Quilt commemorates Estles at antique show in Aiken
Deborah and Edwin Estle celebrate their 40th anniversary with a memory quilt made by daughter Martha. The 12-scene piece, featuring places from their life including a New England church and World War II service, will be on display at the Aiken County Historical Museum during the Third Annual Antique and Contemporary Quilt Show.
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Deborah
Edwin Estle
Martha
Estles
Aiken County Historical Museum
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Aiken
Estle
Cluded
New England
University of Alaska At
Fairbanks
Marian Island
Europe
St. John’s United Methodist Church
Third Annual Quilt Show Opens At Aiken Museum
The 3rd Annual Antique and Contemporary Quilt Show starts Thursday at the Aiken County Historical Museum on 226 Chesterfield St. It runs seven days a week through March 24 with extended hours 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays, in conjunction with Women’s History Week March 6–11. Admission is free. Joyce Ross coordinates group visits.
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Aiken County Historical Museum
Chesterfield St
Aiken County Arts Council
Aiken County
Joyce Ross
Aiken
Quilts Tell Family History From Aiken Legacy Exhibit
Mrs. Janie Woodward Follmer's quilts reveal a lifelong love of sewing and family memory. Her daughter plans to display the Victorian crazy quilt at the Aiken County Historical Museum, noting early 1900s origins and Follmer's skill in crochet, embroidery and quiltmaking.
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Janie Woodward Follmer
Juanita Hudson
Graniteville
Aiken
Aiken County Historical Museum
Fat Babies to Shed Pounds in Fitness Push
In a shift born of national health focus, experts say fat babies may not be healthy. The era of plump infants giving way to leaner profiles gains momentum as the public size trend shifts toward fitness.
Image changes spark old cupboard friends to protest
Erma Bombeck critiques advertisers updating familiar food faces from Aunt Jemima to Mrs. Butterworth. She laments Barbie dolls in freezers and Orville Redenbacher with lenses, warning such redesigns erase warmth of real food and family rituals. She urges restoring warmth over modern tweaks.
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Mrs. Butterworth
Mama Celeste
Hershey
Mrs. Smith
Foster Grant
Orson Welles
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Jan Boylston
Mrs. Edwin Estle
Mrs. Hudson
Ginny Southworth
Erma Bombeck
Aunt Jemima
Betty Crocker
Orville Redenbacher
Clark
Pest Control Co
South Carolina
Michael L. Currey
Augusta
Joe B. Babb
Professional Dental Services
G.N. Snelling
Greene St
Chesterfield Street
Greyhound
Broad ST
California
Gosnell’s
Gosnell Distributing
Sears
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