In Saluda County an old homeplace sits on brick piers. It’s as solid as the Rock of Gibraltar, but that wasn’t always the case. Some refer to the old homeplace
History really does surround you. You just have to slow down a tad and open your eyes.
It will help if you turn off the TV and go touring. I often write you can drive by a place 1,000 times and miss its significance. Last week, while aimlessly touring I revisited a place Robert Clark and I put in our second book, âSouth Carolina, A Timeless Journey, the Saluda Theater.â
The old art deco theaterâs beautiful, if a bit worn. It opened July 4, 1936 with Shirley Templeâs Susanna of the Mounties. Lash Larue, a whip-wielding cowboy performed there. The theater provided a set for the film, âAnd Justice For All,â starring Sidney Poitier and Burt Lancaster.
Several small businesses and nonprofit organizations throughout the Lakelands have been awarded funding through the South Carolina CARES Act.
âIt helps stop the bleeding,â T.J. Jenks, general manager at Montagueâs Restaurant in Greenwood, said. âWe have had a ton of expenses that were sort of over and above.â
Jenks said revenue has also been down at the restaurant.
Montagueâs, operating under M3 Foods Inc., was awarded $25,000 through the SC CARES Act.
Two thousand two hundred and eighty-four minority and small businesses received grant relief from the $40 million allocated as a result of the legislation, a press release from the state Department of Administration said.