Richard Currie Hosts Bosses Night Guests at Aiken Banquet
Richard Currie presents Mark Twain Tonight at Bosses Night and Secretary of the Year banquet of the Aiken Chapter NSA. The event at Heart of Aiken starts 7:30 p.m. with NSA members and guests. 1971 Secretary of the Year and the commercial scholarship recipient will be announced.
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Mark Twain
Richard Currie
Aiken
National Secretaries Association (International
Currie
Aiken Community Playhouse
Oscar Madison
King Phil
NSA
Aikenites To Serve Church Women In South Carolina
Mrs. A O Josie of Orangeburg is elected president of Church Women United in South Carolina and will represent the state at the Ecumenical Assembly in Wichita Kansas April 22 25. She completed a three year term as vice president for Cultivation of Local Units and heads a slate of officers and committee chairs for 1971 74 including E E Campbell Harold Timmerman H T Littlejohn Jr T A Hammond and committees on program concerns communications finance nominating legislative affairs migrant ministry and more. Spartanburg notes highlight migrant ministry support as a key SC effort alongside three Special Days World Day of Prayer May Fellowship Day and World Community Day.
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A. O. Josie
Orangeburg
Church Women United
South Carolina
Ecumenical Assembly of Church Women United
Wichita
Kansas
Josie
Columbia
E. E. Campbell
Charleston
Harold Timmerman
North Augusta
H. T. Littlejohn Jr
Spartanburg
T. A. Hammond
Aiken
R. C. Wilson
State Assembly
Robert Evans
Jessie W. Taylor
Sumter
Handy Coleman
O. R. Reuben
K. I. Metz
Gedney Howe
George A. Tice
T. J. Block
C. L. Fitzpatrick
Viola Houser
Herbert McAbee
Princess of Flowers Contest Seeks Entrants at Festival
Open entries are being accepted for the fourth annual Princess of Flowers contest part of the S C Festival of Flowers July 22 to 25. Twenty five contestants will vie July 24 for the title successor to Mary Lee Sligh of Greenwood. Swimsuit and evening gown are preliminaries. Contestants must be under 19 by August 1 and sponsored by local garden clubs. Previous winners include Judy Funderburk Bennettpsville and Rachel Harris Lamar. Prizes include a $300 scholarship and merchandise.
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S.C
Mary Lee Sligh
Greenwood
Judy Funderburk
Bennettsville
Rachel Harris
Lamar
Bryant Birth Announcement for Edward Todd Bryant
Mr and Mrs Edward Ray Bryant announce the birth of a son Edward Todd born Sunday April 18 at Aiken County Hospital Grandparents are Mrs J M Hendrix of Spring Hope NC Mr W B Bryant of Jacksonville Beach FL and Mr and Mrs John E Little of Greenville NC
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Edward Ray Bryant
Edward Todd
Aiken County Hospital
J. M. Hendrix
Spring Hope
N.C
W. B. Bryant
Jacksonville Beach
Fla
John E. Little
Greenville
Herbs Are Popular at Aiken Garden Club Meeting
Miss Eleanor Haasis spoke on Herbs in Your Kitchen and Your Garden to the Garden Club of Aiken at Mrs. John E. Koonce Jr’s home. She listed herbs including basil chervil chives spearmint rosemary sage thyme balm bee balm lavender santolina and parsley and noted their culinary medicinal and decorative uses.
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Garden Club of
Aiken
John E. Koonce Jr
Eleanor Haasis
Jacqueline Fox to Wed Robert Scott Elder
The engagement is announced by Jacqueline Jean Fox and Robert Scott Elder. Miss Fox, a Randolph-Macon Woman's College honor student majoring in economic history, graduates in 1972. Elder, a Phi Beta Kappa University of Virginia graduate and Georgetown Law student, is commissioned in the Quartermaster Corps.
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Lucian W. Fox
Jacqueline Jean
Robert Scott Elder
O. R. Elder
New York
Miss Fox
Albert W. Bridges
Boston
Massachusetts
Walter J. Fox
Mr. Fox
Greenwood
Virginia
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Georgetown Law School
Judith Ann Coker to Wed Robert Martin Coker
Judith Ann Coker and Robert Martin Coker announce their engagement. Judith Allen Coker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen M. Coker II of Aiken, studied at Sweet Briar and USC and Katherine Gibbs. Robert M. Coker, grandson of multiple families, is a UNC graduate and U S Navy Reserve lieutenant attending Emory University Law School. The wedding is set for June 12.
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Allen M. Coker, II
Aiken
Judith Allen
Robert Martin Coker
Robert E. Coker Jr
Chapel Hill
N.C
Dr. Coker
Miss Coker
George C. Lewis
Watertown
Wis
Edward C. Coker
Columbia
S.C
Sweet Briar College
University of South Carolina
Katherine Gibbs
New York
Coker
J. C. Martin
Martin
Ottawa
Ontario
Robert E. Coker
University of North Carolina
United States Naval Reserve
Emory University Law School
Salley Sidelights By Ruth Earle Jones
Salley local notes recount Easter gatherings with many Salley families visiting or hosting. Postmaster Vertie Lee Salley plans a Greenville trip for a convention, while a late afternoon car accident near Salley injures Mrs. Davis Salley and Mr. K. O. Garvin. Hospital updates report several recoveries and ongoing illnesses.
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Salley
Aiken
Davis Salley
Dorothy McColman
K. O. Garvin
Holland Bulbs To Benefit Opera Guild
The Augusta Opera Association and the Carolina Opera Guild hold their annual bulb sale to fund the September opera production. Mrs. E. J. Hennelly notes the bulbs are large and competitively priced with discount stores. Bulbs ship from Holland to buyers, individually packaged and ready to plant by the second week of October. A wide selection is offered.
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Holland
Opera Guild
Augusta Opera Association
The
Carolina Opera Guild
Trenton DAR Chapter Holds April Meeting at Kennedy Home
Trenton DAR met at Dr. Finley Kennedy's home on April 15 with dessert served by Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs. John Heaton. Regent Ola Hitt led the program on flags while Mrs. E O Powell presented. Miss Bessie Lee Garvin outlined her Washington trip representing the chapter at the national DAR congress. The chapter plans a May 15 picnic at the John May estate and bulbs will be sold with lists and prices available.
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Finley Kennedy
Trenton
NSCAR
Bessie Lee Garvin
Washington, D. C
National Congress of the
DAR
John May
EJ Hennelly
John Crandall
William Murphy
Engagement Announcement for Catherine Schall and James Haddad Jr
Miss Catherine Ann Schall of Aiken and James Eugene Haddad Jr of Atlanta announce their engagement. Haddad, son of Mr and Mrs Haddad of Atlanta, earned a biology B S from Georgia State University and is a dental student at the Medical College of Georgia. Schall, a St Angela Academy graduate, attends the University of South Carolina and will earn a dental hygiene B S this June. A noon wedding is planned for June 26 at St Mary Help of Christians Church.
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Beverly
William West Rush
David
Greenville
H.A. Sawyers
Barbara
Florence
Bill Kinard
Ann
Marie
Billy
Tommy Lee Tindal
Edna Cooper
Chester Cooper
Edna
Shelby Bolen
Kingstree
Amy Toole
Miss Bolen
Fred Salley
Joyce Reece
Hollis Reece
Randall
Summerville
Wendell Clamp
Douglas
Harriett
Pickens
Mary Ethel
University of Georgia
Robert Braithwaites
Clifford Browns
Aziline Bailey
Gene Bailey
Columbia
Laura Salley
Augusta
Briggs Salley Jr
Becky Stewart
Becky
R. S. Stewart
Clemson
James Schall
Aiken
Catherine Ann
James Eugene Haddad Jr
Haddad
Atlanta
Georgia State University
Medical College of Georgia School of Dentistry
Miss Schall
St. Angela Academy
University of South Carolina
The
Medical College of Georgia
St. Mary Help of Christians Church
Engagement of Miss Janie Hightower To Clifton Key
Miss Janie Lautricia Hightower of Route 1 Trenton engages Clifton Sylvester Key of Aiken. The couple begin plans for a June 19 wedding. Hightower holds a B A in mathematics magna cum laude from Hampton Institute and studies for a master’s at Vanderbilt. Key earned a B S in architectural engineering from Tennessee State University and works with Lyles Bissett Carlisle and Wolff Architects and Engineers of Columbia.
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Willar Howard Hightower
Route 1
Trenton
Janie Lautricia Hightower
Clifton Sylvester Key
Sylvester Key
Aiken
Ulysses S. G. Sweeney
Clarence Hightower
Martha Schofield High School
Hampton Institute
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
Miss Hightower
Vanderbilt University
Randall Key
Sterling Walker
Tennessee State University
Architectural Engineering Club
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc
Key
Lyles, Bissett, Carlisle and Wolff Architects and Engineers of
Columbia
Yard of the Month: Hamors Win New Ellenton Honor
The Pine Cone Garden Club of New Ellenton awarded the yard of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Hamor at 400 Georgia Ave. April yard of the month. Their spring color display features azaleas crabapple dogwood pearl bush geranium narcissus and jonquils.
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R. A. Hamor
Georgia Ave
Pine Cone Garden Club
New Ellenton
Hamor
Memorial Funds Urged For Cancer Fund In Aiken
Mrs. R L Leminick city chairman for the Aiken Cancer Society asks memorials to be mailed to Mrs Wade Brodie 422 York St S E Aiken for the American Cancer Fund. A card will be sent to donor and family upon receipt of the donation.
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R. L. Leminick
The
Aiken Cancer Society
American Cancer Fund
Wade Brodie
York St
S. E
Aiken
Helen Redd Elected State President at Greenville Meet
Helen Redd of Aiken was elected president of the state organization at a Greenville three day meeting. Norma George of Aiken was named national director, with Wilene Gregory public safety director Eloise Grant state corresponding secretary and Vernon Townsend state historian. The Aiken chapter won first in the history book contest. Attendees included Linda Lagrow Carolyn Moore Laura Tarleton Annette Hair and Grace Burrow at the Poinsett Hotel.
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Helen Redd
Aiken
Greenville
Norma George
Wilene Gregory
Eloise Grant
Vernon Townsend
Poinsett Hotel
Linda Lagrow
Carolyn Moore
Laura Tarleton
Annette Hair
Grace Burrow
Dear Abby Readers Share Wives Infidelity and Party Etiquette
A reader details discovering her husband’s affair with a coworker and the emotional cost of knowing versus not knowing. Abby counsels that truth, while another letter critiques guests leaving early at a cocktail and buffet event and advises calling ahead to leave.
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Abby
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Ruth Earle Jones
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Salley Baptist Church
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Bertha Sharpe
Orangeburg Hospital
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Betty Miller
W. H. Boylston
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M. J. Boylston
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E. J. Hennelly
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John Heaton
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New Ellenton Yard
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Whiskey Road
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