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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1972
Page
5
Infant Chelet Carleen Allen daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Allen of 304 Railroad Street Graniteville died Monday Funeral services set for today at 4 p m Bethlehem Baptist Church with Rev James Robinson officiating Burial will be in Graniteville Cemetery
Funeral services for Robert E. Nixon 47 who died from injuries in a Oct. 13 Washington auto crash will be held at Folk Funeral Home chapel in Williston tomorrow at 11 a.m. Rev. Thomas Terry will officiate. Burial follows in Williston Cemetery. Survived by two sons Robert Blair Nixon Chicago MI and Phillip Randall Nixon Tacoma Wash. his mother Mrs. John Blair Nixon Sr Blackville. sister Mrs. Virginia N. Scott Atlanta. brothers John B. Nixon Jr Blackville and Rev. Kenneth W. Nixon Aiken.
James Lee Holloway died Saturday at his New York City residence. Funeral services are set for Sunday at 3 p.m. at Zron Field Baptist Church with Rev. Simon O Neal officiating. Burial follows in the churchyard. He was a native of Aiken County and had lived in New York for four years. Surviving are his parents, Mr and Mrs Monroe Holloway of Aiken, four brothers, and a sister, Mrs Mary Walker of Washington DC. Friends may call at 559 Sumter St NE, Aiken, or Miller's Funeral Home in Aiken.
Mrs Evelyn Graves Hammond Sr 56 died Wednesday in an Augusta hospital The Edgefield First Baptist Church officiated by Rev Tom Collins and Rev J T Littlejohn Burial was set for East View Cemetery She was a native of Edgefield County a member of the First Baptist Church Survived by widower Robert Carroll Hammond Jr Edgefield and two sisters Grady Hammond and Sim Hammond of Madoc Friends may call at Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home or at 1003 Beaverdam St Edgefield
Charles Linwood Wright of 711 Merriweather Dr died Wednesday in a local hospital. Funeral services will be held today at 5 p.m. in Posey's Chapel North Augusta with Rev. Robert C. Faulkner officiating. Burial will be Saturday in Lynchburg Virginia under Whitten Funeral Home. He was a Norfolk native and a retired N and W Railroad clerk. Surviving is his son Charles N Wright of North Augusta.
Clarence A. Thonander 64 of 1013 Chatfield St. N.E. Aiken died Tuesday at a Augusta hospital. Funeral Saturday at 2 p.m. in George Funeral Home chapel with Rev. John B. McCullough officiating. Burial in Sunset Memory Gardens. He was a Chicago native, lived in Aiken since 1965, retired from H.M. Harper Co., Chicago, and was WWI veteran. Survived by widow Anna Schneider Thonander. Visitation at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday or Friday.
Willie E. Willis aged 76 of RFD 4 Aiken widow of Lillie Seigler Willis died today at Aiken County Hospital after an extended illness. Funeral arrangements are to be announced by George Funeral Home in Aiken.
Claude Wooten of Langley died Tuesday in an Augusta hospital. Funeral services will be held today at 4 30 p m at Gloverville Baptist Church with Revs Al Thielke and W M Corley officiating. Burial is in Sunset Memory Gardens. He was a World War II veteran and a painter. Surviving are a daughter Glenda Johnson of Augusta two sons Larry R Wooten of Aiken Ted I Wooten of Langley two sisters Lila Woodward and Pauline Langley of Bath. Pallbearers are Billy Rearden Bertis Corbett Albert Myers Charlie Adkinson C T Renfroe and Jimmy Nappier.
Gov John West's Oct 2 pledge against leniency on liquor laws has led to about 40 ABC administrative cases. Hilton Head Island lounges are tied with Charleston for most actions, with many other towns in the state reporting investigations of shops, groceries, and resorts.
Aiken County youth Franklin Wright was arrested Tuesday on burglary and aggravated assault charges after an attack on a Beech Island woman. Police recovered a purse with coins, a ring, and a food-stamp book. a tool box valued at 750 dollars was stolen from a Ramada Inn station wagon.
Frankie Lan, teaching prisoners in a former horse stable building in Columbia, finds his life’s mission behind bars. He helps inmates take high school courses and pursue college work, distributes gifts at Christmas, and compares prison life with outside society, finding peace in service.
Anchorage Alaska AP reports plans to resume the search for Hale Boggs and three others aboard a missing plane. An armada of 35 to 40 aircraft and crews is set to attempt takeoffs in cool clear weather despite earlier weather concerns.
Irene Rudnick in a statement challenges Representative Marshall Cain over the county's 66 515 spending on voting machines. She argues only one bid existed, urges contacting seven manufacturers, notes election costs rose by 800, and warns a single penal poll worker could invalidate results. She also accuses Cain of backing the Judicial Reform Bill reducing voters rights.
The Aiken Area Council on Aging meets 7:30 p.m. at St Johns Methodist Church. The Aiken Duplicate Bridge Club gathers 7:30 p.m. at the Senior Citizens Bridge Club in Crosland Park. Tomorrow the Food Stamp Office opens a Beech Island branch 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at First State Bank Civic Room. The Senior Citizens Club also meets 7:30 p.m. at the Crosland Park clubhouse.
State Senate candidate John Harte Jr rebutted opponent remarks at a New Elent GOP meeting saying his plan would end the sales tax on prescription drugs for all. Senator Gilbert McMillan argues the elderly exemption already exists and urged Harte to detail his legislative record for Aken County. A brush fire impacted Los Padres National Forest affecting condor habitat with about 60 remaining.
Martin described chasing two robbers after a store hold up, saying he kept a gun in his wrecker and could not tell his speed. He provided the license plate to the sheriff as investigators Woodrow Wilson and Ben Willis continued the inquiry into the No. 1 four lane highway pursuit toward Georgia. No injuries were reported.
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