Aiken Harness and Steeplechase Meet Details and History
The Aiken Harness races at Banks Mill Road and the Aiken Hunt Meet at Ford Conger Field mark a longer lineage of American harness and steeplechase sports. Tickets range from five to eight dollars, with purses up to seventy thousand dollars, and events are sponsored by the Aiken Jaycees SERTOMA Club USC Aiken and local groups. The piece recounts origins of steeplechasing in England and notes local track builders, with a call to contact the Aiken Chamber of Commerce for tickets.
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Aiken
Fred. H. Post
William
Aiken Jaycees
England
National
Audubon Drive
Aiken Hunt
Aiken Sertoma Club
America
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Recreation Department
Banks Mill Road
Dunbar Bostwick
USC Aiken
Usca Pacer Club
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Aiken Chamber of Commerce
Aiken Rotary hears talk on race relations and leadership
Mrs. Price urged openness to all races and positions in Aiken County, noting progress in race relations yet warning of concerns in schools and economic disparity. She cited discrimination beyond race and urged reexamining opportunities, with Rotary president Richard Pearce chairing meetings at Houndslake Country Club Mondays.
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Aiken County
Price
Judge Tosses New Ellenton Sewer Suit Amid Beech Island mining links
The administration of former Mayor Randy Shaw faces a counter suit as New Ellenton seeks damages claiming embezzled funds and a collapsed sewer project. Beech Island mining ties are alleged to finance and purchase related land, with Be ll defending citizen rights and raising constitutional arguments amid objections from bond counsel and Cantelou’s attorney.
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Randy Shaw
Shaw
NationsBank
Cantelou
Bell
Beech Island
Ce- Shawdar Creek
New el
Rodney King
Mark Fuhrman
Daryl Williams
Winkler and Boyd Bond
Fred Gertz
Williams
Severe Cold Grips South State With Fatalities and Outages
Extreme cold moved through South Carolina causing four confirmed weather related deaths and a possible fifth. A Simpsonville man and an Edisto Island woman died in weather related incidents, an Anderson woman and a Hartsville man perished from hypothermia, and Rita Ouellette 75 was found dead in Greenville. Record lows spanned the state with Caesars Head at the coldest. Duke Power crews worked to restore power to about 5,000 customers in Greenville and Spartanburg counties after outages.
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Myrtle Beach
Motor Vehicles Department
Simpsonville
Edisto Island
Anderson
Hartsville
Greenville
Rita Ouellette
Greenville-Spartanburg
Charleston
Beaufort
Grand Strand
Caesars Head
Duke Power Co
Sparanburg
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R. Edward Parrish
DDS
South Aiken Executive Center
Millbrook Ave
Aiken, SC
Sumter St
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Palmetto Federal
Bank of Choice
Citibank
Alltel Mobile
Alltel
Traehi
Se Rate Plans
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Aaulltel Mobile
Personal Communication Solutions
Augusta
Washington Crossing
Washington Rd
Orangeburg Grove Park
Grove Park
X.E
Hitchcock Plaza
Silverbluff
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