Piedmont Tech Awards Presidential Medallions

Piedmont Tech Awards Presidential Medallions

Five of the Spring 2019 Piedmont Technical College Presidential Medallion recipients, from left:  PTC President Dr. Ray Brooks, Sen. John McCravy, Rep. Mike Gambrell, Mamie Nicholson, Jim Pfeiffer, and Josh Lindsay.   Piedmont Technical College (PTC) President Dr. Ray Brooks honored eight college associates and community leaders with the Presidential Medallion, the college’s most prestigious […]

Maggie Massey Wins 400m Hurdles State Championship

Maggie Massey Wins 400m Hurdles State Championship

Pictured above is Strom Thurmond’s Maggie Massey receiving her State Championship Medal for 1stplace in the 400 meter hurdles.   Take All Region selections for the 400 meter hurdles in 2017 and 2018, mix it with 97% first place finishes in 400 meter hurdles overall, bake for five years and what do you get?  South […]

BREAKING NEWS- Grimm Takes Helm of Strom Thurmond High School

BREAKING NEWS- Grimm Takes Helm of Strom Thurmond High School

Edgefield County School District Board of Trustees hired Robert Grimm as Strom Thurmond High School’s new principal at its May 14, 2019 board meeting. “I’m excited about his experience and we are fortunate to have him joining our team,” said Dr. O’Gorman, ECSD Superintendent. Grimm’s administrative experience includes five years as North Charleston High School’s […]

Charles Marion Yonce – Johnston, SC

Thurmond Burnett          Phone: (803)637-6536 David T. Burnett                 Fax: (803)637-6006 Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home, Inc. Established 1902 801 Columbia Road Post Office Box 389 Edgefield, South Carolina 29824 www.edgefieldmercantilefh.com Charles Marion Yonce Johnston, SC   Charles Marion Yonce, 71, husband of Diane Callas Yonce of Mile Bridge Way, […]

Notre Dame Revisited

Notre Dame Revisited

By: Scott Cooper All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views  and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of TheAdvertiser. April 24th, 2019   My March 29th, 2018 editorial to the Edgefield Advertiser was about Notre-Dame, how it was […]

Three Road Related Deaths

Edgefield County Woman Dies in Head-on Collision An Edgefield County woman died in a head-on collision in Saluda County, May 3, 2019.  According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, Delphine Pickens Simpkins, 60, was driving a 2007 Pontiac west on Hwy 378 a little before 3:30 in the afternoon when she crossed the center line […]

A Dance Recital on the Theme of Marriage

A Dance Recital on the Theme of Marriage

In back, L to R, Carter Wimberly, Asher Ireland and Dance Studio owner Liz Jordan; Front, L. to R., Chloe Ireland, Claire Wimberly and her “big sister” Caroline Wimberly.   The Timmerman School of Dance, Liz Jordan proprietor, gave a recital in the Timmerman School Auditorium in Columbia on April 27. Mrs. Jordan is the […]

Midlands DAR Chapters Visit Edgefield 

Midlands DAR Chapters Visit Edgefield 

Thank you Midlands DAR chapters for coming out for a day in Edgefield. The day began with light clean up at Willowbrook Cemetery, followed by a tour of Edgefield’s Phoenix Factory’s Old Edgefield Pottery. Lunch was enjoyed by all at Park Row Market No. 1. The day wrapped up with a guided tour of Willowbrook Cemetery […]

Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité

Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité

By: Robert Scott All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views  and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of TheAdvertiser. The American Revolution inspired many nations to rebel against tyrannical governments, including our country’s oldest allies, the people of […]

Warm Sunshine Invited Crowds to the 36thAnnual festival

Warm Sunshine Invited Crowds to the 36thAnnual festival

  The 36thAnnual Peach Festival of Johnston was held on a day (May 4) of sunshine and activity that involved all ages, from the seniors such as Grand Marshal of the Parade, for whom there was a reception, to the youth who not only enjoyed the foods and fare of the festival, but were winners […]