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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1970
Page
2
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The Aiken Standard established 1867 publishes each weekday afternoon except Saturday and Sunday. Mail rates are listed as 18.50 per year and 9.50 per 6 months, with carrier options 3s per week and 1.50 per month. The paper carries AP and UPI content and offers correction at no extra cost.
Donald Osborne will manage the Lee's Discount Store warehouse. A Tennessee native, he transferred from J. J. Newberry in Pottstown Pennsylvania where he impressed with stock control and merchandise handling. He and his wife Sue, a keypunch operator with Owens Corning Fiberglas, reside in New Ellenton and travel in the South.
R T Dick Carman will handle advertising and sales for Lee's Discount Division and serve as softlines merchandise manager. A Kansas native and Nebraska McCook College graduate, he has 13 years in retail across Nebraska Idaho Montana and Colorado before joining Lee's in Aiken in 1970. He aims to broaden Aiken’s merchandise to keep shoppers local and compete with Augusta stores. He and his wife and three children moved to Augusta mid August and he will maintain an Aiken Lee's office while planning future store openings.
Ron Girton has been named Lee's operations manager with a focus on personnel placement. A Bloomsburg Pa. native, he comes from Iowa where he managed a discount firm for five years and handled personnel issues. He and his wife Patricia have four children. Gwen dy, eight, attends Aiken Elementary, Sheri attends South Aiken Presbyterian Kindergarten, and Ron enjoys fishing and hunting.
The Aiken Jaycees and Aiken Rescue Squad completed a joint Halloween Safety Patrol. Eleven patrol cars covered the local area with mobile radios and a Jaycee volunteer paired with a rescue squad member per vehicle.
Winners of the Witch Window contest sponsored by the Aiken Recreation Department were announced. First place went to Mary Duryea for Holley Hardware window, with Betsy Frazier Debbie Sizemore and Carol Morrisset for Aiken Sporting Goods in second, Maxwell Brothers for Maxwell window by Holly Horton and Kathy Duches three, and Debbie Ehrhart for Elliott's Office Supply fourth.
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