March 21, 2016
Ridge
Spring News
Harriet
Householder
The Harvest
Festival would like to welcome its new chairwoman, Ann Marie Taylor, who lives
in Ridge Spring and works for the Edgefield County Schools. Ann Marie will be
having the first organizational meeting in May. Watch for the announcement for
the meeting.
Keep an eye
out for non-motorists on the road, such as bikes, lawnmowers, and golf carts.
With the time change and the days getting longer, the sun can really play havoc interfering with the driver’s vision. By the way, many of us thought spring had
sprung and summer was closer than we thought.
But alas, the frost happened this week and the cooler temperatures were
back. Even I almost left something out that
had to be brought in.
Pastor Key: The Helpful Hands 2nd Annual Easter Egg Hunt will be March 26th
12:00 noon at The Brush Arbor Park, 1095 Keys Pond Rd. Ridge Spring, S.C. Easter
Sunrise Services will be Sunday March 27th at the Helpful Hands Life
Center. 109 Pecan Grove Rd Ridge Spring S.C. Fellowship Breakfast will be
served at 7:00am Service will follow. The Helpful Hands Food Bank is open every Sunday after
Service.
Wonderful news: Samantha
McClure applied for a $1000.00 grant from AgSouth to help the Ridge spring
Farmers’ Market and it was awarded to our Market. The money will be used to promote the Market
and acknowledge AgSouth’s support. Thank
you, Samantha.
The Consul General of France in Atlanta Denis Barbet honored 6
veterans from South Carolina and North Carolina with the French Legion of Honor
this week in Columbia. Our own Joe Cal
Watson of the Nut House was among the six.
The National Order of the Legion of Honor is the highest honor given by
France. I have done several articles
with stories by Joe about his time during World War II. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge and was
wounded during the war. He came home at
the end of the war and settled back down to grow pecans and be a part of our
community. We are so thrilled that he
was recognized in such a wonderful way. A picture of him and of the medal are on
:town of Ridge Spring” facebook.
RIDGE SPRING UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: Easter:
Easter: Church services for Ridge Spring United
Methodist Church (RSUMC) on Easter Sunday will be at 8:30 a.m.
Please make a note of this time change and join us for Church. We will save you
a seat.
Big Red Box: The month of March the Big Red Box (BEB) will
be accepting non perishable food donations for the Bethel Baptist Back Pack
ministry. Items such as juice boxes, Yahoo, micro wave meals, crackers, noodles
are some examples, but nothing that needs refrigeration. Please join us in
helping to ensure no child or their family goes hungry over the weekend.
Face Book: RSUMC has a Face Book page. Visit and like us
and view photos and find out what’s going on.
Notice: As spring arrives and you get the urge to
clean: DON’T take old shoes to goodwill or throw them away.
RSUMC has a need for them and it will be explained in upcoming news columns!
CLASSES AT THE ART CENTER OF RIDGE SPRING
Essential Oils Make
it and Take It with Arlene Puryear. $15.
Saturday, March 26th from 10-12.
Alcohol Inks on
gourds
instructed by Joanne Crouch, Saturday, April 9th from 2p-5p; Fee
$25.00
Ages
12 and up. Supplies provided. Suggestion:
Bring gloves.
Polymer Clay Class instructed by
Candace Bush, Saturday, April 16th from 9a-1p; fee $35.00; Students
will need to bring a clay extruder to class (Makins or Walnut Hollow brands are
reasonably priced)
The
Art Center of Ridge Spring is open each Friday and Saturday from 10-4. Contact joanne.crouch26@gmail.com or artassnridgespring@gmail.com or
call (803)685-5577 and leave message to reserve place in classes.
Rene Miller RSM
Elementary School
First in Math: Our students are
competing against themselves, students in our school, and all across the nation
to boost their math skills. We will update biweekly in the school newsletter to
let you know who is in the lead within our school. For the week ending March 4: Our school has
completed 579,258 math problems. We have earned 193,086 stickers.The team of
the week is Ms. Martin’s 2nd grade class. The player of the week is Cheyenne
Gergen. She earned 420 stickers. She is in Mrs. Rodgers’ 1st grade
class.
The top team for each grade level is: Kindergarten:
Mrs. Hallman’s class; 1st Grade: Mrs. Rodgers’ class; 2nd Grade: Mrs. Martin’s class;
3rd Grade: Mrs. Dressel’s class;
4th Grade: Mrs. Thompson’s class; 5th
Grade: Ms. Young’s class
4K Spring Registration for 2016-2017 School Year is from March 7 to April 29 from
9 am – 2 pm. Please bring official
long-form birth certificate, current
immunization record, 2 proofs of
residency, W2 and paystub or Medicaid
card, and one of the above documents (W2 or paystub), parent ID. All documents must be collected and
registration forms completed by April 29th or your child will not be
considered for admission to our 4-K program. Any questions, call Mrs. Abellan
at 685-2006
From David Marshall James: "What a Time
It Was! Leonard Lyons and the Golden Age of New York Nightlife" by
Jeffrey Lyons
Once upon a time, Gen.
Douglas MacArthur and family lived in a penthouse atop The Waldorf Astoria.
Cole Porter also called The Waldorf home, as did the Duke and Duchess of
Windsor, when in New York City. The
Windsors even converted their apartment's dining room into a clothes closet.
Farther uptown, The Oak
Room at The Plaza hotel provided ringside seats to Central Park South. Up
and coming authors Truman Capote and Gore Vidal often lunched in The Oak Room
at The Plaza, before they started suing one another. Capote, that Southern boy at heart, claimed
The Oak Room offered the best chicken hash in the city; indeed, that was served
for midnight luncheon at his famed Black and White masked ball at The Plaza in
1966, which was to parties what Woodstock was to concerts.
Those names not ringing a
bell? Well, the reader is in for a 20th-century pop-cultural fete in this
compilation of succulent bits, tid- and rare-, from Leonard Lyons, whose The
Lyons Den column ran daily in The New York Post from 1934 to 1974. Lyons
stalked New York cafe society from The Waldorf to The Plaza, including: Sardi's, the restaurant famous for its
Broadway first-nighters; El Morocco,
the nightclub famous for its zebra-striped banquette seats, perfect for a
Lyons; "21," famous for its
steaks (Joan Crawford preferred hers fried in butter, when not settling for
calf's liver); Lindy's, famous for its
cheesecake and blintzes; The
Copacabana, famous for its live entertainment; Toots Shor's, famous for its sports-figure
clientele; and The Stork Club, famous for attracting the famous from all walks
of life.
Then as now, there were
celebrities whose name recognition far exceeded their accomplishments.
Witness the Gabors, mere et trois filles. Much bigger than their
figurative offspring, the Kardashians (Zsa Zsa is scaring the hell out of 100),
the Gabors were bedecked with better jewels, and brassieres.
Encore-- this is a
veritable encyclopedia of 20th-century pop-cultural figures, all of whose roads
crossed on the streets between The Waldorf and The Plaza. Cheers to
Leonard Lyons for preserving the history that you won't find in history books,
and to his son Jeffrey, for placing that history between the covers, where it
rightfully belongs.
Mt. Calvary Lutheran
Church
is sponsoring a yard sale and bake sale on Saturday, April 2 from 8:00 am until
2:00 pm to benefit the outreach ministries of the church. This event will take
place inside the Mt. Calvary Fellowship Center located behind the church
building at 1186 Mt. Calvary Road, Johnston. The men of the church will also be
selling breakfast items – sausage biscuits, sweet rolls and coffee. Proceeds
from their sales go toward their annual service projects.
MAGNOLIA
RIDGE ANTIQUE AND ART GATHERING will be held on MAY 21st from 9:00 AM UNTIL 4:00
PM. To save a spot please call 561.262.7475 or email bevarndt36@gmail.com
Several weeks ago I was having trouble with my Google
account. If for some reason you are not
getting the news, please let me know.
Communication is so important to us today. Even Pope Francis now has an “Instagram”
account.
Reminders:
Recycling Center Hours
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 1-7; Saturday 7-7; Sunday 3-7
Closed Tuesday and Thursday
Ridge
Spring Library hours: Mon/Tues 8:30 am - 12 pm; Wed.,
12:30 – 4:30; Thurs 8:30 am - 12:00 pm; Fri 8:30 pm -4:30 pm
Ridge
Spring Library Toddler Time Mondays at 10:30
3rd
Thursday: FORS at Ridge Spring Library 5:00 pm
1st
Tuesday of the Month:
AARS meets at 6:30, 685-5783
Wednesday:
AA meets at Recovery Works
Monday & Friday: Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings 7 pm at Recovery Works (enter on Ponderosa Drive;
park in Visitor Parking Area)
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