Trenton Country Gardeners Hear How to Save Water

Trenton Country Gardeners Hear How to Save Water

Everyone enjoyed the water conservation skit performed by members of the Trenton Country Garden Club at the club’s October meeting held at the home of Dianne Yonce. Betty Jackson, Penny Hunt and Jan Burch used watering cans to demonstrate an easy way to conserve water.  Rather than allowing water to run down the drain as […]

Sunny Day Vocalist Nabbed for Purple Fence Show

Sunny Day Vocalist Nabbed for Purple Fence Show

“Betty Ann Butler,” one of the stars of SUNNY DAY, the new musical by Leonard Todd, appeared at The Purple Fence in Edgefield, S. C., this past Saturday night, October 5, while the Mike Frost Band was taking a break. She sang “Sexy Southern Lady,” her big number from the show. A production of the […]

Winner of Piper Tales Birthday Cake Coloring Contest!

Winner of Piper Tales Birthday Cake Coloring Contest!

Congratulations Destiny Simpson! 3rd Grade – Pleasant Hill Elementary Destiny is the grand prize winner in the Edgefield Advertiser’s Piper Tales Birthday Cake Coloring Contest!  Her creative and imaginative use of vivid colors embellished with sparkling jewels and sequins won the hearts of the judges! Piper and Miss Penny appreciate all the efforts of all the […]

A New Blacksmith for the Old Blacksmith Shop

A New Blacksmith for the Old Blacksmith Shop

The blacksmith shop on Jeter Street will be alive once again with smoke and with noises of the metal-meets-metal kind as Jamie von Stevens takes over the shop, very soon. Readers can learn more about her and how and when to visit the shop by reading an interview with her on page 5, section 2 […]

Motorists Need to Watch for Deer on State Roads

Motorists Need to Watch for Deer on State Roads

Motorists throughout the state need to be constantly aware of roaming white-tailed deer, according to a state deer biologist. Despite a persistent rumor, neither the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) nor any other state agency will compensate motorists for injuries or damages resulting from deer collisions. Besides practicing safe and defensive driving techniques, each […]

J.L. Doolittle is 95 Years Young

J.L. Doolittle is 95 Years Young

Almost 70 people gathered this past Sunday the 6th of October at the American Legion Building to sing “Happy Birthday” to J.L. Doolittle and his sister Naomi.  They were born on the same day but it is J.L. who is 95 and Naomi who is 91.  The celebrants were treated to an endless Bar-B-Que and […]

Ridge Spring Harvest Festival Oct. 24-26

Ridge Spring Harvest Festival Oct. 24-26

The 32nd Ridge Spring Harvest Festival is during this month, October 24-26 with the Community Service on the 12th and the Beauty Pageant on the 19th.  The promoters of the festival went down memory lane to give insight into the first Harvest Festival, especially finding the photo of  Sen. Thurmond who came and hung around […]