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unusual facts about Orangeburg–Calhoun Technical College


Orangeburg–Calhoun Technical College

In January 1993, the Industrial/Technology, Business/Computer Technology and Faculty Administration buildings were named in honor of Joe K. Fairey II (the Fairey family owns the St. Matthews Chevrolet dealership since 1926, which is now located across the street on the other side of US 601), John O. Wesner, Jr. and Ben R. Wetenhall, respectively.


Bishop Dubois High School

The reunions took place at Our Lady Queen of Peace in Orangeburg, New York, where Father Driscoll was a Chaplain.

John Fox Slater

The fund has been of great value in aiding industrial schools in the South, its largest beneficiaries being the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute of Hampton, Virginia, the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute of Tuskegee, Alabama, Spelman Seminary in Atlanta, Georgia, Claflin University in Orangeburg, SC, and Fisk University, in Nashville, Tennessee.

Lenore Ulric

She died of heart failure in Rockland State Hospital, Orangeburg, New York on December 30, 1970, aged 78.

Mayor of Columbia, SC

Steve Benjamin, the current mayor of Columbia, won in a run-off election after mayor Bob Coble stepped down.Benjamin's parents are from Orangeburg, SC but he was born in Queens, New York during the 1960s when many African-Americans decided to relocate to the North for better economic opportunities.

Orangeburg, South Carolina

Steve Sonic: Musician, founder of seminal punk band Red Menace and member of punk band Bored Suburban Youth.

She is also the other half of the country-rock band Smith & Pyle alongside actress Missi Pyle.

Stephen Euin Cobb

Stephen Euin Cobb (born February 3, 1955) is a U.S. author, magazine writer, interviewer and podcast show host that was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina.


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