Museum director entertains with local history tales at breakfast
Elliott Levy executive director of the Aiken County Historical Museum spoke at the North Augusta Chamber of Commerce AJM Connection breakfast sharing early regional history. He traced Hamburg rise and fall Henry Schultz and connections to the Savannah River railroad and local figures including James A Jackson and William Gregg. He highlighted firsts in local industry education and transport and noted a humorous anecdote about a lone trolley ticket. The next A.M. Connection is set for Wednesday December 16 with sponsor The Star and Mayor Lark Jones as speaker.
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Elliott Levy
Aiken County
North Augusta
Henry Schultz
Hamburg
Schultz
Savannah River
Augusta
Levy
Charleston
Edgefield
Aiken
James A. Jackson
Jennings
Tommy Hitchcock
Gatsby
SAS
Harry Truman
Strom Thurmond
The
Star
Lark Jones
Phyllis Britt
Reunions Across Aiken Area Highlight Class Milestones
Aiken High School alumni from classes 1964 to 1989 plus other local groups plan multiple reunions and gatherings. Events include 35 year combined 1974 1975 reunions on December 26, 25th for 1984, 40-ish for 1968, 20-year milestones for 1989, 1989 South Aiken efforts, and a May 2011 cruise for 1966 W.E. Parker classmates with several contact emails and venues listed.
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Aiken High
Aikenhornets
Yahoo. Com
Yahoo.com
Aiken High School
Aiken Center For the Arts
Gmail
Kejusconsulting. Com
Newberry Hall
Newberry Street
Aiken
Ballery
Bellsouth. Net
Martha Schofield
Men of Action
North Augusta
Betty Mance Mosley
P.O. Box
Schofield
Levi
STAR volunteers to train at Hopeland Farm Dec 5
STAR Riding Inc. hosts a volunteer training session December 5 at 9 30 a.m. at Hopeland Farm with a rain date December 12. The 501c3 and NAHRA Affiliate serves students with disabilities through safe non competitive riding. Call 652 3231 for details.
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Star Riding Inc
CSRA
North American
Riding For the Handicapped Association
Hopeland Farm
STAR
Kerri Creamer
Banks Mill Road
Ben Baugh
Bbaugh
Aikenstandard.com
Red Cross blood drive set for Aiken Mall patrons
The American Red Cross urges donations during Thanksgiving week with a Friday drive at Aiken Mall in the PacSun space across from Bath and Body Works from 1 to 6 pm. Donors receive a Carolina Clemson Blood Battle T-shirt and may win Delta tickets.
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American Red Cross
Aiken Mall
PacSun
Bath and Body Works
Jamie Muldrow
South Carolina
Delta Air Lines
The
Red Cross
United States
Redcrossblood.org
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Chamber
Jackson
North Augusta Land Co
Hampton Terrace
AHS
Mary Lou St. John Ridenour
mary _lou_ridenour
Hotmail
SAHS
South Aiken
Pepadgett
Southaiken89
Green
Levigreen
Atlanticbb
MVHS
Midland Valley High School
Houndslake Country Club
Classcreator. Com
Langley
L.B.C
Augusta Marriott Hotel & Suites
Dixie Foster Mims
Pete Woodward
Kathy Duncan New
Wanda Green Smith
W.E. Parker
Bahamas
Jacquelyn Williams Johnson
Betty Griffin Watson
OCF
AGY Party
AGY
Fiberglas
Shrine Club
Gilbert Vance
Bob Ham
Bobby Seaport
Jannette Mitchell
Debbie Holley
Ed Jones
Southern Comfort
Sey
Porky Bradberry
Whiskey Road
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!