Aiken Students Earn Outstanding Ratings at Piano Auditions
Four music students of Aiken received outstanding ratings at the district pre college piano auditions of the South Carolina Music Teachers Association held Saturday. Award recipients include Jimmy Ray, Debra Hawkins, Allison Topp, and Donna Christine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
South Carolina Music Teachers Association
Norman Howard
Jimmy Ray
Debra Hawkins
Allison Topp
Donna Christine
Dear Abby column questions on marriage and heartbreak
A reader asks if a married man should attend a nude dance show with male friends. Abby advises against forbidding the outing but endorses her reader’s hurt and suggests avoiding jealousy without trying to control him. Additional letters discuss grave flower misplacements and an explanation about perpetual flower services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
Jean
Lompoc
Aiken Couple Celebrates Golden Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Geddings Willing observed their 50th wedding anniversary with a drop-in at their Edgefield Highway home on November 1 hosted by children Lewis Eugene Edgar Howard Henry Clyde Willing and daughters in law Mary Jordan Alice Jhant and Linda Bennett. Five generations were represented among Henry Willing and James Jordan families. About 180 guests attended plus 21 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geddings Willing
Edgefield Highway
Messers
Lewis
Eugene
Edgar
Howard
Henry
Clyde Willing
Mary Jordan
Alice Jhant
Linda Bennett
Henry Willing
James Jordan
Aiken Events Calendar Highlights Local Activities
Aiken area events include family bingo weekly at Center Community Fire Department, senior citizens talk by Albert M. George, rubber bridge Fridays, and the Aiken Community Playhouse production of Barefoot In the Park at Aiken Junior High Auditorium with ticket prices set for adults students and children. Also featuring church and club bazaars, fall show by Aiken Artist Guild, WSCS Turkey dinner, Burnettown PTA Fall Festival, garden club trips, Bethel Methodist Fall Bazaar, and a Wildwood Garden Club horse show with eighteen classes at Deanwood Farms along Highway 19.
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Aiken Community Playhouse
Neil Simon
Aiken
Aiken Drug Stores
The
Wildwood Garden Club of
New Ellenton
Deanwood Farms
Highway 19
Three Area Dancers Perform At Ninety Six Music Club
Ninety Six Music Lovers’ Club in Greenwood County hosted three area dancers Ann Weibel Dawn Wilkins and Nala Womack with instructor Mrs John G Calhoun Belvedere. The program featured Mozarts operas and dance music with a talk on pre classic dance forms and the modern ballet. The trio demonstrated patterns from the minuet Don Giovanni and performed the full minuet while Calhoun explained the music and teaching role. The Ninety Six club, a National Federation of Music Clubs branch, supports educational demonstrations by the Aiken School of Ballet led by Mrs Calhoun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawn Wilkins
Ann Weibel
Nala Womack
Ninety - Six
Music Lovers’ Club
Greenwood County
North Augusta
Belvedere
Aiken
John G. Calhoun
Wolfgang Mozart
Ninety - Six Club
National Federation of Music Clubs
Calhoun
Aiken School of Ballet
Ninety - Six Music Lovers’ Club
New Type Items Offered At St. Thaddeus Bazaar
St Thaddeus Episcopal churchwomen plan a yearly bazaar in Aiken with Haitian made gifts from Port au Prince students and parents. Proceeds fund Episcopal mission work. items include carved wood, paintings, beads, dolls, and accessories. Public sales at Parish House feature a Children's Bazaar, luncheon, and short orders.
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St. Thaddeus Bazaar
St. Thaddeus Episcopal Churchwomen
Lincoln Goshorn
Aiken
Haiti
Holy Trinity School
Port - Au - Prince
Episcopal Church
Mead Hall
Salley Sidelights on World Tour by Clara Gardner
Mrs. Clara Gardner recounts a five week world journey totaling nearly 27000 miles. She visited Hong Kong Tokyo Manila and the Philippines with Baptist missions and gathered notes on the bamboo organ at Las Piñas. Gardner performed piano and sang in churches in Asia and returned home to Salley.
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Clara Gardner
Orient
Hong Kong
Philippines
Las Pinas
Tokyo
Baptist World Congress
United States
Gardner
Carter Morgan
Agnes
Westminster S.C
Morgan
Tsim Sha Toui Baptist Church
Varnasas
India
Salley Baptist Church
Carolina Moon
Salley
Manila
Robert
Nora Stanley
Grace Baptist Church
Taipei
Taiwan
Tokyo Baptist Church
South Carolina
Marion F. Moorhead
Paco Baptist Church
Paco
Manila Gospelaires
Baptist Hour
Baptist Church
Auto Left Foot Pedal Keeps Foot Busy for Worn Transmissions
The Auto Left Foot Pedal Co. in Manchester markets a pedal for cars with automatic transmissions to occupy the left foot and ease arthritis. Inventor Charles Austin notes the device offers a place to rest or move the foot with no mechanical action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Auto Left Foot Pedal Co
Manchester
Charles Austin
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Aiken, S.C
Dear Ax
Missoula
Montana
Los Angeles
Cal
Rutland Drive
S.C
Center Community Fire Department
Senior Citizens Club
Albert M. George
Cross
City Recreation Dept
Virginia Acres
Whiskey Rd
Elmer Todd
St. Thaddeus Church
Mead Hall Gymnasium
Aiken Artist Guild
Pine Room
Commercial Hotel
Women's Society of Christian Service
St. John’s United Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall
WSCS
R. L. Swope
Burnettown Pta
Burnettown
Four Seasons Garden Club
High Point
N.C
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Bethel United Methodist Church
Jackson
Dancing For Music Lovers’ Club
Prudence Agency
Prudence
Agency
Wagener
Bethcar
Philip Furtick
Mrs
Colby Furtick
Margaret Johnson of
Tully Clamp
Eulalie Kennerly
Myra Alderson
Ruth Argo Stillinger
Aiken Hospital
William
Bill) Stillinger
Ruth
Dennis and
Julia Pickering Argo
Pickering
Orangeburg
Salley Oakview Cemetery
R. D. Parkinson
Canadys
Ethel Williams
Blackville
Hammond Salley
Davis Salley
Dave
Sara Beth
Carl Salley
Todd
John Chandler
Columbia
Edisto Association of the
WMU
Oakview Baptist Church
Billy Baxter
Baptist House
Seafood Shop
Park Ave
London
Bigelow
Aiken County
Barker’s
Dial
U.S. Hwy
Bath, $.C
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