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Newspaper

Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Sep 08, 1996

Page

4

Weather Outlook Tomorrow Evening

Tomorrow evening at 7 45 p m cloudy skies with a low around 88 degrees. Winds light and variable with no precipitation expected.

Midland student earns top arts honors at Furman University

Erin Marie Thomas of Bath and Midland Valley High School won the J Marion Magill Music Award at the S C Governor's School for the Arts held at Furman University. She plays the French horn and is the daughter of Ginny King and Jimmy Thomas. The program lasts five weeks and emphasizes visual literary and performing arts.

Midland Erin Marie Thomas Bath Midland Valley High School S.C

North Augusta seat belt push raises usage to 92 percent

North Augusta reports a 92 percent seat belt usage in a recent survey, up from 90 percent, aided by public education and enforcement. Georgia primary law and South Carolina secondary rules influence driver behavior, with crash test dummies visiting schools to spread caution.

North Augusta Tim Pearson Pearson Augusta Georgia South Carolina NADPS Vince Larry Dle

Fall Into Aiken Festival Combines Two School Events

The Fall Into Aiken Festival on Oct 5 mixes St. Mary’s School eighth chocolate festival with Aiken Preparatory’s fall festival. Dowtown merchants join, Best Friend Express provides transport, and a $1000 raffle tops a day of games, rides, cake, cookies, performances, and a silent auction.

Aiken WRDW TV Channel 12 Best Friend Express St. Mary's School Aiken Preparatory School Aiken Development Corporation Aiken Preparatory Carrie Morgan Daniel Lamonds Young Young At Heart Michael Wilbanks Southland Express Aiken Gymnastics Andy Watford

Coast Guard Auxiliary Offers Navigation Courses in Augusta

The US Coast Guard Auxiliary begins navigation lessons Tuesday at 7 30 PM at Port Authority Building Augusta No 4 Fifth Street. The basic course runs seven weeks covering navigation marine magnetic compass charts tools dead reckoning and piloting. The advanced course runs 11 weeks adding current sailing tides radio navigation and planning. Both require 25 dollars and include textbooks workbooks and charts. Certificates awarded. For information call Augusta 722 1388 or Aiken 649 2333.

Coast Guard Auxiliary Port Authority Fifth Street Augusta Aiken

Nifty-50s and a State in Political Turmoil

A first person reminiscence from a University of South Carolina senior in 1954 detailing prices at local eateries, a Five Points soda fountain job, and the heated Senate race between Burnet Maybank and Edgar Brown. It notes Strom Thurmond as a write-in option and rising partisan tensions across South Carolina.

Varsity Drive-in Columbia Cogburn’s O.J. Simpson University of South Carolina Phil Faile Five Points South Carolina West Point Burnet Maybank Charleston Democratic Executive Committee Maybank Edgar Brown Barnwell Strom Thurmond Olin Johnston

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