Luke 1: 76-79 " 76And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;77To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins, 78Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, 79To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace."
Prayer list this week includes: Libby Metcalf, Ronnie McClellan, and Ollie Moring.
Birthdays this week include: Erwin Dyer (April 24), Cecil Sanders (April 26), Steven Linzy (April 26), Geraldine Sanders (April 27), Jeanette Thompson (April 27), Norma Thompson (April 28), and Billy Bryant (April 29).
Happy anniversary to Bill and Judy Perry (April 24).
As I write this, we're in for another bout of bad weather. We've been fortunate this Spring to have minimal damage due to storms, and we hope and pray it stays that way. The honeysuckles are blooming and the whippoorwills are loose at night, so I guess we're deep into Spring now.
I hope everyone had a great Easter last Sunday. Macedonia Church had 142 in attendance Sunday morning. Since the church seats roughly 180, that's a remarkable crowd.
Willie Carroll and Wanda Livingston were in town this weekend.
I attended the Cotton Belt Festival last Saturday... something I don't often do, but I went to see the Civil War re-enactors. Many of them are friends of mine and are a great source of historical information as well as being just down home sort of guys and gals (yes, gals too... the ladies dress up in period dresses and look quite the sight). Since the invading Yankees were short several people, I was drafted into their artillery (complete with borrowed cap and blue coat) and enjoyed myself even though my cell phone went off mid-battle (which amused the audience and embarrassed me). This, of course, being something sort of like the Battle of Marks' Mills, all of us Yanks were killed or captured. The gunnery officer gave me part of a friction lanyard, which is used to fire artillery pieces, as a souvenir and it's proudly attached to my cowboy hat.
Concerning the airstrip that was allegedly in Ruff Hall's pasture: I've been remiss in mentioning the latest: since I like to confirm stuff like that with another witness, I was informed by several people that a) yes it definitely existed, and b) there's no way it existed. I'm not looking for the Sasquatch, just an airstrip. However, the man who actually built it, Jim Granderson, confirmed that he made it at the instruction of the County Judge in either 1951 or 1952. Ruff Hall was involved with leasing land for oil claims, and he had the strip built so that the bigwigs from the oil companies could fly in on little two-seaters and inspect the leases. Jim's word is good enough for me in this case. I own an aerial photograph of the town made in 1964 (which hangs in the New Edinburg Museum as a reference map), and you can make out what's left of a strip oriented exactly as Jim described it.
Speaking of the Museum, it will be open for the public this Sunday afternoon from 1pm until 5pm. Feel free to drop by and see it. Admission is free. It's located in the West Saline Community Center (which is the old school building).
If you have items of interest you'd like to see in this column, feel free to contact me by email (JamesCBoney@gmail.com), by phone (870-308-4608) or in person. Go Eagles.
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