Aiken's Tour Opens Friday With Garden Homes Event
The 1971 Home and Garden Tour by St. Thaddeus opens Friday April 2 at 10 a.m. Tickets cost 4.00 for Friday and 3.00 for Saturday tours. Luncheon is 1.25 with ham roll sandwich and pecan pie. Over 100 hostesses coordinate tours at multiple gardens and homes, with Mrs. Donald Coon directing ticket sales and Mrs. Lincoln Goshorn handling publicity.
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Women of
St. Thaddeus
Richard Huntoon
Chaiman
K. R. Leifermann
William Pillinger
Legare Ansel
Albert Kaiser
Howard Chope
H. A. McClearan
Donald Coon
James Robinson
Robert Leminick
S. D. Smiley
Wilbur Simmons
J. L. Gilliam
George W. Green
Russell Shephard
Warren Long
Richard F. Phillipp
Senator
Gilbert McMillan
John Beard
Beard
Mmes
David Dows
Walter Pl
Local readers share travel notes and club updates
Dear Neighbor reports a Legare Street couple's week in Puerto Rico and the U S Virgin Islands with visits to Rain Forest Old San Juan El Morro Fort and Bluebeard's Castle hotel. The piece also covers a Seattle resident attending a Brown family reunion and searches for DuBose family data. It notes garden club events in Charleston a regional meeting in Mobile and Augusta College activities along with local college and theater happenings in Aiken. It mentions Ellen Braddy's graduation at Converse College and spring trips to Florida.
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Howard Larson
Legare St
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Rain Forest
Old San Juan
el Morro Fort
St. Thomas
Charlotte Amalia
Bluebeard’s Castle
St. Johns Island
Caneer Bay Plantation
Helen Wyant
Seattle
Washington
C. Julian Dunbar
Canterbury Court
S.E
Wyant
Brown
Old Stone House
Gold Hill
N.C
William R. Eve
Atlanta
Allen Jones
Charleston
DuBose
Claudia Lea Phelps
South Carolina
H. C. Scott
South Atlantic
National Council of State Garden Clubs
North Carolina
Kentucky
Virginia
West Virginia
Carlton R. Mabley, Jr
Huntington
W. Va
Manigault House
Nathaniel Russell
Conference of Southern Historical Societies
Mobile
Bellingrath Gardens
Ellen Braddy
Edgar Braddy
Forest Hills Drive
Converse College
Ellen
Spartanburg
Ridgely Harrison
Deans Keppel
Richmond
Florida
The
Keys
Aiken
G. A. Christenberry
Augusta College
William E. Winter
Virginia Woodcock
Dunbarton Circle
Beaver College
Philadelphia
Berrie Rd
S.W
Bowdoin College
Brunswick
Maine
Bowdoin
Fletcher
Savannah River
Connecticut College For Women
New London
Aiken Day School Drive Chain Partners Lead Event
Sissy Bostwick June Caldwell Keri Crytzer Lynn Herndon Donna Olliff and Kathryn Milner stretch a chain around the circular drive at Aiken Day School. The club is led by Mrs. Robert M. Radford and sponsored by the Wildwood Garden Club.
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Aiken Day School
Sissy Bostwick
June Caldwell
Keri Crytzer
Lynn Herndon
Donna Olliff
Kathryn Milner
Robert M. Radford
The
Wildwood Garden Club
Miss Albenesius and Miss Gordon Named Honorable Mention
Margaret Lucy Albenesius of St. Angela Academy and Nancy Jeane Gordon of North Augusta Senior High were named honorable mention in South Carolina's Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow contest. More than 12,000 senior girls entered the contest.
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Margaret Lucy Albenesius
St. Angela Academy
Nancy Jeane Gordon
North Augusta
South Carolina
Betty Crocker
Monetta Memos and Local Visits Mentioned
Monetta notes show Mr and Mrs L L Willis and Michael Willis visiting Mr Willis mother Mrs Carrie Lou Willis Saturday. Sympathy sent to Rev Marion Green pastor of Rocky Creek Baptist church on his wife’s recent passing. Miss Candy Kneece of Winthrop College and Miss Brenda Kneece of Clemson University stayed with their parents Mr and Mrs Charles Kneece last week.
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L. L. Willis
Michael Willis
Mr. Willis
Carrie Lou Willis
Marion Green
Rocky Creek Baptist Church
Candy Kneece
Winthrop College
Brenda Kneece
Clemson University
Charles Kneece
Salley
Mr. Lamerle
Bill
Williams
Fred Williams
Carrie Williams
J. W. Cooke
Hartsville
Alderman Williams
W. L. Adams
Books Fill Aiken USC Library As It Grows
The University of South Carolina Aiken Regional Campus library expands from 6 000 to 16 000 books under Mrs Mark Boatwright. It offers 12 newspapers and 200 periodicals with rare French and English books and a notable Caroliniana collection.
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Mark Boatwright
University of South Carolina - Aiken
Boatwright
Aiken
Hugo Rutherford
Aiken Standard
San Francisco Chronicle
The
New York Times
London Times
Christian Science Monitor
Atlanta Journal
Zons
Venezuela
Audubon
USC
New Fire Alarm System Invented In Wagener
Hartley’s Appliance owner Beauford Hartley designed a new fire alarm system powered by a dedicated battery. It is manufactured in Wagener South Carolina and available for installation contact. The article also notes several local social visits and missionary group meetings with hostesses and program topics.
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Wagener
Beauford Hartley
Hartley
South Carolina
Student Club Marks Anniversary in Aiken County
The Aiken County Student Club observes its 70th anniversary on Thursday afternoon April 1 at Mrs. H. D. Wyman's home on Coker Spring Road. President Mrs. F. E. Ardrey says the event will honor Miss Elizabeth Teague the club's only living charter member.
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Aiken County
H. D. Wyman
Coker Spring Road
F. E. Ardrey
Elizabeth Teague
Harpists Among 40 Ur Servants Entombed With Queen Shubad
Archaeologists reveal that at the tomb of Queen Shubad of Ur, who died over 5,000 years ago, four harpists were among a total of 40 servants buried with her, shedding light on ancient burial customs.
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Shubad
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Eleanor Hansis
John Jennings
James Austin
Walter Riddick
Grace Gardens
Thomas Ridout
Broadus Watson
Frank Cormany
Thomas Evans
Louis Fetzer
Stephen Peterson
Deanna Platt
Everett Bodendorf
James Britt
Lester Reed
Harold Clark
Victor Montengohl
William Provan
R. R. Ponting
William Ryan
M. Dave Moore
J. F. Sorge, Jr
Walter Freed
G.B. Schurmeier
H. A. Woodhead
Fred Stofer
Ethel Whiteley
John Tufft
W. R. Thigpen
Coward Gardens
T.E. Ewing
William Bebbington
Milton Davis
Howard Killion
William Simpson
Paul Parks
Fleetwood Albrecht
William K. Laughlin
Julian B. Salley
Montafix Stewart
Herbert Peacock
H. A. Dickerson
William Croft, Jr
Harold Platt
Ernest Blawsey
Leo Pearson
Guy Heyl
W. C. McEwen
Wayne Deitrich
David MacEwen
William Post
Virginia Jackson
Michael Laughlin
Rose Hill
Claudia Phelps
Chauncey Heady
Frank Smart
R. S. Taylor
Edward Wilhoit
Sam Anderson
G. L. Toole, III
Robert Swingle
H. T. Stewart
Bissell Gardens
Mies
H. O. Weeks Jr
Walter Ludwig
G. Ashford Milner Jr
Richard Lewis
Wesley Hawkins
H. W. Thurlow
William Perdue
Grayson Hanes
George O'Neill
Ernest Blausey
Leroy Deaton
M.D. MacDowell
Lincoln Goshorn
Aiken, S.C
Nandina Jr. Garden Club
Albenesius
Gordon
Arbby
Abby
Monetta Memos
Emily L. Bull
Women’s
Washington Post
the State
Augusta Chronicle
News and Courier
National Geographic
Gene 7
U. S. News and World Report
Realities
Hori
Wagener News
Leland Seigler
Joseph Quattlebaum
Kim
Hunter Air Base
Savannah
W. L. Adams Jr
A. C. Fallon
Arnie de Treville
Richard Bonnette
Hwy. 215
Deans Bridge Road
Augusta, Ga
Cheroxee Shopping Center
Featuring
Southeast
Jonathan Logan
Rich Plaza
Whiskey Road
Pine Log
Dia
I'S
Wright Pest Control
Park Ave
Aiken’s
Azalea’s
Jack Boone
Westover Drive
Boardman Rd
Whiskey Rd
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