Deaths and Funerals two local residents noted
Eddie McKelvin died yesterday in an Augusta hospital. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Miller's Funeral Home in Aiken. He was a native of Aiken County and a member of Randal Branch Baptist Church. Survivors: son Robert McKelvin of Laurelton New York, sister Emma Miles of Hempstead New York, brother Frank McKelvin of Jamaica New York. Friends may call at 411 Edgefield Ave Aiken or at the funeral home. Langley funeral services for Mrs Ruby Busbee Aiken died Saturday will be held at 3 p.m. tomorrow at Langley First Baptist Church with Rev L H Fowler officiating. Burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Posey's Funeral Home Langley in charge.
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Eddie McKelvin
Augusta
Miller
Aiken
Aiken County
Randal Branch Baptist Church
Robert McKelvin
Laurelton
N.Y
Emma Miles
Hempstead
Frank McKelvin
Jamaica
Edgefield Ave
Langley
B.F
Ruby Busbee) Aiken
Langley First Baptist Church
L.H. Fowler
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Posey
Boeing Aircraft Corp
American Legion
Sherbin Buffett Harmon
Sheila Harmon Gibbs
Elliott, Md
Charles Harmon
Satellite Beach
Rachell Johnston Burckhalter
Belvedere
Richard V. Harmon
Burnettown
Gene Banks
Houston Johnson
Jerry Johnson
Herman Smith
Bob McDowell
H.A. Garvin
Audubon Circle
Trent on Julius Day dies at 90 in Edgefield County
Trent on Julius Day, aged 90, died Sunday afternoon in an Edgefield County hospital. Funeral services scheduled for 11 a.m. at Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. J.T. Littlejohn officiating. Survivors include widow Marie Roper Day and two half-brothers Charlie Day of Florida and Jack Day of South Gate California.
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Trenton
Allen Julius Day
Edgefield County
Ebenezer Baptist Church
J.T. Littlejohn
Marie Roper Day
Charlie Day
Florida
Jack Day
Southgate
Calif
Clark
Local Man John Glover Dies. Services Pending
John Glover aged 38 died yesterday in a Augusta hospital. Ames and Sons Funeral Home Johnston will announce funeral arrangements. He was born in Edgefield County, a World War II veteran and member of Union Baptist Church. Survived by wife Laura V. Glover, daughter Johnnie Mae Burton of Washington DC, son Warren Glover of Milwaukee, sister Annie L. Miller of DC, and brothers Willie, Herbert, and J L Glover.
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Trenton
John Glover
Augusta
Ames and Sons Funeral
Johnston
Edgefield County
Union Baptist Church
Laura V. Glover
Johnnie Mae Burton
Washington, D.C
Warren Glover
Milwaukee
Wis
Annie L. Miller
Willie Glover
Herbert Glover
J.L. Glover
Aiken Standard Statement Of Publication Details
The Aiken Standard reports its establishment in 1867 and that it publishes every afternoon except weekends. It is delivered by local post and uses AP dispatches with exclusive reproduction rights for local news. The notice excludes responsibility for ad errors but offers free correction in the next issue.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken
S. C
S.C
Associated Press
Funeral services for Walter K. Murray
Walter Kirk Murray died Sunday at Aiken County Hospital. Funeral services will be held today at 9:30 p.m. at St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church with Rev. Howard M. Hickey officiating. George Funeral Home of Aiken is in charge.
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Walter Kirk Murray
Aiken County Hospital
St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church
Howard M. Hickey
George Funeral Home of
Aiken
James Victor O Connor obituary in Augusta
James Victor Vic O Connor 47 of Augusta died yesterday. Funeral service 5 p m today at Poteet Funeral Home Greene Street Chapel officiated by Edgar Murrah and T S Morgan. Burial at Westover Memorial Park. Survived by brother Daniel Schultze of North Augusta. World War II veteran and electrician for Phillips Electrical Co. Bethany Chapel member.
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Augusta
James Victor
Vic’’ O'Connor
Poteet Funeral Home
Greene Street Chapel
Edgar Murrah
T.S. Morgan
Westover Memorial Park
Phillips Electrical Co
Bethany Chapel
Daniel Schultze
North Augusta
Funeral services set for Langley resident Mrs Wise
Mrs Theodore Wise 62 of 14 Robinson St Langley died yesterday in Augusta Funeral services will be at 5 p.m. Wednesday at Langley Church of God with Rev A G Thompson officiating Burial will be Sunset Memory Gardens She was a Georgia native longtime Aiken County resident and Langley Church of God member Survivors include daughter Annie Lou Ashley four sons Robert T Black Jr James E Black Lewis D Black Marion E Black four sisters and four brothers Pallbearers listed This notice covers multiple family survivors and repeated address fragments from the obituary
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Langley
Theodore A
Annie Mae Black) Wise
Robinson St
Augusta
Langley Church of God
A.G. Thompson
Sunset Memory Gardens
Georgia
Aiken County
Annie Lou Ashley
Robert T. Black Jr
James E. Black
Lewis D. Black
Marion E. Black
North Augusta
Mary Fulmer
Metter
Christine Conaway
Effie Mae Lewis
Graniteville
Myrtle Long
Jackson
Harold Creed
Gerald Creed
Samuel Creed Jr
Jack Creed
J.D. Minor
Duncan Harmon Jr. Dies In Satellite Beach Florida
Duncan W Harmon Jr 52 of Satellite Beach Florida died Saturday at his residence. Funeral services will be at 5 pm today in Poseys Funeral Home Chapel Langley with Rev Scott Woodham officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memory Gardens. A native of Aiken County he had lived in Florida for years and was a member of Langley United Methodist Church. He was em-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langley
Duncan W. Harmon Jr
Satellite Beach
Fla
Posey’s
Funeral Home Chapel
Scott Woodham
Sunset Memory Gardens
Aiken County
Florida
Langley United Methodist Church
Amoco Manager Describes Plastic Product World
Amoco Plastic Products Beech Island plant manager Charles W. Ensor spoke to the Aiken Rotary Club about converting crude oil into plastic cups and foam plates. He highlighted Amoco’s reach in oils and plastics, local hiring, and Southeast distribution as the Beech Island facility expands from 120 to about 150 workers, with most employees from South Carolina.
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Charles W
Chuck” Ensor
Amoco Plastic Products
Beech Island
Ensor
Aiken Rotary Club
Standard Oil of
Indiana
United States
Amoco
Charleston
Georgia
Amoco Plastics
South Carolina
St. Louis
Stathy J. Verenes
Poda Defends Hospital Contract Amid Board Tradeoffs
Dr. Poda denounces critics over the Aiken County Hospital to HCA transition plan. He warns of removal if opposition persists as the board debates litigation, a resolution that later stalled when Commissioner Lucas Ray withdrew support. Kirby declines comment, cites possible legal edits.
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Poda
Aiken County Hospital
HCA Hospital
Board of Commissioners
Kirby
Dr. Poda
Lucas Ray
Dallas Kimball of Columbia Dies in Local Hospital
Dallas Kimball of Columbia died today in a Columbia Hospital. Funeral arrangements announced by George Funeral Home in Aiken. He was a native of Aiken, son of the late William J. and Georgia Scott Kimball. Surviving are four sisters Mrs. Frank B. McCoy of Aiken, Mrs. T R Harley of Pensacola Florida, Mrs H E Aldrich of Aiken, Mrs W T Pritchard of Charleston, and one brother James R. Kimball of Columbia.
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Columbia
Dallas Kimball
George Funeral Home
Aiken
William J
Georgia Scott Kimball
Frank B. McCoy
T.R. Harley
Pensacola
Fla
H.E. Aldrich
W.T. Pritchard
Charleston
James R. Kimball
Edgefield Receives $492,300 HUD Grant for Center
Edgefield and Edgefield County receive a $492,300 Housing and Urban Development grant for a neighborhood center. The facility will include a senior citizens' center, an alcohol and drug abuse center, and a recreation area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgefield
Edgefield County
Butler C. Derrick Jr
HUD
PTA Presents Second Movie In Series At Recreation Center
Hans Christian Anderson will be this week's PTA film showing at H Odell Weeks Recreation Center Virginia Acres park. The full length movie plays tomorrow at 10 am and 2 pm with adult supervision. Admission is 50 cents for children and 1 for adults.
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Hans Christian Anderson
Aiken Elementary Pta
H. Odell Weeks
Virginia Acres Park
Jackson Budget Approved Retains 65-mill Tax Rate
Jackson Town Council approves a budget with a 65-mill tax rate and ends the $30 per year sanitation fee for residents. Delinquent fees still collected. General fund $104,180. capital improvement fund $8,200. Funds come from 15-mill increase, 50 mills, federal revenue sharing $65,882 and utilities $68,450. Also notes a $4,000 fire truck final payment next year and expected property tax stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Fire Destroys Mobile Home At Beech Island
Beech Island report says a mobile home owned by Mr. and Mrs. L G Duncan on Dunbar Court was destroyed by a Sunday fire. Fire chief W R Snider notes Duncan found the blaze outside the home and, with no telephone at first, alerted the department too late as the structure and contents burned. Property value estimated at 10 000 to 12 000 dollars.
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Beech Island
L.G. Duncan
Dunbar Court
W.R. Snider
Aiken District Wins Top Conservation Awards
The Aiken Soil and Water Conservation District won the Outstanding Conservation District Award in the Edisto Savannah Valley Area and the State Outstanding Conservation District Award. Francis Counts of Ridge Spring Monetta High School earned the Outstanding Teacher Award. The district also placed among the top four in Goodyear’s Good Year Contest.
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Jeane Hall
Aiken
South Carolina Association of Conservation Districts
Columbia
Francis Counts
Ridge Spring- Monetta
Rs-M
Th Allis Chalmers
Counts
Goodyear
Goodyear Company
Fonda Chairs Soil Conservation Society Committee
Morris E. Fonda of 624 Whippoorwill Court is named chair of the Development and Action Committee for the Soil Conservation Society of America. The ten member panel includes experts from U S and Canada and will develop resource management guidelines and publish technical material. Fonda, a former president of the society, retired to Aiken after a career with A O Smith Harvestone Products as vice president in marketing.
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The
Soil Conservation Society of America
Morris E. Fonda
Whippoorwill Court
Fonda
United States
Canada
Society
Aiken
A.O. Smith Harvestone Products, Inc
Aiken area groups line up evening meetings
Aiken Barnwell Mental Health Center hosts a 10th anniversary open house from 3 to 6 pm. The calendar also lists the Aiken Citizens Advisory Commission at 5:15 pm, the Aiken Optimist Club at 6:15 pm, and fire, council, Jaycees, Adult Development Center, York Rite, and Masonic events across the evening.
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Aiken Barnwell
Aiken Citizens Advisory Commission
Aiken Optimist Club
Heart of Aiken
Center Community Fire Dept
Aiken County Commission
USCA
Jaycees
Jaycee Hut
Adult Development Center Board
Aiken York Rite
Masonic Temple
North Augusta
Mortar Mix Theft Probed By Aiken County Sheriff
The Aiken County Sheriff's Department investigates the theft of 25 bags of mortar mix valued at 56 dollars from a building site on Huntsman Drive. Separately, a rod and reel and a chain saw were stolen from Harold Moseley’s home Rt. 6 Box 420 D in Aiken totaling 390 dollars.
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Aiken County
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B.F. Aiken Jr
Allen J. Day
James Victor O’ Connor
Theodore Wise
Duncan Harmon Jr
Emily L. Bull
National Weather Service
Dept. of Commerce
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Gulf
Northwest
PTA
David M. Peek
U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration
ERDA
Savannah River
the Bible Co
Macon
Peek
American Textile Manufacturers _Institute
University of South Carolina
Russia
Alaska
the Goody Shop
Hampton Ave
Kershaw St. N.E
Millbrook Grocery
Whiskey Road
Barnwell Mental
Florence Street
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Bankers Trust of
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Barnwell
Batesburg
Batesburg Plaza
Morgantown
New Elenton
Ridge Springs
Tri-County
Wagener
F.D.J.C. Aiken
Clearwater
South
Kaimia
Edgefield Belvedere
North
Palmetto Federal Savings
F.S.L.J.C. Aiken
Clearwater Johnston
McCormick
South Carolina National Bank
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Laurens
Aiken North Augusta
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