Aiken Area Community Calendar Highlights Local Groups
Aiken area listings showcase monthly meetings across organizations like Aiken City Council at City Hall Park Avenue and County Board of Commissioners at the Commissioners Building. Also noted are art classes at Virginia Acres Recreation Center and a Streetcar Named Desire tryout at Aiken Community Playhouse.
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Aiken Recreation Department
Virginia Acres Recreation Center
Aiken Community Playhouse
Playhouse In
Virginia Acres
Aiken Standard Details Publication and Rates
Aiken Standard established 1867 publishes afternoons except weekends. It is delivered by carrier and mail rates are listed for monthly and yearly subscriptions. The paper is affiliated with AP and UPI for news and corrections are made in the next issue if needed.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken
S C
S.C
Associated Press
United Press International
Horoscope roundup for Aries to Pisces
Daily guidance by sign. Aries urges focus on where to apply effort. Taurus forecasts a prosperous day with reflection on daily habits. Gemini notes abundant novelty and potential dissent but urges progress. Cancer highlights good humor and mindful time investment. Leo advises uniting like minds and testing collaboration. Virgo promotes better states of affairs through style and change. Libra encourages networking for career and social gains. Scorpio spots signs of a useful venture with timely tasking. Sagittarius suggests passive watching until help is needed. Capricorn expects momentum in plans and sharing hobbies. Aquarius invites testing ideas with attention to side effects. Pisces foresees a cheerful mood overcoming petty quarrels.
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Taurus
Gemini
Leo
Virgo
Capricorn
Aquarius
Pisces
County Independents To Hear Roy Harris
Roy V. Harris, chairman of the Georgia Independent Party, will be keynote speaker at the inaugural Aiken County Independent Party convention at the Aiken Municipal Auditorium at 7 30 p.m. today. About 50 to 60 delegates from county precincts will elect a county chairman vice chairman treasurer and delegates to the state convention. Harris, a former Georgia state legislator Augusta attorney and publisher of the Augusta Courier, is leading the party backing Gov George Wallace for the presidency.
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Roy V. Harris
Georgia Independent Party
Aiken County
Independent Party
Aiken Municipal
Harris
Georgia
Augusta
Augusta Courier
George Wallace
Area Council On Aging To Hear Dr. Mary Hite
Dr. Mary Eva Hite of Batesbury will speak at the Aiken Area Council on Aging meeting at 7 30 p m Thursday at St John s Methodist Church. Hite, 1965 Woman of the Year for the South Carolina Conference on the Status of Women, helped form the SC Commission on Aging and served on the SC Legislative Committee on Aging. Officers for the coming year will be elected. council board meets at 7 p m. All senior citizens and interested locals invited.
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Aiken Area
Council ON Aging
St. John's Methodist Church
Aiken
Rose Hill
Greenville
Edgefield Streets
Mary Eva Hite
Batesbury
Winthrop College
S.C
White House
Ra Expeditions arrival at Aiken's Cinema Theater this Thursday
The Ra Expeditions film about Thor Heyerdahl's papyrus boat voyage from Africa to the Americas opens Thursday at Aiken's Cinema Theater. The G rated documentary, filmed by Kei Ohara, follows Heyerdahl and eight others with a monkey and a duck to test ancient Egyptian sea travel.
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Thor Heyerdahl
Africa
Americas
Aiken
Cinema Theater
Heyerdahl
Atlantic
South America
Kei Ohara
Milan
Italy
Aiken Couchton Road Improvements Planned
The S C Highway Department will pave a dirt road on S 1022 between Aiken and Couchton with a bituminous surface at least 20 feet wide. The project runs almost a mile to Road 260 near Redds Branch Church. Citizens may request a public hearing before Feb 7 to discuss social and economic effects, to J D McMahan Jr in Columbia.
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S.C. Highway Department
Aiken
Couchton
Redds Branch Church
J.D. McMahan Jr
State Highway Department
Columbia
S.C
Civic Association To Meet In Aiken Tonight
The Crosland Park Civic Association convenes at 7 30 p m today at the Senior Citizens Clubhouse on Crosland Drive in Aiken. A Williamsburg slide program will be shown and refreshments will be served.
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American Association OF Retired Persons
Senior Citizens
Crosland Park
American Legion Post
Merican Legion
Old Airport Road
Senior Citizens Club
Senior Citizens Clubhouse
Crosland Drive
Aiken Edgefield Board Sets 7 30 P M Meeting
The Aiken Edgefield Counties Community Action Commission board of directors will hold its regular meeting at 7 30 p m Wednesday at the Aiken County Health Department on Richland Avenue in Aiken. Public invitation extended.
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Aiken-Edgefield Counties Community Action Commission
Aiken County Health Department
Richland Avenue
Aiken
Board Of Realtors To Install Officers
The Aiken County Board of Realtors will hold their regular monthly meeting Tuesday at the Commercial Hotel where the 1972 officers will be installed.
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Aiken County Board of Realtors
Commercial Hotel
Music Teachers State Meeting in Aiken
The Aiken Music Teachers Association will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday at 1037 Brookhaven Drive, home of Mrs. Betty Walters. A panel discussion on recital pieces for the April 15 Achievement Contest is on the agenda.
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Aiken Music Teachers’ Association
Betty Walters
Brookhaven Dr
Merging Traffic Plans Benefit Show for Injured Local
Merging Traffic, ranked the nation’s third band, stages a charitable event from 8 to 11 p.m. at Aiken’s Teen Town on Morgan Street to aid Patton Jones hospitalized after a Christmas holiday traffic accident. Pat and Ed Rice with Steve Goggins perform an original soft acoustical set.
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Aiken
Morgan Street
Patton Jones
Pat
Ed Rice
Steve Goggins
Two Deaths on South Carolina Highways Reported
The Highway Patrol logged only two weekend traffic deaths in South Carolina. James Drew Parnell, 54, of Hartsville, died in a two car crash north of Hartsville on U.S. 15. Andrew Leroy Cousar, 44, of Lancaster, was struck by a vehicle on a rural road about 10 miles south of the city.
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The
Highway Patrol
South Carolina
James Drew Parnell
Rt. 3
Hartsville
U.S. 15
Andrew Leroy Cousar
Rt. 7
Lancaster
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