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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1970
Page
12
Henry Salter of Monetta promotes purple martins as natural insect controllers and runs a growing gourds business, the original housing for the birds, highlighted in Jim Evans's photo.
The annual Christmas Bird Count begins across the U.S. with 12 101 birders participating in Aiken County on January 1 1970. The author joins as a helper and notes a new Carolina wren visiting the backyard and concerns about azalea care.
A 325 ton nuclear pressure vessel built by Babcock and Wilcox for Duke Power’s Oconee site is expected to dock Saturday on the Savannah River at North Augusta, Georgia. The barge now off Georgia’s coast will enter Savannah Friday if on schedule, undergo a three day unloading starting Sunday, then travel 21 days via the nation’s largest land carrier before rail transfer at Clark Hill to reach the Seneca area power station. Public viewing will be possible from across the river near the former Augusta landfill site, accessible via Goodrich Street on upper Broad Street at the John P King Manufacturing site.
Fred Ryder announces Sunday at 3 pm tryouts for Lion In Winter at the new Playhouse building in Virginia Acres Recreation Park. Will Cole directs as drama chairman for the South Carolina Arts Commission. Open roles include two women and five men.
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