Beech Island Church Helps Family After Fire
Members of Good Hope Baptist Church collect clothing and furniture for the E L Hutto family who lost a home on Herndon Dairy Road to a Wednesday night fire. Seven adults, three teens and a two year old were displaced. donations can be dropped at the Beech Island Fire Dept or arranged with Rev. Howard Ogletree at 648-9930.
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Beech Island
Good Hope Baptist Church
E.L. Hutto
Howard Ogletree
Herndon Dairy Road
Ogletree
Beech Island Fire Dept
Columbia Chitlin Strut Named Top Southeast Event
Columbia Salley's Chitlin Strut is included in the Southeast Tourism Society Top 20 Events in the Southeast calendar. The festival series highlights 20 events across the region for October November and December with the Columba event set for November 29.
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Salley Chitlin’ Strut
Columbia — Salley
Southeast
The
Southeast Tourism Society
South Carolina
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
Tennessee
Aiken County School District Opens Golden Circle Club
The Golden Circle Club invites seniors over 60 or 65 to join for free access to most school activities. Calls to 648-1311 extension 297 or mailing P O Box 1137 Aiken S C request cards. Lifetime membership. existing cards remain valid.
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Aiken County
Golden Circle Club
Office of Information Services
P.O. Box
Aiken
S.C
Search Continues For Aiken Bank Bandit
Police pursue a bank robber who entered Security Federal Savings and Loan, leaped the counter, and escaped with a freshly delivered bag of cash in under a minute. An accomplice waited at the back door. a brown getaway car was found nearby sans plates. No injuries reported.
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Security Federal Savings and Loan
Lowman Tyler
Mitchell Shopping Center
Wyatt Johnson Named Official Fish Inspector in Aiken
Wyatt Johnson, retiring director of engineering and public works, was named official fish inspector at the city reservoir by unanimous city council vote. He pledged to diligently fulfill his new duties, amid notes from local residents.
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Wyatt Johnson
Johnson
Aiken
Bernard Welborn
Upper Savannah
Edgefield May Offer Five Mobile Home Ordinance Options
Edgefield town council weighs five alternatives to the mobile home ordinance after a crowded special meeting. Mayor Robert H. McKie proposes referendums, nulling, modifying, keeping, or creating a planning commission to study land use with zoning contractors. Opposition voiced, council urged prompt action while ensuring proper written procedures.
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Edgefield
Robert H. McKie
SRP Credit Union Report Recommends Management Changes
A Savannah River Plant Credit Union committee found no fraud after a three month study but urged changes in management and operations. The three member panel sent a mass mail to over 18 000 members detailing findings, noting poor morale in some departments and the need for clearer job descriptions policy manuals and regular employee meetings.
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Savannah River Plant
du Pont
Defense Plant
B.T. Crider
Clearwater
Crider
Credit Union
Ben E. McLain
McLain
Board of Directors
Edgefield Council Divided Over Mobile Home Ordinance
Edgefield residents split over the town ban on adding mobile homes as the mayor offered five alternatives at the October 6 meeting. Mary McCain and Freda Davis voiced dissatisfaction accusing the council of evading issues while Mary Boyd urged public input before final options are set.
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Edgefield
Robert H. McKie
Mary McCain
Freda Davis
Mary Boyd
Lower Savannah Council Cuts Board Members
The Lower Savannah Council of Governments voted 13 to 8 to reduce its 48 member board to 36 by attrition. Each county will appoint four officials and two at large members with two minority seats. By law changes also tighten attendance and alter executive director appointments.
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Denmark
Savannah
Council of Governments
James Walsh
LSCOG
Council of Government
Ron Jackson
Allendale
Calvin Wright
Orangeburg
Eric P. Thompson
Orangeburg County
Thompson
David Whitehead
Holly Hill
Whitehead
COG
Higher Drinking Age Changes Campus Life at USCA
The state raises the drinking age from 20 to 21, affecting about 43 percent of USC Aiken students after midnight Saturday. University officials plan to enforce ID checks, stamp attendees at events, and offer nonalcoholic alternatives while continuing beer and wine at select functions.
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USC Aiken
Chris Plyler
USCA
Plyler
Pacer Union Board
Mia Johnson
PUB
Miss Johnson
Georgia
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Aiken Bank Bandit
Tyler
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Roger Martin
McKie
Greg Anderson
Coleman
Tim O'Dell
Robert Bridges
Richland and
Laurens Streets
SRP Credit Union
SRP
Lower Savannah
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