What is this in Darlington County?
Last week’s photo was of one of the pair of dogs that stand guard at the home on 405 Cashua Street. For St. Patrick’s Day, they wore quite fetching green attire! Our builder friend Bill Segars said the home is the 1910 Skinner House, and has unique porch column shafts with the same diameter at the top and bottom, but larger in the center, topped with Ionic capitals. Readers that guessed correctly include: Gayle Beckham, Bill Segars,...
Mayo Class of 1969
The 1969 Class of Mayo High School held their 45th Class Reunion from August 28th – 31st, 2014. Class Night at King Wingate American Legion Post 210 was held Thursday, August 28. The next eventing, Friday, August 29th, the classmates and guests enjoyed a Banquet and Dance at the Hampton Inn and Suites. The class honored former faculty members in attendance: Mrs. Beverly Emanue, with guest Ms. Evaline Ladso ; Ms. Annie Dell Johnson,...
Keeping the Faith – More than a change of scenery
“Repent” is a religious word I’ve heard most of my life, and to this day, it still makes the hair on the back of my neck stand with fright. As a child, I heard the call to repent burst from the lips of many a revival preacher. With the evangelist’s bulging carotids, burning eyes, and angry finger pointing, I could feel the fires of hell licking at my heels. With “turn or burn, get right or get left,” as a vital piece of my...
Expand your horizons during Women’s History Month
By Jimmie Epling, Director, Darlington County Library System Did you know March is National Women’s History Month? No? It had its origin in 1981 when Congress passed a bill authorizing and requesting the President to proclaim the week beginning March 7, 1982 as “Women’s History Week.” In 1987 after being petitioned by the National Women’s History Project, Congress passed a bill designating March as “Women’s History Month.”...
Darlington County couple receives Young Farmer Award
Wes and Amanda Woodard, of Darlington County, were recently named winners of the South Carolina Farm Bureau Federation (SCFB) Young Farmer and Rancher Achievement Award. After giving judges a tour of their farm while being interviewed about their daily operations, the Woodards were announced as winners of this award during an awards reception at the SCFB Young Farmer and Rancher Leadership Conference held in Charleston, S.C. last...
Recyclers of the Month – March 2015
Roommates Jamie Ackerman and Rachel Randall and are the City of Hartsville’s Recyclers of the Month for March 2015. As relatively recent college graduates now living on their own in a city with recycling services, they said they felt a responsibility to recycle. “It was never a question of whether or not we were going to recycle,” Ackerman said. “It was accessible. We picked it up the second we got here.” “I don’t think recycling is...