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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1978
Page
6
A reader asks how to handle a husband who endangers family by racing, speeding with no hands, and frightening pedestrians. Abby advises reporting to police with license and car details to curb dangerous behavior.
The Aiken Community Band searches for a large choir to join for an Aug 14 patriotic sacred concert. Three rehearsals are July 31, Aug 3, and Aug 8 at local churches and the H O Weeks Activities Building. Public invited. call Barb Rollins for details.
Several births are announced in Aiken including Catherine Allison Smoak born July 12 at Aiken Community Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Smoak Jr. Randall Will Owen born July 13 to Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Owen Jr. Robert Benson Wade born July 12 to Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Wade. Pamela Anne Nadolski born July 7 at Ft. Belvoir Army Hospital. Sarah E. Fulmer born July 14 to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Fulmer. David Wesley Upps born July 16 at Aiken Community Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Upps. Susan Wiesner elected AC Supreme Worthy Advisor of the International Order of the Rainbow for 1965. she is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Weisner Jr. of Aiken.
Book review of Koskoff and Crowell 1978 biography of the Mellon family tracing Judge Thomas Mellon s rise from Ireland to founder of a billion dollar fortune Gulf Oil Alcoa Carborundum Koppers Mellon Bank and descendants like Andrew Mellon and Paul Mellon are profiled The work covers foundations philanthropy and public controversies while noting scandals and criticisms and positioning the Mellons as a key American business saga
The Aiken Chapter of the National Secretaries Association International will hold a meeting Monday at the Ramada Inn. The session starts at 7:30 p.m.
The article notes soccer as the fastest growing sport worldwide and in American schools. It mentions professional teams signing international stars, libraries stocking The International Book Of Soccer, and the book covering history, play, and organization with photos and author contributions.
Members of the Royal frosuliine Club and Region Six joined the South Carolina State Cosmetologists Association event at the Francis Marion Hotel in Charleston. Dorothy Peterson took second in the Queen Carnation Contest and Nickie M. Corley earned a service pin alongside Alpharee Bell Ethel Holloway Birdie Hartley Rosa L. Loke and Esther Bussey.
Central Savannah River Girl Scout Council announces Lucinda Parks of Aiken will serve as acting Executive Director while a replacement for Muriel Beamish is sought. Parks has led as field director across most counties since 1970.
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