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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1973
Page
6
In The Tea Leaves column LIN SMITHWICK notes summer visitors to Aiken from Denver, Columbia, Kingstree, and Atlanta. The piece mentions families gathering, grandparents delighting in grandkids, and trips to Charleston and Florida ports as residents anticipate a relaxed South Carolina season.
A sequence of customer letters and responses includes a troubled wife misled by a palm reader over bonds, a worried Baltimore spouse reporting danger, and a young woman seeking advice after her fiancé shares their intimate details. The page also carries a consumer-education ad from SCE&G explaining why the utility advertises and invites readers to request a booklet.
At Calvary Baptist Church Graniteville Mary Ellen Coffey and Samuel Russell Jordan wed with Rev. Albert Atkinson officiating. The bride, daughter of Ulyses Martin Coffey and Mrs. Coffey of Aiken, wore an Empire lace gown and carried white carnations. The ceremony included maid of honor Nancy Harley and bridesmaids Belinda Owens and Vickey Parker. Best man Donnie Woodward and groomsmen Jimmy Jordan Donnie Turner Ryan Palmer and Jerry Bell. A church reception followed.
The engagement of Debra Ann Hall to Sgt. Daniel A. Vincent is announced by her parents in Honolulu. A July 11 wedding is planned. Hall is a Radford High School alumna. Vincent, formerly of Aiken and grandson of Dan Willis, is stationed at Hickam Air Force Base.
Christine Elizabeth Dickson and Frank West Coaker announce their engagement. Miss Dickson, daughter of Christine and J Harold Dickson Jr., earned an AB from Washington University and works as a technical writer at Computer Systems Laboratory. Coaker, son of Dr and Mrs A William M Coaker, is a Brown University graduate pursuing a doctorate in science and works as a computer systems analyst at Central Institute of the Deaf. The wedding is set for August 25 at the Chapel of Washington University.
Miss Beverly Ann Thurmond and John Leo Brown announce their engagement. Miss Thurmond, of Aiken, is a South Carolina State College graduate active in Alpha Kappa Alpha. Brown, of Beaufort, will complete a sociology degree at SC State and belongs to Kappa Alpha Psi. The wedding is set for August 18 at Friendship Baptist Church.
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