Multiple funerals held across towns for local residents
Death notices report services for Henry Paul Harris in Langley at Posey's Funeral Home with burial in Sunset Memory Gardens. Ernest C. Wiggins in Graniteville, L. Louis Sawyer in Graniteville, Margaret Dunbar Walker in Salley, Myra Corine Dukes Tyler in Wagener, and Carrie T. Holstein in Ridge Spring, with local churches and Posey's Funeral Home referenced for arrangements and burials.
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Langley
Henry Paul Harris
Posey’s
Funeral Home Chapel
L.H. Elliott
Sunset Memory Gardens
Mr. Harris
Barrett St
Richmond County Hospital
Graniteville
Ernest C. Wiggins
Posey
Richard Covington
Graniteville Cemetery
Jack Walker
James Gordon
Cecil Ready
Edward Holsenback
Lewis Ready
Bruce Mundy
Wiggins
Main St
Richmond County
Salley
Margaret Dunbar Walker
Sardis Missionary Baptist Church
Wagener
Myra Corine Dukes Tyler
Wagener United Methodist Church
John Hipp
Ronald Davis
Tyler Family
Ridge Spring
Carrie T. Holstein
Ridge Spring Baptist Church
Michael Gay
Paul Sullivan
M.B. Webb
Rufus Chaneyworth
Rocky Bottom Camp for the Blind Opens in South Carolina
Aiken County hosts the Rocky Bottom Camp for the Blind in Pickens County. The National Federation for the Blind of SC develops the facility with dormitories dining and recreational spaces at a cost of about 300000 dollars. South Carolina residents may use the camp free of charge and reservations are already set for several groups this summer. Earlene Gardner chairs local efforts and the Rocky Bottom Camp address is 119 Kilbourne Road 29205.
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Rocky Bottom Camp For the
Pickens County
National Federation For the Blind of
South Carolina
Auicotes County
Peeaia
Earlene Gardner
Aiken County
Rocky Bottom
Kilbourne Road
USC Aiken Benefit Fashion Show Auditions Sunday
Auditions for the USC Aiken benefit fashion show will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. by Jan Fleetwood at Fleetwood Finishing School and Model Agency. The show is planned for USC Aiken in September to raise funds for Student Activities Center grants and campus athletes per SAC Director Marti Costantino.
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Usc-Aiken
Jan Fleetwood
Fleetwood
Usc-A
SAC
Marti Costantino
Aiken County Board of Voter Registration Sets Monthly Meeting
The Aiken County Board of Voter Registration will hold its regular monthly board meeting on Monday at 10 a.m. in the morning session to discuss local voting matters and administrative items.
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Aiken
Singer Ann McCartney to Perform at Hopeland Gardens
Ann McCartney former Colonial Williamsburg singer in residence headlines a Hopeland Gardens concert Monday at 7 p.m. She will perform spirituals Herbert works jazz blues and operatic arias backed by Michael Gerhart her former College of William and Mary student. Free event sponsored by Aiken Recreation Department with parking at Whiskey Road and Mead Avenue. If rain moves indoors to the First Baptist Church on York Street.
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Ann McCartney
Colonial Williamsburg
Hopeland Gardens
Minister To Speak On Stop Drugs At Aiken Breakfast
The Rev. Brian Whitehead will address the Stop Drugs at the Source program Tuesday morning at Wakin in Aiken. The breakfast, sponsored by the Aiken Chamber of Commerce, is at 7 19 a.m. in the St. John's United Methodist Church activities building.
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Brian Whitehead
Aiken
Wakin
Public Hearing Tonight On Free Legal Aid At USC Aiken
A public hearing is scheduled at USC Aiken tonight in room 116 of the Administrative Building from 7 to 9 to discuss expanding free legal services for the poor. The program, funded by federal taxes, would aid indigent civil litigants including cases against the government. Public attendance is invited.
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Usc-Aiken
Aiken
Aikenite Elizabeth Benton Named Outstanding Vocational Teacher
Elizabeth S. Benton a home economics teacher at South Aiken High School was selected Outstanding Vocational Classroom Teacher by the South Carolina Vocational Association at its annual banquet. She is among three state nominees and was elected SCVA president after serving as president-elect last year.
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Elizabeth S. Benton
South Aiken High School
South Carolina Vocational Association
Weekend Heat Persists With Dry Conditions Across Region
A stagnant high pressure system keeps conditions hot and dry this weekend. Tonight and Saturday stay fair and warm with lows in the low 70s and highs near 100. Sunday to Tuesday remain partly cloudy with little rain, and nights in the 70s while daytime highs stay in the 90s.
Census growth shows Aiken County tops regional gains
Preliminary 1970 to 1980 census figures reveal Aiken County and towns like North Augusta Gloverville and Wagener posting double digit gains. County growth 11.6 percent to 101 556 with Aiken City up 6.4 percent to 14 298 and North Augusta rising to 13 374.
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Aiken
Graniteville
Vaucluse
Aiken County
Carrol H. Warner
Warner
North Augusta
Belvedere
Bath
Burnettown
Gloverville
Langley
Warrenville
Monetta
Perry
Windsor
Salley
Wagener
Aiken Recreation Dept promotes inclusive leisure programs
Willie Boyd announces at the Kiwanis Club that the Aiken Recreation Department serves all ages with facilities at H. Odell Weeks and Whiskey Road. The center offers tennis and basketball courts, a track, gymnasiums, and rooms for crafts, races, concerts, and courses.
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Aiken Recreation Department
Willie Boyd
Aiken Kiwanis Club
Director Knows Beans About Canned Food
Naomi Hilderbrand as director of food services for Aiken County schools conducts twice yearly can cutting to rank canned foods. Two sample cans per bid with testing of weight, contents, and taste. results determine bids for school lunches. The best products go to all county students.
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Naomi Hilderbrand
Aiken County
Hilderbrand
Community Calendar highlights local meetings and clinics
Today features Senior Citizens Bridge and Narcotics Anonymous events. Tomorrow lists A A meetings and church activities. Sunday and Monday bring health clinics, museum hours, club meetings, and town council sessions in Aiken County and surrounding towns. Send event notices to Larry Wood, Aiken Standard.
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Senior Citizens Bridge
Senior Citizens Clubhouse
Narcotics Anonymous
York St
Aiken Standard Subscription Rates Note
Publication lists multiple subscription terms and advance payment instruction for the Aiken Standard including weekly monthly and six twelve month options with payments to PBM Subscription.
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Aiken Standard Pbm
Postal workers informally picket not strike at Aiken post office
The Aiken Standard retracts an earlier report stating Eugene Willing participated in an informational strike this year. Postal workers held an informational picket but did not strike, and the paper apologizes for the error.
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Aiken Standard
Eugene Willing
Aiken
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