NEW EDINBURG COLUMN FOR 8/29/11

Psalm 89:1 “I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.”

Prayer list for this week includes: Ouita Trammell, William Rice, Buddy Reaves, the family of Toliver Blackmon, the family of Eloise Dupree Neal.

Birthdays this week include: John Brown Acres (Aug 31), Lynette Steadman (Aug 1).

This past week saw slightly cooler temperatures and lower humidity, which allowed for several outdoor activities. The Thompson Reunion was last Saturday at Reaves Cemetery with over 100 in attendance. The next day was Reaves Cemetery Homecoming where the message was delivered by Brother Dwayne Ashcraft and Brother Billy Wilson. In both events, we had good fellowship and fine potluck meals.

I meant to mention this last week but forgot: Judge Gary Spears convinced the Highway Department to fix the enormous potholes up town in front of the fire station and the water office. I've heard they will soon come back and build the area up a little more, but for now their work has helped keep away standing water from there, not to mention pulling out onto the highway a lot easier. The attentive reader will recall that the corner of the water office parking lot, after a large rain, was always ripe for stocking with bass and trout. Judge Spears is also in the process of paving one half of the Marks Cemetery Road starting from Hebron Church. He reports his plans to pave the other half next year as funds allow. Judge Spears has made great progress during his time in office in modernizing our local roads and he is to be congratulated for the work his road department has done.

The Queen and Blackmon families express their appreciation here to Melody Spears and Ronny McManus and the New Edinburg Civic Center for the use of the building for the funeral of Toliver Blackmon last Friday. Though I did not get to attend, I saw the parking spill over, so I'm assuming the crowd was large.

The next quarterly meeting of the West Saline Community Center will be in the cafeteria on September 5^th at 7pm. The next quarterly meeting of the New Edinburg Fire Department Board will be September 8^th at 6:30pm in the fire department training room.

The Last Ten Year Reunion will be on Oct. 8. from 4pm to 8:30pm in the West Saline Community Center cafeteria. It revolves around the classes of 1975 to 1985, the last ten senior classes of NEHS, but is completely open to anyone who attended NEHS at any time. Let me repeat that: anyone who attended or taught at NEHS at any time is welcome through the doors. The meal will be potluck, so if you can cook, bring something good, and if you're like me and can't cook then think about bringing paper plates, cokes, napkins, or whatever.

The latest word on the missing NEHS yearbooks for the museum's collection is that Mr. Wooten served as Superintendent from 1953-1955 and there will be no yearbooks from that period. Thus, two yearbooks are missing from the collection: 1952 and 1956. Mr. Floyd Brown donated to the museum an excellent picture of the Thompson Reunion from circa 1917. I can pick out my grandmother Cara Thompson as a 12 year old girl. I don't remember if I mentioned this before, but Mrs. Lorene (King) Braswell donated a few months ago a picture of a quilting bee at the Howard Smith residence in 1957, and it's filled with several ladies of times past and their children.

Ms. Ava Kasich will appear at the annual “Just Us Girls” program at Kingsland Missionary Baptist Church at 10am on September 10^th.

If you have items of interest you'd like to see here, please get them to my by Monday night for appearance in that week's column. Go Eagles.

We Are The Eagles: August 22nd.

Daniel 7:18 " 18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever."

Prayer list this week includes: Ouita Trammell, William Rice, the family of James Granderson and the family of Edward Lee Parham.

Birthdays this week include: Jayson Briant (Aug 21), Connie McClellan (Aug 22), Keri Cargile (Aug 22), Danny Huddleston  (Aug 23), Debbie Grice Slayton (Aug 24), Leslie Beverage (Aug 24), Marshall Wilson (Aug 29), Jackson Perry (Aug 29).

The attendance Saturday morning for the gravesides services of James Granderson was excellent despite the high temperature and humidity.

The Thompson Reunion will be on August 27 at Reaves Cemetery starting at 10am.  The Reaves Cemetery Homecoming will be on August 28 in the same place starting at 10:30am.  Macedonia Church will not have night services on that day.

The Last Ten Year Reunion will be on Oct. 8.  from 4pm to 8:30pm in the school cafeteria.  It revolves around the classes of 1975 to 1985, the last ten senior classes of NEHS, but is completely open to anyone who attended NEHS at any time.  Let me repeat that: anyone who attended or taught at NEHS at any time is welcome through the doors. The meal will be potluck, so if you can cook, bring something good, and if you're like me and can't cook then think about bringing paper plates, cokes, napkins, or whatever. 

Concerning the collection of NEHS yearbooks in the New Edinburg Museum: last week I told you we needed years 1952 through 1956 for a complete collection.  I found out this past weekend from Mrs. Ollie Moring (who learned from Mrs. Geraldine Sanders) that there were three years in the 1950s where the school did not have a yearbook.  The superintendent of that three year period, Mr. H. W. Wooten would not allow yearbooks to be published citing the expense (which is strange, since yearbooks are paid for by the advertisers).  Checking the few class pictures in the West Saline Community Center, I know Mr. Wooten was here in 1953 and 1954, but I don't know if he was here in 1952 or 1955. So, of the five missing yearbooks, I know there should be a 1956, I can count out 1953 and 1954, but I do not know if the other missing yearbook is 1952 or 1955.  If anyone can help me solve this mystery, and if anyone has a copy of 1956 and the mystery year and would like to give it to the museum for the benefit of everyone, please let me know at your convenience.

If you have items of interest you'd like to see here, please get them to my by Monday night for appearance in that week's column. Go Eagles.

We Are The Eagles: August 15th.

Romans 14:8 "For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's."

Prayer list for this week includes: Buddy Reaves, James Granderson, Ouita Trammell, Ollie Fae Harris, Harold Rice and the family of Nell Thompson.

Buddy is reported to be not doing very well.  By the time you read this, he will have had part of his left leg amputated due to blood clots.  Ollie Fae Harris' leukemia is in remission.

Birthdays this week include: Sammy Pipes (Aug 15) and James Weeks (Aug 17).

Happy anniversary to Gilbert and Cheryl Moring (Aug 14). Jason McClellan and Ashley Williams were wed last Thursday.  Congratulations go to them.

Museum news: James Weeks donated a copy of the NEHS 1962 yearbook.  The yearbook collection is almost complete with the exception of years 1952-1956.  If you have a copy of any one of those years and would like to give it, please contact me at your leisure. Thanks to Mr. Weeks for his kind donation. The museum will be open this Sunday from 1pm to 5pm.

Sheila Long briefly visited with her mother Patricia Huddleston last week while on her way to see her newest grandchild.

The Thompson Reunion will be on August 27 at Reaves Cemetery starting at 10am.  The Reaves Cemetery Homecoming will be on August 28 in the same place starting at 10:30am.

Locals Derrick Sims and Alaina Sims will be filming their movie "Come Morning" in the area in October.  They are looking for a used pick up from the years 1960-1979 to use as a prop for the movie and are willing to pay up to $1000 for it depending on the quality.  If you know of such an item, please email her at alainasims@hotmail.com or contact her sister Kristin at 352-5352.

The Last Ten Year Reunion will be on Oct. 8.  from 4pm to 8:30pm in the school cafeteria.  It revolves around the classes of 1975 to 1985, the last ten senior classes of NEHS, but is completely open to anyone who attended NEHS at any time.  Let me repeat that: anyone who attended or taught at NEHS at any time is welcome through the doors. The meal will be potluck, so if you can cook, bring something good, and if you're like me and can't cook then think about bringing paper plates, cokes, napkins, or whatever. 

If you have items of interest you would like to see in this column, get them to me by Monday 5pm in order for it to appear in that week's edition. Right now I'm in the process of switching cellphones but my email is jamescboney@gmail.com. For those who don't use email, my mailing address is 5580 Hwy 8, New Edinburg, AR 71660.  Go Eagles.

New Edinburg Column for August 8

“For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.” Psalm 149:4

Prayer list this week: Buddy Reaves, Jim Granderson, Emily Jones.

Birthdays this week include: Jimmy Pennington (Aug 7), Becca Cowan (Aug 8), Termekia Smith (Aug 8), Ollie Moring (Aug 13), Judy Moring (Aug 14).

Anniversary wishes to Chris and Melissa Hopson (Aug 10).

Buddy Reaves is reported to be recovering slowly at JRMC.  Jim Granderson is at St. John's Place in Fordyce and is reported to be about the same.

The Burks-Briant Reunion will be in the cafeteria of the West Saline Community Center (that's the old school buidling) this August 13 starting at 10am.

The New Edinburg Museum will be open this Sunday from 1pm to 5pm. All are welcome and there is no admission charge. Old NEHSers are showing a great interest in the newly acquired NEHS yearbooks donated by John Stewart, and I confess to have spent several hours myself closely studying them. I spotted a picture in the late 1970s of some high school students standing on the monkey bars, but the bars are located on a place on the grounds where they never were, so I think it must be a trick shot. I'm on the downslope toward tiling the floor.

The Last Ten Year Reunion has been moved to Oct. 8 due to a scheduling problem with the organizer.  This is the final set date, and the reunion will be from 4pm to 8:30pm.  It revolves around the classes of 1975 to 1985, the last ten senior classes of NEHS, but is completely open to anyone who attended NEHS at any time.  Let me repeat that: anyone who attended NEHS at any time is welcome through the doors. The meal will be potluck, so if you can cook, bring something good, and if you're like me and can't cook then think about bringing paper plates, cokes, napkins, or whatever.  Let's get together, see some friends we haven't seen in decades, and have a good time.  I hope to see you there.

Mrs. Rita Parham spent last week in Oregon visiting family while her daughter stayed with Mr. Pat Parham.

If you're on the internet and don't belong to FaceBook, you should be.  It's a fantastic resource for finding old friends and sharing information.  I recently started a FaceBook page called "You Probably Went To New Edinburg Schools If..." and several dozen of us Eagles are having a great time reliving old school memories. Remember Chuckwagons and Nutty Buddies for a dime each?  Remember Dugan Word buying candy for the little kids? Remember when class began each morning with the Pledge of Allegiance and the teacher reading a chapter from the Bible? We've been talking about these things and more, so if you're an Eagle and you're on the net, please join us!

I visited with Mr. Danny Myers last Saturday.  He showed me the fantastic renovations he's accomplished on the old Mary Frey home.

If you have items of interest you would like to see in this column, get them to me by Monday 5pm in order for it to appear in that week's edition. My phone number is 870-308-4608, and my email is jamescboney@gmail.com. For those who don't use email, my mailing address is 5580 Hwy 8, New Edinburg, AR 71660.  Go Eagles.

New Edinburg Column for August 1

Psalm 16:1-3 "1Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. 2O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee; 3But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight. "

Prayer list this week includes: Buddy Reaves, Jim Granderson, Emily Jones, Max and Lorene Dyer, Frank and Agnes McClellan, Bobby Brwn, Sue McClellan, Leonard Huddleston, David McClellan, Ollie Moring, the Ricky McClellan family, the Gene Briant family.

Jim Granderson, as of this writing, is in St. John's Place in Fordyce.  Buddy Reaves had a heart attack Saturday night and hit his head which caused bleeding on the brain.  He had emergency brain surgery Sunday morning to stop the bleeding and remove a blood clot.  He's in JRMC and reported to be doing better.

Birthdays this week include: Ashley Sanders (July 31), Brenttany Gatewood (August 4), Jacob Brown (August 5).

Despite occasional huge thunderstorms, we are still extremely dry.  Please don't burn outside unless you have to do it.

Visitors to the Henry and Rachel Jones home over the last week: Holly and Cole Hanry of Junction City, Allison Dallen of Broken Arrow, OK, and Ricky and Janis McClellan. Allison and Deb Jones visited Peg and Ricky Cole of El Dorado and Holly, Rhett, and Cole Hanry of Junction City last weekend. They celebrated Rhett's birthday with a fish supper.

Ricky and Janis McClellan of Veckville, TX spent the weekend with Larry and Becky Briant. Ricky also visited with John and Sue McClellan.  Doug and Conner McClellan of Searcy visited John and Sue McClellan this weekend also.

Macedonia's revival services last week went well.  Mt. Elba Baptist Church held its revival last week with Evangelist Rodney Grice presiding over the services.

The school supply drive is still on at McClellan's Store.  There are children in this area who will need supplies for this coming year and could use your help!  Contact Kristen Skelton at the store (352-5352) to find out what's needed.  Most of the list I've seen is inexpensive items easily picked up at any chain department store.

The Last Decade Reunion is scheduled for Saturday, September 17 at 4:30pm at New Edinburg High School Cafeteria.  Graduates and attendees of NEHS are invited to come.  It will be potluck.

John Stewart donated a ton of yearbooks belonging to the late Joe Daniel and Michael Frey to the New Edinburg Museum last week.  The official collection is now 1948 through 1985 with the following exceptions: 1952-1956 and 1962.  If you can fill in those gaps and would like to donate yearbooks that could fill those spans, please contact me.  Thank you John for your help.

If you have items of interest you would like to see in this column, get them to me by Monday 5pm in order for it to appear in that week's edition. My phone number is 870-308-4608, and my email is jamescboney@gmail.com. For those who don't use email, my mailing address is 5580 Hwy 8, New Edinburg, AR 71660.  Go Eagles.