Deaths And Funerals Mrs Handy Harris 86 Aiken native
Mrs Handy Harris 86 of 104 Stone Dr died Sunday in Jamaica Long Island New York hospital. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 2 pm at Mt Hill Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. She was lifelong Aiken County resident and Mt Hill Baptist Church member. Survived by two daughters Lillian Redd Anna Harris. four sons Jesse James Harris Joseph Harris Booker T Harris. two brothers Anthony Miller Jr Noah Miller.
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Handy
Hesteranner Miller) Harris
Jamaica
Long Island
N.Y
Mt. Hill Baptist Church
Church
Harris
Aiken County
Lillian Redd
Anna Harris
Aiken
Widow G. Kelly Toole 86 Dies in Augusta Hospital
Mrs. Alice Toole Millsap Toole 86 of 418 Barnwell Ave Aiken widow of G Kelly Toole died yesterday in an Augusta hospital Burial set at Bethany Cemetery George Funeral Home in charge She was born in Clarksdale Mississippi lived in Aiken since 1928 directed Girls Clubs in Memphis Tennessee and belonged to First Baptist Church of Aiken She is survived by relatives including Mrs Anna G Ashmore Gainesville Georgia Mrs Lola M Wright Aiken and stepson Sheridan Smith North Augusta
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Alice Millsap Toole
Barnwell Ave
Aiken
G. Kelly Toole
Augusta Hospital
Bethany Cemetery
George Funeral Home
Toole
Clarksdale
Miss
Bascom
Charity Ann Renfrew Millsap
Tenn
First Baptist Church of
Anna G. Ashmore
Gainesville
Lola M. Wright
Sheridan Smith
North Augusta
G W Gignilliat Dies in Seneca At 65
G W Gignilliat 65 a retired cotton merchant died early Monday at a Seneca hospital. Funeral plans will be announced by Seneca Mortuary. He was a native of Seneca and a member of Seneca Presbyterian Church. Survived by widow Eunice Dickson Gignilliat, mother Mrs Sarah McCutcheon Gignilliat, two daughters Mrs Robert Julian Grubbs Atlanta and Mrs Phillip Griffin Clarke North Augusta, two brothers Charles N Gignilliat Jr Spartanburg and Thomas M Gignilliat Seneca, four grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Warren Gignilliat
Seneca
Gignilliat
Seneca Presbyterian Church
Sarah McCutcheen Gignilliat
Charles N. Gignilliat
Eunice Dickson Gignilliat
Robert Julian Grub
Mrs. Mary Williams Dies in Mt. Vernon Nursing Home
Mrs. Mary Williams died yesterday in a Mt. Vernon New York nursing home. A funeral service will be held tomorrow at 4 p.m. in Miller's Funeral Home chapel with Rev. N L Bush officiating. Burial will follow at Pine Lawn Memorial Garden. She was a native of Aiken and had lived in Mt. Vernon for several years. Surviving are four cousins: Mrs. Annie Mae Hammonds of Aiken, Mrs. Ethel Banks of Rye NY, Mrs. Julia Birts and Mrs. Annie Mae Christian, both of Langley.
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Mary Williams
Mt. Vernon
Miller's Funeral Home
N.L. Bush
Pine Lawn Memorial Garden
Williams
Aiken
Annie Mae Hammonds
Ethel Banks
Rye
N.Y
Julia Birts
Annie Mae Christian
Langley
Funeral services for Amos Lee Wooden in Edgefield County
Amos Lee Wooden of North Augusta died Saturday at a local hospital. Funeral services are set for tomorrow at 3 30 p.m. at Old Macedonia Baptist Church Edgefield County with Rev W H Hightower officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
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North Augusta
Amos Lee Wooden
Rt. 1
Box 138
Old Macedonia Baptist Church
Edgefield County
W.H. Hightower
Beech Island Man Elgin White Dies. Rites Friday
Elgin White of Beech Island died Friday. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 1 p.m. at Silver Bluff Baptist Church with Rev. Allen Daniels officiating. Burial will follow at Walker Memorial Cemetery.
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Beech Island
Elgin
White
Silver Bluff Baptist Church
Allen Daniels
Walker Memorial Cemetery
Paul G Panos Dies From Auto Crash In Kentucky
Paul G Panos 1225 Melody Lane North Augusta died Friday in Bloomfield Kentucky from injuries in an automobile crash. Services set for 11 a.m. at Poseys Funeral Home chapel North Augusta with Rev Neil Cochran officiating. Burial Pineview Memorial Gardens. Panos a Brooklyn New York native and truck driver. Survived by wife Lillian S Panos North Augusta a son Joey Panos North Augusta and sister Mrs Marie Ricketts San Diego.
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North Augusta
Paul G. Panos
Melody Lane
Bloomfield
Posey’s
Funeral Home Chapel
Neil Cochran
Pineview Memorial Gardens
Joey Panos
Marie Ricketts
San Diego
Thurmond Calls Electric Chair a Crime Deterrent
Senator Strom Thurmond told the Columbia Rotary Club the electric chair remains a strong crime deterrent while criticizing a Supreme Court ruling that he says nearly outlaws the death penalty. He favors state control of capital punishment and predicts freedom of choice in schools, noting cross racial opposition to removals from neighborhoods.
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Columbia
Strom Thurmond
Columbia Rotary Club
Thurmond
U.S. Supreme Court
Camera Club Meets Tomorrow in Aiken
The Aiken Camera Club will gather at 7 30 p m tomorrow at the Aiken Day School on Grace Avenue. A color slide show titled Mind Your Ps and the Qs Will Take Care of Themselves prepared by the Photographic Society of America will describe how to take and present pictures for travelogs.
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Aiken Camera Club
Aiken Day School
Grace Avenue
The
Photographic Society of America
Horse Creek Valley sewage plan moves to upcoming meeting
Savannah River Area Planning Commission will attend to discuss plans and financial costs of a regional Horse Creek Valley sewage system. Hollis notes a follow up after Friday to address Aiken County noncompliance with a July 1 deadline to name an agency to administer the system.
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Savannah River Area Planning Commission
Priede
Horse Creek Valley
Hollis
Aiken County
Valley Authority
Horse Creek
EPA
Savannah River Power Squadron Adds Five New Members
The Savannah River Power Squadron welcomed five new members: Lewis E. Brown Chester T. Coleman Don T. Coon Jr Vic Creasey and Peter J. Kruz ner, all from Aiken.
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Savannah River Power Squadron
Lewis E. Brown
Chester T. Coleman
Don T. Coon Jr
Vic Creasey
Peter J. Kruzner
Aiken
Trolleys In the Valley recalls Augusta Aiken interurban era
North Augusta authors A M Langley Jr and Mary L Langley document the Augusta to Aiken interurban trolley era in a booklet. It covers beginnings and endings of lines, notable cars, and a round trip luxury experience. The pamphlet costs 1.25 dollars postpaid and is available from Rt 1 Box 64A North Augusta SC 29841.
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Augusta
Aiken
Augusta-Aiken
North
Winter Colony
A.M. Langley Jr
Rt. 1
North Augusta
S.C
Fischer Arrives For Chess Match In Reykjavik
American grandmaster Bobby Fischer arrived in Iceland about 10 hours before his first game with Boris Spassky ending his holdout. The match purse totals 125000 dollars plus 156250 to winner and 93750 to loser with TV rights payouts of 75000 each. A 30 percent gate-cut dispute delayed start and prompted a 48 hour postponement by the International Chess Federation.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Bobby Fischer
Boris Spassky
New York
London
James D. Slater
Icelandic Chess Federation
Uled
Fischer
International Chess Federation
Benjamin Rauschkolb
Long Beach
N.Y
Federal push for regional government reshapes local aid
A June HUD ultimatum urged Aiken County to join an interstate regional planning council or lose federal grants and loans. The push, framed as efficiency and cost savings, faces local resistance from politicians wary of losing autonomy to Augusta. The debate centers on regional sewage plans and the broader move to consolidate small towns into larger governance units.
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Aiken County
Atlanta
Interstate Regional Planning Council of Governments
Uncle Sam
Washington
Commission On Population and the American Future
Nixon
Congress
Executive Branch
Bureau of the Budget
President's Office of Management and Budget
Aiken
John Henry Williams
Williams
Horse Creek
Gilbert McMillan
Augusta
Community group meetings listed for the week
The Jaycees meet at 7 30 p m in the Jaycee Hut on Highway North. Toastmasters convene at 7 p m at the Commercial Hotel. The Chess Club meets at 7 30 p m in the Pet Dairy Building.
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Highway North
Commercial
Chess Club
Pet Dairy
Belladonna's declarer play proves unbeatable in four spades
Giorgio Belladonna shows a flawless four spades plan that survives any distribution. He wins the first trick, crosses to the ace of clubs, and then uses a heart ruffing sequence to establish control. Even with West's king and East's queen, the defense cannot beat the contract.
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Giorgio Belladonna
Italy
Blue
East-West Holdings
Belladonna
West
Declarer
East
Clarer
South
Camp Hope Enables 32 Children to Attend South Carolina Camp
Contributions totaling 3300 dollars funded 32 children from special education classes in Aiken County to attend Camp Hope the only residential summer camp for mentally challenged children in the state.
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Aiken County
South Carolina
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Mrs. Handy Harris
Alice Toole
G. W. Gignilliat
Elgin White
Camera Club
N. Augustans
Allen Belcher
James R. Mann
D-S.c
Rosamonde Boyd
Spartanburg
Dorothy Gingras
American Association of Retired Persons
Wa. D. C
Commission
U.S. Postal Service
Lower
Savannah
Augusta - Aiken
COG
Georgia
Central
Savannah River
Rep. Williams
Carrot
Charles Hollis
State Pollution Control Authority
Sen. McMillan
Center of
Goren
Charles H. Goren
Chicago Tribune
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