Deaths And Funerals In Several Cities
Obituaries list William Boatwright 62 of Ridge Spring died at St Marys Waterbury Conn. Services Thursday Lexington Memorial Cemetery. Survivors include widow Roberta Hicks Boatwright daughter Janice Shaw and sons Terry and Tommy. Memorials to Mead Hall or charity for Jessie Hall. John Wahl former Aiken resident dies in Delaware memorial service in Wilmington burial in Sedalia Missouri. James Reynolds McCormick dies in Richmond County Hospital funeral at Elliott Sons Chapel. Survivors include siblings and step relatives. pallbearers named.
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Columbia
Olin William Boatwright
Woodrow Wilson
Boatwright
Ridge Spring
St. Mary’s Hospital
Waterbury
Conn
Lexington Memorial Cemetery
Bill Grisson
Lexington County
George William
Ida Ellen Kneece Boatwright
Roberta Hicks Boatwright
Janice Shaw
Gilbert
Terry Glenn Boatwright
Tommy William Boatwright
West Columbia
Ida Mae Hite
Batesburg
Debbie Senn
Caughman-Harman
Jessie A. Hall
St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church
Hall
Fairfax
Aiken
Community Calendar highlights local meetings and clinics
Today many community events are listed including Family Planning Clinic at Margaret J Weston Health Center Clearwater from 5 to 7 pm clusters of meetings at North Augusta Belvedere Aiken and Wagener. Notable items include American Legion posts, GaSCAR Jaycee unit, and a Pill Refill Clinic continuing into afternoon. If you have a date contact Paula Blackmon box 456 Aiken 29801.
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Margaret J. Weston Health Center
Clearwater
North Augusta
Richland Ave
American Legion
Post Home
Belvedere Water Meeting
Belvedere
Langley
Overeaters Anonymous
Belvedere Methodist Church
Aiken
Weeks Center
Aiken County Association of Retarded Citizens
Kalmia
Legion Home
Jaycee Hut
Aiken County Board of Education
Margaret J. Weston Faith Caer
Aiken County
Senior Citizens Clubhouse
Paula Blackmon
U S 1 Improvements Planned From S C 421 To Georgia Line
A bid let date of April 14 in Columbia covers a 12.3 mile U S 1 repair section from S C 421 to the Georgia border. The project includes grading drainage resurfacing with asphalt and concrete and adds catch basins steel beam guard rails raised pavement markers grooves and thermoplastic pavement markers. Overall bids total 7.4 million for multiple road improvement contracts issued by the South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation.
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Georgia Border
Columbia
Aiken County
S.C. Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Supreme Court ruling boosts prosecutors in drug case
The state Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling that barred drug evidence, signaling prosecutors may appeal when a judge blocks their case. The opinion also for the first time links an undercover agent’s credibility to controlled buys used to obtain drugs. The case involved a raid on the home of William Viard and Bonnie Cox Viard.
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Columbia
State Supreme Court
High Court
Bart Daniel
Clyde Eltzroth
William Viard
Bonnie Cox Viard
Correction on Arrest Name in Aiken Blotter
The Aiken Standard corrects a prior report and lists Wendell J. Williams as the man arrested and charged with disorderly conduct last week per the Aiken Public Safety Department blotter.
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Aiken Standard
Aiken
High Pressure Brings Warm Air to the South
A high pressure system from the Plains moves into the Southeast bringing warmer drier weather with partly cloudy skies. Temperatures reach the low 60s by afternoon with cool nights in the low 30s and light northerly winds. The forecast through Thursday shows partly cloudy conditions with highs in the 70s and no precipitation.
County Council to consider trash system replacement
The Aiken County Council will second read a proposed ordinance to lease and purchase trash containers and trucks, moving away from Browning Ferris Industries. Council also eyes an $81,000 COG building bond and a $2.7 million nursing home bond on third reading, with a 7 p m meeting at 736 Richland Avenue West.
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Aiken County
Browning Ferris Industries
Medwell Hill
Anderson County
Sanko
Area 1 requests grant for band and athletics at district meeting
The Aiken County Board of Education will hold a meeting at 8 pm at the Education Center 843 Edgefield Ave. The agenda includes a grant or loan request for band and athletics and budget adjustments. Public invitation extended.
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Aiken County
Area 3 Notes Vandalism Incidents and Budget Approvals
The Area 3 Advisory Council reports five vandalism incidents since last meeting. Jefferson Elementary School suffered four incidents while Midland Valley High School had one break in with broken windows. The council approved Langley Bath Clearwater Middle School to purchase a videotape recorder and approved repairs on the NJROTC bus. They voted to send transportation supervisor Ken Screws to a summer convention and then entered executive session on personnel matters.
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Langley
Area 3 Advisory Council
Jefferson
Midland Valley High School
Clarence W. Dickert
Area 3
Council Ap
Langley- Bath-Clearwater Middle School
Njrotc
Ken Screws
Bloodmobile seeks 300 pints at St John Church visit
The Red Cross aims to collect 300 pints this week as blood intake falls and usage rises. The Bloodmobile will be at St John Church today and tomorrow from four to eight p.m. Donors are urged to give a pint to help meet the quota.
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Red Cross
St. John’s Church
The
Beech Island Fire Board Raises Service Fees
Beech Island reports the Beech Island Volunteer Fire Department Board of Directors approved higher service charges at a meeting last night. Non subscriber call fees now show structural fires up to 250 from 150, wood fires 100, and automobile fires 50 up from 25.
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Beech Island
Volunteer Fire Department
Schofield School Vandalized and Nearby Home Break-Ins
An Aiken Department of Public Safety report cites weekend vandalism at Schofield Middle School with shattered windows and missing rings valued at 278 dollars. Separate thefts include Gordon Leversee’s residence on Newberry Street where firearms valued at 60 dollars were stolen, and Theodore Primus’s mobile home at Camellia Trailer Park where 169 dollars of merchandise and 69 dollars in burgundy suit plus 100 dollars in currency were taken after entries through a broken window.
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Schofield Middle School
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Gordon Leversee
Newberry Street
N.W
Theodore Primus
Camellia Trailer Park
Aiken
Department of Public Safety
Belvedere Plans Special Water District Meeting
A Belvedere meeting to discuss forming a special purpose sewage and water district will be held tonight at 7 30 at Belvedere Elementary School cafeteria.
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Belvedere
Association Honors Volunteers At Aiken RC Banquet
The Association For Retarded Citizens honored volunteers at its second annual awards banquet in Aiken. Dr Ruth Cordahl presented awards to civic groups JETS Knights of Columbus St Johns United Methodist Womens Association USC Aiken Student Education Association and to educators and individual volunteers including Dr Oscar Towler Mrs Vincent Murphy and Jane Tuten. Youth recipients included the Key Club of Aiken High School and Tracy Smith. The Adult Development Center and McDonalds and the Aiken Standard received business awards.
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Terry Brown
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission
Aiken Association
Brown
Carrie Johnson
Ruth Cordahl
AARC
the Telephone Company
JETS
Knights of Columbus
St. John’s United Methodist Womens Association
Usc-Aiken Student Education Association
Ruth Ashe
Earnestine Gary
Eunice Boone
Thomasina Roughknight
Nancy James
Yvonne Norton
Joy Waters
Susan Cleveland
Oscar Towler
Vincent Murphy
K. W
Alice) French
Ashley J
Kit) Little
Betty Ashley
Blanch Knight
Herbert Rudnick
Jane Tuten
Key Club
Aiken High School
Tracy Smith
Aiken
McDonalds
Aiken Standard
Voter Registra tion Board Schedules City Hall Visits
The Aiken County Voter Registration Board will hold outreach at North Augusta City Hall on Thursday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and at Jackson City Hall on Tuesday March 31 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Local residents can register or update records during these sessions.
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Aiken County
North Augusta City Hall
Jackson City Hall
Aiken Standard Subscription Rates Announced
Mail rates listed as 17.00 34.00 68.00 with instruction that all advance payments should be made to Aiken Standard PBM Subscription.
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Aiken
Aiken Standard Pbm
Also Mentioned on This Page
John M. Wahl
Wilmington
Del
Delaware
Grace Methodist Church
Sedalia
Wahl
Milton H. Wahl
A. Thomas Clark Jr
Bethesda
Robert W. Wahl
Seattle
Wash
Diabetes Association
Kidney Foundation
James Logan Reynolds
Wagener Jaycees
Wagener Community Center
St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church
Aiken A.A
Linden St
U.S. 1
Supreme Court
National Weather Service
NOAA
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Pacific Coast
Rockies
Plains
Great Lakes
Tonya Taylor
Jackson Elementary
County Council
Ted B. Willis
Kennedy
Kennedy Middle School
Chris E. Brooks
Jeanie Seamster
Schofield School
Belvedere Meets
On Water District
Association For Retarded Citizens
Kathy Woodham
Voter Board
Carrier
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