The Orangeburg High School class of 1959 held its 50th reunion the first weekend in May with 67 classmates attending.

On Friday night, classmates met for a drop-in at the home of Nancy and Harris Davis. On Saturday, classmates met at Antley's BBQ for lunch.

A buffet dinner was held at the Orangeburg Country Club on Saturday night, where class members, spouses and friends mingled and renewed old memories. Don Johnson, class president, officiated. Joe McComb read a poem in memory of deceased classmates followed by a moment of silence. Ellen "Butch" Easterlin read a hilarious, but tender, poem she composed about preparing for, attending and the aftermath of a class reunion. The band Smile, of which class member Al Watson is a member, preformed "If I Loved You" from the musical "Carousel," which was performed by the school in 1959, and other '50s favorites. The evening concluded with dancing the night away with DJ Jimmy Davis.

A breakfast was held at the Palmetto Restaurant on Sunday morning.

In addition to South Carolina, class members came from Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Florida, Delaware and New Hampshire.

Former teachers in attendance included Barbara L. Mirmow, Iris S. Kittrell, Mary J. Bryant, Dorothy I. Way and W.J. Stoudenmire.

Class members attending were Doris Anderson Lamb, Anne Antley Bledsoe, Linn Austelle Blanchard, Maureen Bair Sawyer, Chessye Baughman Powell, Gerald Bedenbaugh, Anne Bowman Wyndham, Tommy Bozard, Jimmy Brailsford, Nancy Brown Davis, Bobby Chestnut, Elizabeth Courtney Stevens, Donna Creel Belcher, Ovid Culler, Patricia Culler Watson, Mary Curlee Musick, Betty Dawkins Stuckey, Thomas Dukes, Ruth Marie Fairey Lyons, Homer Felder, Anne Flintom McLeod, Myrtis Godwin Rourk, Margaret Goolsby Wahl, Betty Haff, Tom Hensley, Linda Hodges Brigman, Sidney Houser, Roy Hutto, Don Johnson, Margaret Jones Frye, Wayne Kersey, Jane King Freeman, Cam Knotts Underwood, Nancy Livesay, Mary Alice Livingston Wolfe, Bob Mallory, Joe McComb, Joyce McMichael Hicklin, Pat Morris Turner, Cissy Murdaugh VanBalen-Murphy, David Nivens. Elizabeth O'Cain Zeller, Walt Oliver, Camilla Phillips Ferry, Willard Phillips, Wesley Pickens, Jimmy Rourke, Aaron Rudd, Leonard Salley, Mackay Salley, Noble "Potsy" Scoville, Ron Shuman, Bobbie Jean Smith Fogle, Barbara Thompson Creel, Patsy Ulmer Hill, Ginger Vogt McCormick, Ralph Walling Jr., Dr. Braxton Wannamaker, Al Watson, Pat Watson Paschal, Brenda Wiggins Beach, Ellen "Butch" Wilbanks Easterlin, Lewis Wiles, Betty Williams Parler, Wayne Williams, Russell Wolfe and Harriett Ziegler Christian.

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