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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1983
Page
7
Aiken sisters Bessie Baughman and Lillie Pennington on Old Wagoner Road were robbed by two young men this weekend in a front yard. One attacker tried to grab purses from Lillie as she defended herself with a cane, but the suspects escaped with about 350 dollars in cash.
Police report says Earl E. Kennedy and Leroy Smith attempted to conceal 490 dollars of earnings at Belks department store. Both were arrested outside the store. Separate vandalism damaged eight North Aiken Elementary School windows, with no entry gained, while Schofield Middle School reported a stolen vacuum cleaner valued at 600 dollars taken through an open window.
The Aiken County Community Action Commission board will meet at 4:30 p.m. tomorrow at 502 York offices. The public is invited as the directors discuss programs for the poor and disadvantaged in Aiken and Barnwell counties.
Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Nix 72 will be 11 a m Wednesday at Scotia Baptist Church. Burial in Lawtonville Cemetery. Rosus Lee Dodd 56 of 1002 Cherokee Ave died Sunday and service was 5 p m today at Memorial Baptist Church. Burial in Aiken Memorial Park. Memorials to American Heart Association.
Funeral services for Lewis Alton Berry Route 1 Graniteville were at 6 p.m. at Posey's Funeral Chapel with three ministers officiating. John Henry Perry 54, Elmhurst, was laid to rest after services at Cobbs Funeral Home Chapel with Liberty Mortuary handling local arrangements. Miss Gladys Suquire 662 Hampton Ave Belvedere had service at Elliott Sons Funeral Home Telfair Street with burial at Westview Cemetery. Pallbearers included Eugene Childers Don Childers Roy Patch.
Funeral services for Rufus Lee Dodd husband of Renetta McDaniel Dodd were held Tuesday at Memorial Baptist Church in Aiken with interment at Aiken Memorial Park. George Funeral Home handled arrangements.
The Aiken County Sheriff's Department arrested multiple individuals for public drunkenness over the weekend. Roger Dale Goodwin, 31, of Rt. 4, Aiken, walked in the road and was jailed. Clarence Pernell Williams, 27, attempted to hitchhike on S C 19, fled into woods, and was jailed for public drunk on the roadway.
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