Camellia Society Leaders Grow Closer Through Stamps
Aikenite Thomas C. Evans and Milton Brown, executive secretary of the American Camellia Society, bonded at a 1971 camellia show. Brown oversees a commemorative camellia stamp honoring Betty Sheffield Supreme to be issued April 23 in Fort Valley Georgia with a first day cover. Rosalynn Carter may attend. stamps go on sale April 28.
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Betty Sheffield
American Camellia Society
Massee Lane
Fort Valley
Brown
U.S. Postal Service
Rosalynn Carter
Carter
U.S
American Society
Daniel E. Nathan
Jack Brinkley
Georgia
Brinkley
Postal Service
George M. Cohan
Plunderosa: Horace McGee’s Antique Treasure Empire
Horace McGee runs Plunderosa on Airport Road in Aiken County turning junk into sought after pieces. He buys, scavenges, and prices items from Tiffany lamps to ice boxes while awaiting buyers as his lifelong project grows.
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Aiken County
Airport Road
Horace McGee
McGee
Humor as a street light and the demand for sensitivity
The speaker defends the daily balance of humor and offense in art amid grim realities. He compares humor to a street light that everyone wants yet resists near their own home. He acknowledges missteps and the urge for lighter relief without harming others.
Erma Bombeck on humor and human resilience in public life
The syndicated columnist discusses using humor to cope with pain for diverse groups including the elderly, disabled, widowed, divorced, and ministers' families. She notes humor is personal and urges readers not to suppress laughter while sharing a parable about a man with a wooden eye and a girl with large ears at a dance.
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Tom Evans
Aiken
Milton Brown
Evans
Plunderosa
Ginny Southworth
Erma Bombeck