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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1974
Page
2
Funeral services for Mrs Kate Branch Tyler of Augusta will be held at 3 p.m. today at Millbrook Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev W James Rivers officiating. Memorials may be made to a favorite charity. George Funeral Home Aiken is in charge.
Clifford Franklin Golden of Route 2 New Bern died Thursday at 14. Funeral services were held Sunday at Calvary Baptist Church with Revs. Bill Wingard and Leon Page officiating. Burial followed in Spring Garden Cemetery. Surviving are his parents Billy F. Golden and Mrs. Gilbert, one brother Billy F. Franklin Jr., one sister Tiffany S. Golden, his maternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Clifton H. Gilbert, Jackson, and paternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Whisenant, Aiken.
Mrs J C Schroder age 90 of Aiken died after an extended illness. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 11 am at Bethany Cemetery with Dr R L Cate officiating. She taught many years at Byrd Elementary School Gran iteville. Surviving are a sister Elise Paige of Aiken and several nieces and nephews.
The Aiken Standard established 1867 publishes each afternoon except Saturdays and Sundays. It lists address 194 Rutland Drive Alkgs SC and ZIP 99801, notes AP dispatches exclusive reproduction rights, and details payment policies and error corrections in the next issue.
Mrs. Lottie Boggers Custer 73 of 129 Silver Bluff Rd Aiken died Monday at home after an extended illness Funeral services and burial will be in Montgomery West Virginia directed by Hooper Funeral Home She was born in Montgomery a daughter of the late George and Blanche Boggers She had lived in Aiken 19 years and was a Presbyterian Church member Surviving are a daughter Mrs T H Martin Beckley West Virginia a son W E Custer Aiken and two sisters Mrs Hobart Fields Ravenwood West Virginia and Mrs W M Clare Florence Alabama
J Wiley Crawford 83 of 514 Forest Circle New Ellenton died Monday at Aiken County Hospital after a brief illness. Funeral 5:30 p.m. tomorrow at George Funeral Home chapel with Rev G Dana Waters III officiating. Burial Bethany Cemetery. Survived by widow Viola Bodie Crawford one daughter Mae C Woodward four sons John E Crawford W E Crawford Harold E Crawford Robert C Crawford two sisters M forie Rearden Ida Lee Rearden twelve grandchildren eleven great grandchildren. Friends may call at home or funeral home.
A North Augusta resident was robbed of 256 dollars in cash during a break-in at 211 W Clofton Avenue while she sat on her porch. Police describe the thief as a tall slender black male seen fleeing the home.
At a Rotary Club luncheon Ralph H. Aiken of Greenville explained the Boys Home Of The South a licensed non-profit for dependent and neglected boys aged 6 to 14. Founded in 1958 as The Boys of America Home it operates without government funds and is supported by private contributions.
Congressman Dorn predicts a 51 percent win if Morris voters cast a majority for his six-man field in the runoff. He criticizes Ravenel’s TV approach and says he is the farm boy up against political pros. Dorn notes Morris is vacating and cites his and the lieutenant governor’s lack of talks. He asks about campaign funds, estimating a $100000 runoff cost, he and wife Millie estimate about half for TV.
A bus carrying W J Bryan Dorn supporters will depart Aiken at 5 p m for Rock Hill for the first Dorn Ravenel debate. Tickets remain. contact Bill Burgess or Bill Rogers to join. Dorn touts native US roots and hard knock education while Ravenel notes Harvard ties. Dorn favors a large turnout for the election.
Busbee discusses domestic calls, noting serious injuries in past incidents and the unpredictable nature of such cases. He says alcohol and children are common factors and cites training from the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy on staying cool and reacting from the outside. He emphasizes back-up responses and the varying severity of each dispatch.
William C. Lott of Gran iteville Company says no drastic change in female employment yet. Mothers like Susan Rhoden report minor after-tax losses but adjust by hiring neighbors or cutting maid services. State reports fewer full time domestics and more demand for day care as industry jobs lure workers.
Augusta Christian Business & Professional Women meet at 6 15 p m Red Lion Restaurant Exchange Club North Augusta 6 30 p m S S Cafeteria North Augusta Lions Club 7 30 p m Grace United Methodist Church Aiken Rescue Squad 7 p m Headquarters American Legion Post 26 7 30 p m Legion Home Old Airport Road Park Commissioners 8 p m Council Chambers Aiken County Board of Commissioners 8 p m USC Aiken Room 107 Senior Citizens Bridge 1 30 p m Clubhouse North Augusta Senior Citizens Program 1 0 0 p m 4 00 p m North Augusta Recreation Center Aiken County Immunization Clinic 1 30 p m 3 30 p m First State National Bank Beech Island Optimist Club 7 p m S S Cafeteria Georgia Carolina Stamp Club 7 30 p m Hobby House Aiken Chess Club 7 30 p m Virginia Acres Historical Society 7 30 p m S S Cafeteria Knights of Columbus 8 p m 1003 Spaulding Drive
Ravenel lists loans from family and several New York and New Jersey sources totaling around 250 000 to 350 000 and notes mortgage on his Charleston home. He says Dorn has spent about 250 000 and claims no street spending, while predicting Morris backers may shift to Dorn. He plans to raise contributions to repay the loans and asserts voter support will decide the outcome.
Three Black defendants were to be arraigned in federal court on a one count indictment alleging involuntary servitude of seven White workers at a migrant worker camp in Ridge Spring Saluda County. Williams Roosevelt Band and Leroy Alford Jr were free on $3000 bond each since a recent charge period May 10 to June 13. They allegedly forcibly returned workers to the camp and kept them there.
A correction clarifies Commander R. C. Scott teaches ROTC at three Aiken County schools Schofield Aiken High and LBC rather than Jackson and North Augusta High School as previously reported.
Court files charges in the June 1 deaths of Eric Allen Glickner 19 Manston Wisconsin Mark Bennett 23 Glendale Arizona and James Donaghy 18 El Paso Texas. The three soldiers were found shot with throats cut on the bank of the Clark Hill Reservoir near Modoc in McCormick County after being lured to a party.
An estimated 220 dollars vanished from Dr. C. H. Pierce’s office at 817 Hayne Avenue in Aiken. A black teenager 17 to 19 years old, about six feet, 140 pounds, orange shirt and dark trousers, is sought in connection with a pocketbook theft of 22 dollars. Det. A. L. Whittington leads the Pierce case. Deputies probe Minnie B. Kennedy Junior High break-in after a window entry. Copper tubing worth 400 dollars goes missing from a Clearwater construction site.
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