Thursday, November 29th, 2012 – 4:00 until 6:00 PM, Calhoun Street, Johnston, S.C. Come join us as we celebrate the holiday season with this last Farmer’s and Artist’s Market of the year and town- wide merchant’s open house. Come get your fresh vegetables, fruits, and baked goods, along with canned goods or that one of […]
The Edgefield County Theater Company is preparing a new musical, SUNNY DAY. With words and music by Edgefield resident, Leonard Todd, it will have its world premiere in April of 2013. Auditions for FIVE CAST MEMBERS will be held at the Discovery Center, 405 Main St. in Edgefield, on SUNDAY, DEC. 9TH at 6:00 PM. […]
Proceeds Benefit the Strom Thurmond FFA Taking Orders: Now – Dec. 15th Pickup Dates: During school hours or Nov. 30th till 6:00PM Wreath Prices: Small 1 – $15 Or 2 – $25…………or……….Large 1 – $25 Or 2 – $40 Poinsettia Prices: Small – $6 or Large – $12 To Place your order or for More […]
Sarah Cabri Tripp, Nurse Practitioner, is now serving in the medical community of this county, in Dr. Hugh Morgan’s office, Johnston. She has been there now for three months and says, “I love it here.” Sarah says her patients ask: ”You are not going to go anywhere are you?” Her answer is: “I am here […]
By Carrie Monday – No one wanted to believe it, but they all came together to admit it on Saturday, November 3, 2012. Members of the Strom Thurmond High School graduating classes of 1962 and 1963 had to acknowledge that yes, in fact, it had been 50 and 49 years respectively since they graduated from […]
Sir Winston Churchill started painting when he was in his mid-60s. A leader in our community, retired Senior Center Director Jim Griffith, has taken up the paintbrush in his 80s, and is loving it. Churchill’s paintings are now hanging in museums. Not sure that that is Griffith’s interest, but it does say that it is […]
Edgefield County Churches Helping Others is calling for their annual Fellowship Meeting to be held Sunday, November 11, 2012, at First Baptist Church in Edgefield. The speaker is to be Rev. George L. Brightharp of Mt. Canaan Baptist Church in Trenton. EFBC pastor, Rev. Stacy Williams, is in charge of the program which will begin […]
The Charlotte Avon Walk for Breast Cancer took place on October 27-28 for a total of 39.3 miles–a marathon walk on Saturday and a half-marathon on Sunday. The walkers were fed a hot supper and slept in pink tents Saturday night before setting out the next morning for the final 13.1 miles. The Charlotte Avon […]
Farmers’ and Artists’ Market: Johnston Farmer’s & Artist’s Market continues every Thursday afternoon from 4 – 6 p.m. in front of the Library on Calhoun Street. You will find many fresh vegetables to enjoy before frost comes to our area along with turnips and sweet potatoes. Artists offer handmade jewelry, prints of buildings in our […]
History in the Making – Sunday, Oct. 28, was an historic day for Edgefield County as Republican Baptist Church hosted the commissioning service for a new “church plant” known as the Hispanic Baptist Church of Edgefield County, which will become the first church of its kind in Edgefield. In speaking with The Advertiser regarding this […]