Beech Island Historical Society hit by theft of artifacts
Thieves broke into the Beech Island Historical Society and stole a glass case filled with Indian arrowheads along with metal buttons from the 1700s musket balls English coins and other artifacts valued at about 1000. The Aiken County Sheriff's Office seeks tips and asks anyone with information to call 800 922 9709 or Crime Stoppers for anonymity and possible rewards.
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Beech Island Historical Society
Jackie Bartley
Aiken County
Michael Frank
Bartley
Christian Science Reading Room Opens in Aiken
The Christian Science Reading Room on Hayne Avenue in downtown Aiken welcomes all. Librarian Kathleen Hummel describes it as a quiet space for reading and study open Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10 am to 2 pm and starting September Saturday 10 am to 1 pm.
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Christian Science
Christian Science Reading Room
Hayne Avenue
Aiken
Kathleen Hummel
Church of Christ Science
Savannah River
Whiskey Road
Christian Sci
Christian Science Reading
The
Christian Science Church
the Sentinel
the Journal
Herald
Christian Science Monitor
Monitor
Mary Baker Eddy
Hummel
Pearce Named as Candidate for Aiken Assistant City Manager
City Manager Roger LeDuc expects an internal selection next month for the vacant assistant city manager post after six applicants apply. Richard Pearce, the City Solicitor and Staff Attorney, filed his application on August 21, seeking the position.
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Roger LeDuc
Bill Huggins
Municipal Association of South Carolina
LeDuc
Richard Pearce
Aiken Standard
Pearce
City of Aiken
City of
Aiken Technical College
Textile pioneers shaped South Carolina's mills in Aiken era
Historian Bettis Rainsford told the Rotary Club of Aiken about Christian Brighthorp of Vaucluse and William Gregg, whose Graniteville Company emerged from earlier failures to anchor a booming 19th century textile industry that employed thousands and helped local prosperity.
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Aiken County
William Gregg
South Carolina
Graniteville Company
Gregg
Christian Brighthorp
Vaucluse
Edgefield
Bettis Rainsford
Rainsford
Rotary Club of
Aiken
Brighthorp
Brightharp
United States
Fairfield
S.C
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