Bladderpod Bush Delights Year Round Bloom and Habitat
The bladderpod bush Isomeris arborea can bloom any time if rainfall is ample and can endure January and February cold. It grows over four feet with white barked stems, dense branches, and bright green foliage before yellow flowers. It thrives from sea level to 3500 feet in the southwest and supports rodents and hummingbirds while offering edible, bitter buds for humans. Planting seeds in a shallow hole with moderate watering encourages germination, aiding soil structure and wildlife.
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United States
Dear Abby Reader Prods Overpopulation Concern
A letter from CALIF reader criticizes Dear Abby for defending a mother with 13 children. The writer, calling out overpopulation, argues multiplication could lead to 182 descendants in two generations and urges responsibility for finite resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
Calif
Abby column excerpts on family strain and weight loss
Dear Abby columns reveal two reader dilemmas. A Utah mother visits a couple. cramped living space sparks family criticism. The second story follows a 29 year old who shed 94 pounds and faces a rude coworker who doubts her change.
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Abby
Utah
NEW Yorker
Barefoot Boy Always Wins
A humorous look at children resisting shoe rules and mothers who enforce discipline. The piece traces a child’s relentless wish to go barefoot and the parent’s exhausted but patient efforts, concluding persistence yields victory and a barefoot triumph.
Federal consumer offices listed for help and contact numbers
Virginia Knauer notes 22 federal consumer offices in Washington with direct addresses and phone numbers. The list covers FTC Bank credit Airline safety antitrust energy housing live issues and regulators across agencies. It aims to guide citizens in addressing complaints to the proper agency and contact.
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Virginia Knauer
Office of
Consumer Affairs
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Washington
Rising baby bashing cases alarm South Africa doctors
Pretoria AP report notes a surge from four cases in 1970 to 30 by September 1974 of alleged baby bashing by parents, according to Dr. C Irwin of Johannesburg Children's Hospital.
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Pretoria
South Africa
C. Irwin
Johanness Children’s Hospital
Romance of the Patchwork Quilt program at NSDAR meeting
Henry Middleton Chapter NSDAR meets at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Mrs. T.B. Hindman Jr. home on Chukker Creek Road. Mrs. W.D. Halfracre presents the program on The Romance of the Patchwork Quilt in America.
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America
Henry Middleton
NSDAR
T.B. Hindman Jr
Chukker Creek Road
Hospital Auxiliary board meeting in Aiken on Thursday
The Aiken County Hospital Auxiliary will hold a board meeting Thursday at 10 a.m. at the home of Mrs. Robert M. Laird Jr. 722 Highland Park Dr with Mrs. Paul Tewkesbury as co host. The Morning Glory Garden Club meets Jan 15 at Betty Smiths home.
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Aiken County Hospital
Robert M. Laird Jr
Highland Park Dr
Paul Tewkesbury
Morning Glory Garden Club
Betty Smith
Robert Gunnels
Old Year Recycling Drive At Mitchell Shopping Center
Aiken County citizens join a New Year recycling effort led by the Aiken County Junior Woman's Club and Boy Scout Troop 146. Scouts will staff Mitchell Shopping Center on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. to help with paper products and request no magazines be brought this year.
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Aiken County
Mitchell
Aiken
Aiken Junior Woman’s Club
Aiken Chamber Week Promotes Civic Involvement and Banquet
The Tea Leaves notes Chamber of Commerce week in Aiken highlighting civic participation. A banquet Friday January 10 at Millbrook Baptist Church will honor three citizens for volunteer work. tickets cost 5.50 dollars. Also mentions residents leaving for San Francisco for 18 months, social visits, and wedding news involving Carolyn Huff and John Snyder in Gem Lakes with guests from multiple states.
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Chamber of Commerce
Millbrook Baptist Church
Aiken
John
Carolyn
Huff
Gem Lakes
Frank J. Snyder
Olivebridge
N.Y
Robert J. Synder
Killeen
Texas
Marie Snyder
Alburquerque
N.M
Birth announced for Erica Elizabeth Kight in Tampa
Mr and Mrs Kenneth G Kight of Tampa announce the birth of their daughter Erica Elizabeth born December 17. Her mother is the former Vicki Jon McKinley of Redington Beach. paternal grandparents Harry G Kight and Mrs. Viola Pangburn are noted.
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Kenneth G Kight
Tampa
Fla
Erica Elizabeth
Kight
Vicki Jon McKinley
John Edward McKinley
Redington Beach
Harry G. Kight
Aiken
Viola Pangburn
Redington Shores
Edward McKinley
Michelle
Aiken Standard Wedding and Engagement Forms Available
The Aiken Standard invites readers to visit its office at 124 Rutland Dr. for wedding and engagement announcements. It accepts engagement and bridal portraits that are suitable for publication.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Dr
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Dear Abby
NY Jer
Thin
L.A
Abigail van Buren
Lasky Dr
Beverly Hills
Barefoot Boy
By Ann Rudy
Santa Claus
Nature
Ron Cey
J. Thomas Rosch
Bureau of Consumer Protec
Tion
Federal Trade Commission
Washington, D.C
Air Travel
Jack Yohe
Consumer Advo
Cate Civil Aeronautics Board
John Auten
Office of Financial Analysis
Treasury Dept
Gregory B. Hovendon
Antitrust
Justice Dept
Bank Credit, Savings
Frederic Solomon
Office of Saver and Consumer Affairs
Federal Reserve Board
Bus & Train Travel Warner L. Baylor Consumer Affairs Officer
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sam Sherwin
Commerce Dept
Antonina P. Uccello
Direc
Tor Office of Consumer Affairs Transportation Dept
Virginia H. Knauer
Hazel Rollins
Consumer Affairs & Special Impact
Federal Energy Adm
Emmett J. Gavin
Federal Power Commission
Parks Ann Richardson
Secretary
Program & Budget
Interior Dept
Nancy Stearts
Secretary For Consumer Affairs
Agriculture Dept
Food, Drugs & Cosmetics
John Harvey
Office of Consumer Affairs
Food and Drug Adm
Rockville
Wilbur Jones
Consumer Affairs Coordi
Nator Housing and Urban Development Dept
Thomas Chadwick
Consumer Advocate
Postal Service
Office of Consumer Affairs Health, Education and Welfare Dept
Decker Anstrom
Sioner
Administration On Aging
Health, Education & Welfare Dept
Consumer Information
David Peterson
Cen
General Services Adminis
Mary Kay Ryan
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Bethesda
Virginia Y. Trotter
Education Office
Education Health, Education & Welfare Dept
Stocks & Bonds
Frank J. Donaty Jr
Securities and Exchange Commission
Joanne Gordon
Labor Dept
Club News
W.D. Halfacre
Aiken Junior
Woman’s Club
By Lin Smithwick
Chamber
Richard Keely
San Francisco
Frank Shallo
Susan
Shallo
Esther Potts
Pittsburg
Garmish
Germany
Carolyn Huff
George Huff
Army
John Snyder
States
Brigham Young University
Eleanor Sloane
Boston College
George
Salt Lake City
University of Utah
By Bob Leminick
Harvard U. School of Public Health
Amon
Lominick’s Pharmacy
Richland Ave
Robert Lominick
R.ph
Ist Quality
Colonial Wood Works
Whiskey Road
SALE
Laurens NW
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