This comes from Dub Fortner’s Easley Mill collection, so we assume the picture features Easley Mill employees. We first guessed this may be the 25-year club, but the people in the picture look awfully young to have been working there for a quarter of a century. If anybody knows more, or can identify some of the folks pictured here, send it to brobinson@theeasleyprogress.com or P.O. Box 709, Easley, S.C.
The Easley Progress
Wednesday, Aug. 29, 1984
• Dairy farmers in Powdersville were having trouble with packs of stray dogs harming their cows.
• An Easley city budget surplus of $485,000 had Mayor Bill Carr discussing the possibility of a tax cut for the next budget year.
• Local Jaycee chapters followed the ruling of the national organization an allowed women to join the clubs.
• Obituaries were printed for Eloise C. Rowland, Ruby Lee Satterfield Welborn, Jettie Shirley Pilgrim, Harold Wofford, Alice McCall, Edward Stansell, Leo Moody, Clifton Fowler, Truman Childress, Jimmy B. Smith, Ruby Busha Lathan, Vannie B. Johnson, Palmer D Cooper, Garland F. Carrier, Leona F. Howard, Bruce F. Bell and Joe Wardlaw.
• Easley’s Marion Harris, preparing for his 69th birthday, had won 11 tennis singles tournaments and 14 state championships. Yet Harris never played in a tournament until he was 49 years old.
• Wedding announcements were featured for:
Paula Denise Dillard to John Harvey Youngblood;
Ssharon Eugenia Smoak to David Scott Lingefelt;
Susan Jane Greggs to Larry Scott Hendricks;
Diana Crane to John Thomas Greene;
Susan Elaine McDonald to Bobby Ray Youngblood;
Sara Ann Southerland to Terry Creighton Gaines; and
Tammie Sue Elrod to Dargen Warren Atkinson.
• Engagement announcements in the paper included:
Leslie Theresa Hirst to Williams Gregory Nalley;
Donna Kay Medlin to Harold Ernest Kelley Jr; and
Linda W. Crumpton to Michael C. Kilby.
• Mr. and Mrs. Louie Orr cekebrated their golden wedding anniversary;
• Birthdays recognized included Michael Keith Duncan 1, Derrick Thompson, 2, Leslie Anne Bryant 8, Rebecca Diane Redding 3, Ashley Diane Holcombe 1.
• The Rev. James Upton assumed the duties of pastor for Jones Avenue Baptist Church in Easley.
50 Years Ago
The Easley Progress
Wednesday, Aug. 26, 1959
• The 1959 Easley Green Wave football team was led by co-captaisn Stewart Bauknight and Sammy Littleton.
• The Pickens County Fair was in full swing at Pope Field in Easley.
• Ralph Ellenburg was selected to lead the Pickens County United Fund for 1959-1960.
• Lt. Walter Ragsdale of Easley survived an accident on a naval carrier that killed two and injured 28 others.
• Liberty head football Coach Stane Hunnicutt said his team would be facing a tough schedule in 1959.
• Obituaries included were for Pat Holliday, C.M. Watson, J.L. Holley and Olive Perry.
• Edna Joe Bolding wed Doyle Wesley Kay.
• Shelby Jean Cooper became engaged to Hersel Owens.
• Birth announcements were printed for Paula Jean Hendricks, Francis Medru Manley, Elizabeth Parker McKissick and Tammie Le Ann McDonald.
75 years ago
The Easley Progress
Thursday, Aug. 30, 1934
• In the Democratic primary E.F. Williams defeated W.D. Spearman in the S.C. Senate race; R.R. Roark and Andy K. Ross were headed for a runoff in the sheriff’s race; E.A. Lewis was elected probate judge; T. Ross O’Dell and J.T. MKinney were headed for a run-off election in the county supervisor election.
• Emory L. Jones, prominent farmer of near Dacusville, died after a period of declining health. Other deaths were Mrs. Ben Frank Freeman, John Noble and Fannie Bowens.
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