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3 unusual facts about Horry-Georgetown Technical College


HGTC

Horry-Georgetown Technical College in Conway, South Carolina, a part of the South Carolina Technical College System

Horry-Georgetown Technical College

In 2000, as buildings were torn down at the former Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, HGTC claimed the Officers Club and Non-Commissioned Officers Club.

Horry-Georgetown Technical College is a two-year higher-education institution located in Conway, South Carolina.


AAST

Academy for the Arts, Science and Technology, a branch school of the Horry County Schools system

Horry

Peter Horry, American Revolutionary War leader and Horry County namesake

Horry County, South Carolina

15 routes throughout the Horry County/Grand Strand area, including Myrtle Beach, North Myrtle Beach, Surfside Beach, Garden City, Conway, Loris, and Aynor.

Horry Telephone Cooperative

Because many of the beach areas were served by national providers such as GTE, Horry Telephone introduced Measured Extended area service (MEAS) in 1988 to reduce the cost of phone calls between the western portion of Horry County and the beach areas.

Kosuke Fukudome

In April 2008, a souvenir stand selling unlicensed Cubs apparel sold a t-shirt bearing the Cubs cartoon bear wearing over-sized Harry Caray-style glasses encircled by the phrase "Horry Kow" (an Engrish play on Caray's "Holy Cow!" catchphrase) in cartoonish Asian script below.

Robert Edge Parkway

Also in 2002, Horry County representatives in the South Carolina State House introduced a resolution to designate South Carolina Highway 22 as Interstate 73, South Carolina Highway 31 as Interstate 74, and the North Myrtle Beach Connector as Interstate 174.


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