Debutantes Highlight Camellia Ball Season
Festivities mark the holiday week as six young ladies prepare for their Camellia Ball debut on December 28. Multiple pre events include a mother daughter luncheon, champagne dance, and breakfasts with the debutantes and families, plus a Quadrille Club Christmas dance at the Graniteville Armory.
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Wilcox Inn
Jenny Banks
J.D. Banks
Johnston
Aiken Debutante Society Board
Jenny
Houndslake Country Club
Robert L. Buchanan
William Gingrey
Patti Buchanan
Alison Gingrey
Gracie
Jerry Waters
Lisa
Archie Adams
Kelly
Tom Young
Paul
Julie Moore
Frances
Leonard Browder
Betty
Bill Minnick
Society
Lisa Kaltz
Kenneth L. Kaltz
Edgefield
Pinnacle Club
Augusta
Clarence
Sue Jolley
Cedarside
Graniteville Armory
Peggy
Jim All
Berry
Dianne Crain
Charlie
Becky Marvin
Dante
Nita Busbee
Jan
Trent Arnold
Fran
Spooky Weeks
Anne
Bob Lominick
Ash
Pam Milner
Barbie Rothfuss
Mildred
Joe Spencer
Betty Coward
Alan
Barbara Kirchner
David
Vicki
Local society notes from Aiken on dances and weddings
Aiken social column lists hundreds of guests and attendees from events at the Augusta YWCA Fermata Club and Green Boundary Club. It notes the Christmas Dance for Social Dance students with instructors and chaperones, plus Beta Sigma Phi dinner and baked Alaska celebration. Wedding guests from Johnsonville to Old Westbury are named, with invitations for readers to send party notices to Lynnda Bassham.
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Augusta Ywca
Fermata Club
Dorothy McLeod
Mrs. McLeod
Greg
Betty Ryberg
Jan
Ron Sellers
Jim Suhrer
Ann Perry
Omega Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi
Green Boundary Club
Alaska
Louie
Debbie Alvanos
Bonnie
Rusty Culbertson
Charlie
Kathy McCurdy
Gayle Whitaker
Sandra
Wayne Januario
Tom
Pat Holley
Paul
Beth Sauerborn
Bear
Ann Woodrum
Pat
Mike Marchand
Larry
Sharon Owens
John
Lynnda Bassham
W.F
Laurel Drive
Aiken
Miss Manners on Handling Unwanted Christmas Gifts
Popular etiquette advice urges polite riposte to unwanted presents. Lie sparingly, exchange or donate, avoid shaming the giver, and choose easily returnable items. The column also covers card etiquette and behavior at gatherings during the holidays.
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Midas
Blockhead
Miss Manners
Warner Books
Manners
Judith Martin
History of Southern Literature Explores Four Centuries
Louis D Rubin Jr leads a study with Bryden Jackson and others in a collaboration between the Society for the Study of Southern Literature and LSU Press. The volume surveys Southern writing across nearly four centuries with about seventy essays from fifty scholars.
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Louis D. Rubin Jr
Bryden Jackson
Rayburn S. Moore
Lewis P. Simpson
Thomas Daniel Young
Louisiana State University Press
H.L. Mencken
South
Sahara
Society For the Study of Southern Literature
The History of Southern Literature review overview
Book reviewers assess a comprehensive study tracing Southern writing from colonial times to 1982. The work spans authors from Alexander Beaufort Meek to Alice Walker and Robert Penn Warren, with cogent essays on Gone With the Wind, Richard Wright, and Thomas Wolfe, plus four thematic sections and clear contextual introductions.
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Ers
South Carolina
Alexander Beaufort Meek
Mississippi
Stark Young
Alice Walker
Georgia
Robert Penn Warren
Kentucky
Anne Goodwyn Jones
Bryden Jackson
Richard Wright
Louis Rubin
Thomas Wolfe
Aiken High Debuts Local Trivia Game Fundraiser
Aiken High School launches the Aiken Trivia Game a fundraising board game with 1 000 general questions and 100 about Aiken. The 57 board squares feature local businesses with names addresses and logos. Proceeds fund school grounds improvements.
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Aiken High School
Aiken
Kathy Johnson
Judy van Steenberg
Kathy
Aiken High
Chamber of Commerce
Holiday Community Meetings and Closures Calendar
Community calendar lists club meetings across Dec 24 25 and 26 with A A groups at Linden Street North Augusta and Gloverville, Christian dances, Narcotics Anonymous First Presbyterian Church events, Overeaters Anonymous and Body Dynamics hours. Contact each group for cancellations during holidays.
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Linden St
A.A. Valley
Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church
Gloverville
Al-Anon Family Group
Christian Social Organization
Belvedere Women's Club
Ponce de Leon Ave
North Augusta
New Life Group
Narcotics Anonymous
First Presbyterian Church
Barnwell Ave
Santa's Elf Shopped in the Alley Event and Reunions
Santa's Elf Shop in the Alley runs daily through Christmas Eve with elves available for child supervision while parents shop. Proceeds from gingerbread houses balloons gourmet popcorn holiday plants and candy canes benefit the Landscape Project for Aiken Elementary and Laurens Street new school. Class of 1980 Aiken High School five year reunion on Saturday December 28 at 8 p.m. Fermata Club. Class of 1965 twenty year reunion on December 28 at 7:30 p.m. Palmer's Ramada Inn. South Carolina Low Country Coil Basket Exhibit runs through December 30 at the Aiken County Historical Museum.
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Aiken Elementary
Laurens Street New School
Aiken High School
Fermata Club
Palmer’s
Ramada Inn
Gayle Plunkett
South Carolina
Aiken County Historical Museum
Aiken Standard Public Event Calendar Notice
Local clubs and meeting representatives are asked to submit event notices to The Aiken Standard two working days before publication. Include dates times locations and contact details for calendar listing consideration.
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The
Aiken Standard
P.O
Aiken
S.C
Etherredge Center seeks remaining seats for donor pledges
Friends of the Etherredge Center at USCA urge donations to fund the new arts center. Seats cost 250 dollars and offer permanent recognition via plaques. Interested individuals and groups may contact Esther Dickey Ruth Howard Peg Buterbaugh Jean Kierspe Mary Oswald Sally Anaclerio Charlotte Cassels for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends of the Etherredge Center
New Arts Center
USCA
Esther Dickey
Ruth Howard
Peg Buterbaugh
Jean Kierspe
Mary Oswald
Sally Anaclerio
Charlotte Cassels
State 4-H Clubs Compile Cookbook Highlighted
A cookbook titled Favorite Recipes of South Carolina gathers recipes from Aiken County 4-Hers and other clubs. The 150 page spiral bound volume lists over 200 recipes and is sold at Clemson Extension Service in Aiken, the Aiken County Historical Museum, North Augusta Chamber of Commerce, and Southern Traditions in North Augusta. For information call 649 6911.
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Aiken County
South Carolina
Clemson Extension Service
Richland Ave
Aiken
Support Groups Sessions Cancelled
Mothers of Young Children will not meet tomorrow. Grieving Support groups will not meet tomorrow or Thursday or on Wednesday or Thursday, Jan. 1 and 2. After these dates, both groups will resume regular meetings.
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