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By Liesha Wessinger-Hufstetler I am in typing class, sitting with anxious attentiveness, with my poised fingers above the keyboard, listening to the teacher call out” a-s-d-f- J-K L”, then the word “space.”  No one could cheat and look down at the keyboard; it was all about the muscle memory ofContinue Reading

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By Liesha Wessinger-Hufstetler It is an honor to write about my childhood doctor, Dr. Carroll Pinner III. I have memories of sitting in the waiting room, getting a tetanus shot for kindergarten, having my temperature checked and reading the eye chart at end of hallway. I remember the smell ofContinue Reading

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By Liesha Wessinger-Hufstetler Natural disasters or national emergencies are always a possibility, and Lexington County has training to be trained for a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT).  The training includes disaster preparedness, hazards, basic disaster response skills, for events that would impact the Chapin area.  If you are interested inContinue Reading

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By Leisha Wessinger-Hufstetler Here are some of the incredible stories in the legacy of the Pinner family. Dr. Pinner Sr had purchased, in the 1920s, red wall tires for his car. Because he parked his car across the trestle, he had a problem with items being stolen. This time, itContinue Reading

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By Leisha Wessinger-Huffstetler Any history of Chapin is not complete without mentioning the Pinner Clinic in Peak. Everyone in Chapin and the surrounding areas went to the Pinner Clinic, where patients have been seen since 1917.   To make things interesting, there are three Caroll Pinners: the original Dr. Caroll,Continue Reading

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By Liesha Wessinger-Huffstetler Mrs. Margaret and Mrs. Millie have truly enjoyed life.   Mille was an accomplished runner and ran marathons. She began running at the age of 50 to accompany her son, who had also started running. Amazing. I cannot imagine running marathons, let alone starting at age 50. SheContinue Reading

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By Leisha Wessinger-Huffstetler It is beautiful when the past and present intersect to create current history. I sat with two beautiful, elegant, spunky ladies last week, Margaret Gates Robinson and Millie Courtney. The two best friends met in 2014 in an elevator at Mt. Horeb Lutheran Church. Mrs. Margaret wasContinue Reading

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By Liesha Wessinger-Huffstetler Who owned the land in the town of Chapin in the 1750’s? Great question. It was not Martin Chapin. John Bigham, in a Chapin Times article, interviewed Mrs. Llewellyn Pearce, granddaughter of Martin Chapin. She said that Martin Chapin first moved to Columbia from New York inContinue Reading

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By Liesha Wessinger-Huffstetler Let’s talk about croquet.  This sport involves hitting a baseball-sized wooden ball with a wood mallet through a series of small hoops on the ground. Croquet was the “golf” of the former days. It was mostly older gentleman who played croquet in Chapin. Sonny remembers there beingContinue Reading

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By Liesha Wessinger-Huffstetler Let’s start at Zorba’s and stroll back in time to see the lumber yard. Sonny Shealy said rough lumber boards would be brought and taken through a machine to plane them and make them smooth. Sonny remembers that the shavings from the planer would be fed backContinue Reading