December 10, 2018

Ridge Spring News

Harriet Householder

The Christmas Season and the Hanukah Season are here.  How many times have you begun singing or should I say humming along with the background music we hear.  It is a joyous time of the year for so many of us.

Sen. John McCain and Pres. George H W Bush were buried recently.  We are reminded they were both veterans, one of Vietnam and the other of World War II.  December 7th is upon us again. We remember this date as “the day that lives in infamy” as quoted by our president at the time, FDR.  My mother and father remembered what they were doing when they heard.  How many of us remember certain dates, too, such as 9/11.  That is one of my generation’s days to remember.  Let us look to the future as being filled with joy and hope for all mankind.

From the Mayor's Office: JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS. Ridge Spring was notified last week that it is the recipient  of a $500,000  grant from the CDBG for updates to its town's parking area. The area will be redesigned to add : additional parking, better drainage, and more electrical and water outlets for festivals. The old asphalt  will be replaced and paver brick added. Areas will be enlarged around the present trees in an effort to save them, and a crosswalk is being discussed. This first phase of development will lead to a second phase, which will be additional areas in the garden. Work has begun on the final design which will then be approved by the state before any work can begin. Thanks so much to the two committees whose suggestions led to this accomplishment; the business development committee, and the town beautification committee.

Security Federal Bank has partnered with RSM Elementary to encourage students to save!  The savings program is call the “Looney Tunes Savings Club” and a bank representative is at the school every Wednesday to open accounts and collect deposits.  The account opening process is as simple as completing a few required documents and funding the account with $5.  Security Federal Bank will contribute $1 at account opening.  Students receive prizes as the continue to make deposits throughout the year.  At the end of the year the Top Saver, the student with  the highest total number of deposits made (not dollar amount) is celebrated at awards day.  For additional information or to get your student started contact Amanda Dominick Branch Manager at Security Federal Bank in Ridge Spring.  803-674-1165

The Art Center on Main Street is all decorated with many special one- of- a- kind gift items for your loved ones.  Come and shop with us each Friday and Saturday starting at 10 o'clock.  We will have hot tea ready for you!

Olde Treasures is pleased to introduce our in-house cast iron cookware restoration services. Sid can take a rusty pan and transform it into a thing of beauty. Bring your rust in and let him transform and re-season it for you. Don’t throw it away;  if you can’t use it for cooks you can use it for looks. It could become a clock. Hence, his booth is called for Looks or Cooks.  Hours Thursday through Saturday 10:00 - 4:30. 

THE GLASS DRAGONFLY is now open Sundays through the new year through December 30 from 12:00 to 3:00 PM.  Located at 614 E. Main Street, Ridge Spring.  WE carry a wide variety of missy and plus sizes, jewelry, It a girl thing Tees, Straight up Southern Tees, and more.  We also have a "Kevin's Corner".  Hours are Monday Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM, Saturday from 10:00AM until 6:00 PM, closed Wednesday, and Sundays from 12:00 til 3:00.

The Nut House & Country Market will be open on Sundays in December from 1pm to 4pm starting Sunday through Sunday December 23rd to help you with all of your holiday gift needs! 

Pastor Key: December 15 Saturday 4:00 PM Christmas Crusade calling all praise and dance ministries, gospel rappers, pastors and saints come to Helpful Hands Life Center, 109 Pecan Grove Rd. Ridge Spring SC.

 RIDGE SPRING UNITED METHODIST CHURCH:  Wrapped packages are starting to appear and the Big Red Box is overflowing with nonperishable food items. Get ready Families Helping Families we are coming to Columbia. We are so blessed to be able to help a family with 3 youngsters have presents to unwrap ( of course Mom and Dad) and hopefully feel the Christian love that comes with them.

 Any time is a good time to visit Ridge Spring United Methodist church services. However during the Christmas season it is a special treat to see the church decorated. Lights twinkles, crismsons sparkle, the Advent wreath is quietly beautiful. Candles and greenery dance on the window sills and the new Nativity scene welcomes you into the Church. Consider yourself invited to attend and we will save you a seat. If you would like to help with any of the church’s outreach activities, contact a church to find out how.

Service is at 11 a.m.

Hollywood Baptist will have a children Christmas program on December 16th during the morning worship at 10:45. We are located  at 340 Hunters Lane Saluda off of Denny Hwy. Candle light Christmas Eve Service and Lord Supper at 5 pm. Come as you are!

Joseph Calhoun Watson was invited to the Clemson Carolina Game that was played November 24 2018.  He was nominated to be recognized for his military service by his brother's daughter's daughter who is a student at Clemson.  Joe received 4 tickets and a parking pass to attend the game.  He took his daughter Mary and her two sons.  A golf cart met them at the parking lot and took them to the stadium.  He received at half time a plaque that read Recognition of Joseph Calhoun Watson, Thank you for your service from The Clemson Athletic Department.  He was seen on the big TV screen in the stadium.  When he returned to his seat, many congratulated him  and shook his hand.

Joe was to have graduated with the class of 1944.  He had been promised if he joined the reserves he would be able to finish with his class, but after a year, he was called up to active duty.  He only needed one more semester, too.  After the war in Europe ended Joe was stationed at leHarve and Reims, France to help in handling supply lines that were going back home, especially the troops.  When he did get back in September 1946, he went straight to Clemson, and  graduated in April with the class of 1947.

Review from David Marshall James:  "Accustomed to Her Face:  Thirty-Five Character Actresses of Golden Age Hollywood" by Axel Nissen

   Ona Munson, in her Belle Watling finery, graces the cover of Prof. Axel Nissen's third volume concerning classic Hollywood character actresses, following "Actresses of a Certain Character" and "Mothers, Mammies and Old Maids."

   Munson, who starred in "No, No Nanette" on Broadway, never knew the success in films that she found on the stage when she was younger, in spite of her role in "Gone With the Wind" (1939).

   To be sure, Hollywood provided a monetary refuge for actresses who had once been ingenues, or even leading ladies, on the stage.  Of course, many had to be content with supporting roles, but, with enough artistry, they often stole a film from its stars.

   For instance-- in addition to other GWTW players Barbara O'Neill (Ellen O'Hara) and Isabel Jewell (Emmie Slattery)-- this volume includes that great Irish expounder of Brooklynese, Connie Gilchrist, who proved unforgettable in the Oscar-winning "A Letter to Three Wives" (1949) as Linda Darnell's kitchen-table-poker-playing mother.

   Gilchrist displayed her range in another unforgettable part, as the theater maid who duets with Judy Garland on "Ev'ry Little Movement" in "Presenting Lily Mars" (1943).  Come to think of it, Gilchrist's maid could well have been the model for the mop-wielding character Carol Burnett portrayed on her TV variety show.

   Author Nissen-- a professor at the University of Oslo-- turns his European sense of scholarship on his subjects, compiling domestic and personal data from official sources on them.

   As aforestated, many of these ladies ventured to Hollywood via the New York stage, touring companies, and/or vaudeville.  Some of them had always played supporting roles, often owing to their having been born more beautiful on the inside than the outside.

   Case in point here is Margaret Hamilton of Cleveland, Ohio, who maintained an apartment on Gramercy Park in New York City, as she preferred stage roles, appearing at age 70 in Stephen Sondheim's "A Little Night Music."

   However, she gained immortality for a film character she played back in 1939, a sterling example of the adage, "There are no such things as bit parts, only bit actors."

Harriet's Garden Tips:  Before planting anything, know all about its inheritance and environment, how large will it grow, will it love the sun of the shade, deep or shallow roots, and will it be beautiful in the fall.  Years ago a friend slapped just a "maple" at her front door.  It was two inches in diameter.  It is now five feet and sheds tan shriveled up leaves in the middle of august and the roots are pushing up the brick walk.  Don't throw away water you boiled eggs in.  Use it to water house plants, for it contains many needed minerals.

REMINDERS

December 15, 29: Leonard Bell on the Square with fresh winter vegetables

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 1^st Thursday:  Audibel Hearing Center in the back room of Bank

Fridays:  Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings 7-8 pm at The Ridge Spring Library