April 10, 2016

PANORAMA

THE SUMTER ITEM

SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 2016

YESTERYEAR FROM PAGE C1 later arise from the smoke produced that every effort possible would be made at that time to remedy same.

• C.R. McMillan, state highway engineer, announced the award of the first three contracts for the construction of a new modern bridge across the Santee River on U.S. 15 at Parler, which will be the second-largest concrete-and-steel bridge in the state. The bridge will be between Summerville and Rosinville. The only bridge to exceed it in length and height will be the Cooper River Bridge connecting Charleston and Fort Moultrie.

• Roy L. King has been transferred from Greenville by the Merit Shoe Co. and made manager of their local store at 5 S. Main St. • The Navy Department announced that Brigadier Gen. Emile P. Moses of the Marine Corps, a Sumter native, had been assigned to command the Marine barracks at Parris Island. Moses, who has been stationed at Quantico, Virginia, as president of the equipment board, will take over Sept. 15, relieving Maj. Gen. J.C. Breckenridge, who reaches retirement age in October.

• W.M. Crawford was installed as commander of the American Legion Post No. 15 in ceremonies performed Monday night by District Commander C.W. Griffin of Manning at the Legion Hut. Mrs. Mark Reynolds Jr. at the same time took over duties as the president of the Legion Auxiliary.

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1941 — Winners at the recent Opportunity Camp held at Burnt Gin are seen. They are, from left, Milton Todd, best leather work; Cecil Todd, best in wood carving; Harmon Callen, archery winner; Francis Guess, best all around, most cheerful and best in metal work; Doyle Lambert, best songster; Fearless Simmons, best in wood burning; and Junior Galloway, gained most weight. Sponsors for the camp were the Lions, Kiwanis, Elks and Rotary clubs of Sumter, in cooperation with the YMCA.

50 YEARS AGO — 1966 July 4 – 10 “Ladies First” is the title of the book written by Anna Boswell McCord of Manning.

“Ladies First” was the order of the day at the national convention recently of Zeta Tau Alpha national fraternity when Mrs. McCord was the recipient of the only individual award, and four chapters in her province won national recognition. A former Miss Manning, Mrs. McCord pledged Beta Omicron chapter of ZTA when she was a junior at University of South Carolina.

• Sumter’s P-15’s survived a few anxious moments in the final two innings and hung on to slip by Turbeville, 1-0, Monday night for the first time this season. The victory was the fifth straight and ninth in the last 10 games for Coach Bernie Jones and his American Legion nine. It was a fine, tight pitching duel all the way between Turbeville’s Jerry Coker and Sumter’s Tommy Hall.

• J. Thomas Browne, a former principal and teacher in South Carolina schools and for the past five years a member of the English department of Hartsville High School, has been named headmaster for Roy E. Hudgens Academy, Lynchburg. He received a public school education in Hartsville and graduated from Wingate College with an associate of arts degree and from Coker College with a bachelor of arts degree in education.

He has done post-graduate work at University of South Carolina.

• Marion Moise, president, and McBride Dabbs, vice president, represented Sumter Kiwanis Club at the 51st-annual convention of Kiwanis International which ended Tuesday in Portland, Oregon.

• It’s time for a change at Family Services — a change in coordinators, that is. The new coordinator of Family Services, Mary Moody, and assistant coordinator, Alice Amond, really face a challenge in following in the footsteps of the retiring coordinator, Cecile Bruss. Fortunately for Family Services, however, they are well equipped for the task.

• An Honor Club medallion for chalking up sales in excess of $1 million was presented to D.E. Turbeville at a recent three-day general agency business meeting of John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Turbeville and Albert D. Moise were the two Sumter representatives at the meetings.

Both are members of the J.

LEFT: 1991 — David Shipman demonstrates the “lawn funnel” he invented to make raking his yard easier.

RIGHT: 1941 — Among the many attractions at Sumter County Fair will be the Hollywood Swing Revue starring Dixie Doughals, screen and radio star, and a talented company of singers, dancing girls, a beauty chorus and Art Gordon’s Swing Band, and Speedy Merrill and his Hell-Drivers in the Wall of Death Motordrome will perform. Above is the Moon-Rocket ride.

Key Powell General Agency of Columbia.

• Jeff Tisdale shot an 8-under-par 62 to break a threeway tie for first place and win the Cromac Golf Classic at Pocalla Springs Golf Course.

Tisdale had been tied with Charles Jones and Leonard Weaver at a 72-hole net total of 272, seven under par. Tisdale had tournament rounds of 64-73-69-67-62, for a 15under par total.

• Mary Linda Green, 1966 graduate of Mayewood High School, has been awarded a full scholarship for the upcoming academic year to attend Clemson University at Sumter. Baxter B. Kelly, chairman of Sumter County Commission for Higher Education, had made this scholarship available to a worthy Sumter-area resident through a personal contribution. During her four years at Mayewood, Miss Green served as secretary and vice president of FHA and president of the French Club, was a member of the student council, was on the annual staff and the chorus and was secretary of the senior class. She received the school’s Citizenship Award at the annual Class Night ceremonies.

• Sumter’s Billy Ardis struck out 18 but still needed help in the ninth inning to preserve a 6-4 verdict over Manning at Riley Park on Thursday night. Through the first six frames the left-handed mound marvel fanned 16 out of a possible 18 and didn’t give up a hit.

• Timmonsville’s power-laden American Legion Juniors won the 1966 League III title with an exciting 9-5 win over Sumter’s P-15’s Friday night.

Coach Bill Pate’s boys took an early lead and then watched Sumter tie it 5-5, and then came back with an explosive four-run rally in the eighth inning to tuck away the victory.

The Timmonsville offensive attack pounded out 13 hits, including a triple each by brothers Mike and Butch Anderson and a three-run double by starting pitcher Gene Lawhon.

25 YEARS AGO — 1991 April 4 – 10 It may be a Mark of Excellence presentation, but don’t

tell that to the people who starred in the real-life events that led up to ABC TV’s production of “Separate But Equal.” Eliza Briggs, wife of petition-signer Harry Briggs, said the TV miniseries that aired takes liberties with the actual events of the early 1950s in Clarendon County.

“They just didn’t have everything in it that happened,” Briggs said. “It just didn’t show what we all had to go through.” The miniseries is based on events in Summerton that led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in 1954 that outlawed segregation in public schools.

• Tim Jones found himself the victim of extenuating circumstances as the St. Louis Cardinals sent him to Triple A Louisville to start the upcoming baseball season. “I just found out I was the 26th man on a 25-man roster,” said Jones, who spent all of the 1989 and 1990 seasons in St. Louis as a reserve infielder. “I just got caught in a situation over which I have no real control.”

• Bert L. Montague II, president of Sumter’s B.L. Montague Co., was named Sumter Businessman of the Year by the Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce. The award, cosponsored by the Chamber and South Carolina Federal, is given each year to a Sumterite who makes significant contributions to his business, the Chamber and the community. The 47-year-old Montague, a native of Sumter and a graduate of University of South Carolina, has been employed at B.L. Montague since he was 14 years old.

• Barbara Alford lost her job when the Campbell Soup plant closed in January. But she didn’t lose her creative talent or energy. Evidence of Alford’s passion to create can be seen inside and outside of her Bon View Drive home. A group of fabric bunnies lies on a bed waiting for color-coordinated outfits to personalize them. A bedroom closet holds a bevy of dolls awaiting a trip to the Iris Festival or Fall Fiesta, where Alford sells some of her wares. She is driven by a need to be busy and to create. She created an unusual display outside her home as well. Alford cut out and

painted 182 wooden soldiers and has displayed them in her front yard to commemorate each serviceman and woman who died during Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

• During Operation Desert Storm, Sumterite Kimberly Parsons thought it would be fun to write to a Shaw woman deployed to Saudi Arabia. So, in January, she decided to visit Volunteer Sumter and select a pen pal from a list of names. While scanning the more than 300 names on the list, Parsons ran across one she recognized: Galloway.

Parsons knew a family named Galloway when she and her family lived in Germany 10 years ago. It turned out that the person she chose as her pen pal was the friend she made while living in Germany. They reconnected when Galloway returned from Saudi Arabia.

• Geraldine Gamble, a political consultant, has announced plans to run for the District 66 House seat formerly held by Larry Blanding. Gamble is the fourth Democrat to file for the seat. Also seeking the office are church pastor and businessman Ralph Canty, Sumter attorney J. David Weeks and longtime educator Julia Wells.

• The man most responsible for the successful digging of the Panama Canal was a native of Sumter County and has hosts of relatives still in Sumter and surrounding counties. David DuBose Gaillard came from distinguished French Huguenot and English ancestry. He was born at Fulton, the summer home of his parents, on Sept. 4, 1959. Fulton was located in what is now Manchester Forest.

• Sumter’s David Shipman is a busy man. He owns a photography business, maintains and rents several houses and invents things in his spare time. By his own admission, however, he’s lazy. And his desire to get out of work led to his latest invention — the lawn funnel. “I don’t mind raking leaves or clippings, but I hate picking up the piles,” he said.

• Sumter police will soon start carrying a cuddly stuffed bear to give to children involved in wrecks, fires,

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domestic disputes or other frightening situations. State Farm Insurance agent Charles Bostic donated more than 70 of the bears to the police department, said Cpl. Valerie Williams, who is heading up the program.

• Even though they’re likely to get the cold shoulder, Sumter County School District 2 representatives will ask Sumter County Council for funds to help the district pay for air conditioners. Council will discuss the issue at its next meeting.

• A collection of fine art and handcrafted originals will be offered for bids when the Sumter Artist Guild holds its annual art auction. Guild President Carole Carberry said works by artists Rose Metz and Stan Pakiewicz as well as other guild members will be available. There will be a variety of work.

• An $839,000 contract has been awarded by S.C. Department of Highways and Public Transportation for resurfacing 16.3 miles of roads in Sumter County, District Highway Commissioner Billie Fleming announced. Fleming said the contract was awarded to the lowest bidder, Sloan Construction Co. Inc of Greenville.

• Sumter County has an abundance of golf courses, and those facilities are well used. Mitch Moretz, a golf professional at Pocalla Springs Country Club, would like to see an even larger percentage of the area population spending some of its spare time taking a few hacks at those little white balls. The best way to do that, he decided, was to hook them while they were still young. So Moretz, with a little help from some friends, decided to form the Sumter County Junior Golfers Association. “I felt this would be a good way to provide some instruction and competition for the kids,” Moretz said.

• Sumter School District 2 board members agreed to pay $5,000 of the $30,000 cost to pave Hillcrest High School’s outdoor track. The board also passed a policy stating that it would not keep applicants older than 65 years from being considered for positions.

• Sumter High assistant Al Odom called it “the best high school baseball game I’ve seen in years.” “It’s the best pitching duel I’ve ever seen,” offered Gamecock head coach Mark Roach. The winner, Hillcrest head coach Bobby Mood, called it “just a good, country rival game.” And it figured to come down to which team made the first mistake as Hillcrest’s Hawatha Wade and Sumter’s Wally Maynard locked up in an epic pitching duel. The first and only mistake belonged to the Gamecocks as Hillcrest scored an unearned run in the bottom of the 10th inning to claim a 1-0 victory.

• Sumter city employees could get a 4.4 percent raise next year if city council passes the proposed 1991-92 budget. Some city employees could also see an additional 1.5 percent raise based on merit or to bring their salaries in line with one another, City Manager Talmadge Tobias told council at a budget workshop.

• Thomas Sumter pitcher Ryan Morgan had a pretty good day against Wilson Hall.

In fact, it was a perfect day.

Morgan threw a five-inning perfect game as the Generals romped to a 12-0 baseball victory at Wilson Hall’s field.

Morgan, an eighth-grader, was dominant against the Baron batters from his first pitch to his last. He threw only 56 pitches, 43 for strikes, and had 11 strikeouts. Only four batters were able to put the ball in play.

• Sumter High’s golf team remained undefeated with wins over Richland Northeast and Airport at Woodlands Country Club. Sumter finished with a 154 total, followed by Airport with 172 and Richland Northeast with 189. Sumter’s Edmund Nettles was medalist with a 35, Joey Bradley fired at 37, Brian Bateman and Josh Hood shot 41s, and Chris Cray had a 48.

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