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Competition Names Boys State Sends Record Number
The 38th Palmetto Boys State opened at The Citadel on June 7 with 738 rising seniors. Aiken Post 26 sponsored 12 delegates, a record, from St Angela Academy South Aiken High School and Aiken High School. Tom Millon, elected to the Marion County House, said the event mixed competition with public service and learning to get involved. Sponsors covering the $55 fee included Farmers and Merchants Bank and Riegel Textile among others.
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Post 26
Citadel
Palmetto Boys
Aiken
American Legion
St. Angela Academy
South Aiken High School
Aiken High
Frank T. Galardi
Boys’ State
Tom R. Millon
South Aikien High School
Julia Millon
Marion County
Tom
Charleston
State House
Columbia
Palmetto
David W. Brown
W.W. Brown
Mark S. Uhle
Walter R. Uhle
Douglas H. Gingrey
W.C. Gingrey
Alton Johnson
Earnest Johnson
Lamar R. Lepard
B. Lepard
South Aiken High
Brian W. Reeves
Marshall Reeves
Kirk M. Brown
Lynn C. Brown
Kyle P. Tatum
Dewitt Tatum
Jeff L. Nicholas
Nelson Nicholas Jr
St. Angela
Leroy F. Robinson Jr
Tom Millon
American Legion Post 26
Boys State
Leroy Robinson
Patrick J. Waters
Robert J. Waters
Sinclair Lewis
Roland H. Windham
Bob Kurtze
Michael D. Strickland
Bill Rogers
Farmer’s and Merchants Bank
Warneke Cleaners
Kwik Shop
Hudson-Etherredge-Brown Insurance
S.C. Electric and Gas
Osbon Cleaners
the Optimist Club of
Aiken Builder’s Supply
Aiken Police Athletic League
Aiken Produce Company
Riegel Textile Corporation