Aiken Drag Hunt Opens Season Under Memorial Gate
Harold Fletcher reports on the Aiken Hunt opening at Memorial Gate on Thanksgiving morning with Mrs. George H. Bostwick and Scottt Riviere as joint masters. Msgr. George Lewis Smith blessed the hounds as about 70 riders and 100 spectators gathered. The article recalls the hunt’s early drag tradition, key masters, notable hounds like Damper, and the enduring culture of Aiken's horse life.
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George H. Bostwick
Scottt Riviere
Aiken Hunt
Memorial Gate
George Lewis Smith
Warren Scherer
Allen Conger
Aiken
Thomas Hitchcock
Earle Hopping
Hopping
Walter Phelps
MFH
London Times
America
Hitchcock
Hunt
J. Averell Clark
Regan McKinney
Seymour Knox
Dunbar Bostwick
William Wood
Northrup
Robert Harrington
Hugh Fenwick
Marjory
Bostwick
Ripley Allen
Gimlet
Damper
Aiken Drag Hounds
Radnor
Pennsylvania
North Augusta Jackets return to region play with high hopes
North Augusta High resumes region schedule for 3-AAAA with a youthful squad led by Chuck Odom Curtis Wheeler Horace Morgan Tim Samuels Mike Sumner and Tom Powell. Coach Jon Williams notes good attitude and past experience but cites height issues and a fast break plan as keys. Season opener is Tuesday versus Strom Thurmond.
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Horace Morgan
Tim Samuels
North Augusta High
Scott Hunter
North Augusta
Jackets
Jon Williams
Orangeburg-Wilkinson
Irmo
Aiken Williams
Chuck Odom
Curtis Wheel
Mike Sumner
Tom Powell
Williams
Rouse
Strom Thurmond High
Lewis Rouse
Curtis Wheeler
Russell Tripp
Wayne Mackie
Chris Conner
North Augusta Jackettes eye regional title amid speed and depth
Excerpt details North Augusta High girls basketball with four returning starters Beth McKie Paula Gurney Gink King and Karen Mathis. Coach Diane Shuler emphasizes speed 2-3 defense and heavy bench use while noting shooting and height concerns. Region schedule looms with Columbia and Orangeburg trips and post season eligibility now granted.
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North Augusta
North Augusta High
Jackettes
Beth McKie
Paula Gurney
Gink King
Karen Mathis
Beth
Shuler
Lexington
Orangeburg -Wilkinson
Columbia
Orangeburg
Pam Gates
Soph
Teresa Hall
Diane Hitt
Sue Holland
Beth Kurtz
Jackie Norris
Mary Ruerko
Mary Washington
Debra Wigfall
Pirates manager Dan Murtaugh dies at 59
Dan Murtaugh former Pirates manager dies at 59 after a stroke two days earlier at his Woodlyn home and a long bout with heart trouble He had retired in October to spend more time with his grandchildren and family and had only recently left the Pirates two months before his death Sparky Anderson called him a baseball man and noted he returned to the game despite his health history
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Chester
Danny Murtaugh
Murtaugh
Pittsburgh Pirates
Woodlyn
Crozer Chester Medical Center
Cincinnati Reds
Sparky Anderson
All County Football Team to Be Announced
The Standard will reveal its 1976 All-County Football Team in Monday’s edition. Twenty two players were selected by county high school football coaches. A Player of the Year and a Coach of the Year were also chosen.
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Ihen Standard
USC Aiken Girls Open Season Versus Benedict at Aiken
USC Aiken girls basketball launches its first season hosting Benedict College at 7 30 p m at Aiken High coached by Johanna Gibbs with Yarcel Bell Patricia Garrett Darnell Tomas Faye Ryans and Sherry Thurmond or Vertie Mae MacKie as starters. The boys team sits out this weekend while the Pacers return Monday to face USC Spartanburg at 8 p m.
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Aiken High
Benedict College
Johanna Gibbs
Yarcel Bell
Patricia (Arrett
Darnell Tomas
Faye Ryans
Sherry Thurmond
Vertie Mae MacKie
Pacers
Usc-Spartanburg
Sancho
Honda
Aiken
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