Ash Wednesday Observances Begin Lenten Season
Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent with services and observances at churches in Aiken and nearby areas. St Thaddeus Episcopal Church offers Penance at 4:30 PM with a pancake supper to follow for a church bus pledge. All Saints Anglican, Grace United Methodist, and St John’s host services, suppers, and activities as part of the Lenten focus. Prominent missionaries Clarence and Ruth Durham will speak at First Presbyterian Church in Aiken Tuesday night. Revival meetings are planned at Breezy Hill Baptist and Full Gospel Lighthouse with guest speakers and Bible studies scheduled through the week.
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St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church
Aiken
Pendleton St
All Saints Anglican Church
Fairfield Street
United Methodist Men of Grace United Methodist Church
North Augusta
UMM
St. John’s United Methodist Church
First Presbyterian Church
Clarence
Ruth Durham
Wilson Leprosy Center
Soonchun
Korea
Barnwell Ave
Breezy Hill Baptist Church
Dolphus Price
Graniteville
Breezy Hill Road
James Kent
Full Gospel Lighthouse
Clearwater
Columbia
S.C
First Baptist Church
Herschel H. Hobbs
Hobbs
Southern Baptist Convention
Proclamation Evangelism and Lay Music Missions Services
Church notices detail Baptist Hour program involvement at Charles Wesley United Methodist Church in Aiken with Rev. Gary Byrd leading a series of prayer meetings and Sunday through Tuesday March 16–18 services. Lay Music Missions co sponsor Wilbur Sayles to perform at Warrenville, North Augusta, and other area churches with nightly 7:30 p.m. services. Jehovahs Witnesses report 180 delegates at Aiken circuit assembly and 8 523 statewide attendance. Gospel sings planned at Little Horse Creek and Springfield churches with multiple groups performing. News tip: write Jan Boylston, Box 456, Aiken 29801.
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Charles Wesley United Methodist Church
Trolley Line Rd
Aiken
Gary Byrd
Wilbur Sayles
United Methodist Evangelists Association
Pentecost United Methodist Church
Warrenville
Caper’s Chapel
UMC
North Augusta
Sayles
Austin
Minn
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Columbia
J.A. Hinderer
Little Horse Creek Baptist Church
Glory Land Singers
Clearwater
Chalk Bed Road
Springfield Church of God
Kingdomears
Wedlock and Modern Matrimony in The Last Married Couple
The film follows Mari and Jeff as self styled matrimonial pioneers facing a social circle of divorce and single life. Comedy centers on the frailties of marriage and the perils of the eternal triangle in a tone balancing humor with the issue of broken homes.
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Mari
Jeff
The Flicks Show The Last Married Couple In America
The review notes the film’s humor and social value while acknowledging crude language and adult subject matter. George Segal delivers strong facial reactions making the comedy engaging. It plays at Regency Mall Augusta with an R rating.
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America
Regency Mall
Augusta
Clemson President Visits Aiken for Breakfast and Dinner
Clemson University president Dr Bill Atchley will visit Aiken Tuesday for a 7 19 am Wakin breakfast at Hungry Bull Restaurant hosted by the Aiken Chamber of Commerce with tickets at 3 dollars. He then attends a 7 pm dinner at Houndslake Country Club, with tickets 7 dollars. He will tour local industry and meet alumni. wife Pat visits local cultural and rehabilitation centers.
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Bill Atchley
Clemson University
Aiken
Atchley
Houndslake Country Club
Joe Anderson Jr
Graniteville Company
Owens-Corning Fiberglas
Savannah River
Pat
South Carolina
Adult Development Center
Rose Hill Art Center
Clemson
Texas A&m University
College of Engineering
West Virginia University
Alternatives to incarceration urged by state official at society dinner
Kenneth D. McKellar president of the South Carolina Correctional Association and warden of Manning Correctional Institution proposes restitution programs for non-violent thefts, halfway houses, group homes, and community facility use to reduce crowding and costs. He cites fines and vocational programs while Rep. H Parker Evatt urges backing House Bill 3217 for statewide pretrial intervention and parole supervision funding.
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Kenneth D. McKellar
Alston Wilkes Society
McKellar
South Carolina Correctional Association
Manning Correctional Institution
Columbia
Greenville
Rep
H. Parker Evatt
Evatt
House
Senate
Parole Pardon Board
Croft House
Glen A. Carothers
USC Trustees Lease Wedge estate for seven months
The University of South Carolina’s Board of Trustees voted to lease the 1,300 acre Wedge estate near Georgetown for seven months while pursuing a potential purchase. The estate would be a research station under a proposal by Provost Frank Borkowski and leased at 4000 dollars a month.
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Columbia
University of South Carolina
Georgetown
University
Frank Borkowski
Conference On Families Held At USC Aiken
The White House Conference on Families will be held March 15 from 8 30 a m to 12 15 p m at the USC Aiken gymnasium. Dr Nancy James will give the keynote and small group discussions will follow.
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Usc-Aiken
Week of Feb 18 bookmobile schedule listed by stops
The week long route shows daily stops and times for the bookmobile from Monday to Friday across North Augusta Sweetwater Miller Martintown Hamilton Red Hill Westside McKendree Edgefield Ward Circle Bonnieview Brookhaven College Acres Jordan Midland Valley Dixie Lee Green Acres Graniteville Toobee Montmorenci Couchton New Holland Perry Salley Brodie Comb s Drive Barnwell Kearse Olaf Bennett Govan Bamberg Little Swamp Ehrhardt Wagener.
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North Augusta
Sweetwater Community Center
Miller- Martintown
Hamilton Store
Red Hill
Westside
McKendree
Edgefield Library
Federal Pacific
Harley’s
Hendrix
Ward Circle
Bonnieview
Mockingbird
Brookhaven
College Acres
Clemson Drive
Winthrop
Midland Valley
Jordan Community
Cherokee Drive
Birch
Dixie Lee
Green Acres Mobile Homes
Graniteville
Toobee Community
Montmorenci
Couchton
Kearse
Olaf Bennett
Govan
Bamberg County Library
Little Swamp
Ehrhardt-Wagener
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USC Trustees
Richard B. Dominick
The
State Commission On Higher Education
USC
James Holderman
Chonicle of Higher Education
Baltimore
Richard W. Riley
Clemson Extension Service
Extension Service
Betsy Miller
White House
Sterling
Iradberry’s Jewelry
Security Federal
Security Federal Savings and Loan Association
T. Clifton Weeks
Weeks
Jim Thompson
Action Mortgage
Marilyn Smith
Ashhurst Real Estate Agency
Tahoe
Denmark
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