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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1981
Page
2
A cold front moves east bringing cooler air to the Southeast with decreasing clouds and no rain expected until week’s end. Tonight will be fair and cold in the mid 30s, tomorrow highs near 60 with partly cloudy skies, and near 30s to mid 60s for the rest of the period including a shower risk Friday.
Tonight features Lions Club and multiple 7 pm gatherings at venues like St. John s United Methodist Church Windsor Recreation Building and Langley with city and county group meetings. Tomorrow lists morning clinics at Margaret J Weston Health Center Aiken Health Department and note of various service clubs.
Multiple local obituaries list residents from Ward Ware Shoals Warrenville North Augusta and Ridge Spring. Included are Pearl Williams Daniels 75 of Ridge Spring Louise King Timms 73 of Ware Shoals Nellie Hankeson 73 Warrenville Levy Gay unknown North Augusta Georgia Goodlet 71 Warrenville Bath Bonnett 59 Bath and Mary Wright elmore in Midville and others. Funeral homes Poseys Miller’s and George plan services. relatives include children grandchildren and siblings.
In Greenville AP two prominent South Carolina blacks voice worry over Sen. Thurmond's stance on the Voting Rights Act and Reagan's proposed social cuts. James Clyburn calls to extend the act beyond 1982 citing gains in black voting power and concerns over enforcement targets. Dr. W F Gibson of the SC NAACP warns against diluting voting rights while Thurmond staffer Will Lucius defends nationwide application. Gibson raises tuition grants for private school families and potential NAACP legal action if approved.
The week’s route times include Tuesday stops at Woodridge Edgewood Lakewood Circle Langley Nutrition Site Roberts Bath Langley West mount. Wednesday visits to Correction Center Morris Grocery McClain's Store Sander's Monetta Kneece Hartley Kedron Church Foxtown Fulmer Key Ridgecrest. Thursday routes Elko Fire Tower Long Branch Boiling Springs Kline Barnwell County Library Black's Hilda Bamberg County Library Windsor Post Office Woodward Subdivision. Friday lists Crosland Park Croft House Graniteville Nutrition Site Midland Valley Shopping Center Belvedere Big Star Shopping Center Belvedere Methodist Church.
The Aiken County Volunteer Fire Department announces a new emergency phone line 279 7364 for public calls and rapid response.
The Administrative Area 3 Schools Advisory Council will meet at 7 30 tonight in the board room of the Area 3 Office Building on U S 1 Langley. The session is open to the public.
All advance payments should be made to Aiken Standard PBM Subscription. This public notice lists payment instructions and options for readers in the Aiken area.
Local shop offers prescriptions eyeglasses and hearing aids at 135A Lancaster Street Aiken South Carolina with contact number 649-1430 for repairs and fittings.
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