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y What do you think of when you think of fall? Football…corn mazes…trickor-treating...cooler weather…ALL the above? Well you’re in luck, because our Fall Issue of Anderson Life features most of these things and more! Photo by John
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homestead while sipping iced green tea. She wrote to me soon after: Farming is, I believe, the most important job…the one career we can not live without. No farms>no food>no people. It isn’t glamorous, or as profitable, or as admired and envied as are many vocations/careers, but it is the most needed. When young people are considering their life’s work, few even think of farming. Thank you for selecting our acres and their history for your story.
It seems only fitting that after the dog days of summer we include our canine friends in some cooler activities. Check out Canine Tricks and Tricks for some canine safety tips for Halloween night from Anderson Dog Works, as well as some ghoulishly good dog goodies from Mollie & Me Dog Bakery.
Here’s hoping that cooler weather finds its way to the Upstate soon, because it’s time to get out and enjoy the Anderson Life this fall!
The heat of July couldn’t keep me from enjoying my visit with the Garrison Family of Denver Downs, where I chatted with Mrs. Juanita Garrison about the history of the Garrison family and
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Jane Fink has worked with animals nearly her entire life—she left working as a veterinary assistant and went into broadcasting in the early 1980s—but it wasn’t until she brought a puppy into her life a few years later that Jane became interested in dog training. “I knew the first thing I would do was take it to training classes, and when I did, I was hooked,” admits Jane. In 1991 Jane apprenticed with an established trainer, and in 1992, she and two training partners started Anderson Dog Works, a dog training facility located at 1429 Pearman Dairy Road in Anderson. “Dog training is as much about training the owner as it is the dog,” says Jane. “I love the light bulb moments when dog owners realize that. I think it takes the pressure off the dog and the owner when the owner accepts it is all about teamwork.” Jane enjoys working with her West Highland White Terriers, instructing, writing for breed publications, and is currently working on a puppy-training book. For more information on Jane and the Anderson Dog Works, call (864) 260-9800 or go to andersondogworks.com. Sheila Boyd was on vacation one year, when she happened to visit a dog bakery located in a small town in the Smoky Mountains. Being a baker of people treats herself (she was a bakery manager at Bi-Lo for 20 years), Sheila was intrigued with the idea of catering to canine tastes, and soon opened her own store, Molly & Me Dog Bakery located at 2408 N. Main Street in Anderson. Named after one of her two dogs, Molly, a cocker spaniel/golden retriever adopted from the Anderson Humane Shelter, the bakery has become a hit with the yappy hour crowd. “Everybody calls me Molly,” laughs Sheila. “I tell that I am just the ‘Me’ in Molly & Me.” Filled with dog goodies, treats and unique pet products, Molly & Me is a pet owners dream. “I love my dogs and I will only bake with the freshest of ingredients like cakes made with liver, peanut butter, and cheese and bacon. Other offerings include tropical, pizza, strawberry and yogurt, key lime, banana nut and liver flavored cookies.” Taste-tested by Mollie and her adopted sibling Coco, all of Sheila’s bakery items are human-friendly, too. “Although,” Sheila says with a smile, “most people prefer sharing a sweet treat like my tropical delight over say, a liver cookie.” So what’s next for this entrepreneur with a soft spot for dogs? “My daughter is interested in joining in the fun,” says Sheila, “so I’ll be teaching her my recipes. Plus, I am working on a Molly & Me Dog Spa, coming soon!” For more information on Molly & Me, call (864)760-1667.
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This page, available from McAuley’s Unique Boutique in Anderson, from left: Krissy Rock wears a short sleeve crochet back multi print top, !iT Jeans ultra skinny jeans in blue core, and black lace up wedge sandals. Accessories include gold bangles, a yellowish dome ring with silver band, and epoxy cream and gold sunshine earrings. Jennifer Young wears an Envi coral and white printed cut out tank and David Kahn
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f you live anywhere in the Upstate, then you’re probably familiar with the name Garrison. A farming family with strong roots in the community, the Garrisons are known for many things including the political contributions of T. Edmond Garrison (South Carolina State Representative, 1959-1966 and South Carolina State Senator, 1967-1987) and 20
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for Clemson University’s T. Ed Garrison Arena, dedicated to and named for the alumnus. Their farm, Denver Downs, located in Anderson and run by Tom Garrison, is also well known for its fresh produce in the summer and its corn maze, giant pumpkin patch, and numerous festivities organized by the whole family in the fall. The Garrisons are a close-knit
family with a rich heritage and a real love for their legacy. The Denver Downs home was built in the mid to late 1870’s by William Dunkling Garrison, the oldest of 12 children of Edmond Barksdale Garrison and Sarah Cureton Garrison, a farming family from Greenville. Born in1843, in 1861 at the age of 18, W.D. joined the Confederacy at the start of the late, great Unpleasantness. Two days before the end of the Civil War, the young captain was called to Gettysburg and discharged. “In those days usually the oldest son or the youngest son would stay at home to run the farm and help with the family,” explains Juanita, wife of Ed Garrison, writer and family historian. “By the time W.D. got back from the war, he had siblings to carry on this tradition. Realizing that his fortunes were not there in Greenville, W.D. came to the Anderson area to work for a cotton mill called Autun, now known as La France Industries. At that time, many of the mills owned farms that they used to supply the cotton. W.D. came here to work as manager of one of these farms.” Somewhere along the way, William Dunkling Garrison married Easter Annie Reid, or Essie, as she was known. She was from the neighborhood; her family a good farm family. In 1872, W.D. purchased 273 acres of land bordering his father-in-laws farm. Here the couple built their new house and raised their family of thirteen children, eleven of which survived to adulthood. “Apparently, they were very successful,” says Juanita. “He had a wife, 12 children at the time and 273 acres to take care of. He didn’t have time to go out and straighten out the world, but he was well thought of. He was on the committee that built the Anderson County Courthouse and his name is on the cornerstone.” The marriage seemed to be a good one, too. Decades later—in an old lard tin—Essie’s diary was found. In it, she speaks lovingly of her husband and her life on the farm. The family treasure was published by Martha Nelle Ligon and remains a source of interesting information from days gone by. W.D. was also one of the founders of Welcome Baptist Church, which began in the front room, the parlor of the house in 1894. Later, a little wooden church was built across the street, where it remains today along with the newer brick church built next door in the 1950s. In the cemetery beside the old church, W.D. and some of his family are buried. The youngest son of W.D. and Essie was Thomas Edmond Garrison and in 1914, when W.D. died, Tom was living in the family home with his mother and sister, Mamie. In 1917, he married a woman named Nettie Clifton McPhail. Eventually Mamie married, leaving Tom and Nettie and their four children, Sara, Lounelle, Thomas Edmond, Jr. and Nancy. Thomas Edmond, Jr. (called Ed) was born in 1922. He went to local Anderson schools, then to college at Clemson. After graduating in 1942, he joined the US Army, now involved in WWII. “They called it the war class,” says Juanita. “I’m sure every man who graduated in 1942 went home and said goodby to mama and went off to war. Ed wanted to join the Air Force, because he had had training at Anderson Airport, but his mother didn’t want him to be in the Air Force because she
was afraid his plane would fall down and he would get hurt. So, Ed joined the Infantry, but the minute he turned 21, he switched over to the Air Force.” Ed flew B-29 bombers and served in the South Pacific in over 40 combat missions. “He had a good bit of things shot at him, and he did get hit,” Juanita says. “One time, as Ed tells it, he landed and the mechanic said, ‘Lieutenant, you know you’ve been hit, don’t you?’ They looked and his gas tank had been shot, but they had these re-sealable tanks, so he was able to get home safely.” When Ed got out of the service, his father was still living on the farm, but he was not well. In 1945, he passed away, leaving the farm in equal parts to his widow and four children. Ed’s mother remained in the farmhouse until her death, but Ed eventually bought out his sisters’ and mother’s shares of the farm, and started a dairy with ten cows that he milked by hand. “Ed claims that one of the happiest days of his life,” Juanita says, “was when he bought an electric milker!” In 1954, after graduating from the University of Georgia, a young Juanita Bartlett went to work as a journalist for a newspaper in Seneca: One of the places that I would go to get the hot news was the cotton gin in Pendleton, called Pendleton Oil Mill at the time. You might not think that was a source of major information, but there were two people there who always knew what was going on—one was Jerry Sloan, the mayor of Pendleton, the other was the secretary, Inez Barnett. When I started coming around, they wanted to introduce me to this guy, Ed, but I was already seeing a boy in Seneca. But, that was in the summer, and in the fall, the boy I was seeing went back to school in Columbia. So, the next time they asked, I said yes. Ed came and picked me up on a Friday night, and we went to
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rrison Ed Ga a drive-in movie and had chocolate milk and hamburgers. I guess everything went all right, because on Saturday night, Ed invited me to go to Greenville to a dance at the Elks club. Evidently, I passed that test, too, because the following week, he invited me to a dance in
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Anderson. That was in October of 1954. At Christmas, we went down to see my parents in Cochran, GA, a small town southwest of Macon. That’s when he proposed. When it came to setting the date, Ed told me that the wedding had to be between corn planting
Elizabeth Garrison, Ron Smith, Garrison Smith, and Tom Garrison point out the corncrib, the oldest structure on the Denver Downs Farm.
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Lee Garrison Smith and son Garrison admire the current crop in front of the old barn.
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and wheat harvesting. I knew right then that my schedule in life was set. Married in May of 1955, the couple built a house across the street from the old homestead. Ed and Juanita’s first baby, Carol Gaye (named after two of Juanita’s college roommates) arrived the following February. “The children like to pretend to count back and tease me about the baby being early,” laughs Juanita, “but this was 1955, I tell them.” The couple soon settled into a routine of growing cotton and having babies, adding Thomas Edmond III, Bart ( named after Juanita’s father), Anita Lee (Anita from Juanita and Lee from Robert E. Lee because it was 1965 and they were celebrating the centennial of the confederacy). In 1959, Ed was also elected to the state legislature. “Then,” Juanita says, “when Gaye was 17, Tom was 15, Bart was 13, and Lee was 11, I went to the doctor and found out I was pregnant again. I remember our son Tom telling someone that he was sorely embarrassed. I was 40 and Ed was 51, we were in our dotage, and here we were still have babies.” “The day that I went into labor, Ed was working in the Senate and had left that day to drive to Columbia. I called him back to the hospital, and he was so tired, that he crawled into my bed in the delivery room and went to sleep. This was before fathers helped deliver babies, so they kicked him out and after I delivered, he stood at the foot of my bed, hands in pockets, all casual-like. ‘Well,’ Ed said to the nurse. ‘What
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have we got?’ ‘Guess,’ said the nurse. Ed replied, ‘Oh, we’ve got another boy.’ ‘No,’ said the nurse. So then, Ed said, ‘Oh, we have another girl.’ ‘No,” said the nurse. Well, Ed looks confused until the nurse says, ‘You’ve got two little girls!’ I think Ed’s hands went all the way down through his pockets. But, he was proud of those girls.” They named the twin girls Elizabeth Reid and Catherine Anne. Around the same time, in 1972, Ed’s mother Nettie died, and Juanita and Ed started renovating the farmhouse to move their family in. “We started working on the house and things were going along,” Juanita says. “Upstairs we had four bedrooms, the two boys would be on one side and we put in a bath, and the two girls on the other with a new bath. Everything was going nicely, and that’s when I went to the doctor in January. It sure did mess up my house plans!” Today the old Denver Downs farmhouse remains much like it was when built in the 1870s. Filled with family heirlooms and memories, the home is comfortable; well lived in and well loved. It has seen its share of sorrow with the loss of Ed and Juanita’s son Bart in a farming accident, and more recently, the loss of grandson, Ben. However, there has been much to celebrate, too, including weddings and births and anniversaries, all documented in pictures covering the walls of the den. Ed and Juanita have
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been married for 56 ½ years now, and have seen their family grow to include Gaye’s husband Joel and their son and daughter-in-law, Jay and Mollie. Tom’s wife Angie and their daughters, Abbie and Lillie, Lee’s husband Ron and their children, Emily and Garrison, and Catherine’s husband Mark and their children, Tillman and James
Daniel. Catherine and her family live in Charleston, but the rest of the family has settled close by, including Tom who carries on the farming tradition with the help of his siblings and family. Here on any given Sunday you’ll find the Garrisons, after attending Welcome Church, enjoying a glass of sweet tea and a little sweet reminiscing.
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DENVER DOWNS 2011 FALL SCHEDULE Corn Maze and Giant Pumpkin Patch Open Sept. 24 to Oct. 31 Saturdays 10am–10 pm Sundays 1pm–6pm
Written by Sheril Bennett Turner Photography by Ken Ruinard
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SPECIAL EVENTS Throughout the year, Denver Downs operates as a general farm, growing crops and raising various livestock. Currently Denver Downs Farm is operated by Tom Garrison, with the help of sister, Lee Garrison Smith, a member of the Greenville City Council, who runs the Denver Downs Farm Market each summer. Sister Gaye Garrison Sprague is an engineer in Greenville, but her husband Joel and son Jay operate a geotextile testing facility on the property that the family calls Denver Downs Research Facility. Ten years ago, though, the family decided to create a corn maze—and idea suggested by Tom’s wife Angie—as well as a pumpkin patch, started with a few of varieties of the gourd-like squash. Today, the Denver Downs Corn Maze and Giant Pumpkin Patch (with over 25 varieties) has turned into a major event that starts the last week in September and finishes at the end of October with a Pumpkin Festival featuring a Pumpkin Princess, a pumpkin carving contest, and much, much more. A family affair, the fall festivities start the last week in September and are planned and operated by Tom and his wife Angie, Lee and husband Ron, and sisters Elizabeth Garrison and Catherine Garrison Davis. “Every year we like to add something new,” says Elizabeth. “This year we added an irrigation system for the pumpkins and corn maze to make sure we would have a great crop of corn and pumpkins for our visitors. We expect the new irrigation system to help the corn grow tall so that people will stay lost in the maze!” The main attraction is, of course, this corn maze. “We start planning the maze in January,” explains Elizabeth. “In June we plant 24
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the pumpkins and in July we plant the corn. A company from out West takes our sketch idea and actually designs and implements the intricate maze pattern. It is AMazing!” The design usually changes every year, but some crowd-pleasing patterns have been used more than once. The most popular maze, so far, as been the Clemson/Carolina helmets on a football field gridiron with a palmetto tree between the helmets. “We love it when people wear Clemson or Carolina colors to show their school pride,” says Elizabeth, a Clemson grad like all the Garrison children. Ideas for maze designs often come from brainstorming sessions around the kitchen table. This year, the theme is The War Between the States, a nod to the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. The Garrison’s are also excited about another new addition this year, one keeping with the maze theme, a civil war reenactment. “Our great grandfather was a veteran of the Civil War and our Father was a WWII veteran,” explains Elizabeth, “so we are very proud of our military heritage, as well as our farm heritage.” All the effort the family puts into Denver Down to make it an enjoyable destination for the whole community is well worth it, Elizabeth says. “One year, Catherine was working at the gate and a six-year-old little boy was on his way out of the barnyard with his family. ‘This farm is better than Disneyland!’ he said. It’s so fun to see the families come year after year and see the children grow. Visiting our farm becomes part of their fall tradition.” For more information on Denver Downs Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch, go to denverdownsfarm.com.
Sept. 24—25 Military and Emergency Responders Recognition Weekend for Fireman, EMS, and Law Enforcement Oct. 7 Grandparents Recognition Night Oct. 9 Clemson Day at the Maze (Clemson Tiger at 3pm) Oct. 15-16 Civil War Living History and Reenactment Oct. 21-23 Denver Downs Farms Pumpkin Festival Oct. 30 Halloween Costume Contest 4pm Trick-or-Treat Hayrides 1pm–3pm Oct. 31 Open Halloween day 10am–5pm!
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Doggone Good Fruity Cooler
Candy Apple Jelly
Broccoli Casserole
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Doggone Good Fruity Cooler
Broccoli Casserole
Although this is for our canine friends, it’s not bad for us people, either!
This is a pretty dish and a Garrison family favorite!
Contributed by Sheila Boyd from Mollie & Me Gourmet Dog Bakery
1 cup water 1/2 cantaloupe, cubed with seeds and rind removed 1/2 can pineapple chunks in their juices, drained 1 banana, sliced 2 Tbsp. honey Place all ingredients in a blender or food processor, cover and blend until smooth. Pour the mixture into a freezer-safe container, and freeze until firm. Remove the container from the freezer, and allow the cooler to soften before serving. You can also pour into ice cube trays until firm, pop out, and store in zip lock bags in freezer. Makes 3 cups.
Sweet & Sour Pot Roast Recipes courtesy TasteofHome.com
Vinegar and brown sugar flavor this tangy slow-cooked pot roast. Shredded leftovers make delicious sandwiches later in the week, too! 12 small white potatoes, peeled 1 boneless beef chuck roast (about 3 pounds) 1 Tbsp canola oil 1 cup chopped onion 1 can (15 ounces) tomato sauce 1/4 cup packed brown sugar 2 to 3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce 2 tsps cider vinegar 1 tsp salt Place potatoes in a 5-qt. slow cooker. Trim fat from roast; cut in half. In a large skillet, brown roast in oil on all sides. Transfer to slow cooker. Reserve 1 tablespoon drippings; saute onion in reserved drippings until tender. Stir in the tomato sauce, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, vinegar and salt. Pour over roast. Cover and cook on high for 4-6 hours or until meat is tender. Before serving, pour sauce into a skillet. Cook and stir over medium-high heat until reduced and thickened. Serve with potatoes and beef. Makes 6-8 servings. 26
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Contributed by Juanita Bartlett Garrison from her new Garden and Field Cookbook.
2-3 stalks fresh broccoli 2 Tbsps onion, chopped 1 cup cheddar cheese, grated 1-10 ¾ ounce can Cream of Mushroom soup ½ cup mayonnaise 2 eggs, slightly beaten 1 Tbsp butter 1 cup cracker crumbs Preheat oven to 350°. Grease baking dish and set aside. Peel broccoli stems and chop stems and florets. Cook in small amount of water about 10 minutes. Drain. Combine broccoli, onions, mayonnaise, soup, eggs, and cheese. Pour into baking dish. Cover with cracker crumbs and dot with the butter. Bake at 350° oven for 45 minutes. Serves 6.
Candy Apple Jelly Recipes courtesy TasteofHome.com
With a hint of apple and cinnamon, this jelly spreads cheer from breads to bagels to muffins. Decorate the jar lids with fabric for a special gift. 4 cups apple juice 1/2 cup red-hot candies 1 package (1-3/4 ounces) powdered fruit pectin 4-1/2 cups sugar In a large saucepan, combine the apple juice, candies and pectin. Bring to a full rolling boil over high heat, stirring constantly. Stir in sugar; return to a full rolling boil. Boil for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat; skim off any foam and discard any undissolved candies. Carefully ladle hot mixture into hot sterilized half-pint jars, leaving 1/4in. headspace. Remove air bubbles, wipe rims and adjust lids. Process for 5 minutes in a boiling-water canner. Makes about 6 half-pints.
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Hospice of the Upstate Daylily Reception On Thursday, June 9, a reception was held for donors and friends of Hospice of the Upstate as part of the public launch of the Hospice House Renovation Project. Hosted by Taunia and Neil Richardson at Richardson’s Daylilies Farm, the evening included tours of their beautiful home and gardens, as well as a viewing of Neil’s classic car collection. Over 125 guests also enjoyed drinks and hors d’oeuvres, served by JaCarr’s Catering, and pots of daylilies donated by the couple as door prizes. “The Daylily Reception was given by board members as a thank you to the donors, as well as to raise awareness for the Hospice House Renovation Project,” explains Carol Kreson, Director of Development at Hospice of the Upstate. “It was a great evening with a beautiful breeze off the lake.” The Hospice House Renovation Project will provide for the renovation of 27 patient rooms, the corridors, and family gathering spaces so that The Rainy Hospice House can continue to provide quality patient care and physical comfort for families spending their final moments together. For more information on Hospice of the Upstate, or to make a donation, go to hospicehouse.net.
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Midnight Flight Friday, September 2 The Midnight Flight Road Race has been a tradition in Anderson for 34 years on the Friday night of Labor Day Weekend. Hosted by the YMCA, it welcomes over 2500 runners to participate in the three races - 1 mile, 5k and 10k. andersonareaymca.org
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September 29, 30 and October 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9 Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 3pm Set in a small town in present day Kentucky, Callie Belle Hurt, a young woman raised by Hattie, her cantankerous, controlling grandmother and two eccentric, doting aunts, announces she’s moving to New York to live with her boyfriend. ecplayhouse.com
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Farm Pumpkin Festival Friday, October 21 to Sunday, October 23 Saturday, October 22, 11am Pumpkin Princess Pageant Sunday, October 23 Pumpkin Carving Contest judging at 3pm (Pumpkins need to be dropped off Friday or Saturday for viewing) Pumpkin Games all Day! denverdownsfarm.com
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