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Johnsonville's West Side Plaza Announced, 8-3-1966
Announcement of the new Westside Plaza - Abe Lyerly and Odell Venters. 3 August 1966 -
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Johnsonville's Early July 4th Celebration, The Winyah Observer 7-8-1849
Contains a story about Johnsonville's 4th of July Celebration in 1849. -
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Johnsonville, South Carolina, 1911
This painting/mural - "Johnsonville South Carolina 1911" by John Carroll Doyle - was unveiled at Anderson State Bank in 1981 at the opening of the Hemingway branch. Doyle was a prominent Charleston artist who passed away in 2014. The work depicts Johnsonville founder Sylvester Briley Poston as lots were laid out and sold at the Johnsonville Land Sale in 1912. -
Johnsonville, SC 1907
Postcard photograph showing Johnsonville in 1907. -
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Johnsonville Welcomes Wellman Combing Company
Article lists local Johnsonville merchants of 1955. Photo of Wellman Combing Company. -
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Johnsonville Volunteer Fire Dept. 1968
L-R: Frank Matthews, Jerry Stone, Steve Knight -
Johnsonville Volunteer Fire Dept, 1968
Jerry Stone (L) & Steve Haselden (R) packing the foundation of the new Johnsonville Fire Department building on Broadway. -
Johnsonville United Methodist Church
Johnsonville United Methodist Church formed in 1915 when a group of former members of Old Johnsonville Methodist Church withdrew to organize in the newly incorporated town of Johnsonville.
For about three years the group worshipped in the Baptist Church of Johnsonville. It was during this period that half of a city block was donated to the congregation at the corner of present day East Broadway Street and Georgetown Highway.
A framed church structure was completed on the property in 1918 and was dedicated the following year. In that same year, a two-story parsonage was erected to the north on Georgetown Highway and the first pastor, a Rev. Morris, moved in.
In the following years, this church served as part of a circuit with Vox, Trinity and Prospect Methodist Churches. The pastor alternated services between the churches from Sunday to Sunday. In the early years he was often paid in some small cash donations, along with produce, chickens and milk.
The first addition to the church was built in 1927 with the addition of Sunday school rooms in the back.
In 1946 half of the vacant property and the old parsonage were sold. A new and smaller parsonage was completed in 1947 on the property immediately behind the church. In 1956 the Johnsonville church was moved from charge to single station with its own pastor.
Remodeling in 1959 of the building added new class rooms and updated the sanctuary.
A building fund was established in 1961 for the purpose of building additional educational facilities. Soon after, this program was expanded to a New Church Building Fund. The property known as the “Doctor Eaddy Estate” was purchased and a new building was completed in 1965.
The first service was held there on Dec. 26 of that year in the fellowship hall, which has since been named Poston Hall in memory of an early benefactor, Mr. S.B. Poston. A brick veneer parsonage was erected in 1967 behind the present church.
The original Johnsonville Methodist Church building was sold and moved in pieces, some of which ended up in Possum Fork. The site is now a park. -
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Johnsonville Town Hall purchases new lawn equipment - 1954
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Johnsonville Theater to be Rebuilt At Once - 1937
Article describes the old theater owned by Chevis Prosser. This was the original location that burned, approximately where Jake's BBQ is now located on Broadway. Story of the aftermath of the fire that destroyed the Prosser Theater on Broadway in 1937, causing casualties next door. -
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Johnsonville State Bank circa 1954
Johnsonville State Bank is pictured here at an older location, circa 1954 at approximately 122 West Broadway Street. In June of 1956, JSB moved across the street to a new state of the art facility with air conditioning. -
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Johnsonville Schools from the air
An aerial view of the old Johnsonville High School and the elementary school. Also pictured are the gymnasium and the art building -
Johnsonville School Trustees, 1942
L to R: Percy Delance Poston, DeGideon Bryant "Gid" Haselden, Wallace Herbert Meng - Chairman. -
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Johnsonville School Opens
Johnsonville opens for the 1911-1912 school year. R.S. Major is principal. Teachers: Pauline Wilson, Elise Rollins, Pearl Reeves, Claudia Johnson, Elizabeth Wadill, and Emily Hutson. 5 October 1911 -
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Johnsonville School
Completed in 1916, the Johnsonville School building had 12 classrooms, each of which contained one school grade. In 1974 the wings were removed and the central building became the Florence County School District 5 office building. -
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Johnsonville Rescue Squad Angels of Mercy, 4-15-1976
L to R: Edgar McCracking, Elbert Joey, Jeanette McCracking, Oral Lee Hanna, Jimmy Royal, Jack Springs, Annette Eaddy, Charlene Scott, Katie Avant, David Lawrence, and Simon McNeil. -
Johnsonville Rescue Squad Accepting LHR Machine, 12-29-1977
Hilburn Stone and other Johnsonville Rescue Squad members along with Mayor Connie DeCamps accept the new LHR machine for the department. 29 December 1977 -
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Johnsonville Public Library Needing More Space, 8-18-1977
Johnsonville Public Library Needing More Space - from The Weekly Observer, August 18th, 1977 -
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Johnsonville Police Officers, circa 1955
L to R: Lee Powers, Bubba Haselden, Police Chief Lurie Poston Sr. -
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