Rain Helps Aiken County Crops but Fails to Lift Burning Ban
Aiken County received an inch of rain from a thunderstorm, aiding winter wheat and newly planted corn, but insufficient moisture kept the burning ban in place. Winds may dry soils. power outages occurred from a toppled limb, while Aiken Electric Cooperative remains online.
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Civil Defense
Aiken County
South Carolina
Richard W
Dick Riley
Bobby Mauney
Mauney
Clemson Extension Service
Allen Bayles
Marlboro Street
York Street
Richland Avenue
Crosland Park
Jim Ray
S.C. Electric and Gas Company
Summit Drive
Aiken Electric Cooperative
AEC
Small Town Law Funds In Danger
Aiken County faces public service cuts after April 3 as 97 CETA funded workers vanish. Seventy eight positions across 38 departments and 23 agencies will end, with 36 in police services affecting Monetta Wagener and Perry. The school system and several county offices also face losses.
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Aiken County
Monetta
Wagener
Perry
Accor
Ding
Gil Trapp
Aiken Technical College
Aiken County Library
Emergency Medical Service
Office of Veterans Affairs
Tax Assessor’s
Child Development Center
Aiken County Sheriff's Department
Department of Public Works
CETA
J P Kneece Considered For Best Dressed At Board Meeting
J P Kneece wore a shamrock green suit at a school board gathering Tuesday night and quipped about his wife’s maiden name McDaniel. Actresses in the Aiken Community Playhouse production of The Women have logged long rehearsals ahead of Friday’s opening. One actress even proposed retitling the show Gone With The Women after a lengthy practice session.
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J.P. Kneece
Kneece
McDaniel
Aiken Community Playhouse
Inside Today Classifies News From Aiken County
Aiken County Today highlights classified ads, comics and community calendar items. Dear Abby and Erma Bombeck columns appear alongside editorials, obituaries, sports notes and TV listings in today’s edition.
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Aiken County Today
Dear Abby
Erma Bombeck
Hunt Meet Features Special Races
The Aiken Hunt Meet is set as the first Dixie Circuit event sponsored by the Aiken SERTOMA Club. Riders, trainers, and horses travel the Eastern Seaboard toward Camden’s Colonial Cup in November. The meet at Clark Field runs Saturday with 1 p.m. post and 10 a.m. gates.
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Aiken
Aiken Sertoma Club
National Hunt and
Hankinson Cottage and Miss Annie’s Dining Room
In 1930s Aiken Hankinson Cottage a 13 room plantation style boarding house drew winter residents from Canada and the North. After Annie Hankinson’s death at 97 the landmark went on the market and is under contract with Eulalie Salley and Company.
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Scarlett O'Hara
Hankinson
Highland Park Drive
Park Avenue
Aiken
Canada
States
Annie H. Hankinson
Miss Annie
Hankinson Cottage
Mrs. Hankinson
Eulalie Salley and Company
Annie
M.P. McNair
Hankin
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Bill Condran
Three Mile Island
Hunt Meet
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