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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1973
Page
2
Mrs Terri Thomas of North Augusta died Sunday. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 3 p m in the chapel of Peoples Funeral Home with burial at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
Mrs William Wood 70 of Fureys Ferry Road Evans died in a local hospital Thursday Funeral services set for 4 p m at Elliott Sons Funeral Home Chapel Rabbi Norman M Goldburg to officiate Burial in Westover Memorial Park Surviving daughter Joyce Webster Smith of North Augusta sister Anna Howell of Brunswick Pallbearers include Columbia County Sheriff Ed Tankersley A P Griffin C W Tyler Jr Gin Woo W B Norris and Boyd McKinnon Jr
Jacob Pollard Pollard died Thursday. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Miller's Funeral Home. He was a native of Aiken County and a member of Rosy Hill Baptist Church. Surviving are Adele Pollard his widow of Aiken a son Jacob Pollard Jr. of Aiken a brother Moses Cullum of Aiken and two sisters Amanda McKie of Aiken and Ivory Moore of Jamaica New York.
The notice lists the Aiken Standard publishing details established in 1867 with mailing rates. It mentions delivery and subscription prices by carrier and mail, the publication schedule, and rights on AP dispatches. It also notes error correction policy and address details for the newspaper office in Aiken South Carolina.
Mary Etta Ingram of Jackson died Wednesday. Peoples Funeral Home of Augusta to announce. Survived by widower, daughter Elouise Jones of Augusta, son William Lamback of Philadelphia, mother Ella Johnson of Jackson, five stepchildren, sister Fairy Bell Wade of Philadelphia, brother Benjamin Johnson of Augusta, and other relatives.
Mrs Roseinner Perry aged 76 died Thursday at Edgefield County Hospital. Funeral announced by Amos & Sons Funeral Home Johnston. She was a native of Edgefield County and Pine Hill Baptist Church. Survived by three daughters Edith Walker Elberta Walker and Lila Mae Richardson and two sons Robert Perry and James Perry.
Mrs. A T Fontelle Kenner ly Walker of Beech Island died Thursday in a local hospital. A Savannah native, she lived 13 years in Beech Island and was a member of the Episcopal Church. She leaves two daughters Mrs Marcus C Bennett Denver Colorado and Mrs Martine Andrews North Augusta, a son A Tupper Walker Jr. Augusta, and a sister Mrs Earl C White Savannah Georgia.
Funeral services for James L. LaFavor of 3710 Vaucluse Road Aiken are held at 3 p.m. at the Warrenville Revival Center with Reverends Audrey Widener and Edward Padgett officiating. Burial follows at Graniteville with pallbearers named Bennie and others.
Beech Island residence of Alfred Dukes on Highway 278 was entered through a back door yesterday. Items missing include three TVs one color set, stereo, camera, ladies watch, radio, and two boxes of costume jewelry. A Augusta man Maurice Williams was arrested for $25 theft at Minute Saver Food Store. Teen Town was broken into last night with $40 cash missing. investigation ongoing.
Morrison LeRoy Beard Leonard Cook Delmas Busbee James Huff and Charlie Kelly Jr honored as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers include members of the DAV Bill Conway Jerry Widener McKinley Sanders W H Kelly Douglas Perkins Virgil Con way Harold Creed Jimmy McClure Fred Hazelwood and Archie Kennedy. Friends may call at the residence or Posey’s Funeral Home Graniteville.
Mrs Sallie West Elledge of 34 Belvedere Road Clearwater died Wednesday in a local hospital. Funeral services were held today at 2 30 p m in Poseys Funeral Home North Augusta with Father Phillip Clark officiating. Burial followed in Sunset Memory Gardens. She was a Jenkins County native and St Johns Episcopal Church member employed by Clearwater Finishing Co. Survived by two sons Hyland M Corbin Dalton Georgia Herman F Elledge Jr Grovetown one brother Paul S West Clearwater and two sisters Mrs Mary E Foreman Augusta and Mrs Belle Toole Greer South Carolina Pallbearers named J B Tollison Lonnie Lott Neil Johnson Joe Selinger Jessie Russ and Alvie Sanders.
Community calendar notes a Senior Citizens Club gathering at the Clubhouse in Crosland Park at 7 30 p m tomorrow. Other items include Aiken County Museum hours Sunday 3 to 5 p m Rotary Club at 12 45 p m Commercial Hotel Kiwanis at 1 p m Holiday Inn Lions Club at 7 30 p m Lions Hut and Crosland Park Civic Association at 7 30 p m Clubhouse.
Talatha Baptist Church schedules a revival from Sunday to Wednesday at 7 30 p m in Sumter North Carolina with evangelist Sumter West and Jessie Moyer leading music and worship.
Susan E. Baldwin, a 10th grader at Langley-Bath-Clearwater High School, is the district winner of the VFW Voice of Democracy contest. She advances to the state competition January 20 at 7:30 p.m. in Columbia after earlier receiving a $100 savings bond at a local VFW Post 5877 ceremony. Baldwin stood out among five counties including Barnwell Bamberg Fairfax Orangeburg and Aiken to earn the district title and a place in the state round of nine contestants.
University of South Carolina Aiken Regional Campus offers two journalism courses in the spring semester. Ernes tine B. Law returns to faculty after several years away to teach Introduction to Journalism and History of Journalism.
Washington outlines new rules for the economy. Large firms and unions with $250 million plus in sales and 5,000+ workers must report quarterly on price and wage changes and margins. Wages may rise without approval, with a 5.5 percent voluntary standard expected. Lower tiers keep wage and price records. The Cost of Living Council will enforce voluntary standards as needed.
The stock market rose to a new close of 1051.70 as investors welcomed the move toward voluntary price and wage guidelines. Congress voices split concern over inflation risk and extended control authority while Nixon appoints John T. Dunlop to head the Cost of Living Council and presses for hearings on stabilization measures.
Aiken based group The Fish formed to assist anyone in need regardless of faith or church membership. They offer free temporary aid and operate a public help line for citizens seeking support.
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