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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1981
Page
2
Weather forecast shows rain ending tonight with an 80 percent chance of rain dropping to 20 percent tomorrow. Skies remain cloudy with a nighttime low in the mid 40s and daytime highs around the low 50s. The outlook calls for fair skies Wednesday through the end of the week with nights in the mid 20s and days in the mid 40s.
Union Mrs. Sarah Koon Wilson 71 of Union died yesterday. Services tomorrow at 3 p.m. Fairview Baptist Church burial in church cemetery. Aiken native. Myrtice Richter Akin 58 Route 4 died Saturday at home. Funeral tomorrow 2 p.m. George Funeral Home with Rev. Charles Wilson officiating. Burial Aiken Memorial Gardens. Survivors include daughter Mrs. Wayne A. McCall and sons Robert A. Akin Kenneth L. Akin. Akin Baptist. Friends today 7 9 p.m. at funeral home. Edgefield Mrs. Toney Holloway 71 800 Augusta Road died yesterday in Edgefield County hospital. Burial arrangements by Blalock's Funeral. Holloway Republican Grove Baptist Church member and choir. Survivors include multiple daughters and sons. Friends may call at Smith residence 311 Augusta Road. Wrightsville Wallace Carter 81 died yesterday in Dublin Georgia. Funeral today 3 p.m. Maple Springs Methodist Church Johnson County burial Piney Mount Methodist Church cemetery. Carter lifelong Johnson County resident and farmer. Annie Bright 603 Burnside Ave North Augusta died Saturday at home. Native of Edgefield lived in North Augusta since 1935. Member Young Macedonia Baptist Church. Survivors include daughters and sons. Friends may call at residence. George Kinard Dominick 79 died Friday at Aiken County hospital. Funeral yesterday Trinity United Methodist Church burial Bethany Cemetery Aiken. Dominick former Newberry superintendent of education until 1936. Postmaster of Newberry 1936 1954. Later with Newberry Federal Savings and Loan until 1967. Lived in Aiken. Trinity member. Memorials to Trinity United Methodist Church. Survivors include daughters and sister.
Multiple obituaries from the Aiken and Augusta area note the deaths of Elizabeth Ford Coffman 74 of 821 Lagare Road and Elizabeth Phinizy 55 of Route 5 Box 272, both active in local churches. Coffman’s survivors include sons Melvyn D. Coffman and Malcolm Coffman. Phinizy’s survivors include daughter Olivia Ann Phinizy and son Charlie W. Phinizy Jr. Funeral arrangements and burial in Sunset Memory Gardens and Hillcrest Memorial Park are listed, with services conducted by local pastors. Additional notices include James L. Reese and Velma Byrd Summerall with service details and affiliations.
Barnwell County native and retired Barnwell Public Schools worker Barnwell-Roney Sanders, brother of William Sanders of Aiken, died Wednesday at his home. Services were held yesterday at New Home Baptist Church.
A long list of 7 p m meetings covers groups from Self Help for Cancer Patients to Aiken City Council. Other happenings include Lions Club, Disabled American Veterans, various town councils, AA meetings, health clinics, and neighborhood clubs. Ellison Garvin invites club and meeting reps to write to Aiken Standard.
Gov. Riley commends Union Camp as a strong, well managed company with wildlife and environmental concerns. He cites ongoing two year drought and urges long term water planning before a crisis. He stresses reapportionment, cites failed legislature efforts, and signals interest in limiting state government growth.
USCA and Aiken TEC face constrained finances as cuts reduce part-time staff and supplies. Classes shrink, night offerings become scarcer, and English may be taught by one full-time instructor with support from part-timers. Chancellor Casper warns of stress on operations amid a 2.19 to 3 percent reduction.
Aiken County Council weighs an ordinance creating a clerk coordinator position in the Clerk of Court office with a 5204 dollar annual salary to handle Family Court workload. A public hearing and third reading will be held on reapportioning single-member districts per the 1980 Census.
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