Community founder Lester Smalls built informant paper serving Aiken County
Lester Smalls, pastor and longtime community advocate, founded The Informer Newspaper to address health information gaps in Aiken County. He balanced church work with publishing, crediting the paper for community awareness and even health glimpses gleaned from readers. Smalls credits his wife support and roles models like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and local figures, and urges youth to seek a spiritual foundation.
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Lester Smalls
Informer
Aiken County
Smalls
Bell Grove Missionary Baptist Church
Edgefield Highway
Informa
Martin Luther King Jr
Gary Allen
Aiken
Calvin Collage Cobb
Redcliffe Elementary honors Black History Month program
Redcliffe Elementary School celebrated Black History Month with music poetry and student performances. K 2 students performed Friday and 3 5 grade acts followed earlier. Kay Preston supervised choral selections. Principal Sal Minolto praised the effort.
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Redcliffe
Kay Preston
Sal Minolto
Minolfo
Silver Bluff High School Steppers
Linda Green
Silver Bluff
Rob Novit
Program spotlights lesser known black history figures
Schofield Middle School hosts a Sunday Black History Program titled Ordinary People Extraordinary Purpose. Friendship Baptist Church organized the drama filled event highlighting Oscola McCarty Mary McLeod Bethune Fred Luster Willie Gary with performances by Greek Show Steppers praise dancers and a chorus. Loretta Bush portrayed McCarty who donated 150000 life savings to the University of Southern Mississippi at 87 inspiring others. Bethune's life traced as an educator who founded a school that became Bethune Cookman College. William Price played Luster who built Luster Products Inc from steel work to a multimillion fortune. Reverend Leander Jones portrayed Willie Gary who donated 10.1 million to Shaw University and urged quiet reflection discipline and faith amid black history. May Suber received thanks from Rev T C Edwards for organizing the program. Contact details provided for further information.
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Schofield Middle
Friendship Baptist Church
Oscola McCarty
Mary McLeod Bethune
Fred Luster
Willie Gary
Steppers
McCarty
Loretta Bush
Mississippi
University of Southern Mississippi
Bethune
Bethune-Cookman College
Daytona Beach
Fla
William Price
Luster Products, Inc
Leander Jones
Open Hours at 135 York Street Between Richland and Park
Businesses at 135 York Street between Richland and Park operate on Monday Tuesday Thursday Friday and Saturday with a contact line 648-4853 for hours and access.
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York Street
Richland and
Park
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SRS
Kimberly Clark
Gwendolyn
Sumter Street
Stoney Home
South Carolina State University
U.S. Air Force
Krystin Merriweather
Redcliffe Elementary
Green
Kristan Glover
Afri
Langston Hughes
Rnovit
Aikenstandard.com
Silver Bluff High School
Shaw University
Jones
T.C. Edwards
May Suber
Kmerriweather
Aikenstandard
Jvalf
Krysti Briana Lewis
Mary McLeod
Shannon Woods
Renea Marshall
Bistrov
John Hardy
Kai
Floyd Green
Aisken
Silver Bluff Rd
Floydand Green
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