"For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:" --- Job 19:25
Happy birthday this week to: Morgan Searcy and Norma Thompson -
April 28, Jackie Shafer-Huddleston - May 1. Happy belated birthday to
Daisy Blackmon - April 23.
Lori Morgan Nichols, daughter of Larry Morgan, passed away April 25, so please remember her family in prayer.
Tully and Norma McCoy were visited last week by his niece Ruth
McCoy Barnett from Washington State. They took advantage of the decent
weather to give Ruth a good tour of the countryside and attractions.
Visitors to the New Edinburg Museum last week were: Norma McCoy, Martha
Cook, Ruth McCoy Barnett, Ollie Faye (Rice) Harris, Mongolia (Erwin)
Beck, Rex Trammell, Pam Trammell, Lyslie Trammell, and Barbie Trammell.
We had a great time and learned a lot from each other. Pam has saved
me an incredible amount of time on my cemetery research project by
providing me with a recent list of names and dates from Shady Grove...
871 graves, in case you're curious. Thanks to her for doing the hard
work there. The New Edinburg Museum is dedicated to preserving and
teaching local area history.
There will be a massive yard sale at the home of Jerry Langford on Mt. Elba Road starting May 1st and finishing up May 4.
Rex
and Pam Trammell will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on
Sunday, May 5 from 1-3pm at the New Edinburg Community Center.
If you have items of interest for this column... birthdays,
anniversaries, events, or whatever... then please send them to me before
Monday in order to get them in that week's column. Go Eagles.
Monday, April 29, 2013
Monday, April 22, 2013
April 22 Edition
"For the invisible things
of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood
by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so
that they are without excuse..." --- Romans 1:20 KJV
Birthday wishes: Kim Allen - April 22, Erwin Dyer - April 24, Cecil Sanders - April 26, Geraldine Sanders - April 27, Jeanette Thompson and Robert Dyer - April 27, Morgan Searcy and Norma Thompson - April 28.
There
will be a business meeting for the St. John Cemetery at Sweet Union
COGIC on Broughton Road on April 27 at 10:00 am to elect new officers
and discuss old business. Anyone with business or concerns with St.
John Cemetery is invited to attend.
If you have items of interest for this column, please feel free to share with me before Monday in order to get it in that week's paper. Go Eagles.
Birthday wishes: Kim Allen - April 22, Erwin Dyer - April 24, Cecil Sanders - April 26, Geraldine Sanders - April 27, Jeanette Thompson and Robert Dyer - April 27, Morgan Searcy and Norma Thompson - April 28.
Happy Anniversary: Bill and Judy Perry - April 24.
Homecoming is this coming Sunday at Macedonia Free Will Baptist
Church starting at 10:30am. There will be special singing in the
afternoon.
The New Edinburg Museum will be open this Saturday afternoon from noon until 4pm. It's located in the old school building. Please feel free to drop by; admission is free.
The New Edinburg Museum will be open this Saturday afternoon from noon until 4pm. It's located in the old school building. Please feel free to drop by; admission is free.
If you have items of interest for this column, please feel free to share with me before Monday in order to get it in that week's paper. Go Eagles.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
April 15 Edition
"11 And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. 12 The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light." -- Romans 8:11-12
Birthdays this week include: Johnnie Green & Ella Green April 15.
The Macedonia Free Will Baptist Church's annual homecoming is on April 28th at 10:30 am. They will have potluck lunch & special singing in the afternoon.
New Edinburg Fire Department responded to a log truck fire on the Tower Road Sunday afternoon.
There will be a business meeting for the St. John Cemetery at Sweet Union COGIC on Broughton Road on April 27 at 10:00 am to elect new officers and discuss old business. Anyone with business or concerns with St. John Cemetery is invited to attend.
If you have items of interest for this column, please feel free to share with me before Monday in order to get it in that week's paper. Go Eagles.
Birthdays this week include: Johnnie Green & Ella Green April 15.
The Macedonia Free Will Baptist Church's annual homecoming is on April 28th at 10:30 am. They will have potluck lunch & special singing in the afternoon.
New Edinburg Fire Department responded to a log truck fire on the Tower Road Sunday afternoon.
There will be a business meeting for the St. John Cemetery at Sweet Union COGIC on Broughton Road on April 27 at 10:00 am to elect new officers and discuss old business. Anyone with business or concerns with St. John Cemetery is invited to attend.
If you have items of interest for this column, please feel free to share with me before Monday in order to get it in that week's paper. Go Eagles.
Monday, April 8, 2013
April 8 Edition
"For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of
his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life." --- Roman 5:10
Birthdays this week: Tommy Green - April 10, Melinda Huddleston & Dustin Briant - April 12, Sheila Currier - April 13, Blake Spears and Bobbie Moseley - April 14.
Weekly rains are keeping the ground soft and the loggers idle. More heavy rains are expected here later this week.
I heard two... not one, but TWO whippoorwills last night, so Spring is officially here.
Some local history about the First Baptist Church courtesy of The Eagle Democrat, Wednesday, October 25, 1967: "The First Baptist Church of New Edinburg has a distinction of having been built and located in three counties without moving more than 100 yards and without ever crossing a county line.
At the time of the erection of the church, the town of New Edinburg was in Bradley County. Some years later, a new county was formed from parts of adjoining counties and New Edinburg and the Baptist Church found themselves in Dorsey County. Still later, the name of the county was changed, honoring President Grover Cleveland.
The church was organized almost 100 years ago in 1868 with Elders Solomon Gardner and John T. Craig consitituting the Presbytery. The church was in the Judson Baptist Association. After 1901, the church agreed that it could no longer see eye to eye on ecclesiastical matters with its present larger connection and joined the General Association, the American Baptist Association, and later the North American Baptist Association.
The first building was completed in September of 1869, after which the church adopted a resolution to the Methodist of the community expressing appreciation for being allowed to use the Methodist house of worship for its services for a season.
In early years, at almost every monthly conference, some-Brother or Sister was excluded from worship for some kind of unbecoming conduct: the men usually for imbibing too freely of alcoholic beverages and the women for "tipping light fantastic toe..." [Note: that's archaic language for dancing...]
In those days, revivals were popular, and one mighty one was conducted under the persuasive preaching of Rev. W. E. Penn in 1890. Results, fifty church additions and 122 professions of faith.
A new church was erected in 1936 and it was dedicated in 1937. The building, at the time of completions, consisted of an auditorium and six Sabbath School rooms. The Sunday School is first mentioned in church records of 1883. The church has had three buildings, the current one replacing one that was put up in 1890. This one replaced the orginal church structure. The middle building had an 84-foot steeple."
If you have items of interest for this column, please get them to me before Monday of each week. Go Eagles.
Birthdays this week: Tommy Green - April 10, Melinda Huddleston & Dustin Briant - April 12, Sheila Currier - April 13, Blake Spears and Bobbie Moseley - April 14.
Weekly rains are keeping the ground soft and the loggers idle. More heavy rains are expected here later this week.
I heard two... not one, but TWO whippoorwills last night, so Spring is officially here.
Some local history about the First Baptist Church courtesy of The Eagle Democrat, Wednesday, October 25, 1967: "The First Baptist Church of New Edinburg has a distinction of having been built and located in three counties without moving more than 100 yards and without ever crossing a county line.
At the time of the erection of the church, the town of New Edinburg was in Bradley County. Some years later, a new county was formed from parts of adjoining counties and New Edinburg and the Baptist Church found themselves in Dorsey County. Still later, the name of the county was changed, honoring President Grover Cleveland.
The church was organized almost 100 years ago in 1868 with Elders Solomon Gardner and John T. Craig consitituting the Presbytery. The church was in the Judson Baptist Association. After 1901, the church agreed that it could no longer see eye to eye on ecclesiastical matters with its present larger connection and joined the General Association, the American Baptist Association, and later the North American Baptist Association.
The first building was completed in September of 1869, after which the church adopted a resolution to the Methodist of the community expressing appreciation for being allowed to use the Methodist house of worship for its services for a season.
In early years, at almost every monthly conference, some-Brother or Sister was excluded from worship for some kind of unbecoming conduct: the men usually for imbibing too freely of alcoholic beverages and the women for "tipping light fantastic toe..." [Note: that's archaic language for dancing...]
In those days, revivals were popular, and one mighty one was conducted under the persuasive preaching of Rev. W. E. Penn in 1890. Results, fifty church additions and 122 professions of faith.
A new church was erected in 1936 and it was dedicated in 1937. The building, at the time of completions, consisted of an auditorium and six Sabbath School rooms. The Sunday School is first mentioned in church records of 1883. The church has had three buildings, the current one replacing one that was put up in 1890. This one replaced the orginal church structure. The middle building had an 84-foot steeple."
If you have items of interest for this column, please get them to me before Monday of each week. Go Eagles.
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
April 2 Edition
"5 And
he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he
said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.6 And
he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and
the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the
water of life freely.7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son." Revelation 21: 5-7
Prayer list this week includes: Nancy Clary
Birthdays this week include: Robert Boney - April 1, Brian Chancellor - April 5. Happy Anniversary to: Tammy & Don Pennington - April 4, Judy & Delbert Moring - April 5.
Macedonia Free Will Baptist Church started their Easter service at 10:30 this Sunday. They were fortunate to have several special songs. Brother Billy Wilson preached a wonderful service. "The message of Easter is that Jesus has risen!" (Colin Smith). "The entire plan for the future has its key in the resurrection". (Billy Graham).
New Edinburg First Baptist Church held Easter Sunrise services at 7am that day. Brother Tony Atkins preached the promise of all things being made new through the resurrection of Christ in Revelation 21:5. Afterwards, we enjoyed breakfast and fellowship.
The Encyclopedia of Arkansas lists three famous residents from our area: "Elisha Lawley McMurtrey was a lieutenant colonel in the Confederate army during the Civil War. He was involved in twenty-two battles and was elected to the Arkansas General Assembly in 1878. Kermit C. Moss served in World War II and received two bronze stars; he was also one of the guards for Madame Chiang Kai-shek. Paul “Bear” Bryant, the legendary University of Alabama football coach, was born and raised a few miles from New Edinburg."
Please feel free to share items of interest for this column before Monday. My phone is 870-250-9103 and my email is JamesCBoney@gmail.com This will appear on the internet at http://WeAreTheEagles.blogspot.com . Go Eagles.
Prayer list this week includes: Nancy Clary
Birthdays this week include: Robert Boney - April 1, Brian Chancellor - April 5. Happy Anniversary to: Tammy & Don Pennington - April 4, Judy & Delbert Moring - April 5.
Macedonia Free Will Baptist Church started their Easter service at 10:30 this Sunday. They were fortunate to have several special songs. Brother Billy Wilson preached a wonderful service. "The message of Easter is that Jesus has risen!" (Colin Smith). "The entire plan for the future has its key in the resurrection". (Billy Graham).
New Edinburg First Baptist Church held Easter Sunrise services at 7am that day. Brother Tony Atkins preached the promise of all things being made new through the resurrection of Christ in Revelation 21:5. Afterwards, we enjoyed breakfast and fellowship.
The Encyclopedia of Arkansas lists three famous residents from our area: "Elisha Lawley McMurtrey was a lieutenant colonel in the Confederate army during the Civil War. He was involved in twenty-two battles and was elected to the Arkansas General Assembly in 1878. Kermit C. Moss served in World War II and received two bronze stars; he was also one of the guards for Madame Chiang Kai-shek. Paul “Bear” Bryant, the legendary University of Alabama football coach, was born and raised a few miles from New Edinburg."
Please feel free to share items of interest for this column before Monday. My phone is 870-250-9103 and my email is JamesCBoney@gmail.com This will appear on the internet at http://WeAreTheEagles.
March 26 Edition
"Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his
compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your
faithfulness." --- Lamentations 3:22-23
Prayers for: Lori Nichols, Raymond Wagnon and the family of Leland Bryant.
Birthdays this week: Major McClellan - March 28.
I hope everyone has a great Easter this weekend.
First Missionary Baptist Church reports it will have sunrise services on March 31 at 7am. After services there will be fellowship with coffee and a light breakfast. All are welcome.
Grom the Eagle Democrat in 1939: "Since State Highway No. 8 between Warren and Fordyce has been constructed those who motor that way are usually impressed with two things at New Edinburg - the old tree which stands in the middle of the road in front of Attwood’s Store, and the number of comfortable homes which are covered with corrugated tin roofing.
We have a tendency to “cuss” the presence of the tree when the traffic is heavy, but when we think of those ten roofs topping those comfortable homes, there arises that boyish feeling, “Gee, wouldn’t it be great to go to sleep on an old fashioned feather bed while hearing the musical rain drops on that roof.”
For our purpose here, the tree and the tin-tops explain the character and sturdiness of the present New Edinburg. While modern highways have led other rural villages to fold up and pass away, this unusually progressive community has kept pace with the present, and continually moves forward. The tree
represents a sentimental connection with a great ancestry, the tin-roofs, the permanency with which the place was built."
Please feel free to share with this column what you would like to see. Go Eagles.
Prayers for: Lori Nichols, Raymond Wagnon and the family of Leland Bryant.
Birthdays this week: Major McClellan - March 28.
I hope everyone has a great Easter this weekend.
First Missionary Baptist Church reports it will have sunrise services on March 31 at 7am. After services there will be fellowship with coffee and a light breakfast. All are welcome.
Grom the Eagle Democrat in 1939: "Since State Highway No. 8 between Warren and Fordyce has been constructed those who motor that way are usually impressed with two things at New Edinburg - the old tree which stands in the middle of the road in front of Attwood’s Store, and the number of comfortable homes which are covered with corrugated tin roofing.
We have a tendency to “cuss” the presence of the tree when the traffic is heavy, but when we think of those ten roofs topping those comfortable homes, there arises that boyish feeling, “Gee, wouldn’t it be great to go to sleep on an old fashioned feather bed while hearing the musical rain drops on that roof.”
For our purpose here, the tree and the tin-tops explain the character and sturdiness of the present New Edinburg. While modern highways have led other rural villages to fold up and pass away, this unusually progressive community has kept pace with the present, and continually moves forward. The tree
represents a sentimental connection with a great ancestry, the tin-roofs, the permanency with which the place was built."
Please feel free to share with this column what you would like to see. Go Eagles.
March 19 Edition
"And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve
him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth
all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if
thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he
will cast thee off for ever." (I Chronicles 28:9 KJV)
Birthdays this week include: Jason Hall and Jerry Langford - March 20, Christine Thompson and David Harper - March 21, Melody Spears - March 23, Lila Benson - March 25.
Spring is here, officially, this week... though we have seen it for a couple of weeks now.
First Missionary Baptist Church reports it will have sunrise services on March 31 at 7am. After services there will be fellowship with coffee and a light breakfast. All are welcome.
Visitors to my home last weekend were: Meigs Brainard of Pine Bluff, Robert and Ruth Boney of Fordyce, Will Parham, and Clyde and Bobbie Moseley.
The New Edinburg Museum holds the complete muster rolls of all units of both sides that fought at Marks' Mills. Historical excerpts for this column are proving to be a big hit.
My phone number is 870-250-9103 if you have items you would like to see here. This column will appear on the internet at http://WeAreTheEagles.blogspot.com . Go Eagles.
Birthdays this week include: Jason Hall and Jerry Langford - March 20, Christine Thompson and David Harper - March 21, Melody Spears - March 23, Lila Benson - March 25.
Spring is here, officially, this week... though we have seen it for a couple of weeks now.
First Missionary Baptist Church reports it will have sunrise services on March 31 at 7am. After services there will be fellowship with coffee and a light breakfast. All are welcome.
Visitors to my home last weekend were: Meigs Brainard of Pine Bluff, Robert and Ruth Boney of Fordyce, Will Parham, and Clyde and Bobbie Moseley.
The New Edinburg Museum holds the complete muster rolls of all units of both sides that fought at Marks' Mills. Historical excerpts for this column are proving to be a big hit.
My phone number is 870-250-9103 if you have items you would like to see here. This column will appear on the internet at http://WeAreTheEagles.
March 11 Edition
“Know therefore that the Lord they God, he is God, the faithful God,
which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his
commandments to a thousand generations;” --- Deuteronomy 7:9
Birthdays this week: Dorothy Shepherd and Memory Sanders – March 11, James McIntyre Jr. - March 12, Joye Splawn – March 13, Sue Sanders – March 14, Jarrod Langford, James Herring and Jackie Harton – March 15, Tonya Sanders and Andrew Grider – March 17.
Robert Boney, my uncle, is doing better and visited me last Saturday. His heart stent problems stemmed from being allergic to the medicine provided for him and some dehydration. He's doing fine now. Norma McCoy, and not Martha as I mistakenly printed last week, is home from her knee rehab and is in excellent shape.
The New Edinburg Community Center will be having the band “Hwy 13” there to perform this March 16. Concessions will be sold. There will be no cover charge, but donations to help pay utilities and to help the band are appreciated.
Old phone met the floor once too often and broke... new phone bought with the number remaining the same. It's 870-250-9103 and please use it to share with me any events or news you would like to see in this column before any given Monday morning. If email is your scene, then contact me at JamesCBoney@gmail.com, on Facebook or hit me up me in person. This column will appear on the internet at http://WeAreTheEagles.blogspot.com . Go Eagles.
Birthdays this week: Dorothy Shepherd and Memory Sanders – March 11, James McIntyre Jr. - March 12, Joye Splawn – March 13, Sue Sanders – March 14, Jarrod Langford, James Herring and Jackie Harton – March 15, Tonya Sanders and Andrew Grider – March 17.
Robert Boney, my uncle, is doing better and visited me last Saturday. His heart stent problems stemmed from being allergic to the medicine provided for him and some dehydration. He's doing fine now. Norma McCoy, and not Martha as I mistakenly printed last week, is home from her knee rehab and is in excellent shape.
The New Edinburg Community Center will be having the band “Hwy 13” there to perform this March 16. Concessions will be sold. There will be no cover charge, but donations to help pay utilities and to help the band are appreciated.
Old phone met the floor once too often and broke... new phone bought with the number remaining the same. It's 870-250-9103 and please use it to share with me any events or news you would like to see in this column before any given Monday morning. If email is your scene, then contact me at JamesCBoney@gmail.com, on Facebook or hit me up me in person. This column will appear on the internet at http://WeAreTheEagles.
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