Diane Ferrier tells the story of their impending move to Orangeburg, SC, in 1973

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In June of 1973, the Ferriers moved from Chapel Hill, NC, to Orangeburg, SC. In this recording made on April 2, 1973, and mailed to Charles Biswell and Jane Golub, Diane Ferrier tells the story of how the move came to be. Hard to believe it has been 40 years.

Diane's brother and sister-in-law, David and Sue Ellen Biswell, had lived in Orangeburg a few years before that, but they were currently living in Charlotte, NC.

Hunting Island State Park is located near Beaufort, SC, and the Ferriers discovered it earlier while driving from Walt Disney World to Chapel Hill in a 1970 VW Camper, probably in 1972 shortly after the park opened. Good times!

Charles Biswell helped the Ferriers move from Lawrence, KS, to Chapel Hill not that long before in 1970. He drove the Ferriers' VW Beetle in a three-vehicle caravan.

They didn't join the Orangeburg Country Club until many years later. The public golf course and the old Country Club pool, located only a block from the Ferrier's house, would do.

Phil and Lannie Davis were the Ferriers' neighbors on Lexington Drive in Chapel Hill.

The house was sold by owner for $37,000. A tidy profit in those days.

The School of Pharmacy is at the University of North Carolina, of course. David worked in the pharmacy at the UNC Memorial Hospital.

The church is the University United Methodist Church on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill.

Diane was correct in her prediction that they would make Orangeburg their permanent home.