February 22, 2019
Ridge Spring News
Harriet Householder
Quilting on the Ridge
March 8 and 9
The Town will be decked out in quilts. Start at the Art Center, 108 Maintenance Building Circle (behind the
Civic Center) and purchase a bag of Goodies for $5.00. View the painting of a quilt block. Visit the Civic Center where Creative Sewing Machine Center will
have a long arm machine and other sewing and quilting machines on display and a
sewing machine as a door prize a Viking Emerald 116. The
beautiful quilt made by Anne Curley is on display at the Security Federal Bank. Tickets are one for $1.00 or six for
$5.00. Next week there will be a list of
items in the goodie bag.
Friends
of Ridge Spring met Thursday to make final plans for The
Quilting weekend. We are putting together Goodie bags that will
include raffle ticket, bottle of water, 2 Girl Scout cookies from Harriet's
Garden, something from the Nut House, quilt square, coupons from Haley Bee,
Ridge Antiques, Pat's Antiques, brochures and more. We will have 50 bags to sell each day. Everyone is welcome to our meetings.
From the Mayor's Desk: Town Hall is now open on Saturday mornings from 8:30 until
12:30. Also utility payments will not be taken after 4:30 daily.
The Farmer's Market will be located at the Civic Center after the Peach
Tree 23 Yard Sale. Come get your fresh
produce. The Ag Department has begun sending out letters for farmers who plan
to accept vouchers.
Narcotics Anonymous
and Alcoholics Anonymous has cancelled its weekly meetings at
the Ridge Spring library. It will be
started back up in the new year. There
are meetings in Aiken if interested
Jeff Clamp Band Director, Ridge Spring-Monetta Middle / High: On February 14 - 16 eight students represented RS-M Middle
and High Schools at the Claflin University Honor Band Clinic in Orangeburg,
SC. The students auditioned for chairs placement, rehearsed music, and
performed a concert at the end of the clinic. Three of the eight RS-M
students earned first chair at the clinic. Landon Hastings (7th grade
alto sax), Paola Trinidad (8th grade trombone), and Joanna Kaiser (11th grade
flute) were the top students in their sections. Other students to attend
the clinic from RS-M were 7th graders Natalie Maltese, Fancy Smith, and Christopher
Story, 9th grader Kyla Padgett, and 11th grader Makayla
Lee. Congratulations to all of these students for their hard work.
Webbs Photography: Mildred
Webb was so thrilled to learn that Webb Photography has been awarded The 2019
Couple’s Choice. This award recognizes Wedding Professionals who demonstrate
excellence in Quality Service , Responsiveness and Professionalism. A huge
thanks to all the wonderful Brides who have trusted her to photograph their
Special Day."You have brought me to this milestone in my Business."
Juniper was
invited by the SC
Restaurant & Lodging Association last week to talk
about the SC Chef Ambassador program at their annual Stars of South Carolina
Hospitality Awards! Joining Brandon was the current 2019 Chef Ambassador
Brandon Carter from Farm
Bluffton.xxdddddxs
The Nut House and Country
Store: Just a friendly reminder that we’re open Monday through
Saturday from 10am to 5pm - come check us out in downtown Ridge Spring!
The Yon Family Farm Bull and Cow sale was a
success. 187 head of cattle were sold into
17 different states. The farthest being
from Montana. The Yons will be
delivering them over a month for they prefer to personally deliver their cattle.
AARS (Kedryn Evans): Winter is almost over, and we are
looking forward to opening back up to the public. We will reopen Mar. 1. Our
hours will be Fri and Sat from 10 am to 2 pm. Check out our Facebook page, Art
Association of Ridge Spring, to find out about upcoming events.
RIDGE SPRING UNITED METHODIST CHURCH(Nanette
Hughes): February means Super Bowl
AND Souper Collection! The month of February the Big Red Box will be collecting
soup. Any kind, all kinds are appreciated. At the end of the month the soup
will be distributed to local foods banks.
Josie Rodgers: Congratulations to Quinten
Miller, a first-year FFA member at Saluda High, who placed in the Top 10 of Mr. FFA last week. He also
won the Top Application Award!
Quinten is the son of Russell & Candice Miller. RSM Middle: Guidance counselor Jennifer Randall: Each month,
students have the opportunity to be nominated by their teachers as Triumphant Trojans based on a character
trait that we spotlight during that month. In celebration, we hold a Character Breakfast for the nominated
students and their parents! Each day students are reminded during our
announcements about the character trait focus and how to demonstrate that
trait. Recently we held the celebration for these students and invited their
parents to attend. During the Character Breakfast, students and their parents
are provided breakfast from Hardee's, and then Mr. Johnson and/or Dr. Thur
present the student with a certificate. The certificate displays the exact words
the teacher used to nominate the student. At the end of the celebration, a
picture is taken of the Triumphant Trojans of the month to post on our school
webpage. RSM High: Several
FFA members attended the FFA Legislation Appreciation Day at the State
House last week. Proudly representing RSM High were Lacy Pou, Dawson Holsomback,
Dylan Nicely, Audrey Derrick, Caleb Sanders, & Austin Scott along with
sponsor Michael Crim.
A little History of
Ridge Spring:
In
going through some old files I came across a copy of the following among
Florence Householder, my mother-in-law. She was town clerk for around 40 years.
.Act of Incorporation, Ordinances and By
Laws of the town of Ridge Spring, Edgefield County, SC. Members of Council R. B. Watson ---Intendant, Wardens: J. C. Watson, J. H. Quarles, J. A.
Merritt, L. P. Rutland, April 1883.
ORDINANCES
By the Town of Ridge
Spring
April 17th, 1883
Specifying the Duties
of the Intendant
Section
1. Be it ordained by the Intendant and Wardens of the Town Council of Ridge
Spring, in Council Assembled, that the Intendant shall be the chief executive
officer of the corporation; and it shall be his duty to be vigilant and active
at ___________ in causing the Laws and Ordinances for the government of the
town to be duly executed and put in force; to advise and conduct all
subordinate officers; and he shall be empowered to enforce his lawful orders;
he shall be advised to call to his assistance, in the preservation of public
safety any of the inhabitants of the town; and that in case of assault or riot
or appearance or probability of tumult or riot in said town, the Intendant
shall immediately summon _____ the Town Council, and such measures shall
thereupon ____________ as shall appear most advisable for preventing or recessing
such riot or tumult; and if any Warden or officer of the town shall neglect or
refuse to obey the order for ______ from the Intendant, he shall forfeit a sum
not exceeding twenty dollars for such offense; and any other incident refusing
to obey the order of the Intendant for the every such offense; and any other subordinate
refusing to obey the order of the Intendant for the cause of suppressing any
riot or tumult shall forfeit a sum not exceeding twenty dollars for every such
refusal.
The
left margin of the first page is cut somewhat which made it difficult to read
all the words. You get the idea of the
first order of the law and how much it would cost. The Intendant must be what we call the mayor today. Review from David
Marshall James: "American Pop" by Snowden Wright
Effervescent soft
drinks-- gurgled from a bottle or slurped through a straw-- are
quintessentially Southern. All the major colas-- as well as some
regional, still-fizzing sodas-- were birthed in the South.
We may have lost The War,
but we sho-hell know how to survive a hot summer's afternoon. Tennessee
Williams expressed this intertwining of a people and their passion in a line
from "A Streetcar Named Desire," in which Blanche urges her sister,
Stella: "Run to the drugstore and get me a lemon Coke with plenty of
chipped ice in it."
Likewise, author Snowden
Wright spotlights a Southern family, from mid-19th-century to
late-20th-century, the scions of a soft-drink empire, Panola (later Pan) Cola,
to top all others. After a Mississippi pharmacist's son, Houghton
Forster, formulates a mouthwatering beverage, Houghton's heirs lead lives on
the level of a Scott Fitzgerald fantasy, one dreamed up at The Ritz bar in
Paris between the seventh and eighth Gin Rickeys (a favored cocktail of a
character herein) of the evening.
Not to worry: A Pan
Cola'll pick you up on the morning after.
Wright opens his novel at
The Ritz of the Mississippi Delta: The Peabody hotel in Memphis, on the
cusp of World War II, a turning point in the lives of the Forster family.
Their individual and
collective histories bounce back and forth over the decades as the author
places them in their moments of truth and other formative points on their
lifelines. A Mississippian himself, Wright stages his best scenes on
alluvium firma, be they at a Delta planters' all-night card game or a Delta
wedding.
His style exhibits what
Tennessee Williams termed "a lapidary polish," with frequent
placement of "le mot juste," with artfully inventive descriptive
passages creating memorable images. Wright's sense of irony bubbles to
the top throughout the narrative. And he applies Dickensian touches as
the saga pulls to a close.
The floorboards in the
by-the-bootstrap American business hall of fame are strewn with the likes of
the Forster heirs, with Edsel Ford, with Barbara Hutton. To wit and to
which we return to Fitzgerald (who had the foresight to wed a Southern belle),
still propped up at The Ritz bar, commenting: "The golden bowl is
broken, but it is golden."
(The story sounded so good that I had to ask David if fact or
fiction - it is fiction!!!
Harriet's Garden
Tips: My tulips are blooming. That is about a week or two early. I see the peach trees blooming early too Have
you noticed the camellias in bloom? They
are beautiful. They are easy to root in
the summer, but it takes several years before the cuttings will be mature
enough to bloom. Many of the older
varieties are very hardy. I have cut
down two that had been planted in the wrong place. Actually I have cut them down at least four
times and they keep coming back. They
are now protected for life. Camellias and
Sasanquas will slowly grow to over 15
feet tall, so be prepared. Fertilize if
you remember, spray if you have time, or just enjoy them as they bloom and
grow.
REMINDERS
Ridge Spring Library Hours: Mon. Tues. 9:00 - 12:00; Wed. Thurs. Closed;
Fri. 10:00 -
4:00; Sat. 10:00 - 1:00.
Saluda Library Hours:
Mon/Wed
8:30 am-5 pm; Tues/Thurs 8:30 am – 6 pm; Fri 8:30 am – 5 pm; Sat closed
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
Fridays & Saturdays:
AARS
hours 10:00-2:00 or by appt, free admission
Every first Thursday of the Month:
AARS meets at 6:30, 685-5783
Third Thursday: FORS at Town Hall at 5:30 PM
Every 1st Thursday: Audibel Hearing Center in the back room of Bank
Security
Bank Hours: Monday,
Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 9-12 1-5, Wed. 9-12
Ridge Spring Town
Hall: Monday
- Friday 8:30am - 5:00pm, Sat. 8:30am - 12:30pm
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