Deaths And Funerals WILLISTON Prince White Jr
Funeral services for Prince White Jr. who died Thursday were held Sunday at Young Rosemary Baptist Church with Revs. Simon O Neal Ulysses Chitty and Span Barton officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. Honorary pallbearers included Kelly Edwards Middle School eighth grade class members. Friends may call at Posey’s Funeral Home North Augusta or at David H. McKenney’s residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williston
Prince White Jr
Young Rosemary Baptist Church
Simon O'Neal
Ulysses Chitty
Span Barton
Arthur Myrick
Paul Duckes Jr
Clay Gleason Jr
John Wayne Perry
Paul Wilson Jr
Richard Myrick
Larry Duckes
Harry Duckes
Kelly Edwards
Kins
England
Ted Jones
Bert Lewis
Terry Smith
Gene Hicks
Paul Roggenkamp
Ed Ballard
Posey
North Augusta
David H. McKenney
Hammond Dr
Bettis Houston dies at 95 in Edgefield County
Funeral services for Bettis Houston 95 were held at Bethany Methodist Church Clarks Hill with Rev H B Bodie officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery. A native of Edgefield County he was a retired farmer and member of Bethany Methodist Church. Surviving are widow Marion Houston two sons Henry A Houston of St Albans NY and Bettis Houston Jr of Augusta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgefield
Bettis Houston
Edgefield County
Bethany Methodist Church
Clarks Hill
H.B. Bodie
Marion Houston
Henry A. Houston
St. Albus
N.Y
Bettis Houston Jr
Augusta
John B. Couch Rites Set in Clearwater Branch Church
John B. Couch 84 of Aiken Route 6 died Saturday in a Columbia hospital. Funeral set for 5 p.m. Tuesday at Clearwater Branch Baptist Church with Revs. Howard Ogletree and Lake A. Thompson officiating. Burial in church cemetery. Survived by wife Leah Thomas Couch. two sons E. Watson Couch and C. Ray Couch. nine grandchildren. Pallbearers listed. honorary pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Couch
Rt. 6
Aiken
Columbia
Clearwater Branch Baptist Church
Howard Ogletree
Lake A. Thompson
Church
Couch
Edgefield County
Leah Thomas Couch
E. Watson Couch
Orlando
Fla
C. Ray Couch
George Funeral Home
Bob Anderson
Norman Burleson
Paul Gray
Julian Harley
Mackey Snipes
Dave Snipes
Raymond Grice
Osborne Redd
Mackey Scott
Fabian Willis
Elzie Cook
Vincent Johnson
Lewis New
Carl Brown
Edith E. Brewer Dies in North Augusta at 1008 Hammond Dr
Mrs Edith Emily Warwick Brewer of North Augusta died Saturday in a local hospital. Funeral services are set for Monday at 3 p.m. at St Bartholomew Episcopal Church with Father Quay Rice officiating. Burial follows at Pineview Memorial Gardens. Born in England she lived in the U S 20 years and led the International Club of Augusta. Surviving are a daughter two brothers and four sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Augusta
Edith Emily Warwick Brewer
Hammond Dr
St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church
Quay Rice
Pineview Memorial Gardens
England
United States
International Club of
David H. McKenny
Sidney Warwick
Wilfred Warwick
Reginald Warwick
Beatrice Tyler
Helen Birk
Hilda Rowlands
Mable Haw
Mrs Leonard Arthurs Warrenville Rites Planned
Mrs Leonard Arthurs of Augusta Road Warrenville died Sunday in a Columbia hospital. Service set for 2 p.m. today at Posey’s Funeral Home Chapel Langley with Rev L H Fowler officiating. Burial in Clearwater Branch Baptist. Native of Aiken County she lived in Warrenville 40 years. Survivors include numerous nieces and nephews. Nephews to serve as pallbearers. Friends may call at Posey Funeral Home Langley or at Finley Jackson’s residence.
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Warrenville
Leonard
Mertie Jackson) Arthurs
Augusta Rd
Columbia
Posey’s Funeral Home
Langley
L.H. Fowler
Clearwater Branch Baptist Church
Aiken County
Wombles of Titusville Dies in Daytona Beach
Bernice Clyde Wombles 51 of Titusville Fla died Wednesday in Daytona Beach hospital. Funeral held Sunday at Sardis Primitive Baptist Church Swainsboro with Elder Gus Walden officiating. Burial in Lamb Cemetery. Native of Johnson County he lived in Titusville for years. Survived by wife Malatha two sons Gary Clyde Wombles Cocoa and Jess Harold Wombles Titusville four brothers Clifford Wombles Luther Wombles Roy Wombles and Harvey Wombles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swainsboro
Bernice Clide Wombles
Titusville
Fla
Daytona Beach
Sardis Primitive Baptist Church
Gus Walden
Lamb Cemetery
Johnson County
Malatha Wombles
Gary Clyde Wombles
Cocoa
Jess Harold Wombles
Clifford Wombles
Sanford
N.C
Luther Wombles
Augusta
Roy Wombles
Aiken
Harvey Wombles
Mims
William Lamar Dies. Rites Planned in Augusta Area
William Lamar of North Augusta died Friday at an Augusta nursing home. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Miller's Funeral Home of Aiken. He was a World War II veteran. Survivors include one niece Mrs. Julia Bailey of Harvey Illinois and four nephews Robert Henry Moore of North Augusta David Moore Arthur Moore and Samuel Moore in Detroit Michigan. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Henry Moore Route 3 North Augusta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Augusta
William Lamar
Augusta
Miller’s Funeral Home
Aiken
Aiken County
Julia Bailey
Harvey, Ill
Robert Henry Moore
David Moore
Arthur Moore
Samuel Moore
Detroit
Mich
Route 3
Mund Rites Held at Langley Church for Theodore Mund
Theodore R Mund of Burnette Street Langley died Thursday at Burnettown Baptist Church with Revs Hoyt Murray and Wayne Key officiating. Burial followed in Langley. He was a retired Graniteville Company employee. Survivors include his wife ter Dorothy Corley of North Augusta a son Ralph Mund of Augusta a sister Mrs Hattie Fox of Aiken and four brothers Leon Heath Darling Heath Langley Willie Heath Clearwater and James C Heath Warrenville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langley
Theodore R. Mund
Burnette St
Burnettown Baptist Church
Hoyt Murray
Wayne Key
Mund
Graniteville Company
Dorothy Corley
North Augusta
Ralph Mund
Augusta
Hattie Fox
Aiken
Leon Heath
Darling Heath
Willie Heath
Clearwater
James C. Heath
Warrenville
Emergency Data Distributed In Aiken County
The Aiken County Civil Defense Agency completed door to door distribution of fallout shelter maps and emergency information. Residents lacking material may pick up copies at area chambers of commerce and city halls or local businesses in Langley Graniteville Monetta Ridge Spring and surrounding towns.
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Aiken County
Civil Defense Agency
Aiken
North Augusta
Graniteville
Watson’s Grocery
Monetta
Banker's Trust
Ridge Spring
Nixon Signs Highway Bill
President Nixon signed a compromise 22.9 billion highway bill to ease urban congestion by opening the Highway Trust Fund for mass transit improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Highway Trust Fund
Pallbearers Named From Burnettown Baptist Church
Pallbearers were James Tolar Henry Eubanks Maurice Bowen James Owens Lester Leopard Avery Kirkland and members of the Burnettown Baptist Church Men's Bible Class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Tolar
Henry Eubanks
Maurice Bowen
James Owens
Lester Leopard
Avery Kirkland
Burnettown Baptist Church Men’s Bible Class
Fergerson, 39, Dies in Atlanta. Local ties listed
Bobbie J. Fergerson died Thursday at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. He formerly lived in Graniteville and owned an Atlanta contractor and interior decoration firm. Survived by wife Mary and four brothers, three sisters, with services at Liberty Baptist Church Atlanta. Friends may call at aunt Frances Hutchinson’s residence in Aiken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobbie James Fergerson
Grady Memorial Hospital
Atlanta
Graniteville
Liberty Baptist Church
Schofield High School
Mary Fergerson
Isadore Fergerson
John Walter Fergerson
Sammy Fergerson
Marion Fergerson
New York City
Valarie Charles
Minnie Belle Davis
Clara Ann Stevens
Aiken
Frances Hutchinson
Williamsburg St
Porter Sr. of Williston Dies at 72
Hillie W. Porter Sr. 72 died Friday at a Lexington County hospital. Funeral Sunday at Folk Funeral Home Chapel in Williston with Rev. L G Corder officiating. Burial in Williston Cemetery. Porter, a retired carpenter and Williston First Baptist member, was native to Barnwell County. He is survived by wife Dixie Boylston Porter, two daughters Ergie Robinson and Willis Crain, five sons Hillie W Porter Jr Gene M Porter Van Clinton Porter Dr Neal D Porter Van Hinton Porter, five sisters Lillian Ejidson Olive Lott Nellie Bolen Eunice Wall Ryson Carroll, and brother Clyde Porter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williston
Hillie W. Porter Sr
Lexington County
Folk Funeral Home Chapel
L.G. Corder
Ceme
Lillian Ejidson
Olive Lott
Nellie Bolen
Elke
Eunice Wall
Blackville
Ryson Carroll
Spartanburg
Clyde Porter
City Council Plans Storm Drainage Bids and More
City Council will review phase one bids for Ai ken storm drainage and construction of the Public Works Center at 8 p.m. tonight. The agenda includes the fourth entitlement Revenue Sharing budget, local wastewater facility participation, school razing bids, police and fire uniform shoe procurement, land purchase in Mattie Hall estate for recreation, a rezoning request for blocks around Chafee Florence Hayne and Lancaster, and petitions for Oleander Mimosa Azalea improvements and a Shiloh Baptist baseball diamond. Also requests to use the mini park near Junior High for a wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
Mattie Hall
Kalmia Hill
Chafee Avenue
Florence Street
Hayne Avenue
Lancaster Street
Council
Shiloh Baptist Church
Shiloh Road
Park and
Laurens Street
North Augusta picks second woman cadet for DPS
North Augusta Police Chief Walter E. Newman announced Debra Lynn Martin of Aiken has been chosen as the department’s second female cadet officer. Martin, 20, a 1971 Aiken High School graduate, will begin work Monday after study at Lander College and part time work at the Aiken Nursing Home and Farmers and Merchants Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Augusta
Aiken
Aiken High School
Lander College
Aiken Nursing Home
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Newman
Miss Martin
Kitchens
Heidelberg
Charles Lenwood Toole
Langley
Toole
Georgia Avenue
S.C
Burnside Avenue
Paul Knox
City and County Meetings This Week
Today the City Council meets at 8 p.m. in the Municipal Building Council Room. The Association of Retired Persons gathers at 7:30 p.m. in Crosland Park Senior Citizens Clubhouse. Tomorrow the Board of Education meets at 7:30 p.m. at the Education Center while the Association of Retired Federal Employees also meets at 7:30 p.m. Aiken County Commission convenes at 8 p.m. in Room 107.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association of Retired Persons
Crosland Park
Board of Education
Association of Retired Federal Employees
Aiken County Commission
Two Georgia Men Face Drug Charges
Two Georgia men are held in the North Augusta jail on 20 counts of obtaining drugs by fraud over a ten month period at a North Augusta drug store. Billy Ray Wilson and Joseph William Sleister face up to five years or $10 000 on each count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Augusta
Georgia
Public Safety
Walter E. Newman
Billy Ray Wilson
Martinez
Joseph William Sleister
Bel Air Rd
Evans, Ga
Sleister
Newman
Peoples Drug Stores
Georgia Ave
Columbia County
George DeLaughter
Thefts Under Investigation Across Aiken Area
Aiken police probe a $150 theft from Lori Malhoit’s jewelry box at Millbrook Apartments Apt 6. Carl Gibson faces petty larceny charges over yard rake theft from Herron's Grocery. Sheriff's Dept investigates a tape player and two speakers theft. Norman Redd reports a mobile home break in Graniteville with tv tape recorder rifle shotgun camera and more missing. Bobby Kneece notes intruder entered a mobile home through a rear window at Trenton Rt 1 Box 158 with $1.50 in change missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
Lori Malhoit
Apt. 6
Millbrook
Carl Gibson
Herron
Aiken County
Graniteville
Bobby Jean Kneece
Rt. 1
Trenton
Feeding Pandas Not Cheap at National Zoo
The National Zoo reports the cost of feeding its famous pandas Hsing-Hsing and Ling-Ling. Their diet includes rice gruel minerals honey carrots apples sweet potatoes milk bone biscuits and moist dog food. The annual food bill is listed at 3 989 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Zoo
Hsing-Hsing
Ling-Ling
Grain Shortage Still Exists
The article notes ongoing grain scarcity raising costs for feed and meat substitutes as world demand shifts postwar. It cites the Soviet purchase surge of 1972 and 1973 projections, with high grain exports, record wheat and corn forecasts, and Agriculture Department warnings that prices will stay firm unless shocks occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Agriculture Department
Commerce Department
Thoroughbred payouts at Saratoga Friday
Red Reality, a seven year old chestnut gelding, timed in 1:46 3-5, paid $14.20 to win, $7.80 to place, and $4.00 to show. Scrimshaw returned $12.30, $12.20 and $7.60. Astray paid $3 to show. Greentree Stable's Rurit ania finished third in a nine horse field, earning $4.40 to show. Ten Tam and Red Reality are by the same stallion intentionally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Reality
Ten Tam
Greentree Stable
Ruritania
Saratoga
County Salary Talks Raise Heavy Equipment Mechanics Pay
Long discussions on salaries for operators drivers and mechanics. The commission under staff pressure often increases proposed figures after reviewing hiring feasibility. If mechanics salaries rise they would rank among county's top earners aside from the county engineer, family court judge, and county administrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jo Ann Price
Public Safety Officers Attend Training
Public Safety Director J C Busbee says two Ai ken Department of Public Safety members are in training. Officer David Keel attends a six week police training at the S C Criminal Justice Academy while fireman Joel Brissy pursues a two week firefighting course at Columbia Tech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Public Safety
J.C. Busbee
David Keel
S.C. Criminal Justice Academy
Busbee
Joel Brissy
Columbia Tech
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Edith E. Brewer
National Weather Service
Bae Ny
Gulf Coast
Midwest
mid-Atlantic States
Southwest
Northern Plains
Mrs. Leonard Arthurs
Bernice C. Wombles
Bobbie J. Fergerson
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Judy Rich
N.A
Alex Shoemaker
Vern. Newman
Fred Kitchens
Heath St
Heidelberg Inn
Richard Bell
Bell
Paul Bookstayer
Scrimshaw
Astray
George
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