Philippians 2:5-8 “5Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. “
Prayer list for this week includes: Renee Estes who fell a couple of weeks ago and broke her leg, her mother Joyce Noble who is sick, Liz Linzy who is battling a bad virus, Patricia McClellan Love's grand daughter Faith Makenzie (“ZZ”) who suffered serious burns a few days ago and had to spend time in the Children's Hospital Burn Unit.
Anniversaries: January 15th was the 29th anniversary of Randy and Liz Linzy.
Birthdays this week include: Laverne Thompson (Jan. 17), Dylan Cathey (Jan. 18), Marvin King (Jan. 19), Rick St. John (Jan. 19), Drew Talley (Jan. 20), Angie Clements (Jan. 21), Martha Cook (Jan. 21).
If there's any snow left anywhere, I can't find it. There are predictions of some more coming in later this week. I sincerely hope not.
Norma McCoy, Sally Wolfgang, Norma Hensley and Mildred Naquin visited with Martha Cook in Kingsland last Thursday.
The Kingsland Missionary Baptist Church held a wedding shower this past Sunday for Matthew Gill and his fiance Meredith Steelman.
I forgot to mention last week that the New Edinburg Museum was visited January 8 by Marie Brown Wilson, her husband Billy Wilson, and her mother Martha Lephiew. We had a good time talking about past days and passed people.
In regards to the museum, people are certainly answering my call for donations! Mr. Willie Livingston gave me two pictures of the NEHS Senior Boys basketball teams... one from 1948-1949 and one from 1949-1950, Ms. Clara Parkman donated the following that she rescued from the hotel renovation project: Bruce Upton's Air Force ROTC Drill and Ceremony Handbook, two class registers from Mrs. Hazel Word ('53-'54 and '54-'55), a class register book from Mrs. R. W. Hooten ('54-'54), a high school History work book used by Helen Stewart (year unknown), Composition books from Helen Stewart, a 1949 edition of the Eagle Democrat with many articles about the aftermath of the tornado that struck Warren, and a 1957 edition of the Herald. Mr. Frank McClellan graciously donated his NEHS Senior Boys jacket from his team's District victory in 1952. My heartfelt thanks goes to these generous donors.
If you have items of interest concerning town history that you would like to loan or donate for display in the museum, please let me know. Money to pay for picture frames, more tables (because I'm running out of flat space), and a possible tile floor would be nice too, but I'm mostly looking to acquire anything related to our area's history, be it school, church and community related. If you have pictures that you'd rather not part with, I can scan copies of them and return them within a hour or two.
Lastly, regarding town history, here's a subject that will fascinate some and repel others (I'm in the first camp). I had an interesting round of correspondence with Mr. Wayne Beck this weekend over the internet. Many of you have probably heard of the Texarkana Phantom Murders of 1946. A movie was made on the subject in 1976 titled The Town That Dreaded Sundown. The only real suspect in the murders was a Cleveland County native named Youell Swinney who was never tried for the crimes.
I've always suspected Mr. Swinney came from the New Edinburg area, but couldn't prove it. It turns out Mr. Beck is quite the historian on the subject and showed me the 1920 US Census record for Redland listing Youell Swinney as a 3 year old child living here in town with his family. His father was a Baptist minister here at the time. Was Youell born here? We'll certainly try and find out and keep you apprised as to whether or not this soil grows strange crops. Mr. Beck has promised me a print version of that census record, and I'll have a small display devoted to the Phantom Killer in the museum before long.
This column will appear Monday night on the internet at http://WeAreTheEagles.blogspot.com. If you would like items of interest to appear in this column, please get them to me before Monday afternoon. Go Eagles.
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