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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1984
Page
8
A series of local activities includes azalea care workshop at the Aiken Agricultural Services Center, a Saturday turkey shoot by VFW, the Augusta Rose Society 22nd annual rose show at the Augusta Mall, and Attic and Bake sale at the Municipal Auditorium. Also listed are dances, games nights, and support groups with contact numbers and schedules.
The Aiken Recreation Department will offer plus square dance lessons starting Monday May 7 at 8 p.m. at the H Odell Weeks Activities Center. The six week course is for students who have completed basic square dance lessons.
The General Joe Wheeler Camp No. 1245 Sons of Confederate Veterans will meet tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. at the Aiken County Council Building on Richland Avenue in Aiken. Guest speaker James A. Polk, a history teacher at South Aiken High, will speak. the public is invited.
The seventh annual Senior Citizens Olympics will be held tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Smith Hazel Recreation Center in Aiken near Kershaw and Abbeville Avenues. Participants 55 and older compete in games with prizes and refreshments. Event sponsored by Kappa Upsilon Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.
Singers from Aiken Community Playhouse will perform at Rose Hill Art Center for the Spring Up for the Arts festival on Edgefield Avenue. The event runs 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. with music by Apple Ensemble and Yollie McKenzie, crafts, pottery demos, an acrylic painting project, lunch, free massages, and a 3:30 p.m. silent auction featuring local items.
The Aiken County Historical Society will meet Sunday at 3 p.m. in the Aiken County Council Chambers on Richland Ave. in Aiken. Doug and Alice Walker will present a slide show on cemetery surveys in old family plots. The society starts a membership drive with rates of $5 for individuals and $7.50 for couples.
Four Aiken County girls captured junior pageant titles at St. Angela Academy before the Miss Aiken County pageant. Annabelle Gallagher of Aiken earned Wee Miss, Jenny Elizabeth Frye became Little Miss, Rhonda Michelle Craven of North Augusta won Young Miss, and Tamara Lynn Blevins of North Augusta claimed Teen Miss.
Week long bookmobile visits listed with stops and times from Monday at Gloverville Valley Homes to Friday in office. Stops include Gloverville Valley Homes Breezy Hill Roberts Midland Valley Shopping Center North Augusta Nutrition Site and many others across towns with lunch breaks noted and end at Friday office.
The district lists the week's meals from Monday to Friday. Monday offers hot dog with beans and slaw. Tuesday features spaghetti and coconut fruit cup. Wednesday serves barbecue sandwich and fries. Thursday includes jumbo taco with green beans and pear. Friday presents fish sandwich with fries and strawberry shortcake.
Information on wedding and engagement forms and deadlines available at the Aiken Standard office. Both engagement and bridal portraits are accepted if the pictures are suitable for reproduction.
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