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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1969
Page
3
A reader argues fat men can still attract love and describes personal weight struggles. Other letters defend adopted children, praising supportive foster parents and urging acceptance, with advice on handling a well-meaning grandmother sewers.
Miss Margaret Elizabeth Toft and Mr. Ralph Emerson Keys Jr. married in a ceremony at St. Thaddeus Church with Rev. Fleetwood J. Albrecht officiating. The couple, both students at the University of South Carolina, will reside in Columbia after a wedding trip.
Plymouth England AP Bill King a retired Royal Navy commander sailed Sunday in his 42 foot schooner Galaxy Blazer II beginning a second attempt to sail nonstop around the world. He expects 28000 to 32000 miles and aims to return to Plymouth in eight to ten months after his first attempt failed near Cape Town when the schooner capsized and he nearly drowned.
Mr and Mrs William Ralph Baldwin announce the engagement of their daughter Linda Jo to James Raymond Simpson son of the late Mr J M Simpson. Linda Jo is a graduate of Aiken High School and works for Southern Bell Telephone Co. James R Simpson is a Knoxville High School graduate and is employed by Graniteville Co. The wedding is planned for November 80 at Memorial Baptist Church.
Special Programs Director John Bradley of Aiken County School District will guest speak at the Aiken Panhellenic fall meeting tonight at Kalmia Hill School. Call Mrs. Ira New or Mrs. J. F. Craig for details. Dr. Bradley, a USC PhD, previously worked with the State Hospital and Department of Corrections.
Weekly school meals feature milk with four days of main dishes including beef stew over rice barbecued chicken and Sloppy Joe on bun. Side dishes vary from greens field peas cornbread potatoes and salads to desserts like peach cobbler pudding and cantaloupe.
Mr and Mrs Henry Briggs Salley Jr of Salley announce the adoption of a baby girl Stacey Delaine on September 12. Maternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs R S Stewart of Clemson and paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Henry Briggs Salley of Salley.
In Lander Wyoming the 26th annual One Shot Antelope Hunt honors James A. McDivitt and William A. Anders as warriors after bagging antelope. Governors John A. Love Louis B. Nunn Frank Farrar Walter Cunningham and others join the event with seating based on their shooting. Wyoming Gov. Stan Hathaway and Dan Love Florida Gov. Claude Kirk and Arizona Gov. Jack Williams also participate.
The National Secretaries Association International chapter hosts guest speaker Flynn Bowle, trust officer at Bankers Trust of South Carolina in Columbia. He will discuss Have Your Husband's Financial Affair Always Been Top Secret and answer members' questions on wife and estate planning.
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