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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1974
Page
2
Kenneth Holloway of 453 LeCompte Ave North Augusta died Tuesday in a local hospital. Funeral services will be held Friday at 10 30 a m in Poseys Funeral Home chapel North Augusta with Rev David Miller officiating. Burial will follow at East Side Cemetery Statesboro Ga at 3 30 p m under Smith Tillman Funeral Home direction. Friends may call at the funeral home.
Elzie Green of Warrenville died at his residence on Tuesday. Funeral services will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at Posey's Funeral Home chapel in Graniteville with Rev. Bill Posey officiating. Burial follows in Warrenville Cemetery. He owned a sanitation business and was a longtime Aiken County resident and member of Clear water No 1 Baptist Church. Surviving: widow Thelma Busbee Green. six daughters Martha Waldrop Elise Proctor Linda Green Kelly Jean Green Pearl Collum Shirley Ann Baron. five sons James Green Odell Green Charles Forde Green Glenn Busbee Roger Green. brother J C Green. sisters Evelyn Toole Elise Key Nellie Randall.
Carl Frederick Schaefer of 137 Laurens St N W Aiken died Tuesday. Funeral held today at 10 a.m. in Aiken Memorial Park with Rev John B McCullough officiating. Pallbearers named Louis Avanos Roy Lyons Frank Sloan H L McGee I Efron John Busch John Bryan A Van Valen.
Aiken Standard established 1867 publishes each afternoon except weekends from 124 Rutland Drive Aiken South Carolina 29801. Carries Associated Press dispatches with exclusive reproduction rights for local news and AP material. Rates listed: carrier, mail options and corrections policy.
James T. Prince of Route 1 Modoc South Carolina died on Wednesday Funeral arrangements will be announced by Hollingsworth Funeral Home Edgefield
Funeral services for Mrs. Henry Eu gene Seigler of 210 Laurel Drive Graniteville will be held today at 3 p.m. in St James Lutheran Church Graniteville with Rev J Virgil Addy and Dr J E Dake officiating. Burial will be in Graniteville Cemetery. Pallbearers are Allan Busbee Ernest Whittle Lewis Ready Ansel Lowe Harold Couch and Dewey Holsenback.
Mary E Raborn of 676 Kershaw St NE Aiken died Wednesday at home. Funeral 2 p.m. Friday at Marion Street Baptist Church with Rev. Brian Connor officiating. Burial in Bethany Cemetery. Survived by sister Mrs J Edward Morton of Pensacola Fla and brothers Theodore Raborn and E Byrnes Raborn of Aiken. Visitation at George Funeral Home after 2 p.m. today.
Mrs Eva Johnson Burckhalter 83 died Dec 29 in an Augusta hospital after brief illness. Funeral at Graniteville First Baptist Church burial in Town Creek Cemetery. Born in Barnwell County she was daughter of Charles M and Emma Matthews Johnson. Survived by three daughters Miriam Burckhalter and others two sons one sister 14 grandchildren 13 great grandchildren.
Dr W Harry McLeskey 87 of 713 Windsor Dr Anderson died last night at Anderson Memorial Hospital. Funeral Friday at 2 pm at McDougalds Funeral Home chapel Anderson burial Old Silver Brook Cemetery. He was a retired pharmacist co owner of McLeskey Todd Drug Store Co practiced pharmacy since 1908. He belonged to Pharmaceutical Association a mason past worshipful master Ruff Masonic Lodge First Presbyterian Church. Survived by wife Mae Hudson McLeskey two daughters Lucius Eubanks Jr and Richard Newsome both of Aiken and six grandchildren.
Gas stations plan to raise prices by 8 to 11 cents per gallon versus early December levels, with a nationwide variation. An Internal Revenue Service survey found about 20 percent of stations selling gasoline above the legal ceiling, higher than any other industry under price guidelines.
Mrs Thelma Tieteman widow of Otto Tieteman and mother of Mrs August A Jernberg of 105 Bridlewood Rd Aiken died today at a local nursing home. funeral arrangements to be announced by George Funeral Home Aiken.
The Aiken County Board of Registration urges residents to register by tomorrow to vote in the upcoming school board election. Office hours are 8 30 a m to noon and 1 to 5 p m at the old Aiken County Jail on Chesterfield Street. election day is February 5.
The Aiken Jaycees will honor a local man as outstanding young man for the year. The DSA honors men 21 to 35 for meritorious service to family church community and nation. National Jaycee Week is Jan 20 26. Entry forms are at local banks and savings and loan associations in Aiken. Return entries to United Way office 107 Chesterfield St room 330 by Friday per Garvel Wike.
West Brothers Exxon on Whiskey Road offers 44.9 for regular and 48.9 for premium gas while rationing a fixed $2 per customer and closing Christmas days. Stephens Texaco reports an eight day outage with a January allotment hoped to suffice, pricing 44.9 regular and 48.9 premium. Bryant's Mobil on Augusta Road sells without formal allotments at 45.3 regular and 48.3 premium, avoiding layoffs. Aiken Race Station on Richland Avenue reports December allotment strong and selling 42 regular and 46 premium with open hours trimmed to nine pm. J B Lamb Gulf on Whiskey Road notes a 43.9 regular and 47.9 premium and no layoffs with two employees, plus repair service. Boyleston Brothers on York Street charges 41.9 regular and 45.9 premium with three shifts cut to two and a $3 cap per customer. Authorities warn of price increases as the FEC considers new hikes beyond a one-cent rise already set.
Aiken County advances toward a new hospital project. The State Board of Health will review a Certificate of Need within 90 days with a 30 day extension possible. Hewitt and Royer studied local hospital needs, recommending a 200 bed facility for Aiken County. A referendum in November will decide private or public status.
Attorney General McLeod urged a five pistol per day limit and a two week waiting period for pistol sales. He pressed tidelands protection with a single state agency and a tidelands management act while leaving ownership to the courts. He called for statewide nepotism laws, stricter document theft penalties, and a court controlled continuance system.
The annual Feast Of Lights pageant hosted by the St Thaddeus Youth Group is scheduled for Sunday at 6 30 p m The community and families are invited to attend the event at the church.
New Year fire destroys State Senator Michael Laughlin’s 1939 built Fishers Island vacation home. Laughlin was away at a party and learned of the blaze upon returning. Fire officials cite possible smoldering embers from a fireplace as the cause. He plans to rebuild, while insurance estimates remain uncertain. Water supply issues hampered firefighting and a caretaker was away that evening.
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