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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1971
Page
5
A crowd of readers share personal issues from marriage trust to infidelity and family matters. Notes include Dear Abby questions on spying, parenting, and moral guidance, plus local club news, resident moves, and social events in Aiken South Carolina with names and places.
The LBC Jaycee-ettes sponsor a Sock Hop on January 23 at Clearwater Elementary Cafeteria to raise funds for the March of Dimes. Music by the L. Lois Faith band starts 7:30 p.m. Admission is 1 at 14 to 18 and 1.25 at the door. Mothers March in LBC area Sunday January 17.
London AP reports a government study showing 39 percent of married British women now work outside the home, up from 26 percent in 1951, reflecting changing social roles and economic needs.
The Belvedere Jayceeettes launch the 1971 March of Dimes effort with a Mother's March on Sunday and a teen collection plus a coffee day at a local restaurant. Teens will collect on Saturday, Jan. 23 as publicity chairman Mrs. Ralph Cramer promotes ongoing support to fight birth defects. Mrs. Jim Griffin chairs the campaign for the Jaycee-ettes.
The Aiken Astronomy Club meets at 8 p.m. Friday at Minnie B. Kennedy Junior High School to view a NASA film Universe on a Scratchpad about a modern astronomer and his methods with commentary by Dr. Robert Jastrow and Dr. Patrick Thaddeus. Tom Carr presents color slides of meteors and the lunar eclipse. weather permitting, telescopic observing will follow for the public.
Miss Ruth B. Ridgeway daughter of Mr and Mrs Philip B Ridgeway Sr of Aiken and Jeffery J Shafer son of Mr and Mrs L J Shafer of Aiken were united in marriage July 7 in Aiken. The bride a Aiken High School graduate attended the University of South Carolina now employed by the South Carolina National Bank. The groom attended USC. The couple resides in Aiken.
The Rt. Rev. Arnold M. Lewis will deliver the principal address at the 1971 Annual Convention of Episcopal Churchwomen of the Diocese of Upper South Carolina at St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church. He has served as Army chaplain and later as Bishop of Western Kansas before his current duties. The convention includes Holy Communion, sessions at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., reports, the 1971 budget, committee updates, and elections led by president-elect Mrs. Julian Hinson with convention chair Mrs. Richard Hunton.
Max W. Camp of the University of South Carolina will present a workshop for the Aiken Music Teachers Association at 9 a.m. Tuesday at 927 Calhoun Street hosted by Mrs. Harriet Hussey. Camp will cover technique considerations for teaching preparatory piano to junior high students.
A teen age heart benefit titled Spring Fantasy will be held at 8 p.m. February 27 at Aiken Junior High School with Mrs. William Warren as chairman Fashions for the show will be provided by the Boutique and Belks decorations by Mrs. Wallace Garrett and the program coordinator Teenagers may audition as models from 4 30 to 9 30 p.m. Friday January 29 in the Heritage Room at Farmers and Merchants Bank
Hollywood reports John Phillip Law was signed by Mike Frankovich to play Robin Stone in the film adaptation of Jacqueline Susann The Love Machine for Columbia Pictures. Law replaces Brian Kelly who is recuperating from a serious Thanksgiving Day injury.
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