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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1985
Page
9
The piece argues that gardening is the top leisure activity in the United States surpassing TV and sports. It links gardening to social status, domestic life, and competitive mindset, noting trends from home decor to vegetable plots and the challenges of real allotment gardening.
Starkey Flythe Jr of North Augusta earns a 1985 86 Literature Fellowship from the South Carolina Arts Commission worth 5000 dollars. An award winning writer of short stories poetry and novels he has taught in rural Georgia and South Carolina and led workshops nationwide.
The Professional Secretaries International Aiken Chapter seated new officers at the Ramada Inn. Linda Burchhalter Admiral Williston became president. Gayle Bumgarner Du Pont Aiken vice president. Linda Bell Barnwell School District recording secretary. Malinda Biggar U S Felt Company North Augusta corresponding secretary. Donna Salter C S Bank Aiken treasurer. The chapter meets the fourth Monday each month at 7 30 p.m. at the Ramada Inn.
Wedding and engagement forms and deadlines are available at the Aiken Standard office. Engagement and bridal portraits are accepted if the pictures are suitable for reproduction.
The Clemson Extension Service sponsors a seminar titled Calci um It Does the Body Good at 7 30 p m tomorrow at the Aiken County Agricultural Services Center 1555 Richland Ave. Reservations via 649 6911.
The Aiken Recreation Department will sponsor a four week firearm safety course for women starting tomorrow at 7 30 p m at the H Odell Weeks Center Each participant must supply her own gun and weapons will be checked at the first class The cost is 15 for in city residents and 20 for out of city residents For more information or to register call 648 0151
The Aiken Newcomers' Club hosts its first summer meeting at 9 30 a m tomorrow at Hounds Lake Country Club. Attendees will meet in the ballroom or the Azalea Room for a social brunch. Call Becky Twining at 649 1754 by Friday June 7 to reserve.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Knights of Columbus will hold their next meeting at the Council Home today at 7 30 p m.
The column recalls three young bluejays learning to bathe at a yard birdbath. The fledglings push each other for space and splash water as they wobble and quiver with laughter inducing antics. The writer admits eating crow while praising their color call and slapstick humor.
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