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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1981
Page
3
Aiken County Council holds public hearing at 7 PM on an ordinance to authorize an EMS sub station and sheriff's office at A L Corbett Middle School site in Wagener. Wagener Town Council previously pledged a central town site but opposed the Corbett location. Final reading slated for tomorrow night.
Veterans to meet tomorrow at 7 30 p m at Langley Bath Clearwater American Legion Post 153 on Flint Drive between Dixie Clay and Daley Drive near Jefferson Elementary. The VA post has been vacant since November 1 after Lucien Hockman resignation.
Meat purchases drive family food bills. The article notes buying advertised whole cuts can stretch dollars. Winn-Dixie meat trainer Larry Dunlap will discuss the Bargains of Beef at 10 a.m. during Farm City Week at the Aiken Electric venue.
Death and dying themed program at St Mary Help of Christians Parish Hall at 7 30 tonight is second in the Journey to Light series. Moderator Jo Whitson leads a panel including Ronald Maxwell Homer McGee a cemetery owner Joe McClellan George Funeral Home and John Stoll Aiken County coroner. Beef topics and a Beef Cooking Contest with $25 prize announced plus recipe copies for attendees. For more information contact Harriett F Skinner or Vicki Derrick at regional electric cooperative offices.
Larry Bussey age 20 of 257 East Boundary Aiken was arrested last Wednesday on four counts of breaking and entering and safecracking. The incidents centered at Big K Mitchell Shopping Center on Whiskey Road The Sherwin Williams Co 1575 Whiskey Rd Fermata Club 841 Whiskey Rd and Roger’s Shell and Tire Service 225 Richland Ave.
A Ridge Spring 3 year old, Tabatha Greene, died from injuries after a westbound truck hit the side of her parents car as it turned from Project Road onto Pine Log Road around 7 10 p m Wednesday. The father Larry Greene remains critically ill at Talmadge Memorial Hospital while Marie Greene is reported in good condition.
Aiken County Public Service Authority will hold a 7 30 p m meeting at the Horse Creek Pollution Control Facility conference room on S C 125. Reports will cover facility operations and completion by Davis and Floyd Engineers Inc while PSA members McKenney and Cunningham present on legal and financial matters.
The Aiken County Community Action Commission directors will meet Wednesday at 4 30 p m at the commission offices 502 York Street Aiken The board administers programs for the poor and disadvantaged in Aiken and Barnwell Counties The public is invited.
The Aiken County School District released 1981 First Grade Readiness Test results showing how many first graders scored below 88 in the first 15 days of school. At J D Lever North Aiken and Ridge Spring Monetta many students missed the cutoff. Hammond Hill Summerfield and North Augusta had the lowest share scoring under 88.
A fourth man, Bennie Lee Lawton, 24, of Warrenville, was arrested in connection with the October 7 Farmers and Merchants Bank robbery in Graniteville. No money was recovered in this arrest. The bank was robbed around 10 a.m. by two masked gunmen. a portion of the stolen money had been recovered in earlier arrests.
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