Edgefield County Included Next Year Edgefield Advertiser attended the Women in Philanthropy annual luncheon in Augusta on Friday, March 27, as guest of Jan Burch (media chairman) and was on hand to hear that, though this group covers the CSRA, this coming year will be the first time this county will be included for possible […]
Strom Thurmond High School (STHS) recently celebrated Millennium Club Day as a way to honor the 62 members in its ranks. The STHS Millennium Club exists to recognize the efforts of students who have achieved a score of 1000 (Critical Reading plus Math) or better on the SAT or a 21 or better on the […]
The leadership for the community Sunrise Service, traditionally held at Slade’s Lake, will be looking for you, dear readers, to be standing in the area of the pier, pictured above, on Sunday morning at 6:30 a.m. The Edgefield United Methodist Church invites the attendees to join in a breakfast at their fellowship hall following the […]
The Johnston Peach Blossom Festival beauty pageant was held Saturday, March 28, at the historic Johnston Elementary School Gymnasium. The pageant is sponsored by the Johnston Development Board. Kaliandra Turner, a senior at Fox Creek High School, was crowned Miss Peach Blossom 2015 and will be awarded a $500 scholarship to the University of South […]
EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Funeral services for Mrs. Louise Glanton-Smith were held 2:00 p.m. Sunday, March 29, 2015, at the Republican Grove Baptist Church, with the Rev. Willie Patten, Pastor. Eulogist was Rev. Pearline Johnson. Interment was in the New Bethel FBH Cemetery. She is survived by a husband Leonard Smith, Aiken, S.C.; sons C.T. (Betty) […]
– By Tiffani Ireland – Turkey hunters across the state can expect to see changes to the season as well as to bag limits when a new bill goes into effect. These changes, first brought before the state’s House of Representatives in bill H. 3118, will change the current bag limit from 5 turkeys a […]
– By Tiffani Ireland – On March 18, 2015, the South Carolina Senate passed S. 454, a bill that will bring significant changes to deer hunting across the state. This bill will, among other things, change the bag limits on deer to 4 antlered and 4 antler-less deer a year and will require all deer […]
Anglers who want to show their fishing abilities can sign up for the 2nd Annual Bass Fishing Tournament, part of the Johnston Peach Blossom Festival. The Tournament will be held May 2, 2015, the same day as the popular Festival. Check-in is at 6 a.m. that day with weigh-in held in downtown Johnston shortly after […]
TRENTON, S.C. – Mrs. Delaine Morgan Murrell, 64, of Tolbert Lane, wife of Jerry Murrell, died Saturday March 28, 2015 at her residence. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday March 31, 2015 at 2 P.M. at Johnston Pentecostal Holiness Church. Mrs. Murrell was born in Augusta, Ga. and is the daughter of H. Kenneth Morgan and […]
Letter to the Editor Dear Editor: As a member of the library staff, I would like to thank the Friends of the Library for their continued support both morally and financially. Without them, there are projects we could not do. But in addition to the FOL, I would like to thank the other members of […]