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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1986
Page
10
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy conditions tonight with lows around 40. Friday to Sunday expect partly cloudy skies with seasonal temperatures and daily lows in the 30s and highs in the 50s. The mountains Midlands coast and beaches all show cloud cover with light west winds and a chance of showers in places.
Christmas Eve and Day services are held at multiple churches around Aiken. All Saints Anglican Church on Fairfield Street hosts 6 and 11 p.m. services with Rev. Stephen Head and Rev. Henry Summerall. Kedron Baptist Church on Wire Road hosts a candlelight service with singers from six churches. Millbrook Baptist Church on Pine Log Road offers candlelight and carol at 6 p.m. St Mary Help of Christians on Park Avenue York Street lists 5:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. and midnight liturgies, with Christmas day at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. First Presbyterian Aiken hosts 5:30 p.m. family service, 7:30 p.m. music, 8 p.m. candlelight communion, and 10:30 a.m. Christmas Day worship with noon brunch.
A list of memorial and anonymous donations supports county residents in need. Contributions range from small gifts to larger sums including in memory gifts for Louis Holley and Jim Montgomery, with names such as Randy Morgan, Jack Holley, and Brenda Montgomery among donors.
A shopper searches for Bing Crosby Christmas records but a clerk mishears and suggests Crosby Stills and Nash. The shopper corrects the name to Bing Crosby, known for The Bells of St. Marys and White Christmas, as the supervisor steps in to assist.
A shopper visits a store asking for Bing Crosby Christmas albums and is told the catalog lacks Crosby and other classics. After browsing options like Perry Como and Andy Williams, he settles for The Chipmunks' Christmas as a fallback.
Three states report deadly fires killing 10 people including Miriam Santiago’s unborn daughter and several young nieces and nephews. In Chelsea Massachusetts a three story building fire claimed Sonia Santiago 16 months Tonya Vega 3 and Melissa Vega 2. Rosa Vega mother of the Vega children dropped them off for Christmas shopping. Miriam Santiago babysat when flames trapped rescuers who could not reenter.
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