New Home for Abused Women Opens in Aiken County
The Coalition to Assist Abused Persons opens a confidential battered women shelter in Aiken County with capacity for 18, funded by the state through the Department of Social Services. Executive director Edie Nicholson notes 400 to 500 annual new cases, with many repeat visitors. volunteers and groups provided furniture and items, while infants require cribs and ongoing club support is sought.
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Emily Branch
Battered Wives
Ruth Ciotti
Coalition
Edie Nicholson
Aiken County
Department of Social Services
Nicholson
Altrusa Club
Graniteville Exchange Club
Civic Clubs
Mary Arace
Life at Shelter for Abused Women Emphasizes Choice
Program coordinators describe the shelter as a supportive home with monthly house meetings for chores and extensive counseling. Full-time staff, volunteers, and crisis coverage aim to empower residents to choose independence, with services available if they return to unsafe situations.
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CARP
Donna Philp
Insights on domestic abuse and shelter support
The article discusses patterns of control in abusive marriages, including financial restriction and jealousy. It notes shelter stays of about 30 days, aims for independence, and emphasizes that many abused women feel isolated. Contact details and support messages from counselors are provided.
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Ms. Philp
Coalition
Treatment Center Saves Money in Shared Waste System
Stanley K. Wagher, manager of the Aiken County Public Service Authority, told the Graniteville Exchange Club the Horse Creek Waste Water Treatment Plant could extend from Aiken to Clarks Hill. The plant serves four entities now and saves North Augusta residents about 192 dollars annually and Aiken residents about 232 dollars. Expansion plans include secondary trunk lines to 18 miles of current lines to serve Bridge Creek Willow Springs and Aiken Technical College with projected monthly sewer rates around 9 to 10 dollars.
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Horse Creek
Aiken
Clarks Hill
Stanley K
Stan) Wagher
Graniteville Exchange Club
Wagher
North Augusta
Bridge Creek
Willow Springs
Aiken Technical College
North Augusta Recreation Calendar Highlights Classes
The North Augusta Parks and Recreation Department lists co ed aerobics on Tuesdays and Thursdays 7 30 to 8 15 p m led by Nita Swift. Sewing on Wednesdays 9 30 to noon and Thursdays 7 to 9 p m taught by Bitty Sentelle. Cake decorating Thursdays 10 to noon taught by Lois Brierley. Rug hooking Tuesdays and Wednesdays 9 30 to 2 30 taught by Virginia Wall. Hunters safety course begins Feb 6 7 to 9 p m free.
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Nita Swift
Bitty Sentelle
Lois Brierley
Virginia Wall
Jackson Seeks Papal Help on South Africa Discrimination
Reverend Jesse Jackson, arriving in Rome to meet Pope John Paul II, says he will ask the pope to help end apartheid and restore rights for South Africa’s black majority. The meeting marks Jackson’s latest effort to pressure leaders on racial injustice.
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Rome
Jesse Jackson
John Paul II
South Africa
Woodside Plan Hinges on Feasibility Study Outcome
Palmetto Federal Savings and Loan chief Charles Eason says the 2300 acre Woodside Plantation project hinges on a favorable feasibility study. The optioned land near Silver Bluff Road is owned by Elizabeth Burden and could become the state’s largest such development in a decade.
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Woodside
Charles Eason
Palmetto Federal Savings and Loan
Eason
Association
Silver Bluff Road
Palmetto
Elizabeth Burden
Aiken
Palmetto Federal
Burden
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Stanley
Hunters’ Safety
Jackson
Pope
Aiken-Barnwell Mental Health Center
Florence St
Bradberry
Curtis Mathes
Home Entertainment Center
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