Legion Women Sponsoring 5 Girls From Columbia Area

150 to Attend Self – Government Project Here Five Columbia girls will attend the third Palmetto Girls State at the University of South Carolina Tuesday through Sunday of next week, according to Mrs. Irvine F. Belser, chairman and director of Girls State, which is sponsored by the American Legion auxiliary, department of South Carolina. Richland Unit number 6, of which Mrs. Boyce Wideman is president, … Continue reading Legion Women Sponsoring 5 Girls From Columbia Area

Five Columbians To Attend S. C. Girls’ State

Five Columbia girls will attend the Third Palmetto Girls State at the University of South Carolina Tuesday through Sunday of next week, according to Mrs. Irvine F. Belser, chairman and director of Girls State, which is sponsored by the American Legion auxiliary, department of South Carolina. Richland Unit number 6, of which Mrs. Boyce Wideman is president, is sponsoring four girls and the fifth is … Continue reading Five Columbians To Attend S. C. Girls’ State

Blaney Fire Damage Set at $35,000

Scene at Blaney Lumber Company Fire Yesterday This was the scene at the height of the Blaney Lumber company fire yesterday when the smoke, heat and flames were so thick that traffic on United States highway No. 1 was blocked for 30 minutes. This picture was taken by James Eichler, a technicolor cameraman, who happened to be passing by en route from his home at … Continue reading Blaney Fire Damage Set at $35,000

Blaney Blaze Damages Set At $40,000

BLANEY, June 3 – E. T. Bowen today estimated losses in a fire which destroyed over 100 piles of lumber at the Blaney Lumber company yesterday in the neighborhood of $40,000. Bowen said that employees of the plant had managed to confine the fire to the lumber, and that the company sawmill and other structures were not damaged. He said that the company has an … Continue reading Blaney Blaze Damages Set At $40,000