17 Oct 1978
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1978
Page
1
Local pageant highlight Kim Wright wins Miss Cotton at the Cotton Festival last weekend. A Cox County resident is amused by a spouse misinterpreting a jog as a run to Hopeland Gardens for a photo display. William E. Johnson recalls city upbringing amid St Patrick’s Day parade joke.
The forecast calls for lows in the 40s tonight and highs in the 60s tomorrow. A chance of showers is expected Thursday. Friday and Saturday look fair with daytime highs in the 60s and 70s and overnight lows in the 40s.
The Aiken County Board of Education meets tonight at 8 in the Educational Center conference room. Agenda items include Wagener-Salley High vocational additions and Wagener Elementary School expansion, a computer system purchase proposal, mileage rate increase to 16 cents, FOIA policy changes, and a pre meeting report by the PVC membrane roofing committee with C.L. Williamson Morgan Holley Ira Coward and Pete Peters.
Tonight's meeting will honor Cleve Edmunds Forest L Kirby and L V Davis as they wind down four year terms amid a long agenda including a new vice chairman appointment and several financial and legal items.
Polish cardinal Karol Wojtyla, now Pope John Paul II, tells cardinals at the Sistine Chapel his aim is to complete the Second Vatican Council reforms with prudent but stimulating action. He warns loyalty to council rules must not override core doctrinal truths and pledges broader ecumenism while limiting political intervention to religious and moral aims.
A Montmorenci fire department responded at 3 42 am to a blaze at Bodies Service Station and General Store, the seventh in a string of mysterious fires blamed on probable arson The owner Hubert Bodie suffered a sharp blow as the incident follows earlier gutted vacant houses in the town within weeks, fueling community fear and suspicion of the same arsonist.
Fay Hatcher of Windsor campaigns for a seat on the Aiken County Council addressing roads and revenue sharing as top voter concerns in Windsor and Wagener areas. She notes residents want better roads and clearer funds distribution.
Eleanor Rumph, Wagener town council member, runs as Republican for Aiken County Council District one. She stresses independence and candor, aiming to serve district residents and act on convictions regardless of party.
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