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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1979
Page
2
A series of obituaries lists Cora Bennett White of North Augusta and Jeanne Buchanan Belvedere. Isaac Hall Jr. of Aiken. Bennie Pettigrew of North Augusta. Hesterly Hicks of Wagoner. Larry Johnson of North Augusta. and related survivors, funeral plans, and burial details across Richmond County and nearby towns.
Dr. C Parker Meek 64 of 524 York St died yesterday at home. Funeral at 5 p.m. tomorrow at St Johns United Methodist Church with Rev. Robert E James and Rev. John Hipp officiating. Burial in Forsyth Cemetery Forsyth Ga. Survived by four sisters and a list of doctors and officials as pallbearers. Memorials to St Johns United Methodist Church building fund. Public viewing at George Funeral Home tonight 7 to 9.
Invoices and correspondence show Solomon Blatt bought more than $4,000 in prison made furniture via Barnwell School District 54 that was not accepted. Blatt dealt directly with Kirkland Correctional Center officials to repair items. A high back judge's chair repeatedly returned for repairs after tipping over, eventually replaced.
Joe Cecil Maroney 71 of Route 2 died Tuesday in Aiken County. Services at 3 p.m. today at St. James Lutheran Graniteville with Revs. A L Potter and W L Brown officiating. Survived by daughter Annette Heath Clearwater son Jesse P Maroney Aiken sister Mrs Lloyd Kendrick Martinez Ga Memorials to Masonic Crippled Children's Hospital Greenville Poseys Funeral Home Graniteville in charge.
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The weekend forecast shows partly cloudy skies with clear tonight and a low in the upper 40s. Tomorrow’s high near 80, with near zero rain in the next 24 hours. Sunday to Tuesday stay mild with highs in the 70s and lows around the 50s, with a chance of showers Monday and Tuesday.
A weekend schedule lists events at Odell Weeks Center USC Aiken Hagood Stadium and local venues. Activities include senior citizen gatherings, Fine Arts Festival, Narcotics Anonymous meetings, Story Hour performances, Thoroughbred Hall of Fame events, Flower Show, A A meetings, choral concerts, doll house tours, and city council sessions across Friday through Sunday with multiple venues in Aiken North Augusta New Ellenton and Hopeland Gardens.
Montmorenci and Couchton residents meeting at Montmorenci First Baptist Church heard Aiken County Council cannot act on a petition to form a special tax district until state law changes. Attorney Jack M. Hunter Jr. cited a state ruling deeming taxes on personal property unconstitutional and discussed financing by taxing improvements only.
Rep. Sam Manning sought to add nuclear waste burial rules to the fiscal 197980 state budget bill. Speaker Pro Tempore Ramon Schwartz ruled the measure unconstitutional under House rules. The appeal failed 81 to 7, and Manning vows to push the issue as a separate bill.
Beech Island sheriff's investigators with the FBI probe a bank robbery near the Kimberly-Clark plant. The Ford Galaxie getaway car was abandoned on a dirt road off Sherton Drive minutes after the robbery, the same road used in a 1975 holdup. Employees were paid Wednesday and Thursday.
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