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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1976
Page
6
A reader shares eight year marriage sex dissatisfaction and chooses to fake satisfaction. Abby notes counseling can help long-term couples but warns against faking in shorter marriages. The column also answers about a chain letter and a frustrated parent’s kids with a humorous regional response.
Aiken gardening notes discuss Mist Flower Eupatorium coelastum with blue fluffy heads blooming August to fall and its easy culture. The Camellia Mini Show is Oct 30 at the Farmers and Merchants Bank with 9 to 11 am entries open to any Aiken County resident not having won silver, public viewing noon to 5 pm.
Mr and Mrs Thomas H Wingo of 401 Fern Street New Ellenton win October Yard of the Month from Pine Cone Garden Club for lawn shrubbery and landscaping. Showpiece features Sasanquas espaliered pyracantha azalea borders aged with ageratum and dusty miller.
Aiken area menu outlines daily offerings for October 11 to 15 as part of National School Lunch Week. Items include fish portions with condiments, hot dogs, baked turkey with sides, pizza, and dessert choices, with vegetables and fruits each day.
The 2nd annual Young Artists Competition will be held January 3 at Armstrong State College in Savannah. Georgia Florida or South Carolina residents ages 16 to 25 may apply, performing one concerto movement up to 13 minutes. Applicants must provide their own accompanist and submit by December 1, 1976.
The annual fund drive for the Lander College Alumni Association aims to increase gifts to support alumni scholarships, maintenance of the Alumni House, a lecture series, and other college projects. Mrs. Murray Wood of Aiken is the area director for Aiken and Edgefield counties.
Texas born pianist Rico Liccano presented an evening of classical works at Aiken Junior High to open the 1976-77 Aiken Community Concert Series. The hall enjoyed a program mainly from 19th and 20th century composers with encores and warm rapport between performer and audience.
A memorial concert for the late William Slaughter formerly of Aiken High School and St. John’s United Methodist Church will perform Faure’s Requiem at St. John’s on Sunday at 7 30 p m. The St. John’s choir will be joined by a 28 piece Augusta Symphony Orchestra and Aiken High Band with soloists Paul Parks Tom Robinson and Mary Jo Wilson. Public invited.
After viewing a practice the Aiken Civic Ballet held its first board meeting with Mrs. Elmer Wilson presiding. New board members named include Mrs. L. W. Patrick, Mrs. Bishop Smith, Mrs. Clifton Anderson, Mrs. Charles Simmerson and Mrs. Steve Wilson. Sponsors Eugene and Mrs. Fleisher will donate Ramble wood Horse Show proceeds to the ballet and Augusta Opera Company. Next show October 23 and 24 at Hunter Glen Whiskey Rd. Patron info via Mrs. Arthur Hendley. Spring production set for April 16 and 17 directed by Carl Crosby with guest choreographer Mrs. Jesse Morris.
Applications are due this month for National Endowment for the Arts fellowships in musical composition and visual arts. Visual arts applications close October 15 while composers and librettists face a November 1 deadline. Applicants of any age may apply and awards reflect the artist’s career stage.
Individuals may obtain guidelines and application forms for Visual Arts Fellowships from the Visual Arts Program of the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington D C 20506. Applications for Composer and Librettist Fellowships should be requested from the Endowment's Music Program.
Filmsouth 77, the third annual Converse College juried film competition and workshop, will run January 28 to 30. Open to student and independent filmmakers from North and South Carolina and Georgia with no age limit or entry fee. Entries in 8-mm, Super-8, and 16-mm gauges, sound or silent, due January 15, 1977. For info contact Dr. A O Schmitz, Director, Filmsouth, Converse College, Spartanburg SC 29301.
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