Six local students were among more than 1,500 high school seniors visiting Washington, D.C., June 15 – 20 for the Rural Electric Youth Tour, sponsored by Aiken Electric Cooperative and hundreds of other electric cooperatives across the country. Chelsea Argroe, Wagener-Salley High School; Ashley Axson, Orangeburg Preparatory School; Joshua Cady, South Aiken High School; Christian […]
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6932 held an awards ceremony on Thursday evening, July 11, 2013. Post Commander Dwight Talbert began the service by inducting two new members, Renada Williams and Randy Wilson into the post. VFW District 9 Commander, Roger Warren presented white All State Team Caps to Dwight Talbert and Bennie Culbreath for […]
The wrought iron archway over the Mount of Olives Cemetery in Johnston, S.C., has disappeared. A beautiful, historic cemetery, where ancestors of some of the leaders of the Town of Johnston, many among the earliest settlers, no longer has the entry insignia, wrought iron with gold lettering . This loss was noted by one of […]
Dear Editor: I am writing to share a very special “thank you” note. In February our community came together to serve our 122nd En Battalion the most wonderful breakfast before they deployed. Many thanks to those who donated on such as short notice. Please read the following thank you note from the battalion. The Town of Edgefield […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Katherine Bland Sawyer, 87, of Columbia, passed away Saturday, July 13, 2013, at Providence Hospital. A native of Johnston, SC, she was married to Shep Sawyer for 53 years, who predeceased her in 2001. She was also predeceased by her parents Jule and Snow Jeffries Bland. She is survived by her son […]
Sonny Seawright, Chairman of the Edgefield Heritage Jubilee Festival, set for Saturday, September 28, 2013, is announcing the plans for the coming festival. The Saturday festival will be 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. And, unlike the festivals of the past decade, the 2013 festival is being held on the Square in Downtown Edgefield. Seawright made […]
The Edgefield Lion’s Club had its monthly meeting on Monday, July 8, 2013, in the Edgefield United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. Lion President Arlene Traxler welcomed members and welcomed the guest speaker, Mary Louise Resch, Lions Club Development Director, whom currently serves as the Director of Development for the Lion Foundation of South Carolina. After […]
JOHNSTON, S.C. – Funeral Services for Mrs. Virginia M. Derrick, age 79, will be held Saturday, July 13, 2013 at Philippi Baptist Church at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Josh McClendon officiating and burial to follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends at Bland Funeral Home July 12, Friday evening from 6-8 […]
The Corps of Engineers opened the spillways for testing at Lake Thurmond Dam Thursday afternoon, July, 11. A sizable crowd, estimated to be in the thousands, was on hand to see the event. The test of the Thurmond Dam spillways followed the opening of the upstream reservoir spillways at Lake Russell and Lake Hartwell. All […]
NEWBERRY, S.C. – Raymond Kiefer Wicker, 83, of Newberry, formerly of Chappells, died July 9, 2013. Born June 27, 1930 in Newberry, South Carolina, Ray was the son of the late Laurence David and Ruth Dominick Wicker. He lived in Newberry until his graduation from Newberry College in 1951. Upon his graduation, Ray became an […]