Oyster Parade Brightens Weekend With Lobster Races
Festive downtown events drew about 1000 people for the Oyster Parade and lobster races on Saturday led by Up Your Alley and local sponsors. The event included floats like a lobster car, Oyster Rockfeller, and activities at Clark Field with plexiglass lobster races and live music. An Easter egg hunt hosted by Christy Osbon and family drew eighty attendees with eggs, candy, and hamburgers on Park Avenue.
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Up Your Alley
Body Talk
Tri-City
Redi-Mix
Stroh’s
Aiken County
Oyster Rockfeller
Betsy Huber
Ann Lattimore
Lucy Knowles
Clark Field
Christy Osbon
Olin Osbon
Park Avenue
Shellie Simpers
Susan Matthews
Lennie George
Teresa George
Lisa Gordon
Patrick
Thad Hickey
Charleen Timmerman
Kendal Dean
David
Peter Lacher
Anna Kilpatrick
Tonya Keel
Nathan
Tiffany Croll
Brandon Dean
Amy Gregory
Betsy Matthews
Valerie Sessions
Susan Spears
Cam Nuessle
Melinda Mills
Melinda
Will Brown
Anne Wood
Stevie
Jackie Willis
Ann Monroe
Alex Fitzner
Erin Sheehan
Dana Race
Thomas Sessions
Jean Cooksey
Mollo Moore
Diana
Alan
Evan Kilpatrick
Janie Campbell
Laura Witham
Jennifer Bennett
Marci
Newlyweds Walker Celebrate Home in Columbia Reception
Tea Leaves column lists Daniel and Lainie Herring plus many friends and relatives at wedding memories for David and Jackie Walker. Jackie Kruger Walker's luncheon linen shower at Up Your Alley marked guest lists, gifts, and festive foods as they settle into their new Columbia home.
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David
Jackie (Kruger) Walker
Columbia
Bud Walker
Jackie
Frank Kruger
Judy Coleman
Robie Green
Courtney
Laney Coleman
Susan Green
Hazel Brink
Brenda Kruger
Mary Lou Clark
Fannie Coleman
Mamie Caveness
Marilyn Kruger
Dottie Them
Azalea Place
Community drives and events in Aiken area this week
The National Federation of the Blind of South Carolina Aiken chapter hosts a paper drive at Kalmia Plaza April 20 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. News print only. Anne Lattimore organizes a high school educational tour to England France Italy with host-family stay in France this summer. Parents call 648-3564. The Mental Health Association seeks Welcome Baby volunteers with sessions April 16 18 23 25 and a April 29 meeting. Call 649-2736. Alumni planning a 1958 Schofield High School class reunion contact 648-7524 or 648-8506. Terry Brown will discuss The Tough Love Response to Alcoholism at noon tomorrow in First Presbyterian Church with a $2 lunch or bring your own.
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Aiken
National Federation of the Blind of
South Carolina
Kalmia Plaza
Richland Avenue
Jerry Whittle
Lugenia Williams
Anne Lattimore
St. Angela Academy
England
France
Italy
Schofield High School
Jeanette Grant McFadden
Alma Wilson Trowell
Terry Brown
Aiken Center For Drug and Alcohol Services
Fellowship Hall
First Presbyterian Church
Barnwell Avenue
Community group events schedule for Aiken area
Local groups publish a series of meetings and activities this week. The Widowed Persons Association hosts a Talk Session at 7 30 p m at the Seniority House in Aiken. The Wildwood Garden Club cleans Roadside Park with a plant exchange and picnic lunch. The Aiken Augusta Audubon Chapter screens films on Rachel Carson and John Audubon at the public library. The CSRA International Council dinner meets at Quincy’s Family Steak House in North Augusta. Pairs and Spares holds a covered dish supper at H Odell Weeks Activities Center.
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Widowed Persons Association
Seniority House
Aiken Area
Wildwood Garden Club
Midland Valley Country Club
Aiken-Augusta
National Audubon Society
Augusta-Richmond County Public Library
Ninth and
Greene Streets
Rachel Carson
John J. Audubon
International Council of the Csra
Quincy’s
Martintowne Road
North Augusta
Susan S. Farmer
H. Odell Weeks Activities Center
Sweet snacks and tooth decay get new light from Rochester study
Rochester researchers Sheila Mundorff and Dr. John Featherstone tested 21 snacks from bologna to cupcakes on rats over five weeks to gauge cavity risk. They found French fries raisins and bananas may cause more decay than chocolate, with fat and protein content also influencing outcomes.
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Rochester
N.Y
Sheila Mundorff
Eastman Dental Center
John Featherstone
Mundorff
Featherstone
Four Seasons Garden Club Bazaar and Plans Favor Fundraising
Nelva Bowen auctioned plants and sweets donated by members to aid the club treasury. The Four Seasons Garden Club met at Catherine Guyton's home with Betty Foreman as co-hostess. Bird committee noted bluebirds and hummingbirds returning and urged full feeders. Reports on the Garden Council luncheon preceded plans to host the May Garden Council meeting at the Doll House Hopeland Gardens and to prepare the mini-park and enter the Mayflower show for the sesquicentennial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Four Seasons Garden Club
Catherine Guyton
Betty Foreman
Committee On Birds
Garden Council
May Garden Council
Hopeland Gardens
Country Gardeners Hold March Meeting
The Country Gardeners Garden Club met at Beb e Woodward's home for its March meeting. Emily Claire Ellington presented the program and demonstrated flower arranging. Preparations are underway for the flower show during Aiken's Sesquicentennial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Gardeners Garden Club
Bebe Woodward
Emily Claire Ellington
Aiken
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