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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1969
Page
2
Born today you are charming and outgoing with quick judgments of others. The reading covers planetary influences for December 2 3 including relationships finances travel and personal reputation with reminders to maintain discretion in speech and actions.
Col Wesley E. Hawkins USAR (Ret.) died at Fort Gordon Hospital. Funeral at St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church at 2 p.m. with burial in Aiken Memorial Park. Survived by widow Florence Judson Hawkins two sons Wesley of Waupac Wisconsin and John Robert of Windham New Hampshire two grandchildren. A Akron Ohio native he attended Orange Path Culver Lafayette College and held various civic roles. Military honors at cemetery and memorials to American Cancer Society.
The Aiken Standard established 1867 publishes daily except weekends. It lists contact info 124 Rutland Drive Aiken SC 29801 and PO Box 456. Rates shown include 2 cents weekly by mail yearly $13 six months $7.50 three months $4.00.
Carl C. Cox died last Monday in Aiken County Hospital. He was a retired grocer born in Oconee County, son of Charley and Marge Cox. He belonged to Ruff Masonic Lodge 240 and Oakwood Baptist Church. Survived by widow Lucy C. Cox of Starr, sons Charles, Melvin, George, Frank, Lewis, daughters Barbara Giles, Doris Taylor, Helen Hopkins, Mary Ruth Cox, Bessie Matthews, and 32 grandchildren with 11 great grandchildren. funeral at Grace Baptist Church with burial at Old Silver Brook Cemetery. Masonic rites conducted.
The Transportation Department reported 24 percent failure in federally funded lab tests of tires from Armstrong Mansfield Seiberling and Uniroyal, with 22 failures in 90 tests. The data cover Endurance speed strength rim adherence and labeling tests, and 6.1 percent failure rate across 1,470 tests to date.
Duke Ellington and his 17-member band return to New York from a month-long goodwill tour of 32 cities in 12 European countries. The 70 year old composer said Prague, Czechoslovakia stood out for its wonderful and very sensitive audience.
The Rev. W. Le Cato Edwards of Epworth England will speak to the Augusta chapter of the Spiritual Frontiers Fellowship at St Albans Episcopal Church at 8 p.m. Friday. He is a former India missionary of 34 years and a Wesleyan Scholar and writer on the psychical.
A memorial service for Arthur B Emrich Sr. will be held today at 11 a.m. at The First Presbyterian Church conducted by Rev. James L. Goodwin. Burial follows at 3 p.m. in Pine Crest Cemetery Vidalia Ga. He is survived by his wife Louise Youmans Emrich a daughter Mrs R A Snyder of Fort Benning Ga and a son Arthur B Emrich of Aiken. Emrich was born in Columbus Ga and lived in Aiken since 1942.
John W. Calk 6 died Monday in Aiken County Hospital. Funeral services conducted by Rev. J. M. Prater and Rev. Charles Still at Emory Methodist Church Saluda 3 p.m. Tuesday with burial in Church Cemetery. Survivors: widow Margaret Baynham Calk, daughter Mrs. David W Abney of Aiken, sons C William Calk Camden Elliot W Calk North Augusta J C Calk Aiken, brothers L S Calk Seth Calk Saluda and Travis Calk Savannah. He was a Reds Branch Baptist Church member and a retired carpenter. Pallbearers listed.
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller said on WCBS radio that he and the Republican Party want Mayor John Lindsay in their camp for the next election. He favors Lindsay remaining in the Republican fold, amid speculation Lindsay might switch parties or head a new urban affairs‑focused party.
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