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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1980
Page
2
Forecast warns of a warm spell followed by rain with 60 percent chance tonight rising to 70 percent Saturday. Temperatures will dip after Sunday into 50s for highs and 20s to 30s for lows, with clearing by Monday and Tuesday.
Sunday events include National Federation of the Blind at Weeks Center and Aiken Community Concerts at Aiken Junior High Auditorium. Various meetings and clinics span Hopeland Gardens to Midland Valley Shopping Center with groups from A.A. to Lions Club and Sertoma sharing dates and locations.
The Millbrook Elementary Parent-Teacher Organization will hold an executive board meeting Monday at 7 30 p.m. in the school library on Pine Log Road.
Eric Thompson of the Aiken County Planning Commission says the plan for a community Development block grant in New Ellenton will not be funded this year. A pre-application was sent to HUD last summer but the town was not invited to submit a formal application. A future submission may occur next year for the southeast Risher Subdivision blight clearance area.
Lt Patrick Pedersen departs tomorrow for Quantico Virginia to join the U S Marine Corps flight program. He is the son of Joe and Rosemary Harrell of Aiken and an engineering graduate of the University of Illinois who has been home six weeks visiting his parents.
The George Washington birthday observance will close all public schools in the Aiken County School District on Monday. Regular schedule resumes Tuesday. Municipal offices in Aiken and North Augusta stay open Monday. Aiken County Complex offices operate on a normal Monday schedule.
Aiken County Sheriff reports three incidents: a break-in at A.D. Stone’s North Augusta home netted 1280 dollars of property including two televisions a stereo and a clock. John Cumbee was robbed at shotgun point after stopping to help a motorist on Shilo Baptist Church Road. A break-in at Kelly's Service Station in Aiken saw 26 guns stolen from a display case.
The election commission chair Ralph H. Sampson announced mayoral and four council seats will be decided on Tuesday April 8. Mayor J Monroe Smith has led for 22 years with elections every two years. Candidates file with clerk Anne Porter 30 days prior. mayoral fee is 50 dollars and 25 dollars for councilmen.
Columbia North Augusta Mayor Henry R. McKenney Jr. was appointed to the Advisory Committee for the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. The panel reviews rules regulations standards and programs with support from the Office of Environmental Quality Control.
Thieves target two Laurens Street shops in Aiken causing jewelry losses. At Aiken Drug a case of silver and gold necklaces valued at 400 dollars was taken while at Holmes Jewelry a sterling silver plate setting was stolen by three suspects with two distracting staff. An additional report notes replacement of all tires on Roosevelt Patterson's car with old ones, valued at 490 dollars.
North Augusta and surrounding areas report multiple deaths with services set or announced. Margorie Fields Lott ages 70s and John Broadwater, Ella Brown, Fate Taylor, Birdie Gowan and others are named with burial plans, church services, and survivor details.
The Aiken County Public Service Authority will hold a regular monthly meeting Monday at 7 30 p.m. in the conference room of the Horse Creek Pollution Control Facility on S C 125 south of U S 1.
A three week Slimnastics course starts Monday at the H Odell Weeks Activity Center. Classes run Monday Tuesday and Thursday 10 to 11 a.m. and Monday and Thursday evenings 7 to 8. Instructor Marilynn Stilp leads. For information contact Weeks center and registrations occur at the first session.
A trash fire on Outing Club Road in Vaucluse burned about two acres of land before being extinguished. The flames destroyed two sheds owned by Han dy Hooper. No injuries were reported.
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