Friday at Posey's Chapel North Augusta with Rev. Ralph Luman officiating. Burial followed at Graniteville Cemetery. Survived by mother Malissa Day Yance two sisters Sadie Berry Louise Isdell and six brothers. Pallbearers named Yonce and Gregory family members.
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Belvedere
Maggie Vance Coxwell
Edgefield Drive
Posey
Sadie Y. Berry
Aiken
Louise Y. Isdell
Cleon H. Yonce
Walter M. Yonce
Morrow, Ga
Bennie L. Yonce
Jonesboro
William G. Yonce
North Augusta
Milton FE. Yonce
Leonard Yonce
Matthews Rites Are Conducted
Leila Mae Matthews 76 died Friday in a local hospital after a long life in Augusta. Born in Aiken County she lived more than 50 years in Augusta and was a retired practical nurse.
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Augusta
Leila Mae Matthews
Aiken County
Aiken Standard Masthead and Shipping Rates
The Aiken Standard established 1867 publishes every afternoon except Saturdays and Sundays. It lists contact details including P O Box 456 and address 124 Rutland Drive Aiken SC ZIP 29801. Rates show 35c weekly by carrier 1.50 monthly by carrier 18.50 yearly by mail 9.50 six months by mail 5.00 three months by mail.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken
S. C
S.C
Associated Press
United Press International
Toole Funeral Set Tomorrow In Aiken Area
Jimmie Toole of Route 2 Box 734 Aiken died Friday. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 4 30 p.m. at Old Rosemary Baptist Church near Montmorenci with Rev E Davis officiating. Burial in church cemetery. Surviving are parents Mr and Mrs Howard Toole three sisters Mary Toole Elizabeth Simmons Betty Williams all of Aiken six brothers Howard Toole Jr Alonzo Toole Henry Toole Roy Toole Norman Toole all of Aiken Oscar Toole of New York City. Friends may call at residence Montmorenci or Jackson Brooks Funeral Home Aiken.
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Jimmie Toole
Aiken
Old Rosemary Baptist Church
Monmorenci
E. Davis
Oakwood
Howard Toole
Mary Toole
Elizabeth Simmons
Betty Williams
Howard Toole Jr
Alonzo Toole
Henry Toole
Roy Toole
Norman Toole
Oscar Toole
New York City
Montmorenci
Jackson-Brooks
Graniteville Company Reports Strong Q1 1970 Results
Graniteville Company announces first quarter 1970 net sales of 28.499 million dollars up 8 percent from 1969. Operating income before taxes was 1.506 million, up from 0.706 million. Net earnings rose 76 percent to 0.688 million, or 42 cents per share, from 0.391 million and 24 cents. President Robert P. Timmerman cites imports and economic weakness as limiting profits and urges federal import controls.
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Graniteville Company
Robert P. Timmerman
National
Congress
SPCA Busy As Families Stay Home From Work
SPCA officials warn of more work as parents are home and children are out of school. Harry Young notes the center handles calls 24 hours, and his home backs the complex for emergencies after hours. The Humane Society cites many loose dogs, while Young says only dogs with vaccination tags may be impounded due to no leash laws in Aiken.
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Humane Society
SPCA
Harry Young
Young
Aiken
Local pageant officials named in contest coverage
Miss man was Bob Westmoreland. Production managers were James Gregory and Charles Watts. Mrs. Bobby Jones and Mrs. Karen Sides supervised the contestants.
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Bob Westmoreland
James Gregory
Charles Watts
Bobby Jones
Karen Sides
Welfare Board Disputes Director On County Home Rule Bill
Three of five Aiken County Public Welfare Board members object to a comment by Welfare Director Mrs. Wilhelmina Moody endorsing the county manager form. A board statement signed by Van Zile Watson and Taylor says the board did not endorse nor oppose the form and has no role in endorsing any political entity.
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Aiken County Public Welfare Board
Wilhelmina Moody
A.F. T. van Zile
Abbie Watson
W.A. Taylor
Public Welfare
Public Welfare Board
Right Viewpoint in Life Eases Burdens
A short inspirational note suggests that adopting a positive perspective can lighten daily burdens and improve resilience. Readers are encouraged to cultivate calm, hopeful thinking and focus on constructive attitudes to navigate challenges.
Red Cross Bloodmobile To Visit Graniteville
The Aiken County Chapter of the American Red Cross invites donors to Graniteville high school on Thursday from 2 30 to 7 p m for a blood drive in the school cafe. The goal is 175 pints. Donors must be in good health aged 18 or older and weigh at least 110 pounds. Ages 18 to 21 need parental consent unless married or in military service. Those over 66 require physician consent.
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Aiken County
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Leavelle McCampbell
Graniteville
Thievestamper at several shops and steal items
Thieves tampered with washing machines and soda machines at Economy Wash House on Vaucluse Road and stole five coin boxes and other cash. Other breakins reported include Ponderosa Restaurant beer, Dailey Oil office, Johnsons Drug Store safe tampered, stolen car stereo cartridges, and a car window broken at Timmerman Oldsmobile. A separate assault occurred on Barnwell Avenue near RX Drug Store.
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Aiken
Economy Wash House
Vaucluse Road
Ruth Harres
Ponderosa
Earl Roberts
Dailey Oil Company
Marlboro Street
Johnson
C.C. Johnson
William Mobley
Summer Street
Fred E. Warren
Banks Mill Road
Timmerman Oldsmobile
Freddie Moore
RX Drug Store
Laurens Street
Barnwell Avenue
Moore
Center Elementary Fifth Grade to Stage Tricentennial Play
The fifth grade at Center Elementary School will perform a self written Tricentennial Play at 7 30 p m tomorrow in the school auditorium during a PTA meeting. The students also created the sets costumes and props for the production.
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Center Elementary School
PTA
Tony Awards Bring Mixed Emotions
New York AP reports the 24th Tony Awards celebrate Applause as top musical with Bacall praised by peers and Beaton calling it spiffy. Borstal Boy wins best drama while Tammy Grimes and Fritz Weaver win acting honors for Private Lives and Childs Play.
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New York
Lauren Bacall
Cecil Beaton
Alfred Lunt
Melba Moore
Miss Bacall
Ron Field
Brendan Behan
Dublin
Frank McMahon
Cleavon Little
Miss Moore
Tammy Grimes
Fritz Weaver
Weekend triple tragedy leaves sixteen dead in South Carolina
The Associated Press reports multiple drownings and crashes over the weekend. James A. Hudson and family suffered a drowning in Caw Caw Swamp Creek near Brunson after an auto slid off a wooden bridge. Hudsons three daughters Debra Lyn nine Wanda Kay eight Angela Carol seven and friend Greg Allen Wood of Allendale perished. Most victims were young. other deaths include 6-year-old Chris Cooper and 16-year-old James Timmons in ponds, two teenagers killed in a head on collision near Bethune Emily Hopkins sixteen and Donnie Burnham eighteen, a 9-year-old Michael Howe in a Hartsville motorbike collision, and pedestrians Jesse Cassell fifty one and Sam Ralph Raybon fifty three killed in separate incidents. An inquest is planned.
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Associated Press
South Carolina
Caw Swamp
Brunson
James A. Hudson
Hudson
Debra Lyn
Wanda Kay
Angela Carol
Greg Allen Wood
Allendale
Hudsons
Wood
Chris Cooper
Charleston Heights
James Timmons
Lamar
Bethune
Emily Hopkins
Bishopville
Donnie Burnham
Camden
Michael Howe
Society Hill
Hartsville
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