75 Years Ago

The Easley Progress

Thursday, Oct. 18, 1934

• Easley defeated Simpsonville 25-0 in football.

• The new Easley municipal band was set to give its first performance.

• The Mcliskey-Todd Drug Company of Anderson purchased the Keowee Pharmacy of Pickens. Dr. Cannon of Pickens was put in charge of the pharmacy.

• American Legion Post 11 of Pickens planned a big Armistice Day celebration Nov. 10 to mark the anniversary of the end of World War I.

• Jane Hagood celebrated her seventh birthday.

• Sara Jane McCoy married Carl Cox Jameson.

• Obituaries were printed for Chastain B. Stewart, Milona Martin Presley and Linda Lingefelt.

50 Years Ago

The Easley Progress

Wednesday, Oct. 14, 1959

• J.M. Abbott Sr. of Liberty died at age 70. He had opened Abbott’s Music in Liberty in 1923 and added a furniture store and a funeral home in 1924.

• City mail was approved for Liberty by the U.S. Postal Department, according to Liberty Postmaster Marvin E. Kelley.

• Birth announcements included Pamela Jean Robinson, Mark Wayne Hendricks, Phillip Martin Parish and Patricia Yvonne Murray.

• Byrnes defeated Easley 22-7, giving the Green Wave its first loss o fthe season. Pickens beat Seneca 27-6; Woodruff edged Liberty 7-6; Wren topped Dacusville 33-7; and Daniel shut-out Greer 19-0.

• Wren cheerleaders were Libby Wheeler, Sue Elrod, Judy Merritt, Linda Haynes and Clara Spahe.

• Wren majorettes were Linda Irby, Janet Wigington, Sheryl Smith and Ann King.

• Obituaries were printed for Annie Pearl Alexander Mauldin, Ralph Jones Holcombe, J. Rufus McClure, Charles Howard Price, Ina Revis Smith, Hattie Wilson Gambrell, James Henry Harvey and Henry Wesley Tinsley.

25 Years Ago

The Easley Progress

Wednesday, Oct 17, 1984

• Patty Smith, math coordinator for the School District of Pickens County, was named Career Woman of the Year for Pickens County by the Easley Business and Professional Women’s Club.

• Fry-Togs of Easley declared bankruptcy.

• Textile Week began, honoring the industry that provided more than 70 percent of Pickens County’s economy. Textile employees were giving “Textile Bucks” to use for discounts from participating merchants.

• Easley Baptist Hospital agreed to provide free x-ray screening of kids’ Halloween bags.

• Marvin Kelley and Joe F. Minton were set for a runoff election for the position of Mayor of Liberty.

• James Glenn Maxey, 21, of Norris, died after being shot in a hunting accident.

• Obituaries were printed for Margaret Hendricks O’Shields, Mary Ann Madden Barrett, ,George Edward White Sr., William E. Clark, James Alvin Griffin, George Andrew Bryson, James David Rose Sr., Lois Holliday Alexander, Alice Polard Tillotson, Leona Moody Ellis, Thomas Lewis Pollard, John Enos Raine and Sue Ellen Mann.

• Eastside defeated Easley 14-0. The Green Wave dropped to 1-6 for the season. Wren beat McDuffie 37-0; Daniel topped West-Oak 28-112; Laurens defeated Pickens 22-6; and Woodruff shut out Liberty 84-0.

• Wedding announcements included:

— Debbie Rae Howard to Michale Franklin Hobbs;

— Louise Inex Ingram to Charles Donald Winchester’ — Mary Ellen Price to Mark Furman Hendrix;

— Renee Lisa Vaughn to Rudolphn Roy Hughes Jr.;

— Julia Rae Stephens to Kenneth Gregory Williams;

Bonita Elizabeth Thomas to Charles “Skeet” Warren Holland; and

— Lisa Dawn Smith to Jack Heywood Ellenburg Jr..

• Birthday announcements included Casey Leigh Martin 3, Tracy Lynne Martin 3, Sara Dickerson 3, Rebecca Dickerson 3, Lila Carter 3, Tommy Joe Wilson 3, David Lee Underwood Jr. 3, Jonathan Riggins 2, James Hayden Smith 1 and Chadwik Shane Patterson 2.

• Mr. and Mrs. Furman E. Hayes Celebrated their 25th anniversary.

• Birth announcements included Jeffery Brown, Andrea Nicole Edger, William Keith Kelley II and Melanie Brooke Howell.