Portraits of the Past photo submissions invited
Aiken Standard seeks old photos documenting faces and places in Aiken County. Submission forms are available at the Aiken Standard office or on the website as a PDF. Send completed forms to 326 Rutland Drive, Aiken SC 29801. For questions call Kimberley Kirkey at 648 2311 ext 212.
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Aiken County
Aiken Standard
Aikenstandard.com
Rutland Drive
Aiken
S.C
Kimberley Kirkey
Christmas events light up Aiken County week
The Aiken County Parks department hosts a Friday Christmas celebration at Roy Warner Park with crafts Santa and admission $3 for ages five and up. Candle lighting at Memorial Gardens, breakfast with Santa at Odell Weeks Center, and a children’s arts fair follow in nearby days. Several other events include a slave era program at Redcliffe Plantation, luminary display by Woodwinds Estates, a Magic of Christmas show at Aiken Mall, a Christmas dance fundraiser, book signing at Lucy Craft Laney Museum, a genealogy talk, blood drive, and a December youth camp with a $50 fee.
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Aiken County
Santa
H.odell Weeks Activities Center
Aiken
Weeks Center
Aiken County Recreation Center
Hwy. No. 1
Redcliffe Plantation
Kitty Wilson-Evans
Kessie
Lucy Craft Laney
Augusta
Resident presents Graniteville history timeline
Jean Clark Boyd spent two and a half years compiling A Progressive Timeline of Graniteville 1845 1996. The 45 minute presentation at 3 p m Sunday in Aiken County Public Library Meeting Room traces firsts from the Graniteville Company charter to its 1996 sale to Avondale Mills.
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Jean Clark Boyd
Graniteville Cemetery
Aiken/Barnwell Genealogical Society
Graniteville, SC
Aiken County
Call
Graniteville
CSRA
S.C
Aiken County Public Library
Boyd
Graniteville Manufacturing Company
Graniteville Company
Avondale Mills
Aiken Recreation Offers Recycling and Events This Winter
The City of Aiken Parks Recreation and Tourism will recycle Christmas trees from Dec 26 to Jan 6 at H O Weeks and Smith Hazel Centers. Aiken Library hosts Kwanzaa event Dec 27 at 1 p.m. Sponsored by Zeta Phi Beta Sorority. Ruth Paxton offers walk through square dance lessons Jan 6 at 7 30 p.m. at 73 Indian Springs Road. Bingo Hour starts Jan 6 at Aiken Recreation Center noon to 1 p.m. Jan 6. Board of Disabilities meets Jan 8 at 7 p.m. Camellia Society meets Jan 8 at 7 30 p.m. Little Miss Aiken County Pageant Jan 17, entries due Jan 7. Tropical Dream Stars USA pageant preliminaries Jan 24 in Blackville with deadlines Jan 10. USC Aiken CE offers trip to Oklahoma matinee Jan 24. reserve via 641 3288.
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American Red Cross
Aiken County
Whiskey Road
Aiken
Smith-Hazel Recreation Center
Area 1
Recreation Department
City of Aiken
Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism
H.O. Weeks Center
Smith- Hazel Recreation Center
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority
Ruth Paxton
Indian Springs Road
Tropical Dream Stars USA
Blackville
Melissa Bonnette
USC Aiken Office of Continuing Education
Atlanta
Fox Theater
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Herman Boland
Ellis Redd
Hopelands
Brian Meixner
Aiken Memorial Gardens
Hwy. 19
Jessamine Memorial Gardens
Allison Street
Woodwinds Estates
John Tudor
Sears
Aiken Mall
Life
American Legion
Old Airport Road
American Cancer Society
Lisa
Wagener-Salley High School
Senc
P.O
Aikenstandard
Monroe, Ga
Lester
Aiken County Board of Disabilities
Vaucluse Road
Aiken Camellia Society
Aiken County Council
Richland Ave. W
Sored
Perae
SCE Ac
East Gate Dr
Publix
Wwe
Wge
R&m Music
Ibanez
R & M Music
Silver Bluff RD
Rose Hill
Greenville Street
Sheffield
Rosehillestate.com
Fey Meri
Reginer Sale
Latta
Vaucluse
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