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Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Feb 28, 1972

Page

2

Aiken Area Calendar Shows Local Meetings and Events

Unity Calendar lists dozens of Aiken area groups with meeting times and venues. Notable entries include Aiken City Council sessions at City Hall and various clubs such as Lions, Jaycees, Rotary, and AAUW hosting events at the Commercial Hotel and Senior Citizens Clubhouse Crosland Drive. The list also notes museum hours and a one man art exhibit at the University of South Carolina in Aiken.

Aiken Area Aiken City Hall Park Avenue Aiken County Board OF Realtors Aiken County Aiken County Health Department Arthur Courtney Aiken County Licensed Practical Nurse Association Aiken Jaycees Jaycee Crosland Park American Post American Legion Old Airport Road Aiken City Aiken Newcomers Club Aiken Pilot Club Aiken Aiken Rotary Club Civil Air Patrol Center Senior Citizens Clubhouse Crosland Drive Senior Citizens National Association OF Retired Federal Employees Aiken Ownes Corning Fiberglas Womens Club Fiberglas ST. Angela St. Angela Academy ST. Mary's Women’s Club Senior Citizens Club Commercial Sertoma Club Aiken Town and Country Club Fermata Club Whiskey Road Aiken Town Bridge Pet Dairy Alk-In Aiken- Barnwell

Aiken Standard Address and Contact Details

The Aiken Standard established 1867 publishes daily except weekends from 124 Rutland Drive Aiken SC 29801 Post Office Box 456. It carries AP and UP International dispatches and offers various mail and carrier subscription rates.

Aiken Standard Rutland Drive Aiken S. C S.C Associated Press United Press International

Nationwide Weather Picture Dictates Snow and Showers

On Monday night snow is likely over the Northern Rockies and Northern Plains with activity also in upper New England. Showers are forecast along the upper and mid Pacific coast with clear to partly cloudy conditions elsewhere nationwide.

Rockies Plains New England Pacific Coast

Baptists Gather In Columbia For State Conference

More than 1,500 Baptist ministers and laymen from throughout South Carolina are expected in Columbia for the opening of the annual State Baptist Conference on Evangelism. General sessions and Bible studies are planned across three days.

Columbia South Carolina

Deaths And Funerals In Aiken Area

Funeral services were held for Darryl Hightower 3 at Four Mile Baptist Church New Ellenton with burial in the church cemetery. Surviving parents James and Carrie Hightower, siblings James Edwards Jr Sherod Hightower Kendra Hightower and grandparents listed. Also mourns Gary Lynn Lewis 16 of Aiken died from gunshot wounds at home. Services at Aiken First Baptist Church with burial in Sunset Memory Gardens. Survivors include his father George D Lewis, sister Kathy Ann Lewis brothers Robert T Lewis George D Lewis Jr and grandparents Earl Lewis Athens Ala Wilmer Bridges Attalla Ala.

Darryl Hightower Four Mile Baptist Church New Ellenton James Hightower Aiken James Edwards Jr Sherod Hightower Kendra Hightower Carrie Shumate Carrie Hightower Anderson Hightower Gary Lynn Lewis George David Lewis Converse Drive Aiken First Baptist Church Robert L. Cate Sunset Memory Gardens Lewis George D. Lewis Elizabeth Bridges Lewis Schofield Aiken High School First Baptist Church Kathy Ann Lewis Robert T. Lewis George D. Lewis Jr Columbia Earl Lewis Athens Ala Wilmer Bridges Attalla Aiken County James Gregory Converse Richland Ave Ester S. Hall Warrenville Sandra C. Childers Evelyn G. O'Connell Rollingwood Drive Glen Hayes Henry Sr Louise Sheilds Graniteville

Claude W. Worts, 73, Newberry resident dies

Claude W. Worts 73 of 951 Cornelia Street Newberry died Saturday at a Newberry hospital. Funeral held today at 3 p.m. at Westland Baptist Church burial in Newberry Memorial Gardens. He was a native of Durham and a member of Westend Baptist Church. Survived by widow Ada Woodward Worts and son Claude W. Worts Jr. of Aiken.

Newberry Claude W. Worts Cornelia St Westland Baptist Church Newberry Memorial Gardens Worts Durham Westend Baptist Church Ada Woodward Worts Claude W. Worts Jr Aiken

Eargle Rites Set For Ridge Spring Diaper Serviceman

Leland Eargle 59 of Ridge Spring died Saturday in a Columbia hospital after a month illness. Funeral at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church tomorrow at 3 p.m. with Rev. John Wrenn officiating. Burial in church cemetery. He worked as a diaper serviceman for Riegel Textile Co. in Aiken and was a member of Woodmen of the World and Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church. Survived by wife Addie Mae Bailey Eargle and four sisters Lola Eargle Elise Plunkett Madelene Satcher and Gladys Seigler.

Ridge Spring Leland Eargle Columbia Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church John Wrenn Church Eargle Riegel Textile Co Aiken Woodmen of the World Addie Mae Bailey Eargle Lola Eargle Elise Plunkett Monetta Madelene Satcher Johnston Gladys Seigler

James H Turner dies in Monroe after Aiken County life

James H. Turner 38 of Monroe Georgia died Saturday at Aiken County Hospital. Funeral services were held today at Posey's Funeral Home Chapel Gran It Eve with two ministers officiating. Burial in Vaucluse cemetery. He was a native of Aiken County employed by Townsend Tree Co. Surviving include a son two daughters a stepfather three stepsisters two half-sisters four half-brothers and a step-brother.

James Heyward Turner Monroe, Ga Aiken County Hospital Posey’s Funeral Home Chapel Graniteville J. E. Dake David L. Kneece Vaucluse Ceme Tery Turner Aiken County Townsend Tree Co Monroe James H. Turner Jr Aiken Mary Jane Turner Teresa Turner John S. Cato Gloverville W.L. Henderson Dunn Virginia Thurmond Charles Morris Bowie

North Augusta Faces EPA Action Over Wastewater Plan

North Augusta must meet a cease and desist order by April 15 to stop discharging raw sewerage into the Savannah River. The city secured a $1 million HUD loan and $500,000 in federal grants for a $1.8 million treatment plant, with bids, design work, and an 18 month construction timeline. regional planning is urged to unlock further federal funds and extend county impacts.

North Augusta Savannah River Walters EPA Grover .Cook Charlotte N.C City of Aiken Horse Creek Valley Webb Roland Windham Windham

Police Are Kept On The Go

A weekend of violence and crime in Aiken County includes a man who shot himself after a gunpoint confrontation, a double teen knife incident, a teen suicide by shotgun, multiple vehicle accidents, thefts, and a bank robbery linked to two Augusta men awaiting extradition. The report covers wounds, arrests, and ongoing investigations.

Busbee Mary Bright Marlboro St. N.E Augusta Aiken Beatrice W. Livingston L.D. Sumters Hall Drive James Williams 10Th St Miss Livingston Kalmia Plaza

Mims Sees Thurmond Link in Edgefield Water Fight

Edgefield Advertiser editor W W Mims argues a $50 000 lawsuit from land developer W M Gregory stems from a Thurmond designed plan. He contends officials violated federal law over a $5.5 million water system delaying construction while appeals proceed.

Edgefield County W.W. Mims Sen. Strom W.M. Gregory Mims Edgefield County Water and Sewer Authority Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

Nixon Returns From China

President Nixon landed in Anchorage after a historic week in China. He pledged to withdraw U.S. forces from Taiwan someday and to pursue bilateral trade and exchanges short of formal relations. No change in Vietnam positions was reached.

Anchorage Alaska Nixon China U.S Taiwan Vietnam

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Hulland Dr Aiken Lions Club Lions Hut Hwy 19 P.m Yamasee Boy Scouts of America St. Thaddeus Parish House Newberry St Llam Aauw Arts National Weather Service Los Angeles API Weather Miami Ston Baptists Gary L. Lewis James H. Turner G.T. Myers Nathaniel Corley Sumter St Rose Simmons J.C. Busbee Corley University Hospital Miss Simmons Smith Hazel Norris Bradley Mae Doris Bradley J.D. Canepa Miss Childers Dorothy W. Stevens Union St Dorothy D. Ferguson S. Boundary Stevens G.H. Gibbing Summit St Sen. Thurmond Design Freshie Bakers Dozen Amer Shathy Mitchell Shopping Center Brave & White
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