Aiken Christmas Home Tour Draws 500 Guests
The St Thaddeus Christmas Tour of Homes drew over 500 visitors from Aiken and beyond. Tours featured multiple private houses including Murray Cottage and Pine Knoll with antique displays, carolers, and Advent music at Wilcox Inn. Cochairs Gail McLain and Judy Allen led a large volunteer team.
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Aiken
F.L. Holley
South Boundary Avenue
Wilcox Inn
Virginia
Everette Noel
Don DuPee
Robert E. Talbert
Murray Cottage
Rosebank
Bruce Hancock
Green Plains
Peggy
Paul Fitch
Arkenites
Whiskey Road
Ambrose-Clark
Aiken Day School
Larry
Jeannette Holley
Wilcox
Gail McLain
Judy Allen
Debutante Ball Launches Season At Camellia Ball
Aiken debutantes Jennifer Banks Patti Buchanan Patricia Gingrey Lauren Harmstad Lisa Kaltz and Anne Perkins begin festivities with a tea hosted by Dr and Mrs E D Bransome on Magnolia Avenue. Profits from Society events benefit USC Aiken.
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Aiken Debutante Society
E.D. Bransome
Magnolia Avenue
Jennifer Banks
Johnston
Patti Buchanan
Patricia Gingrey
Lauren Harmstad
Lisa Kaltz
Edgefield
Anne Perkins
USC Aiken
Transportation Stamp Series Tops Popular The Postal Service
The Transportation Series coil stamps become the most popular issue in years driven by simple one color designs. The 4.9 cent buckboard and 8.3 cent horse drawn ambulance coils were issued in Reno Nevada in June as the 22nd and 23rd in the series. Postal officials say the stamps appeal to collectors and the general public alike.
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U.S. Postal Service
Reno
Nev
Donald McDowell
Postal Service Stamps Division
Liberty Bell
McDowell
Transportation
Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee
Transportation Coil
Poster Winners Named in Aiken Chamber Contest
The Aiken Chamber of Commerce held a poster contest titled An Old-Fashion Christmas. In ages 4-6 Keith Solomon won first with J.D. Lever Elementary, Jessica Hall took second at St. Marys School, and Alan Minnard of Mead Hall placed third. In ages 7-9 Gregory A. Wall won first from Laurens Street Elementary with Joshua Kovacic second from Aiken Elementary and Shelley Hotchkiss third from Laurens Street Elementary. In ages 10-12 D J Youngblood of Laurens Street Elementary won first, Steve Gadwell from Schofield Middle School was second, and Angela Boyette of Kennedy Junior High placed third.
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Aiken
Gregory A. Wall
Laurens Street
Joshua Kovacic
Shelley Hotchkiss
D.J. Youngblood
Steve Gadwell
Schofield
Angela Boyette
Kennedy Junior
Support Group Schedules For Grieving Members At Church
The Mental Health Association in Aiken County and the Aiken Barnwell Center add a Thursday 7 30 p m meeting in the senior high room of First Presbyterian Church Barnwell Ave enter off Henderson Lane. A Wednesday 9 a m group continues in the same room. Call 648 7150 for details.
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Mental Health Association
Aiken County
Aiken-Barnwell Mental Health Center
First Presby
Terian Church
Barnwell Ave
Henderson Lane
Local Industries Honored At Aiken Reception
Industry Appreciation Week kicks off with a 5 to 7 p.m. reception in the Etherredge Center lobby at USC Aiken. Tom Hallman of the Aiken Chamber says 200 to 250 attendees are expected with William F. Bassham of C&S Bank serving as the 2023 chairman.
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Aiken Chamber of Commerce
Etherredge Center
USC Aiken
Tom Hallman
The
Aiken Chamber
Aiken
Hallman
William F
Bill) Bassham
C&s Bank
Gardeners Plan Christmas Auction and Luncheon
The Country Gardeners will hold their Christmas auction and luncheon tomorrow at the home of Mrs. Mackey Scott Jr. Hostesses include Mrs. Eugene M. Holley Mrs. H C Coward Mrs. Walter Brown and Mrs Norman E. Woodward.
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Eugene M. Holley
H.C. Coward
Walter Brown
Norman E. Woodward
Alumni Reception Planned at Mead Hall for 1955 to 1969 Grads
St Thaddeus Episcopal Church Mead Hall hosts an alumni reception Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. inviting graduates from 1955 through 1969. The Garden Tea Room on Pendleton Street will host the event.
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Mead Hall
St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church
Garden Tea Room
Pendleton Street
Bargain Hunters Brave 8 A.M. Stampede at Chicago Store
A observer recalls the brutal rush outside a Chicago department store as doors opened at 8 a.m. Shoppers jammed into the basement to grab 40 to 70 percent off clothing with a survivalist mindset and terse rules of buyer conduct.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
Correction of Wedding Photo Identity
The Aiken Standard apologizes for identifying Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey W. Brown incorrectly in a Sunday wedding photo and clarifies the proper captions and names.
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Jeffrey W. Brown
The
Aiken Standard
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Lynnda Bassham
John Harte
Rachael
Bob
Cathy Harte
Barbara
Gene Kneece
John
Kimberly Bryson
Richard William Howell
Robert Farr
la Plata
Roy R. Moon
Taylors
Dewey Cobb
Valdosta
Lynnda
W.F.) Bassham
Laurel Drive
Dominic Sama
Knight-Ridder Newspapers
Postal Service
Industries
Brigitte Bardot
France
Miss Bardot
Calvin Klein
Perry Ss
Hwy
Industrial Park
Chesterfield St. Aiken, S.C
Family Apparel
Hampton Ave
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