Dear Neighbor: Aiken winter visitors and local ties
Dorothy K. MacDowell reports Mr. Malcolm R. Grahame from Salt Point New York returning to Aiken for winters with Barry Leithead and the Woodside Hounds connection. The Haight family from Litchfield Connecticut and Howard G. Hook with wife move to Aiken. Hook, a retired New York harbor engineer, shares local interests and ancestry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy K. Macdowell
Grahame
Aiken
Malcolm R. Grahame
Salt Point
Dutchess County
New York
Southern Pines
Barry Leithead
Hankinson Cottage
Highland Park Drive
Barry T. Leithead
Magnolia Lane
Mr. Leithead
James A. Burden
Woodside Hounds
Howard G. Hook
Wildwood Drive
Hook
New York Harbor
New Haven Railroad
Hooks
Yarmouth
Nova Scotia
Teenagers Discussed by Local Panel at Fermata Club
A town and country club panel at 10 am Thursday will explore teenage traumas with three experts. Dr. Peggy Shealy of Aiken County Mental Health Clinic, Dr. James Barham of a private Aiken pediatrics practice, and attorney Mrs Westerdahl will speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fermata Club
Peggy Shealy
Aiken County
Charleston Festival Of Houses Tours Planned For Spring
Charleston's Festival Of Houses runs March 29 to April 5 featuring 60 private houses and gardens with candlelight and afternoon tours. Highlights include Tradd Street King Street Ansonborough Legare Street Church Street and waterfront tours. Proceeds support Historic Charleston Foundation's Revolving Fund. Tickets limited. reservation info at Nathaniel Russell House 51 Meeting Street Charleston SC.
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Charleston
Tradd Street
King Street
Ansonborough
Legare Street
Church Street
America
The
Foundation
Historic Charleston Foundation
Nathaniel Russell
Meeting Street
S.C
Miss Truitt Named Homecoming Queen at USCA Aiken
Juli Truitt was crowned Homecoming Queen at halftime during the USCA Aiken Spartanburg game. She is a nursing sophomore, transferred from Florida State, sponsored by Richard Burdette, with finalists Bonnie Smith Maria Gregory April Nixon Cheryl Lybrand. Pacers defeated Spartanburg Bantams 77 to 52.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juli Truitt
University of South Carolina
Randy Counts
Miss Truitt
Scott Truitt
Aiken
Florida State
Dear Abby Answers on Grooming and Growth in Youth
A reader asks how to convince an 18 year old daughter to shave her legs while another seeks advice about a husband who embarrasses her in public. Abby says personal grooming is individual and suggests confronting the husband about his public cruelty, and Shrimp learns about growth options or elevated shoes for height differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
United States
Dad
Aiken Camellia Show Names Sponsors for Annual Event
Sponsors announced for the Aiken Camellia Show on February 6 and 7 include Rural Electric Cooperative, Coward Corley Seed, Palmetto Federal, Owens Nursery, Manning Owens, Satcher Motor, Kimberly Clark, Walter Plunkett, McCords Nursery, Belk of Aiken, City of Aiken, Greater Aiken Chamber, Durban's Inc, Photocraft Camera, Holmes Jewelers, and Farmers and Merchants Bank. New awards add Best Miniature, Best White Bloom, Best Junior Exhibitor under 18, Best Hybrid Bloom of Reticulata parentage, and Best Hybrid Bloom of Non Reticulata parentage. The show is produced by the Aiken Camellia Club with the Garden Council of Aiken and the American Camellia Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
Paul A. Dahlen
Rural Electric Cooperative
Coward - Corley Seed Company
Palmetto Federal Savings and Loan
Owens Nursery and Garden Shop
Manning Owens, Inc
Satcher Motor Company
Kimberly Clark Corp
Walter Plunkett
McCords Nursery
W. K. Laughlin
Belk of Aiken
June Henderson
City of
The
Birth of son for Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Carter of Augusta
Mr and Mrs Ronnie Carter of Augusta announce the birth of a son Myron Branch on January 27 at St Josephs Hospital Mrs Carter is the former Elaine Branch daughter of Mr and Mrs Steiner Branch of Grovetown Ga Mr Carter is the son of Mr and Mrs My ron Carter of Salley
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Ronnie Carter
Augusta
Myron Branch
St. Joseph's Hospital
Carter
Elaine Branch
Steiner Branch
Grovetown
Myron Carter
Salley
Tom Corbett
Aiken County Hospital
Terrell Hallman
Orangeburg Regional Hospital
Greenville
Beverly
William West Rush
David
Flicker
Abigail
Vertie Lee Salley
Myron
Branch
Ronnie
Memphis
Elaine
Nurse Saves Piglets After Crisis On Cumberland Farm
Carlisle England AP report details student nurse Hazel Cruddace racing to resuscitate piglets on a Cumberland farm. Over 30 minutes she worked to revive the brood as three piglets survived the emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle
England
Hazel Cruddace
Cumberland
Outstanding Woman Of South Carolina To Be Named Saturday
The Outstanding Woman of the Year for South Carolina will be announced at the Status of Women Conference Saturday in the Town House Motor Inn, Columbia. Officials listed include Mrs. Paul R. Moore, Mrs. John R. Wolff, Mrs. Luther Rigby, Mrs. Kenneth W. Kornahrens, Mrs. W. V. Baxter, and Miss Marguerite Chiles. Brigadier General Elizabeth P. Hoisington will be featured as speaker, with a panel of women from state agencies and government participating in the morning session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Town House Motor Inn
Columbia
Elizabeth P. Hoisington
United States Women's Army Corps
Hoisington
West Point
Women's Army Corps
Headquarters
European Theatre of Operations
WAC Batalion
Far East Command
Tokyo
Japan
June Wakeford
U.S. Department of Labor
Women's Bureau
Atlanta
Carolyn Frederick
S.C. House of Representatives
Greenville
Sherry Shealy
Lexington
Salley Mourns Briggs Salley Sr an longtime town figure
Briggs Salley Sr. 71 died January 7 after a long illness. He lived in Salley, partnered with his brother, then ran Salley Tractor Co. He farmed in Aiken Orangeburg and Fairfield. Survived by wife Allene Gaston Salley son Briggs Salley Jr granddaughter Stacey Salley and others. Funeral January 28 at Salley Baptist Church with interment at Salley Oakview Cemetery.
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Briggs Salley Sr
Olin J. Salley
Salley Tractor Company
Aiken
Orangeburg
Fairfield
Briggs
B. Mack Salley
Lou Belle Tyler Salley
Clemson University
Salley Baptist Church
Dean Swamp Lodge No. 172
Margaret Sawyer
George Paddock Salley
New York
Allene Gaston Salley
Briggs Salley Jr
Stacey Salley
Cecil M. Salley
Salley
R. D. Parkinson
Boys outpace girls in vocabulary due to broader freedoms
British teacher Rothwell Bishop of Slough reports in Educational Research that boys develop larger vocabularies than girls. He notes girls read more, but boys gain words from broader experiences, citing a 2-year-old boy who made a 400‑mile round trip in a day for train spotting, an activity a girl would likely be barred from.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Rothwell Bishop
Slough
Journal “Educational Research
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Sherman P. Haight
Litchfield
Conn
Haight
Peg
Masons
Graniteville
Mrs. Hook
Edgar Wells
Patrick O'Donnell
Robert William Roper
East
Park Ave
Hallmark
USCA
Pacers
Spartanburg
Miss Julie Truitt
Richard Burdette
Illag
Rich Plaza
Whiskey Road
Pine Log
Dial
Aiken, S.C
Aiken Camellia Show
Gen. Hollington
Ruth Earle Jones
Henry Salley
Staten Island
Roy Garrison
Evelyn Sawyer
Pelzer
Raymond Salley
Everett Salley
Gaston Gee
Denmark
Williston
Todd Salley
Motte J. Boylston
Hemrick N Salley
Burton Able
Veteran's Hospital
Bridge Club
Marie Johnston
Willie H Salley
Terue Sawyer
Willie H. Salley
Faustine Holman
Hemrick Salley
Kathleen Davis
Pauline McMillan
Eddie Ross
Salley Manufacturing Company
University of South Carolina Educational Foundation
Miracle Hill
Fellowship Hall
Suaws Fork
Rocky Grove
Tommie Lee Tindal
Salley Fire Department
Plina Sharpe
Jack Able
Eloise Jones
North
Orangeburg Hospital
Lian Sabor Y.B
Kalmia Plaza
Sol Rey
Seafood Shop
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