Sesquicentennial Office Opens with Cake Walk and Games
The Sesquicentennial Headquarters opens Saturday at 10 30 AM with city officials present and a cake walk featuring 150 cakes baked by Aiken's Newcomers Club. The event, in the old post office building, includes music by the Heart Fund Band and a barbershop quartet, balloon release, and art contest winners.
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Heart Fund
Aiken
Beth Moran
Joanne Stanford
Newcomers’ Club
Boy Scout Troop 121
Carolyn Mullins
Bonnie Blowers
Laurens Street
Park Avenue
Elizabeth Harrington
Stylish Flower Judge Burney Show Tables At Club Meeting
Tennessee native Mrs. Burney, master flower show judge and design expert, will present five exhibition tables at the Town and Country Club meeting. Her display features navy and white tones with red antherium accents, Dresden china loaned by the Iselin estate, and guidance on coordinating china, linens, candles, and flowers. The event Thursday at 10 a.m. at the Fermata Club on Whiskey Road.
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Peg Burney
Tennessee
C. Oliver Iselin
Town and Country Club
Ginny Southworth
Developers Eye 1600 Acre John’s Island Tract
Three developers led by Charles Fraser Brumley and Patrick McKinney plan a master plan and financial model for a 1600 acre tract on John’s Island near Seabrook and Kiawah. The project envisions a residential community with a major shopping complex and amenities, with ownership split among the Andell heirs and potential joint venture options after planning. Edward Pinckney & Associates will study the land for best use before a final price is discussed.
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Charleston
John’s Island
Charles Fraser
Sea Pines
Hilton Head Island
Frank Brumley
Patrick W. McKinney
Brumley-McKinney Co
Brumley
Seabrook
Kiawah Islands
Dorothy McKee
Margaret Beckett
Elizabeth Stringfellow
Andell
Captain Sam’s Inlet
Kiawah River
Bohicket Creek
Kiawah
Seabrook Islands
Edward Pinckney & Associates
McKinney
Kiawah Island
Brush fire injures firefighter near North Augusta
A brush fire burned over 25 acres yesterday near North Augusta forcing Lt. Carl Pagano to University Hospital for smoke inhalation after arriving at the scene with fellow firefighters. The fire started about 3 p.m. amid gusty, dry conditions and burned underbrush but did not destroy timber. Officials said the blaze was under control after about an hour of fighting. an investigation into the cause is underway. The wooded area lies near Towhee Road Vireo Drive Plank Road Lowe Street and Raven Drive with about 125 homes nearby.
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North Augusta
Carl Pagano
Belvedere
University Hospital
Towhee Road
Vireo Drive
Plank Road
Lowe Street
Bunting Drive
Raven Drive
Nutrition Seminars Begin at Hitchcock Center in March
Registered dietician Cynthia Foster will present nutrition programs each Thursday in March at the Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center 721 Richland Ave. W Aiken for those 55 and older. Topics include Common Nutritional Problems March 7 and The Role Your Diet Plays in Regularity March 21 with additional sessions on March 14 and March 28.
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Cynthia Foster
Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center
Richland Ave
Aiken
Missing Warrenville girl last seen at Helping Hands Inc
Authorities search for 13 year old Sarah Michelle Bierstaff daughter of Joseph and Wanda Corley of Warrenville. She and another girl reportedly left the Helping Hands Inc facility around 2 to 3 a.m. Saturday.
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Sarah Michelle Bierstaff
Joseph and
Wanda Corley
Warrenville
Helping Hands Inc
Redcliff Mansion To Reopen To Public Soon
Redcliff State Park plans to reopen the antebellum Redcliff Mansion in Beech Island after a yearlong closure for ceiling repairs. Built 1855 to 1857 and once home to former South Carolina Governor James Hammond, the three story house required bolting and plastering of second floor ceilings. Park Superintendent Gene Cobb said the project will take two to three more months and the grounds remain open on weekends.
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Beech Island
Redcliff
S.C
James Hammond
State Park
Redcliff State Park
Gene Cobb
Veteran Brooks given life term for McClellanville clerk slaying
A Charleston County jury, after two days of deliberation, sentenced Vietnam veteran Roy David Brooks to life in prison for slaying McClellanville postal clerk Evelyn Harry Leland and to 25 years for armed robbery, running consecutively. Defense cited post traumatic stress. solicitor called it unprecedented as mitigating factor.
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Charleston
Charleston County
Roy David Brooks
McClellanville
Brooks
Vietnam
Richard Fields
Evelyn Harry Leland
Charles Condon
Correction on Board of Education quote error
The Aiken Standard corrects the misnaming of the speaker in the quote about acting with vision rather than emergency expediency. The actual speaker was Jane Bibler and the paper regrets the error.
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Aiken Standard
Aiken Board of Education
Jane Bibler
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Legion
Maes
Renen
Aii
Bradberry’s
Hitchcock
Michelle Bickerstaff
Fields
Mark Archer
Virginia Lippe
SEARS
Kenmore
Whiskey Rd
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