Society Hill Sandwich Company, 767 S Main Street, Society Hill: December 2018 (2024/08/13)

From what little information I can find, which is almost nothing, Society Hill Sandwich Company was a small sandwich shop. As to whether or not it was like, say, a Sub Station II where you walked down a line picking out bread, meat, cheese, and various toppings and may or may not have also added a fountain drink and bag of chips, again, with what little information I have found online about this place, I really cannot say.

I don't recall ever seeing any customers at Society Hill Sandwich Company when having driven by over the last five or six years, and given that none of the phone books that I have, with the oldest one being from 2019, has a phone number for this business, it seems that Society Hill Sandwich Company has not been in business since 2018. I found the business on one social media site, but their only posts are from 2012 so I know Society Hill Sandwich Company was at least open in 2012.

When I search for "food society hill sc" on the internet, I see three listings: DG Market, Corner Cupboard, and Last Call LLC, which is a liquor store; therefore, there exists no in-town competition if a new eating establishment were to open here. The site is on the highway so it is hard to miss. Surely, people who live in town would rather eat at a restaurant in town rather than having to go to Darlington or Cheraw.

(Part 3) Cheraw Country Club, 2431 Old Cash Road: February 2024 (2024/08/10)

Continuing where we left off with Part 2, the following shots are of the back of the clubhouse.






The mats and the wooden platform were added to the driving range during the last decade. I cannot stand to hit off of a mat.




Excluding the branding, the leaderboard for the various tournaments that were hosted here over the years has been here for as long as I can remember.

The tennis courts behind the 18th green were converted to golf cart storage back in the late '90s. Before then, I cannot tell you when I last saw anyone play tennis on these courts.

I helped maintain the golf carts during my senior year in high school. On golf carts, there is a safety mechanism called a governor that will prevent the driver from being able to reach the golf cart's actual maximum speed. I liked to keep in mind the numbers of the carts (e.g. #7) that had their governors disabled. I may or may not have gone for a joy ride or two on a slow evening at the golf course. I still have my EZGO cart key from that time.





This foolish child was caught stealing a fountain Pepsi and tube of Mentos from the pro shop. Perhaps someone should finally notify his parents.



Cheraw Country Club had a pretty swanky ballroom for events over the years. I recall having to attend someone's wedding reception here as a kid and being bored out of my mind. There was a band, and I remember them playing the Motown classic "My Girl". Also as a kid, I remember several of us boys venturing into the ballroom to explore at times during the summer. It would be a sunny afternoon but fairly dark in the ballroom. Spooky!









It would be nice if someone else were to buy Cheraw Country Club and try his hand at running it. I still think it could be a success in the right hands. Maybe a new owner could fix up and open the nine holes on the front side (holes 1-4, 7-9, 17-18). That would be less golf course to maintain therefore less money to spend. The back side has perennially been a problem over the years when the creek floods, although with the worst flooding, I have seen holes 4 and 7 also under water, but it's not like that happens often. After some good initial success, maybe the back nine holes could be reopened. At one point, there was "talk" about the state buying Cheraw Country Club, though I think the state is doing just fine with the state park course.

There has also been talk about developers turning the land into a residential neighborhood. It seems to me that the very real threat of flooding would significantly reduce the amount of land that could be used for housing, but maybe some folks would like to pretend that they live in Venice.

May the spirit and memories of Cheraw Country Club live on!

(Part 2) Cheraw Country Club Pool, 2431 Old Cash Road: September 2023 (2024/07/12)

Continuing from where we left off in Part 1, the pool at Cheraw County Club was usually open during the summer between Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day weekend. When I was small, before I had started playing golf, I remember going to the pool with my mom. Every now and then, we'd all have to get out of the pool, whether that was when the lifeguard was going off shift or having to do some cleaning. That is when I would take my putter and a couple of golf balls and go to the putting green. Getting a Pepsi from the fountain in the pro shop was always a treat.

I also remember taking swimming lessons in this pool. The lessons were over a span of a few days and usually started soon after school was out for the summer. Surely I wouldn't have mastered the dead man's float if it weren't for Coach Porter. Thank you.

When I started playing golf, after walking nine holes on summer days (definitely in the morning!), I would usually jump in the pool to cool off. And that was usually a jump off the diving board, as I don't think I ever was successful at executing an actual dive from the diving board. I'm pretty sure that most attempts resulted in a belly flop (ouch!).

Seeing the pool in recent years has been sad. I remember how the pool would be packed on the weekends when I was a kid, but in the last few years, when I was either driving by or playing golf, there were maybe only a handful of people at the pool.

The most recent owner converted the old bathhouse into a room to rent. The little apartment at the bottom of the clubhouse, with the door facing the pool, may have been rented out as well. If I recall correctly, that is where the greenskeeper at the time used to live. The bricked-in patio with the grill and fireplace is also new, although I think there was a covered patio of some sort in that spot at one time.

There are still quite a number of pictures I have left to post, though I think that Part 3 will cover the rest of those. That's it for the pool. You can always go swim at God's pool across the street at the state park.