by McCormick County Library | Mar 5, 2013 | Meeting Room, News, Speakers
In 1912, just prior to the start of WWI, the German General Paul von Hindenburg told an interviewer that he never read poetry because, “It might soften me.” A kinder, gentler von Hindenburg might have done the world more good than harm. With this in mind,...
by McCormick County Library | Oct 18, 2012 | Friends of the Library, News, Speakers
All aboard! That was the call in the 1930s when a dam was put in and the Dorn Bridge was completed on the Savannah River. There is still a road in McCormick County called Chamberlain’s Ferry Road. It is now a dead end. Dr. Steve Luking, whose grandfather ran the...
by McCormick County Library | Jun 24, 2012 | Meeting Room, News, Speakers
On Sunday July 15th at 3 pm, teacher, author, poet and adventurer John Lane will talk about his canoe trip from the mountains to the sea of South Carolina. Mr. Lane teaches environmental studies at Wofford College where he also directs the Goodall Center for...
by McCormick County Library | Mar 6, 2012 | Children's Department, Friends of the Library, Meeting Room, News, Speakers
McCormick’s Spring Bonanza Festival on April 21st will feature Appalachian storyteller, musician, and ballad singer John Fowler. He will give two different performances at the library. The first performance at 11 am will be a fun-filled program for families and school...
by McCormick County Library | Jan 14, 2012 | Meeting Room, News, Speakers, Uncategorized
On Thursday, February 9th at the McCormick County Library, Dr. Daniel Pardieck of Lander University will present the science of climate change and discuss the potential human responses to a warmer world. This public presentation is free and will begin at 6:30 pm in...
