Bettis Academy Fire Rekindles Local Memories
Edgefield recalls Bettis Academy fire that destroyed the oldest building once serving as a dining hall. Abelle Nivens and Rev W H Hightower, both alumni from 1935, remember strict discipline, dances, sports and decades of schooling for Black students. Firefighters from County Line and Graniteville fought the blaze starting about 5 30 am.
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Edgefield
Bettis Academy
Abelle Nivens
Edgefield-Aiken County
Alexander Bettis
Alfred Nicholson
Mount Canaan Baptist Church
Hitchcock Speech Highlights Five Year Plan for Center Equipment
Marcia Harris outlined a five year plan to upgrade Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center speech and hearing services. The first year includes a computer for non oral speakers valued at 3220 with additional items. She thanked a 2000 donation and noted a 1500 grant request from the SERTOMA Foundation to cover initial costs.
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Marcia Harris
Aiken Sertoma Club
Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center
Miss Harris
Sertoma Foundation
Hitchcock Center
Federal Court Trials Begin With Ten Cases at Aiken
U S District Court opened a four week term with ten cases scheduled. One products liability suit against John Deere was settled out of court as Thomas Lawton testified a piece of debris struck his eye from a tractor operated by another. Next case Applied Engineering v BASF Wyandotte Corporation. Remaining suits involve estates and various companies including Coleman Company Inc Schwerman Trucking Company Montgomery Ward Company Prudential Property/Casualty Insurance Goldkist Inc and Fairway Nissan.
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U.S. District Court
Aiken Federal Court House
Thomas 0. Lawton
John Deere Company
Lawton
Basf Wyandotte Corporation
Catherine H. Settles
Samuel H. Jones
Coleman Company Inc
Mary E. Collins
Mario Bonker
The
Coleman Company
Ethel Christie Hawkins
Montgomery Ward Company C
Cynthia Kelly
Administrative Area Three Schools Council Meets Thursday
The Administrative Area Three Schools Advisory Council will hold its regular monthly business meeting Thursday at 6 p.m. in the Board Room of the Administrative Area Three Office Building on Highway 1 Langley.
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Administrative Area Three Schools Advisory Council
Administrative Area Three
Highway 1
Langley
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Lynne Katonak
W. H. Hightower
Hightower
Marcia
Harris
Patty Larson
Tom Brandner
John Cagle
Houndslake Country Ub
Leslie
Aiken Chamber of Commerce, Industrial Development Board, and
Planning and Zoning Commission
Kalmia Hill
South Aiken
Hampton Avenue
Lessie Price
Area Three Council
Whiskey
NCNB
LineOne Equity
Line of Credit
Ncnbs
NCNS
New York
Wall Street Journal
Equal Housing Lender
Bank A
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