Gardening In Aiken Shows Unusual Delays In Spring Growth
The Aiken garden season has been far from normal with spring late and slow maturation. Figs still green on the tree, zephyr lilies underperform, and many annuals have delayed or failed to bloom. Tomatoes mature late, affecting home yields and prices. figs may be hard to grow here, though fresh figs with cream remain a treat. Gazania trials failed to bloom. readers asked for success tips.
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Aiken Garden
Aiken
Miss Borop to Wed Vince Brannon in Weekend Nuptials
Mrs Niles A. Borop Jr will wed Mr Vince Brannon this weekend. A series of pre wedding events includes receptions, bridge parties, showers and a bridesmaids luncheon hosted by relatives and friends across Augusta, Atlanta, Columbia and nearby towns. The Brannons hosted a rehearsal dinner for seventy at Midland Valley Country Club.
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Lil Borop
Vince Brannon
Sandra Greene
Kathy Evert
Converse College
George E Brannon
Atlanta
Brannon
Miss Borop
Niles A. Borop
Anna Boylston
Pinnacle Club
Augusta
Miller McKeown
Richard Newsome
McKeown
Summit Drive
W. B. Robinett
Longwood Drive
George Brannon
Loren Palmer
Brandy Road
R. J. Bass
Jimmy Carr
Mrs. Bass
Magnolia Lane
Robert Hayes
Betsy Hayes
Columbia
H. W. Baggett
S. H. Baggett
George E. Brannon
Midland Valley Country Club
Fall Theme Announced For Aiken County Flower Show
The Third Annual Aiken County Jaycee Fair Flower Show announces a fall theme with divisions for tri color and creativity designs. Entries welcome from amateurs. registrations handled by Mrs Harold Morris before the show opening October 12.
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Aiken County
Glenn Burney
Harold Morris
Right Foot Forward A Career Path For Women In Aiken
Betty Nichols of United Employment in Aiken connects women seeking work with employers. The typical applicant is a school graduate, a wife relocated by her husband, or a homemaker returning to work. Older women prove more permanent and are sought after. Secretaries and bookkeepers are in high demand with wages from eighty to one hundred twenty five dollars weekly for top roles.
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Abby
Betty Nichols
United Employment In
Aiken
Mrs. Nichols
Aiken Expects Food Price Rise After Survey
The South Carolina Department of Labor reports Aiken shows the largest grocery price increase in the last quarter among SC cities, based on 66 items priced across three chain retailers and two independents. The study notes prices rose overall since 1967, ranking ninth among cities.
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Aiken
South Carolina
Collum
Kimball Lake family reunion hosts steady rain and growth
Kimball family members gathered at Kimball's Lake for a weekend reunion despite heavy rain that disrupted arrivals. Wayne and Betty Kimball welcomed a daughter Deanna Lynn, with George Kimball as grandfather. Other attendees included the Thompsons, Wood, Buff, Osborn, and several out-of-town relatives from Macon Dublin Anderson Virginia Ave Covington Attleboro Summerville and Boston. Sympathies extended to Mrs. Darrell Richardson. Mrs. Fred Bridges and others noted for health and travel updates.
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Allen Harman Kimball
Lake
George Kimball
T.W. Thompson
Ethel Wood
Ellen Riddie
Jimmy Wood
Shady Dale
J.B. Buff
Macon
Phyllis Osborn
Dublin
W.H. Thompson
Janice
Cynthia
Aiken
Danny Kimball
Dana
Joy
David
Anderson
Stork
Wayne
Betty Kimball
Deanna Lynn
Mrs
Salley Sidelights Move and Family Ills Noted
Salley residents report travel and health updates. George Walker and wife returned from North Carolina where his father remains seriously ill in hospital. Nannie Cooper hospitalized at Providence. Minnie Belle Clamp back from Columbia for a checkup. Major Gene Bailey visited Salley residents before returning to Okinawa after supper with his mother.
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Salley
George Walker
George
North Carolina
Nannie Cooper
Providence Hospital
Minnie Belle Clamp
Columbia Hospital
Gene Bailey
D. E. Sal
Attendees pack Appleby Garden concert in Augusta
Betty DeLoache Milham of Aiken and Kay Holley of Columbia drew 400 plus listeners at the Appleby Garden series in Augusta with a duo piano program diverging from classical, favoring popular tunes. Steve Moore joins Merging Traffic, set for the National Battle of the Bands in Jacksonville. Lt Cmdr Harold Price visits family in Aiken from North Kingston RI with wife and two daughters on leave.
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Betty DeLoache Milham
Aiken
Kay Holley
Columbia
Augusta
Steve Moore
J. Carey Moore
Traffic
Jacksonville
National Jaycees
Cmdr
Harold Price
O.M. Price
Edgemont St
James Price
Kimberly Drive
North Kingston
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Charles Ashley
S. G. Christine
Harold Wessinger
The
Aiken Jaycees
A. P. Majors
C. R Phibbs
A. E. Symonds
Charles W. Mathews
North Augusta Garden Club Council
WE. Riddick
N.E. Woodward
WRS
Robert E. Nichols
Autiene Ue
Opgice Supply
Laurens NW
West Aiken
Virginia Ave
Savannah Beach
Thompson
Clara Chesnut
Covington
Darrell Richardson
College Acres Dr
West Virginia
Fred Bridges
Tennes
See Ave
Aiken County Hospital
James Cushman
Congaree
Geraldine Thompson
Jonesville
J.G. Burckhalter
Theodore
Gerald
Frank
Boston
Mass
Sophmore
Berklee College of Music
J.B. Spears
Pine Dr
Russell Busbee
Belmont
E.G. Lewis
Albany
Spears
Heyward Lotton Gamble
Norman Vincent
Elaine
Steve
Lorraine
Attleboro
Phinley Carter
Summerville
Vincents
Ruth Earle Jones
Herculon
Carpet Millsales Powder Co. Kirby
Richland Ave. W
Josephine Magee
John Todd
Mackinac Island
Michigan
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