West area school closings urged by committee report
The Laurens Street Elementary remains the district’s only Warned school. The subcommittee recommends closing Laurens Street and Aiken Elementary for not meeting state acreage and building specs. A plan converts Paul Knox Junior High to a six to eight grade middle school with ninth graders moved to North Augusta High.
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Warrenville
Area
Laurens Street
Aiken
Paul Knox Junior High
North Augusta Senior High
Aiken County Public Auction Sells 150 Parcels
The public auction ran yesterday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on more than 150 parcels of land in Aiken County. Bidders secured sales across property lots as officials noted strong participation and steady bidding activity.
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Aiken County Court House
Ginny Southworth
Aiken County
Lst
Aiken Standard
W.H. Boylston
Johnny Ray
Carl Smith
Nathan Osbon
Aiken
Monetta
USC-A to Administer NEH Grant for Statewide Humanities Institutes
USC Aiken will administer a $500000 NEH funded program to boost humanities and writing in public schools. USC system receives $200000 outright with $137000 in ceve. matching funds to be raised privately. Fifteen institutes across seven systems including sites in Clemson Winthrop Spartanburg Aiken Charleston and the Midlands will run June 1984 to August 1985 for teachers with stipends and possible college credit.
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Usc-Aiken
Robert Alexander
USCA
University of South Carolina System
National Endowment For the Humanities
Washington, D.C
Ceve
South Carolina University System
NEH
University
Columbia School
Alexander
Clemson
Winthrop
Spartanburg
Aiken
Charleston
Citadel
Baptist College of Charleston
College of Charleston
Midlands
USC
Jaycee County Fair Opens With Rides and Specials
The Jaycee County Fair begins at 6 p.m. with Deggeller Attractions midway and a free circus. Regular admission is 1.50 with free parking, and special discounts run on Students Night Local Merchants Night and Aiken Standard Day. The fairgrounds sit on U.S. 1 north of Aiken.
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Jaycee County Fair
Deggeller
Jaycee
Warren Lucas
Sion
Aiken
Jaycee Fairgrounds
U.S. 1
Keith Head Killed in One Car Wreck Near Abbeville
Claude Keith Head 25 USC Aiken student and Foxfire co author died in a single vehicle crash on South Carolina 28 six miles north of Abbeville. The native of Scaly Mountain North Carolina, Rabun Gap graduate, had re entered USC Aiken and lived in Graniteville. Funeral plans were incomplete.
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Claude Keith Head
University of South Carolina-Aiken
Abbeville
Richard Simpson
Head
S.C. 28
Scaly Mountain
N. C
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School
Aiken High School Beats South Aiken 21 12 in Friday Football
Aiken High School defeated South Aiken 21 to 12 in a Friday football game. The result boosts Aiken’s season as fans discuss the rivalry and venue rumors.
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Aiken High School
Rutland Drive
Aiken
South Aiken
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Fran Chapman Eatianer
Judy Hoffmeyer
Usc-A
Sue Lorch
Beverly Busching
College of Education
The
Ture
Dr. Alexander
Patricia Candle
Georgetown
Beverly A. Busching
Usc-Columbia
Keith Head
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