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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1981
Page
6
A businesswoman writes of a premarital contract granting her husband a life ranch, allowance, and gifts, calling it the best deal she ever made. Abby affirms the couple’s arrangement and highlights mutual benefit in the marriage. A second letter asks how to look feminine at work without attracting unwanted advances, with Abby advising modest, professional attire and rejecting glamour at the office.
Aiken announces the engagement of Robin Lee Alexander to Ricky Shull. The couple, both graduates of local high schools, plan a June 27 wedding at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in West Columbia. The bride is employed by Southern Bell in Columbia and the groom by S C Electric and Gas in Columbia.
Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Holley of Aiken announce the engagement of Anita Janine Holley to Larry Sherwood Harvey son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Harvey of Aiken The wedding is set for July 31 at Talatha Baptist Church in Aiken Miss Holley a granddaughter of J D Gunter and the late Steve Holley She is a USC student and Aiken High School graduate He is an Aiken High School graduate employed at the Savannah River Plant
The Freedman School in Graniteville will hold its annual review conferences for individual education plans for its special education students on Monday May 11 at 6 30 pm.
Auditions for Garden Theater summer productions by Aiken Community Playhouse will be held tomorrow at 7 p.m. at the Playhouse in Virginia Acres Park. Open to men and women of all ages seeking acting roles.
On Sunday at 4 p.m. the General Joe Wheeler Camp No 1245 Sons of the Confederate Veterans sponsors its annual Confederate Memorial Day ceremony in front of the First Baptist Church of Aiken on York Street. Capt Jack Thomson of Charleston Commander of the Second S C Regiment will be the guest speaker.
The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Kappa Upsilon Omega Chapter sponsored the April 25 event at the H. Odell Weeks Activities Center. About 35 to 40 participants competed. Grand Prize went to Mrs. Louise Price. In the women’s division first place was Mrs. Annie Harmon with Mrs. Mamie Spencer second. In the men’s division first place went to Mr. Austin Williams and second to Mr. Ollie Baker.
Dr and Mrs William J Biggins of Camden announce birth of daughter Lee Ellen Biggins formerly Karen Burdette of Aiken. Grandparents Howard Burdette of Aiken and Davis Knights and W W Biggins of Spartanburg. The couple's other child is Jim, 27 months. Craft family announces birth of Brian Scott Craft April 27 at Aiken Community Hospital. Grandparents listed. first child for couple. Houser family announces Ashley Christina Houser born April 26 at Aiken Community Hospital. Grandparents Betty Riddick and Ruth Houser. Other children Amy 3 and Melissa 1.
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