Beech Island woman dies after two car crash on Sand Bar Ferry Road
Hazel H. Waters 45 died the morning after a Friday crash on Sand Bar Ferry Road involving a car driven by Ethel Bailey Aldridge 55 of Augusta. Aldridge was injured and charged with failure to yield right of way. Waters died at the Medical College of Georgia Hospital.
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Beech Island
Sand Bar Ferry Road
Medical College of Georgia
Hazel H. Waters
Ethel Bailey Aldridge
Azalea Street
Augusta
Richmond County
Missing Monetta toolbox and tools worth over $1,000
Chester Plunkett of Route 2 Monetta told the Aiken County Sheriff’s Department that between June 7 and June 26 someone broke holes in a workshop window at his home. Missing were a Craftsman tool box valued at 99 dollars tools about 1,000 dollars a knife five dollars and a drill forty five dollars. Ridge Spring dues due for Ridge Area Fire Protection Association membership by July 1 the annual fee is 15 dollars and may be paid to the town clerk or any member.
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Ronnie Cheatham
Williams St
Aiken
Monetta
Chester Plunkett
Route 2
Aiken County
Ridge Spring
Ridge Area Fire Protection Association
Ridge Spring Fire Department
Judge Simons To Be Honored In Aiken Dedication Ceremony
The Aiken federal courthouse will be named the Charles E. Simons Jr. Federal Courthouse in a 3 p.m. ceremony at 223 Park Ave. S. Sen Strom Thurmond will headline with several local figures speaking. Simons, a native of Edgefield County, has served as U S District Judge since 1964 and became chief judge in 1980.
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Simons
Aiken Federal Courthouse
Charles E. Simons Jr
Aiken
H. Odell Weeks
John G. Beasley
Robert McNair
William C. Lott
Butler C. Derrick
D-S.c
Eugene Mullikin
Judge Simons
Charles E. Simons
Edgefield County
University of South Carolina
Law School
Eted
Algernon Sidney Sullivan
Alumnae Association
House of Representatives
Navy
Atlantic
Pacific
Dorcey Lybrand
Sen. Thurmond
U.S. Senate
U.S
Lyndon Johnson
South Carolina
LeDuc To Leave Public Service Authority Post
North Augusta faces a replacement decision for Roger P. LeDuc on the Aiken County Public Service Authority as his term expires in September. District 4 Councilwoman Mim Woodring will select a nominee who represents North Augusta’s end of the county, with input possible from city interests.
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North Augusta
Roger P. LeDuc
Aiken County
Authority
Graniteville Co
United Merchants
Aiken
Henry R. McKinney Jr
C. Clyde Hooks
District 5
J. Michael Toole
Charles B. Martin
Hooks
Charles Kennemore
William F
Bo) Thompson
Lester Diggs
District 6
Rosemary English
Hamming It Up At Edgefield County Ham Radio Field Day
In Edgefield County the North Augusta Belvedere Radio Club set up a 24 hour transmitting site in a former church near Stevens Creek. Volunteers operated generators and a thirty foot antenna while families picnicked nearby. The event, part of American Radio Relay League field day, tests emergency readiness and ranks clubs by capability.
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Steve Peterson
Paul Matthews
North
Edgefield County
E.T
Augusta-Belvedere
Stevens Creek
U.S
Canada
van Price
American Radio Relay League
Price
Grenada
Mexico City
Peterson
Red Cross
Aiken
International Red Cross
North Augusta-Belvedere
Aiken Officials Meet NAACP Over City Election Plan
City officials and the local NAACP will hold a 5:30 p.m. work session in the municipal building to discuss election procedures. A decision on adopting a 6-1 or 4-2-1 system could come within a month, with voting rights act concerns and district demographics noted. Willar Hightower's resignation left the council without a Black member.
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Aiken
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Michael Smith
Smith
Willar Hightower
Aiken County
U.S. Justice Department
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Bradley Ray Hall
Pine Log Road
Robin Dale Chaples
Northside Trailer Park
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Sgt
T.L. Paradise
Starvin
Schofield Middle School
Lybrand
Jean Brewster
Fulton, N.Y
Charles E. Simons III
Paul and
Richard Simons
Jean
Charles E
LeDuc
Public Service Authority Post
Ira Coward
Harry S. Witt
PSA
Donald E. Hartwig
Diggs
By Phil Jones
United States
Kelly Greene
Ralph C. Scott
Hamming
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