New Edinburg Column For This Week: Feb. 28

Revelation 18:1-5 "¹And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. ²And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. ³For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. ⁴And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. ⁵For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. "

Prayer list for this week includes: Vera McClellan, Jackie Huddleston, Patricia Hagins, Frank and Agnes McClellan, Becky Howard, Sue McClellan, Max and Lorene Dyer, Tim Shaw, Leonard Huddleston, Betty Thompson, and Elizabeth Parker. Dylan Dunlap, son of Eddie Dunlap, is serving in Iraq and is asking our prayers be with him.

Birthdays this week include: Tim Reaves (Feb. 28), Sam Miller (March 28), Patricia Huddleston (March 28), April Brown (March 1), Shelly Grider (March 1), Jeremy Thompson (March 2), Heather Van Duren (March 2), James Keith Lassiter (March 4), Angela Wagnon (March 4), Hope Veorster (March 5), Jacob Emerson (March 5).

Anniversaries this week include: Odus and Mabel Clary (March 3) which will be 32 years of holy matrimony for them and Frank and Rita Martin (Feb. 28).  Congratulations to both couples.

Jackie Huddleston is recovering from a broken arm sustained in a fall.

Rick & Peggy Iliffe from Canada visited Jim & Michelle Reaves last week.

The storm last week wasn't as bad as predicted for this area, though we did lose power afterward from 3am to about 10am.  A second storm rolled through Sunday night in tandem with a 4.7 earthquake centered in Greenbrier.   It's getting bad when natural disasters start doubling up. I didn't notice it because I'm used to the bomb blasts from East Camden and have learned to ignore sudden shakes, though others in the area reported feeling a slight tremor.

Sightings of a UFO flying over town during the night of the first storm turned out to be an airborne trampoline.

Emmaus Church had the Senior adult Valentine banquet last Saturday night with a great turnout.  Upcoming events at Macedonia Church are: baby girl shower for Tara and Jared Davis on March 12 at 6 p.m. and a bridal shower for Thomas Green and Tara Farmer on March 19 at 6 p.m.  As the false and shallow system we've allowed to be built around us slowly crumbles (see the above scriptural quote) , it's delightful to see people congregate around churches and other institutions of community to enjoy each others' fellowship... not for worldly pleasure or money or fame, but wholesome fellowship with one another.

Visitors to the New Edinburg Museum last Saturday included Sammy Pipes, Kim Pipes Emerson and her daughter and husband (with names I'm sorry to say I didn't catch).  We had a good time talking over old memories and maybe making some future plans.

West Saline Community Center will have its quarterly board meeting next Monday night (March 7) at 6pm in the cafeteria.  All area residents are encouraged to attend.

The New Edinburg Fire Department will have its quarterly meeting next Thursday (March 10).  I'll post that again next week as a reminder.  The Department needs more firemen!  The training regimen isn't hard at all.  We need able bodied young men and women who don't mind eating a little smoke now and then. Contact Roy Chambers, Jean Parrott or any fireman you know if you're interested.

This column is for you.  If you have notable bits of news you'd like to see in print here then get it to me by Monday night in order to see it in that week's paper.  Contact me on FaceBook, my mail, by email (JamesCBoney@gmail.com), by phone (870-308-4608).  This column will appear Monday night on the internet at http://WeAreTheEagles.blogspot.com.  Go Eagles.

New Edinburg Column For This Week: Feb. 21

2 Corinthians 11: 12-15 "¹²But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we. ¹³For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. ¹⁴And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. ¹⁵Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works."

Prayer list for this week includes: Patricia Love McClellan, and the family of Maudie Groves Ross.

Birthdays this week include: Dena Chancellor (Feb. 23), Chad Sanders (Feb. 23), Liz Linzy (Feb. 24), Barbara Reaves (Feb. 25), Kirsten Emerson (Feb. 26).

Anniversaries this week include: Johnny and Freda Green (Feb. 20).

This week we continue to see some early Spring weather with bouts of rain.  Let's hope the upcoming blackberry winter will be mild and we can get some plants in the ground with minimal fuss this year.

Mary Jane Attwood and company visited Jim Granderson this past weekend.

Mr. and Mrs. Willie and Wanda Livingston were in town this past weekend from Texas working on the Clements hotel building.  Miss Wanda said they had been snowed in down there for a solid week, so I guess we got off light here.

Saturday night saw police officers from Cleveland and Dallas Counties arresting one wanted man on Mt. Elba Rd and being forced to conduct a manhunt for a second one.  The second suspect fled to the woods and was apprehended late Sunday morning after outsmarting tracking dogs brought from Pine Bluff.  I'm sure more details will appear elsewhere in this paper.

I'll have the New Edinburg Museum open this Saturday from noon to four in the West Saline Community Center.  Feel free to drop by and visit.

If you have items of interest you would like to see appear here, feel free to send them to me in person, by mail, by email (JamesCBoney@gmail.com) or by phone (870-308-4608) by late Monday night in order to get it in that week's edition.  This column will appear Monday night on the internet at http://WeAreTheEagles.blogpot.com.  Go Eagles.

New Edinburg Column For This Week: Feb. 14

John 9:39-41 "³⁹And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. ⁴⁰And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? ⁴¹Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth."

I know of no one for the prayer list this week; perhaps you know of some and you should keep them in mind.

Birthdays this week: Allison Jones Dallen (Feb. 18) and Diane Howard Langford (Feb. 18).  A belated happy birthday to Rachel Jones (Feb. 11).

Anniversaries this week: Tully and Norma McCoy (Feb. 13).

I hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day.  We're warming up here with gorgeous weather all week and into the foreseeable future. Snow totals in this area last week ranged from 3.5 to 5 inches, and it took a couple of days for back roads to completely clear.

County Line Fire Department and the Forestry Department responded to a big grass fire on County Line Rd. last Sunday. Fortunately, it was quickly handled.

Mrs. Jean Parrott, secretary of the New Edinburg Fire Department, reports this year's fire dues are coming in.  Paying fire dues to your nearest fire department will reduce your home insurance and it only costs $25 a year, so if you're interested then contact. Mrs. Parrott.

New Edinburg Baptist Church hosted a bridal shower Sunday afternoon for Meredith Steelman.  Meredith, the fiancee of Matthew Gill, was attended by many friends and family.  The couple will wed on March 26th at Kingsland Missionary Baptist Church and then reside in New Edinburg.

If you have stuff you'd like to see in this column, feel free to send them to me by mail, email (jamescboney@gmail.com), by phone (870-308-4608) or in person.  This column will appear online tonight at http://WeAreTheEagles.blogspot.com. Go Eagles.

New Edinburg Column For This Week: Feb. 7

Matthew 16:2-4 "²He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. ³And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times? ⁴A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed. "

Prayer list for this week includes: Anna Kidwell, Norma Hensley, the family of Inez Word, and the family of Lois Parker.

Birthdays this week include: Chuck Brown (Feb. 8)

Anniversaries this week: Jerry and Frances Langford (Feb. 12).

We're looking at yet another winter storm to come this week.  I hope it's the last one of this season, and that Spring like weather will come in soon.

Norma Hensley spent some time in the hospital last week, but is home and doing better.

Mrs. Inez Word passed away last Tuesday in Fordyce at the age of 92 after spending the last year in St. John's Place.  Miss Inez was a quiet person who kept to herself and was an active member of Mt. Lebanon church for decades.  She was one of my Sunday school teachers and one of the best.

I'm hearing reports of scrap metal being stolen from remote places throughout the area.  If you have a clue who is doing it, please contact the Sheriff's Office.

I had a good time visiting with Mr. Lee Jones yesterday; we recalled residents and events long past.

If you have items of interest for this column, feel free to share them before Monday night in order to get them into that week's edition.  Contact me by phone (870-308-4608), email (jamescboney@gmail.com), by mail, or in person.  Go Eagles.