March 5, 2018
Ridge Spring News
Harriet Householder
March 9 and 10
Quilting on the Ridge
Let's get spring started with
a tour of the Ridge Heritage Quilt Trail
The
many, many peach orchards are in bloom, the azaleas are showing color, the
Bradford Pear trees are in bloom and so many other plants are beginning to show
color. So spring is a week or two early,
we can still enjoy it. March is a windy
month, but that is so the pollen can get
to the flowers and pollinate. Remember
the saying, "March roars in like a lion and goes out like a lamb."
The Quilt Trail: Take part in the Ridge
Heritage Quilt Trail and visit the shops of Ridge Spring as they showcase
beautiful, handmade, and historic quilts. Participants are encouraged to start at The Art Center of Ridge
Spring at 108 Maintenance Building Circle, behind the Civic Center. For an
optional $5 registration fee, participants will receive a Ridge Spring Goodie
Bag containing a map, one free raffle ticket, and discounts to area stores.
Raffle Tickets will be available at the shops for $1 each or 6 tickets for
$5.
The Quilt Raffle: Our featured handmade quilt will be raffled off at the
conclusion of the weekend. The quilt is by
Anne Curley, the maker of the quilt that is being raffled. The quilt is
machine pieced but hand stitched. It is from a non smoking home. She said to
wash it on the delicate cycle in cold water but she throws a color catcher in
with it. Dry on low. She thought it was the perfect one for the raffle! Tickets will be available at the shops for $1
each or 6 tickets for $5.
Olde Treasures will have two Civil War era quilts on display.
Ridge Antiques & Dry
Goods is pleased to
welcome Debbie & Mike Faithful to our wonderful group of dealers.
Their booth is packed with absolutely beautiful antiques and
collectibles. Furniture, decorating items, military helmets, glassware
and so much more. Stop by and get first dibs on these very nice
offerings! Come see...
And don't forget about
the "Quilting on the Ridge" event this Friday and Saturday ~
we will have quilts on display in the store as well as raffle tickets for the
beautiful quilt that will be given to the winner. It looks to be a grand
weekend!
One quilt block is on the Nut
House. The history of the Quilt was
shared with me by Joe Cal Watson. Grandmother's Flower
Garden" Quilt: The
Quilt represented in the painting on the side of the Nut House was made by
Frances Laura Anderson Steadman.
The pattern of the quilt is
"Grandmother's Flower Garden" , which became popular in the early
twentieth century. Frances had learned
how to make the pattern from her mother.
It is an extremely labor -intensive quilt pattern. This quilt includes over 3,800 hexagons, which are each 1 inch across. Frances used the English paper piecing method
to make the quilt. She cut a template
for each hexagon from paper. Next, she
cut a piece of fabric in a hexagon that was about ¼ inch larger than the
template. The extending fabric was then
folded over the template and basted down.
Finally the hexagons were sewn together from the back side. After the border was sewn, Frances did the
quilting on a frame she set up in her living room. The painting of a section of
the quilt was made by Barbara Yon.
There are two quilts
that were made by Margaret Inglish Seawell that the family has in their
possession. One of the quilts pattern is
used on the Welcome to Ridge Spring sign when coming from Batesburg on Hwy. 23.
This quilt is at the library and it was done by Margaret Inglish Seawell, who was
born in Moniteal County Missouri on December 5, 1868 and died on March 7,
1957. She was the daughter of Judge Boyd
and Catherine Inglish. They moved to St.
Louis, Missouri and there Margaret Inglish married Jessie P. Seawell. They had one daughter, Mayme Seawell, who
married Harry Householder. Mayme was a
millinery designer, who designed ladies' hats for Elaine Millinery Company in
St. Louis. Mayme and Harry had one son, Robert
(Bob) Householder. He was inducted in
the US Army and served in the 3rd Army 85th Infantry European Theatre under
Gen. George Patton during World War II.
Bob married Florence Kinard from prosperity and moved to Ridge Spring in
1951. There are two quilts and they are
being passed on to their children, Robert S (Bobby ) Householder, Jr. and Dr.
Patty H. VanWie. It is not known when
the quilts were made, but presumably they are at least 100+ years old.
The Art Center of
Ridge Spring:
Out regular hours will be Fridays & Saturdays from 10:0 until 2:00 PM.
Quilting on the Ridge is on March 9th and 10th and will celebrate quilts. Many
quilts will be available for viewing in businesses throughout town. There will
be heirloom quilts in addition to the art of local artists. Barbara Yon will
lead a workshop on painting a quilt block at the Art Center. A drawing will be
held for a quilt on Saturday, March 10th at 3:00 PM. Tickets are $1 each or 6
for $5. You do not need to be present to win. Contact a member of AARS, FORS,
or Town Hall for tickets.
Several
of us attended the Department of Agriculture
class for farmers so they can accept vouchers this summer. These vouchers are given to people over a
certain age to use to get fresh fruits and vegetables. A Win for the farmers
and a Win for the participants. For more information contact the department
at 503.734.2224. If you missed the class
that was in Aiken, there are others being offered throughout the state. Just call the number for the schedule. This summer I have two gardens to work, and I
hope all works out well. One has already
been planted with the help of my grandchildren at their home in Gilbert. Nothing has come up yet.
Cub Scouts: We would like to put that Pack 555 is
recruiting new members. Boys and girls are invited to join. We meet
every 2nd and 4th Monday at Ridge Spring Baptist Church at 7:00. Any questions, contact Melissa Stover at mostover310@gmail.com
Security Federal Bank
will be opening accounts for its customers
from 1-5 March 7, 8, 14, 15, 20 and from
9-12 and 1-5 March 26-30. Their plans
also include having a soft opening on April 2.
Wendy Arndt, Magnolia
Ridge:
The 9th Annual Antique and Art Festival
is May 19 2018. Horse riding Summer programs available for children or adults
beginner through advanced. The flag on the gazebo it is from the winners of the
Harvest Festival BBQ.
Josie Rodgers:
The Upper State Champion RSM Boys Basketball
Team played the game of their lives at the Colonial Life Arena
Sat., Mar. 3, vying for the State Championship title. Though they came up short on points, they
were not short on support or pride in their school and community. It was heartbreaking not to take home the
state trophy, but we are ever so proud of this team who has done something no
other RSM basketball team has done since the 1950s. Coach Mark Wright, his assistants, and his
team worked hard all season (and off season) to be able to compete with the
elite during playoffs. Hemingway may
have gone home with the trophy, but we came home with pride and much love for
our Trojans!
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): Registration for 4K will be March 5 - 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: Congratulations to Crystal Preston, senior basketball player, for being
chosen for the North South All-Star
Basketball Game. “CP” will play for
the North Team at Lexington High School on Mar. 17.
The varsity softball team is having a
50-inning softball game fundraiser on Sat., Mar. 10 beginning at 10 am. Admission is $3, and lunch will be on the
grill at 1:00. The players are taking donations per inning that they play. See any JV or varsity softball player to help
support this fundraiser.
Bob
Householder Our
RSM Boys Basketball team played in the Class A State Championship Game Saturday. They lost to Hemingway, but it was the first
time the boys team had played a State Champion Game since the 1955 Ridge Spring
team won the State Class C championship.
Congratulations to this 2018 team's
success!!!
Review from
David Marshall James: "Much Ado About
Murder" by Elizabeth J. Duncan
This classy mystery novel
set at a Catskills resort that features Shakespearean plays ought to tickle
devotees of Agatha Christie and the classic Cotswolds village mystery.
The bucolic setting,
combined with Canadian author Elizabeth J. Duncan's U.K.-philia-- she writes
another mystery series, set in Wales-- contributes to the Christie-ness.
Let's not forget the resident corgi, Rupert, either.
To further Brit things
up, the protagonist is an English ex-pat. Costumer Charlotte Fairfax has
worked with the RSC (if your "forsooth's" are a tad rusty, that's the
Royal Shakespeare Company).
Charlotte is currently "bungalow-ed up" with a
local detective on the resort grounds. Now, that just might brush her up
against a mystery or two.
Charlotte's good chum,
Paula Van Dusen, resides at a nearby estate, and we do mean estate. She
employs a full-time staff, including a gardener for the prizewinning roses and
a chauffeur to handle the Rolls, and we don't mean Sister Shubert's.
Paula and Charlotte frequently
confabulate over frosty gin-and-tonic's as Paula heads up the Shakespeare Co.'s
board of directors.
In this third go-round of
Duncan's Shakespeare in the Catskills series, the piece du jour is, of course,
"Much Ado About Nothing," and there're gobs ado about the English
actress who's crossed The Pond to play Beatrice and her dissatisfaction with
multiple directors, younger co-stars, and teabags.
We're not about to
divulge the particulars of the plotting. Suffice to say that, if
Christie's village mysteries and The Bard are your cup of tea, then this'll be
your second cuppa.
Harriet's Garden Tips: Have you seen the tulips coming up in the
pots around the shop and at the Nut House?
These are my surprise pots. Last
year that freeze we had for three days killed all my bulbs. This year it has worked. I do not try to save
these tulip bulbs for they do not do well the second year at all. I enjoy
planting them in the fall to enjoy the surprise in the spring. I hope
you will consider doing that too.
Quick reminder: deadhead your bulbs as the blooms die and don't forget
to fertilize those bulbs to help them store up food for next spring. If a group of bulbs did not bloom, mark the
spot so you can dig up, divide, and replant the bulbs at a later date.
REMINDERS
March 9 & 10: Quilting on the Ridge
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: Reopen soon
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
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