Immanuel Building Chosen For Center For African American Culture
Editorial lauds Aiken City Council support for converting the Immanuel Institute into the Center for African American History Art and Culture. The piece notes the building’s architectural value and its historical role in Black education post Civil War. it credits Northern and Southern Presbyterians and Martha Schofield for early schooling, highlighting lasting civic leadership and community harmony in Aiken.
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United Presbyterian Church
United Presbyterian Mission
Immanuel
Martha Schofield
Pennsylvania
Aiken
Schofield
Aikien
Aiken Standard Seeks Reader Letters to the Editor
The Aiken Standard invites brief letters from readers on issues of interest. Include signature, mailing address, and daytime and home phone numbers for verification. Address Letters to the Editor PO Box 456 Aiken SC 29802 Email swallace aikenstandard.com Fax 803-648-6052.
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Aiken Standard
Aiken
S.C
Swallace
Aikenstandard
Aiken Standard Staff and Contact Details
Publisher Scott B. Hunter Editor Jeffrey B. Wallace Arthur T. Zappa Business Manager Ellen C. Priest Timothy E. O Briant Production DJ Phillip Yates Scot Newcom J David Boyd Letitia Jefferson listings and contact names for the Aiken Standard staff.
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Scott B. Huntershunter
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Jeffrey B. Wallace Jwallace
Arthur T. Zappa Azappa
Ellen C. Priestpriest
Timothy E. O’briant Tobriant
Phillip Yates Pyates
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Obvious lessons from a wheelbarrow of sawdust and more
A Russian worker Ivan ferried sawdust daily to the gates, questioned each night, and revealed his secret when the guard finally quit. The piece urges readers not to overlook the obvious in life and in education, noting freedoms in America and a WWII desert tale of attitude shifting from despair to appreciation.
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Ivan
America
Mojave Desert
New Mexico
Ohio
Letter endorses Tim Carlton for Aiken County coroner
Amy Lacke of Aiken writes about the death of her son Ross in 2002 and commends deputy coroner Tim Carlton for investigating the case, learning from it, and advocating for sending search teams in similar situations. She states she will vote for Carlton on June 8.
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Ross
Aiken County
Tim Carlton
Mr. Carlton
Sheriff's Department
Mike Hunt
Aiken
Amy Lacke
Immanuel Building in Aiken Has Storied Presbyterian Era
Immanuel Building, opposite First Baptist Church in Aiken, has a century of history from its origin as Immanuel Presbyterian Institute. The school served African American children, evolved through names and leadership, declined by 1930, and later housed St. Gerard's Catholic School and the Salvation Army Thrift House under J. W. (Bill) Franklin after decades as a mission school and boarding facility.
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First Baptist Church
York Street
U.S. Highway 1
Richland Avenue
Immanuel Presbyterian Institute
Immanuel Presbyterian Church
United Presbyterian Denomination
Immanuel Church
W. R. Coles
Presbyterian Missions
Derby Hall
Immanuel
Coles’ School
Immanuel Institute
United Presbyterian Church
South Carolina
Martha Schofield
Pennsylvania
Schofield School
Schofield
Aiken Journal and Review
Aiken Standard
Abbeville
Laurens
Barnwell
Aiken
Presbyterian Board of Missions
Immanuel School
Coles
James E. Jackson
Presbyterian Home Mission Monthly
Board of Missions For Freedmen
Andrew Robertson Institute
Jackson
L. E. Ginn
G.K. Toole
St. Gerard’s Catholic School
J. W
Bill) Franklin
Salvation Army Thrift House
Franklin
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