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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1980
Page
5
A satirical account describes the Southern California Grocer's Association debating stiff laws to punish cart theft. It envisions a federal Cart Bureau in Washington, licenses for cart drivers, and penalties for misused or runaway carts, highlighting bureaucratic overreach.
Dear Abby receives a note from a woman after five years of trying to conceive. Her husband’s extremely low sperm count leads to a plan to use his brother as a donor with secrecy to avoid affecting the brother's marriage. The writer fears guilt and potential family bonds, preferring an anonymous bank donor but faces husband’s push for a blood relative. Abby warns against proceeding without full consent of the donor's wife and suggests obtaining unconditional approval.
Mrs. Gray, a longtime local performer, takes the title role in Hello Dolly in Yonkers style while balancing stagecraft and family support. She recalls 18 years on stage from Dogpatch U.S.A. to Yonkers and notes Dolly’s nonstop chatter demands, with her husband Peter and children Geoff and Lynne assisting and participating in the production.
The multiple event production Hello Dolly directed by Clarence Jolly features Molly Gray with Karen Edwards Ann Cofer Paul Parks Jim Stovall Matt Stovall and Don Pullum for eight performances to benefit the South Carolina Diabetes Association. Choreography by Deborah Ducate music by Ray Barber and Martha Cathcart with 7 pm dinner shows on November 7 8 13 14 15 and 1 pm matinees on November 8 15 plus an 11 30 am luncheon on November 14. Tickets available from Jean Meadows and Mabel Beasley.
Navy helicopter pilot Gary Selman of Aiken is a 1972 high school graduate and Citadel electrical engineering alumnus serving in Fleet Composite Squadron Five Philippines. The unit runs Operation Checkertail Skeet and Trap training in the western Pacific using drones and recovery helo crews to hoist drones and provide medical evacuations, with drones recovered since 1978 totaling over 842 million dollars in value.
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