Aiken Area Events Calendar Highlights Local Gatherings
November listings include Family-style Bingo at Center Community Fire Department each Thursday at 8 p.m. Senior Citizens Club to hear Albert M. George at 7:30 p.m. at 1248 Cross and Drive, plus rubber bridge run by City Recreation Dept. at Virginia Acres. Aiken Community Playhouse presents Barefoot In the Park with 8 p.m. curtain. tickets $1.75 adults, $1 students, 25 cents kids under 12. Community Bazaar by St. Thaddeus Church plus artist guild show, turkey dinner, attic sale, WSCS fundraiser and hospital auxiliary meeting November 19. Christmas Bazaar at Belvedere Jaycees ettes in North Augusta Plaza. NOV. 21
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Aiken Community Playhouse
Aiken
Aiken Drug Stores
Fall Bazaar Sponsored by Bethel UMC Jackson
The Women’s Society of Christian Service of Bethel United Methodist Church hosts a December 5 bazaar at Jackson Elementary School Cafeteria from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Lunch is served 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. with carryout available.
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Women’s Society of Christian Service
Bethel United Methodist Church
Jackson
December horse show at Deanwood Farms featured many hunter classes
The Wildwood Garden Club hosts a December horse show at Deanwood Farms on highway 19 between New Ellenton and Aiken with eighteen classes including pony junior green and young hunters. In Sydney Harbor area Rexie the dog aged 13 died at The Gap a famed cliff site attracting visitors. A fall festival is set by Burnettown PTA at Burnettown Elementary on November 22 from 5 30 to 8 30. Four Seasons Garden Club plans a Furniture Fair trip to High Point North Carolina.
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The
Wildwood Garden Club of
New Ellenton
Deanwood Farms
Aiken
Highway 19
Sydney
Roxie
Gap
the Gap
Sydney Harbor
Rexie
Four Seasons Garden Club
High Point
N.C
Oldest shoe found a papyrus sandal from 2000 B.C.
Archaeologists report a papyrus sandal dated about 2000 B.C. as the oldest known footwear discovery. The artifact demonstrates ancient Egyptians wore woven footwear and reflects early craft techniques, shedding light on daily life in long past eras.
Aiken Standard Briefs November 12 1970
Local pages report happenings in Aiken South Carolina with concise notices and community items. Small notices, brief updates and small reads reflect daily civic life and local events.
Baptisms and births mark busy weekend in Aiken area
Morgan Covington Milner, born May 9, 1970, was baptized at St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church with friends and relatives from Aiken Spartanburg Union and Dibble Road in attendance. Abner Calhoun Witham Jr and two newborns announced with families including Milners Browns Leforts Hutchinsons and visiting out of town kin attended. Tech Navy game visit quotes indicate local travel and guest list.
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Dorothy K. Macdowell
St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church
Morgan Covington Milner
G. Ashford Milner, III
Holly Lane
G. Ashford Milner Jr
Dibble Road
Morgan
Hugo Rutherford, Jr
Aiken
Anne Gillespie
Spartanburg
Glenn E. Reed, Jr
Reed
Viet Nam
David Barber
Columbia
James A. Gillespie
Union
S.C
G. A. Milner
Spruce Pine
N. C
H. S. Brown
Titusville
Fla
James A. Gillespie, Jr
John
Milner
Abner Calhoun Witham, Jr
Augusta
Abner Calhoun Witham
Colleton Avenue
Ethel Ashley
Aiken and Barnwell
Carol Whatley
Roy Dorsey
Atlanta
Witham
Betty
William Johnston
Charlottesville
Frank Dougherty
Canton
Ohio
Stuart Witham
Edward Ellis
Ferns And Winter Planting For Aiken Gardens
An older Aiken gardener recalls a lygodium climbing fern from a friend and discusses hardy native ferns, many varieties, and their indoor and outdoor cultivation prospects. The piece offers guidance on pansy planting, fertilization, and winter vegetables, plus rye grass for soil protection and lawn establishment.
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United States
Hartford
Connecticut
New Jersey
New York
Sunshine Garden Club Plans Hospital Project
The Sunshine Garden Club begins assembling arrangements and gifts for children in the pediatrics ward at Aiken County Hospital for the holidays and plants shrubbery around the Welcome to Aiken sign on Highway One. The plans were approved at a November 3 meeting hosted by Mrs. G. N. Shirley with Mrs. R. S. Perry Jr. as co hostess.
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Sunshine Garden Club
Aiken County Hospital
Aiken
Highway One
G. N. Shirley
Pilot Club Meets Tonight in Aiken
The Pilot Club of Aiken Inc will gather in the Palmetto Room at Palmetto Federal and Savings Bank. The executive board meets at 6 30 with dinner and program to follow at 7 30 led by Mrs Thelma Murtha chair of the education and international relations committee.
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Pilot Club of
Aiken, Inc
Palmetto
Palmetto Federal and Savings Bank
Thelma Murtha
Drug Problem In Aiken Is Meeting Topic
Dr. Kenneth Owens of Aiken will discuss drugs and the drug problem as it relates to Aiken at a Business and Professional Women meeting at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Commercial Hotel. A 7 p.m. business meeting precedes the talk. Guests of club members are invited.
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Kenneth Owens
Aiken
Commercial Hotel
Belvedere Jaycee-ettes Plan Christmas Bazaar
The Belvedere Jaycee-ettes announce a Christmas Bazaar from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. in November 2021 at the North Gift items for sale include handmade tree balls door knob covers skirts and growth charts. Proceeds support state and regional Jaycee projects.
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Belvedere Jaycee-ettes
North Augusta Plaza
Jayceeett
Rufus Skinner
Mike Osteen
Ralph Cramer
Belvedere Firs State National Bank
Shirley Huxley
Gene Parker
Orange Blossom Symbolism in Love and Fertility
The legend speaks of the orange blossom as the traditional flower of brides, embodying thoughts of lust, love, and fertility. It notes the orange tree bears fruit and blossoms simultaneously, linking bloom and yield in one season.
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Bride
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Telephone Pioneer
J. W. Fowler
Edisto Council
Madeline Babbs
Rutland Drive
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
St. John’s United Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall
WSCS
R. L. Swope
Aiken County
Belvedere Jayceeettes
Burnettown Pta
Burnettown Elementary
Aiken, S.C
Charles Ernest Lefort
Raleigh
Charles Ernest
Rex Hospital
Lawrence Hutchinson
Warrenton
Matthew Segewich Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Barbara Ann Blair
Robert C. Blair
Kalmia Hill
Matthew
Heather
Lawrence Patrick
Katharine
Blair
J. Ashley Little
H. W. Thurlow
A. G. Harmon
William Murphy
Pendleton
Kalmia Plaza
By C. W. Haasis
Boardman Road
R. S. Perry Jr
Pilot Club
Belvedere
Jaycee-ettes Plan Bazaar
Viviane Woodard
General Foods
Mary D. Smith
John Romain
Laurens St. NW
Dial
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