Deaths and Funerals List in Aiken County Area
Obituaries note the deaths of Mrs. Japonica Williams 65 of Perrin Street and Miss Mary Verdeulous Williams 42 of Aiken County in Boston among others. Survivors include children, siblings, and extended relatives. Funeral services are arranged by Jackson-Brooks Funeral Home and Peoples Funeral Home with callings at listed residences and churches.
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Japonica Williams
Perrin St
Aiken County
Jackson-Brooks Funeral Home
Williams
Kingdom Hall Jehovah’s Witnesses Church
Nina Lee McCray
Eutanville
Aza Lee Cushman
Minnie Lee Harris
Aiken
Nelson Davis
Manhattan
N.Y
Senate Drive
Boston
Mass
Mary Verdeulous Williams
Miss Williams
Zion Hill Baptist Church
Smart Williams
Edna Newman
Ruby D. Briscoe
Augusta
Isiah Williams
Harvey Lee Williams
Syracuse
James Henry Williams
Alex E. Williams
Columbus
North Augusta
Mary Coleman
Route 3
Richmond County
Peoples Funeral Home
Rainy spell with daily showers and muggy heat
The forecast shows a 40 percent chance of rain today and tomorrow with showers mainly in the late afternoon and evening. Daytime temperatures near 90 degrees and overnight lows around the low 70s, continuing through the week with high humidity.
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Southwest
Gulf and Atlantic Coast
New England
Rotary Leader urges growth for Aiken club
Aiken Rotary District governor Claude S. Simpson Jr. urged expansion and hints at another club possibly in South Africa. Simpson, Clemson University instructor, said sharing territory avoids surrender. Tim Simmons was inducted as a new member with an MBA from The Citadel and Lyon-Croft Weeks Real Estate employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken Rotary Club
Rotary
Claude S. Simpson Jr
Aiken Club
Rotary Club
South Africa
On-Farm Alcohol Production Demonstrations Schedule
Three one day demonstrations show small scale on-farm alcohol production using local feedstock. Sponsored by the Governor's Division of Energy Resources and Clemson University, sessions cover permits feedstocks and safety. They run 9 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. at Simpson Pendleton Pee Dee Blackville Aug 20 Sept 2 Sept 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Governor’s Division of Energy Resources
Clemson University
Simpson
Pendleton
Pee Dee
Edisto
Blackville
Ken Kinard
Community calendar with varied local meetings and clinics
Today and tomorrow schedule lists family planning clinics at Margaret J Weston Health Center in Clearwater Midland Valley Shopping Center, plus meetings for North Augusta Exchange Club Overeaters Anonymous Aiken groups and town events. Readers may contact Ellison Garvin at Aiken Standard for write in dates.
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Margaret J. Weston
Midland Valley
Clearwater
North Augusta
Aiken County Mental Health Association
First Presbyterian Church
Aiken
H. Odell Weeks
National Association of Federal Retired Employees
Windsor Town Council
A & M Organ Club
Midland Valley Shopping Center
Aiken County
DAR
Henry Middleton
H. Odell Weeks Activities Center
Senior Citizens Bridge
Senior Citizens Clubhouse
Ambucs
Western Steer
Aiken County Health Department
Knights of Columbus
Spaulding Dr
Valley A.A
Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church
Gloverville
Ellison Garvin
Aiken Standard
Schweitzer Hospital Faces Troubled Future in Gabon
In Lambarene Gabon an ultramodern medical center replaces the old huts but the Schweitzer hospital faces mounting deficits. The 1981 deficit nears $260000 with $5 million raised but operating costs unfunded. Gabon and international donors balance budgets while Scheidecker warns of a white elephant risk.
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Lambarene
Gabon
Albert Schweitzer
United States
Africa
Schweitzer
Ogooue
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
U.S
Switzerland
West Germany
Omar Bongo
Yves Scheidecker
Scheidecker
Stamp Outreach Program Ends as Cuts Force Phasing Out
The Department of Social Services will end its food stamp outreach after September due to staff cuts. Outstations will visit Wagener on August 13 and North Augusta on August 20, then return to Wagener September 10 and Gloverville September 14 and North Augusta September 17 before closure. Clients may call the office for recertification appointments and the receptionist will arrange with the appropriate caseworker.
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Department of Social Services
Wagener
North Augusta
Gloverville
New Ellenton Meeting Rescheduled For Monday
The New Ellenton City Council meeting was postponed last night and moved to Monday in the Town Hall on Main Street.
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New Ellenton
New Ellenton City
Main Street
PUSH to Meet Each Thursday Invites Public
People United to Save Humanity will meet every Thursday at 7 30 p m at the Smith Hazel Recreation Center. Rev Gary Allen coordinates Operation PUSH the Chicago based group founded by Rev Jesse Jackson. A joining fee of 10 dollars is requested the public is invited.
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People United To Save Humanity
Smith Hazel Recreation Center
Gary Allen
Operation
PUSH
Jesse Jackson
Correction confirms Jeannie Storey pictured
Aiken Standard correction notes the person in yesterday's photo is Jeannie Storey, not Nancy Lee, clarifying the identity for readers.
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Jeannie Storey
Nancy Lee
Windsor Town Council Meets For Routine Session
Windsor Town Council meets to discuss routine business at 8 p.m. in the Town Hall on U S Highway 78. No agenda was released.
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Windsor
U.S. Highway 78
Subscription rates for Aiken Standard prepaid mail
The notice lists prepaid subscription prices for the Aiken Standard with options for 1 week 1 month 3 months 6 months and 12 months and instructs all advance payments to be made to Aiken Standard PBM Subscription.
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Aiken
Aiken Standard Pbm
Augusta Doctor Loses Support From Congressman
The Augusta Congressman D Douglas Barnard has withdrawn his support for Dr Richard S Owings as a candidate for U S surgeon general Barnard cited new information and sent a letter to presidential aide Max Friedersdorf in announcing the change Owings 57 said the 1975 drug related accusations and a suspension at University Hospital in Augusta are past history He noted Thurmond Hollings and Barnard previously backed him and that C Everett Koop remains the nominee at the White House with Senate action pending
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Augusta
U.S
D. Douglas Barnard
D-Ga
Richard S. Owings
United States
Max Friedersdorf
Barnard
Owings
Sen
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Ernest F. Hollings
D-S.c
Reagan
Ago
Philadelphia
C. Everett Koop
Koop
Senate
University Hospital
Georgia Board of Medical Examiners
University of South Carolina
Jury selection continues in Arkwright murder retrial
In Spartanburg AP three jurors seated in the retrial of Robert Earl Brown Jr. 38 for a July 29 1980 armed robbery killing of Gary Coleman 71 and Jesse Monroe Petty 78 at Coleman store. Solicitor seeks death penalty. Co defendant Robert Reynolds Jr. 20 pleaded guilty and testified earlier. Trial could last two weeks.
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Spartanburg
Arkwright
Robert Earl Brown Jr
Claude A. Taylor Jr
Brown
Gary Coleman
Jesse Monroe Petty
Coleman
Clifton-Glendale
Robert James Reynolds Jr
Union
Reynolds
Ruby Earley
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Mary Williams
Noaa
Angel Deese
Belvedere
Carrier
PBM
Don Fitzpatrick
Lancaster ST
S.W. Aiken
S.C
John Wayne Dunbar
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