Edgefield Holding Special Town Election For Council Seats
Filing closes Friday for Edgefield’s November 3 special municipal election to select an at large mayor and six council members from six districts. Incumbent William A Reel Jr is sole mayoral candidate. Districts 1 through 6 list six, seven, five, three, three, and two candidates respectively. Districts 2 3 and 6 likely yield black representation. The move to single member districts follows an ACLU suit alleging unfair at large elections. Edgefield has 2713 residents with 1290 black residents.
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Edgefield
William A. Reel Jr
John Ellis
Charles Mathis
Lynda Lee
Mark Adams
Joseph McCain
William Jackson
Embry Scurry
Kenneth Peeler
Robert Rodgers
Glasglow Griffin
Brad Covar
Robert Thomas
John Pettigrew
American Civil Liberties Union
Aiken Technical offers WORDSTAR intro course
Aiken Technical College will run an introductory WORDSTAR course on Tuesdays and Thursdays from Oct 6 to Oct 22, 5 30 to 8 p m, cost 70 dollars, call 593 9231 for details Edgefield Town Council meets tonight at 7 30 in Municipal Building conference room with an audit report reassessments and millage discussion per town clerk Charlotte Cheatham
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Aiken Technical College
Edgefield
Charlotte Cheatham
Regular Meeting In Wagener Tonight At 7 30
Wagener town council will hold a regular meeting at 7 30 PM in the town hall. No meeting agenda is available.
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Wagener
Hennelly Named Chairman of Aiken County Bush for President Committee
Edward J. Hennelly is named chairman of the Aiken County Bush for President Committee. A former Aiken County Republican Party chairman, he has long served in GOP affairs since 1956 and earned a PhD from Princeton after graduating Union College. He led the American Nuclear Society and retires from the Savannah River Plant Laboratory after 37 years.
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Edward J. Hennelly
Aiken County
Hennelly
Republican Party
Union College
Princeton University
American Nuclear Society
Savannah River Plant Laboratory
Water council to discuss Ridge Spring water system
Ridge Spring Town Council meets at 7 30 PM in the town hall conference room to discuss the Ward waterline project and improvements to the Ridge Spring water system per town clerk Florence K Household er.
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Ridge Spring
Ward
Florence K. Householder
Elisa Monte Dance Company to Perform at USC Aiken Etherredge Center
Jeff Hankinson from Aiken now dances with Elisa Monte Dance Company based in New York City. The group performs Friday October 9 at 8 p.m. in Etherredge Center with tickets 12 advance 15 at the door. Hankinson will dance in Pigs and Fishes and Dreamtime along with Anima and Treading. The program showcases jazz modern and ballet under director Carl Crosby remarks on modern dance freedom and the companys growing acclaim.
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Jeff Hankinson
Aiken
Crosby School of Dance
Hankinson
Elisa Monte Dance Company
New York City
USC Aiken
Etherredge Center
Etherredge
Carl Crosby
Aiken Civic Ballet
Crosby
Martha Graham
America
Bob Fosse
Elisa Monte
Spoleto
Charleston
Fat Americans rally in Newark group says fat is fine
Lewis Grizzard discusses a convention of the National Association to Aid Fat Americans in Newark. He satirically weighs in on the idea that being fat is acceptable and describes members including Mary Jane Grace Brown and anecdotes about their spouses, humor, and attitudes toward weight.
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National Association To Aid
NAAFA
Newark
N.J
Dogpatch
Us.a
Booger Hollow
Eureka Springs
Ark
Northeast
Mary Jane Grace- Brown
Ludlow Porch
Toledo
Grace- Brown
James
Brown
Jerusalem
Cordie Mae
Phillpot
First Class Curtain Becomes Battlefield of Air Travel
A Travel and Leisure story notes a California woman won $8 000 after alleging a first class passenger cursed and shoved her in line for the bathroom. The piece mocks the divide between tourist and first class, calling it a Berlin Wall of the airways and predicting further incursions into first class privilege.
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Travel & Leisure Magazine
California
Red Square
Soviet Union
Berlin
Airways
Smoke detectors urged to cut South's fire deaths
Inspector Pete Frommer of the Aiken Department of Public Safety warns smoke detectors save lives as South Carolina nears Alaska in fire death toll. He cites 172 deaths in 1987, six in Aiken, and calls for inexpensive detectors in every home, proper battery maintenance, and UL-tested units to prevent fatalities from smoke and toxic fumes.
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South Carolina
Alaska
Pete Frommer
Aiken
Frommer
Women Career Workshop by ATC with Dr Lucille Ryan
Dr Lucille Ryan presents Women Framers of the Future at Aiken Technical College October 12 at 7 p.m. in the auditorium. The session outlines 13 executive career moves and risk-taking traits and includes a bibliography on women in business.
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Lucille Ryan
Aiken Technical College
Ryan
Augusta
Mary Gene Ryan
Linda Burkhalter
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