"4 And
even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I
have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you." --- Isaiah 46:4
NEVFD very quickly converted its new acquisition over to a tanker truck last week.
The
benefit for LaVetrice Gill last Saturday drew a small crowd who had a
good time. West Saline Community Center has been forced to post the
school property with No Trespassing signs due to a small few who are
abusing the property after hours.
The Trammell Family reunion will be at the New Edinburg Community Center this Saturday from 10am to 2pm.
Jarrod
Langford is in serious condition but recovering from a severe car wreck
a week ago this Monday. He's at JRMC and has had at least two
surgeries.
Greenland Baptist Church Food Pantry will be open next Tuesday, Sept. 8, from 11am to noon.
More history from the Historical Society's Schools of Cleveland County Arkansas: Stonewall School was located on the south side of Highway 8,
about two miles from Mt. Lebanon Church. Stonewall was constructed to serve
also as a church and a club room. Lena Rutledge, who boarded with the Herman
Word family, taught at Stonewall, and Bro. M. M. Whayne, a Baptist preacher and
Civil War veteran from Kingsland, occasionally led serves at the school on
Sunday. Thomas Hoy, Mr. Offutt, Hoy’s brother-in-law, Nat Moseley and Monroe
Smith led in getting the building constructed. In the 1930 Cleveland County
School Report, Stonewall School had 45 students and one teacher. Trell Haynie
taught there in 1928, 1929 and 1930. At that time Stonewall had 26 students.
She later taught at Kingsland after Stonewall consolidated with Kingsland.
Stonewall school had a pot-bellied stove to heat the
one-room school. Clyde Moseley said Mabel Stone was his first teacher and Baby
Ray was his first grade book from which reading was taught. Before the
consolidation, Marks or David Attwood of New Edinburg ran a so-called school
bus that he had built from New Edinburg to Kingsland for those who wanted to
graduate from the 12th grade. Attwood would stop at the intersection
of today’s Hwy 8 and Hwy 97 and pick up the Stonewall students who also wanted
to go to Kingsland. The bus had a capacity of about 20 students, and it cost $5
a month for students to ride the bus. After Stonewall School was consolidated
with Kingsland, the school ran a small school bus to pick up the students.
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