August 19 Edition

“I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.” --- Psalm 16:8 KJV

Happy birthday to: Carrigan Hopson - August 20, Jayson Briant - August 21, Keri Cargile - August 22, Danny Huddleston - August 23.

A Saturday night fish fry at Rick St. John's place drew a good crowd from the Banks Road residents.

Tully McCoy fell and broke his collar bone this past weekend, but is otherwise doing okay.

A brief shower raised hopes this past Saturday, but amounted to little.

ReNew Edinburg continues to roll, as you saw in last week's paper. They've now managed to get a sign marker on each end of town marking downtown as an Historic District. I'm proud to see these, and would be even more prouder had the Arkansas Highway Department managed to spell "district" correctly. Your tax dollars at work...

New Edinburg Fire Department acquired a trailer-mounted military portable generator for local emergencies.

The Thompson Reunion is this August 22 at the New Edinburg Community Center, and Reaves Cemetery Homecoming will be August 23 on site at the cemetery. Both are always excellent events.

Greenland Food Pantry on the Tolefree Road will be open next Tuesday morning at 9am. The Food Pantry serves low income and elderly local residents. Take note: starting in September, the hours will permanently shift to 11am to noon, but will still be on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month.

More from Schools of Cleveland County Arkansas: "Dyer School was a one room school that existed before 1901 and was located in what is now Henry Jones’ field. It was one of the earlier schools in the area. John Pat McClellan made the school his home in 1901. McClellan said the mud fireplace was so large that wood cut to lengths of eight feet could be used in it.

Warner School was a one-room school for African-American students located about two miles east of Highway 8. In 1937 the county school census listed Warner School with 51 students. In 1939 Warner School received $20 in county school funds. It was taught by Mrs. Mabel Tidwell from 1939 to 1942. During the school year of 1938-1939 Warner had an enrollment of 32 students and in the 1940-1941 school year its enrollment was 36. In 1946-1947 Mrs. Cornice Marks Hampton taught at Warner. The school had a blackboard and the desk has lift tops to store their books. Other teachers there were Mrs. Mattie Lee Clary and Mrs. Katie Wright. In May 1947 Warner School district was merged with the New Edinburg School district."

Thanks to the Historical Society for providing this information.

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August 15 Edition

“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.” Ephesians 2:10 KJV

Birthdays this week include: Ollie Moring - August 13, Judy Moring - August 14, Sammy Pipes - August 15,  Kimberly Brown and Judy Perry - August 16.

The annual Thompson Family Reunion will be this Saturday August 22 at the New Edinburg Community Center. The following day, Sunday, will be the Reaves Cemetery Homecoming on site at the cemetery.

Keep the family of Jane Coats in your thoughts and prayers as she passed away Saturday due to cancer.

More from the Cleveland County Historical Society's Book Schools of Cleveland County, Arkansas: Broughton School was located in the Broughton Settlement south of Highway 8 near Sweet Union Church of God in Christ. The school, according to Roy Broughton, was a great big house and church with two rooms. Among the teachers there were Katie Wright, Butler Danville, Mrs. Velma (Butler) Danville, Mrs. Roxie Tiplett, Mrs. Nelson and Mrs. Demple. Ab and the Roy Broughton drove a “wagon bus” to bring pupils to school. The school was later consolidated with New Edinburg. (Note: Carlon Parks informed me that the school was established by his great-great grandfather Samuel Sullivan Broughton).

Mosley School, another one room school house, was located in sight of Almos Marks store on the Farm t Market Road, just southeast of New Edinburg. The school was named after Marion Mosley whose home was nearby. The large room was made of roughly sawed lumber. In 1905 it was taught by Miss Ollie Boyd. Later, it was taught by Miss Helen Campbell. Students from that school later went to the New Edinburg School.

Thanks to the Historical Society for providing this information.

If you have stuff you want in this column, please get it to me before Monday for inclusion in that week's column.  This column will appear on the internet at http://WeAreTheEagles.blogspot.com.  Go Eagles.

August 7 Edition

Psalm 119:160 “Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.”

Birthdays this week include: Faye Jones (August 1), Jacob Brown (August 6), Kim Griffin, Justin Lash, and Jimmy Pennington (August 7), Termekia Smith and Becca Cowan (August 8).  Happy belated birthday to Reggie Wofford (July 31).

This month's issue of SEALife has a nice little article about ReNew Edinburg and the Farmer's Market we've enjoyed these past few weeks with several photos and an interview with Roger McClellan. Pick up a free copy at the store or at the surrounding libraries if you're interested.

By my calculations, the Thompson Reunion is this August 22 at the New Edinburg Community Center, and Reaves Cemetery Homecoming will be August 23 on site at the cemetery. Both are always excellent events.

More from the Cleveland County Historical Society's Book Schools of Cleveland County, Arkansas which traces the development and closing of all known schools in this county: "Hall School was constructed near Mt. Elba Church through the efforts and on the land of J. A. (Jack) Hall around 1900. Although he was blind, Hall traced out several areas of the school with his hands and said “well done” to the laborers. As a result of Hall’s remark, the school was call the Weldon School at times. Bess Low taught there when it was consolidated. Bob Tucker, a Civil War soldiers who lost his leg, also taught that the Hall School. When Mt. Elba Missionary Baptist Church was organized in October 1917, it first met in the school house. Hall School was consolidated with the Marks and Good Hope School to form the Hebron School District.

Good Hope, or Green Goose School, was known as the Piney Grove School before it was moved about a mile west. Then it was located on a hill just east of the home of Louise Mitchell on Highway 189 south. Pupils used slates and wrote on them with slate pencils. Their books, which they had to purchase on their own, included the Blue Back Speller, the McGuffey Reader, and Ray’s Arithmetic. The building had one room and was heated by a wood stove. Anna Rodgers Grice, among other students recalled going into the near-by woods and gathering dead limbs, pine knots and scraps of old logs or pieces of wood to burn. Students were seated on benches. Anna Rodgers Grice recalled spelling bees and ciphering (math) matches with other area schools. Among those taught there were Lela Mitchell Miller, Maud Hall Mitchell, Vaughn Knight McGhee and Clara Marks. It was later consolidated in Hebron School in 1922."

Thanks to the Historical Society for providing this information.

If you have stuff you want in this column, please get it to me before Monday for inclusion in that week's column.  This column will appear on the internet at http://WeAreTheEagles.blogspot.com.  Go Eagles.