5/3/07

The Clarendon Scene ... as seen in Clarendon

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It was “Mission: History” as Laurence Manning Academy’s fourth graders, under the instruction of Dee Dee Horton and Kathryn Jans toured several of the stops from Manning to Boykin’s Mill in Kershaw County to follow the 1865 progression of General Potter’s military movements. The classes also stopped at Manchester State Forest and explored the remains of the train tracks that were destroyed during the attack.

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Seventh grade social studies teacher Harold Brunson was named Employee of the Month for the Clarendon One School District. Superintendent Rose Wilder said that Brunson is “always doing something on behalf of our children.”		The Bank of Clarendon threw an all-star bash for retiring employee Mary Alsbrook last Friday. Alsbrook is leaving the bank after 41 (yes, 41!) years of service. She was presented with a lovely necklace from Bank President Barry Ham and Chairman of the Board Bill Buyck, as well as other gifts from the staff. Alsbrook, pictured here with her husband Marvin (left), says she is going to spend time with her 11-year-old grandson Wyatt Alsbrook and help her husband with his lawn business. Alsbrook will be greatly missed by her co-workers, not only for her great skill, but for her happy demeanor and famous biscuits.

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ArvinMeritor employees Ben Davis, Roland Kennedy, Sidney Johnson, Minnie White and Leah Oliver participated in the Clarendon County Spring Clean Up week to support keeping America beautiful.		Rick Smith (left), aka, The Matter Man, and Allyson Goff, Curriculum Facilitator at the Manning Elementary School, show off the results of a successful experiment at the school’s Arts and Sciences Education Fair last Thursday night. A standing-room-only crowd gathered in the Elementary School gym to watch Smith, who also performed for two shows at the Manning Primary School earlier in the day.