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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1981
Page
2
A morning shower pattern gives way to mostly sunny skies. Tonight and tomorrow bring a 20 percent rain chance with highs in the 60s and west winds 10 to 15 mph. Extended outlook through Friday shows fair to partly cloudy conditions with highs in the upper 40s and 50s.
Notices list numerous funerals and memorials across Clinton to Augusta. It records the deaths of Guy C. Parrish 79, Ruth Kuehmsted 88, Gracie Hazel 80 and others, with burial or service details, churches, relatives, and memorial directions. Funeral homes include Gray Posey's Elliott Sons and Miller's, naming survivors and locations in Aiken Laurens North Augusta and beyond.
Local notices report Bernice B. Mondy of North Augusta age 63 died Friday in Richmond. Funeral at Central Baptist Church with burial there. Mondy was a nurse at Aiken Nursing Home and had deep ties in Swainsboro and Augusta. Additional notices for Lendsey Merriweather of Bath aged 78, Mort Key of Aiken County aged 62, and Eula Peavy LeGrand of Bishopville aged 78 include church affiliations, survivors, and funeral arrangements.
Local groups schedule meetings and activities across Monday and Tuesday. Lions Club, cancer support, schools, churches, and many civic clubs meet from 7 p.m. onward at venues including St John’s UMC Langley Municipal Building and J. Richland facilities. Also listed are health clinics, Rotary events, and A.A. meetings with locations in Aiken North Augusta Wagener and Belvedere.
Authorities investigate an armed robbery at Majik Market on S C 421 in Clearwater reported by Aiken County Sheriff. A black male entered the store with a weapon and demanded money with no disclosed amount and no injuries.
Aiken Department of Public Safety reports multiple incidents over the weekend. Burglary at First Baptist Church left footprints and a broken window. nothing taken. A residence at 1057 Highland Park Avenue lost silver valued at $500. Three shoplifting cases occurred at Revco Drugs in Kalmia Plaza involving curl activator, an ear wax removal system, and cosmetics. Suspects named include Ravena McMillan and Donald Earl Bowen along with Anita Ann Drayton.
A fire at Highland Park Country Club burned a wooden storage shed storing seven golf carts, causing about $8,000 in damages. The Aiken Department of Public Safety report notes the cause is undetermined and occurred Sunday afternoon.
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