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Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jan 23, 1981

Page

2

Deaths and Funerals Run Across Several Towns

Obituaries list E Clyde Lott 75 of 1021 Alfred St dies at a Richmond County hospital with services at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church. Memorials for Thomas E Merritt at St John s United Methodist Church. Minnie Sue Clark 85 dies in Aiken County nursing home. services at Caledonia Baptist Church. Mrs Hattie Perry Reed 77 dies in Barnwell County nursing home. funeral at Barnwell First Baptist Church with pallbearers and survivors named. North Augusta and Langley deaths include Emmit Swearingen 440 Atomic Rd plane crash victim. Rosa M Mosshammer 84 dies in North Augusta. burial at Pineview Gardens. Ballad includes Bobby Gene Martin 45 in Bluefield crash. Rosa Mosshammer noted, and other related funeral arrangements across Barnwell, Aiken, and Augusta areas.

E. Clyde Lott Mount Calvary Lutheran Church Louis Shealey Wake Colney Mr. Lott Alfred St Richmond County Hospital John Boyle Willis Herndon Frank T. Galardi Forest Kirby Mike Crumpler William Rogers American Legion Ladies Auxiliary George Funeral Home Batesburg Minnie Sue Clark Caledonia Baptist Church Barnwell Hattie Perry Reed T.W. Rushton North Augusta Barnwell County Barnwell First Baptist Church Billy Vaughn Posey Belcher Pelzer Robert R. Reed John P. Reed Johnnie M. Emerson Columbia Thomas W. Rushton Garrett W. Rushton Clifford K. Rushton Joseph S. Hair George M. Reed Robert R. Reed Jr J. Welsey Deer Jr Shelton T. Deer Mole Funeral Home Emmit L. Swearingen Atomic Road Bluefield W. Va Posey Charles Page Pineview Memorial Gardens Swearingen Florida Bobby Gene Martin Crawford Avenue Church of God Augusta Ridgecrest Memorial Park Martin Spartanburg Katherine Garner Holmes Bible Rosa M. Mosshammer Jeffrey Ave Richmond County Patrick Shelton Mosshammer Austria Elizabeth Duguay Rosa Hofkirchner Ontario Canada Arthur J. Lockard Dupont St Aiken County Sunset Memory Gardens Langley William Cobb Lockard Easton Aiken Samuel Emily Morrison Lockard Allied Chemical Company Marcus Hook Lafayette College N.J Clara) Bell Susan Burkhalter Breeze Hill Dr Quail Hollow Virginia Johnson Margaret B. Clark DeKalb Mary B. Gibson Dublin Viola B. Wooten Cayce James E. Bolen Wagener Robert M. Bolen Windsor Osbon Reed Roy Reed Gene Reed Roger Bolen Jimmy Bolen Raymond Bolen Box

Weekend Skies Improve Then Clouds Return Sunday

The forecast calls for decreasing clouds tonight with lows in the 30s and sunny skies tomorrow reaching mid 50s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts tonight. Sunday brings partly cloudy skies, Monday clear, and a Tuesday with a chance of rain. Highs in the 50s rising to the 60s by Tuesday. Low temperatures in the 30s to low 40s then warm into the 40s by Tuesday.

Koon Case Bound Over for Grand Jury in Aiken

Aiken County Magistrate Max A. Meek bound Paul F. Koon on a murder charge to the county grand jury after a 34 hour pretrial hearing closed to the public. A gag order was issued. the hearing was held in the sheriff’s office with limited press access. The state will seek the death penalty if indicted. trial could occur in the March term of General Sessions Court.

Aiken Max A. Meek Paul F. Koon Meek The Aiken Standard Koon Circuit Court James E. Moore Aiken County W. Ralph Gunnells Martinez Valerie White Newsome Robert J. Harte Grand Jury

Aiken Council Considers Fine Arts Center Funding Request

The Aiken City Council will hear a request to participate in the Fine Arts Center construction at USC Aiken at its Monday night meeting at 7 30. The agenda also includes paving plans NIEP information exchange a Chamber of Commerce cut through request bids for water meters and first reading of an annexation road ordinance on Pine Log Road south side between Farmers and Merchants Bank and Francliff Corporation. The meeting is on the Municipal Building second floor 214 Park Ave SW.

Usc-Aiken Aiken Chamber of Com

Junior Achievement Open House in Eustis Park School Center

Junior Achievement invites the public to visit an open house on Monday and Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the JA Center on the Eustis Park School campus. The program features 158 JA members running six miniature businesses to gain practical business experience.

Eustis Park School

Presentation by Aiken County adult education director

Owen Clary, director of Adult Education for the Aiken County school district, will present at the South Carolina Association of Adult Education Directors mid winter conference on Hilton Head Island. His talk titled Local Funding and Adult Education is among six director presentations addressing issues in adult education. Other conference topics include Alternative Approaches in Adult Education and Adult Education as a Part of the Total School Program.

Hilton Head Island

Windsor appoints new town clerk and signs contract

Windsor names Thelma Blackmon as town clerk in a re scheduled meeting. The city of Aiken will supply street signs for nine Windsor streets by Feb 10. Mizell cites two year water woes with three recent house fires and separate pumps for homes.

Windsor Thelma Blackmon City of Aiken Frank M. Mizell Sycamore Lane Oak Lane Middleton Drive Cedar Road Park Road

Break-in at Aiken Home Nets $4200 in Goods

Ronald Lokey of Rt 4 Box 190 Aiken reports a Thursday afternoon burglary with losses totaling 4200 dollars. Items stolen include a color television four firearms a silver set silver serving pieces and 23 record albums per Aiken County Sheriff's Department.

Ronald Lokey Rt. 4 Aiken Aiken County Sheriff's Department

WKTX Doubles Power Boost Aiken Station

WKTX will double its transmitting power starting Monday, boosting coverage by about 30 percent and adding 200000 potential listeners in Aiken and nearby counties. Owner John Foskett says the stronger signal will be heard across the region with guests including Gov. Richard W. Riley and Sen. Strom Thurmond.

WKTX Aiken Federal Communications Commission John Foskett Carrol H. Warner Aiken County Richard W Dick) Riley Aiken High Eddie Buck Sen Strom Thurmond Ralph

Body of Black Child Found Near Atlanta

The body of a 13 or 14 year old black boy was found in suburban woods near an interstate in Rockdale County Georgia. Sheriff Victor Davis said investigators arrived at the scene with a task force probing slayings and disappearances of black children in Atlanta. The body was found around 7 30 a m along Sigman Road south of I 20 about 25 miles east of downtown Atlanta.

Conyers, Ga Rockdale Victor B. Davis Atlanta Wendell Whitmore Davis Sigman Road

Rish Injured In Wagener Store Robbery

Rish and his wife own Rish's grocery in Wagener. The couple were robbed of 276 dollars around 7 p.m. January 20 as they locked the store. Rish suffered a fractured pelvis from the assault and is in stable condition at Aiken Community Hospital. Mrs Rish was struck but not hospitalized. No arrests yet. investigation ongoing.

Wagener H.O. Rish Rt. 1 Aiken Community Hospital Rish Dan Bowe Aiken County

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