Monthly Archives: November 2011

“Two years later (1973) the county was again declared a major disaster area when what they called a ‘100 year flood’ covered the county and did millions of dollars damage. Many houses just outside of Greenwood to the north and … Continue reading →

“There were many interesting experiences associated with the newspaper job. One time we went up to Philipp to cover a story where a man had fallen into a huge tank of beans and only his head was sticking out. They … Continue reading →

“I got very interested in politics after covering City Council meetings and Board of Supervisors’ meetings, and I kept up with everything that was going on. I also attended a lot of meetings and enjoyed being in on the day-t0-day … Continue reading →

“I learned a lot about sports, which had never been my favorite interest, but on things like golf tournaments I had to depend on someone more knowledgeable to tell me what was going on. I got pretty good at covering … Continue reading →

“Every year I dreaded the time for the debutante activities because I knew the board members would start calling about publicity and complaining if the Greenville bunch got a better spot than they did. Finally, after many years of fooling … Continue reading →

“Society was the most unpleasant part of my job, since it was next to impossible to please all the ladies. At that time the paper picked out about seven of the girls they deemed to be the most socially prominent … Continue reading →

“One time when I received a letter from De La Beckwith, threatening to blow up or otherwise get rid of Frank Ahlgren, editor of the Commercial Appeal, if the paper ran a bad picture taken of him [De La] in … Continue reading →