September 21 Edition

"3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; 4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope: 5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us." --- Romans 5:3-5

Birthdays this week: Tony Atkins (Sept. 20), Paula Splawn (Sept. 21), Roseanne Golden and Linda Warner (Sept. 22), L. T. Marks and Barbara Chance (Sept. 23), Otis Clary, Melvin Jackson and Judy Simmons (Sept. 26).

We Eagles are saddened at the death of Katherine Childress Langford (NEHS'54). "Kitten" passed away at St. John's Place Nursing Home last Friday night and was buried at New Edinburg Cemetery this Tuesday morning. Please keep her husband Ted and his family in your thoughts and prayers.

Board members of the Southeast Arkansas Economic Development District met for their September meeting at the in New Edinburg Community Center last week.  A good crowd of mayors, county judges and business leaders form throughout Southeast Arkansas were in attendance.

From Schools of Cleveland County, Arkansas: Hollis Special School, located near Orlando, was constructed on land donated by Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hollis in the summer of 1915. It was a two-story frame building with the auditorium located upstatirs. It had student desks where the seat for one student had a lift-top desk attached for the pupil behind him/her. Before the two-story building was constructed, Rucker C. Carmical taught at Hollis Special in 1912. From 1924 to 1926 Mrs. Iva Hicks Moseley taught there. Silas L. Woodward was principal and Miss Kathleen Ricks was primary teacher in the fall of 1928 and it had a budget of $446.06. For the fall and winter term of 1929-1930 Troy Tipton was principal and Miss Clarice Board was the primary teacher. At that point the school had an enrollment of 116 pupils. Tipton remained as principal and Miss Bessie Mosley was the primary teacher in the fall and winter of 1930-1931. In 1936 to 1937 Mr. and Mrs. Ray Carter taught there. Other teachers remember there wer Mary Belle Carter and Lucy Neal. At one time the school was located on the upper floor of the Masonic Lodge at Orlando.

Go Eagles.