PICKENS – There was constant movement during the first hour of the Pickens Rotary Club’s Spaghetti Supper Saturday night at the Fellowship Hall of First Baptist Church.

Volunteers were almost constantly setting up new tables as supporters flooded the hall for supper.

Good food and good service from Rotary members and volunteers from the Pickens High School Interact Club seemed to be a solid recipe for a successful night.

While legendary fiddle player Nick Hallman picked traditional tunes, patrons enjoyed a meal of spaghetti, garlic toast and salad. Some also scanned the numerous tables of donate items and artwork by Pickens High School students that was part of a silent auction.

Guest entertainer was Christian comedian Frankie “Pumpkintown” Smith, a Dacusville native and a Pickens High School graduate.

“I’m going to stand up here for the next few minutes and do what Mr (Phil) Greer and some other folks at Pickens High School tried to keep me from doing there,” Smith said.

Greer, the retired Pickens High School principal, was one of the Rotary members who waited tables at the dinner.

Smith called the Interact volunteers to the front of the stage and recognized them for giving to the community.

Smith went through a series of jokes and humorous stories.

“What we need to do in America is learn to relax and laugh a little bit,” he said.

Smith said he was saddened by the issues today’s youth face, such as guns in schools, drugs and other criminal actions.

“I wish we could get together some mothers who were like mine, let them out in some of these bad neighborhoods, and let them clean up the place a little,” Smith said.

He said a lot of our troubles come from the failure to follow one of the most simple instructions in the Bible.

“The love thing, that’s what’s gone these days,” Smith said. “Love your neighbor. God help us find that again.”

Proceeds from the night go to Prevent Child Abuse Pickens County. The group is gearing up for national Prevent Child Abuse Month in April.