75 Years Ago

The Easley Progress

Thursday, Jan. 10, 1935

• “Cemp” Johnson, who “owned one of the first cars in Easley,” passed away at age 64.

• L.M. Bauknight of Easley was named “Master Teacher” of agriculture.

• R.H. Crane was appointed Liberty magistrate.

• Obituaries were printed for Elizabeth Howard, Janie Collins, S.P. Freeman, General Field Gillespie, Ella Farmer Connelly, Susan Evans, Susan McDonald Foster and Millie A. Gant.

50 Years Ago

The Easley Progress

Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1960

• Former Michigan standout Tom Harmon was set to be the guest speaker at the Easley Football Jamboree.

• Dr. Frank Burtner of Clemson was appointed to the Fort Hill Natural Gas board of directors by Sen. Earle Morris Jr.

• Southern Bell reported installing 506 phones in Easley, the most ever in a year.

• Mary Claudette Foster was the first local baby born in 1960.

• “From Here To Eternity,” starring Burt Lancaster and Frank Sinatra, was playing at the Easley Drive-In.

• Obituaries were printed for Arthur W. Cox, Gertrude Acker Ragsdale, Clara May Barnes Shirley, Joe J. Sitton, James Henry Whitlock, Elliott “Ed” Hamby, Raymond Welborn Campbell, Marvin Radford “Bud” McKinney and Fannie Pridemore Hogan.

• A birth announcement was printed for Leslie Lee Ann Nalley.

• Wedding announcements were printed for:

— Alice Nan Williams to William Joseph Crotty Jr.; and

— Laura Lou Ellison to Donald Howard.

25 Years Ago

The Easley Progress

Wednesday, Jan. 9, 1985

• Dr. Dexter Rogers was elected chairman of the board of trustees for the School District of Pickens County.

• Marion Owens of Easley was elected to his fifth term as chairman of Pickens County Council.

• Roy Whitlock resigned as Easley’s assistant fire chief to accept another job.

• Matthew Lee Medlin was the first baby born in Pickens County in 1985.

• Obituaries were printed for Viola Harris Vehorn, Earl Russell Nalley, William Mack Sanders Jr., Mary Ellison Davenport, Ana Outz Young, Ronnie Fulton Deaton, Betty Lee James Mullkin, Lee Roy Boozer, Mary Lynn Owens McCall, William Paul Martin, Clarence Blassingame, Jack Clifton Grant, Lovie James Patterson, Leonad James Roach, Marvin Leon Cason, Daniel Aaron Hasonback, Rolly William Edens, Sara Henrietta Zimmerman Franks, Calvin A Mauldin, Walter Griffin Welborn, Truman Blassingame, Ruth Hendricks Hughes, Christopher Kyle Bracken, Marvie Lee Childress Jr., Henry Lewis Hunt Jr. and Nell Jospehine Gaines Dillard.

• The Pickens County Library celebrated its 50th anniversary.

• Wedding announcements were printed for:

— Sherri Diane Welborn to Charles Kirby Smith;

— Beverly Jeane Singleton to William Loyd McLean;

— Pamela Ann Finley to Daniel Jay Hutchenson; and

— Amanda Starr Ferguson to Michel Joseph Perro.

• Birth announcments were printed for Jason Adam Fuller, Jeremy Alex Fuller, Chad Jameson Crawford, Travis Len McCall and William Ray Bowen.

• Engagement announcements were printed for:

— Tracy Lee Foy to Airman Mack a Lane II; and

— Teresa Ann McConnell to Timothy Frank Pittman.

• Birthday announcements were printed for Stacy Marie Davis 6, Marcus Dwight Moyer 5, Joshua Lee Roach 2, Zachary Brown Hood 1, Ginger Leigh Anderson 4, Tara Natasha Owens 7 and Brandi Dunn 3.