COLE’S CROSSROADS: Known locally as Cole’s Crossroads, The Cole’s Gro and Sta was located on the corner of South Irby and Second Loop Road. The Cole’s home and store was located on the south side of the intersection while Munn’s Supply Store was located o

ORIGINAL BOARD: Members of the first board of directors for the Drs. Bruce and Lee Foundation are shown in this photo submitted by Dr. Coleman Buckhouse. The board members shown are: Standing, left to right - Bobby O’Harra, Henry Swink, Dr. Eddie Floyd,

FLORENCE HIGH BASEBALL: A team photo of the 1918 baseball team at Florence High School. Standing: H.H. Jeter (coach), Edward Pendergrass, Leonidas Jones, James Clemmons (captain), Herbert Timmons, Robert Lee, and William Johns. Seated: Willie Rutledge, Sa

STOKES GAS & GROCERY – This 1940 photo shows Mae Houser Stokes and her daughter Margie Stokes (Morris) age 2 or 3 inside their store on Hwy. 76 and Ebenezer Road. Margie’s dad, George W. Stokes, owned the store and also worked for the A.C.L. Railroad. A s

MERITA BREAD TOUR : Teacher Hazel Meserve with third and fourth graders from Delmae Heights Elementary School pose outside the Merita Bread plant following a tour, circa 1959. Do you have an old photo you would like to submit for The News Journal’s Do You

Photo submitted by Debbie Ross QUEEN OF THE DAY: Miss Gail Eugenia Stewart of Hartsville, left, reigned over a beautiful afternoon in the amphitheater of Timrod Park during the Florence-Darlington Technical College May Day ceremony in 1973. Crowning her

NURSING STUDENTS on 4th Floor North in McLeod Infirmary in 1960. From left, Betty Thompson, Belinda Howle, unidentified LPN, Barbara Newman and Linda Norris. Photo courtesy of Belinda Howle Bonnoitt. Do you have an old photo you would like to submit for T

THE SHEIKS, a social club with students at McClenaghan High as members, are pictured in 1960. From left, top row, are Wylie Caldwell, Claude “Whistle” Smith, Larry Younginer, Simons Chase, George Corbin, Alex Stanton, Billy Hoole, John Cook, Tommy Jefford

Photo courtesy of Barbara Branton EASTER ATTIRE – Students in Mrs. Geraldine Morris’ second grade class at McKenzie School dressed up for this Easter photo taken in 1944. Do you have an old photo you would like to submit for The News Journal’s Do You Rem

Photo courtesy of Lloyd Willcox of the Willcox, Buyck and Williams Law Firm RAILROAD ROUNDHOUSE – An inside view of the roundhouse at the Florence Railroad Station. Often called the engine house, the roundhouse was built around a turntable to easily turn

Photo courtesy of David C. Hewitt NURSING GRADUATES - Dr. H.F. McLeod poses for a photograph with nursing class graduates on the steps of the McLeod Infirmary in 1940. Do you have an old photo you would like to submit for The News Journal’s Do You Rememb

BOMB FALLS IN MARS BLUFF: Government officials inspect the enormous crater created by the accidental dropping of a 26-kiloton atom bomb on the Mars Bluff community of Florence County on March 11, 1958. The bomb mistakenly fell out of a B-47 jet, dropping

ORDER OF THE PALMETTO: Dr. Sidney T. Griffin, center, is presented a plaque recognizing him as a recipient of the Order of the Palmetto, the state’s highest honor, by S.C. Gov. David Beasley, left, during a ceremony in 1997. Joining them is Carolinas Hosp

The Colonial Theatre, then located at 100 West Evans Street in downtown Florence, is shown in this photo taken in 1952. Originally known as the Florence Opera House, the building was constructed in the 1870s. It was remodeled in the early 1950s and conver

Photo submitted by Shirley Anderson. Telephone operators man the switchboard at the Southern Bell Telephone Company office in Darlington, circa1959. Do you have an old photo you would like to submit for The News Journal’s Do You Remember? You may do so b