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Youth builds antique drugstore for museum exhibit
Tom Winn a 16 year old rising junior at South Aiken High led a 70 hour Eagle Scout project to restore an old fashioned drugstore for the Aiken County Historical Museum. He moved 10 to 12 foot counters cleaned syrups sorted boxes and faced rodent debris while guided by Joyce Ross Carl Herde and John Hutton. The exhibit opens Sept 22 in the museum adjacent to Banksia and reflects a bygone soda fountain era.
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Aiken County
Banksia
Aiken County Public Library
Tom Winn
Tom
South Aiken High
Willard G. Winn
Aiken
First Presbyterian Boy Scout
David Lock
Carl Herde
John Hutton
Ginny Southworth
Moody
S.C
Ross