July 23, 2018
Ridge Spring News
Harriet Householder
Alumni
of Ridge Spring-Monetta High School 1958-1968 Monetta
or Ridge Spring High School Alumni: We had three wonderful reunions that became
simpler, more intimate and so good for us all.
We have so much to be proud of and what good memories we do have of
those years in high school. Sara Rutland, class of '60,was going to chair this
upcoming one. Sara lost her husband
Maxie Rutland, class of '56, in April 2017.
This has left her with no desire to do the reunion. I have led three and cannot do another one. We
need a new chairperson to lead the next one. If you are willing to volunteer
please contact Sara or me. A lot of
classes are having their own reunions, and it may be time for us to discontinue
the five year reunion. If anyone would
like to take on the chairmanship, please let me know by Halloween. Otherwise we will discontinue these
reunions. We had good times, though, so
cherish the memories. Contact: Harriet Householder at hfhouseholder@gmail.com
Watson Reunion Cancelled: Unfortunately, the Watson Reunion has been
cancelled for this summer. We will look forward to rescheduling at a later
date. For more information, contact Joe Watson at 803-685-7815 or joewatson@comporium.net or Mary Watson Edmonds at marywedmonds@gmail.com or 803-790-7780.
The Harvest Festival planning is in
fifth gear heading down the stretch. We have a NEW website (www.
HF Beauty Pageant is
returning. It will be held on September
22 beginning at 2:00 PM. There are five categories
in the Junior Division and four categories in the Senior Division. You can download the application at the web
site. There are other applications, too,
if you want to participate in the other activities, such as the car show, craft
show, cake and pie contest and more.
We have at least 6 BBQ teams signed up for the BBQ Battle for the Ridge. The top 4
BBQ cook teams at the top of the points standings will be at our competition
this year! There will be a ceremony for the former BBQ King of Ridge
Spring where their flag will be lowered, folded and presented to the team
during the awards. Top prize this year... $1000, a trophy and the team's flag
flown above the town for a year! Spaces are limited and there are early sign up
incentives for teams to save money.
We are saddened to see
the shop "Off the Beaten Path" closing. It added so much to our town. It will be hard to replace those charming
people.
The Ridge Spring Famers' Market Report: The
produce was abundant. Again three
vendors had corn, tomatoes, and more. Peaches were available. Watermelons
cantaloupe, peppers, and a small amount of okra were available. George Raborn hopes to have peas this coming
week. Sherald Rodgers will have no more corn, but Titan Farms and Leonard Bell
will still have some this coming week. Day's
Honey will be back in two weeks. String beans, butternut squash, cucumbers and
zucchini were available too. The tomato varieties included heirloom, cherry,
grape, yellow, purple, and the red ones we are used to.. The family needs to get the hives producing the honey. The Rustic Rose Paint Brush will be back
August 4. When I get to the market I
always seem to need help getting set up.
The tent, purchased from the grant we received from AgSouth, takes four
people to set it up. Vickie Miller and
her aunt are early customers and Vickie always is in the right spot to help me
set up everything. They helped again this past Saturday, but I need to mention
Aunt Martha Stoudemire's name this time.
Left it off last week The positive attitude that is at the market is a
joy to experience. Do come by and visit.
At the Farmers' Market we had a new vendor selling Tupperware,
Diane Taylor. She will be back or a representative will be there this
coming Saturday. I had forgotten how much I liked Tupperware and had to
buy some. They have updated all and developed new products. She certainly has good deals. I was
impressed.
We did get to talking about
bachelors and widows and how they survive.
George Raborn lost his wife and now he notes that bachelors just put the
clean clothes on the extra bed and not worry about folding them and putting
them up. Why wear out the cabinet doors. When he was young and lived on the farm, they
threw nothing away. They would even put
the dishwater in with the slop and feed it to the pigs.
RIDGE SPRING UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH: BiG Red Box: The BRB will be collecting school supplies for RSM
Elementary School. The List will be posted on the porch of the FLC.
There will be a bucket on the porch of the FLC to collect dried Caroyla
Markers. These will be recycled. No
church service on July 29th.
Art Center in Ridge Spring by Joanne Crouch:
Anne Hightower-Patterson White, watercolorist, will have an
intermediate-advanced class on Fri, September 14th and Sat,
September 15th from 10-4. Cost
is $130 and must be paid before September 10th. Pre-register at the Art Center on Fridays or
Saturdays from 10-2, or contact Joanne Crouch @ (803)685-5577 (leave
message) or by email joanne.crouch26@gmail.com.
Two pottery classes
are planned by Kim Ruff. A small
casserole class will be held on Monday, September 10th from
6:30-8:30. Cost is $35 and includes
glazing and firing. On October 15, a
clay Christmas tree class will be held on October 15th from
6:30-8:30. Cost is $35 and includes all
firing and glazing. During Kim’s class, the students will be allowed to
make additional small pieces to use all the clay that is allotted for the
class.
Hours of operation at the Art Center are
Fridays and Saturdays from 10-2. There is no admission fee. Join us for our membership meetings on the
first Thursday of the month at 6:30.
Check out our face book page at Art Association of Ridge Spring&
Gallery
Josie Rodgers
We are
so excited to announce the groundbreaking of the new RSM HIgh School on Aug. 17
at noon! This
event has been a very long time coming, something our community has longed for
and deserved for many years. The
location will be beside RSM Middle and will face Trojan Road (how perfect!). Plans are to open the school by the fall of
2019. Join us for this historic and
exciting event!
Distinguished
Young Women of SC: Our
local DYWs are spending this week with host families and a roomie in
Lexington. The young ladies will
participate in various events throughout the week including a trip to Riverbanks
Zoo, a visit to Columbia College, time with the Boys/Girls Club, a Lexington
Blowfish baseball game, a tea party, a luau, and a cowgirl event. More importantly, these ladies will focus on
how becoming their best selves involves giving back to their communities and
our world to make it a better place.
Competitions for scholarships will take place July 27-28. Local DYWs are Sara Miller, North Edgefield DYW; Jenna Crase, South Edgefield DYW, and Annalee Rodgers, Saluda County DYW.
Many thanks to Katie Warnken at Sara's Fresh Market for helping us create a lovely
gift basket for Annalee's DYW host family.
It included fresh peaches, jam, butter, BBQ sauce, peach cider, and
peach salsa. What a perfect gift for a family!
We had a girls' lunch at Juniper last Friday (me, my mom, my oldest daughter--Anna was
having her senior portrait). It was
shrimp and grits for all. Chef never
disappoints! Fresh stewed squash accompanied the dish. It was delicious! I enjoy going to Juniper because I get to
talk to people I know, and I always peek back in the kitchen to see what
current and former students are working!
Get ready for the Saluda County Farm to Table & Honey Tasting on Sept. 29 at 6:00
pm. This event is a fundraiser held to
raise money for scholarships for local students interested in careers in
agriculture. Partners with the Saluda
County Farm to Table Committee are the Saluda County Chamber of Commerce, the
Town of Ward, the Gables Inn & Gardens, and the Clemson Extension Service. Two scholarships were awarded to local youth
this past May: Darren Abney, RSM High, & McKenzie
Maffett, Saluda High. Tickets are
$60 per person, $100 per couple, or $400 for a table of 8. Tickets may be purchased by visiting Saluda
FTT on Facebook or by emailing SaludaCountyFTT@gmail.com.
Review from
David Marshall James: "South Toward
Home: Adventures and Misadventures in My Native Land" by Julia Reed
Reading Julia Reed's
collection of "Garden & Gun" essays on Southern culture is like
sailing down a Mississippi Delta Road while the daylight is sucked into the
West, the shadows filling with the myriad voices that sound and resound through
the flat fields of cotton.
Those constitute the
soundtrack of her life and her writing, along with the music heard live and
recorded, especially as blasted from the car radio or eight-track tape player.
The author's essays
usually wind up at humorous junctions, although that's a natural result of her
senses and sensibilities, not some forced "corn pone" (to borrow her
terminology) shtick.
She's most affecting here
in her "Personal Notes" section of recollections, of growing up in
Greenville, Miss., of boarding school in Madeira, Virginia (where the infamous
Jean Harris was headmistress), of Georgetown University and early jobs,
including that of roving Southern reporter for "Newsweek," under the
editorship of Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Jon Meacham, who provides an erudite
introduction to this volume and its author.
Nevertheless, there are
personal asides in all of these pieces, some of them repeated for good
measure. Call them "chestnuts in her repertoire."
Reed comes across as a
person you would want to be seated with at any yawn-inducing or otherwise
uncomfortable social occasion, a person you would follow around at a party,
surreptitiously or otherwise. She'll bum cigarettes for you (band
drummers are excellent sources in this "no, no, nicotine" era, she
notes), and she'll dance when everyone else is picking wallflowers.
It'll be a cryin' shame
if Julia Reed doesn't write at least one novel (I picture a slew of
Fitzgeraldian Delta parties, such as the ones she describes herein), with
forays to New Orleans bars and Mississippi River sandbars, as incomparably
unfathomable and irresistible as a jar of Delta corn tamales.
Harriet's
Garden Tips: If
you are thinking of a fall vegetable garden, here are some ideas of seeds to
plant: carrots, broccoli, lettuce, greens such as mustard, turnip, and collard,
radishes, winter squash, and more. There
will be some bedding plants coming along in September and October, too. Check out bulbs for soon we will be
planting. Keep
deadheading. Drop the dead blooms in the
flower bed to see if they will reseed for next year. My Rose Campions do.
REMINDERS
June-August: Ridge Spring Farmers Market
July 29: No service at RSUM Church
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
Saluda County Library Hours:
Mon/Wed
8:30 am-5 pm; Tues/Thurs 8:30 am – 6 pm; Fri 8:30 am – 5 pm; Sat closed
Every Friday & Saturday:
AARS
hours 10 – 4 or by appt, free admission
Every first Tuesday of the Month:
AARS meets at 6:30, 685-5783
Every 1st Thursday: Audibel Hearing Center
Every
Friday: Narcotics Anonymous and
Alcoholics Anonymous meetings 7-8 pm at The Ridge Spring
Library
Every 4th
Saturday: The Helpful Hands Food/Clothing Bank
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