Graniteville to lay off 100 workers due to imports
Graniteville Company announces a 100 employee layoff at Gregg Finishing after the new year. The cut will depend on department needs and may shift some workers to new shifts or lower positions. Officials promise to seek jobs for affected workers and deny further layoffs at this time.
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Graniteville Company
Gregg Finishing
United Merchants and Manufacturing
Um&m
Gregg
J.E. Bresnahan
William C. Lott
Guy N. Thompson
Am&m
Clearwater
Coaches recall trip to Valdosta for football title
County assistants recount their Friday journey to Valdosta Georgia for a state championship game. The trip conflicted with their Saturday return to Aiken. Mrs. Glen Burney humorously notes her son Mark’s Christmas play role required little acting, while Sam Schillaci remarks a man named Sam Schillaci appeared on television and spelled his name the same.
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Valdosta
Georgia
Aiken
Glen Burney
St. Mary's
Mark
Sam Schillaci
Ballots Counted Tomorrow in Aiken County Five Race
Challenged ballots in the Aiken County Council District Five race will be counted tomorrow at 2 p.m. in the county office complex. Democrat Bill K. Trapp leads Republican L. Kline Paulk by five votes. a new election could be ordered if the margin remains six votes or less.
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Aiken County
Bill K. Trapp
L. Kline Paulk
Delegation and Council Set Monday Meeting
Aiken County legislative delegation and the Aiken County Council will hold a joint meeting Monday at 6 p.m. in the county office complex. The session is open to the public.
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Aiken County
Aiken County Council
Suspects From Robbery Leave Van Near Bettis
Two black males robbed Barton's Grocery in Edgefield of a large amount of cash then fled in a white Ford van with North Augusta plates. The abandoned van was found on Graniteville Road near Bettis Academy as dog teams searched for the suspects, believed armed and dangerous, with no injuries reported.
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Edgefield
Barton's
Aiken
North Augusta
Graniteville Road
Bettis Academy
Funds Growing Today Supports Jaycee Christmas Tour
Last chance to donate to the Jaycee Christmas Shopping Tour with 9 AM start at Big E Edwards Store Mitchell Shopping Center. Jaycees with Shiloh Baptist Church and Beta Sigma Phi will assist about 80 underprivileged children selecting clothes and toys, with Edwards offering a 10 percent discount. A post tour party at the Jaycees hut features Santa Claus.
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Jaycee
Big E Edwards
Mitchell Shopping Center
Jaycees
Shiloh Baptist Church
Beta Sigma Phi
Edwards
Santa Claus
Salvation Army Cheer Fund Reaches Target to Aid Needy
The Salvation Army reports 7126.58 raised for its Christmas Cheer Fund to assist area families. Donations may be sent to 322 Gayle Dr. Prominent contributors include Jessie Ergie, Donald Byriey, G O Robinson, Loton Rasmussen, Lelia Bradley, Albert Carter, and NH Kuenhaut among others.
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Salvation Army
Gayle Dr
Final Miles Fatigue as Mary and Joseph Seek Bethlehem Inn
Mary and Joseph near Bethlehem endure fatigue as crowds fill the town. An innkeeper offers a cave for privacy, and Mary agrees to labor there with privacy in mind. Joseph finds a cave for animals as the last option. The scene ends with Mary asking to be taken to the place where she will give birth.
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Bethlehem
Mary
Joseph
City of David
House of David
Judea
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Charles Wienbeck
City of Aiken
Hopeland Gardens
Joan
Whitney) Tower
Friends of Hopelands
H. Odell Weeks
Jeannie Lancaster
Aiken High
Eddie Buck
Buck
Council
Lade
Bettis
P.O. Box
S.C
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Merily
Rial
J.C. Williams
Robert Lofgren
Bill Turner
Farmers and Merchants Bank
CH. Marvin Jr
W.T. Minter
Senior Citizens Club of
Alken
Jessie Ergie
Donald Byeriey
Hunter Wright
Frenk O. Wilang Jr
John Canning
J. Rodney Weeks
Mes
Nelson Meaker
Bernice G. Miller
Hugh J. Burton
M. Peterson
James C. Williamson
James Kitchings
Betes Insurance Company
Lewis E Brown
Hutson-Etherredge-Brown
Hunter Kilburn
Jenna H. Bunnell
A. Smith
Virginia Lybrand
Thomas E. Haynes
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