The information that came with this photo noted that the librarian is Miss Nellie Barr, but we do not have the identification for the young people in the photo. If you have any information, send it to brobinson@theeasleyprogress.com o P.O. Box 709, Easley, SC 296141.
The Easley Progress
Wednesday, Feb. 27, 1985
• The Powdersville Informer, a special weekly feature, began in The Easley Progress.
• The Easley Progress won five awards in the annual S.C. Press Association Contest.
• A public meeting was set to discuss the widening of S.C. Highway 8 near West End Elementary School in Easley.
• Bill Acker was selected Citizen of the Year by the Pickens-Liberty Lions Club.
• Obituaries were printed for Staff Sgt. John D. Harrison Jr., Claude R. Bolding, Jeraldine Powell Holland Thompson, Lillie Crenshaw Collins, Patricia Jean Sprouce, Lillian Lee Mayfield Blandon, Ezra Allen Cruthers, Noah Hurshell Tilson, Dianre Georgette Snow and George D. Smith.
• Wedding announcements were printed for:
— Darla Jean Brroks to David Allen Rampey;
— Ann Elizabeth McDonald to Robert Lawrence Shurard;
— Debra Jean Carter to Melvin Bernard Toilay Jr.; and
— Elizabeth Anne Benjamin to John David Mauney.
• Katherine LaVonne Nalley was engaged to George Dial Dubose.
• Celebrating birthdays were Terrence Crite 3 and Kalisha Michell Terrance 11.
50 Years Ago
The Easley Progress
Wednesday, Feb. 24, 1960
• The Pickens County School Board voted to ask the legislative delegation to raise the limit on bond debt allowed from 8 percent of the county’s total property accessment to 20 percent.
• Recent births included Danny Wade Cisson, Shirley Jane Karr, Larry David Vaughn, Christine Lynn Cartee, Joel Edward Childs and Kathy Lynette Bagwell.
• Wedding announcements were printed for:
— Nancy Anne Nicholson to Sammy Lamar Littleton;
— Martha Jean Turner to Arthur Lewis Harris; and
— Brenda Joy McRee to Jasper Dale Moore.
Obituaries were printed for Francis Elizabeth Gillespie, Daisy Tollison Thomas, Mellie Lesley Burgress, Lena C. Gilstrap, Emma Barton Gunter, Mary Julian Sloan, Edna Hester Bolt, Sarah Malone Spencer and Jack Bearden.
75 Years Ago
The Easley Progress
Thursday, Feb. 28, 1935
• Nominees for the “Miss Easley” to represent the tow in Charleston’s Azalea Festival were Frances Stewart, Grace Farr, Mary Helen Cely, Elizabeth Jones, Gressette Garrett, Lydia Tripp, Grace Donald, Elizabeth Bold and Mary Holroyd.
• A new business, Easley Furniture Company, opened.
• Easley Boy Scouts held a father-son banquet.
• Obituaries were printed for Walter Kyle Boggs, Emma Graham, Martha Jane Noblett, H.B. Hendrix, Charles J. Tarrant, Susan Howard and Pearl Duncan.
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