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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1971
Page
5
The Graniteville, Swainsboro, and surrounding area gather for family reunions. Attendees include the Taylor and Britt families plus others visiting relatives in Virginia Maryland Alabama and Florida. Members describe color guard camps in North Carolina and extensive cross country trips visiting major sites across 18 states including Yellowstone Grand Canyon and the Painted Desert.
Mrs. Ivy Brown was honored on her 80th birthday with a surprise dinner at her daughter’s home near Salley. Hosted by her children and extended family, the event drew relatives across three generations, friends, and visiting Latter Day Saints elders from Columbia who prayed for blessings.
A batch of reader letters covers delicate topics from venereal disease in minors to theft within a charity group. Abby suggests compassionate handling for Mrs X’s behavior and a dorm tor guidance for tub chore humor.
Roseanna Lynne Waller and Robert Louis Spano announce their engagement. Miss Waller, granddaughter of F DeLathower, Paul J Park, and David Waller, attended St. Angela Academy and University of South Carolina and works for Southern Bell. Spano, grandson of Patterson and Dominick Spano, graduated from St. Angela Academy and Georgia Tech in Industrial Management, works at Graniteville Company. The wedding is set for September 25 at St Mary Help of Christians, Aiken.
A Salley column celebrates simple pleasures and community life. It notes birthdays including Mrs Vertie Lee Salley and H O Jones Jr, reports on Flower Festival attendance, honors Dwight Adams as Citizen of the Month at Fiberglas Plant, and recalls a Scout trip to Philmont. The piece also mentions Apollo 15 viewing, Salley women’s canning, and a surprise meeting with Dorothy Yon and Joe Hogan after twenty years.
Mrs. John C. Stephens was invited by South Main Street Baptist Church Greenwood to serve as Minister to College Students starting August 1. She will direct the Baptist Student Union at Lander and organist for the church, with a goal to involve more students in church life amid low college church activity.
Norma George of Aiken was appointed Program Coordinator of the National Association of Legal Secretaries during the recent annual convention in Tulsa. She is an active member of the South Carolina Association of Legal Secretaries and works with the law firm Lybrand, Rich and Cain.
A large chain survey shows shoppers make three store visits weekly. Seventy five percent of items are bought by week’s end. The average major shopping trip lasts 27 minutes with spending averaging 66 cents per minute.
Mr and Mrs Donald R Fulmer announce the birth of a son Christopher Donald born July 29 in Aiken County Hospital Grandparents are Mr and Mrs James J White and Mr and Mrs Daniel R Fulmer all of Aiken.
Mr and Mrs Wayne Kimball announce the birth of a girl named Deanna Lynn born July 30 at Aiken County Hospital. Mrs Kimball is the former Betty Roakes, daughter of Mrs Audrey Roakes of Aiken. Paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs George Kimball of Aiken.
The column notes a Daytona Beach vacation return by Mr. and Mrs. W O Smith and family and their sighting of the moon shot. Suzanne Stephens enjoys a Blowing Rock summer job at Queens Candy Kitchen and Tweetsie Railroad. Outstanding Young Women of America honors go to Nancy Baker Watts and others from Aiken and North Augusta. Mrs. W Frank McCall recovers at home after University Hospital surgery. Paul Huckeriede and family relocate to Columbia due to a job transfer.
Mrs. Clyde Yon known as Kitty Corbett celebrated her seventy seventh birthday July twelve with a dinner in the school cafeteria hosted by her four daughters. Relatives and friends from Orangeburg Piney Hill Springfield Salley Perry Wagoner Columbia and Dentsville attended with picnic baskets and two large decorated birthday cakes.
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