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Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jun 16, 1981

Page

2

Deaths And Funerals In Augusta Area

Obituaries from Augusta and surrounding areas report deaths of Luther Clayton Hall Ben Long Jimmie Jones Harry Barnwell Monroe Lee and Monroe Lee with services set in Westover Memorial Park Shaws Creek Baptist Church Zion Hill Baptist Church and Old Tiny Grove Baptist Church pastors Rev J Durwood Walker Rev A T Stevens Rev Ronald Coleman and Rev C W Phinizy officiating. Survivors include multiple children grandchildren and siblings with arrangements by Elliott Sons Funeral Home Jackson Brooks Funeral Home Miller's Funeral Home and local churches.

Augusta Luther Clayton Hall Aiken County Jenkins County Hospital Westover Memorial Park J. Durwood Walker Hall Richmond County Clayton Lee Hall Warner Robbins Arley Ray Hall Belvedere James Luther Hall Shirley Ann Kelly Martha Ellen Miller Linda Sue Hooks Hazel Margaret Waters Beech Island Elliott Sons Funeral Home Lumpkin Road Ben Long Ridge Ave N.W Edgefield County Shaws Creek Baptist Church Edgefield A.T. Stevens Ronald Coleman Zion Branch Masonic Lodge Long Aiken Graniteville Company Shaws Creek N.C Cillie Mae McBurnett Graniteville Brothers Rayman Long Durham Wilbert Long Baltimore Jimmie Peter) Jones Balltown Lexington County Zion Hill Baptist Church Wagener C.W. Phinizy Jones Zion N.Y Nathaniel Jones Mount Vernon Colie B. Jones Henry McKevie Buddy Hamilton James McKevie Herman Moseley James Williams Henry Caldwell Jackson- Brooks Funeral Home James D. Johnson Mississippi Ave Harry Eugene Barnwell Veteran’s Administration Hospital Jackson-Brooks Funeral Home Barnwell County Well C&w Pipeline Joe Barnwell Regina Raysor Barnwell Robert L. Barnwell Heyward Barnwell Leon Barnwell Mount Ott N. D Joe Barnwell Jr Barnwell North Augusta Monroe Lee Veterans Administration Medical Center Miller’s Funeral Home Lee Old Tiny Grove

Community Calendar Highlights Local Meetings and Clinics

Today and tomorrow feature townwide events from North Augusta to Aiken, including Toastmasters meetings, council sessions, and AA groups. Health services run clinics at Weston Health Center in Clearwater with several times listed, plus museum hours and community organization gatherings at Weeks Center and other venues.

Margaret J. Weston Health Center Clearwater Aiken County Health Department Aiken County Museum Weeks Center Ambucs Western Steer Ramada Inn Graniteville Exchange Club Heyward’s Aiken County Department of Social Services Board of Directors Food Stamp Office Aiken Toastmasters Valley A.A Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church

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Cool Front Brings Modest Relief With Minor Temps Dip

A southeast moving cool front should lower temperatures by a few degrees with tonight’s lows in the low 70s. Partly cloudy skies bring a 20 percent chance of thundershowers tonight and 30 percent on Wednesday. Highs stay in the 90s through the week with a slight thunderstorm chance Thursday and warm nights Friday and Saturday.

Aiken County Council to review personnel policy and budget

Aiken County Council meets at 7 PM in the County Council Chambers to conduct third readings of ordinances amending the budget and personnel policies. New and old business include temporary tax anticipation borrowing for Belvedere Water and Sewer District and establishing the Aiken County Nursing Home Commission.

Aiken

Aiken County School Board to Hold Special Meeting

The Aiken County Board of Education will meet at 7:30 pm in the Educational Center Conference Room to continue policy and discipline code reviews with principals advisory council and administrators.

Aiken County

Quorum Lacking Delays New Ellenton Council Meeting

New Ellenton city officials postponed the council session as only three members attended, fewer than the four required for a quorum. Mayor Carl E. Langley Jr. said a re scheduled meeting will try again tomorrow at 5 p.m. to discuss hiring a new police officer and repairing a sanitation truck at City Hall, 200 Main St.

New Ellenton Carl E. Langley Jr Langley Main St

New Legion Officers Installed at Graniteville Post 77

Richard Tinsley, fourth district commander, conducted the installation for Samuel H. Swint American Legion Post 77 in Graniteville. Officers appointed include Donald Hatcher as post commander, Joe Rearden as first vice commander, Herb Wright as second vice commander, George Riley as third vice commander, Albert Eubanks as adjutant, Karl Stiefel as finance officer, Donnie New as historian, James Randall as chaplain, Jerry Couch as service officer, and Bill Randall as Sgt. of Arms.

Graniteville Samuel H. Swint American Legion Richard Tinsley The Legion Donald Hatcher Joe Rearden Herb Wright George Riley Albert Eubanks Karl Stiefel Donnie New James Randall Jerry Couch Bill Randall

North Augusta Industry Day Showcases Local Firms

The North Augusta Chamber of Commerce hosts an industry appreciation day at the Big Star building on 434 Georgia Ave from 9 am to 4 pm with exhibits by Abitibi Southern Corp Amoco Foam Products Augusta Coca Cola Bottling Augusta Concrete Block Babcock and Wilcox Columbia Nitrogen Continental Can Du Pont Graniteville Hamburg Jackson Sportswear Kendall Merry and Proctor and Gamble. At 2 pm members tour Revco Packaging and Distribution and Jackson Sportswear sites starting at the Big Star building Reservations required.

North Augusta

Eighth Hole Dig Resumes at Parris Island Site

Archaeologists from the University of South Carolina return to the eighth hole of the Parris Island Golf Course to expand digs at the Santa Elena site. Stan South and a five member team seek 16th century huts and structures linking to the Spanish settlement founded in 1566, year after St. Augustine.

Beaufort Parris Island Santa Elena United States University of South Carolina Stan South National Geographic Society St. Augustine Florida

North Augusta Council Aims to End Double Taxation and Sewer Billing Change

The North Augusta City Council meets tonight at 7 30 to discuss eliminating city county double taxation and to read a revised commercial sewer service charge ordinance. The plan lets commercial customers choose between winter base rate and actual monthly consumption for sewer charges with annual irrevocability and a March 31 written selection deadline. The measure affects 1981 billing and council will also discuss CATV rate changes with CSRA Cablevision President Fred Kennedy Jr present at 400 Buena Vista Ave.

North Augusta City of CATV Federick Fred) Kennedy Jr Csra Cablevision Buena Vista Ave

Discovery Days Planned by MVMA for September Festival

The Midland Valley Merchants Association outlined Discovery Days events at a monthly meeting. Festival dates are September 10 to 12 with a rodeo planned by Jefferson Middle School PTO for September 12 and 13. Activities include a politician's outhouse race, children's tricycle race, country music show, sack race, pony rides, and an egg race.

Langley Midland Valley Merchants Association MVMA Jefferson Middle School Willis K. Herndon

Good Pond Design Emphasized At Aiken Clinic

Bill Melvin and Harold Beard urged proper pond design and stocking at the 1981 Aiken Pond Clinic. The session sponsored by the Aiken Soil and Water Conservation District covered design construction stocking water quality fertilization and issues. The event was held Thursday at the United Merchants Clubhouse Langley Pond with 25 attendees.

Soil Conservation Service Bill Melvin Aiken Pond Aiken Soil and Water Conservation District South Carolina

Baby found in Edisto State Park bathhouse sparks adoption bid

Birdie Sanders, 42, a Mount Pleasant Academy teacher, found a 6 pound 6 ounce newborn boy in a shower stall at Edisto State Park around 7 30 am. The baby, wrapped in towels and mosquitos on him, was reported healthy at Colleton Regional Hospital. Sanders and her husband Jerry, athletic director at the College of Charleston, plan to pursue adoption through their attorney.

Charleston Edisto State Park Birdie Sanders Mount Pleasant Academy Colleton Regional Hospital Walterboro

Desegregation Plan Decision Due By Wednesday

South Carolina officials await late Wednesday verdict on a 19.5 million desegregation plan for state colleges. The NAACP Legal Defense Fund will file comments with the federal Department of Education after receiving a copy of the plan Friday. Eliot Lichtman, a Washington attorney, says the group will submit comments by Wednesday.

Columbia South Carolina Legal Defense Fund National Association For the Advancement of Colored People Federal Department of Education The National Civil Rights Group

Also Mentioned on This Page

Luther C. Hall Jimmie Jones S&s Aiken Optimist Club Smith Hazel Recreation Center Aiken County Council Overeaters Anonymous Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Panhellenic Aiken Community Band Jaycees Jaycee Hut Aiken A.A Linden Street National Weather Service NOAA U.S Ohio Valley New England Denita Scarboro Friarsgate III John H. Tompkins Gem Lakes Estates School Board N.A Discovery Days Edisto Eliot Lichtman NAACP
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