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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1987
Page
13
North Augusta to replace wooden poles with concrete along Martintown Road from Hammond Pond Road to Butler Avenue. Project cost about 60000 dollars with 140 new sodium vapor streetlights replacing 25 mercury units and lighting costs of 1667 dollars monthly.
Delegates from Pattis hometown present resolutions to deputy assistant secretary of state Michael Ussery seeking intensified federal action to obtain an emissary to meet with Jon Pattis. Pattis, a Cosmos Engineers employee, was arrested in Iran in 1986 on espionage charges and later claimed to have spied for the CIA.
Raymond A. Sonny Boy Holley 56 of Graniteville remains in critical but stable condition after a second operation yesterday afternoon. A ventricular assist device was attached to the transplanted heart’s right ventricle to support it while it gains strength. The donor heart came from a 32 year old in the Jacksonville area. Holley, a former Aiken County magistrate and sheriff candidate, is married to Joyce Drakeford Holley.
The Martintown Road trestle will be removed at 9 a.m. tomorrow as part of the road improvement project. City administrator Charles Martin calls it a local landmark. The contractor from W B Easton Construction of Lexington says motorists should detour. construction began last week and will extend 18 months to a five lane, sidewalked corridor from Hampton Avenue to Hammond Pond Road.
About 15 Belvedere and North Augusta residents attended a public hearing on county recreation. They urged more facilities including ball fields, a jogging track, and a multi purpose center for karate and dance. County officials will use the input to craft a long term Aiken County recreation plan.
G. C. Gordy a 16 year old North Augusta High pupil with cerebral palsy was excused after Gov. Carroll Campbell handwritten a note honoring him. Gordy visited Columbia to witness Campbell sign a proclamation for Developmental Disabilities Month and his absence was officially excused by Principal Clarence Jackson.
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