Aiken's Makin' Week Adds Public Safety Officers Musical
The event features Singing Public Safety Officers Mike Anderson Allen Eubanks and Mike Day performing Friday at 3 PM. All three are church musicians using faith oriented music. The festival also showcases a hot air balloon high school bands gymnasts puppets cloggers magicians and three Aiken County beauty queens.
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Aiken’s
Public Safety
Mike Anderson
Allen Eubanks
Mike Day
Aiken
Anderson
Temple Baptist Church
Day
Clearwater Baptist Church
Aiken County
Aiken's Makin' Third Annual Special Preview
The Aiken Standard will publish a special section tomorrow highlighting county industries. A downtown map shows exhibit sites and a schedule of events for the event.
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Aiken's
Aiken
CAC Moves Old Church Site To Be Razed
The Aiken County Community Action Commission moved to a new office at York Street and Hampton Avenue in a shopping center near Gregory Drug and Piggy Wiggly. An 18 month lease covers the new space while the former First Presbyterian Church building, occupied by CAC, is slated for demolition next month by Farmers and Merchants Bank to allow an bank operations center to be built. the adjacent education building will be retained.
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Aiken County Community Action Commission
York Street
Hampton Avenue
Gregory Drug
Piggly Wiggly
Top Dollar
CAC
George A. Anderson
Commission
Anderson
Ace Street
Seaton
Park Avenue
First Presbyterian Church
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Wade Brodie
Brodie
Bank
Jazz Concert Is Tuesday at Aiken Auditorium
The Jazz Ambassadors perform next Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Aiken Junior High School Auditorium. The program titled Jazz: A Great American Heritage surveys big-band tunes from the 40s to contemporary sounds. Free tickets available from the North Augusta Chamber of Commerce the Aiken Chamber of Commerce or the Aiken Standard.
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Jazz Ambassadors
Aiken
North Augusta Chamber of Commerce
Aiken Chamber of Commerce
Aiken Standard
Rotary talk miss leads to lighthearted exchange
The Rev. Henry Chennault left Rotary early yesterday saying he would miss the speaker Luther Bigby. Bigby responded that he had missed Chennault's talk the previous night in good humor.
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Henry Chennault
Rotary
Luther Bigby
Bigby
Aiken Birth Rate Drops 20 Percent 1973 to 1977
Aiken's birth rate declined by about twenty percent over the four year period from 1973 through 1977, illustrating a notable demographic shift in the county.
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Aiken
Irate Car Dealers Protest Fee Hike At Aiken Meeting
Aiken car dealers protested sharp licensing fee increases at a City Council session. Dealers Timmerman Foster and Owensby cited hikes from 245 to 582 percent, saying the ordinance enacted in June harms competition with Edgefield and Johnston. Mayor Weeks defended the effort as aiming for equable taxes. no action was taken.
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Aiken
Henry Timmerman
Charlie Foster
Gary Owensby
Howard K. Williamson
Edgefield
Johnston
H. O. Weeks
Kenny Drennan
Savannah River
Aiken County
H.O. Weeks
Kathryn Smith
Prices of Pushed Up 1.1 Percent In August
Washington AP reports consumer prices rose 1.1 percent in August, marking the eighth straight sharp monthly gain as energy costs surged. Food prices were unchanged, while gasoline averaged 96.7 cents a gallon and fuel oil 80 cents per gallon. Weekly earnings fell 0.8 percent, spendable earnings down 0.9 percent, with energy and home ownership driving most of the rise. Transportation costs climbed 1.5 percent amid a 4 percent gasoline surge.
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Washington
Labor Department
Organization of Petroleum Exporting
Carter
Patrick Jackman
Jewelry Prices Rise As Gold Market Soars
The gold market's surge drives higher costs for jewelry and dental work. Gold hits a record 386.20 an ounce, with bracelets up 65 since August. Dentists use gold for crowns and inlays, while silver climbs influence filling costs. Clearing and coin interests rise as people sell scrap gold.
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Elizabeth Bradberry
Bradberry
Skelly Dental Arts
Eva Skelly
Aiken
Fred Greene
Herbert Clein
Clein
Augusta
Gillespie And His Teammates Enjoy Shutouts
Gillespie and his teammates produced shutouts in a recent game, showcasing strong pitching and defense. The article highlights a series of scoreless efforts and team discipline as they dominated their opponents.
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Gillespie
WLOW Radio Sold to John Foskett
Aiken station WLOW AM and FM will be sold to local resident John Foskett from Briar Creek Broadcasting Inc subject to FCC approval. The sale may finalize in December as Briar Creek pursues WHGI and WAUG FM in Augusta. Foskett plans to build on the station’s community role and continue quality programming.
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Wlow Radio
John Foskett
Aiken
WLOW
John F. Foskett
Briar Creek Broadcasting Inc
Federal Communications Commission
A. Mills Fitzner
Briar Creek Broadcasting
Foskett
Riegel Textile Corporations Consumer Products
Johnston
WBOY
West Virginia
Fitzner
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Vy Anderson
Eubanks
F&m Bank
Sarah Caskey
Howard M. Hickey Jr
Hickey
Foster and
Timmerman
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WHGI
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