Visit Camden’s City of the Dead

By KRISTY EPPLEY RUPONStaff Writer With Halloween approaching, Camden’s “City of the Dead” is beckoning. But a trip through the city’s three historical cemeteries along Campbell Street doesn’t have to be scary. Instead, it can be calming and informative. Quaker Cemetery is the better known of the three cemeteries, located within several blocks of one another in the downtown area. But Beth-El Jewish Cemetery and … Continue reading Visit Camden’s City of the Dead

WHERE WE WORSHIP: BLANEY BAPTIST CHURCH

Denomination: Southern Baptist Address: 1400 Blaney Road, Elgin Phone: (803) 438-3161 Fax: (803) 438-4528 Interim pastor: The Rev. Dr. Ron Farrar Membership: More than 500 Worship schedule: Sundays: 9:45-10:45 a.m. Sunday School; 11 a.m. worship; 6 p.m. Bible study. Wednesdays: 5:30 p.m. church supper; 6:45 p.m. youth Bible study; 7 p.m. adult Bible study. Brief church history: Blaney Baptist was organized into a Southern Baptist church on March 12, … Continue reading WHERE WE WORSHIP: BLANEY BAPTIST CHURCH

HISTORIC CEMETERIES GIVE VISITORS ‘A REAL SENSE OF PLACE’

With Halloween approaching, Camden’s “City of the Dead” is beckoning. But a trip through the city’s three historical cemeteries along Campbell Street doesn’t have to be scary. Instead, it can be calming and informative. Quaker Cemetery is the better known of the three cemeteries, located within several blocks of one another in the downtown area. But Beth-El Jewish Cemetery and Cedars Cemetery are garnering more … Continue reading HISTORIC CEMETERIES GIVE VISITORS ‘A REAL SENSE OF PLACE’

BLANEY ELEMENTARY

Caption: PHOTO: BW Portraying Ben Franklin, Rich Davis spoke to Blaney Elementary students to promote a love of history and love of reading. Among the things that Franklin did was invent bifocal glasses and establish the first lending library in the country. Franklin also did some unusual things, as Davis shared: flew a kite in a thunderstorm, lobbied for the national bird to be the turkey, invented … Continue reading BLANEY ELEMENTARY