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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1979
Page
8
The Associated Press survey tracked 15 staple items across 13 cities from March 1, 1973, with monthly rechecks. Meats drove increases while egg and orange juice prices fell, overall grocery bills up only 0.1 percent last month and up 4.3 percent in early 1979 for the checklist store.
Kathyrn Smith reports that three Aiken supermarkets show almost 1 percent price increases since May 1 with beef and margarine leading gains. The monthly survey compares a standard market basket across stores, excluding sale items, and finds nearly 3 percent rise since February. Eggs sugar and Tide are cheaper while paper towels hold steady.
More than 500 Clark Hill private boat club members urged the Corps of Engineers to allow permanent structures and 20 year leases for club sites on Clark Hill Lake. The meeting, held at Augusta College, drew officials including Col. Tilford Creel and Columbia County Sheriff officials who contrasted crime in public areas with nonproblem private sites.
Area churches announce vacation Bible schools with dates and ages. First Baptist Warrenville opens registrations. several churches list weekly sessions, costs, and contact points. Other items include pastor anniversaries, guest speakers, worship changes, ordination events, and church revival plans.
Aiken residents Julian Salley and Eulalie Rutledge sue to recover the $1 million trust left to Aiken County Hospital by Mattie Hall in 1961. The suit claims the trust failed when the hospital closed in 1976 and county assumption of liabilities followed. Income from the trust, about 45 000 to 50 000 yearly, funded indigent care per the will. Farmers and Merchants Bank trustee and South Carolina Attorney General Daniel McLeod are named defendants. County Attorney John Williams said the county will answer.
North Augusta physician Allan G. Thurmond to a one year suspension starting August 31 1978 on 23 counts of false Medicaid claims. HEW list cites 40 suspended from program to deter fraud. Thurmond faced five year probation on each count and a $54000 fine. overturned counts reduced penalties due to heart condition and age.
The City of Aiken assumed ownership of Hahn Village housing on S C 19 yesterday. Ervin E. Koon signed for the city after documents were signed by Romeo Guest Associates Hallman and Weems and HUD officials. Forty three families have moved in and more units are pending, with repairs and grass planting underway. Koon expects to take possession of the unfinished management building later this month.
The Roy McComas and the Hillbilly Blues Band resume Monday at Hopeland Gardens with a 7 pm show. The Savannah ensemble performs McComas hit songs at the performing arts area and invites audiences to bring chairs or blankets. If rain, the venue shifts to First Baptist Church of Aiken on Richland Avenue.
The June term of Aiken County General Sessions Court begins Monday at 10 a.m. in the Aiken County Courthouse with Judge Rodney A. Peeples presiding. Grand Jury reports at 10 a.m. and Petit Jury at 2:30 p.m. There are 48 cases on the roster. The Jackson Town Council meets Monday at 8 p.m. at the town hall on Charles Street with an agenda not yet finalized and the meeting open to the public.
The Wagener Town Council will meet Monday at 7 30 p m in Wagener Town Hall at Park and Earle streets. The Bookmobile runs the week of June 4 with stops in Stiefeltown Breezy Hill Wheat's Grocery and other locations across multiple days.
A reception honoring Maurine H. Lackey head librarian will be held at the Aiken County Library Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m. The public is invited to attend.
South Carolina Senators Hollings and Thurmond demand change to Agriculture Department rules that require random peach cutting to test pit splitting. They argue sight checks suffice and pit splits do not affect meat. critics say procedures were implemented without notice and harm the crop.
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