Several Obituaries Reported Across North Augusta Area
Funeral notices from Johnston to Orlando list Louise Perry Smith Gladys Cobb Leroy Laird Nezzie Hall Rosa Lee Benson Thel Williams Horton Laura Ann Lanham Betty R Smith and others with funerals set in Clark Bland Williams Merritts Bridge Langley Cedar Grove Bethcar Memorial Gardens and Woodridge Memorial Park with services led by Rev. Clyburn Rhodes Rodger Holmes and Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Gladys Cobb
Williams Funeral Home
Marvin Rhodes
Cedar Grove
Cobb
Beech Island
Langley
Nezzie Baughman Hall
Pelzer St
Aiken County
Merritts Bridge Christian Baptist Church
David Rodger
Bethcar Baptist Church
Hall
Merritts Bridge
Martinez
Rudy Hall
Otis C. Hall Jr
Clearwater
Brunson Hall
Ridge Spring
Annie Redd
Warrenville
Carrie Lou West
Carrol Hall
Andy Hall
Arthur Hall
Leon Hall
Bennie Matthews
M. C. Mathews
Posey
Edgefield
Laura Ann Lanham
Meadie Hammond
North Augusta
Edgefield County
Carey Hill Baptist Church
A. Holmes
Jimmy Hammond
New Jersey
Walter Hammond
Trenton
Joseph Young
James Young
Nancy Broadwater
Anderson
Orlando
Fla
Betty R. Smith
Thompson Funeral Home
Leonard Jones
Woodridge Memorial Park
Aiken Area Community Calendar Listings
Community events include Narcotics Anonymous and A A meetings at various locations tonight and tomorrow. Sunday activities cover museum hours Rotary Club meeting Lions Club Rescue Squad and multiple Aiken groups plus city council and church services. For event details contact Lynne Katonak at Aiken Standard.
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Aiken County
Aiken Rotary Club
Ramada Inn
Marshall Cain
Lions Club
Aiken County Rescue Squad
Hopeland Gardens
American Legion Post
Pine Log
Aiken
Lynne Katonak
Aiken Standard
Advance payment instruction for subscriptions
The notice directs all advance payments to be made to Aiken Standard PBM Subscription, indicating the payment channel and recipient for prepayments.
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Aiken Standard Pbm
Aiken Standard
Weather outlook with showers through Tuesday
Skies will be mostly cloudy through Saturday with a rising rain chance from 20 percent tonight to 50 percent tomorrow. Thunderstorms likely with highs in the mid 80s and lows near 60s. Scattered showers expected Sunday through Tuesday with highs near 90 and lows in the 60s.
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Central Gulf
Georgia
South Carolina
Pacific Northwest
North Dakota
Iowa
Infiltrator’s Claim of Spy Hurt in Jersey Motel Incident
A 20 year old Jewish Defense League member says she infiltrated two white supremacist groups then was lured to a Vineland motel where leaders confronted her and she was handcuffed and injured. Edwin Reynolds and John Duffy were charged with the incident and related crimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vineland
N.J
Jewish Defense League
South Philadelphia
Edwin Reynolds
Millville
New Jersey
Ku Klux Klan
John Duffy
Wilmington
Del
National Socialist Liberation Front
Burned Teen Herrin Remains Critical After Fireworks Accident
Mitchell Herrin, 19, a June graduate of Strom Thurmond High, remained in critical condition in the burn unit of the Medical University of Charleston after a car fire caused by fireworks. His brother died in a separate auto crash months earlier. Herrin is from Johnston, not Edgefield as previously reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Mitchell Herrin
Medical University of Charleston
Strom Thurmond High
Herrin
Johnston
Edgefield
Diane Toole Ends Miss South Carolina Year In Style
Diane Toole of Aiken will crown her successor at tomorrow night's Miss South Carolina pageant in Greenville. The 18 year old ballerina has rehearsed daily with the Richard Bailey Company and will give a farewell address Sunday at Furman University before entering Converse College as a freshman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
South Carolina
Diane Toole
Aiken
Diane
Richard Bailey Company
Observers School
Darlene Hale
Aiken County
Furman University
Gasper Toole III
Converse College
Tension Builds For Kim Ahead Of Final Appearance
The feature follows Kim and Diane Toole as they stay at Furman University during preliminary events. Kim is hosted by sponsor families in Aiken with support from her parents Mr. and Mrs Ladson Wright while Diane Toole III and her family attend from Greenville to cheer the state queen’s final appearance.
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Furman University
Kim
Ladson Wright
Diane Toole
South
Carolina
Gasper Toole III
Greenville
Weather Stresses Local Crops Amid Heat Drought
Farmers in Aiken region report corn soybeans and cotton behind schedule due to wet cold May. Mackey Scott Jr. notes recent high temps hit corn hard and warns another hot day could worsen. Ralph Fox between Montmorenci and Monetta says heat and drought strain his corn and he irrigates, yet yields stay behind.
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Mackey Scott Jr
Ralph Fox
Montmorenci
Monetta
Fox
July Fourth Fireworks Thieves Nabbed In Sumter
Seven young men ages 18 to 22 were charged with housebreaking and grand larceny after reportedly stealing more than 1400 dollars worth of fireworks from two stands in Sumter County. Deputies traced a trail of firecrackers to the suspects and recovered most of the stolen munitions at three locations including an abandoned house.
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Sumter
S.C
Sumter County Correctional Center
Murder links gang to Belvedere club house killings
The North Charleston motorcycle gang the Tribulators murdered two men, Bolen and Wolfe, at Ascauga Lake Road after binding gagging and cutting their throats. Richard Lee Richards was sentenced to two life terms. By 1981 many convicts faced parole eligibility with dates listed for six men and one in 1982. The Dixie Dragons left their Belvedere clubhouse in September 1971.
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Aiken County
North Charleston
Belvedere Club
Richards
Wolfe
Bolen
Bruce G. Poe
Gary V. Faust
Dennis Davis
Osgood McClellan Leland
Richard Lee
Inhalation Therapy Charges Questioned by Aiken Commission
Aiken County Indigent Care Commission questioned inhalation therapy charges on hospital bills for indigent patients. Indigent care director Robert Funk reported rising charges on more bills. Dr. Robert Worrell called for no limit on respiratory case payments, while others could face partial limits. Funk to monitor for two months to find why these charges appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken County
Funk
Bookmobile Schedule for Week of July 9
The weekly route list lists stops and times for the bookmobile from Monday through Friday across multiple locations in North Augusta Edgefield and surrounding towns. Timings include morning, lunch, and afternoon slots at libraries centers homes stores and post offices. There are repeated entries and some garbled names and times in the schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Augusta
Sweetwater
Miller-Martintown
Hamilton Store
Red Hill
West Side
J.d.’S
Reynolds Rest
Edgefield Nutrition
Edgefield
Harley’s
Hendrix
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Louise P. Smith
Leroy Laird
Route 2
Richmond County
Langley Church of the Nazarene
Earl Powell
James D. Blackmon
Sunset Memory Gardens
Laird
Barnwell County
Graniteville Co
Dorothy Richardson Laird
Janie C. Jones
Bath
Mary Griffin
J. W. Neal
Sam Laird
Donald Laird
Henry Laird
Gloverville
Paul Laird
Ruth Glover
Nell Key
James A. Black
Stiefletown
Nezzie B. Hall
Rosa L. Benson
Rosa Lee Benson
Amos and Sons Funeral Home
Ethel W. Horton
McBee
Thel Williams Horton
McBee Baptist Church
Horton
Stanmore B
Idella Baughman Williams
Virginia Blackwell
Caroline Hernandez
Goose Creek
J.D
Johnny) Horton Jr
Hartsville
Laura A. Lanham
Narcotics Anonymous
York St
S.E
Myrtle St
New Ellenton
St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church
Aiken A.A
Linden St
National Weather Service
NOAA
U.S. Dept. of
George Sullivan
North Aiken
Dolores Byrne
North Aiken Elementary
Mary Ann Davis
Newberry
Janice Lynne Boles
Columbia
Ward Circle
Bonnieview
Mockingbird
Brookhaven
College Acres
Clemson Drive
Winthrop Drive
Midland Valley
Jordan Community
Cherokee Drive
Birch
Belvedere
Duncan Road
Toobee Community
Couchton Exxon
New Holland
Wagener Nutrition
Perry
Salley
Brodie
Comb’s
Barnwell County Library
Olaf-Bennett’s
Govan
Bamberg County Library
Little Swamp
Ehrhardt- Wagoner
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