Seven County Christmas Parades Scheduled by Bill Baker
Christmas events fill December weekends with parades in Aiken Wagoner Jackson Ellenton North Augusta and Midland Valley. Grand Marshalls include Mayor H Odell Weeks Sheriff Ralph Gunnells and three retired Jackson teachers. Parade times range from 2:30 to 10 a.m. with rain date for Aiken on Dec 13.
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Aiken
Parkway
Laurens Street
Park and
Richland Avenues
Bankers Trust
Aiken Junior Woman’s Club
Aiken Choral Society
Aiken Jaycees
Union and
Park Avenues
Barnwell and
Laurens
Grand Marshall
H. Odell
Graniteville-Vaucluse- Warrenville Volunteer Fire Department
Ladies Auxiliary
Leavelle-McCampbell Middle School
Warrenville
Aiken County
Ralph Gunnells
Wagoner
Wagener-Salley High School
Main Street
Earle Street
Harvey Driggers
Wis-Tv
Columbia
Jackson
Jackson Middle School
S.C. 125
Silverton Street
Jackson Elementary School
Rose Osteen
Mildred Stewart
Frances Gattis
Ellenton
Water Tower
North Augusta
North Hills Plaza
Carolina Avenue
Georgia Avenue
Buena Vista
West Avenue
D. Kim Ledford
Lions Club
Midland Valley
Midland Valley Jaycees
L-B-C Middle School
Langley Shopping Center
Salvation Army Christmas Fund Drives for 23000 Goal
The Salvation Army seeks 23000 for its Christmas drive, up from 21425 last year. Donations can be mailed to Salvation Army Box 432 Aiken 29801 or dropped at 322 Gayle Dr NW. Valley Empty Stocking Fund gifts go to Box 517 Langley 29834 or Box 391 Graniteville 29829 to aid Valley families. JC shopping tour donations to Box 707 Aiken 29801 support a Dec 19 Walmart event for underprivileged children.
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Salvation Army
Aiken
Gayle Dr
N.W
Valley
Langley
Graniteville
Wal- Mart
Brooks Killing Mercy Act Featured in Jackson Trial
A six man six woman jury prepared to hear final arguments today in the trial of 19 year old John Gordon Brooks who admitted killing Walter V. Slayton out of mercy. Brooks testified the act was mercy and described the scene at the New Ellenton trash dump where Slayton was left burning and beaten. Autopsy said Slayton died from blows to the head though burned. Brooks said he and Diane Graddick and Jeff Martin returned to destroy evidence and that Slayton moaned before death.
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Jackson
Walter V. Slayton
John Gordon Brooks
Brooks
Slayton
Mercy
New Ellenton
Diane Graddick
Mark Phillips
Wally
Ms. Graddick
Ellenton
Jeff Martin
Martin
Paroled killers from Belvedere motorcycle club case
Two men linked to the 1971 Belvedere murders of Thomas Bolin and William Wolfe were paroled on September 23. William R. Holland and Bruce G. Poe, both from out of state, were released despite official opposition. The parole board cited overall rehabilitation and employment prospects as factors.
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Belvedere
William R. Holland
Vero Beach
Fla
Bruce G. Poe
Cleveland
Ohio
Aiken
Holland
Poe
Wallace
Thomas Bolin
Aiken County
William Martin Wolfe
Virginia
Gary V. Faust
Monroe
Ore
Dennis G. Davis
Carollton
Osgood M. Leland
McClellanville
Supreme Court
Richard Lee Richards
Elkhart
Ind
Danny Ward Robertson
Atlanta
Dixie Dragons
U.S. 25
Bolin
Wolfe
Richards
Aiken County Council Seeks Completed Tax Digest
The Aiken County Council asks Auditor George A. Williams and Treasurer Margie Plunkett to finish the personal property tax digest and mail notices by Dec 15 to avoid financial damage. The move follows a suit against the council over alleged inadequacies in the auditor and treasurer offices, which have delayed tax notices to merchants and industries accounting for 39 percent of the digest.
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Aiken County
George A. Williams
Margie Plunkett
Carrol H. Warner
Williams
Warner
Compensation Suit Dismissed By Judge
The Graniteville Company obtained a judgment in a workman's compensation case filed by English Phillip Smith, a 35 year employee, alleging byssinosis disability. The suit against Robert P. Timmerman Abbie Prince Dr. Russell Hartley and American Mutual Liability Co. was dismissed after an out of court settlement reached January 24 1979 with Smith receiving $20000 from American Mutual.
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Graniteville Company
Phillip Smith
Smith
Robert P. Timmerman
Abbie Prince
Graniteville
Russell Hartley
Medical University of South Carolina
American Mutual Liability Co
American Mutual
Workman's
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Nelle W. Schilling
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George W. Gayhart
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Howard B. Shaw
Rufus E. Ferguson
Charles Wingard
Aubrey White
John E. Gregroy
Howard R. McKendrick
L.C. Fickett
Arthur L. Dean
John E. Hicks
Charles A. Raun
J.W. Ruston
Herb Stevens
Chauncey Diecks
William C. Turner
Joseph W. Graves
Arthur Croll
W.A. McKee
Frank BE. Urban
Jack H. Lacher
William B. Sparkman
Andrew Cothran
Thomas J. Jackson
Willie O. McAlister
C.E. LaBruyere Mackie J. Walker
Harvey B. Blanton
Wilbur F. Simmons
Maggie Kuhn
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Bob) Harte
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