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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1970
Page
4
Torrential rain last Saturday ended a two week drought and boosted soil moisture for all plants. The writer notes bamboo spreading despite a trench and suggests a concrete wall for control while praising Charleston grass for crowding weeds and Bermuda.
The Graniteville Cemetery in Aiken County, one of the oldest and largest, holds legends of a boy buried in 1855, a long-visited summer house on the hill, a hand pump for water, and tales of Old Blewett who could raise the dead. Local memories recount cleanings, rests under a pine, and ghostly views at night.
Miss Peggy Ann Robbins engages Richard Taylor Monteith Jr. of Sumter South Carolina in a forthcoming August 15 wedding at the bride's home. Robbins lineage includes Kentucky and South Carolina connections with notable academic and fraternity honors. Monteith, a USC economics major and Phi Kappa Psi leader, is the grandson of Columbia and Alcola families.
The Aiken Duplicate Bridge Club invites seniors to a 7 30 p m duplicate game at the Senior Citizens Club on Crosland Drive with free play for all. Winners from last Thursday include Mrs Janice Bell and Mr Greg Roberts in first place. The Town and Country Club executive board meets Thursday at 10 a m at 1005 Hitchcock Drive with co hosts from the outgoing board. Cereus Gardeners convene at 745 p m in the Farmers and Merchants Heritage Room where John Weems will discuss landscape design. Col Joe Knotts of the Senior Citizens Council and Augusta Richmond County Inc will speak Thursday at 730 p m at St Johns United Church Fellowship Hall during the Aiken Area Council On Aging meeting.
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