Community Concert Association Opens Membership Drive
The Community Concert Association kicks off its membership drive with a coffee at the Heritage Room of the Farmers and Merchants Bank. Co chairs Mrs. John Hershey and Mrs. G R Price lead a 600 to 700 member group. William Bebbington is president and Charles Acton vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Concert Association
Farmers and Merchants Bank
John Hershey
G. R. Price
Aiken Prep School
St. Angela
USCA
Richard Wallace
New York
National Organization
William Bebbington
Charles Acton
Dear Abby Advice on Voice Tone and Grave Markers
Dear Abby offers tips for reducing loud speech including hearing tests and speech therapy. The column also advises legal action to pursue headstone placement for deceased parents when cemetery rules or church ownership block markers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
Boston
Big Mouth
Garden Clubs Win Awards Across State and District Levels
Under the Aiken Garden Council, multiple clubs earned district and state firsts at Beaufort and other areas. Wildwood led with blue ribbons at local district and state levels for roadside park conservation. Awards include the Paul Revere bowl for Beautification Through Conservation and state honors for Junior Garden Club leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken Garden Council
Beaufort
Wildwood
Four Seasons
Wildwood Club
T. S. Ridge
Collie Blease Baker
Paul Revere
R. M. Radford
Nandina
Services Council
Landscape Critics Council
Aiken
Minnie B. Kennedy
University of South Carolina
Garden Club of
CARE
Snowdrop Garden Club
Suburban Garden Club
Aiken County Clubs and Groups Hold Meetings and Awards
Members of the Aiken County Hospital Auxiliary planned a 10 a.m. Thursday meeting at the Health Center with speaker Mrs. Rea McCrosky, director of Easter Seal Rehabilitation Center. The Fifth Annual SC Legal Secretaries Convention elected Helen Redd as first vice president and named Norma George National Director. Linda Lagrow and Grace Burrow joined the state board, Lagrow winning past state historian and chairing the state bulletin. The Pine Cone Garden Club met at Millwood Farm with “Do Your Own Thing” as the theme and flower arrangements judged by Mrs. C. H. Shaw. The Garden Club of Aiken held a spring flower show and tea at Millwood Farm, featuring patriotic displays with “Swamp Fox” arrangement winning blue. VA Hospital's Lenwood honored Friends of VAVS including Henry Middleton Chapter NSCAR. Arthur Middleton Society and CAR emphasized flag displays and July 4th bells. Country Gardeners installed new officers and earned multiple Garden Club Council awards. A picnic for husbands closed the events at Mrs. Mackey Scott Jr.’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken County Hospital Auxiliary
Re A McCrosky
South Carolina
Pine Cone Garden Club
Richard Davis
Rufus Smith
Jack Cornelison
C. H. Shaw
Shaw
Henry Huff
Woodruff Louis
Veterans ~Administration
Lenwood Division
VA Hospital
Augusta
Henry Middleton
NSCAR
John R. Parrish
B. Anthony Bowers
Veterans Patients Committee
John Chafee
Chafee
Aiken County Historical Commission
Arthur Middleton
Virginia Lee Chambliss
D. Anthony Bowers
S. Perrin Toole
Arthur Courtney
Q. Jutson Fulmer Jr
Leonard Browder
Ferrell Holley
E.M. Sampson
Frank Sampson
James D. McNair
Country Gardeners
Garden Club Council
Theraphy
Garden Council
James Rushton
Norman Woodward
Niles Borop
Mackey Scott Jr
Notable Local Roundup From Aiken and Surrounds
Gisele Landry returns home after a horse mishap while a Pasaden a Texas birth makes the Caldwell family the first in the line to welcome a grandson. University of Georgia student Andy Scherffius rises to Inter-Fraternity Council president. Myra Linden Frank participates in a Flower Drum Song production at Erskine College. Local garden clubs appear at a state convention. Golden anniversary celebrated by the Steadman family with out-of-town guests attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. D. Caldwell
Joanne
E. G. Caldwell
Pasadena
Texas
Andy Scherffius
University of Georgia
Inter-Fraternity Council
Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Myra Linden Frank
J. A. Frank
Erskine College Music Department
Miss Frank
Erskine
Erskine Players
Sidney Steadman Sr
Aiken
Marvin Clark
Johnston
Out of Town
Winfred Wilson
Charlotte
Horace Steadman
Janet
Shelby, N. C
Clara Gardner Attends Limestone College Class Reunion
Mrs. Clara Gardner enjoyed a Limestone College class reunion in Gaffney with six classmates and three former teachers present. She witnessed a 125 year college pageant and visited Clear Springs Baptist Church as guest soloist before attending the Governor's Beautification Conference in Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Gardner
Limestone College
Gaffney
Clara
Emma Lee Hughes
Simpsonville
Clear Springs Baptist Church
Columbia
National Association of
Civil Service Employees
Clemson
Bridge Club
Kathleen Davis
Hemrick Salley
W. B. Johnson
Myron Carter
Carrie Bell Salley
Buist Martin
Cecil Salley
Pizza rolls chosen for Feast of Nations at UW campus
The International Relations Club at Wisconsin State University selects Jeno's pizza rolls to represent the United States at the April 26 Feast of Nations in the Student Union. The event features an international buffet with dishes from Hong Kong Iceland the Philippines Nigeria Ghana Greece Syria and the United States.
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The
F. E. Ardrey
Monsignor Smith
Josephine Magee
B. C. McLean
Kosinski
Greenwood
Clinton
Orangeburg
Florence
Aiken, S.C
Mrs. B
J. M
Herbert
Millwood Farm
J. W. Mercke
Garden Club
Owen H. Perry
South Caro
Lina
Graham Reynolds
Country Gardener's Club
Trenton
Francois Marion
Albert Hamblen
Gisele Landry
L. I. Landry
Gisele
Robert C. Milham
Greenville
Milham
Alec Wyton
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
New York City
State Garden Club
J. C. Rushton
Harris Butler
Country Gardners
Henderson Johnson
Gerald Copley
D. R. Hall
May Eggert
Robert Walker
Adelaide McClelland
David Gregg
H. C. Scott
Gardenmakers
Willis Herndon
al Beasley
Four Seasons Garden Club
Mitchell Shopping
Ladies Scooter
Dacron
Bush
Jamaicas
Topsy
Ladies
Dacron & Cotton
Life Stride
Mr. Easton
Valley
de Angelo
Fred Slatten
Canvas Oxfords
Uniroyal
Gladiators
Wioe
Oxford
Cassine
Navy
S.M.L
Men’‘s Royal Knight
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