The 2012 Silk Hope Ruritan Club Program Book is now available. Check our new downloads page to grab a PDF copy today, or print copies can be found in many local area retailers around the Silk Hope area (including Siler City and Pittsboro).
Looking to set up a booth at Old Fashioned Farmers’ Day this year? Well check out our new Downloads page and grab the 2012 Old Fashioned Farmer’s Day Vendor application. While you are there, check out the Farm Heritage Park vendor map so you can see all of the great locations that are available. Reserve your spot today as booth spaces go fast!
Have you seen the new Farm Heritage Day Poster around town? Don’t forget to mark your calendar and come visit us April 21, 2012.
Join the Silk Hope Ruritans Saturday April 21, 2012 for the 4th Annual Farm Heritage Day. The festivities begin Friday evening, April 20, 2012 when the gates open at 6pm at the Ruritan Arena for a fun night of NCHSRA & NCJHSRA Rodeo (www.NCHSRA.com).
The gates open at 9am on Saturday for a day full of great activities and exhibits. At 6pm the Ruritan Arena gates open for another night of great Rodeo fun!
Also don’t forget to stop by the food tent for great food including Pork BBQ, Fried Chicken, Hot Dogs $ More!
If you haven’t every tried our famous “Steam Cream” (Our Best Homemade Ice Cream Churned by Steam Power), then you will want to make sure to grab a cup or two.
Stop by the barn for Music For all Ages, Clogging, Folk Dancing!
General Admission to Farm Heritage Day, not including the rodeo, is $7 per person. Children under 6 are FREE.
Mark your calendar for Friday, February 11, 2012 as the Silk Hope Ruritan’s host our Annual Candlelight Valentine’s Dinner from 6pm to 8:30pm at the Silk Hope Community Center.
If you are in the mood for some great chili, make sure to visit our neighbor Ruritan Club in Goldston, NC this Saturday, January 28, 2012 at the Goldston Fire Department.
Their will be a live band and door prizes.
Chili will be served 4-6 PM
$7 Per Person – Chili + Grill Cheese + Dessert + Beverage + Sample Bag
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If you want to enter your chili into the cook-off:
6 Quarts Chili in Crock Pot
Drop off by 2PM, Winners Announced 4PM
$10 Entry Fee
Categories are:
Regular, With Beans, White, Vegetarian
Pastor Challenge & Firehouse Challenge
Winner Gets Trophy – One For Each Category
Chicken Tender Dinner
Friday, January 27
Silk Hope Farm Heritage Center
3:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Dine in or Take out
$8.00 per plate
Menu - Chicken Tenders, Green Beans, Cole Slaw, Roll, Drink, and Homemade Dessert
Chance Auction drawing will take place at 8 p.m. $1 per ticket or $20 for 25 tickets
Hot Air Balloon Rides (weather permitting) and Live Music
Contact Information:
Project Proud Families, Holly Rickman (Director) – 919.742.5525
To make a donation, make checks payable to:
Thrift Family Fund: Project Proud Families, Inc.
c/o Holly Rickman
225 Still Waters Dr.
Siler City, NC 27344
All Proceeds will benefit the Thrift Family!
In Summer 2011, Jeri Rowe stopped by Silk Hope, NC to visit the Farm Heritage Park and join the Silk Hope Ruritans for our monthly meeting. In November 2011, his article about his visit appears in Our State Magazine.
In Silk Hope, where every road frames farmland, they’re easy to spot. You’ll see them any Saturday in the barn at the community’s crossroads. They’ll be grimy and sweat-stained, laughing and joking, as they hammer and saw and turn their barn into a showplace.
On the second Monday of the month, you’ll find them at the Silk Hope Community Center. They come together to eat, sing, and talk community business. They’ll recite the Pledge of Allegiance and belt out “My Country, ’Tis of Thee’’ before discussing the college scholarships they award, the Boy Scout troops they sponsor, or the big-time farming festival they organize every Labor Day. Sometimes they talk about folks who need help getting back on their feet.
These are the Silk Hope Ruritans.
Read the full article here.
The committee tasked with putting together this year’s program book was having a terrible time coming up with new and fresh articles to include. Willing writers are just hard to find. While sharpening our pencils, it occurred to us that most of the pencils in the community were to be found at our elementary school. Maybe we could convince some kids to help us out…but they would probably rather be playing than writing….we would have to get the teachers to help…it would be a good excuse for writing practice…maybe the principal would encourage that….throw in some prizes and it just might work !!
As it turned out, former principal, Janice Frazier, agreed. She got our teachers to agree, and they got our young scribes to agree. A writing contest was born! The best entries would be published in the program book and all entries would be displayed at the Ruritan’s major events.
The kids were grouped by grade level: Kindergarten through 2nd, 3rd through 5th, and 6th through 8th. This year the younger group wrote about “View from a farm Animal”. The middle group wrote a Thank You letter to a Farmer. The older kids wrote about why their parents should be involved with the community.
Congratulations to our winners and thanks to all who entered.
$100.00 U.S. Savings Bond Winners 
$50.00 U.S. Savings Bond Winners
Honorable Mention Award
