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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1976
Page
6
The Aiken Standard reports from Aiken South Carolina dated December 21 1976. Local news summaries cover community updates, civic notices, and events shaping the week in and around Aiken.
The Holy Season events unfold with Aiken Junior Woman's Club drop in at the James C. Guynn home on Inverness East and other gatherings across churches, clubs, and private residences. Decor, teas, hunts, and family milestones are noted, including corrections to a bridal luncheon and a Carolina wedding in Lynchburg.
Johns Hopkins Hospital bans cigarette machines and prohibits doctors nurses and students from smoking in patient care areas. Physicians must set an example after a letter from Dr Robert Mason urging the hospital to refuse to endorse cigarette sales. Smoking is allowed only in designated nonpatient areas including the public dining room doctors dining room and research labs with no patients present.
The Martintown Road Chapter DAR met at Mrs J Carlton Vaughns home for a December session. Mrs J Bishop Alexander contributed to the Bicentennial Oral History Project with a Christmas memories tape titled Christmas at Rosemary Hall in the early 1900s to be archived at Nancy Carson Library in North Augusta. The Student Council collected donations for the Valley Empty Stocking Fund at Leavelle McCampbell High School. Robbie Duncan presented a $922.76 check to Denton Johnson of the Graniteville Exchange Club at a Christmas concert last Friday.
Winthrop College in Rock Hill held its December graduation ceremony awarding 238 degrees. Among the graduates were Patricia Lee Bradley Stella Nicholas Rangos and Linda Ann Garvin each earning B S degrees in Home Economics and Education. Siamese minnows are noted as growing large with reports of eight feet and up to 300 pounds.
A father finds porn in his 14 year old's wallet and Phillip argues teens face sexual tensions while defending reading rights. A wife lets a dog lick plates and pans, Abby calls it sickening even if sterilized. A reader asks about elderly friends for Christmas and suggests sending greeting cards with stamps.
Washington report notes a rapid rise in rotary engine patents from 1973 to 1975 driven by demand for efficiency and cheaper fuel. Intellectual Property Owners Inc. cites a 16.7 percent annual growth, about seven times the overall technology patent rate.
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