Prices at Laurens Street A&P in 1938 remembered
A 1938 A&P store on Laurens Street is recalled with prices like margarine two pounds for 25 cents and peanut butter eight ounces for 10 cents. The photo includes local men, with background noting staff and later career paths of Hankinson and Holley.
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A&p
Laurens St
Laurens Street
Laurens
AAP
Irene Steel
Tat Tne
Aiken
L. Glenn Holley
Bill Rhodes
Mayhew G. Hankinson
Jimmy Dominick
Jim Barnes
Readers' Views on Christensen and Nuclear Debate
A reader-writer questions Fred Christensen's role with SRP and challenges his critique of the ABC documentary. The letter suggests Christensen misrepresents nuclear power and SRP and calls for more evidence to support his claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Christensen
SRP
Aiken Standard
ABC
Beal
Mr. Christensen
Nicknames and language origins in a southern town discourse
A reader discusses Bubba as a common Southern nickname and traces its etymology from eke to nickname. The letter critiques nuclear power coverage by ABC and SRP funding, urges local planning against excessive growth in Aiken, and cites community concerns over a shopping center and annexation. Pamela Donovan-Faustmann signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason-Dixon Line
Bubba
Dimwiddie
ABC
SRP
Aiken
South Airica
Boardman Road
Karen Papen
Mr. Bolton
Mark Anthony
Julius Caeser
Brutus
Whiskey Road
Willcox
Pamela Donovan-Faustmann
Newberry St
Paralysis survivor graduates Rock Hill High with determination
Bryan Hammond now 21 earns his diploma after years of struggle from a 1979 brain bleed that left him paralyzed and speech impaired. Despite surgeries and slow recovery, he returned to schooling via the districts homebound program and now attends New Horizons in Rock Hill. The student and his mother Lydia recall a decade of frustration as he rebuilt movement and voice, and he celebrated with a class ring and hopeful outlook.
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Rock Hill
Bryan Hammond
Rock Hill High School
Hammond
Rock Hill High
New Horizons
Lydia
Marsha Evans
Reservation Road
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Hankinson
Verenes Brothers
Army Air Corps
Graniteville Co
du Pont
Marie
Banks
Three Mile Island
TMI
Laura Lance
Old Powderhouse Rd
Yogi Berra
Tony Rhoden
County Commission
Carrol Warner
New Aiken County
Jean Newsom Smith
Aiken County
Charles Sharpe
Sai
Eastside Te Baist
Eastside
Gan
Maude Faulkenberry
Seagram
Ng Sim
Sendto
Seagrams
Dept
Lubbock
Texas
Ntee
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