The Spoils Of The Mail
A reader vents about a flood of unsolicited gifts arriving by mail. From corn meal and diet chocolate soda to oatmeal and honey buns, the writer laments odd promotions and ends with a framed Swanson TV dinner plate, joking about collecting era leftovers and predicting easy antique success.
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Alabama Shakespeare ‘Theater
Florida
White Lily Company
White Lily
Moe and
Joe
Nashville
Swanson TV
Swanson
Ten Nights in a Barroom opens at ACP Friday
The ACP stage presents Ten Nights in a Barroom a melodrama adapted by Fred Carmichael with musical interludes. Thurmond Whatley stars as Harvey Green Lora Rhinehart as Little Mary and a cast of ACP actors in a 1800s temperance tale featuring familiar songs and a barroom set built for the production.
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Aiken Community Playhouse
Harvey Green
Snidley Whiplash
Simon LeGree
Angel
Little Mary Morgan
Mary Pickford
Harvey
Little Mary
ACP
Fred Carmichael
William W. Pratt
Pratt
Marcia Harris
Ms. Harris
Thurmond Whatley
Lora Rhinehart
Greg
Brian Miller
Frank Slade
Sample
Cathy
Vince Cloud
Squire Willie
Green
Pat Dillon
Goldie Hills
Phil Porter
Squire Romaine
Ginger Ingram
Mrs. Slade
Erwin Whitaker
Joan Silverberg
Fannie Morgan
Joe Brewer
Joe Morgan
Cindy Martin
Mehitabel
Jeff Dick
Tommy
Anita Tatum
Becky Dyer
Stan Black
We Howard
Gail Marine
Marsha Fulford
Debbie Woods
Isabel Vandervelde
Elaine Schmidt
Barbara Randall
David Hamilton
Kirk Martin
All American Buckle-Up Challenge Week May 22 29
The daily safety drive urges motorists to buckle up for one week every time they ride in a car. Chase's annual events promote belt use and road safety awareness during late May.
Community Calendar Highlights May 22 23 24
A guide to events across Aiken and North Augusta listing Civil Air Patrol meetings, library hours, bridge clubs, theater productions, lectures, and civic group gatherings for May 22 to 24. Notable items include a Fletcher Pratt Award for Joseph T. Glatthaar, University of Houston historian.
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New York
Joseph T. Glatthaar
Fletcher Pratt
Glatthaar
Sherman
Savannah
Carolina
Ten Nights In A Barroom at Aiken Community Playhouse
The spring production of the Aiken Community Playhouse opens Friday at 8 p.m. on Two Notch Road with additional performances May 24, 29, 30 and 31 at 8 p.m. A matinee is set for Sunday May 25 at 3 p.m. Tickets can be reserved by calling 648-1438 today through Saturday and May 27-31 from 7-9 p.m. Marcia Harris directs the musical melodrama.
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Phil Jones
Angel Child
Joe Brewer
Joan Silverberg
Joe
Fannie Morgan
Little Mary
Lora Rhinehart
Aiken Community Playhouse
Playhouse
Two Notch Road
Aiken County
H. Odell Weeks Park
Recreation Department
H. Odell Weeks Center
Marcia Harris
Trenton
National Society
DAR
Douglas L. Wise
Usc Aiken
Brigham Young University International Folk Dancers
Etherredge Center
Aiken Day School
Ken Bailey
Dixieland Delight
Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame
Hopeland Gardens
Black Coalition
Valley Fair Baptist Church
Graniteville
Paul Weston
Abelle Nivens
Edisto Academy Association of ‘Alumni, Teachers and Friends
E. Ruth Gunter
Widowed Persons Association
Shoney's
Whiskey Road
Rosetta
Aiken
May events calendar at Aiken area venues and groups
Community listings include an art exhibit at Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center featuring Millie Gott oils watercolors and etchings through May at 721 Richland Ave open weekdays 8 am to 5 pm. Summer school preregistration through May 30 with classes June 11 to July 28. I Can Cope cancer support Tuesdays April 22 through May 27 6 to 9 pm at HCA Aiken. Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5877 Memorial Day service May 26 11 am with post-dinner. Garden Theater auditions May 28 7 to 9 pm at Aiken Community Playhouse. Aiken Christian Women's Club May 27 9:30 to 11:30 am at Houndslake with brunch and nursery. SC State Employees Association Aiken Chapter May 27 noon at Owens-Corning Fiberglas Clubhouse. Women’s Resource Program Workshops May 29 3 and 7 pm at Seniority House. Aiken County Medical Association Auxiliary June 5 8 pm Etherredge Center USC Aiken with Lewis Grizzard benefit. calendar submissions to The Aiken Standard.
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Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center
Richland Ave
Millie Gott
Barbara Cheetham
East Aiken
Bessie Boyett
HCA
Aiken
Pam Jones
HCA Aiken
Mary Ellen Gunter
American Cancer Soci
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Garden Theater
Aiken Community Playhouse
Judy McCormick
South Carolina State Employees Association
Owens-Corning Fiberglas
Broadus Jamerson
Senority House
Morgan Street
Mary Helen Porter
IDS
Ginny D. Sherman
Aiken County Medical Association
Etherredge Center
USC Aiken
Lewis Grizzard
Grizzard
Aiken Standard
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Kathy Petty
Features
Chase
Civil Air Patrol
Newberry St
Croft House
Beta Sigma Phi
Tj's
Ramada Inn
Aiken ‘County
Lancaster St
Clemson University
Aiken County Agricultural Services Center
Linda Mahrer
Fermata Club
Kiwanis Club
Houndslake Country Club
North Augusta Central Group
Ponce de Leon Avena
North Augusta
Sertoma Club
North Augusta Country Club
Smith-Hazel Recreation Center
New Ellenton Civic Center
F. Bush
Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Center
Gloverville
Stephen J. Henry
A.R.C.S
Ft. Jackson
Columbia
Aiken County Public Library
Civil War Group
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