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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1972
Page
5
Lin Bolen, 31, will start September 1 as NBCs first female head of daytime network programs. She plans no soap purge, aims to align material with viewer needs through research and direct engagement with women, balancing stories for housewives and career women.
Miss Vicki Almead Fenters and Mr. Ronald Edwin Kendrick of Aiken were married Friday at Andrews Baptist Church with Rev. G E Hinson officiating. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs D T Fenters Jr of Andrews, will live in Columbia at 1410 Brenner Rd while he works at John G Richards School for Boys. The bride is a USC senior and the couple planned a reception at the church fellowship hall.
The ecumenical group FISH will provide free temporary help services in Aiken including babysitting visiting the sick meals reading to the blind and errands. Volunteers work 12 hours monthly and a 24 hour line will refer calls to on duty helpers. Guidance and information are available from listed contacts and upcoming films explain the program.
A reader complains about bajo pay for babysitters and suggests a union. Abby advises on child departure anxiety, and a Worried Dear Worried question about sending a 50 year old boy alone on a coast to coast flight with stewardesses ensuring safety.
In May a judges panel selected a group of girls from Aiken and surrounding schools to form White's Fashion Board for 1972 73. The roster includes Randy Anderson Linda Aubrey June Caldwell Nancy Cowan and others with juniors now eligible. A Miss Seventeen representative will be named later linking to Seventeen magazine.
Mr and Mrs Matthew Morris and family vacationed in Washington DC and traveled to Niagara Falls Canada. The Day family thanks everyone for kindness and sympathy during their time of grief. Mrs Myrtie Day is home recovering after a stay in Aiken County Hospital. The Cooks returned from their yearly vacation in Mountain Rest SC to find their shade tree missing due to a wind storm but were glad to be home.
Mrs. Robert P. Hawthorne of Aiken announces the engagement of their daughter Roberta Ruth Hawthorne to John Neely Knox of Clover South Carolina. Roberta is a graduate of Aiken High School and Presbyterian College and earned a BA in psychology.
Aiken Standard notes Knox and Miss Hawthorne connection with Clover roots. Knox, a Presbyterian College biology graduate, pursues zoology at Clemson University after yearbook staff ROTC and band roles. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs CM Knox of Clover and grandson of the late Neely and Knox families of Clover. Wedding planned for December 23 at Aiken First Presbyterian Church.
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