Aiken Holiday Reunions Light Up Town and Country Club Scene
Aiken residents and former locals gathered for Christmas and New Year visits. Janet Burns joined Town and Country Club for January, while Paul and Julia Moore traveled to Washington to spend time with the Thurmond family. Visits included family from Nebraska, the Carolinas, and New York, with trips to Charleston and Kiawah Island.
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Aiken
Town and Country Club
Janet Burns
Captain Burns
Daytona Beach
W. Warrington Burns
Dorothy Ford
Winter Haven
Fla
Ruth Deane
Dottie Robbins
Suzanne Barber
Palmetto Club
Paul
Julia Moore
Washington, D.C
Nancy
Strom Thurmond
Capitol City
White House
Smithsonian
Kennedy Center
Nancy Moore
Moores
Washington
Thurmonds
Julie
J. Strom
Cinderella Pageant Planned at Greenwood Junior High
Emerald Junior High School hosts the Cinderella Pageant on March 5 at Phoenix Street site for girls ages 3 to 17. Greenwood and District 3 select four winners plus talent winners to June state pageant at Erskine College. Younger division wears party dress and sportswear. ages 7 to 17 may also present a 3 minute talent.
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Greenwood
Emerald
Phoenix Street
Aiken County
Erskine College
Cherokee Hills
Center Aims to Prevent Mental Illness in Community
Dr Edna Lombard director of the Aiken Barnwell Mental Health Center spoke at Town and Country Club noting the center will be 11 years old in July. The 21 member staff on Richland Avenue serves about 800 people monthly with 15 to 20 new clients weekly and offers individual group and family therapy with fees scaled to ability to pay. The center backs a new transitional program across the street teaching cooking sewing nutrition and crafts while seeking to integrate hospital and community life and expand services at Aiken Community Hospital to prevent state hospital admissions.
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Edna Lombard
Aiken Barnwell Mental Health Center
Town and Country Club
Richland Avenue
Lombard
Hospital Auxiliary Board to Meet in Aiken January 13
The Hospital Auxiliary of Aiken County Inc will hold its January meeting this Thursday January 13 at 10 a.m. in the home of Mrs William Post 505 Colleton Ave SE. The Aiken Recreation Department topics include a quilting class starting Tuesday January 25 from 9 30 to 11 30 for six weeks. Registration costs 8 inside the city limits and 11 outside with Mrs Pauline Waterhouse instructing at her home. To register contact the Aiken Recreation Department.
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Hospital Auxiliary of
Aiken County, Inc
William Post
Colleton Ave
Aiken
Pauline Waterhouse
Largest Montana snowflakes from 1887 measured 15 inches
A weather note recalls Montana snowfall in 1887 when the largest recorded snowflakes reached 15 inches in diameter. This rare meteorological record highlights extreme winter phenomena observed in the state’s history.
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Montana
New Way with Southern Stuffing
A Southern cooking tip suggests corn bread stuffing in the turkey body cavity with 1 percent roasted almonds added, and sweet potato stuffing in the neck cavity with 4 cups chocolate mini chips mixed in.
Abe's Favorite Gingerbread Dessert
Lincoln's favorite Christmas dessert was gingerbread with nuts topped by whipped cream and chocolate. An easy fac simile uses roasted diced almonds in the gingerbread mix served warm with whipped cream and chocolate sprinkles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln
Camellia Show Returns With Timed Entries Jan 15 Deadline
Aiken hosts a two day Camellia Show on January 22 and 23 with a January 15 entry deadline for the artistic division. The event theme is Camellias Through the Years with Tricolor and Creativity sections detailing fresh plant material standards and stand dimensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
Herman Warneke
Dear Abby column letters on talking too much and child care
Readers ask how to curb talking etiquette and express concern over an 8 year old left home after school. Abby advises speaking only on meaningful matters and urges finding a sitter or neighbor, warning that reporting to child services could trigger a family conflict.
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Abby
Helene
Cissy
Child Services
Mother
Child Services Department
L.A
Calif
Sunshine Garden Club Hosts Holiday Tasting Auction
Members of Sunshine Garden Club and guests gathered at Mrs. Eugene Kneece’s home for a holiday tasting party. An auction was held with many goodies on offer, and the proceeds will support club projects.
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Sunshine Garden Club
Eugene Kneece
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Frances Bass
Chadron, Neb
Joe Horner
Horners
Scottsbluff
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Nancy Horner
Walter Brown
Rich and
Mark
Kingstree
S.C
Jimmy Carr
Patrick
Columbia
J. V. Price
Blythewood
Nebraska
Charleston
Isle of Palms
Mary Ann
J. Allen Wheat
Peter Dillon
West Reading
Conn
Wheats
Polly
University of California Medical School
San Francisco
Orion W. Davis, Jr
Pearl River
N.Y
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Davis
Pam Newberry
Los Angeles
Disneyland
Yosemite National Park
Jim
Ginnie Samsel
the Samuels
Kim
Kirk
Ginnie
Vance
Kay Echols
Lisa
Bob Edmondson
Heather
Stephanie
Yosemite Lodge
Badger Pass
Mirror Lake
Bob
Arden Morgan
Jane
Bill Leonard
Dora Barrett
Boulder
Colo
Agatha Leonard
Fort Lauderdale
Algie
Maylee Hayes
Mineola
Tex
Paul Morgan
Barbara
College of Charleston
Aan
Self Memorial Hospital
Barrett
Wichita
Kansas
Bella Vista
Arkansas
Mrs. Leonard
Jo Ann
Abbott Middleton
Dora Combs
Kiawah Island
Carolina
Hawaii
USC Gamecocks
A. of Hawaii
Jako Ticket
Transpor
Cail
York SE
Jiavet
Dial
Claudette Drummond
Town and Country
Lynne Katonak
The
Aiken Recreation Department
Abe
Laurens NW
Dear Abby
Abigail van Buren
Aeety
Southern
Oasises
Hell
Lamberts Arts & Crafts
Laurens SW
Lominick Pharmacy
Richland Ave
Turner Music House
Chesterfield Social
Alvarez & Yamaha Guitars
Essories Harmonicas
Irmisher
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