25 Years Ago

The Easley Progress

Tuesday, July 2, 1985

• Alice Manufacturing Company’s Elljean Plant was featured in a New York Times article about textiles.

• The city of Pickens annexed 16 acres into city limits. The land was being developed into the Town Creek Shopping Center.

• Ortec announced plans to move into a new $1 million 10-acre facility off SC 8 in Easley.

• Kim Tolbert was crowned Miss Fourth of July at the city’s annual festival pageant. Lisa Granger was the first runner up. Melanie Hendricks was second runner-up.

• Easley’s Joe Anders shared his memories of playing for the Greenville Spinners in the 1940s and his memories of “Shoeless” Joe Jackson.

• Easley’s Russell Patterson won the National Weight Lifting Championship for the 14-15 year-old age group.

• Obituaries were printed for Robert Salsbury, Cynthia Sue Pressley, Charles Henry Reece, Viola Dobson Campbell, Olive Berry Vaughn, Andrew G. Sitton, Medolian Harris Pressley, Charles Ray Ward, Madeline Wilbur Anthony, Margaret Simpson Kay, Seab T. Herron, Andrew Lee Medlin, Helen Hayes Phillips, Vennie Gertrude Wood, Walter M. White and William Thomas Weaver.

• Wedding announcements were printed for:

— Cynthia Donna League to Elbert Duanne Duncan;

— Cindy Lynn Herd to Charles Gregory Coleman;

— Kimberly Denise Hollingsworth to James Stephen Kelley;

— Kimberly Denise Durham to Timothy Wayne Flournoy;

— Jacqualine Louise Young to Charles Kenneth Stewart;

— Donna Cathryn McElroy to Gregory Scot Ragan;

— Judy Evelyn Tripp to LeRoy R. Walls;

— Sonji Dawn Haynes to David Scott Phillips; and

— Melissa Anne Bolevy to Richard Ferrell Rollins Jr.

• Engagement announcements were printed for:

— Sherry Ann Foster to John Richard Walker; and

— Carolyn Jenkins Wilson to Ken Schlock.

• The birth of Curtis Todd Taylor was announced.

• Birthdays included Ayme Riggs 6 and Bridget Bagwell 2.

50 Years Ago

The Easley Progress

Wednesday, June 29, 1960

• Easley merchants joined together to offer “Appreciation Days” in which customers could register to win a vacation trip to Florida.

• Textile plants were ready to close for the week of July 4, with almost $400,000 of vacation pay being given out.

• Obituaries were printed for Jack F. Brooks, Eva Margaret Richards, J.B. Smith, Joseph Henry McCombs and Ruby McJunkin Richey.

• Births included Louisa Loraine Garrison, Tressa Gail Medlin and Ficky Lynn Waldrop.

• Wedding announcements were printed for:

— Mary Helen Wood to Charles Edward Welborn;

— Laura Maddox Smith to William Benjamin Spearman;

— Mary Hendricks to Robert N. Bryson;

— Mary Lorraine Couch to Otis Robert Hillyer;

— Betty Joe Stewart to Floyd Edwin Ellison Jr.; and

— Lola Mae Lance to David Dean Marchbanks Jr.

• Engagement announcements were printed for:

— Nancy Bonette to Hal Hunt Jones; and

— Harriett Ann McNely to Joe Mason Gilstrap.

• Obituaries were printed for Ina Howell Davis, Russell P. Hendricks and Arthur Judson Estes Sr.

• The old Mount Airy school building was being used as a “Boys of America Home.”

75 Years Ago

The Easley Progress

Thursday, July 4, 1935

• Easley Bank had a strong quarterly report with a total business of $273,841.14.

• Obituaries were printed for Mary A. Fox, James Riley Smith, Irene Crow (who was hit by lightning) and Home Lee Aiken.

• An article discussed the possibility of a 49th state. Prospects included Alaska, Hawaii, Texlahoma (parts of Texas and Oklahoma), Illana (Lake County Indiana and Cook County Illinois, with Chicago as the capital) and Absaroka (parts of Wyoming, Montana and South Dakota).

• Each Shell gasoline dealer in the county was set to receive a free ride in the company airplane at the Liberty airport.

• An obituary was printed for Addie F. Trotter.

• The birth of Nancy Louise Alexander was announced.