Local Business Notes From Aiken Area
Mrs. Clarence E. Smith appointed business office supervisor for Southern Bell Telephone in Aiken. She began in 1948 in Anderson and has served as service representative in Anderson Aiken and Fort Worth Texas. Her husband Rev Clarence E. Smith pastors Little Stevens Creek Baptist Church. They live on Route 3 Edgefield with two children Valerie 10 and Clarice 19 a Winthrop freshman. Realtor Kathy Skeen wins Realtor Institute Course B scholarship at University of South Carolina Columbia for top course A scorer sponsored by South Carolina Association of Realtors. Augusta Hearing Aid Center opens a new branch in Palmetto Federal Building Room 222 owned by H. G.
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Clarence E. Smith
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Aiken
Kathy Skeen
Wilmac Inc
Realtors Institute
University of S.C
Columbia
Realtor’s Institute
South Carolina Association of Realtors
Graduate of Realtor’s Institute
GRI
Augusta
Graniteville Company 125th Annual Convention Report
Graniteville shareholders met at Gregg Park Civic Center for the 125th annual convention. Robert P. Timmerman reported 1970 sales up 8 percent and earnings up 61 percent, and first quarter 1971 sales up 14 percent with earnings up 55 percent over 1970. Directors and officers were reelected, and Louise Pontius named consultant at the new branch.
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Graniteville
Graniteville Company
Gregg Park
Robert P. Timmerman
Timmerman
H.C. Allen Jr
McCampbell Sales
Robert Carswell
Shearman and Sterling
H. Tenison Deane
Jack F. Glenn
The
Citizens and Southern National Bank of Georgia
Buck Mickel
Daniel Construction Company
W. Thomas Rice
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
Samuel H. Swint Jr
McCampbell Sales Division
Francis A. Townsend
William C. Lott
Z. Boyce Mangum
J. Ben Kyser
Carl W. Littlejohn Jr
Howard M. Leitner
Edwin C. Martins Jr
Joseph M. Granade
William E. Johnson
Joseph E. Bresnahan
Tax Freedom Day Highlights Tax Burden Shift
New York AP reports May 10 marks the first day in 1971 when the average American has earned enough to cover all federal state and local taxes for the year. The Chamber of Commerce notes people now work 2 hours and 51 minutes daily to pay taxes, with historical per capita tax figures rising from 17 dollars in 1902 to 638 dollars in 1960.
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New York
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
United States
South Carolina Economy Stable With March Slowdown
The South Carolina Index from Wachovia Bank and Just Company shows March at 115.0, down 0.3 percent from February but 0.4 percent above March 1970. Unemployment rose to 5.9 percent as jobless numbers hit about 64,400, while manufacturing activity remained sluggish with a modest 0.2 percent job gain across durables and nondurables. Car and truck sales trend upward since December, autos rising 10.7 percent in March and 17.7 percent above year-ago levels.
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Palmetto State
Wachovia Bank and Just Company
N. A. South Carolina
Wachovia
South Carolina
Reception To Honor Mrs. Cain At Center School
Center School Faculty and PTA honor Mrs. Helen Cain a teacher for over 20 years at a 7 to 9 p.m. reception in the school auditorium. Cain, daughter of the late O H Holley of Aiken, has 31 years in area education including China Springs Windsor Aiken Day and 23 years at Center School. She is a pianist and has taught without absence for at least 15 years at Center. She has one son Marshall Cain of Aiken.
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Center School
PTA
Helen Cain
Cain
O. H. Holley
Aiken
China Springs School
Windsor Elementary
Aiken Day School
She
Marshall Cain of
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Cullers Half Acre
S.C
Eckerd Drugs, Inc
Charlotte
New York Stock Exchange
A. Fred Brantley
Palmetto State Life Insurance Company
James G. Parsons
Brantley
PSL
Western Electric Company
Bell System
Western Electric
Southern Bell
South
Motor Hotel
Midnight Cowboy
United Artists
Carolina
South Carolina Business Index
Mrs. Cain
Aiken County
National Education Associations
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