25 years ago

The Easley Progress

June 20, 1984

• The South Carolina Highway Department began a study about the need for a railroad overpass in downtown Easley.

• Debra Hall was crowned Miss Easley 1985 in pageant competition, winning the swimsuit and talent portions of the competition. Traci Goolsby was first runner-up and Sharon Hix was second runner-up.

• Beth Swayngham of Easley was named the new director of Pickens County Meals on Wheels.

• The board of trustees for the School District of Pickens County passed its budget of $23 million, with no millage increase. The budget included a 12 percent pay raise for teachers and a 9 percent pay raise for administrators.

• Guy Waldrop and Kandy Kelly each filed protests over the results of the local primaries, charging that voters cast ballots outside of the county council regions.

• Obits were printed for Paul Lee “Chip” Deaton, Scott William Bingham, Rozelle Wright Sr., Thomas Nelson Bolding, Karen Marie Kelley, Harold Hardin Babb, Lillian Johnston Owen, Hovey Ivy Rigdon, the Rev. Ocie Franklin Owens, Thelma J. Odom Bowling, Margaret Evans Harden Todd, James Lewis Trotter, Phoebe Orr Roper, Milman I. Satterfield, Amanda Bryant Trotter, Walter Bruce Hudson, Deles Woodrow Boren Sr. and Dock Richard Evett.

• Miss Liberty Elizabeth Hayes made plans to walk 50 miles to raise money for South Carolina’s blind softball team.

• Weddings feature in the paper were Sherri Lynn Watkins to Samuel Ray Grant, Teresa Dale Hughey to Wayne Alan Price, Jane Jean Crowe to Charles Jackson Williams, and Emily Jone Thompson to Harold Franklin Davis III.

• Engagements announcements were printed for Pricilla Betty Ramey to Terry Joel Harrison and Brenda Gail King to Franklin Eugene Eldridge Jr.

• Randall and Rilla Wood Anthony celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary.

• Ollie Benson and Aileen McCall Mann celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary.

• Celebrating birthdays were Katie Ingrim 2, Leslie Ingrim 5, Jody Lyn Galloway 3, Jan McAfer Snider 2, Bridget Carla Rae Bagwell 2 and Gerald Warren Cox Jr. 3.

50 years ago

The Easley Progress

June 17, 1954

• Betty Joe Roper, Miss Easley, was second runner-up in the S.C. Peach Queen Pageant held in Greer

• Births announced included Brenda Lee Perry, Jimmy Benon Smith, Terry Joe Childs, Martha Jean Stewart and Gary Lynn Lesley.

• Gordan Graham of Easley was named chapter chairman of the Pickens County Red Cross.

• Capers Brazeale, former Easley High School end, was invited to playin the All-American Football Game in Baton Rouge, La. Brazeale planned to play for the University of South Carolina in the fall.

• Weddings included Martha Ann Bracken to Kenneth Huff Campbell, Mattie Elizabeth Peace to Staff Sgt. Gorden Gilaia Edens, Jo Anne Smith to Ben Severe fox, Betty Ruth Lewis to Dr. James Ernest Latham, Susan Cooper to Private Jimmy G. Buchanan, and Ona Mae Parham to Daniel M. Ellison.

• Joan Lesley celebrated her 10th birthday.

• Obituaries included Laura Lee Barnett Newton, James Claude Burgess, Carlene Crowe and Charles Milton Kennemore.

75 Years Ago

The Easley Progress

June 21, 1934

• E.P. McDaniel, who was appointed to fill the unexpired term of his father as Pickens County Clerk of Court, announced his candidacy to seek the office in an upcoming election. D.S. Stewart also announced his candidacy for the office.

• The new Easley Bank and Trust received its charter.

• An obituary appeared for C.W. Smith of Liberty, one of the last confederate veterans in Pickens County.

• Obituaries also were printed for David S. Holder and W. Henry Ellenburg.

• Kenneth E. Prince, a former Easley High School athlete, graduated from the University of South Carolina and was set to return to his hometown.