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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1986
Page
5
Staff reporter Lynne Katonak writes a nostalgic column enumerate vanished childhood joys. She laments the end of double popsicles along with other bygone items such as newsreels, white margarine, blueing, unhomogenized milk, and aging car models, musing on dotage and changing times.
April brings several observances from playful jokes on April Fools Day to International Twit Award Month and National Humor Month. Pets Are Wonderful Month also runs April 1 to 30, celebrating responsible pet ownership alongside Chase's Annual rents.
Daisy Robinson, a 53 year old former Bath Mill harn ess builder, lost work when the mill closed in 1986. She retrained through Literacy Action of Aiken County with tutoring at the Baptist Center, gaining reading and writing skills that improved her store duties and customer interactions while she seeks a new textile job.
The Literacy Action program trains volunteers to tutor adults in reading and writing using the Laubach method. About 100 participants and 93 tutor-trainers exist, with around 4,000 illiterate adults in Aiken County. The ten hour workshop prepares tutors, and completion enables enrollment in adult classes. The program is free and confidential. Call Mrs. Knotts at 593-9258 for details.
A dense listing of local events and services across Aiken and North Augusta. Meetings cover Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon groups at Linden Street locations, apartments and health clinics operate morning to late afternoon, and community groups like Rotary, Toastmasters, Jaycees, and Ambucs meet at various venues. Public health clinics offer screenings, dental care, family planning, and WIC. ATC Spring Quarter registration runs 5 to 9 pm, and Alzheimer’s film shown at the Aiken County Historical Museum.
A rundown of local events spanning April including a dog fans match at H Odell Weeks Center on April 5 with 593 9500, a sanctioned dog club match in Hephzibah on April 6, a Fashion and Talent Show on April 5 at Trenton Gymnasium, and an April 7 health systems board meeting open to the public. Additional listings cover Clemson microwave seminars on April 7, a National Federation of the Blind paper drive April 12, a Fields Family Reunion April 27 at Gregg Park, and a June reunion for Aiken High School Class of 1961 with several contact numbers.
A list of events for April with meetings at Aiken County Health Department and various venues. Highlights include A.A. groups, senior citizen activities, health screenings, Toastmasters, club meetings, and USC Aiken forums across Aiken and North Augusta venues.
Representing America 1900 to 1940 an exhibition of 39 paintings from the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York has been organized for the Flint Institute of Arts. It will be on view April 27 to June 15.
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