25 Years Ago

The Easley Progress

Wednesday, Nov. 21, 1984

• Two Easley police officers who were involved in an accidental shooting while on duty, and were subsequently fired, appealed to the city grievance committee.

• The Pickens County United Way drive went over its goal with $312,000.

• Carol Coke was named the new director for Pickens County Meals on Wheels.

• Obituaries were printed for James Goforth, Iciereeca Wilson Robertson, Dr. Robert Burns Turk, Marie Miller Trott, Gina Marie Bates Gillespie, Billy Andre Gillespie, Danielle Lynn Scroggins and Carolyn Leigh Scroggins.

• “Barefoot in the Park” was set to open at the Easley Community Theater.

• A birth announcements was printed for Nathanel Edward Price.

• Wedding announcements included:

— Margaret Julia Teague to Ronald Jeffery Hunter;

— Lisa Diane Freeman to Marion Arthur Limbaugh;

— Kathy Renee Moore to Richard J. Revis; and

— Leslie Teresa Hurst to William Gregory Nalley.

• Engagement announcements included:

— Debra Kay Kelby to Carlton Bruce Rogers Jr.; and

— Cherie Watson to Steve Whitman.

• Birthday announcements included Jacob Kelley Phillips 1, Justin Scott Rogers 1, Tracy Lynnn Garren 3, Kristen Natasha Owens 1, Daniel Moore 5, Amanda Lee Rowland 1 and Amanda Marie Evans 1.

50 Years Ago

The Easley Progress

Wednesday, Nov. 18, 1959

• The Easley Chamber of Commerce ran a promotion called, “Easley’s Price is Right, in which people were invited to guess the total value of a trailer full of merchandise.

• Plans were made to tear down the Pickens County Courthouse to make room for construction of a new courthouse.

• S.C. Attorney General Daniel McLeod spoke to the Easley Business and Professional Women’s Club.

• Birth announcements included David Maurice Smith Jr., Kimbery Lou Cody and Margaret Maleta Poore.

• Football scores included Easley 42, Walhalla 6; Pickens 22, Honea Path 7; Daniel 14, Parker 6; Taylors 26, Liberty 12; Slater-Marietta 14, Wren 6; and Cowpens 33, Dacusville 6.

• Obituaries were printed for Floyd A. Bell, William Newton Brake, Kate Rogers Bridges, John Wesley Julian, Annie Evans and Shirley Francis Holcombe.

• Sybil Ann Rowell was engaged to Jerry Eugene McLeese.

• A marker was place in the Oolenoy Baptist Church cemetery in Pumpkintown in memory of the many former slavs buried in unmarked graves there.

75 Years Ago

The Easley Progress

Thursday, Nov. 22, 1934

• Easley was set to play Chester at Hagood Park on Friday in the season finale. The Green Wave was coming off a 21-6 loss to Honea Path.

• Obituaries were printed for James A. Couch, Alice Mary Fortune, S. Whit Turner, Isaac Pearson Garrick, Essie Jane Burgess, William Forest Ponder and Evelyn Janette Page.

• Dr. William Williams Long, who had been director of Clemson’s Extension Service since its inception, died at age 73.

• Mary Lee Capps wed Carl Roper.