Monday, March 12, 2018


March 12, 2018
Ridge Spring News
Harriet Householder
THE RIDGE SPRING LIBRARY Has officially reopened in the Ridge Spring Art Center Building. Here are the new hours: Mon. Tues. 9:00 - 12:00; Wednesday and Thursday  Closed; Friday 10:00 - 4:00; Saturday 10:00 - 1:00.
Quilting on the Ridge was a wonderful success.  The Art Center had several quilts as did the library which is now in the same building.  Each store had a few, even Harriet's Garden which is now open.  Florence Householder had two extra in the chest for storage.  I learned three things in particular,  you need to refold your quilt every few years for the seams will wear and begin to fray.  One of the quilts that had been wrapped in tissue still showed wear at the folds.  Another thing was that all quilts for preservation need to be handled with cotton gloves.  If you need to wash one, get quilt soap and wash by hand in the tub.  Let dry outside like they always did in the past. 
Ridge Spring had its own coffee truck Friday and Saturday. "I Crave Cafe"  owner Carlos Velez added smiles for a lot of people.  Hope he comes back soon.  He is usually across form Wendy's in Batesburg-Leesville beginning at 6:00 AM.
Juniper hosted a benefit for Charles Anderson who is recovering from an automobile wreck. Charles has been a employee at Juniper for quite a while and so many of us knew him.  It was pointed out that whoever was sitting at your table knew Charles so there was a connection for all of us. The place was packed and had more than one seating.  Yon Family Farm donated meat, Watsonia donated vegetables, and US Foods helped too.  The food was delicious , the music by the Henrys was great, but the best treat was seeing Charles. 
Juniper: Join us for our annual Easter Brunch on Sunday, April 1st 11:00-2:00 pm. This event requires reservations. Seating times available are 11:00, 11:30, 12:30, 1:00 pm. 
At Juniper I had asparagus soup with the asparagus coming from Fallaw Farms. Spring is here!!!!
Ridge Antiques and Dry Goods: We have new dealers in the shoppe and you definitely do not want to miss the high quality offerings they bring! Stop by and extend a warm welcome to Debbie & Mike Faithful and take a look at beautiful furniture, art deco, comics, Elvis memorabilia and even valuable military helmets
American Legion Post 133: The Post is selling Boston Butts on Good Friday, March 30, Easter Weekend.  The proceeds will sponsor local students to Boy's State. Contact any Legion member for tickets or call Phillips Boatwright at 685.7753.  Ticket are $35.00 each and the Boston Butts can be picked up at the Legion Hut on Pecan Grove Road on March 30 between 3:00 PM  and 5:00 PM.

Have you ever wondered what the employees of the town might pick up off the streets of our town.  Brian Taylor sent me this information.  In 2017 they picked up the corpses of the following: 3 armadillos, 9 birds, 15 cats, 2 dogs, 1 rabbit,, 3 snakes, 6 raccoons, 2 deer, 27 squirrels, and 7 opossums,  as well as 8 cell phones, 7 hub caps, 3352 aluminum cans and 156 trash cans full of trash.  I say, "THANK YOU!!!!"
The Study Club of Ridge Spring donated $2000.00 to the Ridge Spring Library.  The library Director of Saluda County, Lisa Lyon accepted the money on Thursday March 8.  The money went to purchase 169 books, for all ages, to be added to our library.

 Joanne Crouch: Quilting on the Ridge was very positive for the Art Center.  It has been quite some time since we had folks lined up at the door waiting for the doors to be unlocked.  Sales were good.  We sold 40 bags at $5 each.  There were over $500 sold in raffle tickets.  Kathy Hutchison won the quilt in the raffle.  On Saturday, March 24, a local Girl Scout troop will paint gourd birdhouses. Class schedule will be released soon.  Please let us know any classes that you are interested in so we can try to put together a class for you.  Barbara Yon has work in Hailey Bee’s and off the Beaten Path.  Carolyn Boatwright and DS also have work at Off the Beaten Path.  DS and Joanne Crouch have work at the SC Artisan Center in Walterboro.  DS also has work at Outback in Aiken. If you are interested in becoming a member, please contact a member or attend our April membership meeting on the first Thursday of the month at 6:30. 

RIDGE SPRING UNITED METHODIST CHURCH:Another fine Lenten message from Pastor Ashley and a perfect take away to start a new week. God ‘rolls’ up his sleeves to be there for us. We need to roll as well to be the best we can be: R – rest, O – Observe, L – Listen and L – Lead. In March the Big Red Box will be collecting non perishable food items. These will be donated to the Helpful Hands Food Minister Food Bank. If you are interested in donating, leave items on one of the porches and a member will make sure they are in the BRB. Also this month we will be collecting empty plastic Easter eggs and candy. These need to be in by Palm Sunday, April 25th to be delivered to Helpful Hands for their Annual Easter Egg Hunt. Church Services will be at 11 a.m. EXCEPT Easter Sunday which will be at 8:30 a.m. All are invited. Enjoy March Madness, but also be part of March Goodness!
Josie Rodgers
 St. William Catholic Church will hold a Chili Cook-Off on Sun., Mar. 25, at 5:30 pm.  Various chili chefs will compete for the title of Best Chili.  Guest judges will choose the best, but all attendees will be able to taste as many chili dishes as they like and vote on Hottest Chili, Sweetest Chili, and Most Unique Chili.  For more info, contact Candice Miller (CandiceHMiller@eaton.com).
RSM Elem (Rene Miller):  Congratulations to Terrell Carson, RSME’s 2018-19 Teacher of the Year!  Mrs. Carson has been teaching for 18 years, all at RSM.  She has a BA in early childhood education from USC-Aiken and a masters in literacy from Lesley University.  She and her husband Michael have two children:  Mikayla (9th grade) and Jayke (4th grade).
Registration for 4K will end on April 13.  There are limited slots available. 
RSM Elem’s Day of Caring is will be April 14.  If you are good with handiwork and outside projects, we need you!  We are also accepting financial donations to purchase materials and supplies for this project.  Contact the school at 803-685-2000.
The Spring Musical will take place in the gym on March 29, at 8:30 a.m. The theme for the musical is the music of Disney.
The RSME Miss and Master Pageant will be Mar. 22 at 6:30 in the gym.  Admission is $5 at the door.
RSM High:  Crystal Preston, senior basketball player will play  in the North South All-Star Basketball Game on the North Team at Lexington High School on Mar. 17.
The Teacher Cadets are thoroughly enjoying their time at RSM elementary each day.  They each go to a class and help the teacher do whatever is needed that day:  tutor, read, play, etc.  Many thanks to the following for being such wonderful cooperating teachers:  Retta Havird, Kipp Palmer, Ranell Shealy, Sharon McCain, Lisa Bouknight, & Tonya Rodgers.  These professionals also earn recertification credit for their time.
The Senior Beta Club celebrated National Beta Club Week last week with various activities.  They signed a Beta Pledge, handed out Beta Shout-Outs to faculty and staff, gave faculty and staff Beta Bucks to be redeemed for services.  They will continue their efforts this week by creating a video for the Junior Beta Club and by offering their services around the school. 

Review from David Marshall James:  "About Face:  The Life and Times of Dottie Ponedel:  Make-up Artist to the Stars" by Dorothy Ponedel & Meredith Ponedel, with Danny Miller
   Dottie Ponedel:  The woman behind the cinematic faces of Marlene Dietrich, Joan Blondell, Carole Lombard, Paulette Goddard, and Judy Garland, plus many other luminaries.
   When she succumbed to a more-than-two-decade battle with MS in 1979, Ponedel left behind this memoir, published here for the first time, a priceless view of the Golden Age of Hollywood.  She begins with her arrival in 1920, with her widowed mother, on the Santa Fe railroad from Chicago, where Dottie had been supporting the family selling "ten-dollar hats" in a downtown department store.
   At 90 cents' commission apiece, she and her Mother had put aside a 300-dollar nest egg, which purchased a bakery franchise across the park from their furnished apartment.  On a lark, Dottie hooked up as an extra with a movie crew filming in the park, for six dollars a day.  She discovered an untrained talent for dancing, which earned her even more as an extra, and she worked steadily throughout the decade, rubbing elbows with such greats as Rudolph Valentino, Mabel Normand, and D.W. Griffith.
   As with her dancing, Dottie's aptitude for makeup came naturally.  Her career in this new field shot to the stratosphere when she was assigned to Marlene Dietrich, fresh off the boat-- and the train, herself-- from Germany, at Paramount studio.  With Dietrich an immediate sensation, every Paramount star began seeking out Dottie, including Mae West.
    The author recalls Dietrich with the utmost fondness and gratitude, her generosity and support resulting in a longtime Paramount contract for Dottie, who was able to purchase a house in Beverly Hills, where she remained until her death more than 40 years later.
   Soon, Gary Cooper, Carole Lombard and husband Clark Gable, Dietrich, and many other legendary Hollywood figures were hanging out at Dottie's homey abode.  She was aces as a cook and a casual entertainer, but says Dietrich topped her in the kitchen.
   When the big stars at Paramount began to free-lance for more money, Dottie signed a contract with MGM.  She recalls working on Lucille Ball's face when studio hairstylist Sydney Guillaroff walked in with Judy Garland in tow.  Garland and Ponedel hit it off immediately, working on "Meet Me in St. Louis" (1944), and becoming best friends until Garland's death in 1969.
   The author's recollection of their trips to Chicago and New York City, then to London and Paris, include some hysterical anecdotes, such as the time Garland "stole" a wad of cash (money she had earned) from future husband Sid Luft's attache case. The women had no idea how much the foreign currency was worth, and Dottie took off for Rome with the equivalent of ten-thousand dollars in her girdle.
   The scores of photos, most from Dottie's private collection, document the historic glamour that she helped to create.  One of the rare pictures includes Garland, Ponedel, Jack Benny, and Joan Blondell lunching in the MGM commissary, all with a twinkle in their eyes, just as one would expect of true stars.  As the author concludes, "I have a sneaking feeling I'm going to have a ball with the bunch that's up there waiting for me."

Harriet's Garden Tips:  Some quick ideas: did a ten dollar hole for a five dollar plant.  It is more important to make it wider than deeper.   Coffee grounds are good for acid loving plants. Water geraniums with beer to make sensational plants.  March 15th is a good time to do drastic pruning to overgrown shrubs.  New growth will cover the scars quickly. 

REMINDERS
March 13: RS Harvest Festival meeting Town Hall
March 15: Friends of Ridge Spring Meeting at Town Hall
March 30: American Legion Boston Butt Sale
May 19:  The Magnolia Ridge Antique and Art Festival
Ridge Spring Library hours: Mon. Tues. 9:00 - 12:00; Wed. Thurs. Closed;
            Fri. 10:00 - 4:00; Sat. 10:00 - 1:00.
Ridge Spring Post Office hours:  Mon-Fri. 7:30 am – 11:30 am; Sat 9 – 10 am
Recycling Center Hours: Mon/Wed/Fri 1-7; Sat 7-7; Sun 3-7; Tues/Thurs closed
First Thursday of the Month:  AARS meets at 6:30, 685-5783
Every Friday & Saturday:  AARS hours 10 – 4 or by appt, free admission

No comments:

Post a Comment