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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1978
Page
2
Death notices announce Annie Wilson Kirkland of Beech Island at 1141 Sand Bar Ferry Rd. and Selwyn Hallman of 487 Fury's Ferry Rd. The services, burials, and survivors are listed for each case, including churches, cemeteries, and pallbearers. Other notices cover Luie Palmer Baker in Charleston and Minnie Holloway in Columbia with service details and survivors.
Lettie T Mor gan 85 sister of Lucille McKie dies in Orangeburg hospital funeral at Rocky Swamp Methodist Church burial Morgantown Cemetery native of Springfield survivors include son the Rev Robert Hamilton Morgan Marion two other sisters Mrs Albert Corbett Springfield Mrs O A Argoe Orangeburg and a brother J B Tarrant Neeses Thompson Funeral Home Orangeburg in charge Augusta funeral for John David Gordon Hamilton 76 held at Elliott Sons Funeral Home Telfair Street chapel burial Westover Memorial Park native of McDuffie County longtime Augusta resident retired oil mill superintendent Crawford Avenue Baptist Church survivors include three sons Johnnie R Hamilton Martinez Dave Hamilton Wayne D Hamilton Augusta another daughter Patsy Tankersley Hollywood Fla and sister Viola Hatfield Martinez pallbearers listed.
Carolyn Quick, 50, of Augusta, was named as the deceased after witnesses said she stepped in front of a tractor trailer on the South Carolina side of the 5th Street bridge. Ricky Birchfield of New Albany, Mississippi, drove the truck. Quick died at University Hospital. investigators continue the inquiry.
The notice directs that all advance payments should be made to Aiken Standard PBM Subscription.
In Assisi, Cardinal Michele Pellegrino urges that no one will reverse Vatican II reforms. The 75 year old former archbishop of Turin notes conservatives gain some voice in the conclave but a minority seeks a return to the past. He cites that 100 of 111 cardinals in the conclave were named by Pope Paul VI.
Raymond Jackson 44 of Baltimore died Tuesday in a city hospital. Funeral Sunday at 3 p.m. officiated by Rev E W Simmons with burial at Zion Hill Cemetery. Survivors include widow Clara, daughter Sylvia, sons Raymond Jr and Craig, parents Woodrow and wife, sister Marie Felix.
C. Marshall Cain urged the Aiken Kiwanis Club that about 80 percent of South Carolina drivers subsidize the 20 percent who are bad, totaling $85 million over three years. He blamed Act 1177 of 1974 for shifting costs to responsible drivers and urged reform.
Area III schools reported strong enrollment and high enthusiasm at a special business meeting led by Superintendent Clarence Dickert. Five transfer requests were approved, minor vandalism noted, and volunteer coaches Buck Wilson and Delano Heath were named at Langley-Bath-Clearwater High. Facility use requests from Midland Valley Jaycees and local agencies were granted.
The Aiken Standard notes a Wednesday story misidentified the county sanitation truck driver as Billy L. Brown. The driver is Bobby Brown. The newspaper regrets the error.
The district fills all school administrative roles. Henry Caver will be assistant principal at Jefferson Junior High while continuing Langley Bath Clearwater duties for one year. Melanie Hutto becomes Kennedy Junior High assistant principal. Phillip Bush rises to assistant principal at Ridge Spring Monetta High School, with teaching duties unchanged.
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