Adequate Pre-School Care Becomes Reality in Aiken
The Services Council of Aiken on Barnwell Avenue operates a growing Title 4-A funded day care center serving 45 children from within Aiken County. Coordinator Mary Smotrel notes potential to expand by ten more, addressing a long waiting list. The program, run with United Fund support and Emergency Employment Act salaries, offers 7 AM to 5:30 PM care, language and social development, nutrition meals, and year-round operation.
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Services Council of
Services Council
United Fund
Southeastern
Department of Social Services
Ethel Harley
The
Smotzel
Aiken County
Smotrel
Ball Town
Shiloh Heights
Corrie Parks
Darren Nicholson
Todd Harrison
West Aiken Visitors and Local Outings Highlight Weekend
West Aiken residents Mr. and Mrs. W M Loftis of Fayette Alabama visited their daughter Mr. and Mrs C B Mobley on Seneca Avenue and plan to return Sunday. Mr and Mrs L W Carter Seminole Street camped at Hunting Island with daughter Mrs Johnny Stevens and a group from Lander College. Frank Cushman and daughter Kim of Peach Orchard Place enjoyed a weekend in Atlanta visiting Six Flags Cyclorama zoo and more.
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W.M. Loftis
Fayette, Ala
C.B. Mobley
Seneca Avenue
L.W. Carter
Seminole Street
Hunting Island
Johnny Stevens
Greenwood
Baptist Student Union
Lander College
Frank Cushman
Kim
Peach Orchard Place
Atlanta
Six Flags
Dear Abby letters brighten days and neighborly woes
A reader praises Dear Abby for relief from daily news and humor about life with a husband and old world parents. The page also shares letters about noise from neighbors, health updates, and local social notes from Anderson and Aiken areas.
Salley Sidelights on a Greenville Visit and Family News
Salley recounts returning home May 10 from a Greenville trip with daughter Beverly. Madelyn joined later that night, Ernest left during girl talk, and they enjoyed antique shops, teapots, and dishes. Charlie Spivak impressed with his trumpet. he lives in Greenville after his wife died five years ago. Beverly's family celebrates a great-grandchild, sparking thoughts on aging.
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Greenville
Beverly
Madelyn
Ernest
Charlie Spivak
Alan
Nancye
Women’s Day at Second Baptist planned this Sunday
The Women of Second Baptist Church will observe their annual Women’s Day this Sunday at 11 15 a m with Jean McCrosky director of Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center as speaker Rev M C Adams is pastor The public is invited. Wagener Salley High School held commencement with 119 graduates Otis Baughman Memorial Athletic Award given for scholastic ability and character Barry Jones recipient.
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Salley
Wagener-Salley High School
Barry Jones
Otis Baughman
Barry
Diamond Baker Wedding Vows Exchanged in South Carolina
Mrs Ann Buck Baker and Mr James Leon Diamond exchanged vows May 14 at Levels Baptist Church with Rev J Cole Brown officiating. The bride is the daughter of Mrs Mary O McLaud and the late George Buck. The groom is the son of the late Mr and Mrs James L Diamond. They will reside in Bath after a trip to Daytona Beach.
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Ann Buck Baker
James Leon Diamond
Levels Baptist Church
J. Cole Brown
Mary O. McLaud
Langley
George Buck
James L. Diamond
Williston
Mary Louise Baker
Bath
Leonard Redd
Aiken
Harry Massee
Larry Allen
Lloyd Boyleston
Weldon Wyatt
Emmett Jowers
Folly Beach
Tina Boyleston
Carol Reames
Daytona Beach
Diamond
Wedding events and alumni gathering noted for Judy Dailey
A sequence of pre nuptial events honors Judy Dailey and Ronald Jernigan including a rehearsal dinner hosted by the groom’s parents and a bridesmaids luncheon at Holiday Inn Midland Valley. Lander College alumni from Area Eight gather at Mrs. Cecil J. McFerrin’s home for a Tuesday morning coffee with college officials in attendance.
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Judy Dailey
Ronald Jernigan
Robert Whittington
Robert Jernigan
Columbia
Holiday Inn
Midland Valley Country Club
Grace Woodhead
Sharon Maurice
Malcolm Norwood Dailey
Lander College
Lander College Alumni Association
Aiken
Edgefield
Augusta
Cecil J. McFerrin
Ballet Comes To Williston Saturday Nite
The Aiken Civic Ballet Company performs at Williston Elementary School Saturday night at 8 PM, free admission. The program features Adagio for Seven, Pizzicato, Confetti, and Tarantella with dancers Beth Bodie Robin Bruorton Cindy Clayton Carol Comar Ginny Copley Elizabeth Cook Janis Hanvey Vickie Johnson Erin Maddox Kim Maddox Patty Mappus Ann McClearen Debra Metts Mary Nelle McGuire Rene Sawilowsky Carlyle Schien Judy Stevens Marshall Hagins John Johnson Dean Kays Carl Cros with artistic director.
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Beth Bodie
Robin Bruorton
Cindy Clayton
Carol Comar
Ginny Copley
Elizabeth Ann Cook
Janis Hanvey
Vickie Johnson
Erin Maddox
Kim Maddox
Patty Mappus
Ann McClearen
Debra Metts
Mary Nelle McGuire
Rene Sawilowsky
Caryle Schien
Judy Stevens
Marshall Hagins
John Johnson
Dean Kays
Carl Cros
Miss Judy Murph Engaged to Delbert Alan Smith of Athens
Aiken announces the engagement of Miss Judy Loyless Murph to Delbert Alan Smith of Athens Georgia. Miss Murph, a Columbia College graduate and rehabilitation counselor trainee, is the daughter of Mrs Judy Murph and the late Mr Murph. Smith, son of Mr and Mrs Mack Smith, is a graduate of Armstrong State College and a Peace Corps veteran. The couple plans a August 26 wedding at St John s United Methodist Church in Aiken.
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Wesley Smoak Murph
Aiken
Judy Loyless Murph
Delbert Alan Smith
Athens
Miss Murph
Murph
Elliott Melville Loyless
Mr Layless
Greenwood
Marvin Livingston Murph
Seneca
Aiken High School
Columbia College
Sumter
Graduate School
University of Georgia
Mr. Smith
Mack Ferrell Smith
Savannah
Armstrong State College
Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity
Peace Corps
Guinea
University
Clifford Oliver Hays
Macon
Powell Smith
Grays, S.C
St. John’s United Methodist Church
Aiken Countians Win Honors in Grange Sewing Contest
Three Aiken County residents earned honors in the South Carolina Grange Sewing Contest. Mrs. M. T. Shull of New Holland captured first place and best of show in Class A and will advance to the national contest. she also won first last year. Mrs. C. W. Jones of Shaws Fork took third place, and Miss Judy Johnson of Wagener, from Edisto Grange, won first in Class B for ages 12 to 17.
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South Carolina Grange
M.T. Shull
New Holland
Edisto Grange
Shull
C.W. Jones
Shaws Fork Grange
Judy Johnson
Wagener
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Emily L. Bull
West Aiken
Beverly Owens
Cecil Owens
University of South Carolina Aiken
Talatha Baptist Church
Abby
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Dana
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David
Anderson
George Kimball
Pine Drive
Helen Harman
Reneta Harman
Westmont Drive
North Carolina
Wayne Ehrhart
Seneca Ave
University Hospital
Estelle Bennett
Columbia Avenue
Aiken Hospital
William Preachers
Edgemont
Fred Scott
Johnny Aiken
North Carolina Avenue
V.A Hospital
Jim Burckhalter
Warrenville
Memorial W.M.A
Marion Brewer
Vaucluse Road
Charles Stiles
Ruth Earle Jones
Second Baptist
Diamond-Baker
By Lin Smithwick
A.m
McFerrin
Wesley S. Murph
E. Don Herd Jr
Walter Bishop
Martha Thurmond Bishop
Mary Frances Lide
Roberta Major
Ralph Norman
Boyce M. Grier
Lander
Grier
Maybelle Coleman
Phil Waters
Saluda
Alumni Association
Murrell Jones Huckabee
Abbeville
Association
Bethlehem Nursery School
Mitchell Shopping
Delores Haupt
YA. Olds
Hitchcock Dr. C
Aiken Civic Ballet Company
Everest & Jennings
Aiken Drug CO
Laurens
S.W
Aiken School of Ballet
Kathy Calhoun
Judy Murph
Colony Beauty Salon
Susan Willis
Clegg
Dial
Betty Temples
Marcia Presnell Smith
Park Ave
Aikens
Motor Hotel
Aiken, S C
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