South Carolina Teacher Turnover Tops Nation in 1960s era
Aiken County teachers face high turnover with 14 percent leaving yearly. The SCEA cites 45 percent of new edu majors teaching elsewhere and 50 percent of initial SC teachers leaving within three years. Disciplinary issues, fringe benefits, and pay raise debates loom as lawmakers consider a 250 to 300 dollar increase.
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Gibbons
SCEA
South Carolina
North Airien
South Carolina General Assembly
Columbia
Aiken County
Aiken High
Marshall Cain
State Ways and Means
Control Board
Cain
Aiken
North Augusta
Graniteville
Paul Knox
Local volunteers map historic sites in Aiken county
Citizens across Aiken and Beech Island help identify historic and prehistoric places for the Lower Savannah Regional Commission survey for South Carolina Archives. Notables include Mrs. Chester Cromwell Mrs. A G Murray Mr Guy R Hurlbutt and others with ties to Graniteville North Augusta and Aiken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
Beech Island
Chester Cromwell
A. G. Murray
Guy R. Hurlbutt
J. George McElmurray
Graniteville
W. C Lott
E E. Platt
W. L. Timmerman
J. W. Thurmond
North Augusta
Lower Savannah
Monetta Memos and Scouting Updates
Bethel Baptist Church hosts Mission Action Group with Mrs Eargle leading a discussion on My Opportunity Hope For A New Reader. Monetta Pack 462 and Yemasee District meet with flags, Indian skit, and a parade plan for May 1 at the Augusta fairgrounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eargle
W. E. Eargle
Bethel Baptist Church
Ela Asbill
St. Patrick
Carrie Lou Willis
Dear Abby style letters reveal complex personal struggles in Ohio and Cleveland
A reader asks about legal claims when two women are pregnant and marriage options, while another correspondent recounts a childhood of violence and addiction. The second letter credits Dear Abby with urging social support and highlights a belief that unwanted children fuel crime and trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Cleveland
Abby
Retarded Children Need Assistance in Aiken County
The Aiken County Association for Retarded Children reports 15 of every 100 residents in the county are mentally retarded. The group advocates for legislation, funds for special education, and runs the Wee Care Development Center. They assist Camp Hope and Happy Days and seek 250 members. dues are 4 dollars per person or 5 dollars per family. For more information call 648 3441 or 648 0693.
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Aiken County
Aiken
Wee Care Development Center
Aiken Association
Camp Hope
Happy Days
Bradley
Aiken County Association
Church Women United to Meet for Parable Program
Church Women United holds its annual meeting at 7 45 p m on Tuesday March 30 at St John s United Methodist Church The Parable a film seen at the New York World s Fair and music by the New Singers will highlight the program Mrs A O Josie of Orangeburg SC president will speak brief reports by committee chairs and the election of one third of officers for a three year term All interested persons are invited to attend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church Women United
St. John’s United Methodist Church
New Singers
St. John's Church
A. O. Josie
Orangeburg
South Carolina
Architect Robert McCreary to speak at Town and Country Club
Mr. Robert McCreary of McCreary Hughes and Beatty will headline Town and Country Club on Thursday April 1. He will discuss Colonial Architecture with a slide presentation. McCreary, a member of the American Institute of Architects, currently designs schools and hospitals in South Carolina and Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert McCreary
McCreary, Hughes and Beattie
Town and Country Club
McCreary
The
American Institute of Architects
South Carolina
Georgia
Garden Clubs to Lunch at Midland
The Aiken Council of Garden Clubs will hold its annual Installation and Awards Luncheon on Wednesday March 31 at 11 30 a m at Midland Valley Country Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken Council of Garden Clubs
Midland Valley Country Club
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Judy Rich
Florida
North Aiken
Carlos Gibbons
South Carolina Education Association
City of
Eulalie Salley
J. G. Chafee
Eulalie Rutledge
Ola Hitt
Robert Laird
Sally Cushman
S. Perrin Toole
Roy Lyons
William F Christensen
Planning and Development Commission
Benjamin Josey King
London
Edward D. George Jr
Julee
Laura
Henderson
Tennessee
George
Judy Cavanaugh
Fred B. Cavanaugh
E. D. George
Fred Cavanaugh Jr
Wilmington, del
Cavanaugh
F. W. Langdon
Robert Dwyer
Great Hills
Staten Island
N.Y
Bill Christensen
Chafee
Salley
Monetta Memos
By Roxie Sawyer
BOY Scouts
Monetta
Cub Scouts
Rene Hair
Den 11
John Cumbee
Louis Shealy
Wonderful World of Scouting
Augusta
Cumbee
Wayne Myers
Yemasee
George Hydrick
Janice
Mr. Hydricks
Clifton Hydrick
Providence Hospital
S. A. Dancy
Allen
Mike Boatwright
St. Petersburg
Fla
John B. Compton
Shaylor Walters
State Training Union
Girlie Fallon
Dan Miller
Fort Gordon
Lexington
Aiken, S.C
Architect
Midland
Cross, Shaffer & Parker
Buxton
Book Phage
Park Ave
Dial
Wunda Weve
Wanda
Augusta Rd
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