Buchner Wins Speech Contest At Kalmia Toastmasters
Buchner was chosen winner of the annual speech contest of the Kalmia Toastmasters Club in Aiken and will represent the club in an area contest on April 17 in Orangeburg. Runner up Hal Smoland and participants John Fowler and Virginia Dunkelbarger were acknowledged. Frank Givens announced the results and serves as area four governor. Meetings are 7 p.m. at the Seafood Hut on the first and third Mondays. membership info available from Mrs. John T. Chapman.
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Bill Buchner
Kalmia Toastmasters Club
Aiken
Buchner
Kalmia Toastmasters
Orangeburg
Hal Smoland
John Fowler
Virginia Dunkelbarger
Frank Givens
Givens
Toastmasters International
Kalmia
Club Council Gets Project Ideas
North Augusta civic leaders hear James Cromer of Cromers P Nuts speak at the first luncheon meeting. Cromer outlines fund-raiser strategies and promo items while promoting his catalog of over 100,000 items from 1,000 firms. Sponsored by the Greater North Augusta Chamber of Commerce.
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North Augusta
James Cromer
Cromers Pnuts of
Columbia
Cromer
Ginny Wilcox
Donna Thompson
Sid Willis
Greater North
Reassessment Plan To Be Presented In Aiken County
The Aiken County Council will hear results of a new reassessment program affecting most property owners. Properties have been revalued to June 1981 market values, with notices mailed likely before April end. Tax bills will use the new values times the millage rate, which will be set after 1982 83 budgets.
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Aiken
McKenney
Aiken County
Richland Ave
Four File For Council Seats In Aiken County Primary
Four candidates filed for two Aiken County Council seats in the June Democratic Primary. District 1 incumbent Fay Hatcher seeks a second term and faces Bud Furtick, owner of Springfield Stockyard. District 6 hopefuls Homer McGee and Marilyn Smith run against Charles Terry Carter of Stiefelstown after Carter filed last week.
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Aiken County
Fay Hatcher
Windsor
Hatcher
C.W
Bud) Furtick
Springfield Stockyard
Salley
Furtick
Homer McGee
Marilyn Smith
Aiken
McGee
Ms. Smith
Hunt House Real Estate
Charles Terry Carter
Stiefeltown
Carter
U S 1 Widening Project Near Aiken Sets 1983 Completion
A $2 million widening of U S 1 North in Aiken aims to finish by summer 1983. The plan expands to 62 feet with four lanes and a 14 foot median, adding curbs gutters and sidewalks from Hampton Avenue to Crosland Park and Glendale Terrace. APAC Carolina of Darlington is contractor.
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U.S. 1
Aiken
Hampton Avenue
Shaws Creek
Cole Page
S.C. Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Hampton
Crosland Park
Glendale Terrace
Jaycee Fair Grounds
Page
U.S
Apac Carolina of
Darlington
Mystery Bird Feeds and Sheds Snake Skin In Nest
A note describes hummingbirds returning to feeding sites and the crested fly catcher as the only bird to place shed snakeskin in its nest. The piece hints at an April first event and a late March arrival of crested fly catcher, a summer resident.
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Sherlock Holmes
Dr. Watson
Books
Snakeskin Nesting Mystery Baffles Holmes and Watson
A caller notes a titmouse nest with snakeskin as lining. A crested flycatcher repeatedly attacks the box and may try to reach the nest to find the skin. The narrator wonders how the bird knew it was there and what senses alerted it. No new evidence resolves the puzzle.
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Holmes
Silver Bluff Fire District Extends Service Area
The Silver Bluff Volunteer Fire Department now covers Petticoat Junction to Silver Bluff Road after a mutual aid pact with Beech Island Fire Dept. The district, starting at Town Creek on S.C. 278, protects Silver Bluff High School and has about 30 subscribers paying a $30 residential rate. Contact Mamie Harrison in Aiken to subscribe or donate.
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Silver Bluff
Petticoat Junction
Silver Bluff Road
District 17
Beech Island Fire Department
Town Creek
S.C
Silver Bluff High School
John Kelly
Mamie Harrison
Camellia St
N.E
Aiken
Aiken Man Killed in Early Morning Crash on SR 75
Michael A. Dicks 24 of 812 Edgefield Ave NW died when his vehicle overturned on secondary road 75 near Rocky Springs Church around 1 15 a m Sunday. The body was pronounced at the scene. Patrolman T A Lucas investigated the wreck.
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S.C. Highway Patrol
Michael A. Dicks
Edgefield Ave
N.W
Rocky Springs Church
T.A. Lucas
Five Sentenced As Court Ends Aiken General Session
On the last day of General Sessions Court in Aiken five defendants were sentenced for offenses including breaking into a motor vehicle and larceny. Leroy Richardson was jailed three years for motor vehicle breaking and entering. Other Youthful Offender Act sentences ranged up to five years for Miller and Green, with Freeman facing up to six years for assault and gun charges. Ricky Rutland received two years with probation and $20 costs.
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Aiken
General Sessions Court
Walter J. Bristow Jr
Leroy Richardson
Union Street
Arthur Freeman
Crawford
Ira Dwayne Green
Bath
Ricky Rutland
Gloverville
Marshall Ansel Miller IV
Woodlawn Avenue
North Augusta
Put The Lid On Litter Clean-Up Planned In N A
The Greater North Augusta Chamber of Commerce sponsors a March 29 to April 3 clean-up campaign. Churches civic clubs Scouts and schools will be scheduled to clean specific areas.
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Greater
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John T. Chapman
Carolina Ave
Club Council
United States
Persian Gulf
Aiken Chamber of Commerce
Steve Griffin
John Strickland
June Murff
Chamber
Hammie Chaplin
H. Odell Weeks
Gus Lehman
Virginia Acres Park
Ginny Southworth
Bird
Eritage Leaners
Heritage Square
Bradberry’s
Jacki Sorensen
Aiken Call
Knights of Columbus
Odell Weeks
Gregg Park
Forma Clu
N.A
Professional Dental Services
Augusta
Epee
DANY
Broad ST
Greene ST
Aiken Electric Cooperative, Inc
Laura York
Litton
Southern Radio Corporation
Charlotte, N.C
Aiken Electric Cooperative
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