Aiken Area Community Calendar of Meetings and Activities
The Aiken area lists numerous meetings and clubs including the Aiken County Legislative Delegation at 7 pm on the first and third Mondays at the Health Department Auditorium and the City Council at 8 pm on the second and fourth Mondays in City Hall. Also listed are the County Board of Education meetings, the Aiken Citizens Advisory Committee, Rotary, Lions, Jaycees, and several recreation department events such as bridge clubs, chess, polo, and craft classes with dates, times, and locations.
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Aiken
Aiken County
Aiken City
City Hall County
Aiken Citizens Advisory Committee
Aiken Rotary Club
Aiken Lions Club
North Aiken
Aiken Recreation
Virginia Acres
Whiskey Rd
Aiken Duplicate Bridge Club
Senior Citizens
Crosland Drive
Town and
Aiken Chess Club
Highway 215
Local Aiken events calendar lists meetings and shows
Public invited to multiple events in Aiken and surrounding areas including NARFE, League of Women Voters, and various concerts, sports games, and charity fundraisers across February and March. Notable items include bloodmobile, fashion show, horse shows, and a piano recital at local venues.
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The
Aiken Electric Cooperative
Highway 215
Mary Ann Britt
Betty Milham
Aiken
Library
Greene St
Augusta
American Association of University Women’s Arts
Aiken Municipal Auditorium
American Association of University Women’s Arts, Books and Crafts
Jefferson-Aiken Mile Track
Banks Mill Road
Education Board To Meet Tonight
The Aiken County Board of Education will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7 30 p.m. today in the Board Room at the Education Center. Newly elected board members will be installed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken County Board of Education
Remembered Trolley Worker Silas Shorty Matthews
An obituary style reminiscence follows Silas Shorty Matthews, a North Augusta resident known for duty on trolley interurban lines in Aiken County. Born 1898 near Saluda, he served in WWI, worked as conductor famed for height and weight, later joined Camel City Bus Company and Atlantic Greyhound, then served as game warden and deputy in the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office until 1970. He helped police arsenals, guarded Ft Gordon moves, and retired to a North Augusta home with wife from a trolley stop romance.
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Aiken County
Augusta
Belvedere
North Augusta
Clearwater
Aiken
Stevens Creek
Graniteville
Silas
Shorty) Matthews
Saluda
Matthews
East Avenue
Shorty
Georgia
South Carolina
Camel City Bus Company
Atlantic Greyhound Bus Company
New York
Florida
Pearl Harbor
U. S. Arsenal
Augusta College
Arsenal
Ft. Gordon
Augusta Arsenal
Georgia Avenue
New Ellenton
Wildlife Awards Set Saturday
The sixth annual Governor's Achievement Program will name South Carolina Conservationist of the Year at a 7 p.m. banquet at the Wade Hampton Hotel. John E. Bockhardt of Elloree leads the Wildlife Federation as president. Roy Arnett of California Wildlife Federation is keynote speaker. Governor John C. West will present the awards.
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Columbia
South Carolina
South Carolina Wildlife Federation
John E. Bockhardt
Elloree
The
Wildlife Federation
Wade Hampton
Roy Arnett
California Wildlife Federation
National
Bi Lo Inc Reports Strong 1970 Sales and Profit
Bi Lo Inc reports for the 36 weeks ended Dec 5 1970 sales of 60.57 million and net income 861,517 equal to 84 cents per share. For the 12 weeks ended Dec 5 1970 sales total 21.26 million with net income 266,178 or 26 cents per share. As of Sept 15 1970 the chain ran 33 Bi Lo supermarkets in SC NC GA plus a Greenville furniture store.
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Mauldin — Bi-Lo, Inc
Bi-Lo, Inc
Bi-Lo
South Carolina
North Carolina
Georgia
Greenville
Four New Library Additions Spotlight Range and Charm
The County Library introduces four new titles across arts and history. The Collector's Book of Boxes chronicles storage boxes from Early America to Faberge. The London Nobody Knows by Geoffrey Fletcher surveys quirky urban sights with illustrations. Romantic England by Peter Quennel combines poetry and history on 1717 to 1851 with rich color plates.
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Marian Klamkin
Charles Klamkin
America
London
Geoffrey Fletcher
England
Peter Quennel
Fletcher
Byron
Italy
Alexander Pope
Aiken Senior Wrenn Herring Wins Midstate Art Award
Aiken High School senior Wrenn Herring won one of 15 Blue Ribbon Midstate Scholastic Art Awards for her monoprint Proud As. The work was chosen by a three-judge panel and will go to New York for national judging, with the 180-piece show at the Columbia Museum of Art through Wednesday.
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Aiken
Wrenn Herring
Midstate
Liberty Life Insurance Co
Wrenn
New York
Columbia Museum of Art
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Whitney Polo Field
Meade Avenue
Aiken County Museum
Arthur Courtney
Aiken- Barnwell
Newberry St
Aiken Welcome Wagon Club
Virginia Acres Activities House
Jackson
Smith-Hazel Recreation Center
Aiken Recreation Department
Virginia Acres Park Activities House
Beverly Brittan
Whiskey Road
Marilyn Brown
Ron Myers
USCA
Aiken Hounds
Jack Rabbit Field
K Woods
Angela Jackson
Maytag
Aiken Elec
Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
S. C
S.C
Associated Press
United Press International
National Association of Retired Federal Employes
NARFE
Senior Citizens Clubhouse
Aiken County League of Women Voters Unit
Bankers Trust Civic Room
Subject
Aiken - Columbia
Red Cross Bloodmobile
Jaycee Community Center
Aiken Preparatory School
Dibble Road Extension
Langley - Bath - Clearwater
Jaycee
Jaycees
Ed Garcia
Aiken Pony Club
Alliance Francaise d’ Aiken
Dreher High School
Adgar Rd
Aiken County League of Women Voters
Virginia Acres Park
Lee Hyder
Gamekeeper’s Lodge
Hitchcock Woods
American Legion Auxiliary
O. E. Powell
South Boundary
St. Angela
Williston
Usca-Palmer College of Charleston
Aiken High Gym
Commercial Hotel
Savannah River Power Squadron
Midland Valley Country Club
Aiken Church of Christ On
Billy Harris
Queen City
Order of the Eastern Star
Aiken Masonic Temple
Lpm
Heart Fund
Aiken Junior High
Belk's
the Boutique
Dibble Road
Coastal Carolina
Llam
US Army Reserve Training Center
Eustis Park
PTA
Kalmia Hill
Kalmia Hill School
Aiken Prep
Horse Show Park
Bog Field
St. Angela-Ridge
Monetta
Ridge
Aiken Junior Woman's Club
Owens- Corning Fibergias
Mayhew Hankinson
Sr 133
South Boundary SE. Aiken
Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center
Easter Seal Treatment Center
Am — Aiken Horse Show
Aiken High
Aiken High School
Park Avenue
Powderhouse Road
Aiken County Heart Unit
Jorge Morel
Aiken Junior High School
Audi
St John's Methodist Church
St. John’s Methodist Church
St Angela
LBC
Seattle
San Francisco
Denver
Kansas City
FT_WORTH
Montreal
Toronto
Atlanta
Boston
Rockies
Mississippi Valley
Lakes
PET
Choo Choo
Wooly Monkey
Kaimia Plaza Shopping
Dial
AHS
SCN
Ferdinand and
Isabella
Columbus
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