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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1970
Page
2
Obituary notices list Willie Otto Barton 59 of Langley with funeral 3 p.m. Sunday at Gloverville Pentecostal Church burial Langley Cemetery. Also notice for Mrs. Mary Smith White with Church of God of Prophecy Ware Shoals funeral 3 p.m. Saturday at Church of God of Prophecy Graceland Cemetery Greenville.
Funeral services for Pearl Boyd Holley 73 of 308 Holley Lane North Augusta will be held at 3 p.m. today at Poseys Funeral Home Chapel with Reverends Joseph Smith and Charles Mason officiating. Burial follows at Hollow Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. Survivors include son C Hinton Holley two sisters Bertha Boyd and Eva Kelley and brother Rowland Boyd. Pallbearers include Jack Holley Charles Ruffner Hudson Heath Murray Heath Wyman Tyler and Golphin Boyd.
Mae White widow of Bradshaw White dies at Greenwood. Funeral arrangements set for Ware Shoals with details appearing in local notices.
Aiken Standard established 1867 publishes weekday afternoons except Saturday and Sunday from 124 Rutland Drive Aiken South Carolina 29801 postal details and rights to republication. Associated Press dispatches exclusive local use and UPI is a member. Corrections issued in next issue at no cost.
Wagner graveside service for Fed Thomas, 64, of Wagener, a farmer, was held at 3 p.m. at New Holland Cemetery. The Rev Curtis Wise officiated. Survived by two sisters Sallie Fulmer of West Columbia and Sadie Franklin of Johnston, and two brothers Sammie and Willie Thomas, both of New Holland.
Funeral services for Mrs. Teresa McKie Stewart, who died Tuesday, will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Old Macedonia Baptist Church with Rev. J. H. Vaughn officiating. Burial follows in the church cemetery. She was a Graniteville native and graduate of Schofield High School class of 1963, and earned a BA from North Carolina A and T State College in 1969. Survivors include husband Willie Stewart and god-parents Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Holmes. Friends may call at Jackson-Brooks Funeral Home in Aiken.
Republicans may file with the treasurer Col. L W Warner at 648 Vincent St N E before noon March 16. The Executive Committee lists filing fees: House of Representatives 125 dollars, Road Commissioner District 3 100 dollars, Magistrate 100 dollars in all districts.
U S Representative William Jennings Bryan Dorn will speak at the district meeting of the South Carolina Federation of Postal Clerks tomorrow night. The event starts at 7 p.m. at the Heart of Aiken Restaurant.
In a discussion on actors workloads and theater life Miss Fontaine argues for a dark Monday night to give performers a weekend, while praising live stage as unmatched. She recalls acclaim from films including Rebecca Suspicion and The Constant Nymph and notes her Oscar came for Suspicion in 1941. She mentions plans to tour Africa after Chicago for Noel Coward's Blythe Spirit.
Many totems are re creations from the last ten years as artists re carve traditional forms. The note points to a surge in modern interpretations and preservation efforts while honoring indigenous motifs and craftsmanship.
The Associated Press reports six deaths from violent incidents in South Carolina. Helen Flowers 39 of North Augusta died after a car carrying her collided with a freight train near Osborne Township. Willie Flowers escaped injury. Jimmy McDowell 32 of Castle Hayne N C died when his truck hit a Southern Railway freight near Sumter causing derailment. Two Fairfield County men Robert Porter 53 and J K Truesdale 44 died in a two car crash near Winnsboro.
Rep. Albert Watson accuses Democratic South Carolina officials of failing Darlington County parents over school desegregation. He says inactivity by Gov. McNair fostered violence after two buses were overturned and missiles fired at Black students. Watson denies instigation. Ravenel plans a contrasting message in Darlington in coming week.
Interdealer NASD quotations as of near noon today show representative prices from Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner and Smith. Markets move through the day and figures exclude retail markups, markdowns, or commissions.
A brief power outage affected the northern area of Aiken including Aiken High School and the Aiken Standard offices. Officials traced the fault to a shorted primary wire near Highway 19 North after a delivery truck backed into a utility pole guy wire. Power returned about 10 thirty a.m. after repairs isolated the damaged line.
The Aiken High School band with the Aiken Recreation Department will present a twilight concert titled Music Through the Cen turies at 6 30 p m Tuesday in the Aiken Junior High School auditorium. W T Slaughter will direct the symphonic band and James Kitchings the stage band. No admission charge.
Aiken County Coroner James L. Gregory reports one elderly man died from burns at his Graniteville home near U S Highway 1 after a heater incident. A Wagener man, Fed Talbert Thomas, 64, was found dead in a field near his rural home, estimated dead about a week, discovered by sheriff's investigator Dick Lewis.
The service at 11 a.m. will focus on realizing church leadership potential. Mrs. Jules Haley of Columbia, chair of the diocese leadership training committee, will guide parishioners to identify untapped strengths. The program ends at 1 p.m. with a covered dish dinner.
The Pinecrest Elementary School PTA will convene at 7 p.m. Monday in the school. Science fair exhibits open from 7 to 7 30 and the school chorus performs a Tricentennial program at 7 30.
The South Carolina Senate gave second reading to a House bill mandating fines or imprisonment for passing bad checks. It sets tiered penalties and extends jail terms for repeat offenses, with higher fines for checks over $100. A companion measure against check stopping with intent to defraud also advanced.
A well stocked dog wardrobe features an imitation leopard skin coat around $25 a striped raincoat with hood about $5 four rainboots $2.50 and rhinestone leashes and collars ranging from $3 to $25 or more.
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