Aiken Technical College Celebrated in Sesquicentennial Features
Aiken marks 150th birthday with plans May 3 to 12 as part of a Sesquicentennial Festival. The feature highlights Aiken Technical College ATC linking education to local industry and community growth. ATC opened in 1973 offering 21 technical areas and serving 1,366 students in 1984.
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Aiken
Aiken Technical College
ATC
Technical College
South Carolina
First Presbyterian Church
Aiken County
Paul L. Blowers
Goldfinch Invasion Brightens Scarce Winter Birding
In a winter of scarce birds the backyard saw a surge of goldfinches starting February 7 with three visitors preferring sunflower seeds. By the next day around 30 birds crowded the yard and numbers have grown, while occasional bluebird activity and a rare purple finch are noted. the writer credits birdbaths for bluebird attraction and ends with a lighthearted close.
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Thomasina
Bill Gibson
Mildred
Ernie Herring
Deerwood
Heart Show opens Thursday at St John’s United Methodist Church
The Aiken Women's Heart Board presents five performances of Heart Break Hotel directed by Jim Moore. Dinner shows run each evening at 7, a Friday luncheon at 11 30 a.m., and a Saturday matinee at 2 p.m. The 26 member cast includes Lewil Cushman Karen Edwards Molly Gray Jim Schubert and George Gilmer. Ticket info lists dinner $12 luncheon $8 and matinee $3 with reservations and nearby outlets.
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Aiken Women’s Heart Board
St. John’s United Methodist Church
Jim Moore
Lewil Cushman
Karen Edwards
Molly Gray
Jim Schubert
George Gilmer
Jo Ellen Newman
Jim Glass
Tom Young
Aiken Drug
Woodruff Drug
Lominick Pharmacy
Dental Health Month Aiken Third Graders Learn Tooth Care
Third grade students nationwide and in Aiken County are receiving dental health lessons during National Children’s Dental Health Month. Dr. Tom Truitt and hygienist Gena Jantzen visit schools to teach brushing flossing fluoride diet and sealants. They note sealants reduce decay and plan to broaden talks to ages four to six with parent involvement starting early at ages two to two and a half.
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Aiken County
Tom Truitt
Gena Jantzen
Dr. Truitt
Aiken Council to Debate Inventory Tax Reforms and PSA Study
Aiken County Council will seek tweaks to merchants inventory tax exemptions and study rate funding for the Public Service Authority. The panel plans to request legislative delegation action on 1985 tax changes and partner with Arthur Young for an independent rate study beginning July 1.
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Aiken
Arthur Young and Company
Aiken County Public Service Authority
County Council
PSA
Council
Writers Series Opens With Gladys Swan At USC Aiken
Gladys Swan starts the USC Aiken Spring Writers Series speaking at 7 30 p m in room 107 Administration Building. Swan teaches English at Franklin College and runs a Vermont College MFA program while serving as a writer in residence at the University of Texas El Paso. Her short story collection The Edge of the Desert is published and a Sewanee Review piece appears in her portfolio.
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Gladys Swan
USC Aiken
Ms. Swan
University of Texas, el Paso
Desert
Sewanee Review
South Carolina Arts Commission
Swan
Franklin College
Franklin
Ind
Vermont College
Extension pruning demo by Clemson at Aiken Center
The Clemson University Extension Service will host a shrub pruning and maintenance demonstration tomorrow at 1 30 p m at the Aiken County Agricultural Services Center 1555 Richland Ave E The program is free and open to the public Call 649 6911 for more information.
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Clemson University Extension Service
Aiken County Agricultural Services Center
Rich
Deaths And Funerals In Bath Area
Funeral services for Lee Craten Free 53 were set for 4 30 p m at Bath Pentecostal Holiness Church with burial in Pine Grove Cemetery. He was an engraver born in Bath, Korean War veteran, and member of multiple veterans groups. He survived by three brothers two sisters and numerous nieces and nephews.
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Bath
Lee Craten
Coot) Free
Langley
Pelion
Martha Elaine Boyce Bonds
Otis Givens
Williston
Sharon Cross Roads Methodist Church
Enoch S. Finklea
Floyd Dukes
Bonds
Downey Drive
Orangeburg County
Alvin P. Bonds
Alvin P. Bonds Jr
Frankie Bonds
Swansea
Alvin E. Boyce
Columbia
Beatrice Givens Boyce Wells
Robert M. Wells Jr
Frank O. Wells
Culler Funeral Home of
North
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Derby Bass
The
Aiken Standard
Helen Mary Fenninger
Fran Chapman
Ms. Jantzen
JOE B. Babb & Company
Chesterfield Street
Gilbert’s
Virginia Wolff
Edward Albee
Ted Buff
Harry Waters
George Grieve
Joe Parkman
Fred Barber
Sam Wise
Bill Owens
Aiken County-Barnwell County
Lemuel Usry
J. R. Edison
Richard Rucker
Ray Walker
Wilbur Reames
George Truell
Clyde Maddox
Bobby Tinsley
Ralph Gunnells
Posey
Mary C. Pridgen
Little River
Drina Earle Montgomery
Trenton
J. Marion Cox
Camden
Beatrice Blyther
Goldfinch Funeral Home
Conway
Yalgas
T .Fish
Atoartha Bonds Attahh
At&t
At&t Consumer Sales & Service
Nomad
Aiken Heritage Square Shopping Center
Whiskey Rd
Augusta Augusta Mall
Big Tree
Washington Road
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