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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1976
Page
12
Dick Lewis 67 died Wednesday in an Augusta hospital. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home.
George Edward Turner of Vaucluse Road died Monday. Funeral services were to be held at 4 30 p m today at Posey's Funeral Home chapel Graniteville with the Rev HG Daggerhart officiating Burial in Vaucluse Cemetery pallbearers named Jim Cotton Homer Brown Lawrence Hall Robert Turner Troy Turner and WA Altman
David J. Flanders 96 of Swainsboro died Tuesday in an Emanuel County nursing home. Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. today at HunniCut Memorial Home Chapel with Rev Donald Sparks officiating. Burial followed in Swainsboro City Cemetery. He was a native of Emanuel County, a retired farmer, and a member of First United Methodist Church. Surviving are five daughters Minnie Mae Lamb Swainsboro Evelyn Dixon Sauley Bartow Ethel Pittman Thelma Wooten Brunswick and Mrs Hy man Smith Clearwater. three Miller Flanders Swainsboro David Julian Flanders Madison Ohio and H D Whitfield Savannah.
Funeral services for Dennis Robertson who died in an auto mobile accident will be held Friday at 4 30 p m in the George Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Morris Wood officiating. Burial will be in Magnolia Cemetery. Surviving are his widow Jean Kathie Cozart Robertson, one stepdaughter Donna Jean Landreth, parents J C Robertson and wife, two sisters Lee Rector Marilyn Wright Tulsa Okla one brother Phillip D Robertson, maternal grandmother Mrs Woodrow Mann Bastrop La paternal grandmother Myrtle Robertson Des Moines Iowa. Friends may call at the residence 309 Shady Lane NW or at the funeral home from 7 to 8 p m today.
Mrs Wade H Pattie Lofton Allen age 83 of 1727 Hicks Street Augusta died Wednesday in a local nursing home. Funeral services are set for 4 p.m. Friday at Elliott Sons Funeral Home Telegraph Street Chapel with Rev Morris Wood officiating. Burial follows at Magnolia Cemetery. She was a native of Edgefield County and longtime Augusta resident, member of Central Christian Church and the Willing Workers Sunday School Class and the Golden Age Club. Survived by son Louie Hampton Allen Augusta and daughter Matilda A Rose Nyack New York.
Highway Patrol Commander PF Thompson states he was not asked before ordering 100 Pontiac LeMans patrol cars. The cars are rejected for too slow speed, with tests showing 110 mph vs needed 125 130 mph. Some cars will be reassigned. $416 500 spent is not wasted, Thompson and Cathcart say.
In a county meeting Edmunds pushed to amend an ordinance to show actual purchase price and supported bids for a compact. He defended his blue light and radios transfers, denied circulating resignation letters, and noted 40 judgments against his barbecue business now settled. He seeks the District No. 4 county commissioner seat.
An active cold front drove high winds in Nevada Idaho and Utah with dust and gusts up to 50 mph. Washington saw gusts to 74 mph and a fatal crash blamed on blowing dust near White Swan. Cooler air followed with snow showers in the interior Northwest and widespread clouds across the East.
Today from 7 p.m. different groups meet including the Aiken Chess Club at Hodell Weeks Building Civil Air Patrol at Aiken Airport Duplicate bridge at Senior Citizens Clubhouse and New Ellenton Lions Club at St. Pauls Methodist Church PEO Sisterhood at 423 Sumter Street Tomorrow events run 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Aiken County Museum with 12:30 p.m. bridge at H Odell Weeks Activity Building.
Polattie a former FBI agent and educator seeks Republican nomination for District No 2 seat facing Democrat Medwell Hill in Aiken County including New Ellenton Jackson and Beech Island. Dunbar announces Democratic bid for District No 3 seat, owner of M E Dunbar Construction, native of Raleigh, veteran of Korea and Vietnam. Davis and Howard compete for District No 2 Democratic nomination.
The Senate sent a bill to the House by a 55 to 28 vote that would restore the Federal Election Commission powers. It aims to satisfy a Supreme Court order requiring presidential appointment of all FEC members, ending congressional appointment. The measure faces House opposition and President Ford's stance.
Health officials say vaccine availability will reduce infection risk as the 1918 pandemic and Fort Dix outbreak loom in memory. The White House notes most under 50 lack immunity, while about 80 percent of those over 50 have antibodies but still may need vaccination for protection.
Yesterday at the Aiken County Courthouse marriage licenses were filed for Charles Scott Bruder of North Augusta and Melody Hipp. Jimmie Charlies Barton of North Augusta and Stephanie Adeli Scott. Gerald Douglas Bell of Clearwater and Sara Patrix Clearwater. Johanie Lee Jimmersom of Aiken and Randa Ann Staley Wagener. Stephen Elmore Price of Union and Janelle Newman Aiken. John Edwin Smith of North Augusta and Kathryn Marie Givens Aiken. A divorce filing was Romona H Buff versus Ernest Bult. Wills filed include the Estate of Lola T Houston Vernor Houston executor and the Estate of Bertha Banks Woodrow Hanks.
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