Union High School - Gleam Yearbook (Union, SC)

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The Episcopal Church of the Nativity, Union,s oldest church edifice, remains the same as in the distant past. Caroline, Ricky, and Rolfe add youthfulness to the old building modeled after a church in England. Sites, Scenes Reflect Early Life Sylvia, Tommy, and Mary Spears watch as cotton picking, a fading tradition in Union County,s history, goes on in the Pea Ridge section.

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amous Mansion Of Secession Era Becomes A Park A desk used a century ago in a home school room is being tried out by Gene Greene while Gayle Wilburn and Lucille Murphy examine antiques from an old whatnot. 'cRose Hill, home of Secession Governor William T. Gist, was dedicated as a State Park on Decem- ber 20, 1960, commemorating the hundredth anniversary of the Secession of South Carolina and the beginning of the Confederate States of America. On the portico are Stanley Adams, Linda O,Shie1ds, Kay Hicks, and Annette Smith. They have just finished a tour of this much- publicized mansion. Inset: Dressed in nineteenth century costumes, Gayle and Beverly listen to Ralph. In the background may be seen the man- sion's kitchen, reminiscent of the antebellum way of having the cooking done in a dependency of the big housef'

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