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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1975
Page
2
Funeral services for Willie Thomas Wagener will be held tomorrow at 3 30 p m at the New Holland Baptist Church with pastors Robert B Moor Wayne C Gunter and W C Lowe officiating. Burial will follow in New Holland Cemetery.
Alfred E Bissell 72 died yesterday at his home in Chadsford Pennsylvania A memorial service is set for tomorrow at 2 p m at Westminster Presbyterian Church Wilmington Private funeral services Bissell spent winters in Aiken at Louviers on Dibble Road He was Yale graduate former partner of Laird Bissell and Meeds and former chairman of Delaware Trust He served on boards of United Fund Delaware Red Cross Wilmington Medical Center Home of Merciful Rest He directed Delaware Steeplechase and Race Association Survived by widow Julia DuPont Andrews Bissell of Chadsford a brother George P Bissell a son Alfred E Bissell Jr of Boston three daughters Julia Leisenring Antonia Laird Susan Parker and several grandchildren.
Funeral services for Thomas De Vaughn Bud Williams 51 were held today at First Baptist Church. Burial followed at Barnwell County Memory Gardens. A native of Jenkins County Georgia and a power operator at E J DuPont, he survived by a daughter Susan LaWanda Williams mother Mrs Ida Dickey Williams two sisters Eunice Bragg and Vera Stanfil and two brothers James Allen Williams and Lovick Williams. Barnwell Mole Funeral Home supervised arrangements.
Colet Blease Stanley 58 of Hampton County died Monday night in a Barnwell County hospital. Funeral services follow today at 3 p.m. at Sandy Ran Cemetery near Hampton with Rev. Robert Freder ick officiating. He was a World War II veteran, a carpenter, and a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church. Survived by wife Geneva Long Stanley two daughters Jeanette and Lynn Rose two sons Willie James and Elease Murray Stanley a sister Mrs Ruby S Tuten. Yarnville Peeples-Holland Funeral Home Hampton is in charge.
The Aiken Standard advertises its publication schedule and postal address in Rutland Drive Aiken South Carolina 29801. It notes AP wire dispatches and exclusive reproduction rights, with policy on omissions and errors and correction in the next issue. It warns on advance payments and carrier payment limits.
Denver H Morrison 66 died yesterday at Orangeburg Regional Hospital. Burial at Denmark Cemetery. Born New Boston Ohio he was son of the late Charles E and Isabell McNeal Morrison. Survived by three daughters Mrs Otis L Sandifer Denmark Mrs Wyman Weeks Aiken and Mrs Rosella Remmel Enterprise Ala a step daughter Mrs Emmerson O Rear Denmark and a step son Charles Owens Charlotte N C.
Willie H Heath 52 of Combs Drive died this morning at Aiken County Hospital. Funeral arrangements set for tomorrow at 3 p.m. from the First Baptist Church Cemetery.
Joseph Yell Jackson Jr. died Monday in a Columbia hospital. Service will be held today at 4 p.m. in Shealy Funeral Home Batesburg with Rev Ralph Lever officiating. Burial at Ridge Crest Memorial Park. He was a Chesterfield County native, World War I veteran, member of American Legion Post 161 and Batesburg Civilian Club. He operated Batesburg Leesville Printing and Supply Co. Survived by brother J C Claude Jackson and one sister Mrs Ray Crowder Greenwood.
Funeral services for Mr Heath of Montmorenci were conducted by Rev Herbert J Gladden at the Montmorenci First Baptist Church. Survived by wife Mrs Rebecca Redd Heath two children Rebecca Lynne Heath and William Olin Heath two sisters Annie H Durham Ollie M Heath and brother J Earl Heath. Memorials to Aiken County Unit of the American Cancer Society. Friends may call at residence or George Funeral Home.
Portola Valley California obituary for Mrs Tyrus Ray mond Cobb widow of Ty Cobb of baseball fame. Survivors include two nieces Dr Elna Lombard of Aiken and Mrs Margaret Broome of Augusta.
Care Medico reported its overseas teach and treat program reached close to 500000 patients in 1974. The annual statement highlights broad international service and patient impact.
Salvation Army dinner features Lt Col George Marshall as guest speaker. 1974 annual report shown by Mrs Betty Hawthorne, new board members installed, and awards given to bell ringers and volunteers. Entertainment by Aiken Corps Ensemble and Miss Rita Faucett. Dinner at 7 p.m. at Millbrook Baptist Church. tickets four dollars from AD Board or Salvation Army office.
Deputies from the Aiken County Sheriff's Department responded to a theft at Mundy’s Service Station on Highway 19 South. Two white males, Reggie Cofer age 18 and Noel Reese age 20, were on the roof and arrested after officers found stolen property including a gasoline computer, tools, meat, cigarettes, and a television totaling about 2460 dollars. Evidence links to a break in at Lyle Grocery on Route 1. Additional burglaries were investigated at Ralph Carden’s home and Ben Clark’s glass jar bank thefts.
A schedule of events across Aiken and North Augusta lists chess clubs at Virginia Acres and North Augusta Recreation Center, Optimist Club at S S Cafeteria, Bicentennial Meeting at Security Federal Savings and Loans, and a board of education survey hearing. Also shown are Knights of Columbus, Social Security info at Edgefield courthouse, Newcomers coffee, Kiwanis at Ramada Inn, DAR meet at 912 Shadow Drive, Planned Parenthood clinic, Salvation Army dinner, National Secretaries Association North Augusta chapter, Jesse C Lynch Memorial Post, Legion Hut, and a Duplicate Bridge session.
James D. Price, longtime Aiken Post Office employee since 1951, has been promoted to Sectional Center Director of Mail Processing in Augusta effective March 15. He will remain based in Aiken. Price rose from substitute clerk to postmaster in 1972 and has held multiple postal leadership roles. He and his wife Patricia reside in Aiken with sons Timothy Patrick and Chad.
The report recommends razing Downer and Jackson Elementary to build a new school, expanding Ellenton Junior High, consolidating Aiken High, and reassigning or closing Vaucluse and North Augusta Elementary. It notes funds will be substantial and awaits full copies for review.
The practice, echoing 1930s mood, affects a small share of 92.1 million workers with Georgia seeing about 75,000 on a one week work one week unemployment plan. Baxley Veneer and Cleat Co. reports 65 percent of its 100 employees on partial layoffs. The Washington Star News guild voted four day weeks for four days pay, preserving about 100 jobs.
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will visit Bel-Ridge Baptist Church in Belvedere and the Jackson Masonic Lodge tomorrow from 4 pm to 8 pm. Residents are urged to roll up their sleeves and donate a pint to help the ill and injured. both new and repeat donors are needed.
Garden supply dealers report early seed and fertilizer sales as unemployment drives people to garden. Prices rise for some beans and corn seeds, while fertilizer costs stabilize after a two year jump. Local retailers expect shortages on certain seed varieties but substitutes remain available.
ABC director Joe G. Shinn announced the liquor store hours amendment is in effect. Stores may not open before 9 a.m. or close after 7 p.m. The measure was ratified by the legislature last week after conferences with the attorney general.
James Ray of SCE&G testified before the Public Service Commission in Columbia regarding a note he posted urging Aiken employees and spouses to attend a public hearing on the 246 percent rate hike. He defended the note as a way to protect employees interests, while PSC counsel questioned its propriety and motives.
Navy Seaman Melvin Cave Jr. from Aiken completed recruit training at Naval Training Center Orlando. Airman Kenneth Jackson, son of Mr. and Mrs. David P. Jackson of Aiken, graduated from a US Air Force medical materiel specialist course at Sheppard Air Force Base Texas. Marine Lance Corporal Stanley W. Hewston, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Hewston Jr. of Aiken, qualified as a rifle expert at Marine Corps Air Station Jacksonville North Carolina.
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