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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1987
Page
6
Skies remain partly cloudy with mid 40s tonight and highs in the upper 60s to mid 70s tomorrow. The pattern continues Wednesday through Friday with a chance of rain on Wednesday. Coastal and regional zones report highs in the upper 60s to 70s and nights in the upper 40s to 50s.
Bettie Levy, seven, created a bridal themed prototype game Here Comes the Bride which Ungame Inc picked up. The family produced a three layer cake board and bridal imagery leading to 75 000 copies distributed nationwide via toy stores and J C Penney.
In Greenfield Indiana discussions arise about whether Mary Alice Smith or Anna Crabaugh Kiefer inspired James Whitcomb Riley’s poem Little Orphan Annie. Riley experts favor Mary Alice Smith, while Kathryn Gray claims her great aunt Anna Kiefer was the muse.
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices from Aiken County and nearby towns. Entries include Curtis Murphy 69 Route 1 Wayne County native and WWII veteran. Felita Richardson 13 of Old Bell Road. Leon Frazier 65 of Aiken. Genevieve Young Couchton Baptist. Bessie Busbee Graniteville. Ethel Dunton Edgefield. Sam A. Williams Jackson. Helen Simmons 40 of Jefferson Drive. Milton Gray 65 Swainsboro native and longtime Life Underwriters member. Marie Yates 49 North Augusta. Willie Patterson Bronx resident and real estate professional. Pearl Funderburg 81 Graniteville. Dandy Davis Jackson. Joseph Moreno 80 Aiken. Harold Mason 79 Varmland area. Funeral times vary with services today or tomorrow. several burials at local churches and cemeteries.
In Carrabassett Valley Maine a group of L L Bean staffers hike the Appalachian Trail to test and become familiar with the outdoors equipment they merchandise. Training coordinator Ed Babino cites founder Leon Leonwood Bean’s hands on philosophy and the companys no questions asked refunds policy while noting growth from a small regional shop to a mail order powerhouse.
Several obituaries record memorial and funeral services for 1987 deaths in Aiken South Carolina. Names include Joseph A Moreno 80 husband of Cora Elwood Moreno and Pearl Day Funderburg 81 wife of the late Shan Funderburg with services at St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church Posey’s Funeral Home. Additional survivors include grandchildren and nieces. Funeral times noted with interments at Sunset Memory Gardens Ward and Spain United Methodist Cemetery. Friends may visit at local residences in Aiken and North Augusta.
Creed C. Black chairman and publisher of the Lexington Herald Leader is elected president of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association at its 84th annual meeting at The Greenbrier resort in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia. Howard Baker Jr addressed the group as meeting proceedings continued through Wednesday. Cecil Highland Jr elected association board chairman. Larry Franklin named president elect.
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