September 21, 2015
Ridge Spring News
Harriet Householder
The Harvest Festival was a wonderful event this
year. Due to the State Fair and the
Aiken Fair honing in on our original date in October and attendance dropping,
we thought we would try to change the date to reinvigorate the Harvest Festival. Bingo attendance dropped a little but all had
a great time. Hot dogs with chili or no
chili were great too. Baskets were
raffled off. There were eight and the
community shops put together great ones.
I just can’t say enough to our local businesses and our sponsor Derrick
Equipment for their help in making it a wonderful success. Thank you, thank you, and thank you
Do not ask me why but I love to give away a grill
with our local chicken or meat gift certificates. This year I did not know how I was going to
do it. Out of the blue a friend who had
won last year’s grill let me know they had not used it for they already had a
very nice one. Would I like it back? How can I be so lucky?
The Cake and Pie contest was a success too. Daisy
Rutland got her judges to taste and decide on winners. They were as follows:
Layer cake first place- Audrey McCain
Second
place-Lisa Daff
Third
place-Lisa Daff
Pound cake first place- Audrey McCain
Second
place-Phillip Mixon
Third
place-Vicki Pierce
Pie first place-Georgia Isabelle
Second
place-Samantha Mc Clure
Third
place-Harriet Householder
Children’s Cookies winners were first place Adalyn
Holsenback, second place Riley Holsenback, and third place to Parker Holsenback
Children’s Brownies winners were first place
Madison Bedenbaugh, second place Anna Elise Griffeth, and third place Carter
Senf.
Then Saturday was a great
day too. The entertainment, the parade,
the four games for the Children and the three paint set-ups were perfect for
the children and adults. The crafters
were plenty and Leonard Bell was there selling produce. The Country Store was
full of fresh produce from our local farmers.
A big THANKS goes to Rawl’s Farm, Titan Farms and Watsonia. Hugh Weathers was supposed to be the Grand
Marshall but there was a funeral he had to attend.
Ridge
Spring Harvest Festival Annual Car and Truck Show September 19, 2015
Winners
Best of
Show Jodie Sauls 1950 Mercury Woody; Festival Choice Pete Soper 1966 Chevy
Truck
Top 10
1.
Dennis
& Kathy Somerville 1970 Triumph TR6,
2. Julia & Dwight Davis 1978 VW Bus, 3. Robert Rutland 1940 Ford Deluxe, 4.
Susan Coffey 2005 Chrysler Crossfire Limited Coupe, 5. Gene Williams 1999 GMC Sonoma Customized, 6. Harold
Glazener 1969 Impala Convertible, 7. Mary McGee 1984 Nissan 300ZX, 8. Aubrey
Hendrix 1963 ½ Ford Fastback, 9. Paul Winters 1967 Fairlane 500, 10. Pedro
McCormick 1940 Coupe Street Rod
The Ridge Spring Harvest Festival and Ridge
Spring-Monetta Athletic Booster Club would like to thank each of the
participants.
THANK
YOU TO ALL VOLUNTEERS, PARTICIPANTS, SPONSORS AND ATTENDEES OF THE HARVEST
FESTIVAL!!!!
We have found a
RS-M High School 1998 ”Senior Year Class Book" which we think
belongs to Shawana Holme. We would love to get it back to its owner so if
anyone knows Shawana please have her call Barbara Yon at 685-5386.
Jeff Clamp, Band Director, Ridge Spring-Monetta Middle
/ High School: The RS-M True Blue Marching Band will be in competition at
the "Mustang Classic" at Midland Valley High School onSaturday, September 26th. RS-M performs at 3:00 p.m. The True Blue Band will also be in
competition at Irmo High School on Saturday, October 10th, Orangeburg-Wilkinson
High School on Saturday, October 17th, and at the Lower-State Championships at
Charleston Southern University on Saturday, October 24th. You can keep up with the True Blue
Marching Band on the web at http://band.rsmhs.acps.
Ridge Spring Library: Toddler time will be Monday
September 28th at 10:30 AM. Toddler Time is every other Monday.
Arthur Kenner: Jerusalem
Baptist Church will celebrate its 138th church anniversary Sunday, September 27th
at 10:15 AM. The guest minister will be Rev. Kenneth Waldo and
music will be furnished by the Anniversary Choir. The public is invited
to worship in this anniversary service. If you require additional
information please call Rev. Sim E. Murray at 706-210-0433.
Nonie's is a new business in
Ridge Spring. Nonie’s is located at 401 East Main St. In our shop you will find
handmade items from local Crafters, Antiques, Vintage, Repurposed items,
redesigned furniture, gently used Items, Children Clothing and toys, handmade
soaps and candles. You will also find unique Items that can be personalized. We
can also turn your images in to paintings; put them on canvas, and much, much
more. We will be opening September 19th the
same day as the Harvest Festival and our Grand opening will be October the 3rd.
Stop by and say hello to me, Noel and my business partner Dana. We look forward
to seeing you.
The Art Center of Ridge Spring announces the fall line-up of classes
that will be held at the Art Center located behind the Ridge Spring Civic
Center.
Fall Pottery Workshop with Donna Minor—Saturday, October 3rd,
9-1 ages 8 and up. Students will have
the option to make a slab built sugar and cream bowl or colander. All materials are included. Cost is $35.
Beginning Encaustic Wax Workshop with Joanne Crouch—Saturday, October 10th
from 9-3. Encaustic wax painting is the
practice of painting with layers of wax. Each layer is fused with the former layer with
a heat gun or torch. Attendees will experience
numerous demonstration and will be encouraged to complete at least 3
pieces. Most supplies and tools will be
supplied. STUDENTS MUST PRE-REGISTER. Cost is $75.
Class limit: 6 students.
Gourd Chip Carving Class with Linda Lake—Saturday, October 17th
from 9-1. Each member of the class will
receive tutoring in proper techniques to complete a chip carving piece. All tools and supplies included for $35.
Polymer Clay Class with Candace Bush—Saturday,
October 24th from 9-1. Ages
12 & up. Students will receive tips
and instruction to create a jewelry item but techniques can be used to create
other items. Cost is $35.
To pre-register for classes, call (803)685-5577 before 10 pm and leave
message. You may also contact by email
at joanne.crouch26@gmail.com. More classes will be announced soon.
From Joe Cal Watson: Joe says things are looking up. He fund a five cent
piece in the trash.
Monetta
Past, from David Marshall James: This
past week, I saw—in print—a story I first heard as a child: That the town of Monetta was named after an
Indian maiden who sickened, died, and was buried under the spot of what later became
the town’s railroad depot. For the
record, I submit an alternative story of the town’s naming, from the late Ann
(Mrs. Legare) Burton, a longtime teacher at Ridge Spring-Monetta High
School. This was thirty years ago this
past March, when I was researching the town’s history for a journalism project
at USC and was seeking such information.
Herewith, Mrs. Burton’s version, paraphrased:
Monetta was known as Perry’s Turnout during the late 1800s. The resident Mr. Perry, who lived a few
fenceposts to the south of the Burton acreage, was ribbed by the
Augusta-to-Columbia train conductor, who informed the Monettan that he (the
conductor) wouldn’t name a pig track Monetta, much less an up-and-coming
town. Mr. Perry’s daughter was reading a
novel at the time, in which one of the characters was named Monetta, or
possibly Mon Etta. She suggested the
name as a substitute for Perry’s Turnout, apparently pleasing her father and
the conductor at the same turn.
In
my humble opinion, Mrs. Burton’s story carries the ring of truth, as Monetta
was indeed known as Perry’s Turnout, or Perry’s Turn-out, as late as 1875. There is information on the internet to that
effect, and I have seen an old map of South Carolina with Perry’s Turnout where
Monetta later came to be.
As
for “Monetta,” or “Mon Etta,” it was once a fashionable girl’s name, and could
thus have been used for the name of a fictional character. For instance, the real name of 1940s film
actress Linda Darnell was “Mon Etta.”
Some sources give her name as “Monetta.”
This question might possibly be settled through scrolling through some
microfiche of old issues of The Edgefield Advertiser, or possibly The Saluda
Standard or The Aiken Standard. I have
seen a copy of an article dated 1902, in which the town is called Monetta. So, somewhere between 1875 and 1902, Perry’s
Turnout became Monetta. The reason may
be lost to history.
The
WMU of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church is sponsoring a
Spaghetti Dinner Benefit to raise funds to assist with medical and living
expenses for Shaun and Alex Steele as Shaun is unemployed during his battle
with cancer. The benefit is scheduled
for Saturday, Oct. 3 from 12:00 noon – 4:00 pm in the Family Life Center at Mt.
Pleasant Baptist Church. Costs: 3 & under, free; 4-12, $4.00; 13 &
older, $8.00.
Reminders:
Sept. 26: AARS: silk scarf painting class with Libby
Bussinah
Sept. 27 Jerusalem Baptist 138th
Anniversary Celebration
Oct. 3: WMU of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church is sponsoring a Spaghetti
Dinner Benefit
Ridge Spring Library
hours:
Mon/Tues 8:30 am - 12 pm; Thurs 8:30 am - 12:00 pm; Fri 8:30 am -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
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