New High School Ties Aiken History to Present
Aiken public schools pivot with a second high school as architect Robert McCreary links to Dr. E J C Wood founder of Aiken Institute. The piece recounts the 1888 incorporation, early board makeup, and the 1890 cornerstone event and subsequent growth through 1936 WPA era expansions.
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Aiken
South Aiken High School
Robert McCreary
E.J.C. Wood
Wood
Aiken Institute
Schofield School
Schofield
Aiken Journal and Review
James Aldrich
Frank H. Curtis
George W. Croft
F.B. Henderson
Haviland Stevenson
Gaines Ashley
D.S. Henderson
L.C. Ligon
H.H. Wyman
Benjamin Wyman
B.H. Teague
B.P. Chatfield
C. Klatte
Henry Hahn
James Powell
J.C. Oehler
William M. Duncan
C.C. Jordan
Aiken Institute Corporation
Aiken County Board of Education
Board of Trustees
Aiken Elementary
Henry Busch
G.W. Croft
C.K. Henderson
H.B. Burkhalter
Louis Bradwell
High S. Thompson
Gen. M.C. Butler
Watson
Mr. Johnny Students Remember Ex Teacher From Aiken High Schools
Retired Aiken educator John Eubanks recalls 43 years of teaching across Aiken Institute Aiken High School and their predecessor schools. He speaks of students who became professionals and notes his start as elementary principal in 1922 with a salary of 90 dollars a month. His ironwood and tea olive yard borders the Municipal Building area.
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Aiken
Wood
Frank H. Curtis
Aiken Academy
John R. Mack
Aiken Elementary
Mack
Ravenel
Edgerton
Browne
W.J. Thackston
Aiken Institute
John Eubanks
Johnny
Eubanks
Aiken High
Aiken School
Park Avenue
D.S. Henderson
Arkenites
L.K. Hagood
Hagood Stadium
Aiken High School
Emily Hindman
Aiken Junior High
Clemson Univeristy
W.K. McGarity
E.P. Parker
Jennie Lou Browne
Margaret Thorpe
M.J. Quattlebaum
Bessie Harper
Pauline Shuler
Lallah Wyman
McGarity
Ethel Coleman
Elizabeth Teague
Martha Coleman
Billy Coleman
Alan Coleman
Beaufort
J.C. Willis
Parker
Clifton Weeks
Earle Holley
Savings and Loan Associations
Wallace McNair Jr
James DeLoach
B.T. Duches Jr
Marshall Cain
Ben Toole
Frampton Toole Jr
Harold Rudnick
Herbert Rud
C.M. Sparks
Christy Mills
Jason Davis
Sparks
Pam Nelson
Pol
Look Out For Pot Joggers In Aiken Gulley
The Department of Public Safety warns runners and cyclists around Aiken to be alert for cultivated marijuana plants. Last week six pots were found growing in a gulley on the Southside after a citizen reported the discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
Department of Public Safety
Carrol Busbee
Costs Rise at Horse Creek Wastewater Plant as Congress Acts
Plant manager Stanley Wagher predicts a 6 to 7 cent per 1000 gallons rate hike in September due to higher operating costs and the abolition of the Industrial Recovery Act. Current charges stand at 20.3 cents per 1000 gallons for Aiken, North Augusta, Graniteville Co, and AM&M. If construction costs are passed on, the average user could pay 30 to 40 cents more monthly. City managers vary in outlook.
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Congress
Horse Creek Valley
Stanley K. Wagher
Aiken
North Augusta
Graniteville Company
United Merchants and Manufacturers
Wagher
Graniteville
Am&m
Roland Windham
Charles B. Martin
Black Enrollments Down in Colleges Nationwide and South
The Southern Regional Education Board reports slower black college enrollment from 1976 to 1978 with full-time enrollments slipping 0.8 percent nationally and 0.5 percent in the South. Part-time enrollments rose 15.8 percent in the South and 7 percent nationwide, while black attendance at predominantly black institutions declined for two decades.
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Atlanta
Southern Regional Education Board
SREB
South
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New High School
BY Emily Hindman
J.H. Prior
Lizzie Ravenel
Laurens Street
Piplamia
Aiken High Schools
W.H. Harbers
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