South just keeps giving
Editor's note: This is the eighth in a series of stories running on the 12 days before Christmas to recognize individuals and groups who make the holidays and every day better for others.
By ANDREW SCHOTZ / andrews@herald-mail.com
At every party and monthly meeting of the Manor Church Senior Citizens, each person gets a bell, an angel, a cross, an artificial flower or some other small gift.
Ruth South crafts them all.
"In August, I made one that means a lot to me ...," she said. "It was a prayer rock. It had a (Bible) verse with it."
Some members of her group keep each favor, going back to when South became president seven years ago.
"They'll tell me what I (have made)," South said. "I've forgotten."
Sixty-nine people went to this year's Christmas party on Dec. 5, when Ruth South dressed as Mrs. Claus.
The women at the party received "toast grabbers," which South made from tongue depressors and clothespins.