Brownie Troop 112 Tours Aiken County Museum History
Brownie Troop 112 visited the Aiken County Museum to study local history. Leaders are Mrs Jacob W. Bowers and Mrs John Sharfe. girls named Lorraine Paige Susan McPherson Billie Lane Bowers and Lisa Shackelford admired antique children’s clothing.
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Brownie
Aiken County Museum
Lorraine Paige
Susan McPherson
Billie Lane Bowers
Lisa Shackelford
Jacob W. Bowers
John Sharfe
Fashions and Bridge Benefit in Aiken for Hospital Ward
Aiken Jr Woman's Club hosts a luncheon and bridge Thursday March 11 at 10 a.m. at Owens Corning Fiberglas clubhouse with fashion modeling from Slotin's and Phillips shoes. Proceeds fund furnishing a room in Aiken County Hospital pediatric ward. Tickets $3 with door prize hints and azaleas as top table prizes.
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Aiken
Aiken Jr. Woman's Club
Owens - Corning Fiberglas
Aiken County Hospital
Dear Abby Pants wearers and rude language sparks debate
A reader asks about pants suits for women teachers in New York City and comments on inappropriate attire. Another hints at topless beach arrest with two piece swimsuit misinterpreted as modest. A final letter questions in law French usage by in laws in front of non speakers and replies that rudeness exists but may be overblown.
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Abby
New York City
Anti
Sewing Classes Offered For Women In Six Week Sessions
A beginner class starts Tuesday March 16 followed by a tailoring class March 17 and an advanced class March 18. Each runs six weeks from 9 30 a.m. to 12 noon with a $16 registration fee per participant. Instructor is Mrs Connie Whitfield. Call 648-0151 to register.
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Recreation Department
Connie Whitfield
Cornell researchers unveil Ithaca lettuce for fast harvest
Plant scientists at the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University report a new lettuce strain named Ithaca that matures quickly and is ready for commercial production.
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NEW Lettuce
Ithaca, NY
New York State College of Agriculture
Cornell University
Ithaca
Wagener Plans Wagener Celebration
Town meeting in the school cafeteria on March 1 set plans for the Wagons to Wagener celebration from April 29 to May 2 1971. It links with the Aiken County 100th anniversary and promises entertainment and public participation.
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Aiken County
Miss Haasis To Speak At Wildwood Garden Club
The Wildwood Garden Club meets at Midland Valley Golf Club on Thursday March 11 at 10 a.m. Miss Eleanor Haasis will discuss Herbs for your Kitchen and Garden. Officers will be installed by Mrs. Olin Karl Burgdorf of the Garden Club of South Carolina.
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Miss Haasis
Wildwood
Wildwood Garden Club
Midland Valley Golf Club
Eleanor Haasis
Olin Karl Burgdorf
West Low Country
The
Garden Club of South Carolina, Inc
Women's Heart Board Meeting set for March 10
The Women's Board of the Aiken County Heart Unit meets in the Heritage Room at Farmer's and Merchants Bank with Dr. Hazel Webb of the Medical School of Charleston as guest speaker. A covered dish luncheon follows. Mrs. Richard Bookstaver is chairman.
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Aiken County Heart Unit
Farmer's and Merchants Bank
Hazel Webb
Medical School of Charleston
Girl Scout Week Marks 59th Birthday
Girl Scout Week marks its 59th year with the Action 70 commitment encouraging awareness of prejudice and action to foster better relations across ages, religions, races, and nationalities. In Aiken 38 troops with 596 girls and 97 adults support community service projects and activities at hospitals, day care, a wee care center, foreign students, a local playhouse, and conservation efforts.
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Action
Girl Scouts of
U.S.A
Girl Scouts of the
Aiken
Aiken County
Belk’s
Laurens Street
Brief Beaumont scene as Sunset Limited halts
The Sunset Limited stops briefly in Beaumont Texas where Gerald M Best of Bevers Hills California a retired Warner Brothers sound engineer receives his one week old great granddaughter from an on board admirer. After five minutes he returns to the train and departs with the child leaving the crowd touched by the moment.
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Beaumont, Tex
Southern Pacific
Sunset Limited
California
Gerald M. Best
Bevers Hills
Warner Brothers
Luncheon Chairs Named for Meeting
Mrs. R. L. Fowler and Mrs H. C. Crawford were named chairmen for the luncheon to be held after the meeting.
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R. L. Fowler
H. C. Crawford
Town and Country Members Hear Vivid Saudi Talk
Mrs Abdul Hafed Noamen, once from Aiken, described Saudi Arabia as divided into North and South with three main cities and roads. She noted no phones, limited housing, and a 100 percent Muslim population with foreigners few before 1962. She loves textiles but exports none, and hopes to return home soon.
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Abdul Hafed Noamen
Saudi Arabia
Hafed
meat prices in iraq to rise after dry winter
In Baghdad officials expect meat prices to rise about 18 percent this year due to a dry winter. Barley imports are being used to supplement cattle feed as pasture dries up.
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Baghdad
Iraq
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Sharon Harper
Barbarette Stevenson
Janie Mines
Audrey Owens
Barbara Jean Stevenson
Eva McKinney
William Clyburn
William L. Mines
St. John’s United Methodist Church
Thomas Scott
Jan
James Barham
Beth
Scott
Barham
Slotin
Phillip
Richard Flynt
W. P. Walke
Wade Brodie
Clifton Anderson Jr
Joe D. Spencer
McCord’s Nursery
H. O. Weeks Jr
Gordon Parrott
Allan Schifferli
Emory Lewallan
Duncan D. Sudlow
John Helwig
George Lewis Smith
St. Mary's Church
Bill Desmond
St. Patrick's
St. Angela Academy
Jim Kitchings
Bronx
Antipants
Wagener
Cassia Johnson
Nadine F. Walkers
Birdie M. Clarke
Virginia Watson
Ringling Barnum and Bailey Circus
Columbia Colliseum
Robert L. Murray
Debra
Augusta
Ada S. Gunter
Walter Plunkett
Callie B. Lybrand
Robert Sullivan
Phillip Gunter
Baptist Hospital
Columbia
Women’s Heart Board
Richard Bookstaver
Women’s
Barnes
Marae OE
Girl Scout
Aiken, S.C
J. E. Whitaker
Chas. McGahee
P. A. Dahlen
T. C. Gorell
W.R. Tyler
Kalmia Plaza
Emily M
Askens
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