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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1972
Page
5
Patricia Neal and Roald Dahl spoke at Myrtle Beach about their seven tough years after Neal suffered a near fatal stroke and their son Theo's death. Dahl described the stroke and lengthy recovery while highlighting a homegrown volunteer rehabilitation program.
Miss Neal, who recovered from a stroke with help from Miss Neal and Dahl, wrote A Stroke In The Family. She starred in The Subject Was Roses and other projects, earning an Emmy nomination and reflecting on speech and memory challenges after her recovery.
The Cereus Gardeners will meet Thursday at 10 am at 817 Laurel Drive the home of Mrs. Milton Sawilowsky. The program is African Violets Beauty from our African Friends.
A reader's letter asks how to handle a 16 year old who dramatizes being retarded in public and at home. The writer criticizes the boy and his father while Canadian Abby notes the behavior ridicules the handicapped and urges reflection.
Announcement of the engagement and upcoming wedding of Miss Connie Teresa Huiet and Mr. James Talbert Harling III. Bride is granddaughter of Mrs. William Wallace Reed and Mrs George Huiet, a Strom Thurmond High graduate attending USC Aiken Regional Campus. Groom is son of Mr. and Mrs. Harling of Edgefield, with grandmothers Mrs Robert Edmunds and Mrs James Talbert Harling. He works with South Carolina Electric and Gas Co. The ceremony is set for July 15 at Trenton Methodist Church.
Miss Veleta Ann Parks of Aiken announces her engagement to Richard R Schneider of Springfield Missouri. She holds an associate degree in nursing from the University of South Carolina and will enter her junior year this fall. Mr Schneider is a Southwest Missouri State University graduate in business management, employed by Kansas City Southern Railway. The wedding is set for August 18 at St Mary Help of Christians Church.
Mrs. and Mr. Robert L. Johnson announce the birth of Robert Brian on May 9 in Graniteville. weights 9 pounds 4 ounces. Palmetto Girls State attendees Judy Summer and Ann Marie Beck will join the June 5 to 11 session at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. The Rock Booster Club banquet featured Furman coach Joe Williams as speaker, with awards given for football basketball track and baseball, highlighting Howell Marchant and Edith Corley among others.
Women will stay warm this fall as coats and jackets dominate fashion news. Designer Bill Blass updates blazers in his sportswear line with matching trompe l oeil sweat garments for coordinated looks.
Mrs. Robert C. Milham presents her piano class in recital at home on Lyon Avenue this evening. Students perform original arrangements of movie and show tunes, taught by Milham, with Beck y Jones Patty Rabon Susan Weisner Lois Wheeler Barbara Little Billy Walton Nancy Overman Cathy Watson Anne Livingston John Livingston Mike Burney Margaret Burney Susan Poston Leigh Poston Jan Scott James Caprell Nancy Ward Joy Bell and Tim O Shields er. The show also notes fashion items from fur trims to coats priced from 75 to 600 dollars.
Mr. and Mrs. Derve Tyler and their children Angela and David return to the Aiken area after a year, with Derve joining Superior Drywall Supply in North Augusta. Their relatives and friends anticipate their return, while Bermuda cruise veterans and a baby shower in St. Mary's mark local social activity.
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