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Yesteryear -- March 28, 2012
Photo cutline -- Teacher Aides -- Students whose work as teacher aides in the 1972 Title One summer program was made possible by the Neighborhood Youth Corps are Beulah McCord, Maxine Hough, and Sylvia Brisbon.
Happy 55th anniversary!
James and Jessie Simon of Bethune celebrated their 55th Wedding Anniversary March 24, 2012. They marked the special occasion by spending time with their children, Alphonso (Marie), Ronnie, Alonzo (Carol), and Janice Simon and with family.
Finally Friday is back at Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County
With the warmer weather comes Finally Friday at the Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County (FAC.) Local band Landslide will take the stage at the first Finally Friday concert of the spring on Friday from 6 to 8:30 p.m. This will be the sixth year for this popular series. Sponsored by NBSC, TruVista, Atlas Gym, City Laundry & Cleaners and Graham Realty, the outdoor concert series provides a casual family atmosphere in which to enjoy a variety of live musical styles. Admission is free to the public and food and beverages will be available for purchase. Guests are encouraged ...
Carolina Cup Eve party at Steeplechase Museum
The National Steeplechase Museum will hold a Carolina Cup Eve Party on the back lawn overlooking Springdale Race Course on Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. The Museum traditionally invites its members, the general public and visiting horsemen to mix and mingle at the historic setting.
Priscilla Buckley
Priscilla Buckley died at her home in Sharon, Connecticut on Sunday, March 25, after a brief illness. She was 90 years old.
William Shelly Jr.
A memorial service to celebrate the life of William Thomas Shelly, Jr. 57, of Elgin will be private. Mr. Shelly died Friday, March 23, 2012. Born in Philadelphia, PA, he was the son of Mr. & Mrs. William Thomas Shelly, Sr. Mr. Shelly was a hard working devoted family man and made a life out of inspiring all those that knew him. He showed his family the true meaning of what a husband and loving father should be. He he will forever be missed.
Flowers shines in NC track meet
North Central senior Thomas Flowers led the Knights to a second-place finish in a five-team track meet held at Lancaster last Thursday.
Child Crappie Fishing Tournament on tap for April 14
The inaugural Child Crappie Fishing Tournament will be held on Lake Wateree on Saturday, April 14.
Panthers trip up North Central, 5-1, in 5
Doing its damage early, McBee downed host North Central, 5-1, in a game shortened after five innings due to lightning.
Ansley throws blanks at MC in 6-0 CHS win
Not even a break from baseball for football last fall failed to slow down Jake Ansley.
This week in Kershaw County sports
Monday: Sumter at Lugoff-Elgin (G – 4 p.m.); Camden Military Academy at Governor's School (TEN– 5 p.m.); Camden Military Academy at Buford (BSOC – 6 p.m.)
Dogs have little problem downing Falcons
Over the past few years, Darlington has given the Camden tennis team fits. Not so much this time around.
Iva Juanita Lawson
Mrs. Iva Juanita Lawson, 97, of 2509 Carlos Street, Camden, S.C., passed on Saturday, March 24, 2012. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced at a later date by Haile's Funeral Home.
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An Awesome ending for Pearl and Norris
Gil Johnston's Awesome Pearl, overlooked at 35-to-1 in the betting, surged through Saratoga Race Course's stretch and won a down-to-the-wire battle with Kingdom in last Thursday's $75,000 Jonathan Kiser Novice Stakes.
Miss Kaleigh Ward to marry Mr. Grant Cox in September
Mr. and Mrs. William O. Ward, Jr. of Camden announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Kaleigh Ward of Camden, SC to Mr. Grant Cox of Irmo, SC. Miss Ward is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. William O. Ward, Sr. of Camden, SC and the late Mr. and Mrs. Victor Rabon of Lugoff, SC. Miss Ward earned her Bachelor of Arts at Furman University and is the Area Director at N2 Publishing in Memphis, TN.
The legend of Lloyd Seay
Their histories, accurate and complete, are lost to time and buried with them and those who knew them. I wish I knew more for their stories would read like a page-turning novel.
CCTC students in fabricated crime scene for final exam
Central Carolina Technical College's CRJ 202 Criminalistics (Forensics) course is taking their final exam Tuesday July 29 at 5:30 p.m. on location at a fabricated crime scene. NCIS agent Tony Horton is the instructor. He has partnered with the Sumter Sheriff's Department and set up an area in the back of Patriot Park off of Hwy. 441 in Sumter for this exam to take place. It will be in a wooded area where students will actually use what they have learned in the classroom to process a crime scene.
Tourney action continues in Sumter
The South Carolina Senior State American Legion Tournament continues today through Wednesday at Riley Park in Sumter.
Noted and passed - July 28, 2014
• Friday's report that Amtrak is going to spend the next several months refurbishing Camden's passenger rail station off West DeKalb Street is welcome news. Built in 1937, it has shown its age for decades and never more so than now with holes in the platform's canopy, rotting timbers and other problems that make it a less than desirable place to stop. Amtrak says their No. 1 priority is making the facility Americans with Disabilities Act compliant -- and that's a very good thing -- from the parking lot to the station and onto the platform and train. But ...
‘What is that?’
In the quest to answer the many questions I receive about trees, see below for part three in the continuing series.
Amtrak to renovate Camden train station, grounds
After decades of requests from residents and years of negotiation with city officials, Amtrak is announcing that it will renovate its station in Camden and the surrounding property. Work will begin Aug. 4, and -- according JarVor Williams, an Amtrak construction engineer overseeing the project -- make the facility compliant with the U.S. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Patricia Gail Alger-Benson
A memorial service celebrating the life of Patricia Gail Alger-Benson, 68, of Lugoff, SC will be held on Saturday July 26, 2014 at 2:00 PM. at Blaney Baptist Church. Rev. Philip Blankenship will officiate. The family will receive friends on Friday, July25, from 6:00-7:30 PM at Kornegay Funeral Home Lugoff-Elgin Chapel. Memorials may be made in her memory to Blaney Baptist Church, 1400 Blaney Road, Elgin, SC 29045.
Sammie F. Thomas Jr.
Funeral services for Sammie F. Thomas Jr. will be held on Saturday July 26, 2014 at 2 p.m. in the Divine Mortuary Chapel, 5620 Hillandale Dr. Lithonia, Georgia 30058.
Betty Jo Crump Mays, R.N.
Funeral services for Betty Jo Crump Mays, R.N., 76, will be held Saturday, July 26, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at New Life Christian Outreach, Lugoff, with burial to follow in Scotch Cemetery, Bethune. The Rev. Richard Cameron will officiate. The family will receive friends Friday, July 25, 2014, from 6-8 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home.
Hospital Auxiliary of KershawHealth Golf Tournament
The Hospital Auxiliary of KershawHealth's twenty fifth annual golf tournament will be held on Thursday, September 4, 2014 at the Camden Country Club.
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