Former Gov Richard Riley to keynote Edgefield rally tonight
Democratic rally at Edgefield Gym 400 Church Edgefield features former two term Governor Richard Riley and S C constitutional officers flood crowd with entertainment buffet and public access. Governor Campbell campaigns for Pettigrew in Aiken attends eight pm chicken barbecue at Camp Long.
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Edgefield
Richard W. Riley
Democratic Party
Church
Riley
S.C
Edgefield County
Carroll A. Campbell Jr
Aiken
John W. Pettigrew Jr
South Carolina
Campbell
Camp Long
Aiken County Board of Education to Meet in Executive Session
The Aiken County Board of Education will meet in executive session tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the Educational Center at 843 Edgefield Ave to discuss personnel issues.
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Aiken County Board of Education
Edgefield Ave
Aiken County
SRP Six to attend Aiken courthouse remembrance today
Six members known as the SRP Six convicted in 1982 for trespassing during a Savannah River Plant protest will appear at the U S District Courthouse in Aiken at 1 p m to mark the incident. John Penley may be joined by other participants and will read a statement by activist Phillip Berrigan.
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SRP
Savannah River
U.S
Aiken
John Penley
Penley
New York
Phillip Berrigan
Willcox Inn changes hands new owner plans remodeling
Aiken developer Weldon Wyatt purchased the Willcox Inn from a South Carolina investor group for an undisclosed sum. He plans light remodeling to reconfigure dining areas and keep the hotel open, with two other properties under the same management. The inn, founded in 1897, once hosted Churchill and Vanderbilt figures and was a social hub until 1957.
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Willcox Inn
Aiken
Weldon Wyatt
General Partnership
Wyatt
South Carolina
Charleston
Columbia
Willcox
America
Frederick Willcox
Thomas Hitchcock
Willcoxes
Colleton Avenue
Chesterfield Street
Highland Park
Winston Churchill
John Barry
Earl and Countess of
Gosford
Vanderbilts
John Jacob Astor
James F. Byrnes
Albert S. Willcox
Joseph Eways
Pennsylvania
Eways
Triple Crown Concludes With Sulkies at Aiken Mile Track
The final jewel of the Aiken Tri ple Crown will be decided in the Sulky Races at the Aiken Mile Track this Saturday. Gates open at 10 a.m. post time is 1 p.m. St Joseph Hospital Center for Life sponsors the race, with concessions by St Angela Academy. Tickets cost 5 for adults and 2 for children 6 to 11, with railside parking selling fast and second row spaces at 30 that include four adult tickets. Reserved parking for campers and motor homes is on the second row.
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Aiken
St. Joseph Hospital Center For Life
St. Angela Academy
Aiken Chamber of Commerce
Woodruff Drugs
Aiken Drug Co
Revco
Railside
Mattie Hall Center marks fifth anniversary celebration
Mattie C Hall Health Care Center marks five years of operation with a week long celebration. Administrator Vicki Louis Major and Aiken County Council chairman Carroll Warner led events for about 90 attendees. The facility opened in 1982 with three patients and now serves 132 daily with multiple programs in three wings and plans to add 44 beds by early 1988. The center is property of Aiken County and managed by National Health Corporation of Murfreesboro Tennessee.
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Vicki Louis Major
Mattie C. Hall Health Care Center
Robert Frost
Major
Aiken County
Carroll Warner
Ms. Major
Mattie Hall
Mattie C. Hall
Warner
National Health Corporation
Murfreesboro
Tennessee
Councilman Warner
Mattie Chafee Hall
Mattie C. Hall Center
Minnie Palmore House
New Ellenton Middle School
Aiken Names Tom Rapp Public Works Analyst Promote Horticulturist
City officials promote Tom S. Rapp to Public Works analyst to manage trash routing scheduling parkway upkeep budgeting and training. David Wilson hired as city horticulturist to maintain right of ways parkways trees and garden sites including Rye Patch and Hopelands Gardens.
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Aiken City
Tom S. Rapp
David Wilson
Public Works
Rapp
Aiken
Spartanburg
Orangeburg
Clemson University
Wilson
Mainte
Nance
Rye Patch
Hopelands Gardens
Campbell backs hand up welfare plan for job training
South Carolina Governor Carroll Campbell endorses a National Governors Association reform that replaces welfare handouts with individualized contracts for training and work. He cites need for skills, initiative, and a path to self sufficiency while noting job availability across the state.
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Campbell
Charleston
Carroll Campbell
News and Courier
National Governors’ Association
Reagan
House
South Carolina
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Jewell Coffey
Edward A. Bennett
Ermon Clark Coffey
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Jackson
New Ellenton
Chain Drug Store
Holderman
University of South Carolina
James B. Holderman
National Association of Chain Drug Stores
Association
Ginny Southworth
Tony Baughman
Tom Rapp
Meg
Jordan Elizabeth
Clemson
Pioneer Logging Machinery Inc
Georgia
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Irmo
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