Aiken Area Calendar Of Community Events And Meetings
The Aiken Standard lists ongoing civic group meetings and events in Aiken County. Highlights include AIKEN AREA COUNCIL ON AGING at St Johns Methodist Church, AIKEN CHESS CLUB at Pet Dairy Building, AIKEN CITY COUNCIL sessions, AIKEN COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS monthly meetings, plus clubs like Lions, Rotary, Jaycees, and Toastmasters. Also featured are museum hours, youth programs, bridge games, and exhibitions such as Jon Formo sculptures at USC Aiken and an April art show at Farmers and Merchants Bank Heritage Room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
Aiken County
Rutland
St. John’s Methodist Church
Aiken Chess Club
Pet Dairy
Highway 215
Aiken Citizens Advisory Council
Aiken City Council
City Hall
Park Avenue
Council
Aiken County Board OF Commissioners
Commissioners
Richland Avenue
Williamsburg Street
Aiken County Board OF Education
Education Center
Edgefield Avenue
Aiken County Board OF Realtors
Aiken County Health Department
Aiken County Museum
Arthur Courtney
Aiken Jaycees
Jaycee Hut
Aiken Lions Club
Lions Hut
Aiken Rotary Club
Aiken Duplicate Bridge Club
Senior Citizens
Crosland Drive
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Graniteville First Baptist Church
Eddie West
Aiken Events Parade Through April Calendar
Local paper lists community meetings and events across Aiken for April including Garden Club lectures at Savannah River Plant ecology, camera club program Kids Cats Canines, Senior Men's Club radar tour, American Legion Auxiliary, Eastern Star, Easter egg hunt at Virginia Acres, Miss Aiken Pageant, League of Women Voters annual meeting, Crosland Park Garden Club, North Augusta Lions Horse Show, Thunderbirds air show at Aiken Municipal Airport, Aiken Artist Guild reception, Welcome Wagon Coffee, Garden Council plant sale, Adib Fazal concert, Langley Bath Clearwater Junior Miss Pageant, Alliance Francaise Aiken meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken Radar Station
North of Aiken
Virginia Acres Recreation Park
Whiskey Road
Aiken
Aiken Rotary Club
Aiken Recreation Department
Antiquities Acts Preserve Past as Family Outing Caution
Archaeology and federal law restrict informal desert trips to ruins and artifacts. National Park Service official Ross Hopkins cites Mesa Verde pottery finds to show how casual digs can uncover clues about ancient trade routes and challenge assumptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teddy Roosevelt
Ross Hopkins
National Park Service
Hopkins
Mesa Verde National Park
Colorado
Central America
Mesa Verde
Cabrillo National Monument
San Diego
Calif
Vatican City: A Small State With Big Powers
Vatican City is described as the smallest sovereign state led by the Pope with full executive, legislative, and judicial powers. It covers 108.7 acres with about 1,000 residents and houses St. Peter's Basilica, museums, and the papal palace. Extraterritorial rights and historic ties to Italy are noted, along with policing of antiquities and the Antiquities Act enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Paul VI
Pontiff
City of
Rome
Vatican Palace
St. Peter's Basilica
Castel
Pontifical Commission
St. Peter's
Papal States
Italy
Kingdom of Italy
Vatican
Leo XII
North Carolina
Hopkins
California
Secretaries of Agriculture, War and Interior
Frankfurt Airport passenger total tops 9.4 million in 1970
Frankfurt Airport in West Germany reported 9,401,842 passengers for 1970, up 17.1 percent from 1969. The facility remains Europe’s third busiest, behind Paris Orly and London Heathrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
Germany
West Germany
Europe
Paris
Orly
London
Heathrow
Births and Deaths at Aiken County Hospital
Births logged in the last two weeks include Manuel Antonio Herrera Douglas Kenneth Keller Kenneth David Plunkett Lara Melissa Cooper Marcus Jamal Brown Cecil Buren Fulmer III Broadus Van Every William Curtis Foster Daphne Anissa Jimmie Lee Jr Kenya McClain Malissa Diane Worley Jeffery Lee Arthurs Deaths recorded include Rastus Smallwood Bessie Etheredge James R Woodward Francis C Wade Winnie Jones Wallace Miles Julia F Ward and others from Aiken County area.
Dog Poisoners Seen As Dangerous Antagonism
C C Willis of the American Humane Association links deliberate pet poisoning to mental aberration and calls for education and veterinary care. He notes poisons like strychnine and arsenic are easily obtained, discusses pet population estimates, and stresses humane societies' role in prevention and responsible pet ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Willis
Animal Protection Services
American Humane Association
Willis
United States
Denver
Colo
U.S. Health Department
Humane Society
New York
American Humane Society
Humane Societies
Sculpture On Exhibit At USCA
Jon Formo, art professor at the University of South Carolina Columbia, has a fourteen-work exhibit in the Ball Room at USCA Aiken Campus as part of the Fine Art Series. His glass and bronze busts, terracotta and steel pieces reflect a broad career with works in collections across the United States and abroad. Formo has commissioned the Great Seal of South Carolina and co founded SC Craftsmen while leading arts groups in Columbia. The show runs during school hours on Newberry Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jon Formo
University of South Carolina
Columbia
University
Aiken
USCA
Formo
Rochester Institute of Technology
South Carolina
Spring Mills
Gibbes Art Gallery
United States
South America
Italy
South Africa
Columbia Guild of Artists
Guild of South Carolina Artists
South Carolina Craftsmen
Southern Sculpture Association
Also Mentioned on This Page
Virginia Acres Activities House
Whiskey Rd
Aiken Welcome Wagon Club
Virginia Acres
American Legion
Spm
Old Airport Road
Whitney Polo Field
Mead Avenue
Commercial Hotel
Sertoma Club
Aiken Barnwell
Newberry St
Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
S. C
S.C
Associated Press
United Press International
Four Seasons Garden Club
Gray Swingle
Robert J. Bayers
Savannah River
Aiken Camera Club
Aiken Day School
Grace Avenue
American Legion Auxiliary
USO Building
Laurens Avenue
South Aiken
Queen City
Order of the Eastern Star
Aiken Masonic Temple
American Association of Retired Persons
Senior Citizens Clubhouse
League of Women Voters of
Palmetto Federal Building
Chesterfield St. Aiken
Crosland Park
Rpm
North Augusta
Lions Club
Lions Memorial Field
Thunderbirds
United States Air Force
Aiken Artist Guild
Farmers and Merchants Heritage Room
Aiken Garden Council
Aiken Farmers Market
Adib Fazal
US Arts Commission
Langley - Bath - Clearwater
L-B-C High School
Im — Alliance Francaised
St Angela Library
Berrie Road
Mary and
Luigi Borelli
Michelangelo
Raphael
St. Peter’s Basilica
St. Peter
Bwsas Cit
Montreal
Toronto
Pacific Northwest
Lakes
Mid Atlantic States
Boston
Aiken County Hospital
Plunkett
Kenneth David
Robert Dewey Plunkett
Cooper
Lara Melissa
Philip Felder Cooper
Marion Street
Fulmer
Cecil Buren, III
Cecil Buren Fulmer Jr
Kalmia Forest Drive
Goff
Broadus van Every
Broadus Goff
Foster
William Curtis
Roy Curtis Foster Jr
Spalding Drive
McClain
Kenya
Clifford MacClain
Camellia Street
Arthurs
Jeffery Lee
Thomas Delano Arthurs
Warrenville
San Francisco
Society For Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
California City
Clea
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