Darlington Veneer celebrates 100 years
The year 2018 marks the 100-year anniversary of Darlington Veneer Company. DVC is currently under the third generation leadership of the Ramsey Family. Being part of this long heritage and tradition is a source of great pride for our employees, families, customers and community. 1918 Darlington Veneer Company opens a single ply veneer mill with logs purchased from local farms that are peeled on a rotary lathe. One of the first...
Mayo High School Prom Court 2018
Mayo High School for Math, Science and Technology students recently held their “Starry Night” prom at the Darlington Country Club. The 2018 Prom Royalty were: Prom Prince: McKinley Gilbert Prom Princess: Erica Douglas Prom King: True-Allah Liles Prom Queen: Morgan Malloy
Darlington Veneer’s Red Letter Day
With the onset of World War II, Darlington Veneer Co. aided the war effort. The war had brought on shortages of saw-logs which were needed to build trucks, freight cars, freight planes and cargo ships to rush food and supplies to the battlefront.
Backyard Stargazer for May 2018
By Francis Parnell With both Jupiter and Saturn becoming evening objects in May, if you own a small telescope, it’s time to get it out and do some planet watching. And if you’ve never seen Saturn with its ring system in a telescope, you will never forget that first-time amazing view! Looking south one hour before sunrise on the 4th, and above the Teapot of SAGITTARIUS, look for Saturn 6-degrees lower left of the waning...
Church News – April 25, 2018
Please send your church news and photos to: editor@newsandpress.net Community Garden God’s Garden on Smith Avenue in Darlington is ready for planting. For information call 843-393-3540. Singing Oates Baptist Church, 3569 Oates Highway, Lamar, will welcome The Hodge Family from Ruby on Saturday April 28th at 6 p.m. Please join us for a great night of songs and worship. Admission is free, and open to everyone. If you have any questions...
There are real heroes all around us
We hear a lot about heroes in this day and age.