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

GREAT BLIZZARD OF 1973: The Pee Dee Region was covered in almost two feet of snow following a winter snowstorm n February of 1973. Mother nature dumped snow on South Carolina for three days, leaving people without power from the Upstate to the Low Country

Spend the evening exploring your creative side and learning new art making skills during the Florence County Museum’s free Art Afterhours program on Feb. 20. The adults only program will begin at 6 p.m. and continue through 7:30 p.m. Materials are provid

(Photo courtesy of Bishop A. Bell) OLD MCLEOD HOSPITAL DEMOLISHED: This photo taken Feb. 24, 1994 shows a wrecking crew tearing down the old McLeod Hospital once located on West Cheves Street. The building had been vacant for more than a decade. Do you

KIRSHY‘S AUTO LUNCH – Toufie Kirshey, owner of Kirshy’s Auto Lunch, puts up a sign announcing the closing of the business on Dec. 31, 1969. The business was closing to make way for building of the new Florence City-County Complex. Kirshy came to Florence

S.C. Gov. Robert McNair signs legislation establishing a four-year state-supported college in Florence in 1970. Seated beside the governor is Sen. Edgar A. Brown, Standing are state Rep. Ed Cottingham of Marlboro County, David Harwell of Florence, James A

ENGINE 1142 – Photo taken in Florence freight yard of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, about 1925. Engineer is Robert J. Whitton. His wife, Mary, is wearing dark broad-brim hat, fourth from right, Whitton’s brother-in-law, Tilden Alexander, yardmaster, is se

BIG CARS AT DARLINGTON RACEWAY – This Indianapolis-type race car (called a Big Car) ran in Darlington in 1950. Subsequent Big Car races were run at the Darlington International Raceway in 1951, 1954 and 1956, the U.S. Auto Club's Pee Dee 200 on July 4, 19

THREE TIMES THE FUN – Three friends, Jim Potter, Tom Rogers and Julian Mason, slide down a snow embankment at the Florence Country Club following the snowstorm in 1973. Do you have an old photo you would like to submit for The News Journal’s Do You Rememb

MISS EMILY BROTHERS SENIOR HOMEROOM, 1949. Pictured from left, front row: Mary Ada Huggins, Betty Godfrey, Katherine Gregg, Sue Nell Lester, Pat Holland, Mary Evelyn Haynie, Jackie Jones, Mary Jane Jeffords. Second row: Margaret Hewitt, Crystaline Jordan.