Public Offices Set Schedules for Thanksgiving
Many public service offices in Aiken County and North Augusta will close Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving holiday. North Augusta trash will not be collected Thursday and Friday, with pickup on a regular schedule Monday. In Aiken, garbage normally collected Thursday will shift to Wednesday. Friday pickups resume on the regular schedule. Library services close Thursday and Friday. no mail deliveries in the two areas on Thursday.
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Aiken County
City of North Augusta
North Augusta
City of Aiken
Aiken
Inflation slows to a 15 month low in October
Inflation rose 0.4 percent in October the smallest increase since mid 1980 as housing costs flatlined the government said. The CPI shows 9.6 percent annual rate for the first 10 months with a likely 9.5 percent for 1981 and no shocks anticipated.
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Washington
Labor Department
Annual Blessing of the Hounds Opens Aiken Hunt
The Aiken Hounds Opening Meet will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. in Hitchcock Woods with the Blessing by Rt. Rev. Msgr. George Lewis Smith. Spectators park at South Boundary Avenue gate, no cars in the woods, viewing in Rabbit Valley, drag hunt with no live fox, rain date Dec. 5 at noon. For details call Holly Haggard at 648-0067.
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Hitchcock Woods
George Lewis Smith
Memorial Gate
South Boundary Avenue
Rabbit Valley
Holly Haggard
Turkey feather tale from Aiken man recalls kitchen mishap
Retired Aiken resident Frank McCrosson recalls how in an early Thanksgiving he sought to burn turkey feathers with a burning newspaper. He burned his hand, dropped the turkey, and watched it hurdle under the stove before returning to plucking.
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Frank McCrosson
Ann
McCrosson
Churches Hold Thanksgiving Services Across Aiken County
Multiple faith communities around Aiken County stage Thanksgiving services Wednesday night or Thanksgiving Day. First Baptist Church Aiken hosts an 8 p.m. service led by Father Robert Shahan. Grace United Methodist North Augusta invites all for 7:30 p.m. with Dr. Mills J. Peebles and Rev. John M. Younginer Jr. delivering, Wayne Lord directing. Warrenville Church of God hosts a community choir service with offerings for the Warrenville Cemetery. Belvedere Christian Church gathers at 7:30 p.m. with Eleazer Benenhaley delivering, Bel-Ridge Choir performing, and donations for Augusta Rescue Mission. All Saints Anglican Aiken holds a 10 a.m. Choral Eucharist on Thanksgiving Day. Vaucluse Baptist in Vaucluse hosts a 7 p.m. sermon by Rev. Larry Gregory.
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First Baptist Church
Aiken
Robert Shahan
St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church
York Street
Grace United Methodist Church
North Augusta
Mills J. Peebles
Fairview Presbyterian Church
John M. Younginer Jr
Grace United Methodist
Wayne Lord
Grace
Grace Chancel
Grace Church
Georgia Ave
Warrenville
Belvedere
First Christian Church
Eleazer Benenhaley
Sweetwater Baptist Church
Bel-Ridge Baptist Church
Church Fellowship
Augusta
Verdery Ave
All Saints Anglican Church
Fairfield Street
Richland Avenue
Vaucluse
Soviet Leader Brezhnev Offers Missile Cuts Amid Talks
In Bonn Chancellor Schmidt sees no major shift in Brezhnev's proposal to cut Soviet medium range weapons in Europe if the United States halts missile deployments during negotiations. Schmidt acts as intermediary between the US and USSR while Soviet and German officials defend mutual understanding and health notes.
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Bonn
West Germany
Helmut Schmidt
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Europe
Schmidt
Kurt Becker
Becker
Soviet Union
Brezhnev
United States
Leonid Zamyatin
County Officials sue for funds to run offices in Aiken County
Auditor George Williams and Treasurer Margie Plunkett filed a joint suit against Aiken County Council seeking more staff, salaries, equipment, and space. They claim current funding delays impede duties and timely tax notices, risking lost interest and penalties. They were served with a 20 day response summons.
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Aiken County
Aiken County Council
Margie Plunkett
George A. Williams
Joseph C. Coleman
Columbia
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