Florence Darlington Technical College - Baviere Yearbook (Florence, SC)

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,C 0016 ING 13,4 616 at llesler- day . . . at llesrerdafs Ilester- day . . . and the Day Before Chat . . . and Even the llear Hefere Ura! . . . and ,411 the lfester llears Before Caddy . . IVlany of the town names in the Pee Dee also have very inter- esting origins, such as: BIRCH - nearby birch trees CA MPBELL'S BRIDGE - Campbell F . amily CA RTERSVILLE - Carter family, c. 1736 CENTENARY - Centenary Methodist Church, c. 1839 DARLINGTON - town of Darlington, England, or for Col. Darlington of the Revolutionary War DILLON - J.W. Dillon, Irishman -who helped start Wilson Short Cut, RR FLORENCE - Miss Florence Harllee, 1 2,4 vit- ' we n , K A ,-,,,4 d , - A - L r Q . l MW '-rw 'M ' mf' we 1 Q I Q' 5',,:'z,fy' . . W J I 'l Q ' exit A r Nqcriw y A y fn QR. Dargan Street, Looking North. .,, M ' -,,',.so l lg K . 4 ,Q 1 F1

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It is a land of great variety, of unique opportunities-- because the people have made it that way. It is a modern leader in agriculture, business and in- dustry, education, government, and cultural affairs-- again, becausel the people have made it that way. Yet, the Pee Dee is also an old-fashioned land of chicken bog and barbeque, of bare feet and fishing poles, of dusty roads and wooded lots-- because the people have kept it that way. The very name Pee Dee, de- rived from the tribal name of its original Indian settlers, means something good, smart, expert, or capable. To all its citizens of past and present, who reflect these same quali- ties of goodness, we say thank you for making the Pee Dee what it is today. T f ll ' uf l ' ll' 1 i it Wi m 5- am ,V -1- f ' ' 1 .fa-' t c 1 -fafaseilfa f , -.,ff5i'f.-: f A fl -. .- lisp? t':,'il---- - ,y,,,5i:g,:1 .. f' - ':!1 1 wt A. - .:, 1 , ' , 1- -vi--J, -,-tL:2'-L -L' Ha: ' i'f f . iiwL1-hifi? ' , -'?'!?l'iYf3k i TflfwG.fi1 1 ,ufa:25f?+Xg. , ' 'zwu f i -i. lm 5-1-1 . t ,U ,.i ,,,i.,, i ,VV W., , 4 -4- - 1 -A ,- ..1r::f. ,,l3,f,.A.,f,-t,,-mx-1 , exif mf.-J 2 Q--,E :y'3t':'rf' 54.1111-aaa Jwirfiiiy' 1 1 f' iili' 'H '....ii?flf1sE!fiQS-.L-HEYWtffnfi Aff I f 'iii 1 ' .qv J - 1 itz- fm. , LEFT TO RIGHT: Christ Episcopal Church Florence Town Hall A.C.L. Passenger Station Henry Timrod Schoolhouse DEDICATION 5

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whose father was first president of the Wilmington 84 Manchester RR FLOYD DA LE - Floyd Family GRESHAM - local Baptist preacher HA MER - R.P. Hamer, Jr., prominent farmer HA RTSVILLE - Hart family KENTYRE - abbreviation of McIntyre, a local Scotch family name LAKE CITY - nearby Lake Swamp or Lake family LA MAR - originally Devil's Wood yard, renamed Mims' Crossroads, present name in honor of J.Q.C. Lamar LATTA - named for railroad official, c. 1888 LITTLE ROCK - named for large rock, originally Harlleesville for Col. Thomas H. Harllee, c. 1876 MARION - c. 1800. originally Giles- borough for Col. Hugh Giles, a Revo- lutionary War officer MA RS BLUFF - early settler by the name of Maers, pronounced Mars MULLINS - c. 18727 Col. William S. Mullins, RR president NICHO LS - A.B. Nichols, prominent businessman O LANTA - originally Beulah for near- by churchg renamed in 1909 PA LMETTO - 18715 named after pal- metto trees growing near railroad de- pot PEE DEE - nearby river RAINS - weather conditions while Sea board Air Line Railway track was being built in 1914 SELLERS - John C. Sellers, prominent farmer SOCIETY HILL - originally Long Bluff, then Greenville for Gen. Nathaniel Greene, present name from St. David's Society academy TIMMONSVILLE - 'Emmons family WINONA - originally Gibson, changed to Winona, an Indian name Source of Information - PA LMETTO PLACE NAMES. Comp. by Workers of the Writer's Program of the Work Pro- jects Administration in the State of South Carolina, 19417 rpt. The Re- print Company, 1975. . ,Q ff' 'T' ,.., LEFT TO RIGHT: Local industry Pee Dee industry Darlington Raceway 7