Veterans Memorial in Pendleton SC

Our Veterans Memorial in Pendleton, SC will be dedicated on Veterans Day, November 11, 2014.  Friends of the Park is selling engraved pavers that can be purchased to honor a Veteran (living or deceased) for $100, $250, or $500 depending on the size and make-up.  These pavers will be the floor of the patio area of the Memorial which will contain a monument, the US Flag, SC Flag, and flags for the 7 branches of service along with 2 benches.  If you don't know a Veteran to purchase a paver for but want to support this great project, you may purchase a paver in your name or your business name to go in the "Friends of Veterans Pathway". 

Upcoming Important Dates for the Veterans Memorial in Pendleton SC
August 23, 2014 Saturday at Dyar's Diner - Dyar's is donating 70% to the Veterans Memorial every Saturday in August
August 30, 2014 - Saturday at Dyar's Diner
Sept 13, 2014 - Veterans Park Car Show
Sept 20, 2014 - Deadline for Paver Forms - Pavers can be purchased after this date but they will not be installed by the dedication.
Oct 18, 2014 - Fall Harvest Festival - Friends of the Park will have a booth at the Festival
Nov 11, 2014 - Dedication of Veterans Memorial

Spring Work Day at Barrett's Place Playground and Trotter's Trail

We hope you will join Friends of the Park as we do some Spring Cleaning at Barrett's Place Playground and Trotter's Trail on Saturday May 17 from 8:30 to 12 or whenever we get finished.  There is lots to be done with spreading new mulch, staining pickets, general clean up, and clearing brush.  Come join us and afterward head down the street to the American Legion Building for their Hot Dog/Bake Sale fundraiser for our Veterans Memorial.

Help Needed To Locate Info and Pictures of The Old Houses of Pendleton SC

Note From Jackie Reynolds of the Pendleton Historic Foundation:

 

Help Needed to Locate Info & Pictures of the Old Houses of Pendleton

The Pendleton Historic Foundation is developing a new book on the historic houses, churches and commercial buildings in the Pendleton area to be published during Pendleton’s 225th anniversary year celebration in 2015. We plan to provide a picture of each structure or house, brief history of significant residents, physical addresses as well as GPS coordinates if possible. This will allow us to place the sites on current maps.

We currently have about 80 historic houses on our list including a number of those houses that no longer exist. We have found a good resource for pictures of many of those historic houses that are gone in a scrapbook titled “Old Homes in and around Pendleton, SC” from 1939 containing photos by Lewis Moorhead and assembled by Gaillard Hunter. This scrapbook is located in Clemson University’s Special Collections and but many of the pictures are not of the best quality.

We are making a request of the many families of Old Pendleton who may have pictures of these historic houses in their family photo collection to allow us have copies. We don’t mind if there are people in the pictures as long as the house can be seen. We are also looking for a short history or even family folklore about some of the people who lived in these houses …. Something interesting, something infamous, or even a good ghost story.

If you are willing to help us with photos or stories, please let me know. We would prefer a scanned digital copy of the photos or if you do not have access to a scanner, I would be happy to scan them and return the originals to you immediately. We would also ask that you sign a photo release to allow us to publish the picture. We have a professional writer who is willing to help us with the book when we can provide her with all of the pertinent historical data. Our target is to start this process by early next year.

If you are interested in participating in this new book project, please contact me with the information that you wish to provide. It can be a wonderful addition to Pendleton’s 225th anniversary celebration and one that will last far into the future.

Jackie Reynolds
historicfnd2@att.net
Cell: 864-650-0003

Pendleton Historic Foundation

VOTE for Your Favorite Scarecrow

More than 1500 people have visited the website where you can vote online for your favorite scarecrow until Friday, Oct 4 at 9 pm.  http://www.squidoo.com/pendleton-scarecrow-contest-2013
Join in the fun and vote for your favorite in each of the 4 categories:  Children, Individual, Group and Business.  Over 70 scarecrows in the contest but well over 100 scarecrows all over town.  They are still popping up and it is a site to see.  These folks around here are so very creative and know how to have fun. 

The scarecrows are a lead-in to Pendleton's 15th Annual Fall Harvest Festival on Saturday, October 5, on the historic Village Green in Pendleton.  Come join us and have some fun in Pendleton!  There will be great entertainment, old fashioned children's games, over 80 craft and food vendors.

"FEEDING THE FLOCKS" CHURCH COOKBOOK

Pendleton United Methodist Church is publishing a new cookbook entitled "Feeding The Flocks".  It will be filled with over 400 of the congregation's favorite recipes.  If you have ever enjoyed a covered dish at our church, you know what great cooks we have.  Many of these recipes have been shared at the Sunday Salkehatchie lunches and the Sunday Snackpak lunches.  You can get kind of a sneak preview by visiting this page:  http://www.squidoo.com/church-cookbook

You can preorder by calling one of the Outreach Team members or the church office.  The numbers are listed below on the flyer.  The books are due to arrive late September and the team will be selling them at the Pendleton Fall Harvest Festival on October 5, 2013.  Your purchase will be helping 3 of our church missions:  Salkehatchie, Haiti, and the Weekend Snack Pack Program.  Thank you.

See Our Pendleton News in The Journal

Pendleton is finally getting the newspaper coverage that it deserves.  If you don't already subscribe to The Journal, I hope you will consider doing so.  Now, when you subscribe, you will also be helping our schools.

Call for the Clemson Little Theatre for more information or for reservations at 864-646-8100,