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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1972
Page
5
An editor's note outlines how divorced and widowed middle aged men and women face loneliness and new financial and social hardships. Case histories show struggles with alimony and child support, housing, and dating while adjusting to a single life and renewed self identity.
United Methodist Women at St. John's Church reported 120 children participate in a Bethlehem Community Center day camp with crafts, swimming, sports, and trips. Jane Edwards, a High Point College student, coordinates program work as part of a Summer Investment Program for church missions. Thanksgiving turkey dinner and country store set for Thursday, November 16.
Atlantic City coverage notes a birth announcement and a national officers slate for the National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs. Jeanne C. Squire is installed as president and outlines the fight against discrimination while stressing expanded opportunities for women in politics and community life.
A dairy farmer in Hershey Pennsylvania taps into the town’s chocolate heritage by using milk from about 50,000 cows to produce milk chocolate. The piece links local farming to the famed Hershey chocolate industry and its popular milk chocolate form.
The Aiken Standard invites wedding and engagement notices at its office 124 Rutland Dr. Engagement and bridal portraits are accepted if suitable for publication and reproduction.
The Tea Leaves notes Mr. and Mrs. William H. Cool returning from a San Francisco Honolulu and Hawaii trip featuring Muir Woods Napa Valley Kauai Maui and the Big Island. Ada Boynton James Turner Judy Hooks and Audrey Hooks enjoyed Florida Silver Springs scenery while Josephine Magee attended a VISA conference in Charleston.
Readers share marital strain from infidelity and looming divorce with threats from a daughter’s health crisis. A juror recounts a guilty verdict dispute while another defends honest sex education against censoring cinema. The column responds urging counseling and decisive action.
The Pine Cone Garden Club awarded the Yard of the Month to the B E Richburgs of Old Whiskey Road for August for a neat trim yard. Mr and Mrs W H Johnson visited Mrs C C Woods in Columbia, while Mr and Mrs Dennis Pickering with Beverly Joe Randy and Russell vacationed in Florida. Neil Huff of New Delhi India visits, transferring to Honduras. his wife and daughters join later after Egypt stopovers. Bill Blackmon and family vacationed in Florida with Disney World visits and cabin weekends at Beaufort. Mr Blackmon recently caught a 50 pound fish.
Miss Charlotte Faye Alexander became the bride of George Joseph Warren at St. Pauls United Methodist Church on Saturday evening July 1. Rev. Ben B. Isarnes officiated. The couple, daughter and son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander of New Ellenton and Mr. and Mrs. F E Warren of Aiken, will reside in Aiken.
Miss Sidney Louise Hite and Lester Lamar Youngblood wed at Miss Hite's family church on July 15 with Rev. Robert L. Cate officiating. Attendants included maid of honor Renee Becker and bridesmaids Wanda Hite and Cathy Miller. Best man was Mr Youngblood’s son. groomsmen included Richard Proctor Ronald Mitchell and Wistos Walker. The couple plans to reside in Couchton after a church reception.
The Pilot Club of Aiken will meet at the Mackey Scott Jr. home on Highway 215 next Thursday at 7 p.m. The board convenes at 6:30 p.m. Those needing directions may meet in the Palmetto Federal Building parking lot at 6:45 p.m. Extension Committee members will run the program and Mildred Gullion, president, will speak about her San Francisco trip to the International Pilot Convention.
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