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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1970
Page
5
The 1970 Miss Aiken pageant is scheduled for 8 00 p m at the Aiken Jr High School Auditorium with 12 contestants from Aiken County. Read about Beverly Belk Mary Craft Bonnie Corder and Debbie Hall and their backgrounds sponsors and ambitions.
Dear Abby tackles a range of social questions from an elderly couple sharing a two bedroom apartment to a niece facing unwanted affection from her sister’s husband. The column offers practical guidance with humor and steadfast social norms.
The Preview Night for the Annual Antique Show takes place at the Fermata Club on Whiskey Road with a glittering evening of palms candlelight and music. Patrons include Eva C Allen and many prominent local figures. tickets are $2 for a three day pass or $1.50 for single admissions. Proceeds benefit Coker Springs restoration and Aiken County Hospital via the Aiken County Republican Women's Club.
The National Secretaries Association International outlines April 9 to 25 for Secretaries Week with April 22 as Secretaries Day. In Aiken NSA Chapter events include Bosses Night and Secretary of the Year Banquet at Heart of Aiken Restaurant and a scholarship award by Mary Biggar. Malinda Scott to present successor award. Will and Do Cole perform. Anne Chapman to preside. Aiken Chapter tours Kimberly Clark Plant Beech Island and dinner. Betty Saul hosts a lake outing in North Augusta for chapter families. NSA President Bertha Stronach cites job satisfaction and challenge as key incentives for secretaries.
The article advises gardeners to use poison pellets on damp ground to combat pests like slugs and cutworms and notes which perennials and annuals are most and least dependable in the local climate. It emphasizes reading product instructions and acknowledges reader disagreement on classifications.
The Aiken Area Council on Aging meets Thursday at 7 30 p.m. in Room 100 at St John s United Methodist Church. The Aiken Garden Club plans an April 22 bazaar at the Farmer s Market from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Aiken Duplicate Bridge Club hosts a 7 30 p.m. game Thursday at the Senior Citizens Club on Crosland Drive. Members share last week s winners. Shaws Fork Grange hosts an Old Fashion Country Style Supper and Sing a Ling at 7 p.m. Friday with ham biscuits sausage and fashion from the early 1900s. Senior Citizens Club meets Friday at 6 30 p.m. with a covered dish dinner and Bill Shuttleworth performing on accordion. The Garden Club also schedules a bazaar and plant sale April 23 at the Farmer s Market from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m offering white elephants and bakery items.
Mr and Mrs Lucius Henry Brown announce the engagement of their daughter Mary Ella Brown to Marvin James Brown son of Mrs Ruth Gordon of Aiken and Mr James Brown of Springfield Gardens New York Mary Ella is a Martha Schofield High School graduate with a BA in Music from Knoxville College and a Delta Sigma Theta sorority member pending graduate fellowship.
Mr and Mrs Wilbur S Burroughs Sr announce the engagement of their daughter Donna Joye to Ancil Myers Porter JP Miss Burroughs is a senior at Ware Shoals High School Mr Porter a graduate of Aiken High School and a USAF veteran now with Columbia Nitrogen Inc in Augusta The wedding is set for April 25 at 8 oclock Walnut Grove Baptist Church Ware Shoals with a reception in the fellowship hall Friends and relatives are invited to attend.
A ship student at DePauw University School of Music in Greencastle Indiana performed organ pieces. Mr Brown, a graduate, recently completed a course in air conditioning and refrigeration at the South Carolina Area Trade School in Denmark South Carolina.
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