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Newspaper
Aiken County Register
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1983
Page
12
Helen Marine defends savers and skewers collectors in a humorous column. She recalls saving habits from polo balls to film canisters and yarn scraps, arguing saving provides security, while critics call items junk.
A nostalgic plea for storing and valuing old letters, photos, magazines, and various keepsakes. The piece argues that items long deemed junk may hold personal or historical value, from eclipse ephemera to grandma Moses style art, with a humorous nod to garage sales and unappreciated memories. It also includes a bridge hand story from the Aiken Cup tournament.
Birding notes report early arrivals this season with white-throated sparrows at feeders as early as October 17 and October 15 in the field. Purple finch and house finch sightings precede typical dates, goldfinches and juncos also noted. Northern oriole to be watched this winter, with many reports of southern Canada to CSRA routes. Yellow rumped warblers migrate from Canada in large numbers, bringing a lively winter avifauna.
The 27th and 28th inductees are Archibald H. Rutledge, poet laureate of SC who died in 1973, and Benjamin E. Mays, Morehouse College president and former United Negro College Fund head. The hall honors notable SC figures at Myrtle Beach’s Convention Center. Augusta College to start Paralegal certificate program this winter for graduates. apply by December 2.
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