Oct. 29 Edition With Spookhouse Pic

"Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me." --- Psalm 119:133

Birthdays this week include: Don Langford - Oct. 29, Alice Watkins - Oct. 31, Amy Pilkington - Nov. 1

It's here.  Cold weather hit the area Friday with frosts decorating the landscape each morning.  Enjoy.

This weekend's Spookhouse inside the West Saline Community Center was a resounding success with over 100 men, women and children taking the tour.  An independent observer reported that he went through this one and others in Fordyce, Rison and White Hall, but ours was the best by far.  Plans are afoot for another one next October. The spookhouse included such attractions as: a cannibalistic kitchen, an evil clown and nursery room, a killer school principal complete with spiked paddle, zombies galore, a graveyard, a madman with a chainsaw, and a vampire leaping out of a coffin.  Grown men ran out of this place, but everyone seemed to have a great time. Thanks goes to the following people who made this event possible: Nikki Warner, Ryan Rawls, Kathy Hollis, Dianne Harris, Destin Macon, Shawntra Rawls, Julia Crutchfield, Francis White, Jerry Brown, J. C. Rawls, Jessica Ringo, Mateo Martindale, Calvin Warner, Justin Billings, Sammy "The Principal is NOT your pal" Ingram, Johnathon White, Greg White, Chase Warner, Scotty Warner, Darrell Barnett, Erica Rogue, Tony Rogue, and Maria Rogue. Vampires: can't have a Halloween with them.

I was told this weekend there was some slight question about what constitutes "New Edinburg News" with some consternation about Macedonia news showing up here. My definition (the one that matters) includes any local community that actually bussed kids to New Edinburg School back in the day and receives its mail on the New Edinburg mail route.  It even covers town residents living out of the area.  I think that's a pretty fair call. In fact, a studied tour through the NEHS yearbooks will reveal a startling fact: from at least 1948 until the closing of the doors in 1985, about half of the kids attending those hallowed halls came from outlying regions such as Macedonia, Hebron, Mt. Elba, Emmaus, Mt. Lebanon, Wheeler Springs and Hollis Special.  While "New Edinburg Proper" was driving its families off, these communities kept it going. Without them NEHS and the businesses in town would have gone down decades before they did, and they'll get their due here if they want it. Spread the word.

The November meeting of the West Saline Community Center will be at 7pm Monday November 5 in the conference room.

Email: JamesCBoney@gmail.com.  Phone or text: 870-250-9103. Facebook: James C. Boney. Snail mail: 5580 Hwy. 8 New Edinburg 71660. I'm easy to contact, and if you have something you'd like to get in this column, then please get it to me before Monday for inclusion in that week's column and I'll make sure it gets there.  Thanks for reading and thanks for your outstanding support. Go Eagles.

Oct. 22 Edition

2 Thessalonians 3:13 "As for you, brothers, do not weary in doing good."

Birthdays this week: Barbie Trammell - Oct. 24, Ken Simmons and Betty Warner - Oct. 26, Jamie Weeks - Oct. 27.

Jason Knight was baptized last Sunday at Kingsland Missionary Baptist Church and will join Mt. Elba Missionary Baptist Church.

Andy Briant reports that his sister, Dr. Laura (Briant) Evans was promoted to Dean of the School of Nursing at University of Arkansas at Monticello. Dr. Evans is the daughter of Jean Briant and the late John F. Briant. Another local kid made good...

Parents: don't forget that Macedonia FWB Church is holding it's annual Fall Festival this Saturday all day. Also, there is a Halloween party in the school building starting at 4pm with a Spook House from 7-9pm free for all kids.

If you have birthdays, anniversaries, events or anything else you'd like to see in this column then send it to me at jamescboney@gmail.com or call/text 250-9103. Go Eagles.

We Are The Eagles Oct. 15 Edition

"Wherefore thou art great, O Lord God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears." --- Samuel 7:22 KJV

Prayer list this week includes: Tim Shaw and the family of Sarah (Mosley) Grice.

Birthdays this week include: Regina Huddleston & Bill Perry - Oct. 15, Marshall Parker - Oct. 17, Frankie Hall, Nell Reaves and Kay Langford Garlington - Oct. 20. Happy Anniversary to Ollie & Herbert Moring - Oct. 18, and Debbie & Randy Sanders - Oct. 19.

The McClellan Family celebrated their reunion at Reaves Cemetery Pavillion last Saturday with a large attendance and beautiful weather.

Fall Fest at the Macedonia Free Will Baptist is Saturday, Oct. 27 all day.

There will be a Halloween carnival-party at the West Saline Community Center on Oct. 27  starting at 4pm with games first followed by a spook house from 7-9pm. Admission is free and all children are invited. This is located in the old school building.

The family of Nellie Faye Reaves will hold an 80th birthday party for her on Oct. 20 from 2-4pm at Macedonia's fellowship hall.  The event is come and go, and cake, punch and finger foods will be served.  The family requests no gifts be brought... just a photograph, a story or memory to share.

If you have items for this column then call me at 870-250-9103 or email jamescboney@gmail.com before Monday in order to get it in that week's column.  I appreciate everyone who takes time to share good news with their community.  Go Eagles.

We Are The Eagles for this week

John 3:16. You all know it.

Birthdays this week: Wilma Rawls - Oct. 12.

Cooler and wetter weather is here as we finally say goodbye to Summer.

Macedonia Church will hold its annual Fall Festival on Saturday, Oct. 27 all day.

There will be a Halloween carnival-party at the West Saline Community Center on Oct. 27  starting at 4pm with gamrs first followed by a spook house later that night. Admission is free and all children are invited. The WSCC board donated $100 to the sponsors of this event. This is located in the old school building.

The New Edinburg Museum will not be open this weekend due to possible building renovations then.

If you have items for this column then call me at 250-9103 or email jamescboney@gmail.com. Go Eagles.

October 2 Edition

^"25 The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe."  - Proverbs 29:25 KJV

Prayer list includes: the family of Geneva Landers Everright

Birthdays this week include: Teresa Thompson-Brown - Oct. 2, Gail Crater - Oct. 4, Allan Rippy - Oct. 4, Larry Briant - Oct. 5, Kathy (Norris) Spence - Oct. 5, Barbara (Word) Milburn - Oct. 7.

Macedonia Baptist Church will hold its Pastor Appreciation Day this Sunday followed by a potluck lunch.  Their annual Fall Festival will be October 27.

West Saline Community Center's Monday meeting was rescheduled to the next evening due to board member scheduling conflicts. Relevant results of that meeting will be in next week's edition.

Rain this weekend brought cooler temperatures and 2.5 inches of a slow, gentle rain.  The Harvest moon this year was obscured by the heavy clouds.

Geneva Landers Everright passed away in Pine Bluff last Tuesday. She was 97 and was born in 1914.  Think about that for a moment.  That means she saw World Wars I and II, Korea, Vietnam, and both Gulf Wars... six wars in all. She saw the local transition from horse and wagon to cars to the space shuttle.  She started cultural entertainment with telling stories in the living room to watching HDTV with 500 channels. She saw man fly faster than sound and walk on the Moon. She saw men's hair short, grow long and then get short again.  She saw women go from long dresses to short dresses to pants... from eyehook boots to crocs and flipflops. She started with sepia portraits you sat for in a studio and wound up with color pictures you can print at home. She saw the transition from postal letters to email and texting.  She saw the transition from walking to see your neighbor to cellphones. She saw Brown vs. BOE and Roe vs. Wade.  She saw gasoline go from pennies to dollars and horses becoming a hobby instead of standard home equipment. She saw the fall of the American Republic and the rise of American flavored Neo-Marxism.  That's how much we've changed in almost a century... what will the younger among us see before they reach her age?

New phone number: 870-250-9103. Old phone died. Try to text, if you can, any info you have for this column, but calling is fine too.  My email is JamesCBoney@gmail.com and you know where my driveway is.  If you have items you want to see in this column, get them to me before Monday for inclusion in that week's edition.   Go Eagles.