Yesteryear by Sammy Way: Cotton picker demonstrated; Sumter runners take part in breaking record

BY SAMMY WAY
Sumter Item archivist and historian
Posted 5/8/21

75 YEARS AGO - 1946

Oct. 15 - 21

- Workers in the 1946 Community Chest campaign set out this morning hopeful of quickly reaching the quota of $43,200. More than 250 of the men and women taking part in the drive enjoyed a delicious barbecue …

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