Aiken 4-H Leader Chosen for National Salute to Excellence
Gene Usher of Aiken is among 52 Americans selected for the 4-H Salute to Excellence conference in Maryland. As South Carolina’s representative, he will join leaders from other states to exchange ideas and tour the White House Capitol and Library of Congress. Usher heads Busy Beavers 4-H Club with Arlene and two sons, guiding projects from rocketry to dog care under Clemson operated Cooperative Extension. Local extension agent Kim Hill notes 4-H welcomes youths 9 to 19 regardless of sex or race sponsored by R J Reynolds Industries Inc.
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Aiken
Gene Usher
Maryland
Usher
South Carolina
Clemson University
South Carolina Leaders’ Association
Leaders’ Association
White House
Capitol
Library of Congress
Arlene
Busy Beavers
4-H
Cooperative Extension
Clemson
Kim Hill
R.J. Reynolds Industries Inc
Two Teens Charged in South Carolina Car Theft Case
Two girls aged 17 and 15 were charged after stealing a 1978 Ford from Midland Valley High School in Warrenville. The 17 year old drove the car into a collision, leaving it on railroad tracks where a Southern Railroad engine struck it. no injuries were reported. Green owned the car and Johnson's address is in Warrenville. The 17-year-old faces grand larceny of a motor vehicle malicious injury to personal property and leaving the scene. the 15-year-old faces grand larceny and malicious injury charges. Both may stand trial as juveniles.
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Aiken County
James T. Green
Warrenville
Midland Valley High School
Mary M. Johnson
Green
Southern Railroad
Living benefits of life insurance highlighted to buyers
An advertisement promotes life insurance by noting that college tuition and retirement income can be funded through policy benefits. It invites readers to inquire about living benefits and asserts the agency’s readiness to assist.
Woman Guilty in Interfering With School Bus Operation
Diane Williams of Pet ticoat Junction was found guilty in New Ellenton Magistrate Court of interfering with a school bus and passing a stopped bus. Witnesses testified Williams drove around the bus, boarded it, and cursed the driver, while Williams claimed she did nothing. Judge C H Shaw imposed fines totaling $416.50 with partial suspensions.
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Diane Williams
S.C. 302
Petticoat Junction
Harold L. Thomas
Williams
Glover
Elaine Parker
Parker
Jackson Council Commission Election Set
Jackson schedules a May 7 vote for four city council seats and one public works commission seat. Incumbents Dennis Boring Al Ellis Fred Darnell and Russel McKinney from the council and Wade Gordy’s successor Earl Pou are involved with term ends and resignations. Qualifying runs until April 8 with fees of 30 for full council seats 15 for two-year seats and 90 for the public works post.
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Jackson
City Council
Public Works Commission
Dennis Boring
al Ellis
Fred Darnell
Darnell
Boring
Ellis
Russel McKinney
McKinney
Earl Pou
Wade
Gordy
Pou
Public hearing urged on Augusta canal hydroelectric project
Derrick pushes for public hearings on Augusta canal plans to enlarge the river intake for a new hydroelectric station. City officials say profits would lower taxes and supply private power, while Derrick warns of reduced river flow, risks to aquatic life, and drinking water for about 30 000 people. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will decide.
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Butler Derrick
Augusta
Augusta Canal
Derrick
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Beech Island Cemetery Vandalized, Graves Opened
Beech Island residents alerted the Aiken Standard and Lt. James W. Whitehurst investigated a vandalized cemetery off Beech Island Avenue. Seven or eight graves and a mausoleum were found opened in what appears to be nonrecent vandalism rather than a grave robbery.
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Beech Island
Aiken
Aiken County
Beech Island Avenue
Lt. Whitehurst
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Fran Chapman
Ginny Southworth
Cynthia R. Kelly
Lyon-Croft-Weeks Hunter
Richland Ave
W. Aiken
S.C
Mary Anne Browder
Jackson Council
Canal
Heritage
First Baptist Church
Bob and
Jan Salley
eWorld Hunger Relief, Inc
Aiken Daily
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