Walter Hugh Clark, Jr. — Johnston, SC

Walter Hugh Clark, Jr. — Johnston, SC  Graveside Funeral Services for Walter Hugh Clark, Jr., age  87 ,  will be held Sunday, April 30, 2017 in  Mt. of Olives Cemetery at 3 pm. The family will receive friends after the service. Mr. Clark, a resident of Johnston, SC, died Thursday, April 27, 2017.   He was a son […]

Turkey Trot/Run set for April 29

Turkey Trot/Run set for April 29

The Edgefield Community Development Association (ECDA) and the Edgefield Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce The Edgefield County Spring Turkey Trot Run/Walk on Saturday, April 29, 2017.  Registration at the minimum is through April 24th and add $5.00 on April 25th, until race time.  Race day registration begins at 9:00 a.m.  Race begins at […]

The Cowboy and the City Girl Southern Poetry Tour Comes to Edgefield

The Cowboy and the City Girl Southern Poetry Tour Comes to Edgefield

The Cowboy and the City Girl are coming to town! That’s right! On Friday, April 28, at 5PM at The Tompkins Library, Alice Friman, winner of the Georgia Book Award and poet-in-residence at Georgia College will bring her witty and wise poems to Edgefield in tandem with cattle rancher, artist and poet, Sean Sexton, Poet […]

Letter to Editor — Marguerite Cassels

Letter to Editor — Marguerite Cassels

Mt. of Olives Cemetery To the many of you who contributed to the Friends of Mt. of Olives Cemetery. I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude. When John Owen Clark and I undertook this task in November of 2012, our goals were the clean up and restoration of the cemetery.  The Town of Johnston […]

Letter to the Editor — Doug Timmerman

Letter to the Editor — Doug Timmerman

Letter to the Editor, Have you taken a stroll through Willowbrook Cemetery or East View Cemetery lately?  It is not just the birds singing or the actual coolness in the air, but there is a peacefulness and emotional aspect of being among Edgefield’s ancestors that is overwhelming.  As so famously stated by W. W. Ball, […]

Mrs. Joan Boatwright — Johnston, SC

Johnston, SC  Funeral Services for Mrs. Joan Boatwright, age 80, will be held Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at 11 am at Dry Creek Baptist Church with burial to follow in Ridge Spring Cemetery.  The family will receive friends at Bland Funeral Home Tuesday from 6-8pm. Mrs. Boatwright, a resident of Johnston, SC, died Sunday , […]

Two Favorites Are Back!  Fishing & Cruising at Peach Blossom Festival

Two Favorites Are Back!  Fishing & Cruising at Peach Blossom Festival

Fishing Tournament and Cruise In Are A Part of the Johnston Peach Blossom Festival Two favorites – the Bass Fishing Tournament and Cruise In – are back this year at the Johnston, SC, Peach Blossom Festival, May 6, 2017.   Bass Fishing Tournament Anglers who want to show their fishing abilities can sign up for […]

Four School Buses Destroyed in Fire

Four School Buses Destroyed in Fire

Four Edgefield County School buses were destroyed in a fire, Apr. 7, at JET Middle School.  A report from the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office, which assisted the Edgefield Fire Department with this fire, details that a man was headed to work around 4:00 in the morning when he noticed fire coming from behind a home […]

Authority, Responsibility, Accountability

Authority, Responsibility, Accountability

Experience as a military officer teaches values, and teaches them by a series of moves – with the early opportunity to see what works, what leadership is all about in a small unit, and to see what doesn’t work. As one progresses through a military career, first comes exposure to carrying out orders you might […]

State Winners — Smokey Bear poster contest

State Winners — Smokey Bear poster contest

Ben Collar (3rd grade) and Grace Viseth (4th grade) each won first place in the state (for their grade levels) in the Garden Club of South Carolina Youth Symposium, Smokey Bear poster contest. Students across the state were asked to draw and accurately color a poster of Smokey Bear or Woodsy Owl. Ben and Grace […]

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