...hardwood trees along Aiken's streets and avenues, according to St. Thaddeus of Aiken, by H. Addison McClearen and S. Owen Sheetz. Henry Dibble, then the president of the Bank of Western Carolina, is credited with leading the effort to plant...

...Oaks on the south side of the city. Mr. McClearen co-authored St. Thaddeus of Aiken: A Church and its City with S. Owen Sheetz in 1994. The book, complete with meticulous graphics and rare photographs, is virtually a history of Mr. McClearen's...