Wednesday N XxxxxMay 28, XX, 20042008 Wagenercovering wagener monthly and eastern aiken county "JLFO4UBOEBSE Richardson-Frick appointed to Orangeburg church By CHARLIE TYLER WUMC Lay Leader Rev. Kristen Richardson-Frick writes a good-bye letter to the readers of Wagener Monthly. | page 30 After faithfully serving the congregation of Wagener UMC and the Wagener community for the past six years, When God turned the page of the book containing Rev. Kristen R. Richardson-Frick has been appointed to the history of Wagener UMC long before June of 2002, St. Paul’s UMC in Orangeburg. Her new appointment the name Kristen R. Richardson(-Frick) was already will officially be announced and approved at the S.C. recorded on the page entitled “June 2002 through June United Methodist Annual Conference in Florence during 2008.” Since that point in time, Wagener UMC, one of the first week of June. Her duties as the new pastor of St. the oldest organized churches in the Wagener area dating Paul’s will begin on Sunday, June 22. back to the late 1800s, has added much to its already rich Rev. Kristen’s first full-time ministerial appointment, spiritual heritage. Over the past six years, Rev. Kristen, after completing a Master of Divinity degree from the first female and longest serving pastor of Wagener Duke Divinity School in May of 2001, was at Grace UMC, has opened the minds and hearts of the congrega- UMC in North Augusta serving as associate pastor. Her tion of WUMC and many members of Wagener and the ministerial designation at the time of her appointment surrounding communities through her strong faith in to Grace UMC was that of a commissioned minister or God and her commitment to serving others in His name. probationary elder. At that time, the probationary peri- On April 24, 2003, almost one year after moving to od was three years under appointment before becoming Wagener, Rev. Kristen married John Frick. John is a eligible to be ordained. The probationary period has very talented musician and accomplished woodworker. since been changed to two years. In June of 2002, she In June of 2004, Wagener UMC and Swansea UMC was appointed to Wagener UMC. This was her first appointment as senior or solo pastor. Please see RICHARDSON-FRICK, page 31 Metal detector finds man’s missing ’67 WHS class ring By RON HALL Contributor On April 22 I took my grandson to his piano lessons. I asked if I could do some metal detecting in the yard to look for coins. The first swing of the detector next to the walk into the front door gave me a good reading. I dug down about three inches and out popped a Wagener High School class ring from 1967. The ring looked really good but was dirty. I also found a few pennies, to see if he had a yearbook from Wagener a nickel and a dime during the 30-minute High School for 1967. I was lucky he had piano class. one. I began to look through the senior class When I got home I used some soap, pictures. There I found a person with the water and a toothbrush and cleaned the correct initials. It was C. Steve Jeffcoat. ring. It looked really great after cleaning. I My mailman said that he knew Steve and decided that I would try to find the owner that they had moved to West Columbia. He and return the ring if I could find him/her. told me that Steve had married the girl that On the inside of class ring were the initials had lived in the house where I had found CSJ. Now, how was I going to find out who the ring in the yard. I knew that I was on the had lost it? I remembered that my mailman Submitted photos was close to my age so I went to his house Please see RING, page 30 Ron Hall returns class ring to Steve Jeffcoat. 2 ■ Wagener Monthly • Wednesday, May 28, 2008 Going to the picture show was always an adventure Memories is the originator of the “not.” Several years about every thing we did. Elliott especially the theater. The movie had been in progress Memories are precious. Memories are ago I was showing Mama a gaudy ring that enjoyed telling them about my ring! about 30 or 40 minutes, and Mama whis- something that cannot be taken away from I had just purchased, Another movie trip involved all of the pered to me, “I thought you said that this you. Memories bring you great comfort and and she had the audacity Youngs and the Fogles. I remember that movie was about a preacher from another joy. Memories can sustain you through diffi- to ask me if it was real it was a Friday in May, but I don’t recall planet. And I have been waiting for the cult times. Memories allow you to remember or not, and I said it was the year. However, as usual, our first stop preacher to appear.” When she said that, I from where you came and look forward to not. Ever since then she was at a restaurant; this time it was Red started laughing, then Mama started laugh- where you are going. Memories are God’s always asks “is that a Lobster. We told the waiter that we need ing, and the more we tried not to laugh, the gift from the past for the future. “not” or not. Elliott gave to get our order quickly for we were going more we laughed. Tyler was captivated with me the devil all that day to see Smokey and the Bandit. Our waiter watching E. T., however, he was also highly Going to the Picture Show and for months after for obliged us, and we hurriedly made it to the embarrassed, for he began begging; “Mama, The other night my son Tyler, my husband spending money on a movie…I was driving! Smokey and the you and Grandma stop laughing; everyone Garry, and I were watching television. After LEMYRA “not.” After shopping we Bandit had not yet started; however, the the- is looking at you!” (I wish that I had a dime the news program ended, Tyler changed YOUNG then had lunch at Morri- ater was dark since coming attractions were for every time when Tyler was young that he the channel to a movie. I had walked into son’s Cafeteria. All three being shown. Of course, I got tickled as we asked me to stop laughing, “because every- the kitchen, but as the music at the opening boys have always been big eaters (even to opened the doors. It was dark as pitch and one is looking at you.”) Mama and I finally of the movie began to play, I heard Garry this day) and would much rather eat a good all of the seats were filled except down at got control of ourselves and did not laugh ask Tyler if the movie was Star Wars. Tyler meal than eat a bunch of junk food. I recall the very front, so here we go trooping down again until the movie was over. To this day told him no; it is Super Man. Some ten or Elliott eating every thing on his plate and all the aisle to the front. We finally found seats we still laugh about the “little preacher from fifteen minutes later, I had finished up in the leftovers on everyone else’s plate. Point- for all of us but not together. After the movie another planet.” the kitchen, folded clothes, and was pro- ing his fork at food he would ask each one of ended, Howard was the first one to stand up. In 1978, when we went to see Superman, ceeding to the bedroom area of our home. us in turn, “are you going to eat that?” and if He complained all the way up the aisle, all Tyler would have been six years old, Kenny As I passed by the television set, I asked we said “no,” then he would stab it with his the way home, and for two or three weeks would have been almost eleven, and Elliott Tyler what year was Superman released. He fork and into his mouth it would fly. later that he had a crick in his neck from would have been fourteen. Elliott and Kenny pressed the menu key, which not only told We finally made it to the theater which at having to practically lie down to watch the both have sons of their own now. And Tyler us, 1978, but also who starred in the movie that time was housed in a separate building movie. As Howard often said that excursion no longer begs me to stop laughing, for most and a brief summary. I then commented that from the mall. Of course there were all kinds was two trips for him…his first and his last. of the time I am laughing at or with him for I remember when the movie first came out, of Super Man memorabilia to be purchased. One thing is for sure, we never fooled him some crazy thing that he has said or done. it was around Christmas time 1978 that I Elliott and I were in line to get popcorn to go to the movies again. Our movie trips are now far less than they took Tyler and Elliott and Kenny Fogle to and drinks; Tyler and Kenny were running When Tyler was about ten, Mama, Tyler, once were… with the introduction of first Columbia to Dutch Square to see the movie.