25 Years Ago

The Easley Progress

Wednesday, Jan. 29, 1985

• The Board of Trustees for the School District of Pickens County considered closing East End Elementary because of the cost of proposed renovations and additions to the 35-year-old building.

• The annual Easley Football Jamoree was dedicated to retiring Presbyterian College football coach Calley Gault.

• Garnet Barnes was appointed to the S.C. State Development Board.

• Rep. Larry A. Martin was appointed Deputy Majority Whip in the S.C. House of Representatives.

• Obituaries were printed for George Campbell, Evelyn Goldman Dixon, Mary Alice Burchfiled Dapper, Oliver Hooker, Benjamin Lewis Rollison, Grace Reid Wike, Willie C. Wright, Earl Mason Satterfield, Mora Carnes Roper, Furman Gillespie, Junial McNeil James, Glen Carl McCall, Ernest Langan, Mary Alice Tinsley Hamlin, the Rev. James Robert Raines, Ruby Jospehine Traber, Amanda Brown Rosemond, William Paul Holloway, Zelma Eugenia Land Bradley, Missouri Thomas Ogle and Hilda Ophelia Mize White.

• Wedding announcements were printed for:

­— Beverly Lynne Threatt to Scott Earl Boldt; and

— Pearl Garry Oglesby to Charlie Brown.

• Engagement announcements were printed for:

— Anna Marie Ross to Eric Miles Gentry;

— Rebecca Diane Harrelson to Monte Charles Hudson; and

— Kimberly Joan Nealy to Gregory John Cumbie.

• Celebrating birthdays were James Bennett Owens 1, Leslie Ann Ellenburg 12 and Laura Leigh Carter 2.

50 Years Ago

The Easley Progress

Wednesday, Jan. 27, 1960

• A hearing was set for the relocation of U.S. 123 to a four-lane route between Easley and Pickens.

• Rep. Harold Breazeale and Rep . John T. Gentry announced their plans to seek re-election.

• Fire losses in Easley in 1959 totaled $23,425.35

• Recent births included: Michael Edgeworth Jr., Jamie Karen Lark, Thomas Berry Durham, Stevie Clarence Roach, Janie Thomas Lollis, Samuel Alfonso Burgess, Donna Jean Sentell, William Timothy Eddins and Curlie Lee Miller.

• Obituaries printed included George W. Shelton, Opaline Galloway, William Parley Reynolds, Ronald Wales Owens, Cochran C. Sheridan and Jane Cobb Wyatt.

• Shirley Jacqueline Hodge we Doyce W. Ariail Jr.

• Mr. and Mrs. Dub Couch and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cleveland Richard each celebrated 50th wedding anniversaries.

75 Years Ago

The Easley Progress

Thursday, Jan. 31, 1935

• Mina Lee Lesley and W.D. Spearman entered the Easley Mayor’s race.

• Obituaries were printed for W.H. Stewart, Lydie Durham Abecrombie, Grady W. Hamblin, Silas J. Madden, James Wylie McCollum, Addison H. Blassingame, Sam C. Evatt, Clyde C. Duncan, Sarah Hood Simmons, Robin Theodore Lewins and J. Will Vanadore.

• Willie Wyatt Smith wed John McKeever Brown.