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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… actually, as I write this, it looks a little more like Halloween, but Ol’ Man Winter has already started blowing his icy breath in the Upstate.

Speaking of cool things for winter, for our Holiday issue, we went shopping at Just For Ladies Consignments where we spied some fabulous outerwear. In UnderCover, find out how to take thrilling coats, jackets and sweaters and identify stylish outfits to pair with them. A big thank you to owners Sandy & Frank Edmonds for letting us take over their establishment for the day!

For lunch, we felt like warming up with a hot bowl of soup so we headed over to Nooks Restaurant on Highway 81 for their delicious bisque, a house specialty. If you haven’t tried this unique dining establishment, take it from me, you’ll love the food, the service and the friendly owners. Read Hooked on Nooks to find out more.

You know Christmas is near when you discover Santa Claus working hard at his workshop—right here at the Gaines home on Roberts Street! While we were there, we received a gracious southern welcome from the Gaines family as we talked about their 100-year-old home and the family history.

While setting up the interview and photo shoot with Mrs. Barbara Gaines, I was so impressed with her ability to get things done quickly that I told her she should be in politics. Little did I know, but soon found out, that she had worked for Congressman Butler Derrick. Read Bobby and Barbara Gaines: Remaining Permanently for some more interesting facts about one of Anderson’s first families.

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Does your family celebrate the holidays with any special traditions? One of my family’s favorite things to do is to bundle up and search the woods for our own special Christmas Tree. Sometimes they are tall and skinny, sometimes short and full, sometimes they are bald on one side or slightly crooked but they are all beautiful to us. In Street Talk, we stopped a few people on the streets of Anderson to see how they celebrated the holiday.

This holiday season, whether you’re shopping, dining, or creating family memories, here’s hoping you enjoy the Anderson Life!

If you would like to suggest people to see and places to be in Anderson County, email me at [email protected].

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You may, like some when they first enter their door, think that Easy As CatSoup is some kind of dining establishment. But no, take a quick look around and you’ll discover that CatSoup is full of all kind of wonderful supplies for new and avid paper crafters alike.

“I had this crazy idea to open a store after my younger son, Scott, got married,” says owner Micki Switzer. “My older son has Asperger’s Syndrome, so we needed to have a place where he could be comfortable, too. I noticed that all the paper crafting stores in Greenville had closed and I didn’t know of any in Northeast Georgia, so I jumped in with both feet. I broadened the services of the store to include my other hobbies, photography and genealogy. That way I can enjoy being there and doing all the work.”

CatSoup has became a family affair, with husband Russell—who flies full time for Delta Airlines—helping out in his spare time, along with son Sam and Micki’s mom, Jeanette Earle. And the name CatSoup? The family are keen cat lovers—they own six.

“I survived Lipo-Sarcoma 13 years ago,” Micki explains. “That caused me to become interested in preserving family history, taking as many photos as possible and using my mind to create things that make me happy.”

Easy As CatSoup is located at 1634 North Main Street in Anderson. They offer scrapbooking, rubber stamping, mixed media crops, classes, club meetings, Photo, VHS, 8MM Cassette, Mini-DV and Cassette Tape Scanning to CD and DVD and Genealogy/Family Tree Research. For more information, go to easyascatsoup.com.

Step 1: Gather all your card supplies such as a paper cutter, adhesive, scissors, cardstock and Christmas paper, embellishments such as stamps, ribbon, images or photos.

Step 2: For this particular project, take red cardstock and cut to the desired card size with paper cutter. Fold crisply. You’ll also need a piece of Canvas Corps Christmas Paper cut slightly smaller than the face of your card, another piece of red cardstock and a white piece of cardstock cut to desired size to frame your stamped design.

Step 3: Glue the piece of Canvas Corps Christmas Paper to the front of the card. Take your favorite Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Collection Christmas Memories Stamp and ink it using

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Step 5: Cut a strip of red cardstock and stamp your sentiment with white pigment ink. Emboss using Winter Wonderland embossing powder. Using the Canvas Corps Christmas Naughty or Nice paper, roughly tear out one of the circles and glue to the front of your card. Voila! You’ve just created a very special handmade Christmas card!

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Anderson Lights of Hope Christmas Light DisplayThursday November 24 through Sunday December 25

Park Opens at 5:30pm DailySunday - Thursday close at 10pmFriday and Saturday, close at 11pmSanta welcomes everyone from 6pm to 10pm daily.Imagine a place filled with snowflakes, toys, friendly animals, reindeer and even old St. Nick himself. Nope, it’s not the North Pole; it’s Lights of Hope. The annual light show has been illuminating Darwin Wright Park in Anderson at Christmas with its 7/10ths - mile drive thru display of over a million multi-colored lights for 17 years. andersonlightsofhope.org

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A Nice Family GatheringDecember 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11

Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 3pmA Nice Family Gathering, written by Phil Olson and directed by Richard Cowan, is a story about a man who loved his wife so much, he almost told her. It’s Thanksgiving Day and the first family gathering at the Lundeen household since the Patriarch died. At the gathering, Dad comes back as a ghost with a mission; to tell his wife he loved her, something he neglected to tell her while he was alive. After all, they were only married for 41 years. The problem is, she can’t hear or see him. The trouble begins when Mom invites a date for dinner. ecplayhouse.com

2011 Homes for the Holiday Anderson Heritage Tour of HomesSaturday, December 3, 10am–4pm

Downtown AndersonGet in the holiday spirit by touring local historical homes that have been dressed up for the holidays. Anderson Heritage has been serving the Anderson, SC, community for more than 35 years, and is committed to preserving the historical and architectural interest in our community. andersonheritage.org

Anderson County Museum

Winter Night GalaFriday, January 20, 2012, 7pm

Get ready for the “coolest” event of the season when the Friends of the Museum present their annual Winter Night Gala to benefit future exhibits. Enjoy great music, food and drink against a backdrop of historical exhibits dressed up for the occasion.

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Taste of AndersonAnderson Arts Center - 110 Federal Street, Downtown AndersonThursday, December 15, 5:30pm–7:30pm

Part of the Business After Hours program designed to provide the business community of Anderson County an evening of socializing and networking in a relaxed atmosphere. $5 Admission will be accepted at the door - cash and checks only. Be sure to bring your business cards as you mix and mingle at this great event. [email protected]

Flight’s Resolution Run 2012 Historic Downtown Anderson100 South Main Street Anderson, SCStart: Saturday, December 31, 10pmEnd: Sunday, January 1, 1am

Celebrate your resolution for 2012 on New Year’s Eve by racing through the historic district of downtown Anderson. All level runners are encouraged to participate in the Resolution Run, and in keeping with our mission to recruit new runners and to bring awareness to lifestyle changes that include an active, healthy lifestyle, First Flight wants every runner to have a chance to WIN! Families and Strollers welcome. Proceeds to benefit future “Let’s Move” initiatives within the community. yourfirstflight.org

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After a leisurely drive through displays including Old Man Winter, Ice Castle Hill and the Nativity Scene, visitors can stop at Santa’s Village and have their photo taken with Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus, see Mr. Twisters the Elf, a balloon artist, and enjoy hot chocolate, gingerbread men, popcorn, and s’mores at Mrs. Claus’ Kitchen.

Proceeds donated to local area charities from this event, including the additional donations of toys, blankets, canned food, eye glasses, cell phones help make it possible for hundreds of children and adults in the Anderson community to receive life-changing services.

Over 47,000 visitors enjoyed the Anderson Lights of Hope last year, with more expected this 2011 holiday season. Visitors are encouraged to bring a new, unwrapped toy for Toys for Tots on Tuesdays and Thursdays nights and canned goods for Canned Food Night on Friday nights to the Santa Village Special Donations Tent. For more information, go to andersonlightsofhope.org. Photography by Climbing Dog Productions.

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The tenth annual Concert of Hope and Remembrance benefiting the Cancer Association of Anderson was performed on Saturday, October 1, 2011, at Boulevard Baptist Church in Anderson. The concert was conducted by Dr. Robert Heritage and presented by Am-Can Transport Service, Inc., Primary Care Aesthetics and Primary Care Associates.

This year’s theme was “Looking Back – and Looking Forward!” and Conductor Heritage chose the best music of the past nine years, including selections from “Sing for the Cure” and “Gospel Mass,” “Cindy,” “Total Praise” and “When the Saints Go Marching In.” The concert concluded with some new material that may give a hint as to where the series will go next.

The Choir of Hope, with over 150 adult and youth members, was accompanied by a professional orchestra and pianist Jane Dill. This year, members of the choir introduced the music, reflecting on their experiences with the concert series over the past nine years.

During the concert, Boulevard Baptist Church was decorated with votives that honor people who have fought cancer. Afterglow, a reception for the choir, sponsors and patrons, was held following the concert in the AnMed Health Cancer Center atrium sponsored by the doctors of Anderson Area Cancer Center and catered by Sullivan’s Metropolitan Grill.

Proceeds from the concert will assist Anderson County cancer patients and survivors and their families. The Cancer Association, formed in March 2003, helps more than 175 patients each month with financial aid, information and referral and emotional support, according to Development Coordinator Kathryn Smith. For more information on The Cancer Association, go to cancerassociationanderson.org. Photography by Climbing Dog Productions.

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The year was 1928, a year before the Great Depression, when Dr. Thomas R. Gaines founded a medical practice he called Anderson Eye and Ear. From the very beginning, his devotion to his patients and dedication to medicine and the greater Anderson Community remained steadfast and sure. As time progressed so did the medical profession. Dr. Gaines began his practice helping his patients with eye, as well as ear, nose and throat complaints. “With advances in medicine there is always more to know. When there is more to know, specialization develops. This growth of knowledge brought about the development of Ophthalmology (Eye) and Otolaryngology (Ear, Nose and Throat) as separate specialties. Today there are many specialties within specialties,” explained Dr. Phil Wilmeth, Medicus Ophthalmologist. The advancement of medical knowledge brought progress to Anderson Eye & Ear and new partners in separate specialties. Dr. Frank Warder and Dr. Ray Gillespie were the first two Otolaryngologists. The first Ophthalmologist was Dr. Thomas Stanfield, with Dr. Joe Yarbrough following in 1963. Medicus/Anderson Eye & Ear Associates continues to grow and take great pride in consistently serving the greater Anderson Community with the most progressive methods and technology in the region. In 1978 the group moved to the present facility at 1655 East Greenville Street, a location that many called “out in the country.” In 1985, the group decided to change its name to Medicus/Anderson Eye & Ear Associates, P.A and today it is an independent medical clinic specializing in eye, ear, nose and throat diagnostics, treatment, surgical and laser services. The practice includes

The Medicus Ophthalmologists: The eye surgeons provide eye examinations for diagnosis and treatment of eye disease, and feature “No Stitch” cataract surgery, implanted vision enhancement lenses, vision corrective surgery - LASIK, and Epi-LASIK, treatment for glaucoma, macular degeneration, and diabetes. All three ophthalmologists at Medicus are board certified and trained at leading ophthalmology residency programs in the United States.

Newest Technology Lenses Available:For those patients who desire good distance and near vision without glasses, the new technology lenses, including multifocal and accommodative implant lenses, are the latest in technology for patients. Medicus ophthalmologists have extensive experience with ReSTOR, ReZoom, Tecnis Multifocal, and Crystalens. Another type of implant called a toric lens gives excellent results for cataract patients with astigmatism who desire good distance vision without glasses but do not mind wearing reading glasses. Cosmetic treatments such as Botox, facial fillers, and skin resurfacing are also available.

The Optical Center:The Optical Center has all types of glasses from safety eyewear to the latest in fashion, and contact lenses. Dr. Steve Andreasen, Optometrist, and his staff of opticians have 95 years of combined experience in fitting glasses and contact lenses.

Medicus: Eye – Dr. Dan Fleming, Dr. Phil Wilmeth, Dr. Steve Andreasen, and Dr. Mark Wolken

M E D I C u SAnderson Eye & Ear Associates

Medicus/Anderson Eye & Ear Associates, P.A.: Some of the other doctors not previously mentioned who have been associated with the practice include: Dr. Christie Winkler, Dr. Edward Mattison, Dr. Mitchell Wolin, Dr. Jeffrey Lehmer, Dr. Elizabeth Lech, Dr. Dole Baker, Dr. Larry Tallent, Dr. William A. Spitz.

The Microsurgery Center: In 1984 the Medicus doctors: M. Ray Gillespie and Juan A. Brown, Otolaryngologists; and Joseph C. Yarbrough, Charles P. Hunter, and Daniel J. Fleming, Ophthalmologists;

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The Medicus Otolaryngologists: The ENT surgeons offer ear, nose and throat diagnosis and treatment of disease, and head and neck surgery services. They also specialize in sinus surgery, tonsils and ventilation tubes, and other general head and neck care.

The Sinus Center is for sinus diagnostics and treatment. Sinus diagnostics include state of the art scans with a Xoran MiniCat – CT Scanner. The scan takes approximately ten to fifteen minutes with the patient sitting upright for the procedure.

The Hearing Center offers hearing aids sales and service. Various hearing testing services and devices are available. Once Otolaryngologists diagnose your hearing ability, they can recommend, fit and service a variety of hearing devices and hearing protection.

The Allergy Center was established for allergy testing and treatment. Patients suffering from the ear, nose, and throat allergy symptoms can arrange to be tested in order to determine their specific allergies. Serums from the offending allergens can then be administered over a period of time with the goal of bringing about desensitization for the patient. All allergy education, testing and treatment can be accomplished at Medicus.

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ophthalmologists, otolaryngologists, an optometrist and a doctor of audiology. Appointment hours are Monday through Thursday from 8am–5pm, and 8am–1pm on Fridays. No referrals are needed for the Ophthalmologists, Otolaryngologists, Optometrist or Doctor of Audiology. You are invited to visit our website at medicus.org.

Dr. Thomas R. Gaines, founder of Anderson Eye & Ear 1928

together with Dr. DeWitt C. Niles, Anesthesiologist, established the first freestanding outpatient surgery center in the state devoted to eye, ear, nose and throat surgery, The Microsurgery Center (presently AnMed Health Medicus Surgery Center). AnMed Health Medicus Surgery Center is now located at 107 Professional Court and has evolved into a center for not only eye, ear, nose and throat surgery, but also for general surgical and diagnostic procedures when it is safe for the patient to recover at home. Numerous physicians in the greater Anderson area choose the surgery center for their patients.

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We ran into Sue in Just For Ladies Consignment, where she was doing a little pre-season shopping with her sister.

“Our holiday season starts with Thanksgiving. We eat turkey, shop, and then decorate. After Thanksgiving, we continue to eat,

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On Main Street, we discovered two brothers patiently waiting for their wives to finish shopping in Remnants.

“We do the normal things that everyone else does…maybe go downtown to the parade. But, because we’re tropical, a lot of times Santa will be wearing a bathing suit.”

Doug CapertonNaples, Florida

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Every once in a while, an idea comes along that makes you think, “I wish I’d thought of that first.” Take Nooks for example. Who would have thought there would be a restaurant with a concept so unique, all sorts of people would be hooked on the experience. A little off the beaten path, Nooks is indeed “more than just a restaurant” as they proclaim, and they are well worth the finding.

The concept is simple: Nooks has nooks—private booths separated by walls and curtains so that guests can feel a little private, even in a busy restaurant. To add to the fun, each nook is decorated with a theme. There’s the Camelot, the Equestrian, and the Conservatory of Music Nooks…the Pirate Ship, the Cinema, the Library, and the Butterfly Nooks. There’s even a Fly-Fishing Nook decorated with a creel, a nod to one of the owners.

It all started with co-owners and ‘70s band mates James Creel and Ceci Phillips Williams. “When Ceci and I started talking about doing this,” James

says, “we were both in periods of transition. I had lost my job in the financial meltdown of 2008. We started talking about maybe we weren’t meant to work for someone else. Maybe we needed to do something entrepreneurial. We did not set out to open a restaurant, but we both have restaurant experience.” With his financial background, James keeps track of the numbers, while Ceci, whose background is in entertainment, works the front with her son, Front of the House Manager Joshua Williams.

“When we got ready to do this thing,” Ceci says, “James said ‘I want to have some tables with walls.’ He explained that a prior romantic dinner date would have been just that much better had they not been seated in the middle of a crowded restaurant. I told him I thought we could do a little bit better than just tables with walls.” And so, the idea of private nooks was born.

“We didn’t want the decor of the nooks to be too over-the-top—just enough to stir the imagination,” says Ceci. Every nook has a signature piece in it, and the walls are decorated with fabric, so that the theme can be changed easily. “It’s not overwhelming, just enough to give you conversation starters, to give you the feel of being somewhere else. The curtains can be left open or pulled closed according to the amount of intimacy you want or need. You don’t have to avail yourself of it, but it is there. We are quick to tell people that the nooks are not soundproof and that the servers are just going to come in and say ‘Here’s your food.’”

And speaking of food, lest you think Nooks is

Executive Chef Josh Crenshaw keeps it simple and delicious with a fresh and fun menu.

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The ambience is such that if you want to dress up, if you’re celebrating a special event, you can come, you can reserve a nook, you can have the wine and the fine dining…but if you’re coming off the lake in your t-shirt and flip-flops for a burger and beer, you can do that, too.

just fluff and no good stuff to eat, the menu is also creative. Executive Chef Josh Crenshaw, formerly of One 12 and Sullivan’s Metropolitan Grill, trained at the Louisiana Culinary Institute in Baton Rouge. “I’m a huge fan of that type of cuisine,” he says, “French/French Creole.” Chef Crenshaw calls his style of cooking, but not necessarily the menu at Nooks, French Nouveau. “I enjoy the classic French way of cooking, but with the Nouveau movement that started in France in the early ‘70s when they were moving away from using the heavy roasted meats, heavy sauces and heavy starches. That was really good, but just too much, so they started to accentuate the protein itself by using lighter sauces and letting the “stand out” of the dish actually stand out. I use a lot of reductions and gastriques, which is a vinegar/sugar reduction, and light salads to keep it crisp and fun.”

“We’re really blessed to have Chef Crenshaw, and his Sous Chef, Derrick Ashworth,” Ceci says. “He’s managed to combine what he knows about growing up here (Six Mile)—his knowledge of southern cooking and southern palates and his knowledge of what people in Anderson will go for and what they won’t—with his training in finer dining.”

The menu reflects Chef Crenshaw’s love of fresh ingredients. All the seafood is fresh, like the farm-raised Nova Scotia salmon used for his Hickory Salmon entree and the fresh crabmeat for the most requested dish on the menu, Nooks Crab Cakes.

When determining the menu at Nooks, the owners wanted to create an easily accessible menu, but with a twist. On the fine dining side, along with the seafood dishes there are filets, rib eyes and smoked pork chops and classic soups and salads side by side with more casual entrees and sandwiches, the most popular being the Nooks Build Your Own Burger. “We wanted to do things that people recognize, that don’t intimidate them, but ratchet it up a notch. I think Josh has done that with our menu,” says Ceci.

Ratcheting is an understatement when it comes

to some of the inventive ice cream flavours that Nooks offers such as Chocolate Bacon and Orange Habanero and Chocolate Wasabi. For those on the tamer side, Nooks offers more conventional offerings like Vanilla Bean ice cream and Key Lime pie, but all the desserts, as well as the salad dressings are made fresh in house.

Because of James and Ceci’s musical background, Nooks also offers entertainment. “To me,” explains James, “supporting local musicians and artists is a key mission of Nooks. We consider ourselves to be an entertainment arena that serves great food and provides great service. And we wanted to provide live music where children would be welcome. There are no places for children to experience live music; it has been brought into lounges and night clubs. One of the big experiences of my life as a small child was when my parents took me to Atlanta. There was this black guy playing piano and I was like, wow. I had never seen anything like it. Well, my dad gave me a dollar and told me to put the dollar in the musician’s jar and ask him to play “Georgia On My Mind.” So I went up there, I was scared to death, and the piano player said, ‘Yea, sure kid,’ in a

deep gruff voice. ‘Do you know who that is?’ my dad asked. I said ‘Yes, dad, he’s the piano player.’ My dad just laughed and said, “That’s Louis Armstrong.”

“There are a lot of cool things that happen in this restaurant that has nothing to do with food or drink or entertainment,” James continues. “Like the couple who came in here with their severely disabled child. They asked the hostess to be seated in the back corner, but we begged them to sit in a nook. The mother just lit right up and said, “This is so wonderful. We get to have the same experience as everyone else.’ That is part of what we are all about.”

People come to Nooks to celebrate birthdays, anniversaries and special occasions and people also come here after funerals. Recently, James relates, a couple came in for their farewell meal before the husband went to Afghanistan for another tour of duty. “The man said, ‘We wanted to come somewhere special and my wife asked me where I wanted to go. We both agreed, out of all the places, we wanted to come to Nooks and spend our last night here.’”

All of the tables at Nooks are not nooks. They offer larger tables for bigger groups, a private

banquet room, a separate bar with casual seating and just plain old regular tables

on the floor for those who spend their whole day in cubicles and

are not looking to be isolated. And although the nook was conceived to be romantic,

A popular bar request: The Blueberry Martini

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Co-owners Ceci Phillips Williams and James Creel with servers from L to R: Chico Hudson, Liza Godonoaga, Tammy Keithly, April Davis, and Kayla Kisker.

they are finding out that these cozy tables are popular with other groups like mother/son and father/daughter dates, book clubs, church groups, Girls Night Outers, nursing mothers, and families with children. “We like the idea of providing somewhere nice to bring the children that’s not fast-food so that they can have a nicer dining experience,” says Ceci.

James and Ceci both agree that they want people to feel like

Nooks is a special destination. “Somewhere along the line “special” came to mean white linen tablecloths, seven-course meals, and a three-digit tab. It soon outgrew the pocketbooks of the general populace to

Each of the nooks is decorated in a different theme.

have a special dining experience. They were left with buffets, and all you can eat smorgasbords, fast food,” James says.

“What we wanted to do is to remind people you can have special, without it being out of your pocketbook,” Ceci agrees. “The ambience is such here, if you want to dress up, if you’re celebrating a special event, you can come, you can reserve a nook, you can have the wine and the special menu…but if you’re coming off the lake in your t-shirt and flip-flops for a burger and beer, or if you want to have a steak…you can do that, too. You can feel at home either way. That’s how it feels when you invite people over. Well, you’re invited to come have dinner with us at Nooks.

“I hope that this area will broaden their horizons and give us a shot,” says Chef Crenshaw. “You might find there is something you haven’t tried that you like and it’s right around the corner.”

Well, almost around the corner…

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On Roberts Street in the city of Anderson, there stands a white one-story cottage-style home occupied

by Bobby and Barbara Gaines. Unimposing but beautiful in its simplicity, this particular home stands out because of its history, for this year marks the 100th birthday of this regal old home.

On September 10, 1887, Rufus Henry Gaines was born in Anderson County to parents Robert Hollis Gaines and Julett Isabella Hall Gaines. On June 22, 1911, he married Ruth Vaughan from Belton, daughter of Lyphus Lafayette Vaughan and Mary Frances Taylor Vaughan. That same year, the newlyweds built the house at 105 Roberts Street, the home that would shelter the Gaines family for many decades.

“In 1911, one hundred years ago, Roberts Street was on the northern edge of the town. North Anderson did not exist. Anderson College had just opened its doors. The hospital was three years old, the courthouse was only eleven years old, The first public library was in its infancy and the first public high school located on North Fant Street was three years old,” according to Anderson Heritage.

The Gaines family eventually expanded to include four children: Frances Isabella (b.1912), Sara Ann (b.1915), Rufus Henry, Jr. (b.1922), and Robert (Bobby) Lafayette (b.1927). The first three children were born in the family home, but as Bobby Gaines tells in an excerpt from an Anderson Heritage publication, “Dr. Lewis Gray came here, picked up my mother in his “T” Model and took her to Anderson Hospital for my birth. The story is told that mother was rocking me, crying and saying ‘Forty years old and I have a baby.’ My father said ‘Hush, Ruth, you know you won’t be forty until next month.”

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Exterior

Wood Clapboard siding was used for the exterior of the home in 1911. The exterior also features wood columns supporting the veranda roof, which was covered with Burris metal shingles, popular at that time since they were manufactured in Anderson and an Augusta Block walkway.

School for the Deaf and Blind to learn to read lips. Not only was she successful in teaching her son, Ruth was cred-ited with teaching a number of Anderson’s children in her living room how to read lips. “I sat in on her lessons,” remembers Bobby in an excerpt from an An-derson Heritage publi-cation. “I was too young to start school in 1932, but the principal let me

start with the promise that mother would be presi-dent of the PTA.”

Behind the house on Roberts Street, there was a large garden and peach orchard, as well as a barn that housed the cow that supplied the family with milk, a horse named Ol’ Charlie, and the buggy. When Bobby was around six years old, Rufus built his children a log cabin playhouse—still standing today—on the west side of the house.

In 1934, tragedy struck the family when twelve-year-old Rufus, Jr., who had been out riding his bi-cycle down Fretwell Street, was fatally bitten by a ra-bid dog. Later the peach orchard would be sold, and the money used for the family to attend the 1939 New York World’s Fair, some say to lighten the fam-ily’s sorrow after Rufus Jr.’s tragic death. Eventually,

Barbara and Suzette Gaines welcome visitors to the 100-year old Rufus H. Gaines Home

Rufus Gaines, Jr., 1922-1934

Interior

The home features 12-foot ceilings, crown mouldings and columns in the front entry hall.

The fireplaces are original to the home but were originally coal until they were later changed to gas.

Back Central Hall

The back hall contains an old post office clock from Rufus Gaines’ days as postmaster.

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“Good” Living Room

The pocket doors to the hall and the dining room are a key feature of the home. Ruth Gaines would have her circle meetings as well as ladies’ parties in this room. When Bob was in the Air Force during Desert Storm, the Gaines family left candles burning in the windows day and night until his safe return.

Bobby and Barbara Gaines with their children, Bob and Suzette

the area where the family peach trees once stood be-came rows of houses on a road known as Peachtree Street.

Rufus attended Clemson College, but left in 1906 to take a job as an Anderson postal clerk making $400 a year. He began his career as a substitute clerk in a small four-man office, which later would house McLeskey-Todd Drug Store. Nine years later, Ru-fus became assistant postmaster, then postmaster in 1943. He was known for helping to modernize the local post office system, creating jobs and greatly im-proving service. During his service, receipts climbed from $11,000 in 1906 to $306,000 in 1955. Rufus was also civic and community minded, serving as

deacon of the First Baptist Church and as a member of the Ro-tary Club. When Rufus retired from the postal service on October 31, 1956 at the mandatory age of 70, he had invest-ed 50 years of service to the community of An-derson. Unfortunately, not quite two months later in December of the same year, Rufus would die peacefully at home in his bed.

Both Francis and Sara attended Winthrop Col-lege. Francis married

Bill Snipes and moved to Columbia where they had a daughter, Nancy. Francis retired from a job with the State of South Carolina, then organized a State Retirees group and was chair of the annual beach re-treats until her death. After graduation, Sara taught

at North Anderson until she married Robert Crow-ell Price of Charlotte. She taught school there until retirement and did not miss one day in her last 20 years.

At the age of 17, Bobby attended Clemson College. At the end of his first year, World War II began, so

Bobby Gaines as a boy

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Family Living Room

Gas was installed in the coal-burning fireplace, which led to the collapse of the chimney in 2003, covering the whole house in a layer of soot from a 90-year accumulation. There is a stainless steel lining now in place.

Sun Room

A window in the Family Living Room was removed in 1989 to create a doorway and a glassed in sitting/reading room for Barbara to enjoy watching the birds and squirrels year round.

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Dining Room

The dining table, mirror and buffet have been in this home for 50 years or more. They were also in the lake house for about 30 years and returned to the home after Bobby and Barbara moved into the home in 1989. The corner cabinet came down through three generations.

Bobby asked his parents for permission to enlist in the Naval Air Corp. When he returned home after two years of service, he completed his college educa-tion at the University of South Carolina and gradu-ated with a BS in Business Administration in 1949.

After graduation, Bobby began working at the Anderson Post Office. “Gaines practically grew up in the post office where his father was the postmaster. As a teenager, young Gaines delivered parcel post packages and sorted mail during the Christmas rush season,” states an article in the Anderson Indepen-dent-Mail dated Feb 1, 1982.

On April 30, 1955, Bobby married Barbara Cribbs. The two met when Bobby delivered the mail to the YMCA where Barbara was working at the time. They later reconnected at a JC’s dance at the Clem-son House.

“After that, Bobby called and we dated one time,” says Barbara Gaines. “I did not hear from him for two months and them he called me out of the blue and asked me to go to the Orange Bowl with him. I said ‘What do you mean. I haven’t heard from you in two months.’ He later told me he had had a wreck in Charlotte while visiting his sister. He had to wait un-til he had made enough money to pay for the wreck, plus enough to start dating again.”

On a piece of property owned by his father and known as the Gaines farm, Bobby built the newly-weds a new house. It would be their home for the next 35 years. “It had a creek down the hill in the backyard, and when the lake filled up, we ended up with a beautiful cove at Lake Hartwell,” says Barba-ra. The couple had two children Suzette Elizabeth (b.1967) and Robert (Bob) Lafayette Jr. (b. 1970).

Following in his father’s footsteps, Bobby pro-gressed through the ranks at the Anderson Post Of-fice, where he retired in 1982 as Assistant Postmaster. Also like his father, Bobby was heavily involved in the community. “Bobby loved working with the youth

Bobby Gaines shows off the pocket doors—a unique feature of the home

Breakfast Room

The Breakfast Room contains Bobby and his sibling’s high chair. Their children also used it when they visited Grandmother Gaines.

Kitchen

When the Gaines moved in 1989, they installed a dishwasher. The metal lined flour and meal bins are now being used for recycling. What had been a water heater chimney became a tall cabinet. Most of the cabinets are original, but an appliance garage was added to a large old-fashioned cabinet.

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Back Porch

The glassed-in back porch is also used for reading and bird watching. Bobby and his father made the back steps and walkways with rocks that came from the Gaines Farm and the creek that ran through the bottoms that is now part of Lake Hartwell. They also dug out and cemented a large basement area.

through Anderson First Presbyterian Church. Ev-ery winter we would take 30 or 40 kids up to Beech Mountain to go skiing,” remembers Barbara. “Bobby must have taught every young person in this town how to ski!”

Bobby also served on the Special Concerns Min-istry at the church, and at age 70, was named Life Elder. In 1987, Bobby was a major builder of the first Habitat for Humanity home in Anderson and in 1990, he co-founded Anderson Interfaith Min-istries—an organization of people and churches of various faiths providing assistance to the needy—out of the family home.

“Bobby was the one who pushed for Kristi King-Brock to be Ex-ecutive Director,” says Barbara. “Twenty years later, she’s still there and AIM is one of the most respected non-profits in the area.” Bobby served as AIM’s Treasurer for 10 years.

After his retirement from the post office, Bob-by started planting what would become known as the Gaineswood Christmas Tree Farm behind the couple’s lake home. “When they got up to where he could sell them, Bobby said to Kristy, ‘What if I gave AIM 20% of the profits.’ And Kristi said ‘What about 40%?’ Bobby, of course, said yes,” laughs Barbara.

Loyal to his alma mater, Bobby has been a Game-cock Club member for 63 years and is a Life Mem-ber of the USC Alumni Association.

In her early twenties, Barbara started working for Erskine College in the office of President R.C. Gri-

er. “Bobby and I were courting when I lived in the teacher’s dorm there,” Barbara says. “In the summer, Bobby would come down to visit and we had a ten-nis court to play on, a big swimming pool to swim in, all this beautiful campus to picnic on, a big sunroom in the teacher’s dorm to relax in. They even showed movies. We had a wonderful time.”

One day, a few years later, Wilton Hall, founder and publisher of the Anderson Independent and Daily Mail, called the college and Barbara answered the phone. “When I told Mr. Hall my name, he said,

‘Oh, your brother works for me in the press room, and your sister works for me, too. My secretary has gotten married and she’s going to have a baby, so will you come up here and work for me while she’s out?’ Well I came, and I stayed there 20 years.”

After that, Barbara started working for But-ler Derrick, who was running for congress. “Bobby had met his par-ents at a USC weekend, so, I applied for a job

with him. He was going to have an Anderson office, a Greenville office, an Aiken office, and of course, a Washington office. I worked with him for eight years in the Anderson office, and then his administrative assistant went back to his law practice, so I was hired to be the administrative assistant for the 11 counties that made up the district office. I was one of the first

Study

Space was borrowed from the back porch to make this room, which was once Bobby’s bedroom as a child. Bobby would listen to the Stardust Ballroom on his radio and read Billy Whiskers’ Kids or Rusty Wren and other books of the time. It is now the office space.

Bathrooms

The original bathroom still contains the original clawfoot bathtub and commode. It separates the master bedroom and the guest bedroom.

Part of the back porch was also borrowed to add a shower, and this original bath became the guest bath.

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Bobby Gaines helps children carry a tree at the Gaineswood Christmas Tree Farm

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women who did that, but that was Butler Derrick. He was big on seeing that women had opportunities. He was ahead of his time.”

Barbara remained with Congressman Butler Derrick’s office for 19 years until her retirement. “I was just a country girl. To get the opportunities I got with both Wilton Hall and Butler Derrick was just phenomenal. I was there the first time Nelson Mandela came to the US after his prison term and addressed the joint session of congress.”

Bobby and Barbara’s daughter, Suzette, gradu-ated from Westside High School. She married, lived in Germany and at Homestead Air Force Base in Florida with her military husband, Stanley Glenn Holcombe. They had a son, Christopher Glenn Hol-combe, born February 1, 1978. He died tragically on January 11, 2008.

Suzette worked for Duke Power (now Duke Ener-gy) and took a retirement package when the compa-ny office moved to Greenville. She and her current husband, Marshall Bowman, have a son, Marshall Robert Bowman (22). They live in Anderson.

Son Bob graduated from Westside High School and attended Tri-County Technical College in An-derson. He joined the Air Force and was stationed in England, where he met and married Margaret Berry. They have a daughter, Rosemary. When he separated from the Air Force, Bobby began working at the post office in Greenville, where he continues today.

After the death of his mother, Ruth, in 1971, Bob-by rented out the family home. “Bobby even at one point sold it,” says Barbara. “But he couldn’t stand it, so he bought it back a year or two later.” Bobby and Barbara moved into the home in 1989. “It was just supposed to be for a couple of years,” laughs Bar-bara, “but we loved it so much, we remained perma-nently.”

Master Bedroom

One of the major changes here was the expansion of a small closet and the addition of His and Her chests. The door originally went out to the porch until a bit of the porch was used to add another bathroom.

Children’s Log Cabin Playhouse

On the west side of the house, a playhouse was built by Mr. Gaines for his four children.

The doll, a Christmas present to granddaughter Rosemary, sits in a old carriage that has been in the home for many years

Over the mantle in the Family Living Room hangs a portrait of the grandchil-dren: the late Christopher Glenn Holcombe, Rose-mary Gaines and Marshall Robert Bowman

The Front Entrance Hall was the spot for Gaines-wood Christmas trees for years

The high chair is original to the home and was used by all the Gaines children

Bob and Suzette Gaines, 1968

This New Year’s Eve, why not gather

your family and dearest friends and

ring in 2012 in elegant style. Send out

formal invitations suggesting evening

attire. Set the table with your finest

china, silver, linens and candlesticks.

A simple menu of scrumptious hors

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your delighted guests dancing until the

clock strikes midnight and beyond!

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Coffee & Cream

Martini With Kahlua and Irish cream liqueur, this martini is almost like a dessert.

Ingredients2 tablespoons coarse sugar1 teaspoon finely ground coffeeIce cubes1-1/2 ounces vodka1-1/2 ounces Kahlua1-1/2 ounces Irish cream liqueurChocolate syrup, optional

DirectionsSprinkle sugar and coffee on a plate. Moisten the rim of a cocktail glass with water; hold glass upside down and dip rim into sugar mixture.

Fill a mixing glass or tumbler three-fourths full with ice. Add the vodka, Kahlua and liqueur; stir until condensation forms on outside of glass. Drizzle chocolate syrup on the inside of prepared martini glass if desired. Strain vodka mixture into glass; serve immediately.

Yield: 1 serving.

Zesty Marinated

Shrimp These easy shrimp look impressive on a buffet table and taste even better! The zesty sauce has a wonderful spicy citrus flavor.

Ingredients1/2 cup canola oil1/2 cup lime juice1/2 cup thinly sliced red onion12 lemon slices1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley1/2 teaspoon salt1/2 teaspoon dill weed1/8 teaspoon hot pepper sauce2 pounds medium shrimp, cooked, peeled and deveined

DirectionsIn a large bowl, combine the first eight ingredients. Stir in shrimp. Cover and refrigerate for 4 hours, stirring occasionally. Drain before serving.

Yield: 12 servings.

New Year’s Eve CenterpieceAt no other time do folks seem to watch the clock than on New

Year’s Eve. After all, the celebration is about the magic hour of midnight!

A collection of clocks and pocket watches set down the length of your table makes a spectacular showpiece on New Year’s Eve. We used crystal and silver varieties to go with the glass dinner plates and silver chargers. (A quirky vase filled with silver metallic stars and streamers serves as a playful centerpiece.)

At each place setting, carry on the timely theme by using a wristwatch napkin ring around the Diagonal Napkin Fold.

Before guests arrive, synchronize the timepieces on the table so they strike midnight all at once!

Ingredients1-1/2 ounces semisweet chocolate, grated, divided1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened1 teaspoon vanilla extract1 cup whipped topping18 large fresh strawberries, halved

DirectionsSet aside 2 tablespoons chocolate. In a microwave, melt remaining chocolate; stir until smooth. Cool to room temperature.

In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and vanilla until smooth. Beat in melted chocolate. Fold in whipped topping and 1 tablespoon reserved chocolate. Cut a small hole in the corner of pastry or plastic bag; insert #21 star pastry tip. Fill the bag with cream cheese mixture.

Place strawberries cut side up on a serving platter. Pipe cream cheese mixture onto strawberries. Sprinkle with remaining chocolate. Refrigerate leftovers.

Yield: 3 dozen.

Recipes courtesy Taste of Home magazine. For more New Year’s recipes, visit TasteofHome.com/NYE

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