Santee Cooper District SC

St. Matthews rolled out welcome mat for skeeter-eating purple martins in 1970

Times and Democrat | Orangeburg

Aug 12, 2026

Calhoun County was inspired to align itself with the purple martin after a film titled "The Griggsville Story" was shown at a meeting of the St. Matthews Rotary Club in the fall of…

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St. Matthews rolled out welcome mat for skeeter-eating purple martins in 1970

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