Through the Years, page 4South Carolina State ParksTable Rock--1947; Left to Right: J. M. "Jinka" Pope, Jr. (Edisto Beach), E. R. "Vree" Vreeland (Kings Mountain), Albert Schellenberg (Head, Plans and Designs), Marshal Holder (Sesquicentennial), James W. "Jake" Ray (Oconee), Richard Horton (Cheraw), Clarence Haynesworth (Engineer), Ben Meeks (Chairman of Forestry Commission), R. L. "Buddy" Batten (Maintenance), R. A. "King" Cole (Table Rock), M. R. "Sheriff" Leroy (Greenwood), Ralph Cook (Ranger at Kings Mountain and Poinsett), William "Bill" Wiggins, Jr. (Givhans Ferry), Clarence Doster (Chester), Roy Quinton (Myrtle Beach), F. Marion Dwight (Poinsett), and George T. Holder (Lee). Standing Above: J. S. Blackmond (Paris Mountain), and T. D. "Binks" Ravenel (Assistant State Park Director). Absent: Hunting Island, Aiken, and Barnwell.
Through the Years, page 77South Carolina State ParksDistrict II Oconee 1979. First Row: Robert Fowler, (N. R. Goodale); Larry Adair, (Cheraw); Danny Odom, (Little Pee Dee); Ted Barbie, (Santee). Second Row: Joe Laferte, (Woods Bay); George Gordan, (Poinsett); Van Stickles, (District Superintendent); Frank Couch, (Santee); Bill Alewine, (Lee). Third Row: Jim Creech, (Barnwell); Wayne Smith, (Lynches River); Ed Nesbit, (Aiken); Gene Cobb, (Redcliffe).
Through the Years, page 66South Carolina State ParksDistrict III Santee 1978. Left to Right: Frank Baughman, (Sadlers Creek); Bob Cothran, (Oconee); Mike Hendrix, (Table Rock); Ray Hayes, (Croft); Fred Belk, (Rose Hill); Brooks Jordan, (Table Rock); Bob Jones, (District III Superintendent); John Rhodes, (Keowee-Toxaway); Leroy Smith, (Pleasant Ridge). Missing: Eddie Miller, (Paris Mountain).
Through the Years, page 67South Carolina State ParksDistrict III Santee 1978. Left to Right: Frank Baughman, (Sadlers Creek); Bob Cothran, (Oconee); Mike Hendrix, (Table Rock); Ray Hayes, (Croft); Fred Belk, (Rose Hill); Brooks Jordan, (Table Rock); Bob Jones, (District III Superintendent); John Rhodes, (Keowee-Toxaway); Leroy Smith, (Pleasant Ridge). Missing: Eddie Miller, (Paris Mountain).
Through the Years, page 37South Carolina State ParksLitchfield Beach, Sept. 1969. First Row Left to Right: Bob Hickman (Executive Director of PRT), George Holder (Assistant to Director, Operations), August J. "Gus" Krajcik (Aiken), Mrs. D. I. Ross (Barnwell), Norman Cooler (Huntington Beach). Second Row: Leroy Smith (Pleasant Ridge), Archibald "Archie" Hardy, III (Assistant to Director, Recreation), Fred Belk (Rose Hill), Bob Cothran (Oconee), Oscar Kolb (Baker Creek), John Tiller (State Forester and PRT Commissioner). Third Row: Pearce Thomson (Sesquicentennial), LaFon Norton (Little Pee Dee), Lamar Hodges (Myrtle Beach), Eddie Miller (Paris Mountain), Millard Camby (Croft), Millard H. Osborne (Information and Education Officer), Janson L. Cox (Chief Curator). Fourth Row: Clarence Doster (Chester), Ernie Mobley (Rivers Bridge), Ed Henry (Sadlers Creek), Bob Jones (Table Rock), Joe F. Watson (Cheraw), Ransom H. "Bud" Lindsey (Andrew Jackson), Jim Rinehart (Santee). Fifth Row: Van Pressley (Edisto), Donald McSween (Parks Director), Andrew Kennedy (Greenwood), Lee Jordan (Hunting Island), Marshal Waldt (Kings Mountain), Louis Hall (Old Dorchester), Wayne Timms (Lee), Larry Adair (Poinsett), Stan Brant (Parks Engineer). Not In Photo: Ray Sisk (Construction), Bill Jones (Maintenance), Bill Wiggins (Givhans Ferry).
Through the Years, page 76South Carolina State ParksDistrict II Oconee 1979. First Row: Robert Fowler, (N. R. Goodale); Larry Adair, (Cheraw); Danny Odom, (Little Pee Dee); Ted Barbie, (Santee). Second Row: Joe Laferte, (Woods Bay); George Gordan, (Poinsett); Van Stickles, (District Superintendent); Frank Couch, (Santee); Bill Alewine, (Lee). Third Row: Jim Creech, (Barnwell); Wayne Smith, (Lynches River); Ed Nesbit, (Aiken); Gene Cobb, (Redcliffe).
Through the Years, page 36South Carolina State ParksLitchfield Beach, Sept. 1969. First Row Left to Right: Bob Hickman (Executive Director of PRT), George Holder (Assistant to Director, Operations), August J. "Gus" Krajcik (Aiken), Mrs. D. I. Ross (Barnwell), Norman Cooler (Huntington Beach). Second Row: Leroy Smith (Pleasant Ridge), Archibald "Archie" Hardy, III (Assistant to Director, Recreation), Fred Belk (Rose Hill), Bob Cothran (Oconee), Oscar Kolb (Baker Creek), John Tiller (State Forester and PRT Commissioner). Third Row: Pearce Thomson (Sesquicentennial), LaFon Norton (Little Pee Dee), Lamar Hodges (Myrtle Beach), Eddie Miller (Paris Mountain), Millard Camby (Croft), Millard H. Osborne (Information and Education Officer), Janson L. Cox (Chief Curator). Fourth Row: Clarence Doster (Chester), Ernie Mobley (Rivers Bridge), Ed Henry (Sadlers Creek), Bob Jones (Table Rock), Joe F. Watson (Cheraw), Ransom H. "Bud" Lindsey (Andrew Jackson), Jim Rinehart (Santee). Fifth Row: Van Pressley (Edisto), Donald McSween (Parks Director), Andrew Kennedy (Greenwood), Lee Jordan (Hunting Island), Marshal Waldt (Kings Mountain), Louis Hall (Old Dorchester), Wayne Timms (Lee), Larry Adair (Poinsett), Stan Brant (Parks Engineer). Not In Photo: Ray Sisk (Construction), Bill Jones (Maintenance), Bill Wiggins (Givhans Ferry).
Through the Years, page 82South Carolina State ParksHickory Knob 1980. Bottom row, from left; Gerald Harris, Myrtle Beach Asst.; Robert Sullivan, Table Rock asst.; A1 Priester, Goodale; George Gordon, Poinsett; Stanley Looper, Little Pee Dee; Gerard Perry, Rose Hill; Robert Badger, CTL asst.; Janson Cox, Charles Towne Landing; Ted William, Hickory Knob; Frank Couch, Santee asst.; Charles Rainey, Kings Mountain asst.; Bob Parrish, Dreher Island; Ted Barbie, Santee; Joe Barron, E & P Coordinator; James Creech, Barnwell; Wayne Smith, Lynches River; Lew Griffin, Andrew Jackson; Bill Bullard, Caesars Head; Gene Cobb, Redcliffe; Van Stickles, District II Superintendent; Larry Adair, Cheraw; Archie Moore, Engineer Asst.; John Rhodes, Keowee Toxaway; Kenneth Kolb, Assistant State Parks Director. Top row, from left; Ray Hayes, Croft; Larry Duncan, District I Superintendent; John Holloway, Givhans Ferry; Jim Meador, Sesqui; Jim Cothran, Oconee; Brooks Jordan Sadlers Creek; Jim Work, maintenance; Melanie Brodie, Kings Mountain nursery; Ray Sisk, Director; Joanne Lewis, Staff Assistant; Joe Laferte, operations; Bobby Turner, Myrtle Beach; Bill McMeekin, Engineer; Don Ferguson, Hampton Plantation; Bill Lucas, Construction; Marshall West, Hunting Island; Kurt Becht, Edisto Beach; Mac Copeland, Huntington Beach; Wayne Timms, Chester, Freddie Parkman, District IV Superintendent; Marshall Brucke, Landsford Canal; Bill Smith, Woods Bay; Joe Hambright, Greenwood, Lew Cato, Kings Mountain; Charles Cumbee, oid Dorchester, Horace Craig, District II Superintendent; Ed Nesbitt, Aiken; Glenn Farr, Colleton; Mike Davidson, Hickory Knob asst.; Steve Edison, Hamilton Branch; Mike Hendrix, Table Rock. Missing: Leroy Atkinson, Baker Creek; Ed Miller, Paris Mountain, Charles Mason, Pleasant Ridge; Jerry Price, Rivers Bridge; Charles Harrison, operations; Ed Brown, Safety; Dan Turpin, Programs; Joe F. Watson, Chief Naturalist; John Clonts, Naturalist; Phil Heydt, Recreator, Dana Sawyer, I E; Mike Foley, Chief Historian; Ray Sigmon, Historian; Marion Edmonds, Historian; Andrew Kennedy, Maintenance; Leonard Jones, Service & Supply; Jim King, Merchandising.
Through the Years, page 64South Carolina State ParksDistrict II Santee 1978. Front Row: Ted Barbie, (Santee); Danny Odom, (Little Pee Dee); Robert Fowler, (N.R. Goodale); Wayne Smith, (Lynches River); Bea Ross, (Barnwell); Roy Atkinson, (Woods Bay); Back Row: Horace Craig, (District II Superintendent); Frank Couch, (Santee); Ed Nesbitt, (Aiken); Bill Alewine, (Lee); Gene Cobb, (Redcliffe); Larry Adair, (Cheraw); Marshall West, (Poinsett).
Through the Years, page 34South Carolina State ParksState Capitol, Columbia, S.C. Left to Right Standing: Joe F. Watson (Poinsett), Lamar Hodges (Aiken), Bob Jones (Table Rock), Andrew Kennedy (Greewood), Jim Rinehart (Santee), Fred Belk (Rose Hill), behind Belk is Lee Jordan (Hunting Island, Ted Barbie (Myrtle Beach), Bob Cothran (Oconee), Mrs. D. I. Ross (Barnwell), behind Mrs. Ross is Cecil Hayes (Andrew Jackson), Marshal Waldt (Kings Mountain), Norman Cooler (Huntington Beach), Clarene Doster (Chester), Louis Hall (Old Dorchester), Bill Wiggins (Givhans Ferry), LaFon Norton (Little Pee Dee), Eddie Miller (Paris Mountain), Pearce Thomson (Sesquicentennial), Leroy Smith, (Pleasant Ridge), Storm Bailey (Cheraw). Kneeling: Oscar Kolb (Baker Creek), Ernie Mobley (Rivers Bridge), Ed Henry (Sadlers Creek), Larry Adair (Lee). Not In Photo: Van Pressley (Edisto), Millard Camby (Croft).
Through the Years, page 83South Carolina State ParksHickory Knob 1980. Bottom row, from left; Gerald Harris, Myrtle Beach Asst.; Robert Sullivan, Table Rock asst.; A1 Priester, Goodale; George Gordon, Poinsett; Stanley Looper, Little Pee Dee; Gerard Perry, Rose Hill; Robert Badger, CTL asst.; Janson Cox, Charles Towne Landing; Ted William, Hickory Knob; Frank Couch, Santee asst.; Charles Rainey, Kings Mountain asst.; Bob Parrish, Dreher Island; Ted Barbie, Santee; Joe Barron, E & P Coordinator; James Creech, Barnwell; Wayne Smith, Lynches River; Lew Griffin, Andrew Jackson; Bill Bullard, Caesars Head; Gene Cobb, Redcliffe; Van Stickles, District II Superintendent; Larry Adair, Cheraw; Archie Moore, Engineer Asst.; John Rhodes, Keowee Toxaway; Kenneth Kolb, Assistant State Parks Director. Top row, from left; Ray Hayes, Croft; Larry Duncan, District I Superintendent; John Holloway, Givhans Ferry; Jim Meador, Sesqui; Jim Cothran, Oconee; Brooks Jordan Sadlers Creek; Jim Work, maintenance; Melanie Brodie, Kings Mountain nursery; Ray Sisk, Director; Joanne Lewis, Staff Assistant; Joe Laferte, operations; Bobby Turner, Myrtle Beach; Bill McMeekin, Engineer; Don Ferguson, Hampton Plantation; Bill Lucas, Construction; Marshall West, Hunting Island; Kurt Becht, Edisto Beach; Mac Copeland, Huntington Beach; Wayne Timms, Chester, Freddie Parkman, District IV Superintendent; Marshall Brucke, Landsford Canal; Bill Smith, Woods Bay; Joe Hambright, Greenwood, Lew Cato, Kings Mountain; Charles Cumbee, oid Dorchester, Horace Craig, District II Superintendent; Ed Nesbitt, Aiken; Glenn Farr, Colleton; Mike Davidson, Hickory Knob asst.; Steve Edison, Hamilton Branch; Mike Hendrix, Table Rock. Missing: Leroy Atkinson, Baker Creek; Ed Miller, Paris Mountain, Charles Mason, Pleasant Ridge; Jerry Price, Rivers Bridge; Charles Harrison, operations; Ed Brown, Safety; Dan Turpin, Programs; Joe F. Watson, Chief Naturalist; John Clonts, Naturalist; Phil Heydt, Recreator, Dana Sawyer, I E; Mike Foley, Chief Historian; Ray Sigmon, Historian; Marion Edmonds, Historian; Andrew Kennedy, Maintenance; Leonard Jones, Service & Supply; Jim King, Merchandising.
Through the Years, page 35South Carolina State ParksState Capitol, Columbia, S.C. Left to Right Standing: Joe F. Watson (Poinsett), Lamar Hodges (Aiken), Bob Jones (Table Rock), Andrew Kennedy (Greewood), Jim Rinehart (Santee), Fred Belk (Rose Hill), behind Belk is Lee Jordan (Hunting Island, Ted Barbie (Myrtle Beach), Bob Cothran (Oconee), Mrs. D. I. Ross (Barnwell), behind Mrs. Ross is Cecil Hayes (Andrew Jackson), Marshal Waldt (Kings Mountain), Norman Cooler (Huntington Beach), Clarene Doster (Chester), Louis Hall (Old Dorchester), Bill Wiggins (Givhans Ferry), LaFon Norton (Little Pee Dee), Eddie Miller (Paris Mountain), Pearce Thomson (Sesquicentennial), Leroy Smith, (Pleasant Ridge), Storm Bailey (Cheraw). Kneeling: Oscar Kolb (Baker Creek), Ernie Mobley (Rivers Bridge), Ed Henry (Sadlers Creek), Larry Adair (Lee). Not In Photo: Van Pressley (Edisto), Millard Camby (Croft).
Through the Years, page 65South Carolina State ParksDistrict II Santee 1978. Front Row: Ted Barbie, (Santee); Danny Odom, (Little Pee Dee); Robert Fowler, (N.R. Goodale); Wayne Smith, (Lynches River); Bea Ross, (Barnwell); Roy Atkinson, (Woods Bay); Back Row: Horace Craig, (District II Superintendent); Frank Couch, (Santee); Ed Nesbitt, (Aiken); Bill Alewine, (Lee); Gene Cobb, (Redcliffe); Larry Adair, (Cheraw); Marshall West, (Poinsett).
Through the Years, page 3South Carolina State ParksCivilian Conservation Corps Project Superintendents; This photograph taken at a meeting at Greenwood State Park in 1938 shows the men who were the forerunners of our park superintendents. These men supervised the development of the roads, buildings, and utilities for our first parks. Although the primary job of these men was construction and conservation work, they established many of the operational procedures that we use today.
Through the Years, page 2South Carolina State ParksCivilian Conservation Corps Project Superintendents; This photograph taken at a meeting at Greenwood State Park in 1938 shows the men who were the forerunners of our park superintendents. These men supervised the development of the roads, buildings, and utilities for our first parks. Although the primary job of these men was construction and conservation work, they established many of the operational procedures that we use today.
Through the Years, page 31South Carolina State Parks1966 Table Rock. Left to Right: Ted Barbie (Myrtle Beach), Cecil Hayes (Andrew Jackson), Clarence Doster (Chester), Bob Jones (Table Rock), behind Jones is retired Park Director West Jacocks, Marvin Hyatt (Rose Hill), behind Hyatt is retired State Forester Charles Flory, Jim Rinehart (Aiken), behind Rinehart, Front to Rear: Walter Ahearn (Forestry Information and Education), Lee W. Jordon (Greenwood), beside Jordon is Millard W. Camby (Croft), Van Pressley (Hunting Island), Joe F. Watson (Poinsett), Mrs. D. I. Ross (Barnwell), behind Mrs. Ross is Eddie Miller (Paris Mountain), and Ernie Mobley, Jr. (Rivers Bridge), then George Holder (Assistant Director), Bob Cothran (Oconee), Ray Sisk (Assistant Director), behind Sisk is Marshal Waldt (Kings Mountain), Pearce Thomson (Lee), and Norman Cooler (Huntington Beach). John Tiller (State Forester), behind Tiller is John Gregerson (Edisto), and Storm Bailey (Cheraw). Not In Photo: E. R. Vreeland (Park Director), Marshal Holder (Sesquicentennial), Bill Wiggins (Givhans Ferry), LaFon Norton (Little Pee Dee), Red La Boon (Santee)_________(Old Dorchester), Willard Risher (Colleton Wayside), and Leroy Smith (Pleasant Ridge).
Through the Years, page 30South Carolina State Parks1966 Table Rock. Left to Right: Ted Barbie (Myrtle Beach), Cecil Hayes (Andrew Jackson), Clarence Doster (Chester), Bob Jones (Table Rock), behind Jones is retired Park Director West Jacocks, Marvin Hyatt (Rose Hill), behind Hyatt is retired State Forester Charles Flory, Jim Rinehart (Aiken), behind Rinehart, Front to Rear: Walter Ahearn (Forestry Information and Education), Lee W. Jordon (Greenwood), beside Jordon is Millard W. Camby (Croft), Van Pressley (Hunting Island), Joe F. Watson (Poinsett), Mrs. D. I. Ross (Barnwell), behind Mrs. Ross is Eddie Miller (Paris Mountain), and Ernie Mobley, Jr. (Rivers Bridge), then George Holder (Assistant Director), Bob Cothran (Oconee), Ray Sisk (Assistant Director), behind Sisk is Marshal Waldt (Kings Mountain), Pearce Thomson (Lee), and Norman Cooler (Huntington Beach). John Tiller (State Forester), behind Tiller is John Gregerson (Edisto), and Storm Bailey (Cheraw). Not In Photo: E. R. Vreeland (Park Director), Marshal Holder (Sesquicentennial), Bill Wiggins (Givhans Ferry), LaFon Norton (Little Pee Dee), Red La Boon (Santee)_________(Old Dorchester), Willard Risher (Colleton Wayside), and Leroy Smith (Pleasant Ridge).
Through the Years, page 8South Carolina State ParksSpring Maid Beach 1951. Kneeling Left to Right: George Holder (Cheraw), Ed. H. "Eddie" Miller (Paris Mountain), E. W. "Ernie" Cooler (Kings Mountain), D. I. Ross (Barnwell), M. R. Leroy (Greenwood), Jake Ray (Oconee), King Cole (Table Rock), C. West Jacocks (Park Director), Albert Schellenburg (Plans), charles Flory (State Forester). Standing Left to Right: Marshal Holder (Sesquicentennial), Tom Morse (National Park Service), Jinks Pope (Edisto), E. B. Mobley (Rivers Bridge). LaFon Norton (Little Pee Dee), Marion Dwight (Poinsett), Clarence Doster (Chester), Bill Hay (City Park), (National Park Representative), E. R. Vreeland (Assistant Director), Ethridge S. Gunter, Sr. (Aiken), Bob White (Lee), Norman Cooler (Hunting Island), Van Pressley (Croft), G. B. "Red" LaBoon (Santee), E. B. "Gene" Price (Assistant State Forester), Bill Wiggins (Givhans Ferry), T. D. Ravenel (Assistant Director), Walter T. Ahearn (Forestry Information and Education), Frank Howard, Jr. (Myrtle Beach).
Through the Years, page 9South Carolina State ParksSpring Maid Beach 1951. Kneeling Left to Right: George Holder (Cheraw), Ed. H. "Eddie" Miller (Paris Mountain), E. W. "Ernie" Cooler (Kings Mountain), D. I. Ross (Barnwell), M. R. Leroy (Greenwood), Jake Ray (Oconee), King Cole (Table Rock), C. West Jacocks (Park Director), Albert Schellenburg (Plans), charles Flory (State Forester). Standing Left to Right: Marshal Holder (Sesquicentennial), Tom Morse (National Park Service), Jinks Pope (Edisto), E. B. Mobley (Rivers Bridge). LaFon Norton (Little Pee Dee), Marion Dwight (Poinsett), Clarence Doster (Chester), Bill Hay (City Park), (National Park Representative), E. R. Vreeland (Assistant Director), Ethridge S. Gunter, Sr. (Aiken), Bob White (Lee), Norman Cooler (Hunting Island), Van Pressley (Croft), G. B. "Red" LaBoon (Santee), E. B. "Gene" Price (Assistant State Forester), Bill Wiggins (Givhans Ferry), T. D. Ravenel (Assistant Director), Walter T. Ahearn (Forestry Information and Education), Frank Howard, Jr. (Myrtle Beach).
Through the Years, page 6South Carolina State ParksKneeling left to right: Woody Perry, (Ranger at Myrtle Beach), Kenneth Kolb (Ranger at Sesquicentennial), Bob Jones (Ranger at Paris Mountain), John Paul Jones, (Ranger at Table Rock), Howard Lofton (Ranger at Cheraw), and Hollis Garvin (Ranger at Aiken).Standing left to right: Dave Alsbrooks (Ranger at Poinsett), Clarence Doster (Chester), Bob White (Lee), Richard Condrey (Maintenance Crew), Van W. Pressley (Croft), Jinks Pope (Edisto Beach), Lloyd King (Ranger at Oconee).