WWII vet Pace visits Hagood Elementary for Veterans Day
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LHS football coach retires
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Courier Community Calendar 11-29-23
• Baha’is of Upstate to host public talk
The Baha’is of the Upstate will host a public talk and discussion on “The Oneness of Humanity, a Spiritual Reality” at the Central/Clemson Library at 105 Commons Way in Central on Saturday, Dec. 2 at 4 p.m. Dr. David Liebman, an occasional columnist in the Pickens County Courier, will be the speaker.
• Veterans invited to American Legion
Veterans in the Liberty area are invited to the next meeting of American Legion Post 67 in Liberty. The Legion meets on the third Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at
Wild turkey or bald eagle?
The first Thanksgiving was held in 1621 when 50 Pilgrims celebrated their first harvest in the New World with 90 Wampanoag natives. The celebration lasted three 
days. According to historical records, the feast consisted of deer, turkey, fish, and corn. Pumpkin pie is not listed but I feel sure they had some kind or pumpkin or, at least, a squash casserole.
This is a true and historic account that explains why we eat turkey on Thanksgiving and why the bald eagle was chosen
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Sending tea to Boston
The Pickens County 250 Committee mailed tea to be included in the reenactment of the Boston Tea Party in Boston on Dec. 16. Pictured are members of the Pickens County 250 Committee, from back are Eddie Talley, Wayne Kelley, Richard Painter, Dennis Chastain and Nancy Pace. From front are Anne Sheriff, Marion Whitehurst, Carolyn Nations, Harriet Nash and Tabitha Johnson. The year 2023 marks the 250th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. Everyone is invited to collect loose leaf tea (no tea bags) and mail it to the Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum, 306 Congress Street, Boston, MA 02210. Be sure to include your name and mailing address in order to receive a certificate that you participated in this historic reenactment. Charleston will have its own theatrical reenactment of Charles Town’s Tea Party Protest. It will take place in front of the Old Exchange Building and Provost Dungeon, 122 East Bay Street. On Dec. 2 at 10 a.m., the public is invited to assemble in front of the building ahead of time as traffic along short sections of Broad and East Bay Streets will be blocked.
Courier Obituaries 11-29-23
EVERETTE DARCY CURL
SIX MILE — Everette Darcy Curl, 97, loving wife of the late Robert V. Curl, passed away on Friday, Nov. 24, 2023, at PruittHealth – Pickens in Six Mile.
Born Feb. 26, 1926, in Pickens, Everette was the daughter of the late Everett O. Darcy and Ora McFall Darcy. Mrs. Curl was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, where she previously taught Sunday school in the children’s department. Evertte was an employee of the Pickens Sentinel for years. She enjoyed gardening, volunteer work and being a seamstress.
Survivors include her two daughters, Ethel Lynne Curl of Easley and Gail Langley of Macon, Ga.; grandchildren, Kimberly Faulkner (Dre) of Macon, Ga., Kristin Barron (Tom) of Newman, Ga., and Skip Langley of Oxford, Miss.; and great-grandchildren, Gary Faulkner III, Langley Faulkner, Margaret Barron, Thomas Barron III, Mackenzie Barron and Griffin Langley.
In addition to her husband and parents, Mrs. Curl was predeceased by a sister, Mary Durham (Wyatt); a brother, Courtney Durham; and a son-in-law, William Bert Langley.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Everette’s honor may be made to Grace United Methodist Church by visiting graceumcpickens.org or by mailing 309 E. Cedar Rock St., Pickens, SC 29671.
Mountain View Funerals and Cremations – Pickens Chapel is serving the Curl family.
Festive Christmas Fun in PIckens County
Pickens
Dillard Funerals and Cremations, cordially invites you to their 29th annual Service of Remembrance event on Saturday, Dec. 9 at 4:30 p.m. at Dillard’s Chapel.
That that attend are asked to join in on refreshments at the chapel followed with a candlelight service at Hillcrest Memorial Park, at 6 p.m., in the cemetery.
Six Mile
Six Mile’s Old Fashioned Christmas will be five days later on Thursday, Nov. 30 at 6 p.m. in downtown Six Mile. The event will include the lighting if the town’s new
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ALL ABOARD!
CENTRAL — The Central Railway Museum will have three holiday train exhibits this year, with two themes.
“Home for the Holidays by Train” will be on the main HO exhibit/layout. Various buildings on the layout will have Christmas decorations, and there will be a special steam Santa excursion train running through it. “The Toy Train under the Christmas Tree” has a special Lionel O scale “Polar Express” exhibit in the museum’s central area. A special “Holiday Garden Scale Toy Train” will also be running on the overhead G scale layout.
These exhibits will be up and running beginning on Saturday, Dec. 2. CRM youth members will be assisting to run the trains. During the month of December, the Central Railway Museum is open on Thursdays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Visitors can also see Central’s Red Caboose decorated for the holidays. It is located near Bolick Field.
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Courier Trespass Notices 11-29-23
In the state of South Carolina, trespass after notice is a misdemeanor criminal offense prohibited by section 16-11-620 for the South Carolina Code.
Those who enter upon the lands of others without the permission of the owner or manager shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor trespassing. All persons are hereby notified and warned not to hunt, fish, cut timber or trespass in any manner whatsoever upon the lands of the undersigned:
L.C. Russell Nov. 2023
Barry S. Durham Dec. 2023
James and Sheila Stansell Jan. 2024
Courier Notice to Creditors 11-29-23
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES
All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on Form #371ES with the Probate Court of PICKENS COUNTY, the address of which is 222 MCDANIEL AVE., B-16 PICKENS, SC 29671, within eight (8) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements on the prescribed form (FORM #371ES) indicating the name and address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the claim, and a description of any security as to the claim.
Estate: Bobby Lee Spearman
