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Courier Community Calendar 11-3-21
• Literacy association book sale is this week
The Pickens Literacy Association will have its semiannual book sale at the Market at the Mill this Wednesday, Nov. 3, through Saturday, Nov. 6. The sale will be open daily from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Most books are priced at 50 cents or $1 each. Books will be $5 a box all day on Saturday.
• Baha’is event set at Hampton Library
The Baha’is of Pickens County will host a presentation for the Birth of Baha’u’llah at Easley’s Hampton Memorial Library on Sunday, Nov. 7, from 2:30-3:30 p.m.. The public is invited to join the group in the main meeting room
Pickens Chamber Member of the Month
The Greater Pickens Chamber of Commerce has chosen Wilson Gas of Pickens as its November Member of the Month. Pictured are Mike Brewer, Buddy Anthony, Diane Eades and Chris Porter of Wilson Gas, along with Donna Owen, Bryan Owens and Liza Holder from the chamber board of directors. Wilson Gas is located at 2824 Gentry Memorial Highway. The company provides residential and commercial propane gas service and quality home appliances. Wilson Gas is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. For more information, call Wilson Gas at (864) 878-0160.
Grand opening
On Saturday, Oct. 9, Mattress Store By Wilson owners Kim and James Wilson cut the ribbon on their new showroom, located at 2700 Gentry Memorial Highway in Pickens. On hand were family, friends and members of the community. The larger space allows the business to not only display mattresses and bedroom sets, but living room, dining room, rugs and home accessories. Mattress Store By Wilson is open from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
Now open in Pickens
On Sept. 29, Southern Home Liquidators held its grand opening at 305 E. Main St. in Pickens. Owner Melisa Sedler cut the ribbon on the new store along with family, friends, employees and members of the community. The store offers new merchandise daily and is open 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday.
PHS JROTC holds flag retirement
PICKENS — On Tuesday, Oct. 12, cadets of the Pickens High School JROTC conducted a flag retirement ceremony 
at Pickens American Legion Post 11.
The ceremony, according to U.S. Flag Code, destroyed worn and tattered flags that are no longer serviceable. Flags to be destroyed were donated to the American Legion by Pickens residents. Following inspection by the cadet battalion leadership, the flags were destroyed by fire in the ceremonial pyre. The ashes of the flags are
buried in the American Legion’s memorial garden and will serve as a bed for newly planted iris. The iris was chosen to be planted on the remains of the flags because this flower symbolizes wisdom, hope, trust and valor.
After the ceremony, the cadets hiked the Doodle Trail and enjoyed a cookout lunch at American Legion Post 11.
If you have a flag that is faded and tattered and want it disposed of properly, drop it off at Market at the Mill with Legionnaire Bob Cirkus. Bob’s Military Memorabilia booth is located in Warehouse No. 1 on the right side of the building. The flags will be given to Pickens JROTC for proper retirement per U.S. Code next March.
Golf tournament set to benefit Lakes and Bridges Charter School
EASLEY — Lakes & Bridges Charter School’s second annual fundraising golf tournament is set for Monday, Oct. 18.
The captain’s choice tournament will be held at Southern Oaks Golf Club, located at 105 Southern Oaks Drive in Easley. Check-in will begin at 1 p.m., with play set to get underway with a 2 p.m. shotgun start.
The cost for the tournament will be $400 per team and will include green fees, carts, catering and a gift bag.
Entry forms and fees must be submitted by Monday, Oct. 11.
For more information about playing in the tournament or sponsorship opportunities, contact Debbie Vaughn at (843) 343-7458 or dvaughn@labcharterschool.org.
Courier Community Calendar 10-6-21
•Rummage and bake sale this weekend
Dacusville United Methodist Church, located at 1339 Thomas Mill Road in Easley, will host a huge rummage and bake sale this Friday and Saturday, Oct. 8-9, from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. There will be a hot dog sale on Saturday from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. The sale will happen rain or shine. Masks and social distancing are recommended.
• Scent of Praise to hold event in Easley
Scent of Praise, a Christian music ministry, will be live at Midtown Music in the Easley Fine Arts Center on South
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Local students earn gold stars for spring 2021 at The Citadel
CHARLESTON — Gold stars were awarded to cadets and students at The Citadel who achieved a 3.7 grade point average or higher in the spring 2021 semester, including several from Pickens County.
Cadets and students who achieve gold star
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Soapstone ending monthly fish frys
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — A longstanding fundraiser that offers diners delicious food and stunning views will come to an end next month.
Monthly fish fry meals headed up by Mable Owens Clarke have been used to support Soapstone Baptist Church, a church founded by freed slaves in the Liberia community of northern Pickens County.
Last week, Clarke announced that the September and October events will be the last two fish frys.
“For 22 years, Soapstone Baptist Church has held a monthly fish fry for the community and folks who journeyed from far
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DAR, SAR honor Capt. Joseph Chapman
By Ann Warmuth
Special to the Courier
news@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — What began as a grave marking ceremony by the Chapman and Hagood families to honor Revolutionary War patriot Capt. Joseph Chapman quickly swelled to more than 170 people, with descendants coming from South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Florida and even Seattle, Wash.
According to the calculations of Chapman’s fifth great-grandson, Ron Chapman, after nine generations, there are more than 1.5 million descendants of Joseph and Mary Chapman, and many of those descendants attended the ceremony. Elizabeth Chapman, a North Carolina Children of the American Revolution (NCCAR) member and one of Chapman’s direct descendants, brought
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