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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1981
Page
2
Tomorrow will start with dense fog in the morning, then haze by afternoon as conditions remain warm and muggy. Temperatures rise to the high 80s with nightly lows around the mid 60s. The weekend outlook shows partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures with a chance of late afternoon and evening thundershowers Saturday and Sunday.
Obituaries detail funeral services for Andrew Booth Johnson 35, M Eugene Holley 66, Helen Cromer Clary 55, Wilbur T Herrington and Martha Franklin. Services set at Jackson-Brooks George and Poseys funeral homes with burial in Oakwood Baptist Bethany Rosemont Westover Memorial Park and other local sites. Authorities note survivors and memorials where listed.
Skaters host eight hour skate-a-thons this weekend to raise funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Association at Red Wing Rollerways in Aiken North Augusta Augusta and Thom son. Top money raisers win skates watches and trophies. all participants receive snacks buttons and patches. Top skaters will be recognized on the Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon on WRDW TV Channel 12.
Nikolai Lenin was installed as premier of Russia in November 1917, marking a pivotal shift in the Bolshevik seizure of power and the early Soviet state.
Three break ins reported to the Aiken Department of Public Safety involve total losses across residences and a business. Julia Morgan reports 1100 dollars in goods stolen including a Bible a 600 dollar color TV four pairs of shoes 200 dollars a 300 dollar diamond ring and a Bible. Robert Jenkins says about 525 dollars of electronics were taken including a 150 24 inch Zenith TV a 125 12 inch B and W TV and a 250 Panasonic stereo. City Billiards owner Truman Paige reports 400 dollars from electronic machines and 165 dollars from the cash drawer and beer taken with machines vandalized.
Gus Montalto plant manager for Roller Bearing Corp of South Carolina will speak to the Aiken Kiwanis Club tomorrow at 1 p.m. at the Ramada Inn in Aiken detailing early western city development.
The Belvedere Water and Sewer District will meet to decide if enough funds exist to pursue buying its water system. The meeting is at Belvedere Elementary School Auditorium at 7 30 p.m. North Augusta signed a sale contract with Water Distributors Inc for 875000 pending transfer.
The Aiken Standard corrects a yesterday article that misnamed the real estate and insurance firm in Aiken. The correct spelling is Ashhurst Agency.
Local organizations hold meetings and activities across Aiken and Clearwater including Knights of Columbus Kiwanis Club A.A. and Al Anon sessions. The schedule also lists film showings at Aiken Public Library and care clinics at Margaret J. Weston Health Center with times from morning to evening. For dates and contacts, Ellison Garvin at Aiken Standard is the point of contact.
All advance payments should be made to Aiken Standard PBM Subscription. The notice lists weekly monthly and yearly carrier rates as 3.90, 11.70, 23.40, and 46.80 alongside the payment instruction.
Katherine Golden White 27 David E. Pelliter 23 and Timothy C. Beard 21 were charged with housebreaking and grand larceny after a Monday morning incident. Sheryl Mann reported a Panasonic stereo turntable television and riding clothes missing from her New Ellenton home. The items were found in the suspects’ possession following a sheriff’s search warrant.
Aiken County sheriff reports a Friday night robbery at Majik Martin in Clearwater. The suspect, a 26 year old black male about 5'9" 185 pounds, wore a lavender shirt under a dark sweater and stole cash and money orders with a 14 inch iron pipe, fleeing after the clerk walked outside. He remains at large.
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