Ridge Spring News

Monday, July 1, 2019

June 28, 2019

Ridge Spring News

Harriet Householder

Ridge Spring Farmers' Market is in full swing. The produce is perfect because it is fresh and local. Check out tomatoes, squash, cantaloupe, watermelon seeded and unseeded, free stone peaches white and yellow and more. Fresh corn is delicious. David Day has Honey. Also, for the first time he will have chunk honey (honey comb in a jar surrounded by honey). Hope to have boiled peanuts and muffins to sell. I will have boiled peanuts but this was my last Saturday. Boiling peanuts has been getting harder and harder. I have been doing it for over 10 years. Boy has it been fun. Thanks for the memories!!!!!!

Olde Treasures: Well folks, the excitement has just overwhelmed us. We can’t keep the secret anymore. We have to share with you our new name and logo! Check it out and let us know what you think. The change will take place on July 13th with a Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting at 9:45. We sure hope you will be here to help us celebrate. The shop will be transformed by adding so many useable and gift-able product lines that will pair well with our awesome vintage and antique pieces and the Frenchic® Furniture Paint that is already in stock and selling. The other shops in Ridge Spring are joining in with specials in conjunction with this event. It is a Ridge Spring family event. Stay tuned because there is so much more to share. We just can’t do it all in one post. Remember, the best is yet to come!

The Friends of Ridge Spring is sponsoring a book signing July 13 for James Scott who authored the book Changing Faces which is a biography of James' growing up in Ridge Spring and his career in the Army. He will have books for sale at the event that will be held in the old First Citizen's Building.

Josie Rodgers:

It’s a great time to remind everyone that we have our very own drive-in theater right here in Monetta. The Big Mo has 3 movie screens and show 3 double features each weekend. They also have a super concession stand. Gates open at 7 pm with movies beginning around 8:45; it is best to arrive early to get a good spot. The cost is $5 for ages 4-11 and $9 for ages 12 and up (kids 3 and under get in free). For more info, check out their Facebook page or call 685-7949.

RSM High Summer Hours: If you should need anything this summer, please note that our school will be open all summer, Monday through Thursday, with the exception of July 2-5. Stop by any time from 7:15 am-5:45 pm for support with registration or for a tour of our school.

With our Nation’s birthday this week, I brushed up on some flag etiquette. According to the Farmer’s Almanac website, armed service members and veterans should stand at attention (if possible) and salute the flag when it’s in a parade or being raised or lowered. Civilians should place their right hand over their heart. It also states that “the flag should not be displayed on a float except from a staff, nor draped over the hood, top, sides, or back of a vehicle. When the flag is displayed on a vehicle, the staff should be fixed firmly to the chassis.”

I am fascinated by fireworks (the huge, colorful ones—not the loud ones!), but they also scare me to death when my people are shooting them! Our kids and their cousins always get together to enjoy the dads showing off their manly prowess by popping off those amazing light and sound displays (our dogs, however, hate it). Please remember to use safety precautions when shooting fireworks, especially with children around. Eye doctors say that the days after July 4 are fraught with patients with eye injuries caused by fireworks. Read the directions on the packages (yes, dads, this includes you!). Some fireworks, including those fun little sparklers, can reach 1,000 degrees! Adult supervision is key as well as not allowing children to ignite anything. If a firework doesn’t seem to be working, don’t get near it for at least 15 minutes and make sure to douse it with water before disposal. Always keep water on hand; a hose works best. Don’t light multiple fireworks unless you are professionally trained to do so. Buy your fireworks from a reputable vendor. And please don’t forget our veterans who may suffer from PTSD; fireworks sound just like enemy fire and can cause flashbacks and intense emotional crises. Many pets, especially dogs, are very frightened of these loud booms and cracks. Have fun, but be responsible and considerate.

Palmetto Dance Academy: Register for fall classes now! Spaces are still available for ages 4-9 but are filling up fast. Visit the Facebook page for the registration form link and to pay the $35 reg fee. Email the staff with questions at director@palmettodanceacademy.com. The latest FB post reads, “Dance isn’t just dance! It is friendships, memories, and moments worth of those selfies or ‘usies’! It is so much more than the technique learned and fitness gained. Perseverance, the value of practice, the importance of team work…there is so much that will be taken into the adult world! Never underestimate the values beyond the stage!”

Attention softball players: On Aug. 3, Annalee Rodgers and Davis Wash, recent graduates of Wardlaw Academy, will host a softball clinic from 8 am- 12 pm at the Edgefield Rec Baseball Fields. Participants will learn how to slide, how to bunt, basic hitting skilly, infielding and outfielding techniques, and those crazy chants and cheers players yell from the dugout. The day will also include an athletic devotional as well as snacks and drinks. Cost is $50 per girl and is open to girls in 2^nd to 6^th grade. Rodgers & Wash were starters for the varsity softball team that played for the SCISA state championship for the past 3 years. Oth have been consistently won athletic awards from the school and been recognized state-wide for their athletic skill. Text or call 803-480-4783 or 803-522-0586 to reserve your spot.

Tracy Bedenbaugh: We need volunteers to deliver Meals on Wheels in Saluda and a person or two to deliver once a week in Ridge Spring. We can always use people to volunteer at our site too calling bingo, helping serve food, etc. It would be great to build up support from the Ridge Spring area. Janice Coleman is the new site manager and the office phone in Saluda is 864-554-5499.

AT THE ART CENTER OF RIDGE SPRING:

KID’S CLASS (6-12 yrs old) Joanne Crouch, instructor; the cost is $25 and will be held Saturday, June 29 from 1:30-3:30–Seashell make & take for kids 6-12. Each student will make a wooden plaque with a one-of-a-kind design made from seashells. To register, contact Joanne at Joanne.crouch26@gmail.com or at the Art Center of Ridge Spring on Fridays and Saturdays from 10-2. Class limit: 12

July 15-6:30-8:30--Wacky Teapot class-Kim Ruff, instructor Cost will be $35.00 and will includes all supplies and firing. Ages 13 & up. To register, contact Joanne at Joanne.crouch26@gmail.com at the Art Center of Ridge Spring on Fridays and Saturdays from 10-2. Class limit: 10. There will be a basic quilting classes and a resin play classes in August.

Now that the free-stone peaches are in I thought you might like a recipe from the Ridge Recipes booklet sponsored by the Harvest Festival in 1982.

Peach Ice Cream submitted by my mother-in-law, Florence Householder

3 cups mashed ripe peaches (blender)

2 cups sugar

1 can evaporated milk

1-3 oz.pkg. instant vanilla pudding mix

1 tsp. vanilla

Mix and pour in ice cream freezer. Add enough fresh milk to fill freezer to 2/3 full. Churn until frozen. Makes i gallon

Review from David Marshall James: "The Gifted School" by Bruce Holsinger

Spark: This novel will set every book club in America ablaze with heated discussions. It will also consume non-clubbing readers with its character-driven story of parents obsessed with placing their progeny in a new magnet school for gifted children.

The upshot is that the parents want their children to make the cut more than the children do themselves, except in the case of two best buds who don't want to be separated.

A set of twins features prominently in the plot, too, raising cane as well as all sorts of other issues and conundrums.

Well, we did say this is choice grist for the round table, whether the vino or the coffee is flowing.

Author Bruce Holsinger-- a University of Virginia professor-- focuses on four female characters: two wed, one widowed, and one divorced, who have bonded over their children, all close to the same age, since their infancy. As close as the ties that bind the mothers, their personalities prove divergent:

Rose, a go-getting Ph.D. neuroscience researcher at the local university, whose marriage has been hanging by a thread for the majority of its duration; Azra, the divorced mother of the aforementioned twins, the den-Zen mother of the tribe; Lauren, the widow, a tight-A with a genius-geek son and a challenging teenage daughter who babysits for the mothers; and Samantha, the affluent Alpha, who rather correctly fancies herself the trendsetter and leader of the pack.

Samantha and husband "Kev" can afford a three-day-a-week housekeeper, a Hispanic (by way of a Peruvian mother, who lives with her daughter and grandson) woman whose son also becomes a candidate for the magnet school.

The book's most visible male character-- alpha-aggressive Beck-- is more into pushing his twins than his laid-back ex-spouse, Azra. Beck's an aging "bro-man" who has pulled the marry-the-au-pair number while running through his trust fund. He's hypertensively competitive about his twins' soccer league. Why shouldn't they ace the new school's entry requirements as well?

Author Holsinger-- a onetime resident of Boulder, Colorado-- creates a similar locale, called Crystal. It's citified, though still small enough for the new-school brouhaha to become the veritable talk of the town. The author switches perspectives among the four women, plus Beck and the Peruvian grandmother, as well as among the children involved.

Holsinger drops some great shaker-uppers along the path of the school admission track, so the novel becomes less a matter of who gets in than of how everyone's life is radically changed because of the children's applications.

Chalk up (or dry-erase-board mark) a sizzling spike for the author, who makes the cut all across the board.

Harriet's Garden Tips: Have you noticed the annuals that are doing well despite the range of weather? I see that coleus are doing well if in the right location. The begonias are doing well no matter where they are. Add your observations to your journal so next year, you can put the right plants together in that pot or flower bed. If your wave petunias are getting leggy, prune it back selectively or even layer. There is time for the plant to rebloom and continue to grow.

REMINDERS

June 8 - Labor Day in September: Ridge Spring Farmers' Market

July 13: Book signing by James Scott

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

Security Bank Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 9-12 1-5, Wed. 9-12

Ridge Spring Town Hall: Monday - Friday 8:30am - 5:00pm, Sat. 8:30am - 11:30pm

Monday, June 24, 2019

June 21, 2019

Ridge Spring News

Harriet Householder

Ridge Spring Farmers' Market is in full swing. The produce is perfect because it is fresh and local. Check out tomatoes, squash, Cantaloupe, watermelon seeded and unseeded, peaches white and yellow and more. Fresh corn is delicious. Farmers included are Sherald Rodgers, Leonard, Bell and Titan Farms. David Day has Honey ready and will be at the market this coming Saturday. Also, for the first time he will have chunk honey (honey comb in a jar surrounded by honey). Hope to have boiled peanuts and muffins to sell.

RIDGE SPRING UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: Please note there will be NO Service on June 30, 2019. Again, No worship Service on June 30, 2019 at Ridge Spring United Methodist Church. Service will resume on July 7, 2019 at 11:00am.

The Nut House: It’s time!! The banner is up and sweet corn is ready - we’ll have it inside starting tomorrow at 10am! Coming for more than 10 dozen? Feel free to give us a heads up here on Facebook or via phone (803-685-5335) the day before so we can be sure to have plenty freshly picked for y’all!

OLDE TREASURES: Who is ready for some change?
The storefront that houses OLDE TREASURES from 1950 until today in 2019 has seen its share of changes. The bricks are the same, the windows are the same, and actually the floor is the same, but the entrance area has changed and so have the businesses that occupied its space. These changes occurred over a period of 69 years.
OLDE TREASURES has occupied this building since 2007 with just one change in ownership which occurred in 2013. Serving Ridge Spring and surrounding areas has been our pleasure and we are committed to continually doing this. However, it's time for some changes. We invite you to follow along with us as these changes occur. In fact we are planning a celebration to reveal our new name and added product lines in just a few weeks. Several of the shops in town are joining in on our celebration to make this quite a nice event for everyone. Stay tuned as we give you much more specific information including the date and time for this Reveal and Grand Opening with our new name. Hold on and keep your eyes open; The best is yet to come!

Juniper Restaurant: On last Tuesday we were invited by our great friends at Titan Farms to cook with them in Jacksonville Florida at the Southeastern Grocers Headquarters! We made a Peach & Tomato Salad with Trail Ridge Farm and Grade A Goat Dairy Feta, Peach Cornbread Muffins, Peach Tea, Peach- Basil Butter! Of course all ingredients were SC Grown

A big thank you to all the volunteer firemen who have been out in Saluda county (and surrounding areas) since 4:00 a.m. getting trees out of the roadways during the storm.

Thank you all for letting me know you read my column. Somehow the price of the meal came out as $5000, but it really is $50.00. So here is the announcement again. The Big Delicious Event will be held on June 30 at Camp Gravatt. Our own Brandon Velie of Juniper Restaurant will be preparing a delicious meal "Tapas Edition" The team will be preparing and teaching about those traditional Spanish dishes. This dinner is the perfect friend outing or way to make new friends. Camp Gravatt will provide the delicious food and you can bring the wine or spirits of your choice. Tickets are $50.00 a person. To register, visit campgravatt.org/event or call (803) 648-1817 reservations are required to attend! Juniper Restaurant will be closed for July 4th.

Josie Rodgers: It’s a great time to remind everyone that we have our very own drive-in theater right here in Monetta. The Big Mo has 3 movie screens and show 3 double features each weekend. They also have a super concession stand. Gates open at 7 pm with movies beginning around 8:45; it is best to arrive early to get a good spot. The cost is $5 for ages 4-11 and $9 for ages 12 and up (kids 3 and under get in free). For more info, check out their Facebook page or call 685-7949.

AT THE ART CENTER OF RIDGE SPRING:

Broadus Johnson interview continued: Mr. Johnson commented that the Herlong family was good to work with, and he has fond memories of them. He said Buck Herlong went to Charlotte to book the films and a truck line delivered the films to Saluda and would take the ones shown back. Then Mr. Herlong would bring the films to Ridge Spring. In Charlotte the film would be rewound and checked for problems. As far as the types of films the theaters received he thinks the size of the town and the market for the theater made a difference.

Both the Ridge Spring and Saluda theaters were built long before television became a mainstay in small town American entertainment. The Ridge Spring Theater was built after the war, and the Saluda Theater was built back in 1936. Both were built with fireproofing in mind. At Saluda, windows were dropped down in case of fire and both had fire extinguishers at the ready.

Those of us who grew up forming our views of the world from what we saw on a movie screen in small towns like Ridge Spring and Saluda owe a debt to people like Broadus Johnson. It was he and others like him who were behind the scenes, manned the projection rooms that brought us a way to escape for a time our ordinary lives. The Job that Broadus said was enjoyable to him has gone, replaced by modern technology. Dean Roesner videotaped Mr. Johnson's most interesting interview so that we can have it permanently stores at the Saluda County Museum.

Review from David Marshall James: "Rouge: A Novel of Beauty and Rivalry" by Richard Kirshenbaum

"Vert" may be a more appropriate title, as the fictional cosmetics queens delineated in this extravaglamza are rolling in the dough-re-mi, as one character puts it.

As such, settle in for a story dripping with jewels, draped in sable, and showcasing NYC apartments with MGM trappings, as well as pink Palm Beach "piles" fitted with green-and-white-striped awnings (hold the wedge salads with Roquefort, bien sur).

The feuding principals didn't start life to the manor born, rendering their astronomical successes all the more intriguing. Josephine Herz has literally circled the globe during her rise to the top, escaping the onset of pogroms in Poland for an uncle's shop in Melbourne, Down Under. London and Paris intervene on her ascent before she lands on Fifth Avenue, opening an Elizabeth Arden-esque salon with lavender-lacquered doors.

Which reminds us of some brilliant and largely unsung lyrics by Lorenz Hart, to his and Richard Rodgers's "The Lady Is a Tramp":

Girls get massages, they cry and they moan

Tell Lizzie Arden to leave me alone

It's not so hot, but my shape is my own

That's why the lady is a tramp.

Madame Josephine (she's wed for the first time before her New York debut) proves a tramp in the truest sense of the word-- the peripatetic one.

Meanwhile, high above Fifth Avenue, Miss Constance Gardiner (nee Gardener) is developing a Mary Kay sort-of Avon lady biz, the better to peddle her wares. Well, who can resist a good ding-dong at the door?

Then enter Miss CeeCee Jones of Virginia, who was headed for the chorus line at The Cotton Club in Harlem until she decides to answer an advert to assist Miss Gardiner. Miss Johnson has notions of tapping into the vast market for women of color, particularly in the hair-care department.

Enter also one gent (actually not-so-much a gent), a guy who sparks for CeeCee, and vice versa, at his fruit stand in the Lower East Side. Yet, as with the bevy of beauty mavens, he's headed up, up, up: unorthodoxly, and in more ways than one.

The story follows the ladies as they re-invent the market for women's beauty products. Why tweeze if you don't have the right pencil to Jean Harlow in your eyebrows? Why not choose a lipstick color other than Jungle Red, one that tastefully heightens your allure and accents your skin tone? Shouldn't you be able to Garbo your eyelashes without resorting to glue and spidery falsies?

Author Richard Kirshenbaum packages this 20th-century American tale in Jacqueline Susann, coral-lipped style, with puff-puffing and highballs galore. How much of the narrative runs to the roman a clef? Certainly, the characters are profoundly affected by the times through which they traverse (Roaring Twenties up to the mid 1980s). Nevertheless, the women stay ahead of the curve in that they empower themselves and encourage other women to do likewise.

Make no mistake, however: When Josephine and Constance start firing up their gold Cartier lighters and tossing their minks about, we're transported to a Tallulah Bankhead (who makes a cameo appearance herein) fantasy of cocktails, quips, and cork-tipped ciggies: a high-life scenario that would cause Truman Capote's pen to explode. As such, "Rouge" may become the sleeper hit of the year; plus, the dust-jacket cover is boss. Feel free to judge the book by it.

Harriet's Garden Tips: Continue planting perennials with the onset of hot dry weather however be prepared to be on call with adequate water throughout t heir establishment period. The best time to harvest most herbs is just before flowering when the leaves contain the maximum essential oils.

REMINDERS

June 8 - Labor Day in September: Ridge Spring Farmers' Market

July 13: Book signing by James Scott

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

Security Bank Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 9-12 1-5, Wed. 9-12

Ridge Spring Town Hall: Monday - Friday 8:30am - 5:00pm, Sat. 8:30am - 11:30pm

Monday, June 17, 2019

June 14, 2019

Ridge Spring News

Harriet Householder

Ridge Spring Farmers' Market is in full swing. The produce is perfect because it is fresh and local. Check out tomatoes, squash, and more. Some of the vendors are Sherald Rodgers, Leonard, Bell and Titan Farms. David Day has Honey ready and will be at the market this coming Saturday. Also, for the first time he will have chunk honey (honey comb in a jar surrounded by honey) This past Saturday there were boiled peanuts. Going on a short trip this coming weekend but will have more the following Saturday I hope.

This Thurs night, the Big Mo is showing a special premiere of Toy Story 4 on the Main Field and Screen 2 at 9 pm (gates and concessions open at 7:30 pm). The Facebook page says that “the showing on Screen 2 will be an inclusive event for families with special needs children and everyone who knows and loves a child who is differently abled. The regular rules will apply, but we will all be extra patient and non-judgmental of kids who can’t sit still or be as quiet as some other children.”

Broadus Johnson interview continued: Since the projectors had fire burning, we asked Broadus if it got too hot in the room. He said that it actually didn't and that much of the heat went out through pipes. He said he could also open the window if need be. He never had any trouble with anything catching fire, though he did comment that the early film was very flammable. He was often the only person in charge in the theater during a movie. Hs once had a fight to break out in the balcony which he quickly put a stop to. He said the funniest thing that ever happened was the time the night watchman saw him and asked why he locked a fellow up in the theater after the movie. Broadus said the man was asleep when the movie ended and in the dark he didn't realize he was there over in a corner. The man woke up and saw he was alone. He went to a window and called out to the watchman who had a key and unlocked the door to let the man out.

Broadus thought he would like to be the projectionist at the theater. A man working there got let go for some reason. Broadus said he applied for the job . The trouble was he was not old enough to be hired. You had to be eighteen and he lacked three months being eighteen. Apparently he persisted. He said Mrs. Thelma Herlong told him they couldn't hire him until he was eighteen, but after she thought about it, she said they would train him for three months and then they could hire him. (More next week)

Ridge Spring Baptist Church: June 24 - 28 2019, Monday through Friday from 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM. This year's VBS is open to children who have completed K-4 and older. If you have any questions, please contact Ashley Fulmer at 803-640-1502 or Becky Wannamaker at 803-413-8885. We look forward to going "IN THE WILD" with you as we learn about Amazing Encounters with Jesus!

“Farm Fresh Faith” Come one, come all to grow a Farm Fresh Faith through a study of God’s work in Joseph’s life during Vacation Bible School here at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church. We began Sunday, June 2 and hav continued on the following Wednesday nights, 19th and 26th. The time is 6:00 - 8:30 pm nightly with suppers served in the Fellowship Hall. There is a place for everyone at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church

Vacation Bible School.

Camp Gravatt Connection to Ridge Spring: The Big Delicious Event will be held on June 30 at Camp Gravatt. Our own Brandon Velie of Juniper Restaurant will be preparing a delicious meal. This dinner is the perfect friend outing or way to make new friends. Camp Gravatt will provide the delicious food and you can bring the wine or spirits of your choice. Tickets are $50.00 a person.

Josie Rodgers: RSM High: Graduation was held last Friday at the USC-A Convocation Center, and it was, as always, a memorable day. Valedictorian Arturo Contreras and Salutatorian Austin Scott gave speeches focused on moving forward with pride and determination while never forgetting one’s roots. Congratulations to the new student body officers: President Morgan Berry, Vice-President Nancy Lopez-Reyes, and Secretary Ali Gilliam. New Beta Club officers include President Morgan Berry, Vice-President Johnathan Cumbee, Secretary Joanna Kaiser, and Historian Symia Wilson. New NEHS officers are President Symia Wilson, Vice-President Morgan Berry, and Secretary Joanna Kaiser.

Art Association of Ridge Spring (AARS) News: If you have always wanted one of these beautiful quilt blocks, watch this column for dates of the next class. We are glad to have all visitors to the Art Center but remember the public restrooms are across at the Civic Center (where the playground is located).

We would like to invite all to visit the art center and please consider becoming a member. We have many jobs to keep the center open and room for you to enjoy your passion in art and help the center at the same time. More members will help us to be open more. And, let members know what you want from the Art Center. We want to make the Art Center a place you’d like to go to! This is the first summer for us to have air conditioning! Thanks to the town!

Review from David Marshall James: "Judy Garland on Judy Garland," edited by Randy L. Schmidt

[Note: In the early morning hours of June 22, 1969—50 years ago this week—Judy Garland awoke and took a second dose of Seconal, according to pathology reports. A more robust Garland could have withstood the overdose, but she had dropped to less than 80 pounds, 95 pounds being her harsh “camera-ready” weight. This September, Renee Zellweger stars in the theatrical release “Judy,” focusing on the star’s final major engagement, at The Talk of the Town in London, and the last six months of her life. Sir Andrew Lloyd Weber has stated that Garland’s performance there inspired “Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina,” from his “Evita.”]

This is the eighth book in the Musicians in Their Own Words series-- the first to feature a woman-- published by Chicago Review Press in 2014.

Judy Garland fully intended to produce an autobiography, notes editor Randy L. Schmidt, yet this is the closest to a full-length memoir "in her own words" that we have to-date. Subtitled "Interviews and Encounters," the beginning selections are heavy on studio (MGM)-influenced fan magazine copy. The "fannies" were quick to dwell on teenaged Judy's likes and dislikes, her views on boys and dating, her family interactions (and the untimely death of her father, onetime vaudevillian and theater owner Frank Gumm), and her career hopes.

Here is Judy at one of the happiest times of her life, desirous of making movies and marrying, but not until age 24 (she first wed, at age 19, musician David Rose, whose latter-day credits include scoring the TV programs "Little House on the Prairie" and "Bonanza," which ironically brought about the demise of Judy's 1963-1964 CBS-TV show), and having a large family, then perhaps walking away from Hollywood at age 30. Judy was ultimately gifted with the children she so longed for, but marital stability eluded her. Over the span of this book, we find Judy-- ever hopeful-- starting married life with each of her five husbands.

This collection contains transcribed TV and radio interviews, conducted by the likes of Barbara Walters, Mike Wallace, Gypsy Rose Lee (who hosted a syndicated talk show during the mid 1960s), and, most famously, onetime "Tonight Show" host Jack Paar. He brought out the imp in Judy, and her three interviews with him showcase The Legend at her funniest, spilling showbiz anecdotes and opinions on fellow celebrities.

Other journalistic pieces are fascinating for their details and descriptions, including two Adela Rogers St. Johns articles for Photoplay magazine, done on the eve of Judy's marriage to Vincente Minnelli, representing another happy, supremely hopeful time for Judy.

The piece de resistance in this irresistible volume is James Goode's three-part feature for Hugh Hefner's short-lived publication (obviously ahead of its time), Show Business Illustrated, which honors her as "Show Business Personality of the Year."

And what a year 1961 was for Judy, encompassing a 42-city tour including a sellout of the Hollywood Bowl, as well as the Carnegie Hall concert, the live recording of which earned four Grammy awards. Goode parts the curtains on two of those 1961 concerts: A 14,000-plus stadium crowd at Forest Hills, Long Island, and later at the Newport Jazz Festival, before some 6,500 attendees.

The concert descriptions take the reader's breath. The special quality of this volume is its contemporaneous view of Judy Garland: Looking straight on at her, not looking back. In that sense, it's much better than a biography told from the hindsight vantage.

Harriet's Garden Tips: Our weather has gone from drought conditions to overwatering conditions. See which annuals are surviving and keep a list so you can replant those hardy annuals next year. Same thing for those bulbs and perennials. From SC Midlands Master Gardeners Assoc.: Last month to plant centipede, zoysia, carpet, and/or Bermuda grass. If possible water between 5:00AM and 8:00AM. During drought raise mower blade ½ ". Root cuttings for fall garden. Lightly prune evergreens to maintain shape. Deadhead spent flowers to encourage reblooming.

REMINDERS

June 8 - Labor Day in September: Ridge Spring Farmers' Market

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

Security Bank Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 9-12 1-5, Wed. 9-12

Ridge Spring Town Hall: Monday - Friday 8:30am - 5:00pm, Sat. 8:30am - 11:30pm

Monday, June 10, 2019

June 7, 2019

Ridge Spring News

Harriet Householder

Farmers' Market will be on Town Square Saturdays

Memorial Display: The Ridge Spring American Legion and Auxiliary Post 133 had a Memorial Day display in the Town Square. There is a memorial ribbon for each serviceman killed during wars from the Ridge Spring, Monetta and Ward areas. John and Nola Burger designed and made the display, and this was the thirty-second consecutive year that the fallen soldiers have been honored on Memorial Day.

June 6 is the date of the D-Day invasion of Europe. Please remember nations uniting and going forth that ended in victory. The enemy has now become one of our strongest and best allies.

“Farm Fresh Faith” Come one, come all to grow a Farm Fresh Faith through a study of God’s work in Joseph’s life during Vacation Bible School here at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church. We begin Sunday, June 2nd followed by Four Fantastic Wednesday Nights; June 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th. The time is 6:00 - 8:30 pm nightly with suppers served in the Fellowship Hall. There is a place for everyone at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church

Vacation Bible School.

In the "Saluda County Historical Society News and Views" Gloria Caldwell interviewed our own Broadus Johnson. He was the movie projectionist of years ago. Broadus worked full time at the theater in Ridge Spring but said Buck Herlong would often ask him to fill in at the Saluda Theater, too.

Though it 's been many years since Broadus Johnson manned the equipment in the projection room, he can still explain how "moving pictures" worked. In the first place, he said, they are not moving pictures at all. The pictures were all single still photographs. He said a fan type instrument would cut off each image as the film moved to the next, creating what appeared to be movement. The film was on a reel which fed it down through the head where there was a carbon light. He explained the Ridge Theater used a low carbon light . These were carbon rods that he said were struck together to ignite in order to produce the burning light. Behind them was a mirror. He stated that there were large and small rods and that they would last maybe a couple hours. Then you would have to replace them. He said everything had to be done with precision. There was also a motor on the back of the projector that one could speed up or slow down.

The projection room had multiple reels of film to run during a single showing. A reel might run about 20 minutes on one projector and then he would have to switch over to the second projector. He would thread number 2 while number one was running. A bell would ring on the projector to give the operator 2 minutes to switch over to the other machine. He said a black spot would appear to tell him to cut on the second machine motor. A typical Saturday matinee would run like this: start with a cartoon which ran about 6 minutes or a short film like the Three Stooges or Little Rascals which would run about 20 minutes. Then the typical western would run approximately an hour and be on about 3 reels. Then he would switch to "Coming Attractions." A really long movie such as "Gone with the Wind" would have multiple reels which had to be kept in order. After the films were shown, they had to be rewound in the rewinding room. There was a cabinet in that room which allowed the films to be housed in the order they would be shown and which also served as a storage cabinet for empty reels. (More next week.)

Josie Rodgers:

The weekend weather was perfect for the Peachtree 23 Yard Sale! In Ridge Spring, vendors and sellers was set up as early as Thursday evening, and by Saturday morning, the town was teeming with shoppers. We drove through the middle of town to check everything out and then parked at my mom’s. Aiden and I walked just about the entire town, looking at all the treasures and talking to people we knew. Everyone was so pleasant and friendly and welcoming. At the other end of town, Aiden finally found what he wanted, and we toted it all the way back to mom’s house, stopping for ice cream midway. Then we sat on the porch swing at mom’s and watched the people go by, enjoying the unusual breeze that was such a relief after the sweltering heat we’ve been enduring.

There are several things I am looking forward to this summer. First, I need to get my house completely cleaned and cleaned out top to bottom. Also, I want to be able to READ! I seriously carried around a book from my school’s library for 2 weeks and never got to read it! Everything is so busy! I intend on making time for myself to walk daily. I’ve gotten out of my routine due to foot and knee pain, but now that I have a handle on that, it’s time to take back my health! I also want to spend lots of fun time with my kids and grands this summer without worrying about bedtimes and schedules. We will go to the beach in July, and the grands can’t stop talking about everything we’re going to do. Annalee will move into Wofford Aug. 28, so my time with her is very precious. I’ll teach a little summer school and take a class and regroup for the new school year. My primary goal: live each day to the fullest!

RSM High: Several RSM Trojans will participate in Palmetto Boys and Girls State June 9-14: Cameron Davis, Conner Goss, Keflin Jones, Kenyon Ligons, Colbi Sullivan, Collier Sullivan, Morgan Berry, Lacy Pou, Joanna Kaiser (alternate), Symia Wilson (alternate)

Junior Marshals for graduation are Morgan Berry & Conner Goss. Junior Ushers include Alieaun Gilliam, Jay Sterling, Lacy Pou, Kenyon Ligons, Amber Daniels, Joseph Noriega-Escobar , Johnathan Cumbee, Symia Wilson.

Graduation is this Friday at noon at the USC-Aiken Convocation Center. You must have a ticket to get in. It’s also the last week of school. Exams are Mon-Thurs. Mon is a full day, and the rest are half days. Summer school will begin bright and early Monday morning, June 10.

Summer school will run from June 10-27 from 8am to 4 pm daily except on Fridays (no school). Students must bring their own lunches and punctuality and attendance is crucial. Initial credit cost is $250, and credit recovery cost is $150. RSM uses APEX virtual learning which offers history, English, math, and science courses for initial credit (failed with lower than a 50 for the year). Initial credit courses in English I, Algebra I, US History, and Biology I require an EOC. Credit recovery allows a student who failed with a grade between 51-59 to earn a “P” (passing) in place of the failing yearly grade. These courses do not require an EOC but are also NOT recognized by the NCAA. All school rules apply. If a student must be removed from summer school, no refund will be provided.

RSM Summer Hours: If you should need anything this summer, please note that our school will be open all summer, Monday through Thursday, with the exception of July 2-5. Stop by any time from 7:15 am-5:45 pm for support with registration or for a tour of our school.

Review from David Marshall James: "Olivia de Havilland: Lady Triumphant" by Victoria Amador

"I would prefer to live forever in perfect health, but if I must at some time leave this life, I would like to do so ensconced on a chaise longue, with a flute of champagne beside me and having just discovered the answer to the last problem in a British cryptic crossword."

Thus spake Olivia de Havilland to Vanity Fair magazine in 2005. This July, she will turn 103 years old, the last surviving star of Hollywood's Golden Age, having begun her film career in Max Reinhardt's 1935 production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream."

In spite of winning two Academy Awards for Best Actress-- for "To Each His Own" (1946) and "The Heiress" (1949)-- de Havilland is best remembered for her Oscar-nominated role as Melanie Hamilton Wilkes in "Gone With the Wind," which will celebrate its 80th anniversary this December.

Author Victoria Amador-- who began corresponding with her biographical subject 50 years ago and has met with her in Paris three times during the past six years-- asserts that champagne is indeed de Havilland's "favorite tipple."

Amador constructs a complete analysis of the de Havilland oeuvre yet also examines the salient points of her personal life, including two marriages as well as love affairs with Errol Flynn, James Stewart, and John Huston.

Actually, de Havilland remains coy about Flynn, with whom she co-starred in eight films at Warner Bros., including the classics "The Adventures of Robin Hood" (1938) and "Dodge City" (1939). She also made four movies with Bette Davis, among them "The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex" (1939), also with Flynn, in one of the best films of their respective careers.

C'mon "Livvy": Two hotties in the prime of life? We would be more disappointed if you hadn't sealed the deal.

In any event, de Havilland admits she would have married Flynn (which would have been a mistake), Stewart (although she turned down the Donna Reed part in "It's a Wonderful Life" [1946]), or Huston, with whom she had the longest relationship. Alas, no proposals were forthcoming. She also dated billionaire Howard Hughes.

During the mid 1950s, de Havilland moved to Paris, where she has resided for more than 60 years, and raised two children. Her son, Benjamin, died from longtime side effects from Hodgkin's lymphoma treatment at age 42. The actress continued to accept film and television roles in the United States and abroad until age 72.

Of course, Amador examines de Havilland's often-estranged relationship with sister Joan Fontaine, just 15 months younger. Fontaine died at age 96 in 2013.

The author makes a case for each sister. Fontaine is on the record with several sharp-tongued comments, including one concerning Olivia's first husband. Sadly, a photographer caught de Havilland's refusal to shake Fontaine's hand after winning the Oscar for "To Each His Own," still miffed at the lack of an apology for said comment. In her memoir, "No Bed of Roses" (1978), Fontaine (her stepfather's surname) claims their mother favored Olivia.

It's a shame the two sisters could never lay down their swords and shields long enough to make a movie together. Then again, they probably would have given their director a double ulcer.

Among her many honors, de Havilland has been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the French Legion of Honor, and has been named a Dame of the British Empire, although she remains a naturalized American citizen. A toast, then, to this true Golden Ager-- from where she reclines, the wine must taste mighty fine.

Harriet's Garden Tips: Geraniums like sun. They are an ideal pot plant, but also do well in beds, and prefer to be crowded. Always keep yellow leaves and faded blooms snipped. Excessive rain ruins geraniums. If possible, during especially wet periods, put your post under cover. Keep trees healthy by sanitation program. Remove all dead and weakened wood to get rid of borers and bark beetles and cut down on tree diseases.

REMINDERS

June 8 - Labor Day in September: Ridge Spring Farmers' Market

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

Security Bank Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 9-12 1-5, Wed. 9-12

Ridge Spring Town Hall: Monday - Friday 8:30am - 5:00pm, Sat. 8:30am - 11:30pm