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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1978
Page
6
The Aiken Heart Board held a tea last Wednesday where tickets for the annual show were distributed. Hostess Carolyn Tucker received tickets from co chairs Jean Byrne and Ann Schifferli as staff photographer Lynne Katonak documented the event for the newspaper.
Carole and Tom Robinson arrive from Clarksdale Mississippi to set up a surgical practice with Dr. Ratliff nearby and family members including Mary Celeste and Bobby. The city notes other arrivals Jack and Mary Hunter and Ceil and Bob Platt settling on Huckleberry Drive and Colleton Avenue. Community events celebrate January birthdays and a new pot luck group forms with multiple local hosts.
SAN ANTONIO Texas Raymond A Taylor Jr commissioned as second lieutenant after Officer Training School at Lackland AFB. NORFOLK Navy Airman Keith A Lucas receives Letter of Commendation for duties on USS Independence. SAN FRANCISCO Coast Guard David Hawes reports for duty in San Francisco. ORLANDO Navy Seaman Recruit Elmore James completes Basic Electricity Electronics Course. SAN ANTONIO Airman Carl L Harper assigned to McConnell AFB after basic training. PENSACOLA Navy Ensign Gard J Selman graduates Aviation Indoctrination Course. NEWPORT Navy Ensign James M Bethman completes Naval Justice School course and holds BS from USNA.
In 1800 under President John Adams the U S population reached five million. Today the United States exceeds two hundred fifteen million people, reflecting growth across generations and waves of immigration and expansion.
Mrs Odell Weeks and Mrs William Madewell plan a camellia slide program for Garden Makers with Mrs Monroe George tomorrow at 10 am. Garden Makers await the Dollhouse dedication Sunday at 3 pm, marking a restoration effort by Garden Club Council members now on view publicly.
Dr. R Gordon Halfacre spoke at the January meeting held at Mrs George Stribling home. Halfacre, a horticulture degree holder and author listed in American Men of Science, teaches at Clemson University and lectures to landscape professionals and garden clubs in the Carolinas. He presented slides illustrating landscaping ideas and plant materials.
A collection of Dear Abby letters about divorce and remarriage after a long marriage, marital fidelity, and a fiancée treated as an outsider by his fiancé’s family. Also guidance on a carpool worry and a note about Abby’s booklet offerings.
Delaware extension home economist Sue Matusiak explains open dating shows freshness while coded dating reveals when and where a product was packaged. She lists four open dating types pack date pull or sell date expiration date and freshness date and warns a dated container with an open lid favors mold growth over a well sealed one.
Bob Fogle son of Elinor Fogle of Aiken is named to Clemson University's Dean's List for the first semester of 1977-78. He is a freshman in electrical engineering and a graduate of Aiken High School. Mary Rogers earns Dean's List honors at the Medical College of Georgia for fall quarter 1977 with a 4.0 average in the School of Nursing.
Mr and Mrs Gary Sanders of Bath announce the birth of a daughter Tori Melissa on January 5 at Aiken Community Hospital. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Paul Williams of Langley and Mr and Mrs Edwin Sanders of Bath. The baby was welcomed home by her sister Shannon. Salem Oregon AP Oregon Gov Bob Straub signed a bill repealing a 1909 hotel bedsheet length rule. Representative Nancie Fadeley said the bill was signed after a constituent found the old law.
Tips from veteran travelers suggest flying to Europe and returning by ship to save money due to price differences between U S and foreign ports. English is widely spoken aboard North European ships and call letters via shore stations can speed cables. Crest offers a Yugoslavia tour from New York May 26 visiting Zagreb Sarajevo Dubrovnik Split Lake Bled Plitvice Lakes with Dot MacDowell at 648 0748.
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