Korea War veterans form chapter to preserve history
Aiken County Korean War veterans plan a Harold F. Adkison Chapter to keep the conflict in memory. A 2 p.m. Saturday meeting at Burnettown Town Hall will sign up veterans and honor the late infantryman lost at the Chosin Reservoir.
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Aiken County
Harold Prothman
Burnettown Town Hall
Prothman
Harold F. Adkison
Chosin Reservoir
U.S. Army
Adkison
Jack Adkison
Veterans Memorial Park
Bath
Korea
Harold Adkison
South Korea
Beech Island Heritage Day features woodcarvers and reenactors
At Granville Plantation the 15th annual Beech Island Heritage Day explores life from the 1500s to 1700s with reenactors from St. Augustine to Saluda and Johnston. Aiken Woodcarvers including Gene Moseley and Polly Moseley demonstrate relief and relief carving while Dale Poston portrays 1700s Irish trader Galphin.
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Beech Island
Granville Plantation
Silver Bluff
George Galphin
Menendez
St. Augusta
Fla
St. Mary’s
Saluda
Johnston
Russian visitor learns free enterprise on ground level
A 25-year-old Russian businessman from Ufa, Yulay Kidrasov, tours Aiken County with builder Robbie Goldman to study American free enterprise. He and his 20 staff sell paint, sheet rock and ceiling systems, while USC Aiken hosts a “Business for Russia” program. He stays with local hosts, enjoys outdoor recreation, and impressed locals with spicy pork chops.
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Aiken County
CSRA
Yulay Kidrasov
Ufa
Bashkortostan
Aiken
Robbie Goldman
Russia
Kidrasov
University of South Carolina
USC
Goldman
Bill
Marsha Shelburn
Marsha
University of South Carolina Aiken
Shelburn
David
Lynn Harrison
Harrison
USCA
Business For
Baynham
Japan
South Carolina
Ginny Southworth
Bechtel Telescope Opens at Star Party in Aiken
The Bechtel Telescope at the Ruth Patrick Science Education Center Observatory debuts to the public with a Spring Star Party from 7 to 11 p.m. Activities include planetarium shows 7 and 8 p.m. and telescope viewing with free lectures and refreshments available for a charge.
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Bechtel
Ruth Patrick Science Education Center
Augusta
Ruth Patrick
Usc Aiken
Mosely and Hightower Seek Trustee Posts at Aiken Electric
Henry Moseley announces re election bid for District 4 at the May 19 annual meeting of Aiken Electric Cooperative Roscoe Hightower former trustee also plans to seek the District 3 directorship Moseley pledges efficient service at low cost and opposes rate hikes while promoting a good work environment Hightower notes growth during 1992 1995 and frames himself as a fiscal conservative aiming to avert energy crises
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Aiken Electric Cooperative
Henry Moseley
Roscoe Hightower
Public Power
Moseley
California
Pennsylvania
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Gene
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Larry
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Hightower
Aiken Electric Co-op
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