CAMDEN, Feb. 6 – (Special) – Dorothy Branham, Blaney Chapter member, was named by the Kershaw County Junior Homemakers Association as a candidate for State JHA president. Three other candidates were Peggy Branham, Betty Gale Ham, and Mickey Sullivan. Continue reading Kershaw JHA Queen
CAMDEN – Six Kershaw County high school girls have been named by the students and faculty members to receive the Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizenship Award. Winners are: Camden, Marietta Williams; Blaney, Peggy Stockman Moak; Dekalb, Sue Seegars; Bethune, Imogene Horton; Midway, Emma Lee Jordan: and Mt. Pisgah, Mamie K. Fletcher. Each year girls of senior classes at high schools are named to … Continue reading Kershaw County Nominate Six For DAR Awards
1887 Michael Ernest “Mike” Hornsby was born on 03 Feb 1887 in Fairfield, South Carolina, USA a child of Silas Hornsby and Elizabeth Branham Hornsby. 1910 Mike Hornsby was counted in the census on 10 May 1910 in Wateree, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA, as a 25-year-old, male, single, white, head of household. Also in the home was his servants, Matilda Heath and John Bowen. 1917 … Continue reading Michael Ernest “Mike” Hornsby
The search for a plane believed down in the Blaney section was given added impetus yesterday when vultures were spotted circling an area in the Wateree River swamp. Lt. James A. Newton of the Civil Air Patrol said Capt. A. B. C. Davis of the Army Aviation Section a Fort Jackson made the discovery on a search mission. An intensified ground-air search is scheduled for … Continue reading Blaney Plane Search Given Added Impetus
A search party, guided by circling airplanes and circling vultures, pushed it way into the dense and desolate Wateree Swamp today hunting for an airplane reported to have crashed southeast of Blaney. The search began Thursday when hunters in the Blaney area reported seeing a plan “engulfed in flames” plunging earthward. Bad weather since that time had hindered airborne searchers, but yesterday Capt. Albert G. … Continue reading Vultures Guiding Swamp Searchers
BLANEY, Feb. 2 – The May Planters of Camden came from behind in the final quarter to beat Air Defense. 62-54, in a March of Dimes benefit game here tonight. The May Planters trailed until the final quarter when they scored 24 points to take the decision. Ed Koffenberger scored 36 for the Camden team and Dave Neilson had 33 for Air Defense. Continue reading May Planters Defeat Air Defense Team 62-54
Pilots, hampered by bad weather in a search for a plane they believe went down Wednesday night near Blaney, appealed yesterday for information from residents in the area. Lt. James A. Newton of the Civil Air Patrol, noting no planes have been reported missing, said it is possible the craft took off without an “instrument report.” Lt. Newton said five planes have covered 400 square … Continue reading Information Is Sought in Plane Search
Search Continues for Plane Reported Down Near Blaney Search for a plane that reportedly crashed near Blaney will continue today, according to Civil Air Patrol Lt. James A. Newton. An investigation yesterday by planes of the Patrol and Ft. Jackson failed to uncover evidence of the crash. A Columbia policeman, M. T. Cook, and two other men who were fox hunting with him, reported that … Continue reading SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS TODAY
