Camellia Ball Kicks Off Debutante Season in Aiken
Eight debutantes were presented at the Camellia Ball marking the start of the Aiken Debutante Society’s festivities. The season opened with a Thanksgiving weekend tea by Janet Bransome, followed by high‑end gatherings at Houndslake Country Club and Rye Patch. Notable hosts included the Carr, Lock, and Woodard families with guests from Edgefield, Mount Pleasant, and Greenville.
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Aiken Debutante Society
Janet Bransome
Allison McDaniel
Edgefield
Michelle
Adair de Berry
Steve Carr
Houndslake Country Club
Dick Goodwin
Randy Lucas
Stringbenders
Debs
Frank
Mary Jane Lock
Ann
John Woodard
Dawn Lock
Beth Woodard
Rye Patch
Harvest
Smithfield
Karen Anaclerio
Mary North Church
Michelle McDaniel
Beth Shealy
Suzanne Szymonski
Dawn
Beth
Ted Bransome
April
Daggie
Colgate Darden
David Widener
Mary Jo
Elmer Wilson
Lowrie
Joe
Mildred Spencer
Bette
Mary
Camellia Ball marks New Year debutantes at USC Aiken
Dawn's grandmother Mrs Achie Allen of Winston-Salem N C notes a Dec 30 rehearsal party at the Shealys with gifts orchids and red roses from the Szymonskis. The Camellia Ball at the Student Activities Center featured elaborate decor and dances with fathers and escorts culminating in a midnight buffet and fireworks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawn
Achie Allen
Winston-Salem
N.C
Margaret
Harry Shealy
Beth Shealy
Betty
Calhoun Witham
Steve Szymonski
Suzanne Szymonski
Melville Church
Mary North Church
USC Aiken
Clarence Jolley
Local Library Offers Federal Tax Forms and Community Meetings
Public library hours and a phone contact are listed along with notices for a Alzheimer’s support group meeting at the Aiken Area Council on Aging, Whispering Pines 4-H Club, and various training sessions hosted by community agencies. Also notes on Audubon Society chapters and a quality control dinner meeting in the area.
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Aiken County Public Library
Aiken Area
P.O
Dept
Chicago
Bookmobile Schedule for Week of January 7
The weekly bookmobile route times list visits to Belvedere Church Anne Maria Nursing Home Ledges Apartments Lakewood Circle Edgewood Deerwood Langley Nutrition Site and more. The schedule includes daily stops and times from Monday through Friday with lunch breaks and community site visits.
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Belvedere
Methodist Church
Anne Maria Nursing Home
Ledges Apartments
Lakewood Circle
Edgewood- Deerwood
Langley Nutrition
Bath
Langley Baptist Church
Mattie Hall
Croft House
County Shop
Ridgecrest
Elko
Long Branch
Barnwell Development Center
Bollings Springs
Kline
Barnwell Co
Black's
Hilda
Heating Springs
Pleasant Hill
Military brief highlights area service graduates and promotions
Airman Dennis L Samuels has completed a personnel course at Keesler AFB and will serve with RAF Upper Heyford in England. Levi Bates finished a unit and organization supply course at Fort Lee and is a 1979 Aiken High School graduate. Raymond L Padgett received a promotion with the 2nd Marine Division at Camp Lejeune, a 1983 Midland Valley graduate. Don E Danforth completed Navy recruit training in San Diego, a 1984 Silver Bluff graduate.
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Dennis L. Samuels
Dennis
Ella M. Samuels
Belvedere
U.S. Air Force
Keesler Air Force Base
Miss
The
Community College of the
Air Force
Samuels
20Th Combat Support Group
Raf Upper Heyford
England
North Augusta High School
Levi Bates
Eliza J. Bates
Aiken
U.S. Army Quartermaster School
Fort Lee
Aiken High School
Lance
Raymond L. Padgett
Bobby L. Agner
Bath
2Nd Marine Divison
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Midland Valley
Marine Corps
Navy
Don E. Danforth
Ted
Mary E. Danforth
New Ellenton
Recruit Training Command
Naval Training Center
San Diego
Danforth
Silver Bluff High School
Sandwich Lunch Series Meets Tomorrow for Aging Parent Talk
The Sandwich Lunch Series gathers tomorrow at noon in the First Presbyterian Church fellowship hall. Dr. Dexter Burley of Augusta College presents You and Your Aging Parent. A $2 catered lunch or bring your own. beverages provided. Sponsored by the Mental Health Association in Aiken County.
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Fellowship
First Presbyterian Church
Dexter Burley
Augusta College
Adult Development Center
The
Mental Health Association
Aiken County
Aiken County Help Line Seeks Volunteers for Training
Volunteers are needed for upcoming training sponsored by the Aiken County Help Line to provide crisis intervention information and referral services to callers.
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Aiken County Help Line
Aiken Music Teachers Sponsor Houser Recital
Virginia Houser will give a recital tonight at 7 30 p.m. hosted by the Aiken Music Teachers Association at 827 Legare Street in Savannah. The program features Brahms Fantasies Op 116 Beethoven Pastoral Sonata Op 28 two Scarlatti sonatas and Touches by Leonard Bernstein. Houser, pursuing a master's in piano performance pedagogy at the University of Oklahoma, has taught in Savannah and helped start the Savannah Yamaha Music School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken Music Teacher’s Association
Virginia Houser
Eloise Twombly
Legare St
Beethoven
Scarlatti
Leonard Bernstein
Ms. Houser
University of Oklahoma
Norman
Okla
Savannah
Sabrina Fair cast auditions slated at Aiken Playhouse
The Aiken Community Playhouse hosts auditions for Sabrina Fair on January 14 and 15 at 7 p.m and January 20 at 3 p.m. Bruce Hancock directs. Selections include seven male and seven female roles for performers from late teens to middle age. Show opens mid March.
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Sabrina Fair
Aiken Community Playhouse
Bruce Hancock
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Aiken Standard
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W.F
Laurel Drive
Whispering Pines
Arlene Maddox
Ridge Spring
First Presbyterian Church of
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Augusta-Richmond County Public Library
Ninth and Greene Streets
Augusta
Barbara Thomas
Riverbanks Zoo
Columbia
Zoo Animal Medicine
Riverbanks
Thomas
Bronx Zoo
New York
Lincoln Park Zoo
Audubon Chapter
Lee Gibbs
North Augusta
Jeannine Angerman
Aiken-Augusta
National Audubon Society
Savannah River
American Society For Quality
Dixie Lee
U.S. 1
Rosie Messer
University Hospital
Q.A
Eunice Harmon
Division of Nursing
Diana Kearney
FMC Corporation
Wildwood Club
Wildwood Garden Club
Arthur Turner
Dunbarton Circle
L.M. Arnett
E.W. Smith
W.B. Colgate
William E. Winter
Galapagos Islands
Burley
JB Whites
JB Whites Hairstyling Center
Sylvia Percival
Heritage
Aiken Music Teachers
Houser
Yamaha Music School
Naegeli von Bergen Metcalf
GMTA
Columbia College
Georgia State University
Atlanta
Jane Magrath
E.L. Lancaster
By Breck Klein
Lominick Pharmacy
Richland Ave
Reggie
America
Crest
Rest
York SE
National Gallery of Art
Washington
Edgar Degas
Marie van Goethem
Chesterfield St.s
Aiken Community Hospital
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