Community Calendar Aiken Area Events and Resources
Tonight health clinic at Margaret J Weston Center Clearwater. Saturday theater and AA meetings at USCA and churches. Sunday bicycle ride auditions play Aiken Community. Monday health tests and clinics then clubs and support groups. Community listings include local sheriffs, police, fire and emergency contacts.
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Margaret J. Weston Health Center
Clearwater
Weeks Center
Doll House
Hopeland Gardens
Man
Aiken Community Playhouse
Aiken A.A
Linden St
Aiken County
Seven Men Arrested In Pot Raid
Federal agents arrested five North Carolina men a Florida man and a Jamaica native on marijuana trafficking charges after over 37 bales were off loaded from a plane at Statesville airport late Thursday night Authorities followed the unloaders to a remote area near Troutman and began arrests as they collected the marijuana Names include Charles Cauble Danny Stutts Carleton Swaney David Swaney Rodney Guion Dwight Williams and Simon Cain.
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Statesville
N.C
North Carolina
Florida
Jamaica
Robert Pence
FBI
Pence
Troutman
Charles David Cauble
Pineville
Danny Stutts
Moorseville
Carleton L. Swaney
Newton
David H. Swaney
Charlotte
Rodney L. Guion
Lake Norman
Dwight Williams
Miami
Fla
Simon Cain
Kinston
Weather outlook with sunny days and warm highs
Fair tonight with a low in the low 70s. Tomorrow mostly sunny with highs in the mid 90s. Sunday through Tuesday partly cloudy and warm with a chance of thundershowers mainly Sunday. Highs in the 80s, lows in the 60s. Regions vary: mountains Foothills Midlands and coast stay warm through Saturday with low temps in the 60s to 70s and highs in the upper 80s to low 90s.
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Piedmont
Midlands
Coast
Travel forecast for Southern cities
Atlanta shows fair skies tonight and partly cloudy tomorrow with a low of 70 and a high of 91. Asheville forecasts mostly cloudy conditions with a low of 65 and a high of 82. Charleston remains partly cloudy with a low of 70 and a high of 92. Columbia reports a low of 68 and a high of 92. Savannah expects a low of 73 and a high of 94.
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Asheville
Charleston
Columbia
Savannah
Deaths and funerals for Bessie Garvin and others
The obituary notices report Bessie Lee Garvin of Aiken County died midweek with funeral services set for 11 a.m. at George Funeral Home Chapel with graveside rites at Tyler Family Cemetery near Wa gener. Pallbearers include Thomas G. Rish and other locals. Also noted are services for Mrs. Audrey L. Bland of Sylvania Georgia and a Greenwood Gardens service with Harley Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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Bessie Lee Garvin
George Funeral Home
J.E. Brown
Eddie Penland
Thomas G. Rish
L.H. Whittle
Lowman Tyler
Billy Jumper
Kenneth Wite
Hemrick Salley
Tyler Family
Wagener
Miss Garvin
Aiken County
Henry Benjamin
Annie Johnson Garvin
Couchton Baptist Church
American Legion Auxiliary
The
Colonial Dames
Yellow Jasmin Garden Club
Aiken
Trenton Daughters of the American Revolution
Mrs Gladys B Johnson Dies in Atlanta Hospital
Mrs Gladys B Johnson a native of North Augusta died Thursday in an Atlanta hospital Graveside services will be at 3 p m Saturday in Sunset Hills Cemetery North Augusta Survivors include a son Charles L Johnson of Atlanta Friends may call at Posey's Funeral Home from noon Saturday until services
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Atlanta
Gladys B. Johnson
North Augusta
Sunset Hills Cemetery
Charles L. Johnson
Posey
Funeral for Ernie L. Scrivens at Fourmile Baptist Church
Funeral services for Ernie Lee Scrivens 50 are set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Fourmile Baptist Church with Revs. W E Davis and C W Phinizy officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
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Ernie Lee Scrivens
Fourmile Baptist Church
W.E. Davis
C.W. Phinizy
Price infant dies in Greenwood hospital
Theresa Dianna Price, infant great granddaughter of Mr and Mrs H T Mullins of Aiken, died Wednesday at Self Memorial Hospital. Survived by parents Jeffrey and Price, maternal grandparents G T Mullins of Greenwood, paternal grandparents Dewey Price of Greenwood, great grandparents Jessie Cook and others.
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Greenwood
Theresa Dianna Price
H.T. Mullins
Aiken
Wenesday
Self Memorial Hospital
Jeffrey Price
G.T. Mullins
Dewey Price
Jessie Cook
Adam Winthrop 43 Dies in Ipswich Massachusetts Polo Leader
Adam Winthrop a noted North Shore polo figure and founder of Northway Industrial in Peabody died at his Ipswich estate. He led polo at Myopia Hunt Club helping revitalize the sport and held a 4 goal handicap with major national and international wins. He attended St. Pauls School and Harvard, served in the Marine Corps, and built New England Telephone Building in Burlington. He leaves widow Miranda and daughters Angela and Miranda, plus four brothers and a sister.
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Ipswich
Mass
Adam Winthrop
Iris
W.C.) Freeman
Aiken
North Shore
Northway Industrial
Peabody
Winthrop
Angela Forbes Winthrop
Hamilton
Fredrick Winthrop
St. Paul’s School
Concord
N. H
Harvard University
Marine Corps
Myopia Hunt Club
Monty Waterbury
New England Telephone Company
Burlington
Groton
Miranda McCagg Winthrop
Angela Winthrop
Miranda R. Winthrop
Food and Agriculture
Grant Winthrop
New York City
Robert Winthrop
Athens
Jonathan Winthrop
Philadelphia
Ann Gatchell
American lifeguard and Swiss swim English Channel amid rough seas
In Dover England an American lifeguard Tom Popden and Swiss swimmer Rudolf Isenshmid challenge the English Channel as 22 swimmers delay due to storms. Popden nine miles off the French coast around noon while Isenshmid’s location is not known.
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Dover
England
English Channel
Channel Swimming Association
Tom Popden
Drexit Hill
Philadelphia
Shakespeare Beach
Rudolf Isenshmid
Kloten
Ashley
Harper
Albuquerque
N.M
John Busby
Enfield
London
Popden
The
James Edward “Doc” Counsilman
Penny Dean
Unemployment in South Carolina Reaches 1930s High
More than 175,000 South Carolinians were jobless in July, an 11.7 percent rate, the highest since the 1930s. Officials said the figure neared 12 percent, with Executive Director Robert E. David noting the prediction was close to reality.
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Columbia
State Employment Security Commission
Commission
Robert E. David
Mrs Sarae Mazone Miller dies at 90 in Augusta
Mrs Sarae Mazone Miller 90 of 1253 Melody Lane Augusta died Tuesday in an Augusta hospital. Funeral arrangements are set for 3 p.m. Sunday at Susan Union Baptist Church Cathwood with Rev Nathaniel Floyd officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Pallbearers are Taft Masonic Lodge 282 members. The family will receive friends at Jackson Brooks Funeral Home from 7 to 8 p.m. tomorrow. Jackson Brooks Funeral Home is in charge.
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Audrey L. Bland
James Bland
James L. Bland
Aiken
Sylvania
Bland
Screven County
Smith-Tillman Funeral Home
Statesboro, Ga
Augusta
Sarae Mazone Miller
Melody Lane
Susan Union Baptist Church
Cathwood
Nathaniel Floyd
Church
Taft Masonic Lodge
Jackson Brooks
Also Mentioned on This Page
Paradise
USCA
St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church
Judy Hoffmeyer
Aiken Standard
Long Distar
Graniteville Police
Highway Patrol
New Ellenton
Poison Control Center
Salley Fire
Salley Police
Salley Rescue Squad
Wagener Fire
Wagener Police
PBM
Aiken Standa Mail
Aiken Standard Pbm
Soar
la Uoat
Travelers’ Forecast
Trellis
Marcell Simpkins
Mid
Mississippi Valley
Adger Shirley
Clyde Price
Hodges
Greenwood Gardens
Harley Funeral Home
Dr. Bland
Mrs. Freeman
Massachusetts
S.C
Don Fitzpatrick
Lancaster ST
S.W
William “Bill” Holley
Chime Bell Road
Reme
Stephen Y. Losey Funeral Home
Whiskey Road
South
Nikon, South Carolina
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