Phyllis Slocum, former TV anchor with Charley Britt at Channel 12 CBS and my tennis partner (late 70s and early 80s) visited Monday through Thursday from Dallas, TX, after not seeing her for five years. She is now a professor of media at he University of North Texas The highlight of our trip was going to Edgefield. We parked […]
Johnston Farmer’s & Artist’s Market every Thursday, from 4 – 6 p.m. in front of the Library/Warehouse on Calhoun Street. Edgefield Farmers Arts and Crafts Market: On the Town Square every Sat. through first Sat. in Sept. 9:00 a.m.-1:00.For more info call Carolyn Piekielniak @ 637-6861 or 803-507-0278. Hallelujah Girls: Edgefield County Theater will close out […]
On July 14-19, 2013, Antonia Adams attended Business Week at Presbyterian College in Clinton, S.C., an annual event sponsored by the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce. The statewide event featured many academically engaged students who exhibited leadership skills due to their involvement in extracurricular activities and in their communities. About 170 attendees were chosen from […]
A team of fourteen recently went to Alaska for a week long mission trip through Edgefield First Baptist Church. Pictured here are twelve of the team plus some of the children ministered to at the Willilaw Park in Anchorage, Alaska. Daily activities were chapel, playing games, Bible lesson, crafts, music, meals and one-on-one ministering with […]
Mrs. Lois Brodie and family, hailing from Washington D.C. and Maryland were recent guests at the Biddle Hall Museum on the historic Bettis Acacdemy campus in Trenton. All are retired except Mrs. Brodie’s daughter, Lajuan, who works for Homeland Security. Mrs. Brodie remembers long ago days when horses were tied around the square and was […]
The Edgefield Lion’s Club had its monthly meeting on Monday, August 12, 2013, at the Aiken Electric Cooperative Building. Lion President Arlene Traxler welcomed the guest speaker, Thomas Sample, Intensive Supervision Officer (ISO) with the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) and Lion members. The passing of longtime Lion member Mr. Henry Duncan Wofford was […]
The James Medford Family Event Center at Piedmont Technical College welcomed more than 375 Piedmont Technical College graduates for two commencement ceremonies to celebrate their accomplishments. Dr. Ray Brooks, president, welcomed graduates, family and guests to celebrate the accomplishments of the graduates. “We are here to celebrate tonight the opportunity each of you represents,” Brooks […]
Johnston Farmer’s & Artist’s Market every Thursday, from 4 – 6 p.m. in front of the Library/Warehouse on Calhoun Street. Edgefield Farmers Arts and Crafts Market: On the Town Square every Sat. through first Sat. in Sept. 9:00 a.m.-1:00.For more info call Carolyn Piekielniak @ 637-6861 or 803-507-0278. Homecoming/Revival: Republican Grove Baptist Church will have Homecoming […]
Mrs. Ruby Mae Cook Berry celebrated her 100th birthday August 10, 2013. Pictured with Mrs. Berry are her children (left to right) Robert, Mary, Jean and Olin. The photo was made during a party for her at her residence in the Saluda Nursing Center. She said to her son, the Weather Man for the Advertiser, […]
– A Very Important Invitation From The American Legion Auxiliary – Are you a wife, mother, daughter, sister, granddaughter or a great-granddaughter of a Legionnaire or a deceased veteran? If so, then you are “WANTED.” On behalf of the Hezzie Griffis Post #30 of the American Legion Auxiliary, we are inviting you to join the largest […]