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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1985
Page
12
Town Clerk Gale Kirkland says extra green Arash boxes will be available to Wagener residents within two weeks. County movement of some boxes prompted the plan. Council discussed Christmas matters including two offers. Town Hall closes December 25 and 26 and a Christmas parade is set for Saturday at 3 PM.
Santa Claus will pose for photos with children at Otasco Toyland on Laurens Street from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Proceeds benefit the Aiken Chapter of the American Cancer Society. Photo price is 3 for the first child and 2 for each additional child. Candy and balloons available.
The Friends of the Library report $17,000 given over two years to improve Aiken County Public Library facilities. Funds supported reference purchases, fiction and non fiction leases, and microfilms of the census. $1,000 is set aside for a security system awaiting other funds. Tyson notes no state funds for current leases.
The Aiken Chapter of the American Diabetes Association meets Thursday at 7 p m in the Knights of Columbus building on Spaulding Drive. Dr Michael Kilpatrick of the Medical University of South Carolina will speak and recently received an ADA Research and Development Award. Annual election of directors and officers is on the agenda. Tickets cost 9 dollars. reservations to be made by calling 649 4561.
Three of six Aiken County parades go ahead Saturday with Jackson at 9 30 a m Wagener at 3 p m and Graniteville Vaucluse Warrenville GVW parade at 4 30 p m The North Augusta Lions Club parade Sunday was canceled for lack of entries with one band and 31 entries cited as insufficient support.
Kids and families invited to visit with Santa Claus as he takes up residence in the restored thoroughfare. The appearances run Friday 7 30 to 9 p m Saturday 11 a m to 4 p m and Sunday 1 p m. Photos with Santa offered.
Maj. Gen. Robert Solomon told Aiken Rotary Club that today’s Army recruits are highly capable with 92 percent of high school graduates among new enlistees. He notes a fitness program at Fort Jackson and a modernizing effort totaling 100 billion dollars. Solomon, a Fort Jackson commander, outlines shrinking force size since 1948 and compares U S and world manpower.
State and local officials gathered in Aiken to review a pilot ethanol project using turnips as a fuel feedstock. SCE&G funds test crops, with turnips harvested for ethanol at Wateree plant or used as hog feed, aiming to lower costs from the current $1.75 per gallon.
The Boutique de Noel opens today at Rye Patch in Aiken with 33 displays of gifts from local merchants. It runs 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. today and tomorrow, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, with a $2 admission. Pony cart rides for children, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. daily, cost $1 and benefit the Ai ken Driving Club and Friends of Hopelands. Proceeds support the Friends of Hopelands.
The USC Aiken Student Government Association will host its first annual student summit for high school leaders at the Etherredge Center on Thursday. Registration starts at 1 p.m. and the program at 1 30 p.m. Several hundred CSRA students are expected. Guest speaker is Bill McDonald of The State with five faculty led workshops from 2 40 to 3 40 p.m.
Valchem Chemical Division honored several employees in Augusta last night with a special attendance award for Willie Perry who has worked 20 years without missing a day and reportedly never late. Perry, 44, a Paine College alumnus, served two years in the armed forces before joining Valchem in 1985 as a chemical operator now serving as substitute supervisor.
Three men received convictions from a U.S. District Court jury for conspiring to sell hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of encapsulated heroin and cocaine. The group, called the capsule boys, used an elaborate system to elude police and operated from Greenville South Carolina and New York, distributing in Roxbury Boston.
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