25 Years Ago

The Easley Progress

Wednesday, May 22, 1985

• J. Cleo Roper and James C. Brice Sr. were inducted into the Paladins Club Hall of Fame at Furman University. Roper was a 1935 graduate of Furman who played football, basketball, track and baseball for the Paladins. He was captain of the basketball team and alternative captain of the football team. He led the basketball team in scoring in 1934. Brice, a 1927 Furman graduate, helped the 1926 Furman team defeat the Citadel, the University of South Carolina and Clemson on consecutive weekends to give Furman the state championship. He came to Easley in 1929, where he coached the football team to its first state championship in 1937. The school’s football field is named after him.

• Combined Utilities officials warned that if lawsuits caused the federally mandated building of the Middlebranch Sewage Treatment Plant to be delayed past September, it could cost Combined Utilities customers $700 annually.

• Robin Fletcher, an Easley High School senior, was awarded a $1,000 scholarship from First National Bank of Pickens County.

• The Easley Community Theater was presenting “Oklahoma!”

• Obituaries were printed for Harvey Jordan Price, Louise Ferguson Davidson, James Allen Greer, Flora Pauline Skelton, Sliza Iola Crawford, Robert Hayne Thomas, the Rev. Lewis Paul Miller Sr., Ronald Earl Stegall, Sarah Belle Miller, Preston “Press” O. Holcombe, Shirley Lee McLaughlin, Sadie Watkins and Thomas E. Thomason.

• Wedding announcements were printed for:

— Cindy Teresa Pressley to Ronald Dale Taylor;

— Pamel Renee Fugate to Kevin Morris May;

— Elizabeth Leslie McClure to Frederick Tanner Bloomer;

— Melba Carol McClain to Richad Allen Holcombe;

— Sharon Ann Gibson to Benjamin Saford Brooks Jr.;

— Melanie Elaine Crawford to Buddy Talmadge Phillips; and

—Jean Katherine Gladden to Robert Steven Coats.

• Birth announcements were printed for Everett Russell Barnes, Patrick Evan Newton, William Luther Gantt, Clarence Richard Moody III, Morgan Lee Ann Harper, Eric Michael Jorden, Andrew Talmadge Looper, John Robinson McCravy IV, Samantha Christine McCravy, Tyler Frost Uldrick, Brandon Adam McCombs, Brian Matthew Welch and Kimberly Diane Jordan.

• Engagement announcements were printed for:

— Judy Evelyn Tripp to Leroy R. Walls;

— Donna Denes Tannery to Christoper Nida Patterson;

— Cynthia Jane Merrell to Stanley Monroe Owens;

— Linda Jane Taylor to Phil Scott Sargent;

— Luz Marie Tobin to Charles Thomas Parton;

— Velma Veane Bryant to James Andrew Massey; and

— Sharon Elizabeth Chappell to Tommy Davis.

• Birthday announcements were printed for Crystal Marie Shope 1 and Tellas West 6.

50 Years Ago

The Easley Progress

Wednesday, May 18, 1960

• Easley’s population was 8,250 according to initial figures from the 1960 census.

• There were a total of 70 trailers being used as residences in Easley City Limits.

• Sandra Hunter became the first girl to ever be elected tas the Easley High School Study Body president.

• Stewart Bauknight was selected to play in the annual all-star football game in Columbia.

• Recent births included Hovie Randall Smith, Susan Lynne Montgomery, Jackie Dale Stancil, Clifton Hoyt Hendricks, Donald Keith Reeves, David Vincent Butts, Greg Foster Oliver, Carol Virginia Breazeale, Stewart Powell Walker, Wayne Kemper Talley, Earl Daniel Britzenhoff, and Dorsey Edward Greer Jr.

• Engagement announcements were printed for:

— Dorcus Louise Hamby to Jimmy Cheek;

— Mary Jean Gravely to Dan Crawford;

— Dean Hope Nicholson to Jonas Keith Fowler; and

— Ann DeVore to William Howard Lafevre.

• Obituaries were printed for Harriett Few Parish, Roger Wayne Gravely, Milton David Able, Myrtle A. Caldell, Wade Chastain Galloway, Thomas Jackson Snyder and Carl Bruce Childs.

75 Years Ago

The Easley Progress

Thursday, May 23, 1935

• Easley merchants attended a meeting to discuss forming an Easley business association.

• The Ford Motor Company announced it was increasing the minimum pay for a day’s work from $5 to $6.

• The Easley High School Class of 1935 was set to hold its Baccalaureate service.

• The Easley High School classes of 1905, 1910, 1915, 1920, 1925, and 1930 were set to have reunions May 30, the night of the commencement services for the EHS Class of 1935.

• Obituaries were printed for the Rev. A.S. Lesley, Luther E. Dean and Walter Lee Rampey.