1963 – Gfpacificbee’s Insights & photography

2024 SYD: July

Clare from Clare’s Cosmos is asking all of us once again to share our desktops. All you need to do is share the photo (not your actual desktop) you have set as your wallpaper. Provide whatever information you desire about the photo. Use a pingback, or post a link to her blog here so she knows you’ve joined in on the fun. Then, enjoy sharing the fun around.

Here are my July Desktops:

From my Laptop:

Wallpaper:

***Catawba River***
***near the***
***Great Falls Dam***
***Great Falls, South Carolina***

Screensaver:

From my Smartphone

(iPhone 14 Pro Max)

Hiking Focus:

***Nornal Hule Waters (my dad)***
***and***
***Larry Dean Waters (my brother)***
***taken in***
***Great Falls, South Carolina***
***in July 1963.***

Television Focus:

***Hawksbill Turtle***
***Ocean Conservancy***

Personal Focus:

***Coleman***
***playing with his***
***Titan Magnetic Tiles***

Reading Focus:

***Coleman***
***in his***
***Camouflage Flag Shirt***

Come on along and join the fun. Share one or more, it doesn’t matter whether the photos are from your desktop, laptop, tablet, or your smartphone wallpaper(s).

Clare’s Share Your Desktop-July 2024

God Bless. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. Looking forward to seeing y’all’s desktop photos. Have a wonderful week. I appreciate y’all very much.

Rectangular Monochrome Monday Windows

This is Great Falls Elementary School (formerly called Mebane Grammar School.) This is the school my dad attended when he was growing up in Great Falls, South Carolina.

***Monochrome Rectangular Windows + Bricks, Doors*** & ***Sign***

Lens-Artists Challenge #305-Rectangles

Ludwig’s Monday Window

Monochrome Monday

Throwback Thursday

Location: Mebane Grammar School; aka Great Falls Elementary School; Great Falls, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 CWWC: June – Week 3

Roads/Dirt Roads

This week I’m continuing Cee’s Which Way Challenge doing it My Way. Therefore for this the third week of June I have chosen a theme of Roads/Dirt Roads. I welcome anyone who desires to join me on this week’s Which Way Challenge.

As I have been working to digitize my dad’s old slides I have come across several photos my dad took of Roads in Great Falls, South Carolina back in 1963.

We are starting our (my) Which Way with the Road in front of my Paternal Grandparents home. Their home was originally a Mill Duplex Home and converted into a single family residence.

***Walnut Street***
***Home of John & Alma Waters***
***My Paternal Grandparents***

Next, we come to the corner of Walnut Street and Argonne Avenue. This is the location of the J P Stevens & Company Mill where my paternal grandfather worked. The Mills in Great Falls were formerly known as Republic Cotton Mills. [Closed in the early 1980’s.]

1923 Republic Cotton Mill #3 – a silk mill production. The building had a unique saw-tooth roof. There was Village housing and a neighborhood grocery store.

Continuing on our journey, we drive along Chester Avenue. On this Road we can see the Bradley Motor Company ( a FORD Dealership) where my dad worked when he finished high school and again when he first was discharged from the U S Navy.

As we continue cruising through the Town of Great Falls, we see a Dirt Road behind the Power plant. Here we notice old Railroad tracks no longer in use. They would have kept extremely busy in the heyday of the town.

The Town of Great Falls is located in Chester County, South Carolina. The name of the Great Falls came from the nearby waterfalls on the Catawba River. The Town was founded by the power company owned by Mr. J.B. Duke. J.B. Duke built hydro electric plants on the Catawba and was the founder of the three Republic Cotton Mills.

Cee’s Which Way Challenge

Throwback Thursday

Location: Town of Great Falls, Chester County, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Thank you for visiting in my reminiscing of the Town of Great Falls, SC. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

Prefer Crashed, Smashed, or Public Service Doors?

Rummaging through my dad’s old slides I ran across these pictures of a crashed and smashed car where you could clearly see the damage done to the doors, the windows, the hood, and trunk of the car.

I am not sure who the car belonged to, but I know the children who are shown looking at the crashed and smashed vehicle. They are my cousin and my brother. I do not even want to consider what happened to the person or persons who might have been in the car. By looking at those car doors it would have been a miracle if anyone survived without injuries.

I believe I would prefer the Public Service District truck which drives around Great Falls performing the necessary maintenance and repairs making sure the Town of Great Falls is safe, secure, and it proper working order.

***Public Service***
***District***
***Great Falls, S.C.***

Dan’s Thursday Doors

Throwback Thursday

Location: Town of Great Falls, Chester County, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Thank you for visiting the Town of Great Falls with us. Hope you have a fantastic day filled with joy, laughter, and no wrecks. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 LAPC #304: Behind

Ritva is this week’s host for the Lens-Artist Photography Challenge; she has chosen the theme of behind. What backgrounds to choose may seem easy, but some thought process may determine just the right background & balance you what to achieve and capture when you are snapping your photos.

BATTLE OF BECKHAMVILLE

May 1780

Inscription.

British under Houseman surprised and
defeated by band of 33 patriots under
Capt. John McLure with 9 Gaston
brothers and neighbors, who struck
first blow for liberty and resisted
attempt to subject people to oath of
allegiance to king.

Erected.

By Citizens of Chester County

Mary Adair Chapter DAR

May 10, 1942

This Historical Marker was taken by my father in the summer of 1963. It is located at 34° 35.424′ N, 80° 55.194′ W in Beckhamville, South Carolina. Beckhamville is located in Chester County just south of Great Falls where my dad grew up. You can find the Marker at the intersection of State Highway 97 and State Highway 99, on the left when traveling east on State Highway 97.

The Battle of Beckhamville is recorded to have been fought during the Revolutionary War around June 6, 1780. This was following the disasters at Charleston and Waxhaws where Patriot forces struck a blow against the British in South Carolina.

On June 6, 1780, Captain McClure and his small force, wearing hunting shirts, wool hats and deer-skin caps and each armed with a knife and rifle, attacked Houseman and routed about 200 of the gathered loyalists at Alexander’s Old Fields. The Battle of Beckhamville’s victory helped solidify resistance to the Crown in this up country area.

Beckhamville was also known by Beckham’s Old Field and Alexander’s Old Field. Chester County has battlefields, historic markers, monuments, cemeteries, and stories that relate to the important role this area played in our winning our Independence from England.

DAR stands for the Daughters of the American Revolution. The DAR strives to promote the historic preservation, education, and patriotism.

Lens-Artists Challenge #304 – Behind

Ragtag Daily Prompt-Marker

Throwback Thursday

Location: Beckhamville, Chester County, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Thank you for taking a trip with me to visit an historical marker near my father’s hometown. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

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