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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1981
Page
8
Fourmile Missionary Baptist Church in New Ellenton will host an open house and dedication of its new building Sunday at 4 p.m. Rev. E.W. Simmons of Aiken will speak. the church sits at 106 Jackson St. Local readers invited to attend.
The Rev. Dr. Jack K. Roberts will deliver the sermon Having Everything Yet Nothing at First Presbyterian Church on Sunday July 19 at 11 a.m. Roberts a former minister emeritus of Charleston’s First Scots Church and a WWII Army Air Corps chaplain was born in Carthage North Carolina and educated at Presbyterian College.
The Col. Claude E Sawyer Chapter of Demolay installed officers Wayne Parker as master councilor Jeff Parker senior councilor Jimmy Sanders junior councilor Mike Willis senior deacon Keith McGee junior deacon Ricky Nolan senior steward Scott Fanning scribe Barry Fulmer sentinel Russell Davis chaplain Tracey Johnson marshal and Mike Johnson standard bearer at the Aiken Masonic Lodge. Chivalier awards will be presented Sunday at 2 p.m. to two young men for outstanding service to the Order.
The Aiken Demolay will sponsor a car wash at Lo-Lo's on Augusta Road in Aiken this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The price is 2.50 per car, with proceeds supporting the group.
Defense motions to suppress prosecution evidence in the criminal sexual conduct case against Lee Donnel Price were denied in Aiken County court. Price, 20, faces burglary and criminal sexual conduct charges for a Sept 25 1980 attack on a 41 year old woman after entering through a window.
Clemson Extension agent Tom Earle advised Kiwanis members on weed control soil testing and disease prevention. He recommended Spectracide for home use and cautioned about centipede lawns and Bahia grass while urging dethatching and soil tests to guide fertilizer and lime needs. Ed Becker presides Kiwanis at the Ramada Inn.
The Gregg-Graniteville Foundation Inc. announces nine William Gregg Scholars from Graniteville Company families. Recipients receive 1500 annually for resident students or 750 for non residents, renewable for four years or the length of technical studies.
The Farmers and Merchants Bank of Aiken reports a 3 percent income rise in the first half of 1981 over the prior year. Net income is $803,103 for six months, deposits reach $103,342,837, total assets rise 10 percent to $122,404,529, and earnings per share are $2.52 from 318,371 shares. Operating expenses for Q2 total $5,906,351, up 31 percent due mainly to interest rates.
The South Aiken High cheerleading clinic is moved to August 11 14 from 9 a.m. to noon daily due to gymnasium floor repairs.
The Monday concert at Hopeland Gardens is moved to the H Odell Weeks Center on Whiskey Road. The performance by the Aiken Community Band will start at 7 p.m.
Lt. H. M. Addy, native of Leesville, is promoted to captain and named commander of South Carolina Patrol District 1, which includes Aiken, Kershaw, Lee, Lexington, Richland and Sumter counties. He joined the patrol in 1952 after serving as a dispatcher in Columbia and Charleston and advanced through ranks to lieutenant in 1968.
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