Aiken Social Roundup Notes Local Comings and Goings
Personal Lieut James Edwin Kerr Jr U S N aboard the Nevada returns home on leave after nearly three years at sea. Local members of the American Legion plan state convention attendance at Rock Hill July 40th and 8th. Nearby health updates include Mrs W C Johnson improving after surgery and Miss Louise Eubanks recovering at home. Oakleigh hailed by Mrs Henry W Bull of New York for next season through Real Estate Fidelity Co. Various locals graduate or travel including Chas Hill Jr joining Georgia Tech for electrical work with Georgia Railway Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Edwin Kerr, Jr
U. S
Nevada
W. A. Whitlock, Jr
George E. Price
Ernest R. Hafers
Aiken
Henry W. Bull
New York
Oakleigh
Oakley
Real Estate & Fidelity Co
Emily Gowan
C. Lee Gowan
Chas. Hill, Jr
Georgia Military Academy
Atlanta
Georgia Tech
Augusta
Georgia Railway Co
Young Hill
Ar Electrical News
Aiken Notables Attend Meetings. Trust Co. Elects President
Bankers Group No 2 met in Beaufort this week with North Mr and Mrs W B Turner and Mr and Mrs W H Pardue present. Miss Rena Chafee plans a Hendersonville summer visit. Dr and Mrs Ben Wyman of Columbia visited Aiken. Henry S Johnson now in Columbia visited Aiken last week. Col Edgar A Brown of Barnwell spent Monday in Aiken. Charles J Hill elected president of Aiken Trust Co succeeding J W Ashhurst deceased, with H Ravenel Ashhurst as secretary. Edith Lindgren and Mrs C L Whitmire spent Wednesday in Aiken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Nee Ce
Wesnery
North
W. B. Turner
W. H. Pardue
Bankers Group No. 2
Beaufort
Rena Chafee
Hendersonville
N. C
Ben Wyman
Columbia
Aiken
Henrys. Johnson
Col
Edgar A. Brown
Barnwell
Charles J. Hill
Aiken Trust Co
J. W. Ashhurst
H. Ravenel Ashhurst
Edith Lindgren
Aiken Institute
C. L. Whitmire
Augusta
Chevrolet Imperial Sedan Arrives for Show in Aiken
Jay Mac Chevrolet & Co. displays the new Imperial Sedan in Aiken as the eighth Chevrolet passenger model. The car features a full streamline style in black with red trim and will be showcased this week alongside both half and one ton trucks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chevrolet
Aiken
Jay-Mac Chevrolet &Co
Chevrolet Motor Company
Building and Loan Officers Elected at Ai ken Meeting
At the Ai ken Building and Loan annual meeting the association reported a prosperous condition. Officers elected for the year include Robert L. Gunter president Alva K. Lorenz vice president C B Anderson secretary and treasurer Directors are Robert G. Tarrant Dr E Holbrook Wyman Mendal Surasky B Tillman Dyches Elmore S Henderson and Claus W Busch. Since 1922 the group has built homes funded other member projects and recently started a new series with strong membership growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken Building and Loan Association
Robert L. Gunter
Alva K. Lorenz
C. B. Anderson
Robert G. Tarrant
E. Holbrook Wyman
Mendal Surasky
B. Tillman Dyches
Elmore’ S. Henderson
Claus W. Busch
Mother's Day Services at First Baptist Church
At the First Baptist Church next Sunday 11 15 a m Dr McLean preaches a symphonic sermon on Mother Violin solo by Mrs Chas Seeman and other music in memory of mothers Sunday school 945 am B Y P U 7 pm A second Mother's Day service at 6 o'clock with sermon and song Everyone urged to attend wear a flower and worship the God she loved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
McLean
Chas Seeman
Chamber of Commerce Dinner Forges Community Cooperation
At a Chamber of Commerce meeting and dinner at the Aiken hotel Tuesday evening, Kiwanis club Civic League and other groups were guests. They planned closer cooperation and named canvassing committees to boost general welfare and recruit new memberships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Aiken Hotel
Kiwanis Club
The
Civic League
Repairs at Sand Bar Ferry Bridge Detour Planned
Repairs on the Sand Bar Ferry bridge over the Savannah River require a detour starting at Dobson's store in Beech Island Beech Pstaned area. The route goes through Beech Island to Horse Creek bridge on Route No 1. Route No 28 will be closed for about six weeks.
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Sand Bar Ferry
Savannah River
Dobson's Store
Beech
Beech Island
Horse Creek Bridge
County School Improvement Assoc Prize Claims Urged
Mrs. E. Kennedy urges the County School Improvement Associations to secure prize blanks immediately and send their reports without delay. The state executive board will meet soon and Aiken County must receive its share of the prizes to be awarded.
Cornerstone laid for Mt Calvary Lutheran church near Ridge Spring
The Mt Calvary Lutheran church congregation near Ridge Spring builds a brick church and will lay the cornerstone next Sunday at 3 30 PM. Rev J B Harmon pastor invites all to attend the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church
Ridge Spring
J. B. Harmon
Aiken Institute Glee Club Sings at Second Baptist
The Aiken Institute Glee Club performed at Second Baptist Church colored on Sunday afternoon for the church benefit. The event proved a delightful occasion with musical offerings and community support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken Institute Glee Club
Second Baptist Church
Comptroller General Orders Property Sold
Sheriff Nellie Robinson reports Aiken County and all South Carolina sheriffs must advertise and sell property tied to tax executions as approved by Governor Richards. Several tracts advertised in April were offered Monday at the courthouse but drew no bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Robinson
A. J. Beattie
South Carolina
Aiken County
Comptro
Richards
Robinson
Old Monday
Ellen Stroble Dies at Graniteville
Ellen Stroble aged 12 died at her father D A Stroble's Graniteville home on Saturday April 30 after a long illness. Funeral services were held at Graniteville Baptist church with Rev C E Tebow officiating, burial in Graniteville cemetery. She leaves her father and siblings Mattie Belle Hattie D A Jr and Frankie all of Graniteville. Pallbearers included Jack Hamilton Horton Hamilton Troy Hoover Donald Kalbfleish Thomas Geiger and Harold Gay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Stroble
D. A. Stroble
Graniteville
Graniteville Baptist Church
C. E. TeBow
Swebtie
Mattie Belle
Hattie
D. A. Jr
Frankie
Jack and
Horton Hamilton
Troy Hoover
Donald Kalbfleish
Thomas Geeger
Harold Gay
Death at Langley of Mrs Fannie Cobb
Mrs Fannie Cobb wife of the late S M Cobb died in Langley Sunday after a week long illness She was 74 funeral services were held Monday at 3 pm at Langley Baptist church Rev C R White officiating Interment was in Langley cemetery She is survived by four sons a daughter a sister two nephews and twelve grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie Cobb
S. M. Cobb
Langley
M. B. Cobb
M. S. Smith
Nettie Hill
Home Demonstration Club Meets at Mrs. Kitchings Home
The Kitchings Mill Home Demonstration club held its monthly meeting at Mrs. Della Kitchings home. Attendees included Misses Louise and Della Livingston and Mary Perry Garvin. Several local residents were noted visiting relatives and attending a Scouts event in Aiken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Home Demonstration Club
Della Kitchings
Louise
Della Livingston
Mary Perry Garvin
Aiken
Esther Garvin
Jack Livingston
Son Morgan
W. A. Whitlock
K. D. Smith
Mullins
Jack Edwards
Springfield
J.C. Etheridge
Baptist ministers meeting date altered for May
The Aiken association of Baptist ministers will meet on the third Monday in May instead of the second due to the convention at Luis. The change shifts the gathering to accommodate the larger event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Ministers of Aiken Association
Luisville
Educational Systems and the Aims of Schooling
A Chicago University professor argues education should foster wholesome normal living over storage of subjects. He says youth learn more about adult life outside school, and that current systems are largely experimental and constrained by commercial restraints and artificial grouping, which hampers thought and development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago University
We Should Clear Our House Before Lifting Arm Embargo
The speaker warns that lifting the arms embargo on Mexico would help outlaws and trigger disastrous events. He insists the United States must first address internal banditry and murders before any policy change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Woman to Woman in a Beauty Parlor Exchange
Two women discuss a beauty parlor visit with light banter about it being shut and the social moment surrounding the encounter. Muriel reports leaving the parlor and Mavis reacts with a witty remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muriel
Mavis
Kiwanis Demonstrates Physical Training At Meeting
Kiwanis club held a luncheon demonstration of physical training with Supt Howard M Byrd and Miss Franklin from Graniteville school. Emily Geiger Council met with about 75 members including Graniteville attendees and plans to form its own degree team. A Talatha Hawthorne School picnic is set for tomorrow and the Bamberg Music Festival featured the cantata The Rose Maiden performed by fifty voices with Aiken participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Howard M. Byrd
Graniteville School
Franklin
Emily Geiger Council
Daughter of America
Graniteville Council
Graniteville
Talatha-Hawthorne School
Bamberg
Fatality in Wagener Worksite Shuts Down
Buck Corley a colored turpentine hand was fatally struck by fellow Black worker Henry Mitchell after a Monday night incident. Mitchell jailed after officers found him two miles from the George Cofer property. Lena Corley and Lillie Moore held as witnesses by the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buck Corley
Wagener
Henry Mitchell
Mitchell
Corley
Maloney
George Cofer
Lena Corley
Lillie Moore
Commencement Sermon for Eureka School Closing
The Eureka Baptist Church will host the closing commencement sermon Sunday morning preached by Rev. J. H. Harmon of the Calvary Lutheran Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
Eureka Baptist Church
J. H. Harmon
Calvary Lutheran Church
Student Chib Meets Mise Claudia Phelps Yesterday
The Student Chib held a meeting yesterday with Mise Claudia Phelps to discuss ongoing matters. Phelps participated in the discussion addressing concerns and potential actions.
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Chib
Mise Claudia Phelps
Complaints Filed Against Road Officer Salley
At a Monday meeting of missioners complaints were raised against John Salley Aiken County road officer under the direction of the commissioners. A letter from B J Hammett president of Allendale Chamber of Commerce alleged he lures highway travelers to race with him then fines them for speeding. It was also charged that he assesses fines and summons violators before the magistrate then fails to appear against them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Salley
Aiken County
B. J. Hammett
Chamber of Commerce
Allendale
Kiwanis Club Aids Transport for crippled children
The A Aiken Kiwanis Club organizes support for the County Health Unit to secure weekly transportation to Columbia for crippled children requiring treatment, aiming to improve access to care and timely services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A Aiken, Kiwanis Club
County Health Unit
Columbia
Bath residents Viola DuBose and J W Nipper wed
Miss Viola DuBose of Bath married J W Nipper of Bath in the office of probate judge George R Webb on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola DuBose
Bath
J. W. Nipper
George R. Webb
Owens and Carpenter Tie Simple Graniteville Wedding
A beautiful simple ceremony was held at the Methodist parsonage in Graniteville last Saturday afternoon. Rev. A B Ferguson Jr united Jesse Carpenter and Ruby Owens in marriage witnessed by a few intimate friends. The couple will live in Graniteville where the groom works for Couch and Timmerman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Ferguson, Jr
Graniteville
Jesse Carpenter
Ruby Owens
Couch
Timmerman
Mrs Frank McCabe Returns to Charleston After Visit
Mrs. Frank McCabe has returned to Charleston following a visit to relatives in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank McCabe
Charleston
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S. A. Wise
Mise Marie Wise
Caldwell
N.J
Marion Croghan
J. Cleve Thomas
Louise Eubanks
Margaret Wright Hospital
W. W. Williamson
Warrenton
K. C. Ligon
A. W. Courtney
Atlanta, Ga
Reginald Courtney
Albert S. Willcox
East Hampton
Long Island
Sea Spray Inn
W. J. Wise
Edmunds
Sumter
William Wright
Black Mountain
Walter Plunkett
John O’gorman
Blackville
Clara Sawyer
Johnston
Henry A. Clark
R. H. Cave
Tampa
Fla
H. J. Ray
G. A. Milner
E. H. Wyman
F. M. Norman
State Dental Association
Ford
Jay-Mac Chevrolet Co
Aiken, 5. C
Comptroller General Orders Property Sold
Kitchings Mill
Educational Systems
Negro
Salley
DuBose- Nipper
Owens-Carpenter
Styleplus
Palm Beach
S.C
Firestone
Oldfield Tires
Oldfield
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Harvey 5
Oldét
Firesto
Akron
Aiken Tire Shop
Aiken, S. C
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