https://www.johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/3ab699adae508069d04d41a0b0b16d85.pdf 2353af01777390640b12648bcbe2ae6f PDF Text Text -l> . • • • • ouri . 1 ng o . . . .. . .. 1rst: ommun1ty .rom.: _.rowing • • · · t ' ' . . ' \ .. • • .. : I ' ' .. ·~ lly 'WAL'l'B& 8 • .McDON~LD . A S'•ft <>orre1ponden& :·.\ · :· · ..· . ·. . . . • Il 1 l'1 1 • ' .. ... '. matter·, . ·a1 . • •• • • OLD JOHNSONVJLLE. Deo. 23- an<l . 1till ·. f.i tor· -that .·. The1•0 .always ha1 been. a .keen i1elthe.r Johnsonville :·o.r .·.·Heming~ rlvali·y between Johnaonvlllo and · way ha·i · Cleveloped :• new "burial Hemi11aw1y a1,d'. it 'ha• ·left . this p•ace. " .· · ·_ · oomtriunl\)' lite1•ally Jn ·t~e middle. : .J.l'.\·. those ·day,1, .. the school .whlch" · In thtt mld~le it ·ls,. b,01uae· lt aer.v:~(I . \ll~. . .,are•.:... adj~oin.e~ ·:.. ·.t.:~ . • ta ffltuated on \he hl1hw11 between, :c~~t~.h··'/ l~~µn~•· . .I~. ;....h~•-.· .: •l~~.• :· ~.~ep . tho i,vo iown1 whloh ·are. only five cone9ll~ated .:with: othel' · schools. · nlile•· apa1·i and . 11e1. on . both aide• : .There .w~•:. ;•: •e~ilem.,nt . . ·a t:. Ham- , ot the lino ·aep•r•tinl William•- Jngw~y "before, .1909~·,. :·t?u:t. ·:~ ~t· tha~ · 1nnd: Florence County. 'Thi• is an time ... the.· pqstqttlc.e·: ·:: v1as . called. 1dded f9'otor tn the rivalry between .Lam~~rts. · after · th~ .. tan:tily : whi9h O~d John1onville 11· · .!JOn1petltlve · 9wnfd '11.~o.h . oi . the · ·.a_~rr.o·unding ne11hbor1, •• 1n addition to beiril la-nd. . ~ere ... were . al~o . :aev~ral ~ival towns, they .are in ·•dJolnina Hemingway fa~lll~• · .~her6 then, .as OOlltltio1,· . no\\r, and t~e. town .whl'cl{_WIS .char• Rivalry between the two factions tered>in .1917 was ·ao ·n a.m ed wh·etf whJoh ·founded Jfemlnaway and ·it was .. foun~ed~ ao·m e y~ars .'t?efore Jot1n1onville, Jn·.· the · opinion• . ..of it wa• -ch~rtered ..~ ..:". · . . . . · . aome ro1ldent1 ot .O ld Johnsonville. · John~onv.llle. is ·~ ole;ter 1eit1e. is \Vhat kopt their oon\munlty from ment ·t~an He~ln~ay, ·and. it, tQo, growlng into what·. they believe -took. i~. "~'!'!! ~r~m a f~~tt.~ .. p~~mi~· oolild have become ···a thrlvinr lit· nent in· the ..a~ea·. But. 9rigJnally, · ~~~ tlo mc\1•opalt11/' . plan wa1 for a .towt) a~ :Old John· Back "·r ound th turn · of the • · Bonvl~~e •., F~ctio~~ . i;oon .,for~e~. an~._ , . . oen .tho~e. llvlr:ig . pn ,the · Johnsonville t \tl ~ • 0 ld John19nvllle w~.1 the cctn· side advoc·a ted ·1ocatlon of the town· ior ot notlvlty in .lt1 re.neral · afea. · tnei•e·-.:.·:"·and :thole .. living .on · the 0 1 'E,~~ ~f, ;hpol~~! ·~~:~hc~l·tri~':i p~\het H~ml~gw.aY·. side .,:<?i'- co.~r1e.: . .w.~nted·· e =-• . n . Jt ·In ·: th0ir - neighborhood.· . of co1~111u11lty · lite. _. Tho ohu~oh . Neither : alde':w0 ·n.:, 10 today· tnere cotl1e\e1 y, direo.*ly_across the roa~. ai·~ . th·e .two.· t~wna:' an·d .Old John· : ls \Vllore ·they ·buried . theJr deaa. sonvllle ·. community~-- · ·:'_ ".~ . ., . .;.,-:_' . - . Old . J qh~aonv~l~e.::: tc>'diy "cpn·•l·at1 · ot the . ·chUrch, .. tl1e· ; c·em~*ery; ·.. I " couple . of 1to~ea . =and :. the ·aurrounding farm :· r~1idence1. ·· ·: i · · - . · . • • • • • • The ct\urch-. .con·1 reia·tlon·: existed • before the War · B~(ween: the :States and t~e : ahurqh-'.bull.d in1·;(iatel .b'ick · • • to .t he wir· ~eriod.~·; ·it. ·was: built J)y · • member1 · o~· ...the :co~1re1at_l~n. :;·The · Ard' family · gave · the ·l•n(l<.for the alte. .· · ·. · · . · . ·= ·. · ·. • -Such names . a8 ·.Cox, t . ;Dickson... Eaddy,.'. Hu11tn1,. Hemint\Vay"··:.and. • • • Ard ·were·:well k~own in the·churoh" and the · section . Rt · .that _·.·tfme, I'S · f • • • .. • • •• • • ° . 01 • • fllf , , • I , ·• • , , t • t.,ey •re.. today•.,·.. , ·" " ,., • • . l ·O • . .. . ......... . ·· . · . ._ Thii : ae~_tion.: ~r?d :. ~t~ .'~h~r~hea·· and· ~ther .1andmark1 . ar_ e ftpt . old-. when': : COl)Sldered·.fn the ·li&'ht .'of :the: COast~'.: al areas, but . the'...competi'.tive·: spirit which . )>rou·g ht· .ttie .. pioneer. 1~ttl.e~1 In· trom : more. densely. populated .area a ~till ·: exJ1t1 ·to~ay~. :...;. . · ... . · . .. . .• . . ' . ' ' . ·: .. . . .•. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource News Articles Subject The topic of the resource Newspaper and magazine articles. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Founding of Rival Towns Kept First Community From Growing - 1951 Description An account of the resource Article discusses how Old Johnsonville and the Venters Community didn't grow as fast as Johnsonville and Hemingway. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12-24-1951 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource News and Courier Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Nancy Huggins Staton