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Newspaper

Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1980

Page

5

Four Month Kitchen Goes Down The Drain

A humorous tale on failed fast home building promises and a Tennessee kitchen renovation saga. The piece recalls a 48 hour claim by George Davis of U S Home Corp and laments rapid construction myths while detailing a Mrs. Tennesseee kitchen horror story from 1977 78 with delayed cabinets water leaks and misinstalled fixtures.

Mideast George Davis Albuquerque N. M U. S. Home Corporation of Houston Tennessee

Dog.Gone Relatives Howl About Will

DEAR ABBY: A 92nd birthday prompts a Lake town letter about leaving money to a dog named Sad Eyes. The dog becomes richest in Indiana via a trust, while warnings from relatives echo. Abby advises using a care plan and a lawyer to avoid contested wills. DEAR ABBY: An engineer asks about including a SASE. Abby jokes to enclose a SALE for a better response.

Abby Love Sad Eyes Indiana Tom F Montello Wis Tom

Odd Gift Assortment Marks New Citizens in Aiken

Friends saluted Malcolm and Dorothy Miess as they became United States citizens on July 23 in Columbia. The Montreal native and England born wife explained voting as the main reason to seek citizenship, after years of residence in Vermont California and finally Aiken. They described themselves as gypsies with a strong sense of opportunity and pride in their achieved status.

Malcolm Dorothy Miess Miesses United States Aiken Miess Montreal Canada Mrs. Miess England Lake Country Ford Motor Company Michigan Vermont California Immigration and Naturalization Service Nancy Wheaton Columbia

U S Citizenship Quiz: Miess Questions and Answers

The 10 amendments cover basic rights from religion to rights retained by people. The branches are executive legislative and judicial. If the president dies the vice president steps in. The first president was George Washington. Laws are made by the legislative branch, enforced by the president's executive, interpreted by the judiciary. The current party is Democratic. The SC senators are Strom Thurmond and Ernest F. Hollings.

Malcolm Dorothy Miess U.S South Carolina George Washington Legislative Senate House of Representatives Judicial Branch Democratic Strom Thurmond Ernest F. Hollings

Food co op in Aiken aims to cut grocery costs

Leon Sanders leads a budding food cooperative in Aiken to buy wholesale and share 50 pound batches of staples like flour and raisins. The group plans small scale operation with possible links to Augusta and Columbia co ops, inviting individuals and organizations to join.

Leon Sanders Aiken Sanders Food Co-Op Augusta Columbia Carolyn Eubanks H. Odell Weeks

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