The following column was taken from the September 4, 1975 edition of The News, written by Mr. Charlie Walker. Sonnets And Poetry Most of the poetry I can remember is either by Edgar Guest, Ogden Nash or Robert Lewis Stevenson. Although my favorit ...

You know you are in South Carolina in the Summer when... • The birds have to use potholders to pull worms out of the ground. • The trees are whistling for the dogs. • The best parking place is determined by shade instead of distanc ...

The following column was taken from the July 29, 1976 edition of The News, written by Mr. Charlie Walker. Ever since man invented the wheel, it seems like he spends most of his time trying to be one, or at least convincing people he is one. So I s ...

Back to school?  I am not!  Whoopee for me!  I am d-o-n-e.  I, at the ripe age of, well, I’m not telling!   Anyway, at my ripe age, I still have nightmares concerning if I will graduate from college or not.  It all depe ...

The following column was taken from the March 10, 1977 edition of The News, written by Mr. Charlie Walker. You know what I can’t understand? Here are Adam and Eve. He’s incredibly handsome. She’s incredibly beautiful. So where did all the ugly peo ...

My fun-fun-fun, sweet-sweet-sweet teenaged niece and nephew were visiting the area recently.  (They currently live in PA...a military family.) We discovered not one, but two exciting, new beverage offerings.  One was in Conway and the other ...

The following column was taken from the May 16, 1974 edition of The News, written by Mr. Charlie Walker. My name is Bruce. I’m a rooster.  A game rooster by trade.  Bird with high moral standards and if I do say so myself…a fine feathere ...

This week continues the list of 40 things in the next 40 years as mentioned last week.  It would be interesting to be around when all of this takes place.  I often think of my grandparents who would be astounded at the advancements of the ...

The following column was taken from the August 22, 1974 edition of The News, written by Mr. Charlie Walker. My morning newspaper contained the usual bad news. Inflation, the NFL strike—it was business as usual. At least until I read Dear Abby. She ...

This week I will tell you 20 of the 40 things that will be going on within the next forty years.  You had no idea had I knew such things, huh?  Well, actually these are according to the Smithsonian Magazine.  The accompanying comments ...

The following column was taken from the February 10, 1977, edition of The News, written by Mr. Charlie Walker. Bill DuPre, fiery editor of The News, not content with capturing seven awards for his crusading weekly, is already started on next year. ...

In India, many marriages are still arranged by parents.  They check out a prospective marriage partner’s wealth, status and caste. As “modern” as India has become, this is one of the main battlegrounds still left in that society.   In some ...

The following column was taken from the July 1, 1976, edition of The News. Twenty-two years ago doesn’t seem like such a long time, but as I turn the torn yellow pages of this old battered copy of the County Record, names, places, memories come in ...

Do you believe in angels?  I do.  And so do countless children.  I think it is because they are not yet tainted by all the hubub of this world.  They seem more “open” somehow......at least for awhile.  Anyway, I’ve gathered a ...

The following column was taken from the January 8, 1976 edition of The News, written by Mr. Charlie Walker.It was the kind of thing we read about in the paper or saw on TV. We shrugged our shoulders and said it couldn’t happen here. The tragedy at Pr ...