Town and Country
Garden Club met October 10
at the home of Carolyn
Cobb. Mrs. Cobb served a
lovely snack plate to the
members present.
Members read the Club
Collect and Arlene Barrett,
president, called the busi-
ness meeting to order. The
minutes were read and
accepted as information.
Susan Gibson gave the trea-
surer’s report.
The fall festival was dis-
cussed.
Ginger Hall gave a pro-
gram on “The Care of Trees
and Shrubs.” Since trees and
shrubs add beauty to lawns,
healthy and vigorous plants
should be maintained. It is
important to fertilize near
trees since they produce two
Town and Country
Garden Club meets
feet or more of growth each
year. 8-8-8 is a complete fer-
tilizer for trees.
Azaleas need an applica-
tion in early spring, then
again in June and
September. An ideal soil Ph
is 5.6.
Shrubs should be pruned
in early spring and some
can be pruned moderately
throughout the year. Mulch
around plants will aid in
maintaining moisture and
keeping weeds from grow-
ing.
If a plant has yellow
leaves, it could be a sign
that it needs nitrogen.
Roses should be sprayed
every 7 to 10 days for dis-
ease control. The fall is a
good time to aerate and
‘prune plants.
Magnolia Garden
Club has meeting
The Magnolia Garden
Club met with Bess Phifer
for its October 22 meeting.
Eleven members were pres-
ent.
. A refreshment plate con-
sisting of sausage biscuit,
apricot brad, grapes and
pecan tarts were served.
Edie Bridges, president,
called the meeting to order
with the saying of the Club
Collect. Old and new busi-
ness was discussed.
Appreciation was
expressed to all who helped
with the recent fall festival.
Teresa Ruppe gave an
interesting program on
“Bulbs.” She noted that
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bulbs need goo drainage.
Good bulbs should be
selected and planted at the
proper depth. Water, mulch
and fertilizer are important.
Bulbs do better if they are
removed from the ground,
cleaned and stored after the
foliage has dried. Store in a
cool, dry place.
Arrangements were done
by maxine Bennett and Bess
Phifer. Both arrangements
were done in black contain-
ers with beautiful gold, yel-
low and orange colors with
a “Halloween Delight”
theme.
Molly Savage was wel-
comed as a new member.
Mrs. Goforth hosts
The Thursday Afternoon
Book Club met at the home
of Pam Goforth on October
24.
During the social, Pam
served a delicious dessert
plate which featured
Southern Living’s pecan pie,
pickle sandwiches, cheese
straws, grapes, and assorted
Halloween candies. Mulled
cider completed the dessert.
Marion Thomasson pre-
sented the program after the
reading of the Collect. >She
introduced Catherine Lopez,
who is a park ranger with
Kings Mountain National
Military park. Lopez pre-
sented the group with many
interesting facts about the
park. Extensive renovations
are taking place at the park;
this means that the museum
will be closed for several
months.
The visitor's center will
also be closed for several
months. These updates are
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CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Members of the DAR and the Hambright family dedicate a new marker at the grave of Revolutionary War hero Col.
Frederick Hambirght at the old Shiloh cemetery near Grover. Pictured (not in order) are Ann Kee, Suzy DiCicco, Bill
Benson, Eudora Ratcliffe, John Hambright, Brand Sims, John Barber, John Barber Jr., Robert Dixon, Elizabeth Gibson,
David Edwards, Laura Foust, virginia Patterson, Janet Hambright, Brandi Hambright, Davis Hambright, Ann Harmon, Glen
Hambright, Kay Hambright, Randy Gibbons, Rita Gibbons, Sabrina Nunnery, Mary Frances Nunnery, Deborah Early, Tina
Everhart, Rufus Hambright, Fain Hambright, Betty Masters, and Nancy Poston.
DAR dedicates marker
at Col. Hambright’s grave
A service for the dedica-
tion of a DAR marker for the
grave of Colonel Frederick
Hambright was held
Sunday, oct. 13 at the old
Shiloh Church Cemetery
near Grover. Sixty-five per-
sons attended.
The processional was led
by Nancy Poston, a
Hambright descendant and
member of Flint Hills
Chapter NSDAR. She car-
ried the U.S. flag. Next came
Kay Hambright, Ann
Thompson, Chaplain
Margaret Ledford, and
District IT Director Betty
Masters, all members of the
Colonel Hambright Chapter.
Masters gave the Regents
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g a BS oo, “We
Standing on Holy Ground,”
and Masters and Ledford
led the DAR ritual.
Ellen Hinson, President of
the NC Society Colonial
Dames XVII Century, was
recognized. She displayed
“an afghan that had been
designed by Eudora Anne
Barber Ratcliffe of Pinehurst
and sold to the Hambright
descendants.
Hinson reported that
Ratcliffe received a national
award for her acquisition of
a SC historical marker for
Colonel Hambright and in
recognition of outstanding
contribution to the advance-
ment of the society. She
received an award from the
NC State Society in recogni-
tion of the manuscript of
Colonel Hambright.
Ratcliffe has also been rec-
ognized statewide for her
biography of and securing a
roadside marker for Colonel
Hambright in 2000 and a
marker for the old Shiloh
Church Cemetery in 2001,
where several Revolutionary
War soldiers are buried. She
also was instrumental in
securing the DAR grave
marker for Colonel
Hambright. EE
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Hambright descendant, sang
“America the Beautiful.”
Ledford then gave a biogra-
phy of Colonel Hambright
and Masters dedicated and
unveiled the marker. She
placed a rose on the grave
from the Colonel Frederick
Hambright Chapter,
National Society Daughters
of the American Revolution.
The Hambright family
bought the marker, Harris
Funeral Home donated the
stone, and Wiley Brothers
carved and placed the mark-
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er in the stone.
Paul Fulton played taps at
the end of the ceremony.
There were five DAR ghap-
ters represented.
Many Hambright descen-
dants attended the dedica-
tion after having their annu-
al family reunion at
Macedonia Baptist Church.
Rita Hambright Gibbons
was elected president of the
Hambright Association for
the next two years.
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