Dear Abby Q&A on family nudity and marriage woes
A reader asks how to explain to Mary why Amy cannot sleep over after discovering a naked boy. Abby suggests honest, nonjudgmental talk about parental attitudes to nudity and sex education, noting differences in approach. Additional letters discuss medical neglect, fat-shaming, needlepoint humor, and a married lover's plan to end his marriage only after multiple life events.
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Abby
Mary
Amy
P.S
Aiken Newcomers Club Hosts Coffee and Board Meeting
The Aiken Newcomers Club will host a coffee on Thursday October 21 from 10 30 to 11 30 a m at 1358 Moultrie Drive. All interested persons are welcome. Afterward the club will hold its monthly Board Meeting Terri Lawrence is among 15 state finalists for the National Miss Teen Pageant and will be the sole Aiken contestant in the Columbia finals in April. The state winner advances to the national pageant.
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Aiken Newcomers Club, Inc
Don Damewood
Moultrie Drive
Terri Lawrence
South Carolina
Miss Lawrence
Columbia
Neuter Clinic Encourages Free Tomcat Neutering in Aiken
The Aiken County Humane Society launches a free neutering program aiming to reduce kitten arrivals and calls to residents by spaying tomcats. The drive runs through October with hope that 9 percent of tomcats participate to curb feline offspring. A second note reports on laughing gas as an effective treatment for heart attack pain, originated in the USSR and now tested in U.S. hospitals.
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Momcnts
Aiken County
Gramp Ahood
Ussr
U.S
Sunshine Garden Club October Meeting Highlights and Plans
The Sunshine Garden Club met at Mrs J J Urban's home where a program on Japanese flower arrangement basics was presented. Final plans were made for the Garden Club Council Bazaar on Oct 29 at the H O Weeks Building with Sunshine in charge of luncheon. A Dec 7 tasting party invites members to bring one crepe and two guests. New member Mr Robert Wade joined. The Pine Needle Garden Club started its year with guest speaker Mrs Harris Butler, director of the West Low Country District.
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Sunshine Garden Club
J. J. Urban
F&M Bank Announces 70th Birthday Essay Winners
The Farmers and Merchants Bank reveals the winners of its 70th Birthday essay contest. Youths age 12 and under wrote pieces on My Favorite Great American. Grand prize of 100 dollars awarded to Belvedere entrant Joe Biggerstaff. Additional 25 dollar awards given to Betsy Anderson Damon Lindley Michele Bridges Sara Benton Joe Biggerstaff Scott Curtis Jana Parker.
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Farmers and Merchants Bank
Joe Biggerstaff
Engagement announced for Scott Shirley in Columbia
Miss Sharon Lynn Scott and Mr Richard Eric Shirley plan to wed December 18 at Virginia Wingard United Methodist Church in Columbia. The bride is a Columbia native with a USC degree in music education and teaching position at Heathwood Hall Episcopal School. The groom, son of Jerry L Shirley and the late, will be a USC junior in January after Navy service and Riverbanks Park employment in Columbia.
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Columbia
Sharon Lynn Scott
Richard Eric Shirley
Virginia Wingard United Methodist Church
George M. Scott
George F. Scott
Buena Park
Calif
Miss Scott
The
University of South Carolina
Delta Omicron
Heathwood Hall Episcopal School
Mr. Shirley
Aiken High School
U.S. Navy
Riverbank’s Park
Oglesby Johnson Engagement Sets December Wedding
Blackshear Georgia announces the engagement of Bobbie Sue Oglesby to 2nd Lt William Lloyd Johnson III son of Aiken lawyers The couple plan a December 18 wedding at the Homestead Evangelical Church in Blackshear Georgia Baptist Hospital staffer is the bride to be and Lt Johnson is a Georgia Tech graduate now in the Marine Corps The families include multiple grandparents from Patterson Atlanta and Washington GA and the couple plan a Dec 18 ceremony
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George W. Oglesby
Blackshear
Bobbie Sue
William Lloyd Johnson, III
William Lloyd Johnson
Aiken
Ernest King
Patterson
Fred Oglesby
Georgia Baptist Hospital
Johnson
William Calvin Drake
Atlanta
Edna Johnson
Washington, Ga
Georgia Institute of Technology
Marine Corps
Homestead Eangelical Church
Wedding notice timing and submission window guidelines
The standard requires wedding stories to appear within 30 days after the wedding. Engagements should be announced at least 30 days before the ceremony. Wedding forms and pictures must be submitted two publication days before the wedding. Bridal party details should be provided at least five days prior so the story can run before the ceremony.
Caramel Almond Sprinkles Recipe Card
Caramelize one cup sugar in a heavy pan then quickly stir in sliced almonds. Cool on greased sheet or foil and crush finely. Excellent topping for ice cream cakes and puddings.
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Mr. Still
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Ringling School of Art
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F&m Bank
Scott- Shirley
Jerry L. Shirley
Clara P. Wilson
West Columbia
Robert J. Nantz
Waterloo
Miss Oglesby
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Augusta
Woodruff Drugs Itchell Shopping
York SE
Hiteling Post
Mitchell Shopping Center
Sears
Peter J. Boyle
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