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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1985
Page
3
The Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center hosts a Sunday brunch on June 2 from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Rye Patch to unveil the center’s new logo by local artist Charlotte Kuehn as part of a modernization campaign. Tickets are 20 dollars, tax deductible, and are open to the public.
Emily H. Webb to become director of pre school programs at the Tri Development area of Aiken County starting Monday. She succeeds Julie Kelly who resigned to focus on family life. Webb holds a bachelor's degree in Sociology from Lander College and has graduate hours from USC Aiken in learning disabilities and secondary education.
The Aiken County Council will hold a special work session Saturday at 9 30 a.m. in the council building 736 Richland Ave W discussing the 1985 86 proposed budget with representatives of Aiken Technical College USC Aiken and the Aiken County Library Board to address budget concerns.
The Aiken County Historical Museum will be open Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. It is open the first Sunday of each month. The museum sits on Newberry Street beside the Aiken County Library.
The Aiken SERTOMA Club meets Monday at 6 30 p m at Palmers Restaurant within the Ramada Inn. Guest speaker Ryan Shealy discusses the recently voted down state lottery.
Wagener Town Council will convene at 7:30 PM in the Town Hall downtown Wagener. The meeting is open to the public.
The Myrtle Beach area expects 12 million visitors and about 1.3 billion dollars in spending this season. Tourism has risen about 15 percent annually, with 1985 projected to continue strong. Memorial Day drew 300,000 visitors and 250,000 may attend Sun Fun Festival events this weekend.
Aiken County General Sessions Court starts Monday at 10 with Judge Rodney A Peeples presiding. Four indictments include two murders and a drug case plus 113 cases on the docket. Indicted are Don Gifford for the Walker murder and the Floyds and Davis in a Wendell Plemons Jr. case. Adams faces drug charges and a civil rights challenge in federal court.
The search to name a new town honoring the Andy Griffith Show has shifted to Wayne County. A group aims to establish a community named after Mayberry and its characters Barney Fife Opie and Aunt Bea.
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