Betty Williams Opens Own Gift Shop in Six Points
Augusta retailer Betty Williams left a former job after four years of selling imports to run B and J Gifts Discount Center at 1626 Hampton Ave. She offers silk flower arrangements and unusual baskets at low mall prices, with weekly buying trips to stock the shop open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Her husband Bill and son Jerry help, and she values independence and variety in her business.
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Betty Williams
B&j Gifts Discount Center
Ginny Southworth
Augusta
Mrs. Williams
Bill
Graniteville Company
Jerry
Timmerman Blames Imports For Textile Industry Woes
Augusta Graniteville Company president Robert Timmerman warns imports flood the market and threaten recovery as the textile sector operates at 70 percent capacity. He cites lack of diversification, potential shifts in strategy, and a push toward automation to boost productivity and global competitiveness.
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Timmerman
Augusta
Graniteville Company
Graniteville
Robert P. Timmerman
Augusta Kiwanis Club
Aiken TEC Outlines Design for the Eighties Plan
Aiken TEC unveils Design for the Eighties as South Carolina plans a statewide technical training push. Jack Powers outlines six resource centers, TECNET network, mobile units, and focus on microelectronics robotics and computer applications to retrain workers for high capital and white collar roles.
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Jack Powers
Columbia
Powers
Aiken Tec College
South Carolina
TEC
Midlands
Piedmont
Tri-County
Greenville
Sumter Area
York
Greenville Tec
Tecnet
Earl Ellis
Division of Industrial and Economic Development
Ellis
54 Acres Open Land Near Aiken with Horse Farm Potential
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New Ellenton
Aiken
Mathis Realty, Inc
No. Augusta
Aiken Firms Open Offices and Local Business Updates
Two new Aiken firms announce openings with 117 Waterloo St location and new managing partner Paul V. Fitch II, plus fintech and services from Overman Software, Key Chemicals move, Bankers Trust mortgage expansion, and local economic metrics. The bundle includes seminar plans at Aiken Technical College and several company reports on sales and earnings.
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McElhaney, Yates, Ash & Co
Certified Public Accountants
Aiken
Waterloo St. Paul V
Fitch
Csra Girl Scout Council
Margaret Fitch
Good Shepherd Episcopal Church
KEY Chemicals
Laurens St
N.W
Hydrick’s
Bankers Trust Loans
North Augusta
Bankers Trust
Bankers Mortgage Corporation
Bankers Mortgage
Textile Officials Question Wisdom Of Suit
Greenville AP report notes textile industry leaders question the decision by retailers to sue to block foreign textile imports. Graniteville Co. vice president William E. Johnson and others argue quotas are needed to protect American jobs as layoffs rise amid recession and imports. Johnson stresses that one in eight U.S. workers is in fiber or apparel related fields and questions who buys retailers’ goods.
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United States
Timmerman
Greenville
William E. Johnson
Graniteville Co
Graniteville
Johnson
America
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Kennels & Service
AKC
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Santa
Isabel Vandervelde
Charming Little Home
B.R
H&a
South Side
B.R. C
Mary Wiswell
Southside
Bath
Virginia
Crossand Park
L.R
D.R
Huntcliff
Lge
Brent
Valley Dr
Oakhill
Servi Services
Aiken Technical College
Laura New
Research Associates Inc
Beaufort and
Sumter Technical Colleges
Greenwood
John Horton
Overman Software Inc
Robert F. Overman
Overman Software
Aikenites
Aiken County
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Mary J. Eibling
Brenda S. McMullin
Katherine A. Tseng
Miriam Berendsen
Clearwater
Thomas S. Kotti
University of South Carolina Division of Continuing Education
du Pont Financial Report
du Pont
Edward G. Jefferson
Lowe’s Financial Report
Lowe’s Companies Inc
Aiken Building
Cathy Hughes
Aiken Standard
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