July 27 Edition

^"14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. ¹⁵ Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. ¹⁶ Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven."  Matthew 5:14-16

Birthdays this week include: Connie Dyer Lawson and Joey Posey (July 26), Adam Young (July 31). Happy anniversary to Mickey and Billy Bryant (July 27).

And the heat continues... on the other hand, we could all be in a desert 6000 miles from home in 120F heat dressed full battle-rattle with a 70lb ruck sack on our backs, being shot at and worried about bombs in the road, so maybe we're better off than we realize.

Two four-wheelers owned by Mike and Doris Kee were stolen from their yard on Hwy. 97. If you know anything about it, please contact them or the Sheriff's Office. There's a $500 reward involved.

The Cleveland County Historical Society has a nice little booklet titled "Schools of Cleveland County, Arkansas." It's a good read, and here's an excerpt concerning one of our earliest schools, the Marks School. "Marks School was one of the earliest schools in the county and was established prior to 1842 because in that year it was a polling place in the Bradley County election. It was located in the Hebron community between Kingsland and New Edinburg and across the road from the Hastings Marks home. It was used as a recruiting place during the Civil War. The building was located in what is now Buddy Hall’s pasture and located about three-fourths a mile from the Marks Cemetery. It continued in operation into the 1900s. Professor B. Y. Searcy was teaching at the Marks School House after J. B. Searcy had to quit due to ill health in July 1906. In 1922, it was consolidated with the Good Hope and Hall Schools to form the Hebron School District."

I'll print a few more of these over the next few weeks, as they give an interesting insight into life around here prior to the consolidation craze that hit in the 1930s.

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