July 21st Edition

Matthew 19:14 "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven."

Birthdays this week include: Tully McCoy, Mary Ann Morgan and Dylan Dunlap - July 20, Maggie Sanders - July 21, Ethel Dyer and Jean Parrott - July 22, Daniel Thompson - July 23, and Aubrey Huddleston - July 25. Happy anniversary to Marshal and Marnell Parker - July 21.

As I write this, Norma McCoy, her sister Martha Cook, Norma Hensley, and Jean Huddleston are in Dallas, TX for Seniors Cheerleader Tryouts. I'll let you know next week how they did.

First Baptist Church certainly looks bare without the massive oak tree in its parking lot. I didn't count the rings, but I suspect it was way older than the building itself.

Forbes Magazine, which I'm sure everyone here reads, reports that New York state has more billionaires than any other state for a total of $158 billion, but Arkansas is a close second with three billionaires worth a total of $157 billion. That of course, would be the Waltons, but there are a whole constellation of millionaires all throughout Arkansas as well. Once upon a time, wwaaaayyyy back when I was a child, there were several here in town and everyone knew it. Mattie Sloane by herself was worth at least $6 million and that was before she inherited from Leslie Stewart. These people died, their kids "copped the lolly" as the English would say, and generations of industry and saving went somewhere else with nothing left but ugly cutovers. Of course, there are one or two still around here who I suspect qualify as a millionaire, but they won't let on. Remember, not everyone who looks poor is poor and not everyone who looks wealthy is wealthy.

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