Cancer Society Sponsors Sunday Of Black Awareness At Churches
The American Cancer Society sponsors Black Awareness Sunday with a 5 p.m. service at Friendship Baptist Church in Aiken where the two largest contributors receive awards Ike Williams of the South Carolina ACS will speak. Local church choirs will also participate.
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Cancer Society
American Cancer Society
Friendship Baptist Church
Ike Williams
Williams
South Carolina
Columbia
Richland Avenue
Aiken
Zion Branch Baptist Church
Gunther Chapel Choir
Redeemed
Grace Brethren Church of
Jacksonville Baptist Church
Graniteville
Joe Mitchel
Jon David Cansler
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Lake City
Mr. Cansler
Christ For the Nations Institute
Dallas
CFNI
Cansler
Pentecostal
Guam
Holmes Theological Seminary
Greenville
South Aiken
Bookmobile routes listed for September week schedule
The week of September 3 features daily bookmobile stops across Ward Circle Bonnieview Mockingbird Brookhaven College Acres Clemson Drive and more with times from morning through afternoon. Locations include Midland Valley Clubhouse Jordan Community Cherokee Drive Belvedere Duncan Road Dixie Lee Green Acres and Graniteville Shopping Center among others.
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Ward Circle
Bonnieview
Mockingbird
Brookhaven
College Acres
Clemson Drive
Winthrop Drive
Midland Valley
Jordan Community
Cherokee Drive
Birch
Belvedere
Duncan Road
Dixie Lee
Green Acres
Graniteville
School District Names John W. Morgan Maintenance Supervisor
John W. Morgan, a Tiffin Ohio native and U S Army Corps of Engineers retiree, is appointed Maintenance Supervisor for the School District of Aiken County replacing Morgan Holley who becomes Director of Facilities and Construction. Morgan, now in Augusta, served from 1961 to retirement with roles from draftsman to project coordinator and served as a Vietnam aviator in 1971 72.
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John W. Morgan
Aiken County
Morgan
Tiffin
Ohio
United States Army Corps of Engineers
Morgan Holley
Army of Engineers
Vietnam
T.B
Ted) Willis
Augusta
Lea
Augusta College
The
Citadel
Kermit the Frog
Miss Piggie
Muppets
Aiken
Sylvester Stallone
Amityville
James Brolin
Margot Kidder
North Dallas
Peter Gent
Nick Nolte
Mac Davis
Nolte
Regency Mall
Alan Arkin
Peter Falk
Dom Deluise
DeLuise
Suzanne Pleshette
Jerry Reed
Luis Avalos
Miami
Disney
Dennis Dugan
NASA
Arthura
England
Mark Twain
King Arthur’s Court
Daniel Village
Paul le Mat
Charles Martin Smith
Toad
Candy Clark
Cindy Williams
Ron Howard
Suburbia
Masters 4
Deer Hunter
Southgate
Robert DiNero
Roads to be resurfaced in Aiken County contract awarded
The South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation approved improvements for 5.9 miles of secondary roads in Aiken County. The Epting Ballenger Corp of Greenville won a $477,837 contract for grading drainage and bituminous surfacing on roads 1071 1870 1877 1878 1879 1881 1882 1883 1885 and 1466.
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Aiken County
South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Epting-Ballenger Corp
Greenville
Wagener Town Council Meeting Rescheduled
The Wagener monthly town council meeting set for Labor Day has been postponed. It will now convene on Monday Sept 10 at 7 30 p m at the Wagener Town Hall at Park and Earle Streets intersection.
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Wagener
Park
Earle Streets
Jackson Council Meeting Postponed to Sept 10
Jackson Town Council announces its monthly meeting has been postponed from the 10th to September 10 at 8 p.m. The session will be held in the town hall on Charles Street.
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Charles Street
Aiken TEC Registration Opens for Fall Quarter
Aiken Technical College begins fall quarter registration for day and night students. Day registration is Sept 14 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Night registration runs Sept 6 to Sept 12 from 6 to 8 p.m. Fall quarter starts Oct 1 with applications ongoing.
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Aiken Tec
Aiken Technical College
TEC
Health Agency Board Meeting Set in Athens
The East Central Georgia Health Systems Agency governing board will meet Monday September 10 at p.m in the Athena Room at the Holiday Inn in Athens at Broad and Hull streets. The session is open to the public.
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Athens
East Central Georgia Health Systems Agency
Athena
Holiday Inn
Broad and
Hull Streets
Unspent Funds Drive School Building Aid in SC
South Carolina will distribute an extra 6,083,010 to school districts this year as building aid. The funds, about 10 per pupil, come from unspent prior-year appropriations under the Supplemental Appropriation Act, according to Comptroller General Earle Morris Jr.
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South Carolina
Earle Morris, Jr
General Assembly
Businesses Asked To Raise Pledges In Aiken
United Way chair Thomas Gould Jr says local businesses should raise pledges by 25 percent to reach an $18,500 goal, after last year fell short, with a pilot program led by Mike Wood of Goodyear to boost participation. The county goal is $575,000, up 9.5 percent, pledges due Sept. 14 for the Sept. 20 kickoff and funding agencies like the Child and Adult Development Centers and the Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center.
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United For
United Way
Thomas Gould Jr
Mike Wood
Kathryn Smith
Aiken
Gould
Goodyear Company
Aiken County
Child and Adult Development Centers
Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center
Council On Aging
Labor Day Gas Supplies Plentiful In South Carolina
The piece reports ample gas supplies for Labor Day in South Carolina with most stations planning to stay open and prices under 1 dollar in the state. It notes favorable weather for travel with highs in the upper 80s to 90 and a 30 percent rain chance Saturday afternoon.
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Carolina Motor Club
South Carolina
Spartanburg
Charleston
State Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism
Santee Cooper
PRT
Seduction of Joe Tynan Frames a Moral Clash in Politics
A retrospective review of The Seduction of Joe Tynan follows senator Joe Tynan as he blocks a segregationist nomination, faces a marriage strain, and succumbs to fame. The piece notes Alda's restrained lead with Barbara Harris and Meryl Streep as key partners, calling the satire humane and timely.
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Webster
Joe Tynan
Alan Alda
New York
Tynan
Alda
Supreme Court
Melvyn Douglas
Ellie
Barbara Harris
Meryl Streep
Joe
Columbia Square
Augusta
Carter Ends Travel With Long Weekend
President Carter returns to Plains for Labor Day weekend after a 15 hour road trip through Atlanta and Tampa. He promotes unity among blacks and Jews while addressing energy concerns and the Kennedy draft movement. A welcome home picnic for 500 is planned as Democrats weigh primary and straw poll dynamics.
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Democratic
Kennedy
Carter
Emory University
Atlanta
United Nations
Andrew Young
Rosalynn
Florida
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Richard Stone
D-Fla
Coretta Scott King
Martin Luther King Jr
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Aiken Standard
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Perry
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Govan
Bamberg County Library
Little Swamp
Ehrhardt-Wagoner
Jackson Council
Jackson
Health Agency
Lynne Voit
Energy
Tampa
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