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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1985
Page
5
Aiken hosts a Sesquicentennial Fire House Party on May 7 from noon to 2 in the Rye Patch stables. The event, sponsored by Aiken Public Safety, features the first fire steamer and old gear displays, blacksmithing by Avi Kolton, and a country music set by The Fabulous Pork Skins plus a bucket brigade race and hose relays.
The fourth Tutor Student Awards night for Aiken County Literacy Action Volunteers is set for 7 tomorrow at Western Sizzlin in Aiken. The Tutor of the Year and Student Achievement awards will be given, with Senior Centurion and Master tutor certificates and Friends of Literacy awards announced. Contact Literacy Action at 593-5871 or Adult Education extension 247.
The Casula Hut hosts an informal modeling event for Aiken Sesqui Belles from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday on Laurens Street. Prizes for oldest dress and most applause, each participant receives a photo, $1 goes to the Aiken Sesquicentennial Celebration, refreshments provided.
Communities in Kershaw Anderson and Berkeley counties are projected to have the greatest percentage population growth in South Carolina over the next 50 years based on a Strom Thurmond Institute study at Clemson University.
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