Hobby Fair Draws 2500 At Jackson Event
The 12th annual Southeastern Hobby Fair filled the Jackson Youth Sports baseball field drawing about 2 500 attendees. Exhibitors from six states showcased crafts as 185 vendors, with entertainments including country music square dancing and a magic show, while entries varied from walking sticks to crafts. Local organizers praised turnout and noted free admission and booth setup.
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Jackson
Joe Chapman
Fairfax
Chapman
Pamela Webb
Jackson First Alert
Jackson Fire Department
Jackson Youth Sports Inc. Fair
David Weathersbee
Juanita Scott
Women’s Club Auction Nets $6500 For Area Agencies
The Aiken Junior Women’s Club Autumn Auction raised over 6500 for local social agencies including Helping Hands Hitchcock Center and the Special Olympics. Auction chair Robin Meehan credited donors and William Dearman with the success and noted federal and state cuts heighten private support.
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Aiken Women’s Club
Robin Meehan
Bill Baker
Aiken
Usc-Aiken Pacer
Usc-Navy
William
Billy) Dearman
Aiken County
Helping Hands
Hitchcock Center
Child Development Center
The Less For More Shopping Theory
The passage jokes about grocery shopping and the so called science behind why women buy as they do in supermarkets. It notes a man’s remark about buying eighty five dollars of groceries yet having nothing to cook. It hints at research into shopping behavior and gender roles.
Shoppers or Hypnotized? Bombeck on Storefront Rituals
Erma Bombeck humorously observes women shoppers moving through a store in a trance like state triggered by a cash register bell. She contrasts blinking rates and aisle time with the chaos of list making and personal theories on cooking after a supermarket trip.
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Judy Hoffmeyer
Ginny Southworth
Garnett Franklin
Virginia
Andy Patterson
Belvedere
Alfred Anderson
Women’s Club
Erma Bombeck
Stephen R. Powell
Optometrist
Aiken, S.C
Hitchcock Office Park
Joe B. Babb
Chesterfield Street
Clark
ORL
Pest Control CO. OF
South Carolina
Michael L. Curley
No. Augusta
Professional Dental Services
Augusta
Locross
Greyhound
Broad ST
G.N. Snelling
Greene St
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