Deaths and Funerals GRANITEVILLE
Mrs. George Huff died yesterday at Aiken County Hospital after a long illness. Funeral services will be Sunday at 3 p.m. at Valley Fair Baptist Church with Rev. A. T. Stephens officiating. Burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers: Tommy Davis, Abney Johnson, Warren Smith, B. T. Holmes, Calvin Holmes, Louis Holloway. Surviving: husband George Huff, sister Mrs. Wilhelmina Odesser of New York, brothers Clarence Butler and Thomas Butler, Graniteville. Funeral home arrangements by Miller’s. Native of Aiken County. Also survived by daughter Marie Woodward of Aiken, brothers Seamon and Monroe Mitchell, Augusta. sister Alma Bates, Augusta. four grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graniteville
George
Rosa Mae) Huff
Aiken County Hospital
Valley Fair Baptist Church
A.T. Stephens
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Tommy Davis
Abney Johnson
Warren Smith
B.T. Holmes
Calvin Holmes
Louis Hollo
George Huff
Wilhelmina Odesser
New York
Clarence Butler
New York City
Thomas Butler
Miller
Aiken County
Marie Woodward
Aiken
Seamon Mitchell
Monroe Mitchell
Augusta
Alma Bates
Death Notice for Arthur H. Byrd of Augusta Area
Arthur H Hank Byrd died yesterday in an Augusta hospital. Burial will be at Hillcrest Memorial Park after a service at Platts Funeral Home Chapel at 2 p.m. Survived by widow Lillian Dorn Byrd two sisters and two brothers. Pallbearers listed as Kernaghan and Byrd family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Arthur H
Hank’’ Byrd
Byrd Road
Gracewood
Platt’s Funeral Home
Thomas E. Atkins Jr
Hillcrest Memorial Park
Byrd
W.E. Byrd Construction Co
Gracewood United Methodist Church
Lillian Dorn Byrd
Marie McCoy
Hephzibah
Hattie Kernaghan
Watson E. Byrd
North Augusta
Frank O. Byrd
Key Kernaghan
Herbert Kernaghan
Frank O. Byrd Jr
Frank Wallace
Edward Oetjen
Monroe Hoover
Aiken Standard Boilerplate Notice
Legal and publication boilerplate from the Aiken Standard 1867 issue notes daily publication schedule and USPS status. It states AP dispatch rights and republication reserves and outlines error correction policy and payment handling for subscriptions. It lists address, box number, and ZIP code for the newspaper in Aiken South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken
S. C
Associated Press
Vera Dunbar dies. Aiken native and civic member
Mrs Vera Mae Dunbar also known as Vera Turner Dunbar of Duncan Road died yesterday in an Augusta hospital. A Barnwell native who lived in Aiken County 25 years, she was a 1956 Schofield High School graduate and Beauty Culture student. She worked at Clearwater Finishing Plant and held several fraternal and church roles. Survivors include two sons Charles Vernon Dunbar of Bath and Carl Anthony Dunbar of Aiken, plus siblings, with funeral arrangements to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Vera Mae Turner Dunbar
Duncan Road
Augusta
Jackson-Brooks Funeral Home
Barnwell
Turner
Aiken County
Schofield High School
Louvenia
School of Beauty Culture
Clearwater
Four Mile Baptist Church
New Ellenton
Beautiful Sunflower Society
Immaculate Lodge
Circle Dove No. 520
Order of Eastern Star
Jerico - Simmon Court
Isis-Ester
Abraham Dunbar
Graniteville
Charles Vernon Dunbar
Carl Anthony Dunbar
Aiken
Shirley Turner
Baltimore
Recycling Day Moves to Next Saturday
The recycling drive announced for tomorrow is postponed to next Saturday. Magazines newspapers computer paper and cards will be accepted on that date. Over 900000 pounds of paper have been collected in past drives by the Aiken Junior Women's Club and Boy Scout Troop 146. Next week's drive aims to reach one million pounds and a special award will go to the person contributing the paper that reaches the goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken Junior Woman’s Club
Boy Scout Troop
Spending Trends Show Mixed Economic Signals
Personal income rose by 6.7 billion in the month, up from 3.2 billion in March, while consumer confidence appears firmer per The Conference Board. Business spending on new plants and equipment fell 9.4 percent in Q1 1975 after a 26 percent drop in the prior quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Partment
The
Conference Board
Budget proposal outlines pay, hires and shifts at Paramed
The board approves salary and staffing increases calling for five more Paramed workers and a new shift to cut overtime. The Aiken Area Council on Aging gains a $10 000 boost. A special meeting Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Room 107 of the Aiken USC campus begins first reading. two readings are required before it becomes law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
Paramed
Aiken
University of South Carolina
Beech Island Brothers Injured In Sand Bar Ferry Road Crash
Beech Island brothers Jock Percival 17 and James Percival 19 were in a car that struck a parked tractor trailer on Sand Bar Ferry Road. James Absher driver of the truck from Moncks Corner, was outside the vehicle. One brother was taken to University Hospital Augusta with a head injury. Patrolman W O Bradley Jr of the Highway Patrol investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beech Island
University Hospital
Augusta
Jock Percival
James Percival
Sand Bar Ferry Road
James A. Absher
Moncks Corner
W.O. Bradley Jr
South Carolina Highway Patrol
Aiken
Juvenile Charged In Telephone Case
Aiken County Sheriff's Department reports a 14 year-old juvenile was charged with making calls to others and threatening calls. Investigator Robert Funk said the youth used the phone to report on a probation in Alabama for burglary and threatened the woman’s son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken County
Russian Actress Victoria Fyodorova to Wed in Stamford
Russian actress Victoria Fyodorova and American pilot Frederick R. Polly obtained a marriage license in Stamford. Fyodorova, who came to visit her estranged father, plans to marry Polly, 36, in Stamford this weekend, with the license filed May 30 and picked up Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford, Conn
Victoria Fyodorova
Miss Fyodorova
United States
Frederick R. Polly
Stamford
Aiken Bicentennial Committee Sets Goals and Leaders
The newly formed Aiken Bicentennial Committee with 36 members under chair Dorothy MasDowell discussed gaining official bicentennial status. Michael Strickland outlined aims to boost heritage pride and initiate projects like battlefield markers. Subcommittees will focus on Festival USA led by Garret Wike, Heritage led by Dorothy MacDowell, and Horizons 76 led by Nancy Wilds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
Heritage
South Carolina
Strickland
Garret Wike
Dorothy MacDowell
Nancy Wilds
Port of LA and Long Beach Largest on Pacific Coast
The combined port of Los Angeles and Long Beach stands as the busiest on the Pacific Coast, handling the most cargo volume and serving as a major gateway for international trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Pacific Coast
County Meeting Weighs Burgess Hire as Letter Key
Democratic commissioners push to hire Mrs. Burgess at the county work session while Graybeal challenges the move. Kirby leads the Committee of the Whole as debate ends with no vote on the letter of intent. Graybeal and Cullinan withhold signatures, and a contested letter is not mailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Prosser
Ray
L.V. Davis
Cleve Edmunds
Graybeal
Mrs. Burgess
Kirby
Assembly
Cullinan
Graybear
Community Calendar for Aiken area events tonight
Tonight features the Senior Citizens Club gathering at the Clubhouse at 7 30. Family Planning Clinic at Saran Baptist Church Wagener from 10 to noon by appointment. Gospel singing with Dennis Kesler Family at South Aiken Pentecostal Holiness Church at 7 30. AA groups meet at St. Bartholomew Episcopal Church North Augusta at 8 30. Film The Glory Road at Millbrook Baptist Church at 7. Rotary Club lunch at Commercial Hotel 12 45. Food Stamp Certification at Catholic Center Gloverville 1 to 4. Aiken Rescue Squad at 7 at headquarters. Stamp Club at Virginia Acres at 7 30. AARP Aiken Chapter 275 at 7 30 at Senior Citizens Clubhouse. Aiken City Council at 8 in council chambers. Aiken Junior Women's Club at 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Planned Parenthood
Aiken County
Saran Baptist Church
Wagener
South Aiken
Rotary Club
Catholic Center
Gloverville
Aiken County Rescue Squad
American Association of Retired Persons
Aiken
Aiken City Council
Community Band to Perform at Hopeland Concert
The Aiken Community Band presents its first Hopeland Concert Monday at 7 p.m. featuring soloist John Scott, director of Bands at Augusta College, performing Solo de Concours for clarinet and band. Other pieces include Light Cavalry Overture, Mississippi Suite, The Entertainer, and Battle Hymn of the Republic with choir. Parking on Mead Avenue. attendees should bring chairs or blankets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
Hopeland
John Scott
Augusta College
Scott
Augusta Symphony
Augusta Choral Society
Augusta
Rabaud
Gigi
Lassus
Mead Avenue
Timmerman To Address Aiken TEC Graduates
Robert F. Timmerman president of Graniteville Company will address the graduates of Aiken TEC tonight at 7 30 p m in ceremonies at the H Odell Weeks Activities Center Whiskey Road Ashley J Little director will present awards and confer degrees Craig D Musick chairman of the Aiken County Technical Education Committee and the Rev Samuel W Heslip First Presbyterian Church Aiken are also on the program
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert F. Timmerman
Graniteville Company
Aiken Technical Education Center
TEC
H. Odell Weeks
Whiskey Road
Ashley J. Little
Aiken Tec
Craig D. Musick
Aiken County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs
Rosa Mae Huff
Arthur H. Byrd
Essie Mae Jenkins
Park Ave
S.E
AI Ken Standard - Pbm
Vera Mae Dunbar
National Weather Service
Noaa
Dept. of Commerce
Gulf
Atlantic
Battle of
James Lackey
Senior Citizens Club
Senior Citizens
Millbrook Baptist Church
Georgia - Carolina Stamp Club
Virginia Acres
Vacation Bible School
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Hitchcock
Mitchell Shopping Center
Timmerman
Christian Science First Church of Christ, Scientist
Hayne Avenue
Kalmia Plaza
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