The first football game of the week appears to be on tap out at Dentsville tomorrow afternoon when the Blaney high team invades Dentsville for both teams’ opening games. A squad of 20 reported for tryouts on the Dentsville eleven, and a strong outfit is anticipated. Dentsville has not fielded a team since before the war. Admission charges of 50c for adults and 25c for … Continue reading Dentsville – Blaney Game Opens Week’s Football
Dentsville high school’s first football team since before the war will open its season against Blaney at 3 o’clock tomorrow afternoon on the Dentsville field, which is in excellent shape. Dentsville has a squad of 20 to throw at Blaney, which is also playing its opener. Admission will be 25 cents for students and 50 cents for adults. Continue reading Dentsville to Play Blaney
Dr. J. C. Guilds, president of Columbia college, announced today that the school had a capacity enrollment of approximately 500. Classes begin at the college Thursday. Several veterans are continuing their studies there. New girls and transfers are listed below; Rachel Adams, Cottageville; Nancy McCain Belk, Lancaster; Jane Anne Black, Ruffin; Sohyna Boyd, Greeleyville; Doris C. Brown, Greer; Eloise Browning, Walterboro; Caroline D. Carson, Summerton; … Continue reading Columbia College Enrols Capacity Student Body
By Mark Warren Dentsville To Play Blaney Hampton Jacobs, a pupil at the Dentsville school, reported today that the Dentsville high football team will clash with Blaney at the Dentsville school gridiron at 3 p.m. next Wednesday. Continue reading News Of City And County
Jack Taylor, 32, of York county and elsewhere, was the Richland county jail prisoner today awaiting transfer to the South Carolina penitentiary. Taylor, a prison trustee, escaped state custody Wednesday when he ran off, from an electrical repair detail at the state constabulary headquarters. Taylor left his electrical prison work detail and came to Columbia and left the city in a car stolen from Smith … Continue reading Jack Taylor Recaptured In Stolen Auto
The South Carolina Highway commission will approve or reject low bids on five bridge and 17 road construction projects at the regular commission meeting, 11 o’clock this morning in the John C. Calhoun office building. The bids, open here Tuesday, or as follows: Dorchester: Widening of a 10-foot concrete bridge over Cattle creek and construction of 102-foot concrete bridge at Polk swap on U. S. … Continue reading Commission Studies Road Bids Today
Search continue today for two Richland county convicts who escape the chain gang late yesterday afternoon while at Captain Marsh’s camp near Winnsboro. The pair, Sheriff T. Alex Heise said, were Robert Bracy, 23, of Eastover, serving five years imposed last May for housebreaking and grand larceny, and James Bright, 22 of Blaney, serving four years for housebreaking a grand larceny. Bright escaped once before … Continue reading Gang Escapees Still Sought After Break
Two Negro convicts escaped yesterday afternoon from a Richland county chain gang that was working out from Captain Marsh’s camp near Winnsboro, according to Sheriff T. Alex Heise. Robert Bracey, one of the escapees, was serving five years for housebreaking and larceny, his sentence having been imposed last May. He is 6 feet tall, 23 years old, weighs 185 pounds and has a cut scar … Continue reading Two Negroes Escaped From Richland Gang
The Columbia fire department yesterday answered a call from Blaney where a lumber fire was in progress at the Blaney Lumber company. Chief A. McC. Marsh, who went to the scene, said that the fire caught from the boiler room and spread to a saw dust pile, and a building constructed over a 5,000 gallon water tank. It was necessary for the Columbia and Camden … Continue reading Columbia Firemen Called to Blaney
August 29 1947 NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS: Sealed bids will be public opened at 10:00 A.M., Tuesday, Setember 16, 1947 in the Auditorium of the Hotel Jefferson, Columbia, S. C., for the construction of the following projects: S. C. Docket NO. 28.244 – FACC Project No. FAGH-266 (3) – Kershaw County – (Bridge, Approach & Detour Work) – U. S. Route 1 – The construction of … Continue reading South Carolina State Highway Department
