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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1986
Page
6
Dorothy Peterson of Akron Ohio recounts six years out of work with a candid list of daily labor. She details gardening, parenting, cleaning, budgeting, and homemade meals, portraying resilience and resourcefulness. The piece uses humor to illustrate skills gained outside traditional employment.
Erma Bombeck describes a six year span as a full time caregiver. She lists driving a husband to the airport babysitting a teen and a six year old, managing homework and chores while volunteering on committees. She seeks added financial means for her children's enrichment.
A list of marriage licenses filed with the Aiken County Probate Office includes James Sherwood Billingsley and Teresa Elaine Merrill of Salt Lake City Utah. Other couples include Phillip Brooke Bryan Jr. and Patty Deneen Conaway. William Blue Burckhalter and Letitia Bussey Wall. Luther Marcum Chriswell and Zena Kay Chalmers. Teddie Keith Crase and Melina Gidget Shaw. John Jefferson Finch and Mary Jane Dyson. Additional pairs include Donald Edwin Hall and Gloria Mills Conlon. James Edward Henry and Mary Marlene Beard. Harold Eugene Hightower and Carla Jean Kinchen. William Terry Holliday and Janet Pierce Copelan. Christopher Neal Hooks and Jennifer Lynn Revels. Mark Kirhcart Humphrevill e and Zelma Ann Smith. Bobby Ray James and Susan Elizabeth Low. Kenneth Craig Jones and Adeline Mary Cuevas. Georgia John William Kelker II and Angelika Erika Hildegard August.
Chicago watchmakers fuse vintage styling with quartz and digital precision. Seiko Pulsar Time with the Thirties Collection updates classic European looks. Calvin Klein merges 20s elegance with 80s computer accuracy. Hamilton revives the Wilshire. Cartier reissues the Pasha. Prices vary from eighty dollars to thousands, as shoppers swap watches like outfits.
Multiple birth notices list newborns with full parental and grandparent names in Aiken and nearby towns. Dates range May 4 to May 15 with hospitals including Humana, University, St. Joseph, and H.C.A. Regional. Each entry names parents siblings and grandparents and hometowns.
The Aiken Christian Women’s Club holds its 11th birthday brunch tomorrow 9 30 to 11 30 a m at Houndslake Country Club. Cost is 5 25 per person. A cake giveaway features 12 decorated cakes for each month. Frances Daniel of Decatur Ga speaks. Free nursery at Town Creek Baptist Church. Reserve with Patti Catshall 649 7336 or Judy McCormick 649 5162 by Friday May B.
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