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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1981
Page
6
Parents lament their daughter’s choice of an amputee fiancé and fear for a life caring for an invalid. Abby cautions that love can endure and suggests evaluating character, not disability. The column also covers Social Security benefits for working wives and a smoker-neighbor conflict with a respiratory patient neighbor.
Birth announcements from Aiken list Michael Adams Snow born April 17 at Aiken Community Hospital to Bruce L. and spouse. Grandparents Hutcherson, Elder, Jean Plank, and L.P. Snow noted. first child for the couple. Also Wendy Erin Bledsoe born April 5 at Aiken Community Hospital to John A. and spouse. grandparents named as Denby, Charlie A. Bledsoe, Alice B. Bledsoe, and John E. Bledsoe.
Charlene Lee Bearden and Hayden Edward Kemper were married on Saturday March 28 at Eisenhower Baptist Church in San Antonio. The bride is the daughter of Clarence F. Bearden of Aiken and the groom's parents are Rev E E Kemper and Mrs Kemper of Aiken. Dorothy Kemper served as matron of honor and John Johannson was best man. A reception followed at Crepe Restaurant Riveride Walk. The couple will live in San Antonio. The bride graduated from Aiken High School in 1978 and 1981 from Aiken Technical College in business management. the groom, a 1978 Aiken High School graduate, is an airman at Fort Sam Houston Veterinary Training School.
A basic microwave cooking course by Betsy Miller and Harriett Skinner runs tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the Aiken Electric Cooperative auditorium free to the public. The Town and Country Club hosts its May luncheon for members at 10 a.m. at the Fermata Club with officer installations. USC Aiken Choir and Vocal Ensembles perform Thursday at 8 p.m. in Room 107 of the USC Aiken Administration Building directed by Antoine N. Cordahi.
Debra Leigh Sizemore and John R. Mazer wed on Sunday April 26 at the Walton Way Temple in Augusta. Rabbi Richard White officiated with groom’s parents Mendel and Mrs. Sizemore of Longmeadow Mass. After a champagne reception the couple departed for Edisto Beach and will reside in Augusta. The bride has a USC history degree. the groom is Yale educated and works for Georgia Pacific in Augusta.
The Augusta Ballet Company presents an 8 p.m. program in the USC Aiken Student Activities Center with free admission. Led by Ron Colton, the troupe features Zanne Beaufort as Odette and Ron Jones as Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake Act II, plus other works including Tilt and The Sphinx.
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