McGee Reflects on County Progress and Plans to Retire
Homer McGee says the courthouse dispute is nonpartisan and his committee can present sound proposals. He cites moves to centralize county offices at the former Aiken County Hospital and praises probate judge Carl Hair's location. McGee notes accomplishments under his four years on the council, including new personnel policies and a purchasing department, and plans retirement after this term. He is 58 and active in community affairs. Monday: The School Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGee
Aiken County Hospital
Aiken County
Aiken
Calvin the Con-Man Preys on S C Small Businessmen
South Carolina investigators warn of a con artist dubbed Calvin the Conman who fleeces real estate offices and small merchants for up to 400 dollars daily. The scheme sells fake map advertising prints in deals that never materialize, with victims from Columbia to North Carolina, harming legitimate map and street guide advertisers.
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Calvin
Bill Kadlowec
South Carolina
DCA
North Carolina
Kadlowec
Ross Denies Racism In 1978 Campaign
Ross defended the Republican party against charges of racism in a Greenville news conference. He claimed GOP outreach to blacks has grown, citing Gov. James B. Edwards first black appointments and support for single member Senate districts. He predicted Republican gains in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
Greenville
Daniel I. Ross
Donald L. Fowler
Ross
James B. Edwards
Edwards
Industrial Commission and
State Development Board
Senate
DuPont
Community Calendar Highlights for Today and Monday
A dense schedule lists events from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. including National Federation of the Blind at Odell Weeks Center and Senior Citizens Club at Citizens Clubhouse. Other activities cover Narcotics Anonymous sessions, AA, art shows in Aiken and Laurens Street areas, family planning at Saron Baptist Church, and a Halloween carnival at Aiken Elementary. Community groups meet at Vaucluse Elementary, Doll House Hopeland Gardens, and Aiken Community Playhouse. The listings also note Rotary Club, Lions Club, USC Aiken sessions, and city council meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Federation of Blind
Odell Weeks Center
Senior Citizens Club
Citizens Clubhouse
Narcotics Anonymous
St. S
MVS
New Ellenton
Aiken Artist Guild
Laurens Street
Park Avenue
Rural Health Services
Saron Baptist Church
Wagener
Aiken
Vaucluse
Vaucluse Elementary
Doll House
Hopeland Gardens
St. Jude's Hospital
Aiken Community Playhouse
Aiken A.A
Linden St
Aiken County Museum
Rotary Club
Ramada Inn
L.B.C
Lions Club
Lions Clubhouse
South Carolina Today
Usc-Aiken
Bookmobile Schedule For Week Of October 23
The bookmobile routes run Monday to Friday visiting multiple towns and sites with specific time slots. Readable stops include Stiefeltown Breezy Hill Wheat’s Grocery Woodcrest Downer Beech Island Rus sell Cleaners Edison Heights Jackson Woodridge Edgewood Lakewood Circle Langley Nutrition Site Roberts Bath Langley Gloverville Valley Homes Morris Grocery McClain's Fulmer Sander's Cromer's Monetta Kneece Hartley Foxtown Fulmer Ridgecrest Elko Fire Tower Long Branch Boiling Springs Kline Barnwell Library Black's Hilda Bamberg Windsor Woodward Belvedere Big Star 7-11 Westmount and more.
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Stiefeltown
Breezy Hill
Wheat’s Grocery
Woodcrest
Downer
Beech Island
Russell Cleaners
Edison Heights
Jackson
Woodridge-Edgewood
Lakewood Circle
Langley Nutrition Site
Roberts
Bath
Langley
Gloverville
Valley Homes
Morris Grocery
McClain’s
Fulmer's
Sander’s
Cromer’s
Monetta
Kneece
Hartley
Foxtown
Fulmer
Ridgecrest
Elko
Long Branch
Boiling Springs
Kline
Barnwell County Library
Black's
Hilda
Bamberg County Library
Windsor Post Office
Woodward Subdivision
Crosland Park
Hahn Street
St. John’s Nutrition
Graniteville Nutrition
Midland Valley
Belvedere
Big Star
Westmount
Also Mentioned on This Page
Homer L. McGee
Aiken Memorial Park
Lin Smithwick
Homer McGee
the School Board
S.C
By Thurmond Whatley
Daniel L. Ross Gop
EFEL
Frontier Wood
Eastern Wood
Whiskey Rd. Hwy. 19 South
Dial
St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church
North Augusta
Aiken County Rescue Squad
Aiken County Ambulance Commission
Riegel Textile Corporation
Marshall Cain
Marshall
Columbia
Arkenites
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