A Look Back May 30, 2008

50 years ago

(May 28, 1958 Messenger)

142 to graduate from HHS
One hundred and forty-two seniors of Hartsville High School will receive their diplomas at graduation exercises Monday, June 2, at 8:30 p.m. The program will be conducted on the HHS athletic field.
Valedictorian is Patty Farr, who will deliver the farewell address of the senior class. James Hicks is the salutatorian. He will welcome the visitors. T.H. Ulmer, superintendent of the Hartsville Area Schools, will award the diplomas, assisted by Principal Doyle W. Boggs
Kaye Pennington will present the class gift to the school, and speakers Jan Caddell, Nancy Frye, Hope Gettys, Robert Griggs, Gene Neely, Barry Newton, Flora McNair and John Timmerman will take part in the commencement program.
The 142 graduating members of Hartsville High School’s senior class are:
Shelby Jean Avant, Beverly Sue Adams, Saundra Fern Adams, Michael Boyd Alford, Elaine Anderson, Brenda Register Andrews, Diane Banks, Josephine Lynette Barfield, Duncan Philip Baynes, Stephen Howard Best, Richard Glen Bigham, Barbara Jean Blackmon, Billy Blackmon, Carlton Eugene Bland, Ronnie Bochette, Brenda Joyce Brown.
Shirley DeLette Bullard, Philip Howard Byrd, Jan Raymond Caddell, Robert Wesley Coker, Willie Curtis Crowley, Murray Allan Dalrymple, Pinckney Horton Dennis, Peggy Ann Dudley, Ann Elizabeth Easterling, Linda Anita Eddins, Colburn Nelson Flowers, Zeda Margo Forte, Nancy Louise Frye.
Patricia Lynne Furr, Hattie Glendon Gardner, Ronald Keller Gardner, Hope Traywick Gettys, Samuel Lee Gibson, Sarah Marie Gibson, Sara Jo Grantham, Charles Wesley Griggs, Nena Ruth Griggs, Robert L. Griggs.
Travis Byars Guest, Betty Joyce Hawkins, Virginia Elizabeth Hays, Edwin Herbert Haearon III, Betty Maria Henderson, James Miley Hicks, Bernard Kyleton Hodge, Jeanette Evelyn Hodge, Ronald Holland, Jacquelyn Sue Hough.
James Boyd Howle, Byron Levan Huggins, Gladys Lorina Hulsey, Durward Pressley Jackson, John Ronald James, Darius Johnson, Helen Joyce Johnson, Martha Jean Johnson, Nancy Jeanne Johnson, M. Joan Jordan, Ryan Scott Jordan.
Tracy Kea Jr., Alsie Lucrettia Kelley, LuBeth Kelley, Marily Lou Kiefer, Betty Jean King, Gerald Glenn Kelly, Kay Frances King, Billy Eugene Kirven, Joshua Dudley Kirven, Kathryn Carrie Kirven, Kathryn Elizabeth Kelley, Randolph L. King.
Mamie Dianne Kittrell, Christa Anne Langston, Johnny O. Lawhon, Brenda Joy Lawing, Virginia Jean Ledbetter, William Orchard Lipscomb Jr., Brenda Olivia Lunn, Hellon Marie Lyles.
Martha Jo McCaw, Anna Jane McLeod, Carroll McDonald, Flora Christian McNair, Robert H. Martin, Loretta Ann Miller, Charles Richard Moore, J. Warren Morrell.
John Stevenson Morrison, Eugene Trahin Neely, Barry Carlisle Newton, Cinderella Joyce Northcutt, Jessie Ethelene O’Neal, Martha Kaye Ott, Betty Joyce Outlaw, Maurice Scott Parrrot Jr.
Robert Maynard Pate, Johnny Lee Pearce, Mildred Kaye Pennington, Bascom Wayne Pigg, Judith Polson, Doris Lillian Poole, Norma Jane Powell, Wayne G. Rivers, Sylvia Ann Rhodes, Alverie Gilliam Smith.
Sydney Elizabeth Smith, Viola Jacquelyn Smith, Virginia Faye Smith, Arthur Jake Smothers, Clara Ann Sowell, Kaye Francis Sparrow, Madelyn June Sparrow, Evelyn Cecelia Spires, Lois Katherine Stewart, Smith Barrett Stewart Jr.
Gloria Gedelle Stokes, Joseph Key Taylor Jr., Wayne M. Thomas, Carolyn June Tiller, John Hodges Timmerman, Margie Lee Timmons, Brenda Catherine Trader, Sandra Dawn Turnage.
Lucy Leigh Tyner, Shirley Ann Tyner, Elizabeth Vivian Stephens Walters, Joyce Faye Walters, Patricia Walters, Joyce Faye Walters, Patricia Walters, Jimmie Lyde Warren, Robert Vernon Watford, William A. Watkins, Curtis L. Wilkes.
And, Bobbie Lucile Wilkes, Christine Delores Williams, James Bruce Williams, Kaye Olivia Williams, Joseph Leslie Williams Jr., Sara Mildred Williamson, Roy F. Winburn Jr., William Windham, Clarence Randy Yarborough.

Red Fox Squad
Coach Ray Petty’s Red Foxes baseball team won the Pee Dee Conference Championship. Members of the team are: Charlie Perry, 1b; Wayne Pigg, p; Bobby Pate, 3b; Billy Lipscomb, 2b; Johnny Barfield, c; Press Beatie, rf; Mike McGee, p; Bobby Shirley, p; Tommy Bedenbaugh, p; Woody Barfield, c; Colburn Flowers, cf; Joe Williams, lf; Ronnie Holley, ss; Johnny Davis, 2b; Pinkey Dennis, p; Hal Littleton, 1b; Jimmy Griffin, 3b; Wilson Hunt, 3b; Jimmy Bell, ss; and Ronald Gardner, p.

Birth: Richard Anthony Smith, 5/24.

25 years ago

(May 30, 1983 Messenger)

Optimists tap officer
Hartsville police Sgt. Donna Ruth Smith of Patrick has been chosen as the Outstanding Law Officer of the Year by the Optimist Club of Hartsville.
According to Lewis Brown, assistant vice president of the Optimist Club, this is the first year that the award has ever been given. It will be an annual award presented by the police chief.
Club member Dr. Dargan Flowers presented the award to Smith Tuesday night, May 24, during a banquet at the Western Steer Steakhouse.

Bye, bye happiness
Billy Williams, who lives on the 151 by pass was supposed to get an income tax refund of $11.32 from the state. Surprisingly enough, when he received the check, it was for $1,132.57. According to Williams, he wanted to send it back as quick as possible. “I’m not familiar with the law dealing with this type of thing,” he said, “but I didn’t want to end up paying interest on the money.” Williams is getting ready to mail the check to the S.C. Tax Commission.

Local students graduate
The following local students have graduated from the following colleges and universities.
Baptist College at Charleston: Carla Sue Stanley, Bachelor of Arts degree; Kenneth P. Winburn, Bachelor of Science degree.
Converse College – Chi Chi Miller, Bachelor of Arts in political science.
Limestone College – David Denny Henderson, Bachelor of Science degree.

104 years old
Mary J. Gainey of Patrick recently celebrated her 104th birthday at home with her family. Gainey, born February 2, 1879, has 19 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren. She has spent all her life in Chesterfield County.

Boykin honored
Red Fox Battalion Commander Eric A. Boykin was presented the Daughters of the American Revolution ROTC medal award by the National Society of the DAR, for academic excellence and for demonstrating qualities of dependability, good character, adherence to military discipline, leadership and a fundamental and patriotic understanding of the importance of ROTC training on May 25.

Carolina gas leaps
Spurred by the 5-cent a gallon federal tax increase the first of April and a boost in prices by refineries to take advantage of heavier vacation travel, average gas prices in the Carolinas leaped an average of slightly more than 11 cents a gallon during the past eight weeks.
Survey results show that the average cost for a gallon of gas in the Carolinas — full service and self-service, regular and unleaded combined — is currently $1.303, compared with $1.92 shortly before Easter.
A spokesman for the Charlotte-based AAA motor club said that he “felt it doubtful” that the higher prices could be sustained due to the abundant supply of crude oil available on the world market and the “intense competition” among oil companies to retain their market shares. He added that he thought prices would begin to drop in the near future and level out beneath last year’s average prices.

Teacher honored
(Photo) – Recipient of the Agnes T. Hayes Award at Hartsville Junior High for the 1982-83 school year is Mrs. Patricia Huff, eighth-grade language arts teacher. The plaque was given in memory of the late Mrs. Hayes to a faculty member chosen by the student council. Looking on are Charlotte Page, Viola Bacote, Darlene Edwards, John Wallace and Steve Brown.