Beech Island Ferris wheel stands as landmark owner says
The 40 foot tall two person bucket Ferris wheel on Shorty Hall's property near Old Jackson Highway in Beech Island serves as a landmark though it has not operated since Hall bought it at auction about a decade ago. Hall recalls buying the 1940s model carnival ride to fulfill a childhood wish for an Erector Set, disassembling and reassembling it with a crew, and then locking it for preservation. Lights and a star decorate it at Christmas, and Hall notes a proposed sale to buyers from another state that never materialized. The Eli Bridge Co. remains a long time maker of rides in Jacksonville Illinois, tied to the wheel's origin.
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Old Jackson Highway
Beech Island
Shorty Hall
Hall
Eli Bridge Co
Haley Hughes
History of the Ferris wheel and its origins
The 1893 Chicago World’s Fair featured the Ferris wheel as a center piece to rival Paris landmarks. Debuting May 1, 1893, it drew about 1.5 million riders before closing. The idea inspired by George Ferris and later replicated as the Big Eli wheel in Jacksonville, Illinois on May 23, 1900.
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Chicago
Hyde Park
George Ferris
Sullivan
Jacksonville
Ill
Central Park
Aiken NephCure Walk set at Odell Weeks Center
NephCure supporters in Aiken plan a 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday walk at the H. Odell Weeks Activities Center on Whiskey Road to raise funds for nephrotic syndrome research. Registration is free. walkers raising 100 dollars or more receive a T shirt. For details call 641-5152 or visit nephcureaikenwalk.kintera.org/faf/home.
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Aiken
H. Odell Weeks
Whiskey Road
NephCure Foundation
Kintera. Org
Faforhome
Cedar Creek Clean Sweep Fundraiser Goes For Charity and Community
Cedar Creek Ladies Club hosts Clean Sweep and Good Stuff Emporium at H Odell Weeks Center from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday Oct 22. The event supports The Lydia Project and Golden Harvest Food Bank with table fees and vendor sales open to area residents. Proceeds benefit cancer tote bags and local food drives while leftover items are picked up for The Cumbee Center thrift store.
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Cedar Creek
Aikenites
H. Odell Weeks
Lynda Platt
Cancer
Lydia Project
Golden Harvest Food Bank
Golden Harvest
Cumbee Center
Richland Avenue
Platt
Nancy Karl
Aiken
Aiken Area
Lydia
Food Bank
Community relief drives organize for Hurricane Andrew victims
Area residents join Florida relief efforts Aug 1992 with drives at Foreman Memorial Baptist Church New Ellenton 207 Smith Ave to ship supplies to Miami. Donations of food water money and items like pillows blankets and pets are requested while local fund drives support Andrew victims through Warrenville First Baptist and Golden Harvest Food Bank.
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Foreman Memorial Baptist Church
New Ellenton
Rene ‘Otras
Columbia
Miami
Foreman Memorial
Aiken
Sparta
U.S. 1
Golden Harvest Food Bank
Rick Martin
Warrenville First Bap
Andrew
Martin
Ay Apmng
Church of 6
Aiken County
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W.E. Sullivan
Odell
NephCure
Suzanner. Stone
Suzanne Stone
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Aiken Standard
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Cedar Creek Ladies Club
H. Odell, Weeks Activities Center
Abas
Keen Road
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Scrat Gom
Sporky
Bradbury's
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