75 Years Ago

The Easley Progress

Thursday, Feb. 7, 1935

• A large crowd showed up at Easley City Hall to learn details about the new Federal Housing Act, that would provide low-interest loans for periods up to 20 years, for the purpose of building a home. Easley Bank was the local administrators of the program.

• S.C. Gov. Olin Johnston said that the proposed federal ‘old age pension’ would be too much of a financial burden for the state to carry, as each state would be required to match $20 per month for each dependent age 65 and older.

• Billy King, Senior Class president at Easley High School, presented a silver cup to EHS principal James Brice as a gift from the class for Brice’s son, James Clowney Brice Jr..

• Wedding announcements were printed for:

— Carrie Chapman to James Moore;

Frances Earl Pickens to William Arnet Stenhouse; and

— Bernice Alverson to Burns Gilstrap.

• Obituaries were printed for G. Pickney Cobb Jr. and W.R. Freeman.

50 Years Ago

The Easley Progress

Wednesday, Feb. 3, 1960

• The February term of General Sessions was set to be held in the Pickens High School auditorium, as the new county courthouse was still being constructed.

• A sword once owned by General Andrew Pickens was located in Virginia.

• Obituaries were printed for Pfc. Charles Heyward Southerland, N.B. Williams, Mary Pepper, W. Truman Elrod, Marie E. Vendiver Tarbet, James Julius Patterson, Daisy Hawkins, Rubby McCollum Shockley, Leigh Hunt, J. Lenhardt Williams, Sims Langston, Ella Chapman Bryant and W. Frank Willingham.

• Engagement announcements were printed for:

— Mary Winifred Nelkom to Garen Francis Anderson;

— Mary Jane Clardy to William Hamilton Turner;

— Judith Ann Bowen to Cecil Malen Bell Jr.; and

– Martha Lois Gravely to John William Pace.

25 Years Ago

The Easley Progress

Wednesday, Feb. 6, 1985

• Parents, students and teachers spoke out against the closing of East End Elementary Dr. Dexter Rogers said that no final decision had been made.

• Combined Utilities approve the purchase of $180,000 worth of low-pressure sodium lights. The new lights would save Combines Utilities 60 percent in electricity consumption.

• The Pickens County Library was awarded $5,000 for a new micro-computer project.

• Rep. Larry A. Martin introduced a bill in the S.C. House of Representatives to abolish parole for convicted murderers.

• Obituaries were printed for Fannie Bradley Floyd, Lula Bigby Nuwell, Nannie Ayers Thomas, Jack Edgar “Toothpick” Fortner, Roy Huhlee hunter, Bob L. Cely, Ella Maye Moore Weaver, Clifford Martin Garrett, Ralph Jackson Gray, Benjamin Ernest McDonald, Dorothy Estes Bell, Dewitt “Jack” Tilley, Talmadge Orr Hicks, Donald Dean Huskins, Elbert Preston Hunter, Charles William Durham, Daniel Walter “Dee” Looper, Roy Wesley Hunter, Horace L. Ouzts Oma Lee Peacock, Clydie Lowell P. Wood, Emilie H. Merrell, Kenneth Earle Britts, Billy Joe Martin and the Rev. Grover Cleveland Graham.

• Tracy Lee Wilson wed Christopher Darren Wood.

• Engagement announcements were printed for:

— Lisa Mussel Holdrid to Richard Dean Wilson; and

— Teresa Ann McConnell to Timothy Frank Pittma­n.

• Celebrating their 50th wedding anniversaries were Mr. and Mrs. Bold Stegall, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. Joe B. Hester.

• Birth annoucements were printed for Travis Ray Gantt, Brittany Deree Clardy and Derrick Todd Gilbert.

• Celebrating birthdays were Shirley Simmons, 19, Robbie Simmons 3, Lori Oliver 6, Jeremy Edwards 9 and Lindsay Rebecca Limbaugh 3.