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75 years ago - 1936
Week of May 6-12
Joe Dean was the winner in the Better Citizenship Contest for the second straight year, sponsored by the YMCA with the assistance of City Council, Rotary and Kiwanis clubs, public schools and churches. By …
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HUBERT OSTEEN
Item Editor |
1/2/11 01:00 AM
Yesteryear in Sumter is taking a break this weekend so we could provide space for some Christmas Eve photos from the camera of the late Heyward Crowson. These pictures appeared on the front pages of The Item during the period of 1950-60. Every year …
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12/26/10 01:00 AM
75 YEARS AGO - 1936
Week of April 29-May 5
As reconstruction continued on the city hall located in the Opera House to provide space for a new motion picture theater, plans were announced to place a new cornerstone on the building constructed …
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By HUBERT OSTEEN |
12/19/10 01:00 AM
75 YEARS AGO - 1936
Week of April 22-28
Construction of the new Williams Furniture Corp. building was well under way with some 50 carpenters hammering away. The work was focused on a large 40,000-square-foot brick building already on the site …
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By HUBERT OSTEEN
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12/12/10 01:00 AM
75 YEARS AGO - 1936
Week of April 15-21
Williams Furniture Co.'s plant, destroyed in a March 31 fire, will be rebuilt and operations resumed as quickly as possible, according to its president, O.L. Williams. The new plant will not be rebuilt …
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By HUBERT OSTEEN
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12/5/10 01:00 AM
75 YEARS AGO - 1936
Week of April 8-14
Flooding continued in rivers and streams throughout the state and Sumter County as record-breaking rainfall deluged the area, the heaviest in 20 years. Rimini, in lower Sumter County, was hard hit by …
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By HUBERT OSTEEN
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11/28/10 01:00 AM
75 YEARS AGO - 1936
Week of April 1-7
Col. Wyndham M. Manning of Sumter was named manager of Ashwood, the federal government's 7,000-acre organized rural community in Lee County. He will have complete charge of farm operations and plans, of …
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By HUBERT OSTEEN
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11/21/10 01:00 AM
75 YEARS AGO - 1936
Week of March 25-31
The Williams Furniture Co. plant on East Calhoun Street was destroyed in an afternoon fire on Tuesday, March 31, that also destroyed six small houses on Grier Street east of the railroad tracks. No one …
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By HUBERT OSTEEN
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11/14/10 01:00 AM
75 YEARS AGO - 1936
Week of March 17-24
A "new and beautiful residential section of Sumter" was in the making, according to a news story. It will be in the western section of town with the extension of Haynsworth and Calhoun streets to the …
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By HUBERT OSTEEN
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11/7/10 01:00 AM
75 YEARS AGO - 1936
Week of March 9-16
The new Sumter YMCA gymnasium was dedicated on Thursday, March 12, to the late Dr. S.H. Edmunds, longtime superintendent of Sumter city schools who died on Sept. 14, 1935. An overflow crowd of close to …
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By HUBERT OSTEEN
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10/31/10 02:00 AM
75 YEARS AGO - 1936
Week of March 1-8
The new YMCA gymnasium will be dedicated next week to Dr. S.H. Edmunds, who served as superintendent of Sumter city schools for 40 years and was president of the Y for 25 years from the time it was …
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By HUBERT OSTEEN
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10/24/10 02:00 AM
75 YEARS AGO - 1936
Week of Feb. 23-30
In a story headlined "Rembert-Hagood line to be made hot tomorrow night," Carolina Power and Light Co. announced on Thursday, Feb. 27 that electricity would be activated on the Boykin Mill-Rembert-Hagood …
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By HUBERT OSTEEN
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10/17/10 02:00 AM
75 YEARS AGO - 1936
Week of Jan. 23-30
The weather was on everyone's minds (and bodies) as a cold wave struck the Southeast, the state and the city. The first hard freeze began on Thursday, Jan. 23, as the mercury dropped to 22 degrees that …
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By HUBERT OSTEEN
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9/19/10 02:00 AM
75 YEARS AGO - 1936
Week of Jan. 15-22
A landmark wooden building at the corner of Law Range and North Main Street that was scheduled to be torn down by its owner C.G. Rowland may be saved as efforts by local lawyers get under way. The …
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By HUBERT OSTEEN
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9/12/10 02:00 AM
75 YEARS AGO - 1936
Week of Jan. 7-14
A lawsuit was filed on Wednesday, Jan. 8, against the trustees of the estate of John K. Crosswell, alleging that Crosswell’s half interest in a Coca-Cola franchise was sold to Mrs. S.W.C. Lumpkin of …
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By HUBERT OSTEEN
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9/5/10 02:00 AM
75 YEARS AGO - 1935
Week of Dec. 31-Jan. 6
William F. Loggins, 37, was named the new superintendent of the city's public schools, succeeding the late Dr. S.H. Edmunds, who died Sept. 14 after 40 years as head of local schools, according to an …
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By HUBERT OSTEEN
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8/29/10 02:00 AM
75 years ago - 1935
Week of Nov. 30-Dec. 6
A front page banner headline announcing "Court Socks Johnston" accompanied an Associated Press story reporting that the S.C. Supreme Court handed down a decision declaring the military seizure of the …
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By Hubert Osteen
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8/1/10 02:00 AM
75 years ago - 1935
Week of Sept. 29-Oct. 5
The 1935 version of the Sumter County Fair opened on Tuesday, Oct. 1, sponsored by the American Legion. Fair secretary J. Cliff Brown promised that the fair would be "the best in the history of the …
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By HUBERT OSTEEN |
6/6/10 02:00 AM
75 years ago - 1935
Week of May 12-19
The third annual Boys' Week highlighted local activities during the week. Sponsored by the YMCA, the Better Citizenship Program attracted 128 boys to the competition that began in the fall of 1934 during …
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BY HUBERT OSTEEN |
1/30/10 07:00 PM
Jan. 1, 1910
EDITOR'S NOTE: This Sunday's Yesteryear is a departure from the usual look back to 75 and 50 years ago in order to bring in the New Year – 1910. I was curious as to what it was like in Sumter 100 years ago on New Year's Day and …
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1/2/10 07:00 PM
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