October 24, 2016

Ridge Spring News

Harriet Householder

Yon Family Farm is having their annual Fall Cattle Sale Saturday.  They sure have a bunch of fine bulls to sell Check out their facebook for they have videos of some of the bulls.

The Friends of Ridge Spring met Thursday and are working on some plans for the Christmas season.  Stay tune.

Leonard Bell was on the town square with plenty of fall produce.  Drop by and check his produce out.  He donated pinto beans and field peas to the Harvest Festival Country Store and I bet he has more for sale.  Another vendor was there Saturday selling shrubbery.  By the way, that was a kabocha squash we sold at the Country store.  It was the big, green, kind of ugly squash but it would taste good if you fixed it.  Cut in half, get the seeds out, cook it and eat it.  You can get them at Watsonia. Watsonia also has the spaghetti squash, too.  For your information Harriet’s Garden has 7 pumpkins left.

November 8 at 7:00 The Harvest Festival Committee will meet at the library to review and brainstorm about next year’s festival. 

Richland Creek Fall Festival will be held November 4, 5, 6 with plenty of antique tractors and other farm equipment.

Jeffrey Clamp: RS-M Marching Band Alumni:  We would like to invite you to perform with the band in the stands at the homecoming football game on November 4th.  Please contact Mr. Clamp by email (jclamp@acpsd.net) or text / call 803-422-2269.  We need to know who plans to participate by Wednesday, November 2nd so we can make sure there are instruments and music for everyone. 

Several people have asked about getting one of the marching band digital camouflage T-shirts after seeing them in the Harvest Festival Parade.  They are available in Blue and Pink digital camo.  If interested please contact Jeff Clamp at the high school by phone (685-2100) or email (jclamp@acpsd.net).  There is also an order form available on the marching band web page at http://www.acpsd.net/domain/3827.  Please note that this is NOT a fund-raiser for the band, but you are welcome to purchase a T-shirt if you want it.

The RS-M Band is selling fresh fruit.  If you wish to buy fruit from the band contact Mr. Clamp at RS-M High School or an RS-M Band member.  You can also see fruit sale information on the band class web page at http://www.acpsd.net/Domain/3237

Don Hall: The Annual Session of The Ridge Hill Baptist Educational Association convened at the Ridge Hill Baptist Church in Ridge Spring on Sunday, October 23rd. The Annual Session ran through Tuesday October 25th. Sunday's, session included Youth Presentations, a Worship Service, and Business Session. Monday and Tuesday's sessions commenced. Monday Evening's session featured The Women's Auxiliary and the Preacher was the Rev. Tanya Ligons of Coleman Ridge Baptist Church.  This year's keynote speaker was The Rev. Melvin Mack from the Development Office at Morris College. He spoke on Tuesday evening.

The Ridge Spring Baptist Church is having their annual Trunk or Treat on October 31 from 6:00-8:00 pm.

Helpful Hands News: Helpful Hands Ministries Inc will be sponsoring their Annual Light the Night Halloween Alternative October 31^st 6-9 pm. 109 Pecan Grove Rd. Ridge Spring, S.C.  There will be Free Candy/ Games/Prizes/Costume Contest and a Scary Bible Drama. The Scary Bible Drama will take place at 7pm /8pm & 9pm. Costume Contest will be at 6:30 pm   There will also be a Drawing for 50.00 Wal-Mart card /30.00 Gas Card and 20.00 Applebee’s Card.  2.00 donation required for ticket.

. The Helpful Hands Food Bank is in need of non perishable food items. Donations are accepted every 2^nd and 4^thSaturdays 10 am 12 noon at the Helpful Hands Food Band located at 512 Merritt St.  Bible Study will begin at the Helpful Hands Life Center every 2^nd and 4^th Tuesdays 7pmWorship Services are every Sunday 11:30 am. Helpful Hands Ministries is a Non-Profit community Ministry founded by Pastor George W. Key

For more information about HHM Inc. go to our web site fullgospelpraise.com   or visit our face book page George Pastor Key @ facebook.com .

Joanne Crouch, Art Assoc. of Ridge Spring: Come join us at the Art Center in Ridge Spring for a Holiday Painting on November 8th from 6:30-8:30 PM of a vintage Santa by instructor, Chandler Primeaux.   Primeaux, a professional painter, will provide all supplies for the class for $35.   Bring a snack and a beverage of your choice.  On November 15th, Chandler is offering a popular painting which incorporates the outline of South Carolina in the word L-O-V-E. The hours will also be 6:30-8:30 PM. For more info, call864-941-0022 or Joanne Crouch  (803)685-5577 or Joanne.crouch26@gmail.com.  Information also available on the Art Association of Ridge Spring's Facebook page.  

Review from David Marshall James: "The Absolute Joy of Work:  From Vermont to Broadway, Hollywood, and Damn Near 'Round the World" by Carleton Carpenter

   When Carleton "Carp" Carpenter (real name and nickname) signed with MGM in September 1949, film studios had been after him for five years, having noted his work on Broadway and on tour.

   Carp had also worked frequently in radio and in the infant medium of television.  The extra pay was welcome but far from what would happen when AFRA (American Federation of Radio Artists) put a "T" for "TV" after the "F," repping TV as well as radio artists.

   For awhile, it seemed as if MGM wanted a new Mickey Rooney in-reverse (Carp was 6'3") to pair with such younger stars as Jane Powell and Debbie Reynolds in teen-appeal flicks.

   It didn't take him long to tie on some saddle oxfords and go all "Aba Daba Honeymoon"-ing with 18-year-old Debbie in "Two Weeks With Love" (1950).

   The song became a million-selling no. 1 hit, and Carp was on his way in the movies, for awhile.  He showed Spencer Tracy how not to open a bottle of Coke in "Father of the Bride" (1950). Channeling Rooney, he invaded Judy Garland's barn to help put on a show in "Summer Stock" (1950).

   Yet, MGM had been undergoing power struggles when he arrived, and longtime studio chief Louis B. Mayer was ousted in 1951.  The glorious MGM musicals would be sadly diminished by 1955.  Carp wrangled out of his seven-year contract, but not before making several westerns and "Fearless Fagan" (1952), with a fanny-nipping lion.

   Carp was an Easterner at heart anyway, born and bred in Bennington, Vermont.  He was more for the boards of Broadway than the palm trees of Hollywood, although he returned to California during the late 1950s to mine some TV gold.  He purchased a house in West Hollywood, where one of the notable tenants in his backyard apartment was aspiring screenwriter Wyatt Cooper, later father to CNN newscaster Anderson.

   There's much to recommend this inviting, anecdote-packed memoir, as deep-dish as a New England apple cobbler and as peppery as a serving of mashed rutabegas, one of his faves.  (We love 'em Down South, too.)

   Here are some highlights:

   His memories of Depression-era Vermont; his service in the Seabees in the South Pacific, on a mission to construct what he later learned was the airstrip for the Enola Gay; his tours to Korea and international military bases with MGM stars to entertain the troops; his tour of South America to promote MGM films; and his omnivorous romantic adventures, including one with Amanda Blake, "Miss Kitty" on "Gunsmoke."

   Then there are his wild times in multiple companies of "Hello, Dolly!" as shop clerk Cornelius Hackl.  He toured with Carol Channing, performed on Broadway with Ginger Rogers, and was on the London-bound tour starring Mary Martin that played in Tokyo and Saigon in 1965.

   He's also had success with his songwriting, and even more with the seven mystery novels he had published during the 1970s and '80s.  At 90, Carp is still treading the boards that first called to him as a teenager.  You've probably guessed that he's a trouper, and that this book's a keeper.  Aba Daba Graba it.

REMINDERS

October 29: Yon Family Farm Bull Sale

October 31: Halloween trunk or treat events

November 4, 5, 6: Richland Creek Fall Festival

November 8: Harvest Festival meeting at 7:00 PM

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., 8:30 – 4:30; Thurs 8:30 am - 12:30 pm; Fri 8:30 pm -4:30 pm

Narcotics Anonymous: The Ridge Spring Library on Fridays 7-8 pm

1^st Tuesday of the Month:  AARS meets at 6:30, 685-5783

2^nd Tuesday:  Harvest Festival

3^rd Thursday:  FORS at Ridge Spring Library 5:00 pm