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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1978
Page
2
Multiple obituaries list George Woodward Jr 85 of Miami Florida and Winnie Wolford 73 of Aiken among others. Services are announced for Henrietta Beard Barney Wood Otto Whiddon and Marie Davenport with burial and memorial details in Aiken Clearwater Wagener and nearby towns.
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R E Edmonds of the S C Highway Patrol was named Aiken County Officer of the Year for 1977 by the Graniteville Exchange Club. Attorney General Daniel McLeod praised him for vigilant work including saving three unconscious children from a suspected carbon monoxide incident. Edmonds, from Belvedere, previously served in Richland County and is a SC Police Academy graduate. Other nominees were Carroll Heath and Frank Galardi.
William H. Schreiner 88, former director of the Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center from 1966 to 1968, died at his residence in Aiken. A native of Los Angeles, he held multiple electrical industry roles, earned SC Manager of the Year in 1960, and served in civic and fraternal groups. He leaves a wife Inez Verrell and two sons, with funeral services set at George Funeral Home Chapel.
North Augusta Senior High School hosts an All-State Regional Band clinic today and tomorrow with over 250 junior and senior high musicians, ending in a concert in the school gym at 7 15 p.m. tomorrow.
1978 Democratic U S Senate candidate Charles D. Ravenel will speak at H Odell Weeks Recreation Center in Aiken at 10 30 a m Saturday to meet area residents and discuss campaign issues while challenging incumbent Strom Thurmond.
Edwin Dodd chairman and CEO of Owens-Illinois Inc received Packaging Man of the Year at the eighth annual Packaging Education Foundation awards dinner. The event capped International Packaging Week gathering packaging experts from around the world to discuss current and future opportunities.
Real estate transfers filed with the Registrar of Mesne Conveyance list numerous parcels with buyers and sellers including Kathy D. Morrow to Chris R. Stringer and Joan M. Stringer in Vaucluse for 13 500. Larene S. Allen Garvin et al to William H. Ballinger for 3000. and Houndstoke Corp to The Bunkers for 8996 73 plus mortgage assumption. Other transfers include Red Cross to Georgia Caroline Brick and Tile Co in Hamburg for 50. and Beatrice W. McKellar to Martha S. Shealy for 300 in New Holland area. The list covers property transactions across Hamburg Augusta Windsor Monetta Belvedere and surrounding areas with prices ranging from 50 to 64 500 and multiple mortgage assumptions.
Local listings show a range of events from 7 p.m. gatherings at H Odell Weeks Center and War renville Church of God to A A meetings on Myrtle Street and Linden Street. Planned Parenthood health clinics and a Thoroughbred Hall of Fame event at Hopeland Gardens are noted with specific times and venues.
In North Augusta the father was acquitted on larceny charges tied to a Gulf Station robbery. Herman Tompkins Jr. of Augusta, 20, got 18 months after testifying on Johnson’s grab. Johnson admitted he rode in the car but claimed no planning knowledge.
Navy Operations Specialist 2nd Class John D. Muller serves on the guided missile frigate USS Oliver H. Perry, homeport Mayport Florida. Muller, a Aiken High School graduate, is son of Charlotte E. Lawrence of Aiken, South Carolina. Airman James R. Norris, son of Harold Norris of North Augusta, has joined Lowry Air Force Base Colorado after basic training. Norris is a 1977 Langley-Bath-Clearwater High School graduate. mother Mary F. Broom resides in Norcross, Georgia.
Marshall Cain told about 70 members of the Aiken County Women's Republican Club that two new Panama Canal treaties would surrender zone rights to Panama by 2000 and guarantee neutrality for ships. He noted U S opposition argues over costs and control, while opponents fear loss of assets and limited U S rights. Former Canal Zone residents opposed ratification, citing ties with Castro and potential Communist influence.
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