February 9, 2015
Ridge Spring News
Friends of Ridge Spring will
meet Thursday evening at 5:00 at Cumbee Place.
Finger food will be served. Come
and help us plan. We are working on
several projects including Market on the Ridge,
updating the town brochure and more.
Meeting starts around 5:30.
Primitives at the Ridge - Our
Spring Gathering will be held March 6th and 7th from 10:00 - 4:30.
We just got back from a shopping trip in Pennsylvania, so the shop will
be filled with lots of new, old and unique items. Most items will be
available this coming weekend except for the extra special items we'll be
saving for our Spring gathering. If you've never been to the shop, I
think you'd be surprised at the variety of unique items that we carry.
Come check us out.
Magnolia Ridge Antiques and Art Gathering Featuring Palmetto Antique Tractors will take place on May
16th. Any dealers that would like to reserve a space please contact: bevarndt36@gmail.com
D’Vay Davis: It is
Girl Scout cookie time. Troops with the Girl Scouts Mountains to Midlands
region are currently taking orders for Girl Scout cookies. The cookies will be
available for direct sale starting the week of February 16th.
If you are interested in ordering cookies, please contact D'Vay davis at 803 685 7286 and she
will put you in contact with a troop in the Ridge spring, Saluda, and Batesburg
/leesville area. Thank you in advance for your support.
Off the Beaten Path Burr, it's cold outside, but it is warm inside Off the
Beaten Path. Our artists and craftsmen are always bringing in new works
of art. There are many beautiful items for you and your home. Come
get in out of the cold and warm up to a great shopping experience.
Remember we are open on Mondays and Tuesdays as well as Thursday through Saturday from 10 AM
till 5 PM.
Indoor
Farmers Market will be held at Cumbee Place
Thursday, February 19 from 3:30 to 5:30 pm.
Calling
All Vendors: We are now taking applications for our 2015 Market on the
Ridge
Our first annual Market on the Ridge was a huge
success and we are now accepting vendors for our 2015 Market. This show is a
great way to kick off the spring shopping season and as we saw last year
everyone is ready to come out of hibernation. If you are interested in being a
vendor contact Noel Steele at Cumbee Place, her number is 803-685-0410. Applications at: market on the ridge.com
From David Marshall
James:
“The Cloud Chaser: A Physician’s Early Adventures” concerns the
first 28 years in the life of Ridge Spring native Dr. Michael C. Watson, as
related by Dr. Watson
One can imagine all the Sherlock Holmes
jokes, although none are mentioned in the first volume of the author’s
memoir. The second is titled “Catching
the Clouds: A Physician’s Purpose Filled
Life”. Both books are published by Tate
Publishing of Mustang, Okla.
Dr. Watson was born and raised in a familiar
Ridge Spring landmark, the Georgian-style brick homestead with the
pecan-tree-lined semicircular drive, on the right side of S.C. 23 as one enters
the town from the East. Although the
imposing residence, which brings to mind the words “manse” and “manor,” seems
antebellum, it was actually built under the auspices of Dr. Watson’s father,
Joseph Calhoun Watson, himself a Ridge Spring native, for his wife, Aurelia Cunningham
Watson, a native of Greer, and their burgeoning family, which ultimately
included four children.
Dr. Watson, the youngest, was just five years
old when the Great Depression descended full force; indeed, his father had to
take a job in Kentucky for seven years, returning home only two weeks each
year. After receiving what he recalls as
an excellent education at the local school, where his Mother taught seventh
grade, Dr. Watson went up to Clemson for the first time, but he enlisted in the
Marines as soon as he was of age, in 1944, during World War II.
He vividly recalls his training at Parris
Island and experiences during the war, which took him from Norfolk, Va., where
he saw President Franklin Roosevelt, through the Panama Canal to Oahu, and
ultimately to Guam. A specialist in
electronics, Dr. Watson returned to Clemson following promotion to Marine
corporal, yet he did not wish to pursue a career in electrical
engineering. He briefly considered
studying agricultural science, but farming had never been his forte, even
having grown up on a family-run farm.
It was his father who nudged him toward
medicine, and once he aced organic chemistry at Clemson, the future M.D. knew
he was on his way—even receiving early acceptance to the Medical College in Charleston
among a highly competitive field of candidates swollen by the G.I. Bill. His recollections of medical school and
residence in a family-run boardinghouse are a particular highlight of this
book, and the author never scrimps on cringe-worthy details, such as having to
stomp a rat while doing rounds at the Old Roper Hospital in Charleston, or
being assigned a cadaver that putrefied because the body had been electrocuted
(by the State) and the embalming was unsuccessful.
The volume wraps up with Dr. Watson’s
internship in Toledo, Ohio, where he had to treat an outbreak of polio, and his
return to his home state, where he began his practice in Bamberg almost 61
years ago. The titles of both volumes,
incidentally, are taken from a childhood experience at Clouds Creek in Ridge
Spring, a favorite haunt of his youth.
For those readers who don’t order from
Amazon, this volume ($9.99) can be ordered from Tate Publishing by a local
bookstore, such as Books-A-Million in Aiken.
RSM Elementary School, Rene
Miller
Congratulations to
Mrs. Jenny Hallman, K-5 teacher, who was selected as our 2015-2016 Teacher of the Year.
Mrs. Hallman has been teaching for 31 years!
Congratulations to Mrs. Keri Najmola,
4th grade teacher, who was selected as our
2015-2016 First Year Teacher of the Year!
First in Math: For the week ending
February 6 Our school has completed 874,986 math problems. We have earned 291,662
stickers. The team of the week is: Mrs. Najmola’s Class—4th grade. The
player of the week is: Karla Valencia. She earned 468 stickers. She is in Mrs.
Kerby’s 1st grade class. The top team for each grade level is : Kindergarten:
Mrs. Hallman’s class; 1st Grade: Mrs. Kerby’s class; 2nd Grade: Mrs. Bouknight’s
class; 3rd Grade: Mrs. Ford’s class; 4th Grade: Mrs. Najmola’s class
5th Grade: Ms. Young’s class; Our
students continue to work hard using the First in
Math program. We have set a school
goal to complete ONE MILLION math problems by the end of the year. This will help increase fluency with math
facts and, therefore, increase our test scores in the spring! Way to go, Ridge
Spring Elementary students!
On a personal note from Harriet’s Garden: Thank you for supporting me on Valentine’s
Day. I must admit that it is the most
important day for my shop and with Sylvia Moran’s and my husband’s help, it was
a nice success.
Reminders:
February 19: Farmers Market at Cumbee place
February 19: FORS Meeting
March 6 & 7: Primitives at
the Ridge Spring Gathering
March 8: Show Time at the Star Center
March 28: Market on the Ridge
May 16: Magnolia Ridge Antique and Art Gathering
Ridge
Spring Library hours:
Mon/Tues 8:30 am - 12 pm; Wed., 12:30 – 4:30; Thurs 8:30 am - 12:00 pm; Fri
12:30 pm -4:30 pm, Saturday from 9:00 until noon,
Every 2nd & 4th
Monday: Kids' Corner Story Time 10:30-11:30 a.m., at the Ridge Spring Library.
Every
2nd Monday:
RSM Elem PTO meets at 6:30 pm in the media center.
Every Friday & Saturday: AARS hours 10 – 4 or by appt, free admission RS NEWS
Every first Tuesday of
the Month: AARS meets at 6:30, 685-5783
Every Wednesday: AA
meets at Recovery Works
Every
Monday & Friday: Narcotics Anonymous
and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings
7 pm at Recovery Works (enter on Ponderosa Drive; park in Visitor Parking Area)
Every 3rd
Thursday: FORS at Cumbee Place 5 pm
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