Deaths and Funerals in Fayetteville and Aiken area
Funeral services for Mrs. El bert R. Ash ley McArthur will be today at 4 PM at George Funeral Home Aiken with Rev Daniel E Johns ton officiating. Burial in Shiloh Church Cemetery. Surviving: widower three daughters five sons one sister pallbearers named. Veterans and church affiliations noted. Also listed is World War I veteran and retired Southern Railroad Co. employee with survivors in Edgefield and Jamaica NY.
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Fayetteville
N.C
Elbert R
Lottie Barton Ashley
McArthur
Chapel of George Funeral Home
Aiken
Daniel E. Johnston
Shiloh Church
Virginia Rauton
Ridge Spring
Mary Sharpe
Eva Edge
Steadman
Charles Ashley
Aubron Ashley
John Ashley
Larry Ashley
Walter Ashley
Savannah
Leila Mae Lowe
Augusta
Charles Ashley Jr
Farrell Ashley
Sammie Richardson
Donnie Miller
Eddie McManus
Kenneth Edge
Crawford Ave
Harold J. Gay dies in Clearwater area
Harold J. Gay of 7 Fairview Road Clearwater died Wednesday at his residence. Funeral services are scheduled today at 2 30 p.m. at Poseys Funeral Home Langley with Rev. Hoyt Murray officiating. Burial at Sunset Memory Gardens. He was born in Edgefield County and lived in Clearwater. He worked as a foreman at Graniteville Co Maintenance and was a World War II veteran. He belonged to Gloverville First Baptist Church. Survived by one sister Mrs Edna McKinney Kingston Md. Pallbearers named.
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Clearwater
Harold J. Gay
Fairview Road
Posey
Langley
Hoyt Murray
Sunset Memory Gardens
Edgefield County
Graniteville Co
Gay
Gloverville
Clarence B. Brown Dies in Edgefield at 78
Clarence B. Brown 78 of 421 Glover Street Edgefield died Sunday at 2 p.m. in Piney Grove Baptist Church Trenton with Rev Alvin Settles officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. He was a member of Piney Church and Edgefield community groups.
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Edgefield
Clarence B. Brown
Glover St
Edgefield County
Piney Grove Baptist Church
Trenton
Alvin Settles
Piney
Aiken Standard History and Publication Details
Aiken Standard established 1867 publishes each afternoon except Saturdays and Sundays. Listed address is 124 Rutland Drive Aiken South Carolina 29801 and PO Box 456. The AP provides exclusive local news and dispatches and republication rights are reserved. Subscription rates available per week six months and three months by mail.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken
S. C
S.C
Associated Press
Death notices Luther Tanksley in Brooklyn hospital
Luther Tanksley died Sunday in a Brooklyn New York hospital. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Peoples Funeral Home. He was a member of Spring Grove Baptist Church Edgefield County. Surviving are six sisters Fannie Hammonds Louise Samuels Sallie Marshall Janie Howard Margaret Curry and Rosa McKie and three brothers Cornelious Gilchrist Robert Gilchrist Henry Gilchrist.
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Luther Tanksley
Brooklyn, N.Y
Peoples Funeral Home
Spring Grove Baptist Church
Edgefield County
Fannie Hammonds
Louise Samuels
North Augusta
Sallie Marshall
Washington, D.C
Janie Howard
Margaret Curry
Brooklyn
N.Y
Rosa McKie
Trenton
Cornelious Gilchrist
Robert Gilchrist
Henry Gilchrist
Savannah
Mrs. Ruby Cumbee Dies After Brief Illness in Ai ken
Mrs. Ruby Hamilton Cumbee 72 widow of Ben W. Cumbee of 218 Horry St SE Ai ken died yesterday at University Hospital after a brief illness. Funeral set for 4 PM tomorrow at George Funeral chapel with Rev Thomas L Hamilton officiating. Burial in Bethany Cemetery. She belonged to St John United Methodist Church. Survived by niece Mrs Robert W Esposito of Ai ken and six nephews two great nephews and one great niece.
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Ruby Hamilton Cumbee
Ben W. Cumbee
Horry St
S.E
Aiken
University Hospital
George Funeral Chapel
Thomas L. Hamilton
Bethany Cemetery
Cumbee
St. John United Methodist Church
Robert W. Esposito
Arthur R. Ellison dies in Cape Coral funeral set
Arthur R. Ellison, 69, died today in Cape Coral Florida. Burial will be in Cape Coral. He was a former resident of Aiken and a former employee of the Clearwater Finishing Plant. Surviving are his widow two sons one daughter and four grandchildren.
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Cape Corals
Fla
Arthur R. Ellison
Ellison
Aiken
Clearwater Finishing Plant
Howard B. Jordan Dies After Brief Illness in Atlanta
Howard Blount Jordan 55 died at an Atlanta hospital after a brief illness. Funeral Friday at 5:30 p.m. at George Funeral Home chapel with burial in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was a Lewisburg Tennessee native, son of Hartford Blount Jordan and Adell Harris Jordan, University of Pennsylvania and Wharton School of Finance graduate, WW II veteran, recently certified internal auditor. Sister Helen Hickman Jordan of Chapel Hill, two brothers Clyde Jackson of Lewisburg and Aubrey Jordan of Nashville.
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Howard Blount Jordan
Atlanta
George Funeral Home Chapel
Little Rock
Ark
Mr. Jordan
Lewisburg, Tenn
Hartford Blount Jordan
Adell Harris Jordan
University of Pennsylvania and
Wharton School of Finance
Helen Hickman Jordan
Joe Ogilvie
Chapel Hill
Tenn
Clyde Jackson
Lewisburg
Aubrey Jordan
Nashville
Halloween 1973 Quiet Across Counties
Halloween 1973 yielded few major incidents in Aiken County and North Augusta with egg throwing vandalism and a broken window among minimal infractions. Jaycee safety patrols and volunteers credited for a calm night as no Halloween handout tampering or major crimes were reported.
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Aiken County
College Acres
Ued
Belvedere
Aiken
Aiken Jaycee
Bob Westmoreland
Westmoreland
Jaycee
Everett Gregory
Belvedere Jaycee
Mike
Ford Opens Confirmation Hearings With Calming Tone
Vice President-designate Gerald R Ford testifies before the Senate Rules Committee offering himself as a conciliator between a beleaguered Nixon administration and a Democratic Congress. He submits full records and warns times are not ordinary as the 25th Amendment looms.
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Washington
Gerald R. Ford
Congress
Senate Rules Committee
Michigan
Ford
FBI
Howard Cannon
D-Nev
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Cannon
House
Community Calendar Highlights Tonight and Tomorrow Events
Community groups schedule meetings and events for tonight and tomorrow. March of Dimes gathers at 7 30 p m in the Heritage Room of F M Bank. USCA hosts a wastewater planning area meeting at 7 30 p m in Room 107. Lower Savannah Regional Council organizes the public discussion. 50 Plus Sertoma Breakfast at 8 30 a m at the Commercial Hotel. North Augusta Sertoma at 7 30 p m at the NA Country Club. Shade Tree A s Club at 7 30 p m. Carolina Hospitality Club at 11 a m at Mrs Ernest Long s home. Jessamine Garden Club at 11 a m at Nurseries Carolinana with Ted Stephens as guest speaker. Tomorrow Acacia Lodge No 315 A F M meets at 8 p m at the Lodge. Aiken Community Playhouse opens The Boy Friend tonight at 8 at Marlboro Street Virginia Acres theater.
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March of Dimes
F&m Bank
USCA
Lower Savannah
N.A
Shade Tree
A’s
Carolina Hospitality Club
Ernest Long
Jessamine Garden Club
Nurseries Carolinana
Ted Stephens
Acacia Lodge
Aiken Community Playhouse
Marlboro Street
Virginia Acres
Synagogue Rummage Sale Planned at Adas Yeshurun
The Adas Yeshurun Synagogue hosts a rummage sale this week at 234 Richland Avenue to raise funds for the Hadassah Sisterhood proceeds support.
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Adas Yeshurun Synagogue
Richland Avenue
Hadassah Sisterhood
Fuel Shortage Begins To Be Felt
The Nixon administration moves to curb fuel use with new powers. The Cost of Living Council allows rising prices for gasoline and home heating oil. Over 160 daily flights are cut back due to aircraft fuel shortages. Major carriers American, Trans World, and United cut about 80 flights. Government regulation extends to heating oil diesel jet fuel and other middle distillates.
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Washington
Nixon
Cost of Living Council
American
Trans World
United
Crest Travel: Your Guide to Exciting Destinations
Travel column promises weekly updates on trips and destinations. Crest Travel at 210 York Street offers planning and reservations with free service and contact numbers 648-0748 and 648-0749.
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Crest Travel
York Street
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E.R. McArthur
California
Plains
Midwest
Atlantic Coast
New England
Mrs
Ruby Cumbee
Howard B. Jordan
mid-Pinellas County
Aiken Estates
Roger Martin
Public Safety
Walter E. New
Newman
Osteen
Belvedere Jaycees
GOP
Senate
Sears
Cowar'l-Corley Seed Co., Inc
Your Garden Center
Park Ave
Dial
Fred Cooper
Seehie
William Clyburn
Aiken City Council
Aiken, S.C
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