Thanksgiving Day church services across county announced
County residents are invited to a community Thanksgiving service at First Presbyterian Church 224 Barnwell Ave NW at 10 am led by Rev John McCullough with participation from multiple denominations. Other churches plan 10 am services including St Thaddeus Episcopal All Saints Anglican and The First Church of Christ Scientist with nurseries and special music. An 11 am blessing of the Aiken Hounds occurs at Memorial Gate Hitchcock Woods led by Msgr George Lewis Smith. An AMA editorial warns against the Last Chance Diet liquid protein fasting as dangerous and potentially lethal.
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First Presbyterian Church
Barnwell Ave
John McCullough
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church
All Saints Anglican Church
Henry Summerall Jr
First
Church of Christ Scientist
Eadings
Journal of the American Medical Association
van Italie
Deaths and Funerals in Hephzibah and Augusta
Charles B. Rosier funeral held at Elliott Sons Lumpkin Road Chapel with burial in Hephzibah Cemetery. Survivors include daughter Mrs. W R Usry and mother Minnie B. Rosier. Daisy Dunn’s stepmother Fannie Walker died Saturday in Augusta hospital. services by Williams Funeral Home. Parham and Jackson named as survivors. Mrs Walker was a native of McDuffie County and member of Williams Memorial CME Church.
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Hephzibah
Charles B. Rosier
Elliott Sons
W.R. Usry
Minnie B. Rosier
Fannie Walker
Daisy Dunn
Beech Island
Augusta
Williams Funeral Home
Perkins
New York
N.Y
Roy Perkins
Louis Perkins
Kevin Perkins
Gerald Perkins
Diane Perkins
Angileque Perkins
Donna Perkins
Sarah Wynn
George Singleton
Thomas Wynn
Anna Belle Starks
Sarah Foster
Georgie Ann McKinley
Washington, D.C
Wesley Hall
Loretta Moses
Aiken
Springfield Baptist Church
L.B. Jones
William Hart
Hall
Aiken County
Washington
Mount Hill Missionary Baptist Church
Cleo Hall
Sharon H. Walton
Car! Hall
Theron Hall
Vernon Hall
Warren Hall
Jacksonville
Fla Jackson-Brooks Funeral Home
Jackson
Earl B. Stinson
Mercy Baptist Church
Chordy Meadows
William Kent
Pine Grove
Mr. Stinson
Route 1
Richmond County
Stinson
Elise Walker Stins
Salley
Evelyn Sawyer
Salley Oakview
Boyd Chewning
Gordon Robinson
Miss Sawyer
George L
Mattie Kee Sawyer
Salley Baptist Church
The
Salley Methodist Church
Carrie Sawyer Shealy
Roy Harrison
Pelzer
Obituary notices for Heyward Garvin and others
Multiple death notices and funeral details from Springfield area papers recall Heyward Garvin of Salley and Carl Stroud of Laurens County with service times at Oakey Spring Baptist and Fred Parker Funeral Home. Other obituaries list Mittie Perkins, Wesley Hall, Sam Smith Jr., Earl Stinson, Evelyn Sawyer with kin, addresses, and burial plans in Aiken, Belvedere, Jackson, Salley, and related communities.
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Springfield
Heyward Garvin
Rubin Garvin
Salley
Oakey Spring Baptist Church
Orangeburg County
Israel
Essie Garvin
Emma Garvin
Denmark
Wallace Garvin
Timmy Garvin
Pennsylvania
Benny A. Garvin
Joseph Garvin
Jewell Jones
Reba Thomas
Essie Mae Hollman
Earthlean Brown
Ohio
Bill Garvin
Columbia
Barthel Garvin
Fulmer Funeral Home
Advance payments to Aiken Standard-PBM Subscription
The notice directs all advance payments to the Aiken Standard-PBM Subscription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken Standard - Pbm
PBM
Aiken
Mild Thanksgiving Weather Expected Across Region
The forecast calls for mild turkey day temperatures with highs near 68 to 70 and overnight lows around the mid 40s. Partly cloudy skies persist for 24 hours with only about a 10 percent chance of rain, followed by mainly cloudy to partly sunny conditions into Friday through Sunday.
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Turkey
mid-Atlantic
Midwest
Upper Great Lakes
Dakotas
Nebraska
Lower Midwest
Gulf
Pacific Coast
Chitty Denied Extension Pay Amid Suspension Standoff
After a suspension by Gov. James B. Edwards two months ago council members met and, in a compromise described by Chairman Carrol H. Warner, extended magistrate Chittys salary until November 19. Chitty faces a September indictment on bribery and official misconduct amid a ticket fixing probe.
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James B. Edwards
Carrol H. Warner
Chitty
Warner
Walter C. Guy Jr
County Council Weighs Audit on Prisoner Medical Needs
The Aiken County Council discussed an audit of emergency medical and dental care for inmates, noting state law requires treatment but not county payment. A contract physician may be appointed to assess medical emergencies. Several ordinances on subdivisions and retiree health insurance were advanced, with four public hearings completed and one postponed. Fay Hatcher won Area One council seat and Thomas L. Moore, House District 84, attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner
Chitty
John H. Williams
Williams
Marion D McGowan
Jeannette Holley
Aiken County
Fay Hatcher
Area One
Thomas L. Moore
Castro Offers Clearance of 3000 Political Prisoners
Fidel Castro announced plans to release more than 3,000 political prisoners and ease travel limits for Cubans seeking to visit the United States or exiled compatriots. He said releases would start on humanitarian grounds and that about 600 more may be freed if no other crimes apply. Castro pressed Washington to accept the prisoners’ immigration obligations.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
United States
Castro
Cuba
CIA
Soviet Union
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Shiittee Cannon
Rosalyn Cannon
Aiken Elementary
Shiitte
Mary Jobson
Lynne Katonak
Carl M. Stroud
Carl Mozel Stroud
Laurens County
John Levi
Wilhemia van Paton Stroud
Trinity United Methodist Church
Sarah Mauldin Stroud
Carl Stroud Jr
Fairfax
John Stroud
Letha Polk
Mt. Pleasant
Mary Ramey
Edna Hairston
Clinton
Edith Inman
Hampton Roads
Fred Parker
Walterboro
Live Oake Cemetery
Mittie B. Perkins
Mittie M. Perkins
Ellis St
Williams Funeral Home, Inc
Sam Smith Jr
Belvedere
Celeste Avenue
Liberty Mortuary
North Augusta
Bessie Smith
Gloria Ann Robinson
Lona B. Carroll
Betty Gray
Jeanette Reaves
Joanne Smith
Freddie L. Smith
Mary Parkman
Brandleyville
Rose Cummings
Georgia Jefferson
Lena Mims
Graniteville
Joe Smith
Brantleyville
Aitken
National Weather Service
NOAA
US Dept of Commerce
Ulnder
Sean Ewing
Hammond Hill
J. Woodrow
Lewis
Guy
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