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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1985
Page
11
Aiken Post Office staff asked readers where they would travel if money were no object. Answers reflect personal choice and are not a scientific survey. Photographs by Phil Jones accompany the piece.
The article notes advance sale deadlines for Sesquicentennial events today and tomorrow for Hoofbeats Through History and Sesquibelles Day Box Lunch and High Tea. It lists menu details, ticket outlets, and prices, plus First Lady pageant coupons and the May 6 to 11 Hagood Stadium pageant schedule and coronation.
Wagener Garden Club hosts a Saturday quilt show in Gene Garvin's store near Corner Bookstore on Park Avenue. Quilts enter by 9 am. judging precedes the show with ten ribbon categories. A club made quilt embroidered by Dorothy Fraser, featuring Rocky Mountain wildflowers, will be awarded at 5 pm.
The Aiken Recreation Department schedules Looker for a free 7 p.m. concert at Virginia Acres Park near H. Odell Weeks Activities Center. If rain forces a cancellation, the show moves to Wednesday at 7 p.m. Looker has performed for Billy Joel, the Atlanta Rhythm Section and Dr. Hook.
Russell E. Kelly, 44, of Graniteville, appointed postmaster at Vaucluse succeeding the office. A 16 year USPS veteran, he began in 1969 in Augusta as a distribution clerk and has served as operator and distribution window clerk. He was officer in charge at Troy from 1981 to 1982. He belongs to the Midland Valley High School Booster Club.
The Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center and the Aiken SERTOMA Club announce free hearing tests tomorrow from 10 a.m. to noon at the Hitchcock Center on Richland Avenue. The event honors Better Hearing Month and includes a center tour in celebration of Aiken’s sesquicentennial.
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