Aiken County Museum to Create Pascalis Room
The Aiken County Museum will dedicate a Pascalis Room featuring the bookcase desk silver and papers of C O Pascalis one of two SC Canal and Railroad engineers who helped survey Aiken in 1834. Joye Ross outlined plans at the Historic Aiken Foundation meeting and noted a touch it room for school children and traveling exhibits beginning with a lighting devices display.
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Aiken County
C.O. Pascalis
Pascalis
South Carolina
Aiken
Historic Aiken Foundation
Joyce Ross
George Caskey
Ross
Winterthur Museum
Delaware
Aiken Museum
Henry Frances DuPont
Winterthur
United States
Charleston
Caskey
Old Boyfriend in the Pasture Sparks Garden Chat
A playful fan letter describes an old boyfriend likened to a sparrow hawk in fields near Aiken. The writer notes the hawk’s diet of grasshoppers and mice, its perches, and vivid features. The piece ends with a light joke about admiring the suitor’s domain.
Starlings Darken Clover Sky Amid Health Concerns
In Clover, York County, thousands of starlings roost daily on a field behind 207 Bethel St and roost townsfolk. Health officials test soil for bird droppings fungus linked to flu like illness. council weighs actions pending guidance from environmental experts.
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Clover
York County
Bethel St
Sarah Burns
Bill Sentelle
Sentelle
York County Health Department
State Department of Health and Environmental Control
Arthur DiSalvo
DHEC
DiSalvo
South Carolina
Laurens County
The Schroder House Razed On Greenville Street
Aiken’s historic Schroder House, a unique mid 1800s raised cottage once tied to Charlestonians fleeing malaria, was demolished last week. Built in the 1850s by John Marienhoff and later owned by W A Lythgoe, the structure highlighted Savannah style and second floor living with service areas beneath.
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Greenville Street
Schroder
Aiken
Coker
Sandhills
John Marienhoff
W.A. Lythgoe
Historic Schroder House in Aiken Faces Move or Loss
The Schroder family, German immigrants, bought the house at the turn of the century and descendants lived there until the early 1970s after Juanita Schroder's death. A private corporation recently owned the property and transferred it to the Historic Aiken Foundation only if moved, but moving costs and vandalism threaten the old home.
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Schroders
Juanita Schroder
Historic Aiken Foundation
Derrick To Speak On Special Schools
Rep Butler Derrick of South Carolina will address the Aiken County Association for Retarded Citizens at Bath Special School on Spoffard Road Bath from 6 30 to 7 p m. The talk focuses on special education and federal legislation.
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Bath
Butler C. Derrick
D-S.c
Aiken County Association For Retarded Citizens
Bath Special School
Spoffard Road
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Aiken Standard
Aiken, S.C
Aiken County Museum
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Hayne Avenue
Bee Lane
Stanford Anderson
South Carolina Commission For the Humanities and
The
Foundation
Odeur de Grasshoppaire
eUltra
Kalmia Mall
Derrick
Appt
Greyhound
G. N. Snelling
Greene St
Augusta, Ga
Kid Power
Dingo
Jarmen
Osaga
Tony Dorsett
Phillip’ Ies
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