A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR MAE BUZHARDT, BATESBURG BUSINESS ICON, FOR HER MANY YEARS OF VALUABLE SERVICE TO HER COMMUNITY AND TO WISH HER MUCH CONTINUED FULFILLMENT AND SUCCESS IN THE YEARS TO COME. Whereas, it is with great pleasure that the South Carolina House of Representatives salutes individuals who give of their best to enhance life in their communities. Such is Mae Buzhardt, who for fiftythree years has been a linchpin of the Batesburg business community; and Whereas, born in 1930 during the Great Depression, Mae began her education in a little country school near her family’s home. She graduated from high school at age fifteen at a time when there were only eleven grades, following which she earned a twoyear commercial degree with a minor in French at Lander College in 1948; and Whereas, after returning home from Lander, Mae took up her duties at Milliken in McCormick, where she worked until she married Jug Buzhardt and moved to Batesburg. Her value as an exemplary employee was swiftly realized when she worked for a local bookkeeper and then Lake Shore Industries until her son, Michael, was born in 1961; and Whereas, while Jug worked at his lumber business and later his car dealership, Mae began her career in the women’s clothing business. She bought her first store from Bob and Betty Owen, who had purchased it from Miss Lona Etheridge. Mae learned how to run a store by just jumping in and doing what needed to be done. In 1969, the street was for sale, and Mae acquired it. In 1975, Addy’s across she bought a store in Lexington, which she sold in 2011. The former
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR MAE BUZHARDT, BATESBURG BUSINESS ICON, FOR HER MANY YEARS OF VALUABLE SERVICE TO HER COMMUNITY AND TO WISH HER MUCH CONTINUED FULFILLMENT AND SUCCESS IN THE YEARS TO COME. Whereas, it is with great pleasure that the South Carolina House of Representatives salutes individuals who give of their best to enhance life in their communities. Such is Mae Buzhardt, who for fiftythree years has been a linchpin of the Batesburg business community; and Whereas, born in 1930 during the Great Depression, Mae began her education in a little country school near her family’s home. She graduated from high school at age fifteen at a time when there were only eleven grades, following which she earned a twoyear commercial degree with a minor in French at Lander College in 1948; and Whereas, after returning home from Lander, Mae took up her duties at Milliken in McCormick, where she worked until she married Jug Buzhardt and moved to Batesburg. Her value as an exemplary employee was swiftly realized when she worked for a local bookkeeper and then Lake Shore Industries until her son, Michael, was born in 1961; and Whereas, while Jug worked at his lumber business and later his car dealership, Mae began her career in the women’s clothing business. She bought her first store from Bob and Betty Owen, who had purchased it from Miss Lona Etheridge. Mae learned how to run a store by just jumping in and doing what needed to be done. In 1969, Addy’s across the street was for sale, and Mae acquired it. In 1975, she bought a store in Lexington, which she sold in 2011. The former
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