Aiken High Senior Reaches National Achievement Finalists
Aiken High School senior Joyce Myrick advances to finalist status in the 1969 70 National Achievement Scholarship Program for Negro students. Schofield High School seniors Janet Byrd and Verdrey Mason are named semifinalists among the 1500 plus semifinalists announced by Edward C. Smith of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Myrick
Aiken
Janet R. Byrd
Verdrey M. Mason
Schofield High School
Edward C. Smith
National Merit Scholarship Corporation
Watson 57 Dies at Aiken County Hospital
Joseph S. Watson of Pine Log Road died Monday at Aiken County Hospital at 57. Funeral at Memorial Baptist Church Thursday at 2 p.m. Burial in Sunset Memory Gardens. Survivors include widow Louise Dunaway Watson and daughter Betty Joe Paul. He was WWII veteran, Pine Camp member, DuPont Savannah River Plant Lab employee. Friends may call at home or George Funeral Home after 3 p.m. Wednesday. Family hours today 7 to 8:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph S. Watson
Pine Log Road
Aiken County Hospital
Memorial Baptist Church
Clinton D. Henderson
Sunset Memory Gardens
Louise Dunaway Watson
Betty Joe Paul
Powhatan
Virginia
Minnie Cox
Waverly
Eunice Ricks
Norfolk
Lila Jones
Chesterfield
McClaughlin Rites Today At Bethel Church
Funeral services for Harold Douglas McClaughlin of R F D will be held today at 4 p.m. at Bethel Baptist Church with Rev L A Thompson officiating. Burial will be in Evans family cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Douglas McClaughlin
R.F.D
Bethel Baptist Church
L. A. Thompson
Evans Fami
Obituary for Harold H McClaughlin of Graniteville
Harold H McClaughlin died from injuries in an automobile accident on Monday. He is survived by his widow Judy Herron McClaughlin and his parents Mr and Mrs Harold H McClaughlin of Graniteville. Pallbearers listed include Paul Herron Edward Ford Joe Williamson Jr Coleman Hatfield Milledge Yonn and Paul Grover.
Mrs Swearingen Dies in Columbia Hospital
Idra Heath Swearingen 1718 Madison St. died at Baptist Hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services set for Thursday 10:30 a.m. at George Funeral Home with Dr. Robert L. Cate officiating. Survived by Lennard Swearingen step son and several siblings. A native of Aiken County, she had nursing training and lived in Massachusetts and New York before moving to Columbia in 1964.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Idra Heath Swearingen
Madison St
Baptist Hospital
George Funeral Home
Robert L. Cate
Lennard D. Swearingen
Portman Heath
Aiken
Henry Huff
New Ellenton
Ray Garvin
Salley
Harry Heath
Ted Busbee
Union St
S.E
Funeral Mass for Mrs Grace Powers Today
Funeral services for Mrs Grace Sullivan Powers of 440 Sumter Street who died Monday in Ai ken County Hospital will be held today at 11 a.m. at St Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church conducted by Msgr George Lewis Smith. Interment will be in St Patrick's Cemetery Lowell. The Holy Rosary was recited at George Funeral Home Tuesday evening. Pallbearers are John J Canning Julius Schwern John F Fannon Thomas A Murray J W LaBoone Robert Johnson Robert Lofgren and Dr Raymond Kaplan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Sullivan Powers
Sumter Street
Aiken County Hospital
St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church
George Lewis Smith
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
Lowell
George Funeral Home
John J. Canning
Julius Schwern
John F. Fannon
Thomas A. Murray
J. W. LaBoone
Robert Johnson
Robert Lofgren
Raymond Kaplan
Funeral Services For F. W. Boyd In George Chapel
Funeral services for Frampton Wyman Boyd of Williamsburg Street Southeast will be held today at 2 p.m. at George Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Gerald F. Boyd will conduct. Burial follows at Jackson Memorial Cemetery. Pallbearers: Tillman Key Willie M. Cook Billy Cook James Miller Vernon Boyd John Preston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frampton
Wyman Boyd
Williamsburg St. S.E
Aiken County Hospital
George Funeral Home Chapel
Gerald F. Boyd
Jackson Memorial Cemetery
Jackson
Tillman Key
Willie M. Cook
Billy Cook
James Miller
Vernon Boyd
John Preston
Army Is Accused of Muzzling Probe
Senate witness Irvin E. Beard testified that the Army muzzled a probe into slot machine rigging at U S servicemen clubs. He alleged Sgt Maj William Wooldridge led a clique skimming up to 350000 dollars a year in Augsburg Germany and Munich area. He cited profits 60 70 percent targets and said theft spanned years but lacked criminal conviction evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
24Th Infantry
Augsburg
Germany
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Dconn
Beard
Harold Johnson
Army Chief of Staff
Ribicoff
Senate
Johnson
Wooldridge
Washington
Army
David Thomas
Augsburg-Munich
Nona
AHS Students Commended For Merit Test Scores
Nine Aiken High School students received letters of commendation for high performance on the 1969 National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Principal James O Willis announced Kay Akins Lynn Baker Marta Butler Cynthia Collie Marilyn Donnan Thomas Gresham William Lindsay Phillip Porter and Katherine Trombly were among 39 000 U S students in the upper two percent of high school seniors. They scored just below the rank of the 15 000 semifinalists. Although commended, they advance no further in merit scholarship competition. their names are reported to other agencies and to their first and second choice colleges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken High School
James O Willis
Kay Akins
Lynn Baker
Marta Butler
Cynthia Collie
Marilyn Donnan
Thomas Gresham
William Lindsay
Phillip Porter
Katherine Trombly
United States
Gene Tunney's Daughter Missing in West Germany
Hamburg police report a search for Joan Tunney Wilkinson daughter of former heavyweight champion Gene Tunney. Wiesbaden criminal office involved and border points monitored. no crime indicated at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Germany
West Germany
Joan Tunney Wilkinson
Gene Tunney
Wiesbaden
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Aiken High
McClaughlin
Grace Powers
F. W. Boyd
AHS
Generalgas
American Oil Company
Lumpkin Road
Augusta
Waynesboro
Liberty St
Wadley
Main St
Park Ave
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