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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1977
Page
12
Multiple deaths reported including Gonza lee Peterson of 412 Bell Ave and Marvin Cuyler Porter of Route 6 with funeral services planned at Montmorenci First Baptist Church and a Bath resident James B Bell. The notices list survivors and arrange calls and services at various funeral homes and churches.
Miss Effie I. Glover of Route 2 Box 225 dies Sunday with funeral at Capers Chapel Cemetery at 11 am led by Rev. Robert C. Faulkner. Memorials to Capers Chapel United Methodist Church. Friends may call Posey’s Funeral Home North Augusta. Clarence W. Wells, 83, of Route 3 dies Monday in Augusta hospital.
Mrs. M. Drayton formerly of 915 Boyds Lane Augusta died Monday in a local hospital. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Funeral Home. The family includes daughters Mrs. Elizabeth D. West and Mrs. Mary Ann Huff from Augusta, sisters Mrs. Gracie Mae Smith and Mrs. Roberta Smith, and brothers Edward Jackson New Jersey John H. Smith New York Louis Smith Virginia and Asco Smith Aiken. Henry Griffin Jr. 59 of 327 Florence St. N.W. died Sunday in an Augusta hospital. Jackson Brooks Funeral Home to announce. Griffin was a lifelong Aiken County resident, deacon and member of Mount Figuration Baptist Church. Ella Mae Griffin of Aiken survives with five daughters Beverly Ann Griffin Denise Griffin Betty Sims Lillie Mae Austin Gwendolyn Towles, and two sons Terry Griffin George Griffin. Sisters Estelle Samuels Bath Artie Jackson Langley Gladys Edney Aiken Pearl Freeman Brooklyn NY also listed.
Mrs. Holland Rollins Lenora Fulmer Driggers of 49 Senn Street died Sunday Funeral services were held at 3 a m today at Posey's Funeral Home Chapel Graniteville with Rev H G Daggerhart officiating Burial followed at Aiken Memorial Cemetery Pallbearers named Homer Brown Hubert Brown Jack Slayton Jim Cotton Alonzo Jordan Woodrow Scott
The record lists numerous filings including estate of Francis Marion Garner with executrix Carolyn Fulmer Garner, marriage licenses for Tonnie Baldwin and Leona Adams, Windsor and Yvonne Garnez, and various divorces. Deeds include Glover to Temple for 12 acres Sleepy Hollow area, and multiple transfers with sums and locations across Aiken and surrounding townships.
Today lists several local events including Optimist Club dinner at Demasi's at 6:30 p.m. County Commissioners and City Council meetings at 7 and 8 p.m. theater tryouts at the community playhouse and various club gatherings. Tomorrow features a museum open house from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
A Bath Mills cotton warehouse suffered undetermined damage after a fire yesterday afternoon. Firemen fought the blaze for about four hours in freezing temperatures with no impact on the mill’s manufacturing area. The cause remains under investigation.
The Hampton Avenue Church of God hosts revival services tonight through Sunday starting at 7 30 each evening. Guest speaker is The Rev Herbert Carter from Dunn North Carolina who serves as general superintendent of the Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church.
SCE&G reported an all time 1.828 million kilowatts and Duke 9.5 million kilowatts in demand. All three firms cut usage by five percent though Duke’s cutback lasted six hours. SCE&G serves 306000 customers in central and eastern South Carolina and expects reductions to continue. CP&L described cuts as an indefinite short term. Duke attributes some problems to its Oconee plant repairs and Belews Creek coal unit failure. Santee Cooper asks 15 electric cooperatives and others to voluntarily reduce voltage and consumption.
The Aiken City Council authorized the mayor and city clerk to contract with Robinson Humphrey Co Inc of Atlanta to sell 2.2 million dollars in water and sewer revenue bonds in a special session. The brokers will buy the bonds for a 40 thousand dollar profit with any excess above terms returned to Aiken. Printing and bond costs are covered by the brokers.
The Aiken County CAC plans its annual banquet at Owens-Corning Clubhouse tomorrow at 7 p.m. with keynote speaker J. Lee Spratt state director of the South Carolina Economic Opportunity Office. Spratt is a retired Army major who has served under three South Carolina governors. He also chairs the National State Office of Economic Opportunity Directors Association.
The USCA Fine Arts Series presents D. W. Griffiths Intolerance tomorrow at 8 p.m. in Room 107 on the Aiken campus. The silent epic, two years in the making, weaves four stories across eras showing cruelty and prejudice from modern injustice to religious persecution and the crucifixion.
A warrant was issued for David Jordan after a shooting at High Chapparal night club on S C Highway 19 N. Aiken. Jordan, 26, is charged with assault and battery with intent to kill for firing inside the club injuring Samuel Lee Brooks. Brooks, of Augusta, was treated and released.
Power cuts and frigid weather trigger widespread conservation efforts and business shutdowns. Utilities urge reduced thermostats and lights while schools and plants suspend operations from Alabama to Ohio as gas supplies tighten and temperatures stay below freezing.
Lt. Gen. George M. Seignious III at a Rotary Club meeting challenged the Carter administration. He urged a return to the fundamentals of American heritage including self reliance, free enterprise, integrity in business and government, hard work, love of God and country, and leadership by example. Seignious spoke of a Southern renaissance and stressed Rotarians must mold young people to uphold these standards.
The Aiken County Sheriff's Department investigates the theft and arson of a county dump truck. Sometime Sunday after noon the truck was taken from the county field office behind the pre-release center on Wire Road after access via a cut gate chain. The vehicle was driven to a site on Silver Bluff Road where wheels tires battery and alternator were removed and the truck set on fire. No suspects named by Investigator Henry Kirkland.
Officials announce condemnation proceedings have begun to secure eight Southern Railroad sites for trunk line installation. Court will hold security deposits as landowner concerns mix with support. condemnation expected to start within ten days. PSA approves a $37,500 federal grant and seeks a $5,655,750 EPA increase to total 17,455,000 for plant site. a $3.3 million Farmers Home loan also gains initial approval to cover rural trunk lines.
The Kingdom Heirs, a six member inter denominational gospel group from the CSRA, will present a gospel program in the fellowship hall of South Africa Presbyterian Church at 1711 Whiskey Rd in Aiken Thursday at 7 15 p.m.
A Chicago advertisement offers a non operating Beltone hearing aid model free to those who hear but do not understand words. The device weighs under a third of an ounce and sits at ear level. No cost or obligation is involved. write to Beltone Electronics Dept. 5308, 4201 W Victoria St TL 60646.
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