Newsmakers

Socastee High School has multi-year reunion

Former Socastee High School students gathered together once again to renew old friendships. Members of classes from 1949 through 1970 met at three different locations over the weekend of October 16-18, 2015.

This was the fourth meeting organized by the group known as Socastee Classic Reunions. Representatives from many of the classes came together under the leadership of Bill Black of Surfside Beach. Festivities began on Friday night with a meeting at the Sea Mist Resort Conference Center. Fun was had by all as they enjoyed good food and renewed friendships to classic hits from the 1950’s and 1960’s.

About 125 were in attendance for the evening.

On Saturday evening, the group moved to the Giant Crab Restaurant in Myrtle Beach where 117 classmates came together to enjoy a meal of tasty food. The weekend came to an end with a cookout on the former Myrtle Beach Air Force Base with more than 100 in attendance.

Any member of these classes who were not contacted needs to contact Bill Black at 843-467-0584.

Academy inducts HOSA officers

The ATA, Academy for Technology and Academics, recently inducted the HOSA officers for the 2015-2016 academic year. The ATA was selected as one of the top Career and Technology Education centers for the State of SC by the SC Department of Education. The ATA is located by the intersection of highways 701 and 22.

HOSA, Health Occupations Students of America, is a student organization that is recognized by the US Department of Education. The HOSA Chapter at the ATA has 141 members.

North Carolina DAR Chapters Win Four Awards

Phyllis Wilson, former NC State Public Relations Chair for the Daughters of the American Revolution, announced at a recent Brunswick Town DAR meeting that North Carolina won four South East Division awards this year and Brunswick Town Chapter won two of them. Brunswick Town Chapter won “Outstanding Use of Chapter Website and/or Social Media” 1st place. This award was for the chapter’s blog and Facebook page. Through two different websites, Wilson was able to develop two hard covered books depicting accomplishments of the chapter during 2014. Also, Wilson turned in a state presentation folder to Janet Deaton, South East Division Chair and her state report was selected as, “Best State Report.” Wilson presented these awards to Diane Kuebert, Brunswick Town Chapter’s Regent at a recent DAR meeting. Visit the Brunswick Town Chapter’s blog http://darbrunswicktownchapter.blogspot.com/ then, contact Wilson if you have additional questions.

The awards are judged by state in eight different divisions. North Carolina is in the South East Division along with Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina and Tennessee. Our state won more awards this year than any of the other states in our division. Known as the largest women’s patriotic organization in the world, DAR has over 180,000 members with approximately 3,000 chapters in all 50 states and 13 foreign countries.

This story was originally published November 5, 2015 at 4:40 AM with the headline "Newsmakers."