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Back cover of SC State Parks Throughout the Years scrapbook.
Cover of SC State Parks Through the Years scrapbook
South Carolina State Parks
Cover of scrapbook of SC State Parks Through the Years
Back cover of SC State Parks Through the Years scrapbook
South Carolina State Parks
Back cover of scrapbook of SC State Parks Through the Years
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Hickory Knob, 1974. Kneeling: Ralph Rabon, (Merchandising); Dan Turpin, (Recreator); George Hargrove, (Woods Bay); Lew Cato, (Kings Mountain); Leroy Smith, (Pleasant Ridge); Bud Klein, (Hampton Plantation); Dana Sawyer, (Information & Education Officer); Nancy Hook, (Historian); Robert Turner, (Myrtle Beach); Frances McElveen, (Operations); Freddie Parkman, (District IV, Supt.); Bea Ross, (Barnwell); Leonard Jones, (Service & Supply); James Taylor, (Poinsett); Marshall West, (Aiken); Glenn Farr, (Hunting Island); Pearce Thomson, (E. & P. Coordinator); Norman Cooler, (District I, Supt.); Frank Baughman, (Hamilton Branch); Ed Brown, (Safety Officer); Ted Barbie, (Hickory Knob); Bob Cothran, (Oconee); John Rhodes, (Keowee-Toxaway); Fred Belk, (Rose Hill) Standing: Bob Jones, (District III, Supt.); Janson Cox, (Charles Towne Landing); Ray Hayes, (Croft); John Holloway, (Givhans Ferry); Jerry Price, (Hickory Knob); Oscar Kolb, (Asst. Director); Charles Harrison, (Recreator); Wayne Timms, (Baker Creek); Jim Stockman, (Colleton); Ray Sisk, (Director); Larry Adair, (Cheraw); Cliff Brady, (Edisto Beach); Wally Brock, (Dreher Island); Mac Flood, (Rivers Bridge); Bob Papenfus, (Programs); Ed Nesbitt, (Old Dorchester); Merl Rhodes, (Concessions); Jim Meadors, (Sesquicentennial); Lew Griffin, (Andrew Jackson); Kurt Becht, (Goodale); Jim King, (Concessions); Horace Craig, (District II, Supt.); Jim Ivey, (Sadlers Creek); Mike Hendrix, (Table Rock); Jim Work, (Landsford Canal); Joe Hambright, (Greenwood); Tillman Erwin, (Hunting Island); Larry Orr, (Table Rock); Ed Colvard, (Charles Towne Landing); Lee Jordan, (Kings Mountain); Van Stickles, (Huntington Beach); Ed Miller, (Paris Mountain); Bill Bullard, (Lynches River); Larry Duncan, (Santee); Ted Williams, (Chester); Richard Garrison, (Myrtle Beach) Missing: Van Pressley, (Lee); Marshall Waldt, (Little Pee Dee); Gene Cobb, (Redcliffe); Mike Foley, (Historian); Ray Sigmon, (Historian); Joe F. Watson, (Chief Naturalist); Dennis Gunter, (Naturalist); Andrew Kennedy, (Maintenance); Bill Lucas, (Construction)
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Hickory Knob 1977 District IV. Kneeling: Charlie Parkman, (District IV Superintendent); J. W. Moore, (Hamilton Brach); Wayne Timms, (Chester); Lee Jordan, (Kings Mountain); Bob Parrish, (Dreher Island). Standing: Jim Meadors, (Sesquicentennial); Joel Copeland, (Baker Creek); Lew Cato, (Kings Mountain); Ted Williams, (Hickory Knob); Joe Hambright, (Greenwood); Lew Griffin, (Andrew Jackson); Marshall Brucke, (Landsford Canal).
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Hickory Knob, 1974. Kneeling: Ralph Rabon, (Merchandising); Dan Turpin, (Recreator); George Hargrove, (Woods Bay); Lew Cato, (Kings Mountain); Leroy Smith, (Pleasant Ridge); Bud Klein, (Hampton Plantation); Dana Sawyer, (Information & Education Officer); Nancy Hook, (Historian); Robert Turner, (Myrtle Beach); Frances McElveen, (Operations); Freddie Parkman, (District IV, Supt.); Bea Ross, (Barnwell); Leonard Jones, (Service & Supply); James Taylor, (Poinsett); Marshall West, (Aiken); Glenn Farr, (Hunting Island); Pearce Thomson, (E. & P. Coordinator); Norman Cooler, (District I, Supt.); Frank Baughman, (Hamilton Branch); Ed Brown, (Safety Officer); Ted Barbie, (Hickory Knob); Bob Cothran, (Oconee); John Rhodes, (Keowee-Toxaway); Fred Belk, (Rose Hill) Standing: Bob Jones, (District III, Supt.); Janson Cox, (Charles Towne Landing); Ray Hayes, (Croft); John Holloway, (Givhans Ferry); Jerry Price, (Hickory Knob); Oscar Kolb, (Asst. Director); Charles Harrison, (Recreator); Wayne Timms, (Baker Creek); Jim Stockman, (Colleton); Ray Sisk, (Director); Larry Adair, (Cheraw); Cliff Brady, (Edisto Beach); Wally Brock, (Dreher Island); Mac Flood, (Rivers Bridge); Bob Papenfus, (Programs); Ed Nesbitt, (Old Dorchester); Merl Rhodes, (Concessions); Jim Meadors, (Sesquicentennial); Lew Griffin, (Andrew Jackson); Kurt Becht, (Goodale); Jim King, (Concessions); Horace Craig, (District II, Supt.); Jim Ivey, (Sadlers Creek); Mike Hendrix, (Table Rock); Jim Work, (Landsford Canal); Joe Hambright, (Greenwood); Tillman Erwin, (Hunting Island); Larry Orr, (Table Rock); Ed Colvard, (Charles Towne Landing); Lee Jordan, (Kings Mountain); Van Stickles, (Huntington Beach); Ed Miller, (Paris Mountain); Bill Bullard, (Lynches River); Larry Duncan, (Santee); Ted Williams, (Chester); Richard Garrison, (Myrtle Beach) Missing: Van Pressley, (Lee); Marshall Waldt, (Little Pee Dee); Gene Cobb, (Redcliffe); Mike Foley, (Historian); Ray Sigmon, (Historian); Joe F. Watson, (Chief Naturalist); Dennis Gunter, (Naturalist); Andrew Kennedy, (Maintenance); Bill Lucas, (Construction)
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Poinsett: 1957. Seated: Binks Ravenel (Assistant Director), Sheriff Leroy (Greenwood), Ernie Mobley (Rivers Bridge), Marion Dwight (Poinsett), Bill Wiggins (Givhans Ferry), Bob Jones (Table Rock), Van Pressley (Lee), Marshal Holder (Sesquicentennial), L. Storm Bailey (Edisto), Claude Barton (Forestry Information and Education), Red La Boon (Santee), Ted Barbie (Myrtle Beach), Clarence Doster (Chester), Ray Sisk (Kings Mountain), Eddie Miller (Paris Mountain). Standing: Charles Flory (State Forester), Del Furney (Forestry Purchasing), West Jacocks (Park Director), Norman Cooler (Hunting Island), Carl Foxworth (Aiken), Jake Ray (Oconee), LaFon Norton (Little Pee Dee), Lorine Davis (Secretary), Capt. Nelson (Bookkeeper), Virginia Holmes (Personnel), Gene Price (Assistant State Forester), Mrs. D. I. Ross (Barnwell), George Holder (Cheraw), E. R. Vreeland (Assistant Director). Not In Photo: J. E. Thornton (Croft), Willard Risher (Colleton Wayside), Leroy Smith (Pleasant Ridge).
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Oconee 1972. Horace Craig, (Poinsett); Ed Miller, (Paris Mountain); Dan Turpin, (Recreator); Jim Meadors, (Sesquicentennial); Bea Ross, (Barnwell); Wally Brock, (Dreher Island); Lew Griffin, (Andrew Jackson); Ray Sigmon, (Historian); Bob Papenfus, (Naturalist). Second Row: Jim King, (Rivers Bridge); Andrew Kennedy, (Kings Mountain); Glenn Farr, (Givhans Ferry); James Taylor (Aiken); Bob Jones, (District III, Supt.); James Stockman, (Colleton); Mike Hendrix, (Table Rock); Joe Hambright, (Sadlers Creek). Third Row: Ted Barbie, (Santee); Wayne Timms, (Baker Creek); Ray Sisk (Director); Marshall Brucke, (Greenwood); Oscar Kolb, (District II, Supt.); Tillman Erwin, (Hunting Island); Robert Turner, (Myrtle Beach); Leroy Smith, (Pleasant Ridge); Lee Jordan, (Huntington Beach). Fourth Row: Bob Cothran (Oconee); Stan Brant, (Asst. Director); Fred Belk, (Rose Hill); Leonard Jones, (Service & Supply); Larry Adair (Cheraw); Ed Colvard, (CharlesTowne Landing); Ralph Rabon, (Merchandising); Claude Hall, (CharlesTowne Landing); Ray Hayes, (Croft); Marshall Waldt (Edisto Beach). Missing: Clarence Doster, (Chester); Van Pressley, (Lee); Lafon Norton, (Little Pee Dee); Louis Hall, (Old Dorchester); Dana Sawyer, (Information & Education Officer); Janson Cox, (Historian); Joe F. Watson, (Operations); Joe Farrow, (Construction); Crawford Keese, (Maintenance); Pearce Thomson, (Engineer); Norman Cooler, (District ! Supt.).
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Oconee State Park: 1952. First Row: King Cole (Table Rock), George Holder (Cheraw), Marshal Holder (Sesquicentennial), Eddie Miller (Paris Mountain), Norman Cooler (Hunting Island), Sheriff Leroy (Greenwood), Binks Ravenel (Assistant Director), Jake Ray (Oconee). Second Row (Seated): Charles Flory (State Forester), La Fon Norton (Little Pee Dee), A. S. Shellenberg (Plans and Designs), Bill Wiggins (Givhans Ferry), Ernie Mobley (Rivers Bridge), Jinks Pope (Edisto), Clarence Doster (Chester), E. R. Vreeland (Assistant Director), D. I. Ross (Barnwell). Not In Photograph: Frank Howard (Myrtle Beach), N. A. Carter (Colleton Wayside), Leroy Smith (Pleasant Ridge) and J. E. Thorton (Croft).
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Santee 1978. Left to Right: Bob Cothran, (Oconee); Jim Meadors, (Sesquicentennial); Mike Davidson, (Hickory Knob); Michael Foley, (Chief Historian): John Holloway, (Givhans Ferry); Tommy Putnam, (Supply & Property Officer), Lew Cato, (Kings Mountain); George Gordan, (Old Dorchester); Ray M. Sisk, (State Parks Director); Bob Jones, (District II Superintendent); Jerry Price, (Rivers Bridge); Frances Coleman, (Chief of Operations); Ted Williams, (Hickory Knob); Joe Hambright, (Greenwood); Horace Craig, (District II Superintendent); Ray Hayes, (Croft); Kay McKay, (YACC Director); John Reid Clonts, (State Parks Naturalist); Jo Hanvey, (State Park Planner); Gene Cobb, (Redcliffe); Dan Turpin, (Chief of Recreation); Roger Deaton, (Personnel Manager); Jim Work, (Assistant Chief of Maintenance); Greg Bataille, (Park Planner); Marshall Brucke; (Landsford Canal); Leroy Smith, (Pleasant Ridge); Fred Belk, (Rose Hill); Bill Alewine, (Lee); Ted Barbie, (Santee); Ralph Rabon (Chief of Merchandising); Janson Cox, (Charles Towne Landing); Edmond Brown, (Safety Officer); Mac Copeland, (Baker Creek); Freddie Parkman, (District IV Superintendent); Kenneth Kolb, (Assistant State Park Director); Bobby Turner, (Myrtle Beach); Roy Atkinson, (Woods Bay); Ed Nesbitt, (Aiken); Wayne Smith, (Lynches River); Van Stickles, (Huntington Beach); Shirley Langdon, (PRT Commissioner); Lee Jordan, (Kings Mountain); Bud Klein, (Hampton Plantation); Danny Odom, (Little Pee Dee); Steve Edison, (Hamilton Branch); Robert Fowler, (N.R. Goodale); Ray Sigmon, (Historic Researcher); Bill Lucas, (Chief of Construction); D. Gene Rickenbaker, (Chairman, PRT Commissioner); Larry Duncan, (District I Superintendent); Glen Farr, (Colleton); Marion Edmonds, (Historic Res. Coord.); Bea Ross, (Barnwell); Joe Frank Watson, (Chief Naturalist); Charles Harrison, (State Parks Recreator); Kurt Becht, (Edisto Beach); Pearce Thomson, (Engineering & Planning Coord.); James Taylor, (Hunting Island); Frank Couch, (Santee); Fred Brinkman, (Executive Director, PRT); Brooks Jordan, (Table Rock). Missing. Not In Photo: Eddie Miller, (Paris Mountain); Marshall West, (Poinsett); Frank Baughman, (Sadlers Creek); Mike Hendrix, (Table Rock); Larry Adair, (Cheraw); Wayne Timms, (Chester); Bob Parrish, (Dreher Island); John Rhodes, (Keowee-Toxaway); Bob Papenfus, (Programs Coordinator); Dana L. Sawyer, (Information & Education Officer); Andrew Kennedy, (Chief of Maintenance); Jim King, (Merchandising).
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Oconee 1972. Horace Craig, (Poinsett); Ed Miller, (Paris Mountain); Dan Turpin, (Recreator); Jim Meadors, (Sesquicentennial); Bea Ross, (Barnwell); Wally Brock, (Dreher Island); Lew Griffin, (Andrew Jackson); Ray Sigmon, (Historian); Bob Papenfus, (Naturalist). Second Row: Jim King, (Rivers Bridge); Andrew Kennedy, (Kings Mountain); Glenn Farr, (Givhans Ferry); James Taylor (Aiken); Bob Jones, (District III, Supt.); James Stockman, (Colleton); Mike Hendrix, (Table Rock); Joe Hambright, (Sadlers Creek). Third Row: Ted Barbie, (Santee); Wayne Timms, (Baker Creek); Ray Sisk (Director); Marshall Brucke, (Greenwood); Oscar Kolb, (District II, Supt.); Tillman Erwin, (Hunting Island); Robert Turner, (Myrtle Beach); Leroy Smith, (Pleasant Ridge); Lee Jordan, (Huntington Beach). Fourth Row: Bob Cothran (Oconee); Stan Brant, (Asst. Director); Fred Belk, (Rose Hill); Leonard Jones, (Service & Supply); Larry Adair (Cheraw); Ed Colvard, (CharlesTowne Landing); Ralph Rabon, (Merchandising); Claude Hall, (CharlesTowne Landing); Ray Hayes, (Croft); Marshall Waldt (Edisto Beach). Missing: Clarence Doster, (Chester); Van Pressley, (Lee); Lafon Norton, (Little Pee Dee); Louis Hall, (Old Dorchester); Dana Sawyer, (Information & Education Officer); Janson Cox, (Historian); Joe F. Watson, (Operations); Joe Farrow, (Construction); Crawford Keese, (Maintenance); Pearce Thomson, (Engineer); Norman Cooler, (District ! Supt.).
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Oconee 1979. Kneeling: Greg Bataille, (Planner); Charles Rainey, (Kings Mountain); Ed Brown, (Safety Officer); Bill Bullard, (Caesar's Head); Fred Belk, (Rose Hill); Ray Hayes, (Croft); Frank Whiteside, (Charles Towne Landing); Larry Adair, (Cheraw); Kenneth Kolb, (Asst. Director). Standing on Ground: Leroy Smith, (Pleasant Ridge); Joe Laferte, (Woods Bay); Jo Hanvey, (Planner); Jerry Price, (Rivers Bridge); Charles Harrison, (Operations); Janson Cox, (Charles Towne Landing); Joanne Smith, (Kings Mountain); Bob Cothran, (Oconee); Van Stickles, (District II, Supt.); Danny Odom, (Little Pee Dee); Lew Cato, (Kings Mountain); Horace Craig, (District III, Supt.); Joe Barron, (Engineer); Robert Fowler, (Goodale); Bill Alewine, (Lee); Ted Williams, (Hickory Knob); Stanley Looper, (Hunting Island); Freddie Parkman, (District IV, Supt.); Bob Papenfus, (Programs Coordinator); John Rhodes, (Keowee-Toxaway); Robert Sullivan, (Table Rock); Wayne Timms, (Chester); Pearce Thomson, (E. & P. Coordinator); Bill Smith, (Myrtle Beach); Jim Work, (Maintenance); Frank Couch, (Santee); Ted Barbie, (Santee). First Step: John Clonts, (Naturalist); Mike Hendrix, (Table Rock); Dan Turpin, (Recreation); Ed Miller, (Paris Mountain); Bobby Turner, (Myrtle Beach); Mac Copeland, (Huntington Beach); Mike Davidson, (Hickory Knob); Roy Atkinson, (Baker Creek). Second Step: John Holloway, (Givhans Ferry); Charles Cumbee, (Old Dorchester); Brooks Jordan, (Sadlers Creek); Joe F. Watson, (Naturalist); Don Ferguson, (Hampton Plantation); Larry Duncan, (District I, Supt.); Joe Hambright, (Greenwood). Third Step: Marshall West, (Hunting Island); Jim Meadors, (Sesquicentennial); Steve Edison, (Hamilton Branch); Kurt Becht, (Edisto Beach). On Porch: Lew Griffin, (Andrew Jackson); Bill Lucas, (Construction); James Creech, (Barnwell); Gene Cobb, (Redcliffe); George Gordon, (Poinsett); Marshall Brucke, (Landsford Canal); Wayne Smith, (Lynches River); Ed Nesbitt, (Aiken); Bob Parrish, (Dreher Island). Missing: Glenn Farr, (Colleton); Ray Sisk, (Director); Dana Sawyer, (Information & Education Officer); Mike Foley, (Historian); Ray Sigmon, (Historian); Marion Edmonds, (Historian); Jim King, (Merchandising); Andrew Kennedy, (Maintenance).
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Santee 1978. Left to Right: Bob Cothran, (Oconee); Jim Meadors, (Sesquicentennial); Mike Davidson, (Hickory Knob); Michael Foley, (Chief Historian): John Holloway, (Givhans Ferry); Tommy Putnam, (Supply & Property Officer), Lew Cato, (Kings Mountain); George Gordan, (Old Dorchester); Ray M. Sisk, (State Parks Director); Bob Jones, (District II Superintendent); Jerry Price, (Rivers Bridge); Frances Coleman, (Chief of Operations); Ted Williams, (Hickory Knob); Joe Hambright, (Greenwood); Horace Craig, (District II Superintendent); Ray Hayes, (Croft); Kay McKay, (YACC Director); John Reid Clonts, (State Parks Naturalist); Jo Hanvey, (State Park Planner); Gene Cobb, (Redcliffe); Dan Turpin, (Chief of Recreation); Roger Deaton, (Personnel Manager); Jim Work, (Assistant Chief of Maintenance); Greg Bataille, (Park Planner); Marshall Brucke; (Landsford Canal); Leroy Smith, (Pleasant Ridge); Fred Belk, (Rose Hill); Bill Alewine, (Lee); Ted Barbie, (Santee); Ralph Rabon (Chief of Merchandising); Janson Cox, (Charles Towne Landing); Edmond Brown, (Safety Officer); Mac Copeland, (Baker Creek); Freddie Parkman, (District IV Superintendent); Kenneth Kolb, (Assistant State Park Director); Bobby Turner, (Myrtle Beach); Roy Atkinson, (Woods Bay); Ed Nesbitt, (Aiken); Wayne Smith, (Lynches River); Van Stickles, (Huntington Beach); Shirley Langdon, (PRT Commissioner); Lee Jordan, (Kings Mountain); Bud Klein, (Hampton Plantation); Danny Odom, (Little Pee Dee); Steve Edison, (Hamilton Branch); Robert Fowler, (N.R. Goodale); Ray Sigmon, (Historic Researcher); Bill Lucas, (Chief of Construction); D. Gene Rickenbaker, (Chairman, PRT Commissioner); Larry Duncan, (District I Superintendent); Glen Farr, (Colleton); Marion Edmonds, (Historic Res. Coord.); Bea Ross, (Barnwell); Joe Frank Watson, (Chief Naturalist); Charles Harrison, (State Parks Recreator); Kurt Becht, (Edisto Beach); Pearce Thomson, (Engineering & Planning Coord.); James Taylor, (Hunting Island); Frank Couch, (Santee); Fred Brinkman, (Executive Director, PRT); Brooks Jordan, (Table Rock). Missing. Not In Photo: Eddie Miller, (Paris Mountain); Marshall West, (Poinsett); Frank Baughman, (Sadlers Creek); Mike Hendrix, (Table Rock); Larry Adair, (Cheraw); Wayne Timms, (Chester); Bob Parrish, (Dreher Island); John Rhodes, (Keowee-Toxaway); Bob Papenfus, (Programs Coordinator); Dana L. Sawyer, (Information & Education Officer); Andrew Kennedy, (Chief of Maintenance); Jim King, (Merchandising).
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Poinsett: 1957. Seated: Binks Ravenel (Assistant Director), Sheriff Leroy (Greenwood), Ernie Mobley (Rivers Bridge), Marion Dwight (Poinsett), Bill Wiggins (Givhans Ferry), Bob Jones (Table Rock), Van Pressley (Lee), Marshal Holder (Sesquicentennial), L. Storm Bailey (Edisto), Claude Barton (Forestry Information and Education), Red La Boon (Santee), Ted Barbie (Myrtle Beach), Clarence Doster (Chester), Ray Sisk (Kings Mountain), Eddie Miller (Paris Mountain). Standing: Charles Flory (State Forester), Del Furney (Forestry Purchasing), West Jacocks (Park Director), Norman Cooler (Hunting Island), Carl Foxworth (Aiken), Jake Ray (Oconee), LaFon Norton (Little Pee Dee), Lorine Davis (Secretary), Capt. Nelson (Bookkeeper), Virginia Holmes (Personnel), Gene Price (Assistant State Forester), Mrs. D. I. Ross (Barnwell), George Holder (Cheraw), E. R. Vreeland (Assistant Director). Not In Photo: J. E. Thornton (Croft), Willard Risher (Colleton Wayside), Leroy Smith (Pleasant Ridge).
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Hickory Knob 1977 District IV. Kneeling: Charlie Parkman, (District IV Superintendent); J. W. Moore, (Hamilton Brach); Wayne Timms, (Chester); Lee Jordan, (Kings Mountain); Bob Parrish, (Dreher Island). Standing: Jim Meadors, (Sesquicentennial); Joel Copeland, (Baker Creek); Lew Cato, (Kings Mountain); Ted Williams, (Hickory Knob); Joe Hambright, (Greenwood); Lew Griffin, (Andrew Jackson); Marshall Brucke, (Landsford Canal).
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Oconee State Park: 1952. First Row: King Cole (Table Rock), George Holder (Cheraw), Marshal Holder (Sesquicentennial), Eddie Miller (Paris Mountain), Norman Cooler (Hunting Island), Sheriff Leroy (Greenwood), Binks Ravenel (Assistant Director), Jake Ray (Oconee). Second Row (Seated): Charles Flory (State Forester), La Fon Norton (Little Pee Dee), A. S. Shellenberg (Plans and Designs), Bill Wiggins (Givhans Ferry), Ernie Mobley (Rivers Bridge), Jinks Pope (Edisto), Clarence Doster (Chester), E. R. Vreeland (Assistant Director), D. I. Ross (Barnwell). Not In Photograph: Frank Howard (Myrtle Beach), N. A. Carter (Colleton Wayside), Leroy Smith (Pleasant Ridge) and J. E. Thorton (Croft).
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Hickory Knob 1977 District I. Kneeling: Tillman Erwin, (Hunting Island); Glen Farr, (Colleton); Robert Turner, (Myrtle Beach); Van Stickles, (Huntington Beach); Danny Odom, (Old Dorchester). Standing: Mell felder, (Edisto Beach); Larry Duncan, (District I Superintendent); John Holloway, (Givhans Ferry); Bill Smith, (Myrtle Beach); Bud Klein, (Hampton Plantation).
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Jefferson Hotel, Columbia, S.C. 1959. First Row: Claude Barton (Forestry Information and Education), Clarence Doster (Chester), George Holder (Cheraw), Mr. and Mrs. M. R. "Sheriff" Leroy (retiring Superintendent--Greenwood State Park), Gene Price (Assistant State Forester). Second Row: Betty Onley (Secretary), West Jacocks (Park Director), Storm Bailey (Aiken), Marshal Holder (Sesquicentennial), Marion Dwight (Poinsett), Eddie Miller (Paris Mountain), Norman Cooler (Hunting Island). Third Row: Ted Barbie (Myrtle Beach), Red La Boon (Santee), Mrs. D. I. Ross (Barnwell), Joe F. Watson (Lee), Lorine Davis (Secretary), Van Pressley (Greenwood). Fourth Row: Ray Sisk (Kings Mountain), Bob Jones (Table Rock), Bill Wiggins (Givhans Ferry), Cecil Hayes (Andrew Jackson), Ernie Mobley (Rivers Bridge), LaFon Norton (Little Pee Dee). Fifth Row: J. E. Thornton (Croft), Jake Ray (Oconee), Binks Ravenel (Assistant Director), Roland Bailey (Bookkeeper), E. R. Vreeland (Assistant Director), Charles Flory (State Forester). Not In Photo: Willard Risher (Colleton Wayside), and Leroy Smith, (Pleasant Ridge).
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Columbia Hotel: 1955. First Row: Lorine Davis (Secretary), Cathy Martin (Secretary), Peggy Moore (Secretary). Second Row: Donald Cooler (Edisto), Sheriff Leroy (Greenwood), Charles Flory (State Forester), Ernie Cooler (Table Rock). Third Row: West Jacocks (Park Director), Red La Boon (Santee), Jake Ray (Oconee), Bill Wiggins (Givhans Ferry). Fourth Row: Gene Price (Assistant State Forester), LaFon Norton (Little Pee Dee), Cecil Hayes (Andrew Jackson), Eddie Miller (Paris Mountain), Robert G. "Bob" Jones (Hunting Island). Fifth Row: Van Pressley (Lee), Marion Dwight (Poinsett), Thaddeus F. "Ted" Barbie (Myrtle Beach). Sixth Row: Ray Sisk (Kings Mountain), Clarence Doster (Chester), Richard C. Condrey, Jr. (Aiken), Ralph Eckles (Plans and Designs), George Holder (Cheraw). Seventh Row: E. R. Vreeland (Assistant Director), Marshal Holder (Sesquicentennial), Del Furney (Forestry Commission Purchasing), Ernie Mobley (Rivers Bridge), Binks Ravenel (Assistant Director). Not In Photo: Mrs. D. I. Ross (Barnwell), J. E. Thorton (Croft), Willard Risher (Collection Wayside), Leroy Smith (Pleasant Ridge).
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District IV Oconee 1979. First Row: Charles Rainey, (Kings Mountain); Joanne Smith, (Kings Mountain); Freddie Parkman, (District IV Superintendent). Second Row: Wayne Timms, (Chester); Ray Atkinson, (Baker Creek); Steve Edison, (Hamilton Branch); Lew Cato, (Kings Mountain); Jim Meadors, (Sesquicentennial); Joe Hambright, (Greenwood); Mike Davidson, (Hickory Knob); Ted Williams, (Hickory Knob). Fourth Row: Bob Parrish, (Dreher Island); Lew Griffin, (Andrew Jackson); Marshall Brucke (Landsford Canal).
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District IV Santee 1978. Left to Right: Jim Meadors, (Sesquicentennial); Freddie Parkman, (District IV Superintendent); Bob Parrish, (Dreher Island); Wayne Timms, (Chester); Lew Cato, (Kings Mountain); Steve Edison, (Hamilton Branch); Mike Davidson, (Hickory Knob); Marshall Brucke, (Landsford Canal); Joe Hambright, (Greenwood); Lee Jordan, (Kings Mountain); Lew Griffin, (Andrew Jackson); Ted Williams, (Hickory Knob); Mac Copeland, (Baker Creek).
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Columbia Hotel: 1955. First Row: Lorine Davis (Secretary), Cathy Martin (Secretary), Peggy Moore (Secretary). Second Row: Donald Cooler (Edisto), Sheriff Leroy (Greenwood), Charles Flory (State Forester), Ernie Cooler (Table Rock). Third Row: West Jacocks (Park Director), Red La Boon (Santee), Jake Ray (Oconee), Bill Wiggins (Givhans Ferry). Fourth Row: Gene Price (Assistant State Forester), LaFon Norton (Little Pee Dee), Cecil Hayes (Andrew Jackson), Eddie Miller (Paris Mountain), Robert G. "Bob" Jones (Hunting Island). Fifth Row: Van Pressley (Lee), Marion Dwight (Poinsett), Thaddeus F. "Ted" Barbie (Myrtle Beach). Sixth Row: Ray Sisk (Kings Mountain), Clarence Doster (Chester), Richard C. Condrey, Jr. (Aiken), Ralph Eckles (Plans and Designs), George Holder (Cheraw). Seventh Row: E. R. Vreeland (Assistant Director), Marshal Holder (Sesquicentennial), Del Furney (Forestry Commission Purchasing), Ernie Mobley (Rivers Bridge), Binks Ravenel (Assistant Director). Not In Photo: Mrs. D. I. Ross (Barnwell), J. E. Thorton (Croft), Willard Risher (Collection Wayside), Leroy Smith (Pleasant Ridge).
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Myrtle Beach 1956. First Row: Ernie Mobley (Rivers Bridge), Van Pressley (Lee), Del Furney (Forestry Purchasing), Eddie Miller (Paris Mountain), Charles Flory (State Forester), Marion Dwight (Poinsett), Jake Ray (Oconee), Binks Ravenel (Assistant Director). Second Row: Ernie Cooler (Table Rock), Bob Jones (Hunting Island), Clarence Doster (Chester), Ted Barbie (Myrtle Beach), Gene Price (Assistant State Forester), LaFon Norton (Little Pee Dee), Mrs. D. I. Ross (Barnwell), Carl S. Foxworth (Edisto--park closed). Third Row: E. R. Vreeland (Assistant Director), Claude Barton (Forestry Information and Education), Red La Boon (Santee), Cecil Hayes (Andrew Jackson). Fourth Row: Sheriff Leroy (Greenwood), Richard Condrey (Aiken), George Holder (Cheraw), Ray Sisk (Kings Mountain), Marshal Holder (Sesquicentennial), West Jacocks (Director). Not In Photo: Bill Wiggins (Givhans Ferry), J. E. Thornton (Croft), Willard Risher (Colleton Wayside), Leroy Smith (Pleasant Ridge).
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Hickory Knob 1977 District III. Kneeling: Bob Cothran, (Oconee); John Rhodes, (Keowee-Toxaway); Fred Belk, (Rose Hill). Standing: Leroy Smith, (Pleasant Ridge); Ray Hayes, (Croft); Bob Jones, (District III Superintendent); Mike Hendrix, (Table Rock); Frank Baughman, (Sadlers Creek)
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1981 Hickory Knob. Kneeling, from left: Lew Cato, Kings Mountain; Martin Diamond, CTL; Charles Rainey, Kings Mountain; Eddie Miller, Paris Mountain; Freddie Parkman, District IV Superintendent; Bob Cothran, Oconee; Ed Brown, Safety Coordinator. Standing: Andrew Gillens, Merchandising; Ray Sisk, Director; Jim Work, Maintenance; Kenneth Kolb, Assistant Director (behind Jim Work); Bill McMeekin, Engineer; Joe Watson, Naturalist; Melanie Brodie, Kings Mountain Nursery; Larry Adair, Cheraw; Horace Craig, District III Superintendent; Carter Thomas, Pleasant Ridge; Bill Alewine, Lee; Ray Hayes, Croft; Jim Meadors, Sesqui; Larry Duncan, District I Superintendent; Robert Parrish, Dreher Island; Kurt Becht, Edisto Beach; Ed Nesbitt, Aiken; Jim Creech, Barnwell; Jerry Price, Rivers Bridge; Joe Hambright, Greenwood; Roy Atkinson, Baker Creek; Gene Cobb, Redcliffe; Ted Williams, Hickory Knob; Mike Hendrix, Table Rock; Van Stickles, District II Superintendent; Janson Cox, CTL; Mike Davidson, Hickory Knob. On Porch: Joe Laferte, Operations; Robert Sullivan, Colleton; Wayne Timms, Chester; Gerard Perry, Rose Hill; Al Priester, Goodale; James Taylor, Table Rock; Marshall Brucke, Landsford Canal; Lew Griffin, Andrew Jackson; Frank Couch, Santee; Steve Edison, Hamilton Branch; Charles Cumbee, old Dorchester; George Gordon, Poinsett; John Rhodes, Keowee-Toxaway; Bill Bullard, Caesars Head; Glen Farr, Givhans Ferry; Ted Barbie, Santee; Brooks Jordan, Sadlers Creek; Don Ferguson, Hampton Plantation; Mac Copeland, Huntington Beach; Wayne Smith, Lynches River; Marshall West, Hunting Island; Stanley Looper, Little Pee Dee; Bill Smith, Woods Bay; Dan Turpin, Programs; Mel Felder, Hunting Island; Gerald Harris, Myrtle Beach. Missing: Robert Turner, Myrtle Beach.
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District IV Oconee 1979. First Row: Charles Rainey, (Kings Mountain); Joanne Smith, (Kings Mountain); Freddie Parkman, (District IV Superintendent). Second Row: Wayne Timms, (Chester); Ray Atkinson, (Baker Creek); Steve Edison, (Hamilton Branch); Lew Cato, (Kings Mountain); Jim Meadors, (Sesquicentennial); Joe Hambright, (Greenwood); Mike Davidson, (Hickory Knob); Ted Williams, (Hickory Knob). Fourth Row: Bob Parrish, (Dreher Island); Lew Griffin, (Andrew Jackson); Marshall Brucke (Landsford Canal).
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Jefferson Hotel, Columbia, S.C. 1959. First Row: Claude Barton (Forestry Information and Education), Clarence Doster (Chester), George Holder (Cheraw), Mr. and Mrs. M. R. "Sheriff" Leroy (retiring Superintendent--Greenwood State Park), Gene Price (Assistant State Forester). Second Row: Betty Onley (Secretary), West Jacocks (Park Director), Storm Bailey (Aiken), Marshal Holder (Sesquicentennial), Marion Dwight (Poinsett), Eddie Miller (Paris Mountain), Norman Cooler (Hunting Island). Third Row: Ted Barbie (Myrtle Beach), Red La Boon (Santee), Mrs. D. I. Ross (Barnwell), Joe F. Watson (Lee), Lorine Davis (Secretary), Van Pressley (Greenwood). Fourth Row: Ray Sisk (Kings Mountain), Bob Jones (Table Rock), Bill Wiggins (Givhans Ferry), Cecil Hayes (Andrew Jackson), Ernie Mobley (Rivers Bridge), LaFon Norton (Little Pee Dee). Fifth Row: J. E. Thornton (Croft), Jake Ray (Oconee), Binks Ravenel (Assistant Director), Roland Bailey (Bookkeeper), E. R. Vreeland (Assistant Director), Charles Flory (State Forester). Not In Photo: Willard Risher (Colleton Wayside), and Leroy Smith, (Pleasant Ridge).
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District IV Santee 1978. Left to Right: Jim Meadors, (Sesquicentennial); Freddie Parkman, (District IV Superintendent); Bob Parrish, (Dreher Island); Wayne Timms, (Chester); Lew Cato, (Kings Mountain); Steve Edison, (Hamilton Branch); Mike Davidson, (Hickory Knob); Marshall Brucke, (Landsford Canal); Joe Hambright, (Greenwood); Lee Jordan, (Kings Mountain); Lew Griffin, (Andrew Jackson); Ted Williams, (Hickory Knob); Mac Copeland, (Baker Creek).
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Mammy's Shanty, Columbia, S.C. Left to Right: Bill Wiggins (Givhans Ferry), Storm Bailey (Cheraw), Van Pressley (Hunting Island), Cecil Hayes (Andrew Jackson), Jim Rinehart (Aiken), Ernie Mobley (Rivers Bridge), Louis Hall (Old Dorchester), LaFon Norton (Little Pee Dee), Bob Cothran (Oconee), Eddie Miller (Paris Mountain), Ted Barbie (Myrtle Beach), Marshal Waldt (Kings Mountain), Lloyd King (Greenwood), Joe F. Watson (Poinsett), Bill Jones (Sadlers Creek), Clarence Doster (Chester), Mrs. D. I. Ross (Barnwell), Pearce Thomson (Sesquicentennial), John Gregerson (Edisto), Larry Adair (Lee), Marvin Hyatt (Rose Hill), Bill Lamkin (Planning), M. D. Camby (Croft), Lee Jordan (Santee), Ray Sisk (Assistant Director), Norman Cooler (Huntington Beach), Donald McSween (Park Director), George Holder (Assistant Director), Bob Jones (Table Rock).
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Columbia Hotel: 1954. Seated: Eddie Miller (Paris Mountain), George Holder (Cheraw), Donald Cooler (Edisto), Sheriff Leroy (Greenwood), Mrs. D. I. Ross (Barnwell), Sam Floyd (Myrtle Beach), Jake Ray (Oconee). Standing: Marshal Holder (Sesquicentennial), Clarence Doster (Chester), Red La Boon (Santee), Ernie Mobley (Rivers Bridge), Ernie Cooler (Table Rock), E. R. Vreeland (Assistant Director), Ethridge Gunter, Jr. (Aiken), Marion Dwight (Poinsett), Van Pressley (Lee), West Jacocks (Park Director), Binks Ravenel (Assistant Director), Ray Sisk (Kings Mountain), Ralph W. Eckles (Plans and Designs), and LaFon Norton (Little Pee Dee). Not In Photo: Norman Cooler (Hunting Island), Bill Wiggins (Givhans Ferry), J. E. Thornton (Croft), Willard Risher (Colleton Wayside), Leroy Smith (Pleasant Ridge).
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Poinsett State Park: 1953. Seated: Ernie Cooler (Table Rock), Jake Ray (Oconee), D. I. Ross (Barnwell), George Holder (Cheraw), West Jacocks (Parks Director), Marshal Holder (Sesquicentennial), E. R. Vreeland (Assistant Director), LaFon Norton (Little Pee Dee), Eddie Miller (Paris Mountain), Standing Left to Right: Gene Price (Assistant State Forester), Charles Flory (State Forester), Marion Dwight (Poinsett), Jinks Pope (Edisto), Sheriff Leroy (Greenwood), Van Pressley (Lee), A. S. Schellenberg (Plans and Designs), John Witherspoon (Forestry Information and Education), Ethridge Gunter, Sr. (Maintenance Crew), Samuel H. "Sam" Floyd (Myrtle Beach), Ethridge Gunter, Jr. (Aiken), Ernie Mobley (Rivers Bridge), Red La Boon (Santee), Clarence Doster (Chester), Raymond M. "Ray" Sisk (Kings Mountain), Norman Cooler (Hunting Island), Binks Ravenel (Assistant Director), Earl Thornton (Croft). Not In Photo: N. A. Carter (Collection Wayside), Leroy Smith (Pleasant Ridge).
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Oconee 1979. Kneeling: Greg Bataille, (Planner); Charles Rainey, (Kings Mountain); Ed Brown, (Safety Officer); Bill Bullard, (Caesar's Head); Fred Belk, (Rose Hill); Ray Hayes, (Croft); Frank Whiteside, (Charles Towne Landing); Larry Adair, (Cheraw); Kenneth Kolb, (Asst. Director). Standing on Ground: Leroy Smith, (Pleasant Ridge); Joe Laferte, (Woods Bay); Jo Hanvey, (Planner); Jerry Price, (Rivers Bridge); Charles Harrison, (Operations); Janson Cox, (Charles Towne Landing); Joanne Smith, (Kings Mountain); Bob Cothran, (Oconee); Van Stickles, (District II, Supt.); Danny Odom, (Little Pee Dee); Lew Cato, (Kings Mountain); Horace Craig, (District III, Supt.); Joe Barron, (Engineer); Robert Fowler, (Goodale); Bill Alewine, (Lee); Ted Williams, (Hickory Knob); Stanley Looper, (Hunting Island); Freddie Parkman, (District IV, Supt.); Bob Papenfus, (Programs Coordinator); John Rhodes, (Keowee-Toxaway); Robert Sullivan, (Table Rock); Wayne Timms, (Chester); Pearce Thomson, (E. & P. Coordinator); Bill Smith, (Myrtle Beach); Jim Work, (Maintenance); Frank Couch, (Santee); Ted Barbie, (Santee). First Step: John Clonts, (Naturalist); Mike Hendrix, (Table Rock); Dan Turpin, (Recreation); Ed Miller, (Paris Mountain); Bobby Turner, (Myrtle Beach); Mac Copeland, (Huntington Beach); Mike Davidson, (Hickory Knob); Roy Atkinson, (Baker Creek). Second Step: John Holloway, (Givhans Ferry); Charles Cumbee, (Old Dorchester); Brooks Jordan, (Sadlers Creek); Joe F. Watson, (Naturalist); Don Ferguson, (Hampton Plantation); Larry Duncan, (District I, Supt.); Joe Hambright, (Greenwood). Third Step: Marshall West, (Hunting Island); Jim Meadors, (Sesquicentennial); Steve Edison, (Hamilton Branch); Kurt Becht, (Edisto Beach). On Porch: Lew Griffin, (Andrew Jackson); Bill Lucas, (Construction); James Creech, (Barnwell); Gene Cobb, (Redcliffe); George Gordon, (Poinsett); Marshall Brucke, (Landsford Canal); Wayne Smith, (Lynches River); Ed Nesbitt, (Aiken); Bob Parrish, (Dreher Island). Missing: Glenn Farr, (Colleton); Ray Sisk, (Director); Dana Sawyer, (Information & Education Officer); Mike Foley, (Historian); Ray Sigmon, (Historian); Marion Edmonds, (Historian); Jim King, (Merchandising); Andrew Kennedy, (Maintenance).
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Hickory Knob 1977 District II. Kneeling: James Taylor, (Poinsett); Kurt Becht, (Little Pee Dee); Roy Atkinson, (Woods Bay); Horace Craig, (District II Superintendent); Gene Cobb, (Redcliffe). Standing: Robert Fowler, (N.R. Goodale); Mike Davidson, (Santee); Bill Alewine, (Lee); Larry Adair, (Cheraw); Ed Nesbitt, (Lynches River); Bea Ross, (Barnwell); Marshall West, (Aiken).
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Hickory Knob 1977 District I. Kneeling: Tillman Erwin, (Hunting Island); Glen Farr, (Colleton); Robert Turner, (Myrtle Beach); Van Stickles, (Huntington Beach); Danny Odom, (Old Dorchester). Standing: Mell felder, (Edisto Beach); Larry Duncan, (District I Superintendent); John Holloway, (Givhans Ferry); Bill Smith, (Myrtle Beach); Bud Klein, (Hampton Plantation).
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District I Oconee 1979. First Row: Jerry Price, (Rivers Bridge); Stanley Looper, (Hunting Island); Mac Copeland, (Huntington Beach); Bill Smith, (Myrtle Beach). Second Row: John Holloway, (Givhans Ferry); Charles Cumbee; (old Dorchester); Don Gerguson, (Hampton Plantation); Bobby Turner, (Myrtle Beach); Larry Duncan, (District I Superintendent); Frank Whiteside, (Charles Towne Landing). Third Row: Janson Cox, Charles Towne Landing, Marshall West, (Hunting Island); Kürt Becht, (Edisto Beach); missing, Glen Farr, (Colleton).
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District I Santee 1978. Left to Right: Janson Cox, (Charles Towne Landing); James Taylor, (Hunting Island); Jerry Price, (Rivers Bridge); Bobby Turner, (Myrtle Beach); Larry Duncan, (District I Superintendent); Kurt Becht, (Edisto); Van Stickles, (Huntington Beach); Bud Klein, (Hampton Plantation); George Gordon, (Old Dorchester); John Holloway, (Givhans Ferry); Glen Farr, (Colleton).
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Hickory Knob 1977 District II. Kneeling: James Taylor, (Poinsett); Kurt Becht, (Little Pee Dee); Roy Atkinson, (Woods Bay); Horace Craig, (District II Superintendent); Gene Cobb, (Redcliffe). Standing: Robert Fowler, (N.R. Goodale); Mike Davidson, (Santee); Bill Alewine, (Lee); Larry Adair, (Cheraw); Ed Nesbitt, (Lynches River); Bea Ross, (Barnwell); Marshall West, (Aiken).
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Santee, January 1983. From Left: Ray Sisk (State Park Director, Al Priester (Goodale), Roy Atkinson (Baker Creek), Melanie Brodie (Kings Mt. Nursery), Gerry Harris (Hickory Knob Assistant), Charlie Parkman (District IV Superintendent), Marshall Brucke (Landsford Canal), Jim Meadors (Sesquicentennial), Van Stickles (District II Superintendent), Charles Rainey (Kings Mountain Assistant), Larry Adair (Cheraw), Stan Cooper (Little Pee Dee), Wayne Timms (Chester), Brooks Jordan (Sadlers Creek), Wayne Smith (Lynches River), Steve Edison (Hamilton Branch), Horace Craig (District III Superintendent), Bill Alewine (Lee), Andrew Gillens (Merchandising), Robert Parrish (Dreher Island), James Taylor (Table Rock Assistant), Kurt Becht (Edisto Beach), Ed Nesbitt (Aiken), Lew Cato (Kings Mountain), Ray Hayes (Croft), Gene Cobb (Redcliffe), Ted Williams (Hickory Knob), Marshall West (Hunting Island), Mac Copeland (Huntington Beach), David Ellis (Charles Towne Landing Assistant), Ed Brown (Safety Officer), Kenneth Kolb (Assistant Director), Jerry Price (Rivers Bridge), Robert Mitchell (Hampton Plantation), James Creech (Barnwell), Ed Miller (Paris Mountain), Pete Davis (Caesars Head), Charles Cumbee (Old Dorchester), Joe Hambright (Greenwood), Bill Smith (Woods Bay), Mike Hendrix (Table Rock), Vandell Davis (Programs), Bob Cothran (Oconee), Frank Couch (Santee Assistant), Janson Cox (Charles Towne Landing), Robert Turner (Myrtle Beach), Dan Turpin (Programs), Joe Watson (Naturalist), Carter Thomas (Pleasant Ridge), Mike Spivey (Myrtle Beach Assistant), Gerard Perry (Rose Hill), Lew Griffin (Andrew Jackson), Larry Duncan (District I Superintendent), Glenn Farr (Givhans Ferry), Charles Harrison (Operations), Don Ferguson (Keowee-Toxaway), Robert Sullivan (Colleton), Mike Davidson (Santee), George Gordon (Poinsett).
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Myrtle Beach 1956. First Row: Ernie Mobley (Rivers Bridge), Van Pressley (Lee), Del Furney (Forestry Purchasing), Eddie Miller (Paris Mountain), Charles Flory (State Forester), Marion Dwight (Poinsett), Jake Ray (Oconee), Binks Ravenel (Assistant Director). Second Row: Ernie Cooler (Table Rock), Bob Jones (Hunting Island), Clarence Doster (Chester), Ted Barbie (Myrtle Beach), Gene Price (Assistant State Forester), LaFon Norton (Little Pee Dee), Mrs. D. I. Ross (Barnwell), Carl S. Foxworth (Edisto--park closed). Third Row: E. R. Vreeland (Assistant Director), Claude Barton (Forestry Information and Education), Red La Boon (Santee), Cecil Hayes (Andrew Jackson). Fourth Row: Sheriff Leroy (Greenwood), Richard Condrey (Aiken), George Holder (Cheraw), Ray Sisk (Kings Mountain), Marshal Holder (Sesquicentennial), West Jacocks (Director). Not In Photo: Bill Wiggins (Givhans Ferry), J. E. Thornton (Croft), Willard Risher (Colleton Wayside), Leroy Smith (Pleasant Ridge).
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Oconee 1979 Office Staff. Left to Right: Edmond Brown, (Safety Officer); Dana L. Sawyer (Information & Education Officer); Charles Harrison, (Chief of Operations); Jo Claire Hanvey, (Planner); Dan Turpin (Chief of Recreation); John Reid Clonts (State Parks Naturalist); Joe Frank Watson, (Chief Naturalist); Greg Bataille, (Park Planner); Joe Barron, (State Parks Engineer), Kenneth 0. Kolb, (Assistant State Parks Director). Missing: Ray M. Sisk, (Director of State Parks); Bob Papenfus, (Programs Coordinator); Pearce Thomson, (Engineer & Planning Coordinator); Michael Foley, (Chief Historian); Ray Sigmon, (Historic Researcher); Marion Edmons, (Historic Res. Coord.); Jim King (Merchandising); Andrew Kennedy, (Chief of Maintenance); Jim Work, (Assistant Chief of Maintenance); Bill Lucas, (Chief of Construction).
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District III Oconee 1979. First Row: Leroy Smith, (Pleasant Ridge); Horace Craig, (District III Superintendent); Fred Belk, (Rose Hill); Bill Bullard, (Caesars Head). Second Row: Bob Cothran, (Oconee); Robert Sullivan, (Table Rock); Brooks Jordan, (Sadlers Creek); Ray Hayes, (Croft): Third Row: Mike Hendrix, (Table Rock); John Rhodes, (Keowee-Toxaway); Eddie Miller, (Paris Mountain).
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Columbia Hotel: 1954. Seated: Eddie Miller (Paris Mountain), George Holder (Cheraw), Donald Cooler (Edisto), Sheriff Leroy (Greenwood), Mrs. D. I. Ross (Barnwell), Sam Floyd (Myrtle Beach), Jake Ray (Oconee). Standing: Marshal Holder (Sesquicentennial), Clarence Doster (Chester), Red La Boon (Santee), Ernie Mobley (Rivers Bridge), Ernie Cooler (Table Rock), E. R. Vreeland (Assistant Director), Ethridge Gunter, Jr. (Aiken), Marion Dwight (Poinsett), Van Pressley (Lee), West Jacocks (Park Director), Binks Ravenel (Assistant Director), Ray Sisk (Kings Mountain), Ralph W. Eckles (Plans and Designs), and LaFon Norton (Little Pee Dee). Not In Photo: Norman Cooler (Hunting Island), Bill Wiggins (Givhans Ferry), J. E. Thornton (Croft), Willard Risher (Colleton Wayside), Leroy Smith (Pleasant Ridge).
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Santee State Park, February 1971. First Row: Bill Jones (Maintenance), Wallace W. Brock (Ranger at Dreher Island), William "Bill" Wiggins, Jr. (Givhans Ferry), Norman Cooler (District I Superintendent), Andrew S. Kennedy (Greenwood), Eddie H. Miller (Paris Mountain), Robert J. Turner (Myrtle Beach), Fred H. Belk (Rose Hill). Second Row: Van W. Pressley (Lee), Fred Moore (Ranger at Colleton Wayside), Clarence Doster (Chester), LaFon Norton (Little Pee Dee), Marshall Waldt (Edisto Beach), Leroy L. Smith (Pleasant Ridge), J. Wayne Timms (Baker Creek), Mrs. D. I. Ross (Barnwell). Third Row: Jim Meadors (Poinsett), Horace Craig (Aiken), Louis Hall (Old Dorchester), Marshall L. Brucke (Santee), Crawford Keese (Kings Mountain), Millard D. Camby (Croft), Ransom H. Lindsey (Andrew Jackson), Lee W. Jordan (Huntington Beach), Richard S. Towell (Hunting Island), Kenneth O. Kolb (District II Superintendent). Fourth Row: Archie Hardy (Recreation), Donald M. McSween (State Park Director), John Hills (Deputy Director, PRT), Leonard Jones (Service and Supply Officer), Bob Papenfus (Naturalist), Larry E. Adair (Cheraw), Ralph Rabon (Operations), Stan Brant (Construction Coordinator), Danny Turpin (Concession Supervisor), Butch Sursavage (Table Rock), Janson Cox (History), Bob Cothran (Oconee), Ernie Mobley (Rivers Bridge), Jim Rinehart (Sadlers Creek). Not In Photo: Ray Sisk (Assistant State Park Director), Joe F. Watson (Historic Site Coordinator), Bob Jones (District III Superintendent), Pearce Thomson (Sesquicentennial).
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Oconee 1973. First Row, Kneeling: Ray Hayes, (Croft); Glenn Farr, (Givhans Ferry); James Taylor, (Poinsett); Oscar Kolb, (District II, Supt.); Stan Brant, (Asst. Director) Second Row: James Ivey, (Hampton Plantation); Bea Ross, (Barnwell); Fred Belk, (Rose Hill); Ed Miller, (Paris Mountain); Wally Brock, (Dreher Island); Tillman Erwin, (Hunting Island) Third Row: Horace Craig, (Santee); Jim Meadors, (Sesquicentennial); Robert Turner, (Myrtle Beach); Van Pressley, (Lee); Van Stickles, (Assistant Supervisor); Ted Barbie, (Hickory Knob); Tom Wooten, (Goodale) Fourth Row: Dan Turpin, (Recreator); Vandell Davis, (Safety Officer); Bob Jones, (District III, Supt.); Larry Duncan, (Huntington Beach); Lee Jordan, (Kings Mountain); Leroy Smith, (Pleasant Ridge); Bill Bullard, (Lynches River); Bob Cothran, (Oconee); Cliff Brady, (Edisto Beach) Fifth Row: Mike Hendrix, (Table Rock); Jim Stockman, (Colleton); Marshall West, (Aiken); Frank Buaghman, (Hamilton Branch); Bob Papenfus, (Programs Coordinator); Dave Wright, (Planner); Junior Colvard, (CharlesTowne Landing) Sixth Row: Leonard Jones, (Service & Supply); Larry Adair, (Cheraw); Marshall Brucke, (Greenwood); Al Dann, (Charles Towne Landing); Andrew Kennedy, (Maintenance); Jim King, (Rivers Bridge) Missing: Lew Griffin, (Andrew Jackson); Wayne Timms, (Baker Creek); Janson Cox, (Charles Towne Landing); Clarence Doster, (Chester); Jim Work, (Landsford Canal); Marshall Waldt, (Little Pee Dee); Lewis Hall, (Old Dorchester); Joe Hambright, (Sadlers Creek); Ray Sisk, (Director); William R. Jennings, (E. & P. Coordinator); Dana Sawyer, (Information & Education Officer); Mike Foley, (Historian); Ray Sigmon, (Historian); Joe F. Watson, (Naturalist); Ralph Rabon, (Merchandising); Pearce Thomson, (Construction)
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South Carolina State Parks
District I Oconee 1979. First Row: Jerry Price, (Rivers Bridge); Stanley Looper, (Hunting Island); Mac Copeland, (Huntington Beach); Bill Smith, (Myrtle Beach). Second Row: John Holloway, (Givhans Ferry); Charles Cumbee; (old Dorchester); Don Gerguson, (Hampton Plantation); Bobby Turner, (Myrtle Beach); Larry Duncan, (District I Superintendent); Frank Whiteside, (Charles Towne Landing). Third Row: Janson Cox, Charles Towne Landing, Marshall West, (Hunting Island); Kürt Becht, (Edisto Beach); missing, Glen Farr, (Colleton).
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South Carolina State Parks
1981 Hickory Knob. Kneeling, from left: Lew Cato, Kings Mountain; Martin Diamond, CTL; Charles Rainey, Kings Mountain; Eddie Miller, Paris Mountain; Freddie Parkman, District IV Superintendent; Bob Cothran, Oconee; Ed Brown, Safety Coordinator. Standing: Andrew Gillens, Merchandising; Ray Sisk, Director; Jim Work, Maintenance; Kenneth Kolb, Assistant Director (behind Jim Work); Bill McMeekin, Engineer; Joe Watson, Naturalist; Melanie Brodie, Kings Mountain Nursery; Larry Adair, Cheraw; Horace Craig, District III Superintendent; Carter Thomas, Pleasant Ridge; Bill Alewine, Lee; Ray Hayes, Croft; Jim Meadors, Sesqui; Larry Duncan, District I Superintendent; Robert Parrish, Dreher Island; Kurt Becht, Edisto Beach; Ed Nesbitt, Aiken; Jim Creech, Barnwell; Jerry Price, Rivers Bridge; Joe Hambright, Greenwood; Roy Atkinson, Baker Creek; Gene Cobb, Redcliffe; Ted Williams, Hickory Knob; Mike Hendrix, Table Rock; Van Stickles, District II Superintendent; Janson Cox, CTL; Mike Davidson, Hickory Knob. On Porch: Joe Laferte, Operations; Robert Sullivan, Colleton; Wayne Timms, Chester; Gerard Perry, Rose Hill; Al Priester, Goodale; James Taylor, Table Rock; Marshall Brucke, Landsford Canal; Lew Griffin, Andrew Jackson; Frank Couch, Santee; Steve Edison, Hamilton Branch; Charles Cumbee, old Dorchester; George Gordon, Poinsett; John Rhodes, Keowee-Toxaway; Bill Bullard, Caesars Head; Glen Farr, Givhans Ferry; Ted Barbie, Santee; Brooks Jordan, Sadlers Creek; Don Ferguson, Hampton Plantation; Mac Copeland, Huntington Beach; Wayne Smith, Lynches River; Marshall West, Hunting Island; Stanley Looper, Little Pee Dee; Bill Smith, Woods Bay; Dan Turpin, Programs; Mel Felder, Hunting Island; Gerald Harris, Myrtle Beach. Missing: Robert Turner, Myrtle Beach.
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Poinsett State Park: 1953. Seated: Ernie Cooler (Table Rock), Jake Ray (Oconee), D. I. Ross (Barnwell), George Holder (Cheraw), West Jacocks (Parks Director), Marshal Holder (Sesquicentennial), E. R. Vreeland (Assistant Director), LaFon Norton (Little Pee Dee), Eddie Miller (Paris Mountain), Standing Left to Right: Gene Price (Assistant State Forester), Charles Flory (State Forester), Marion Dwight (Poinsett), Jinks Pope (Edisto), Sheriff Leroy (Greenwood), Van Pressley (Lee), A. S. Schellenberg (Plans and Designs), John Witherspoon (Forestry Information and Education), Ethridge Gunter, Sr. (Maintenance Crew), Samuel H. "Sam" Floyd (Myrtle Beach), Ethridge Gunter, Jr. (Aiken), Ernie Mobley (Rivers Bridge), Red La Boon (Santee), Clarence Doster (Chester), Raymond M. "Ray" Sisk (Kings Mountain), Norman Cooler (Hunting Island), Binks Ravenel (Assistant Director), Earl Thornton (Croft). Not In Photo: N. A. Carter (Collection Wayside), Leroy Smith (Pleasant Ridge).
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Hickory Knob 1976. First Row: Kenneth Kolb, (Asst. Director); Bill Lucas, (Construction); Ted Williams, (Chester); Danny Odom, (Old Dorchester); Fred Belk, (Rose Hill); James Taylor, (Poinsett); Lew Cato, (Kings Mountain) Second Row: Ed Brown, (Safety Officer); Bob Papenfus, (Programs Coordinator); Freddie Parkman, (District IV, Supt.); Wayne Timms, (Baker Creek); Stan Bauer, (Planner); Horace Craig, (District II, Supt.); Joe Hambright, (Greenwood); Ray Sigmon, (Historian); Janson Cox, (Charles Towne Landing); Frank Baughman, (Hamilton Branch); Ed Nesbitt, (Lynches River); John Holloway, (Givhans Ferry); Jim Work, (Maintenance); Andrew Kennedy, (Maintenance) Third Row: Pearce Thomson, (E. & P. Coordinator); Warren Player, (Planner); John Rhodes, (Keowee-Toxaway); Van Stickles, (Huntington Beach); Mike Hendrix, (Table Rock); Brian Cassie, (Historian); Mac Copeland, (Myrtle Beach); Mike Foley, (Historian); Tillman Erwin, (Hunting Island); Bob Jones, (District III, Supt.); Bob Cothran, (Oconee); Robert Fowler, (Goodale); Ed Miller, (Paris Mountain); Joe F. Watson, (Chief Naturalist); Jim Ivey, (Sadlers Creek); Bill Alewine, (Lee); Lew Griffin, (Andrew Jackson) Fourth Row: Mike Davidson, (Santee); Bob Parrish, (Dreher Island); Ted Barbie, (Hickory Knob); Dickie Boughnight, (Engineer); J. W. Moore, (Hunting Island); Kurt Becht, (Little Pee Dee); Archie Moore, (Draftsman); Mell Felder, (Edisto Beach); Marshall Brucke, (Landsford Canal); Larry Duncan, (Santee); Larry Adair, (Cheraw); Gene Cobb, (Redcliffe); Jim Meadors, (Sesquicentennial) Fifth Row: Ralph Rabon, (Merchandising); Glenn Farr, (Colleton); Tommy Putnam, (Merchandising); Jerry Price, (Rivers Bridge); Robert Turner, (Myrtle Beach); Marshall West, (Aiken); Frances Coleman, (Operations); Ray Hayes, (Croft); Norman Cooler, (District I, Supt.); Leroy Smith, (Pleasant Ridge); Bea Ross, (Barnwell); George Hargrove, (Woods Bay); Ray Sisk, (Director); Bud Klein, (Hampton Plantation) Sixth Row: Leonard Jones, (Service & Supply); John Clonts, (Naturalist); Jim King, (Merchandising) Missing: Dana Sawyer, (Information & Education Officer); Dan Turpin, (Recreator); Charles Harrison, (Recreation)
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Hickory Knob 1977. Kneeling: J. W. Moore, (Hamilton Branch); Ray Hayes, (Croft); Steve Edison, (Hunting Island); Bud Klein, (Hampton Plantation); Glenn Farr, (Colleton); Fred Belk, (Rose Hill); John Rhodes, (Keowee-Toxaway); Danny Odom, (Old Dorchester); Jerry Price, (Rivers Bridge); Andrew Kennedy, (Maintenance); Leroy Smith, (Pleasant Ridge) Standing: Lee Jordan, (Kings Mountain); Bob Jones, (District III Supt.); Marshall Brucke, (Landsford Canal); Bob Parrish, (Dreher Island); Bill Alewine, ( Lee); Larry Adair, (Cheraw); Gene Cobb, (Redcliffe); James Taylor, (Poinsett); Marshall West, (Aiken); Frank Baughman, (Sadlers Creek); Kurt Becht, (Little Pee Dee); Wayne Timms, (Chester); Ed Nesbitt, (Lynches River); Lew Griffin, (Andrew Jackson); Roy Atkinson, (Woods Bay); Bill Smith, (Myrtle Beach); Jim Work, (Maintenance); Joe F. Watson, (Naturalist); Bob Papenfus, (Programs); Jim Meadors, (Sesquicentennial) On Porch: Pearce Thomson, (E. & P. Coordinator); Bob Cothran, (Oconee); Ralph Rabon, (Merchandising); Ray Sigmon, (Historian); Freddie Parkman, (District IV, Supt.); Joel Copeland, (Baker Creek); Mell Felder, (Edisto Beach); Van Stickles, (Huntington Beach); Robert Turner, (Myrtle Beach); Ted Williams, (Hickory Knob); Horace Craig, (District II, Supt.); Mike Davidson, (Santee); Dan Turpin, (Recreator); Kenneth Kolb, (Asst. Director); Joe Hambright, (Greenwood); Bea Ross, (Barnwell); Ray Sisk, (Director); Frances Coleman, (Operations); Janson Cox, (CharlesTowne Landing); Mike Ilendrix, (Table Rock); Ed Brown, (Safety Officer) Missing: Larry Duncan, (District I, Supt.); Ed Miller, (Paris Mountain); Ted Barbie, (Santee); John Holloway, (Givhans Ferry); Tillman Erwin, (Hunting Island); Robert Fowler, (Goodale); Leonard Jones, (Service & Supply); Dana Sawyer (Information and Education Officer); Mike Foley, (Historian); Bill Lucas, (Construction); Heyward Bouknight, (Engineer)
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Jefferson Hotel, Columbia, S.C. 1961. Left of Railing, First Row: John Tiller (Assistant State Forester, E. R. Vreeland (Assistant Director), Binks Ravenel (Assistant Director), Charles Flory (State Forester). Second Row: Ray Sisk (Kings Mountain), R. L. "Buddy" Batten (Maintenance), Ernie Mobley (Rivers Bridge), Keith M. Fleisham (From Edisto to Aiken then Greenwood), James B. "Bob" Cothran (to Aiken). Third Row: Red La Boon (Santee), Jake Ray (Oconee), Clarence Doster (Chester), Eddie Miller (Paris Mountain). Fourth Row: Marshal Holder (Sesquicentennial), Cecil Hayes (Andrew Jackson), George Holder (Cheraw), Van Pressley (from Greenwood to Hunting Island). Right of Railing, First Row: Nelson Peach (Forestry Information and Education), Norman Cooler (from Hunting Island to Huntington Beach), Walter Ahearn (Forestry Information and Education), Bill Wiggins (Givhans Ferry). Second Row: Henry N. P. Bond, Jr. (Old Dorchester), John Shirer (Forestry--fire control), Ted Barbie (Myrtle Beach), Storm Bailey (from Aiken to Hunting Island to Poinsett). Third Row: LaFon Norton (Little Pee Dee), J. M. McGeddings (Forestry--communicatons), Del Furney (Forestry--purchasing), Gene Price (Assistant State Forester), West Jacocks (Park Director), Joe F. Watson (Lee). Fourth Row: Bob Jones (Table Rock), Mrs. D. I. Ross (Barnwell), Marion Dwight (from Poinsett to Office). Not In Photo: William D. Tidwell (Edisto), J. E. Thornton (Croft), Willard Risher (Colleton Wayside), and Leroy Smith (Pleasant Ridge).
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