In the interview for the article addressed in the letter below (ECTC in Limbo, June 15 Advertiser), both the reporter and editor clarified with the interviewees the intent of the article. The intent was to address the necessary change of venue for the theatre and how they were managing that. The reporter brought up interviewing […]
Johnston, SC – Graveside Services for Mrs. Verna Cromley Forrest, age 86, will be held Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 2 o’clock at Mount of Olives Cemetery, Johnston, with Pastor Paul Volpitto and Rev. Barry Epps officiating. The family will receive friends following the service in the Johnston Presbyterian Church Social Hall. Honorary pallbearers will be […]
The South Carolina Prescribed Fire Council will talk about the importance of fire to bobwhite quail and wild turkeys during its annual meeting Sept. 21-22 at the National Wild Turkey Federation’s Palmetto Shooting Complex in Edgefield. Johnny Stowe, S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) representative to the Prescribed Fire Council, says the theme for this […]
Miss Laurens County Teen, Davis Wash, 15, from Edgefield, won the Wednesday Evening Gown/Onstage Question preliminary in the Miss South Carolina Teen competition. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Matt Wash.
A two vehicle, head-on collision occurred around 8:30 Monday morning, June 20, on Hwy 25 near Sarah’s Peach Stand. The Advertiser spoke with a source Monday who heard the accident occur and then went to the scene. According to that source, the driver of one vehicle, a male, was able to exit his vehicle after […]
JOHNSTON- Funeral services for Mr. Bennie L. Padgett, Jr., 58, will be held at Mt. Calvary Baptist Church in Johnston at 1PM, Friday, June 24, 2016. Pastor Lewis Burt and Rev. Richard Padgett will preside over the services. There will be no viewing at the church service. Bennie was a lifelong resident of Saluda County, […]
EDGEFIELD- Mrs. Mattie Padgett Burt, 90, of 726 Long Cane Road, died on Monday, June 20, 2016 at her home. She was born in Edgefield County, SC, daughter of the late George and Emma Oliphant Padgett. She was a member of the Willow Spring Baptist Church and the Woman’s Home Aide Society #126. She […]
Mr. Raymond B. Duford, Jr., 70, of Republican Road, husband of 53 years to Loretha Jackson Duford, died June 21, 2016 at his residence. Funeral Services will be held Friday June 24, 2016 at 2 P.M. at Peace Haven Baptist Church in Edgefield with burial in the Church Cemetery. Mr. Duford was a native of […]
Three juveniles have been captured after a robbery that occurred around 10:00 Thursday morning, June 23, in the town of Edgefield. According to an employee of Wells Fargo Bank, the crime happened on the sidewalk outside of their establishment as a woman was coming to the bank to make a deposit. According to Police Chief […]
One of the many benefits of a (third) career as a college professor is being able to decide what to do during the summer months. One can teach during a short summer term and get paid for that, or one can opt not to teach and not get paid for that. Since there are considerably […]