Aiken Celebrates Sesquicentennial Opening and Time Capsule
The Sesquicentennial celebration in Aiken opened at 11 a.m. with Mayor H. Odell Weeks presiding. The ceremony featured the Men of a Church Barbershop quartet, remarks by H.W. Bill Thurlow and Jerry R. Johnson, and the placement of items in the time capsule including a flag and medal, a Hopeland Gardens brochure, a historic book, city documents, a wine bottle, a city map, and the 1984-85 city budget.
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H. Odell Weeks
Willard H. Hightower
Mt. Harris Baptist Church
Roland Windham
Billy Legler
Marc Bacon
Coile Scarborough
Weeks
Sesquicentennial General
H.W
Bill) Thurlow
Aiken Sesquicentennial Inc
Jerry R. Johnson
Sesquicentennial
Thurlow
Aiken
Johnson
Michael Anaclerio
Keep the Torch Burning Art Essay Contest by Aiken Club
The Aiken County Republican Women's Club sponsors an art and essay contest for grades 1-12 titled Keep the Torch Burning. Entries must be postmarked by May 16 and become property of the club. Prizes include a savings bond, a personal calculator, a desk dictionary, a lapel pin, and an honorable mention certificate.
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Aiken County
Republican Women’s Club
Karey Santos
Normandy Lane
Aiken
Rye Patch
Aiken Artist Guild Meeting Set With Art History Talk
The Aiken Artist Guild will meet from 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow in the Fellowship Hall of First Presbyterian Church at Barnwell Avenue and Laurens Street. Al Beyer, USC Aiken art professor, will present the program titled Why Study Art History.
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Aiken Artist Guild
First Presbyterian Church
Barnwell Avenue
Laurens Street
al Beyer
USC Aiken
Pianist and Inventor Hofmann Honored With Marker Ceremony
About 200 attendees gathered at Willcox Inn to unveil a historical marker for Josef Casimir Hofmann born near Cracow in 1876. PHASEA sponsored the event with speakers from Kosciuszko Foundation and Steinway, plus poems and student essay awards honoring Polish music heritage.
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Willcox Inn
Josef Casimir Hofmann
Cracow
Poland
Hofmann
Aikenne Marie Eustis Hofmann
Hitchcock Condominiums
Polish Heritage Association of the Southeast
Phasea
Jerome C. Powers
Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church
Langley
Leonard V. Kosinski
Kosinski
Albert Juszczak
Kosciuszko Foundation
New York City
Dr. Juszczak
Joseph Harris
Joseph Hofmann
Phase-A
Aiken
Tammy Gonshorowski
South Aiken High School
Frederyk Chopin
Ignace Jan Paderewski
Artur Rubin
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Beauty of
Ginny Southworth
Ginny Huckabee
Donna Powers
Ms. Powers
Josef Hofmann
Fitzpatrick Opticians
Aikīn
Mary Anne Browder
Edward Bezursiak
Steinway and Sons
Zenith
RCA
Motorola
Magnavox
G.E
State 19 - Aiken
VISA
B & L Financia
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