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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1986
Page
5
A humorous exchange contrasts parental disbelief with teen fashion as holes in jeans trigger a $44 price discussion. The mother questions value while the daughter pursues style and extra credit in chemistry class.
Angels Camp hosts the Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee reenacting Mark Twain's The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. International Pickle Week runs May 15 to 24 recognizing the humorous vegetable. Biennale of Sydney May 15 to June 6 showcases international contemporary art at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
May 15 events include A.A. Aiken Central Group at Linden Street, health clinics by Aiken County Health Department, Al-Anon, picnic for seniors, concert by South Aiken High School Band, Arts Council meeting at USC Aiken, Civil Air Patrol squadron, museum and library hours, racing hall of fame, bridge groups, fire district meeting, car wash, and multiple health clinics.
The Historic Aiken Foundation hosts a spring meeting on May 18 at 3:30 p.m. at the Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and Museum with turf writer Whitney Tower addressing Reminiscences of a Boyhood in Aiken plus awards for historic preservation. The James W. Maloney Room will be unveiled in tribute to the late trainer James W. Maloney. Also noted is the Aiken High School Class of 61 Reunion planned for June with contacts Carolyn Pridgen Zelda Clayton and Glen DeHart.
A dense listing of community meetings clinics concerts fundraisers and club events across Aiken North Augusta and surrounding areas. Highlights include Maternity Family Planning Clinic hours at Aiken County Health Department, Aiken Chamber Singers concert May 16, and numerous AA NA and service club meetings at local venues. Many venues share times from 7 30 p m to 12 15 p m with notes on admission and call for appointments.
The Aiken Choral Society oversees two groups the Aiken Chamber Singers and the main choir. Director Antoine Cordahi notes the Chamber Singers began to Christmas caroling and now numbers about 9 from Aiken and surrounding towns. They focus on 17th and 18th century music and may revive period costumes. The group has expanded to Broadway tunes, performed at the Etheredge Center, and hopes to travel. They share resources with the Choral Society and plan to acquire a harpsichord with guild support.
The Aiken Chamber Singers present sacred and secular works from the 17th and 18th centuries at 8 p.m. tomorrow. Under Antoine N. Cordahl and at St. Mary Help of Christians Church, public invited with free admission and donations accepted.
A humorous collection by Lynne Alpern and Esther Blumenfeld gathering thousands of mother to daughter sayings. Includes lines on dating childbirth marriage manners and family life with anecdotes about mothers and daughters. The authors met a decade ago at a Atlanta McDonald’s to write and share quips.
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