September 17th Edition

"Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; ² And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour." Ephesians 5:1-2 KJV

Prayer list this week includes: the family of Buddy Hall and the family of Alice Watkins.

Birthdays this week include: Linda Knight and Tony Atkins - Sept. 20, Paula Splawn - Sept. 21

We're getting some more rain this week followed by those Fall temps right on the money. Fall begins Friday and already the deer hunters are piling in. Bow hunters: play it safe this year.

We lost two members of our Community last week. Alice Watkins left to be with her Maker, as did Marvin "Buddy" Hall. Take time to express your condolences to both families. A lot of people didn't know that Buddy earned the Bronze Star in WWII for saving his ship by shooting down a Kamikaze pilot.

West Saline Community Center gained a propane tank this past week in pace with its kitchen renovation program.

If you have stuff you want in this column, please get it to me before Monday for inclusion in that week's column.  Go Eagles.

Sept. 9th Edition

^"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

Prayer list this week includes Norma McCoy, who is recovering from knee replacement surgery.

Birthdays this week include: Vester Thompson - Sept. 9, Charlene King - Sept. 10, Nita Beth Hall - Sept. 12, Austin Grice and Sharon Davis - Sept.13, Beth Rippy and Sierra Paul - Sept 14.

This column is short and sweet this week due to not much going on other than COOLER WEATHER! Finally, the pendulum is swinging back... Friday night's storm brought roughly 2 inches of rain and high winds, but a cool front followed, and I haven't found a single person unhappy with this so far.

The New Edinburg Museum will be open this Saturday from noon until 5pm.  Feel free to drop by.

The commodities truck will be at the New Edinburg Community Center Friday morning... not sure of the times.

If you have stuff you want in this column, please get it to me before Monday for inclusion in that week's column.  Go Eagles.

September 4 Edition

"1. There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. ² For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death." - Romans 8:1-2

Prayer list this week includes: Norma McCoy.
Birthdays this week include: Marshall Wilson and Jackson Perry - August 29. Buddy Parker and Don Pennington - Sept. 2, Mark Emerson Sept. 5, Floyd Brown and Jennifer Herring - Sept. 6, Rachel Beard and Donna Martindale - Sept. 7, Adam Green - Sept. 8, Vester Thompson - Sept. 9.
Last week's storms brought an estimated eight inches of rain and knocked out our electricity for 13 hours. Despite all the rain, the ground is getting dry again. The burn ban has been lifted for now, but still be careful when you burn outside.
Preceding the storm was a lot of wind, and New Edinburg Fire Department, along with Kingsland and County Line Departments responded to a woods fire started by a downed power line on the Towery Road last Wednesday.
Rain didn't stop the descendants of Lottie Hardaway from journeying to meet at the West Saline Community Center on Friday, Saturday and Sunday for their family reunion. Over 80 family members attended and had an excellent time with grilling, games, and a catered banquet the last afternoon.
West Saline Community Center's quarterly board meeting was last Monday night with a quorum in attendance. First order of business was the acceptance of LaVetrice Gill as a board member. Discussion and plans for the following projects were made and approved: pressure washing the hallway floors and walls in order to clean them and improve looks, the acquisition of a gas cook stove for the kitchen, and the acquisition of a propane tank and an electric hot water heater. Other long range plans will be covered later here as progress is made. The board agreed to shift meetings back to the old schedule of every first Monday of the month for the time being.
There will be a baby boy shower for Heather and Chris Van Duren in the Macedonia FWB Church fellowship hall at 6 pm. on Sat. Sept 8.
If you have stuff you want in this column, please get it to me before Monday for inclusion in that week's column.   Go Eagles.

August 27 Edition

“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.” Isaiah 26:3 KJV

Prayer list this week: Christie Russell

Birthdays this week include: Marshall Wilson and Jackson Perry - August 29, Becky Morgan Cheney and Lynette McCallister - September 1.

There will be a baby boy shower for Heather and Chris Van Duren on Sept. 8th at 6pm. in the Macedonia Church fellowship hall.

Visitors to the New Edinburg Museum this past weekend were Gail (Huddleston) Crater and Don Huddleston from Tennessee.  Donated to the museum last week were several notebooks and cotton logs belonging to the late Ed Smith.  Apparently, Ed was the go-to guy in this town if you needed a loan.  Thanks to Jerry Langford for providing these fascinating documents.

New Edinburg First Baptist Church continues renovations with a new paint job that really stands out.

The next quarterly meeting of the West Saline Community Center will be September 3rd at 7pm.

If you have stuff you want in this column, please get it to me before Monday for inclusion in that week's column.  Go Eagles.

August 20th 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

Birthdays this week include: Carrigan Hopson - August 20, Jayson Briant - August 21, Keri Cargile - August 22, Danny Huddleston - August 23.  Happy Anniversary to Laura and Chad Sanders - August 24.

Storms Saturday brought us at least 2.5 inches of much needed rain.

The Thompson Reunion will be August 25 at Reaves Cemetery and the Reaves Cemetery Homecoming will be the following day; this is a combination service for Macedonia and Chapel Hill and starts at 10:30.  The Trammell Reunion will be in the same place on September 1. 

The New Edinburg Museum will be open this Saturday from noon to 5pm. Please feel free to drop by.

There will be a baby boy shower for Heather and Chris Van Duren on Sept. 8th at 6 pm in the Macedonia FWB church fellowship hall.

If you have stuff you want in this column, please get it to me before Monday for inclusion in that week's column.   Go Eagles.

August 13th 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

Prayer list this week: I was told Betty Green is doing better, but keep her in prayer.

Birthdays this week include: Ollie Morning - August 13, Judy Moring - August 14, Sammy Pipes - August 15,  Kimberly Brown and Judy Perry - August 16, Zeb Beard - August 17, Easton Sinclair - August 18.

There will be a wedding shower for Jason Davis and Susan Young on August 18 at 6 p.m. in the Macedonia Free Will Baptist fellowship hall. They are registered at Wal Mart and J.C.Penney.

The Thompson Reunion will be August 25 at Reaves Cemetery and the Reaves Cemetery Homecoming will be the following day.  The Trammell Reunion will be there September 1. 

Due to the fire behind Bo McClellan's house and the dry conditions, we're back under a burn ban until a lot more rain falls.  Ironically, the fire last weekend was started by lightning.

The Burks-Briant Reunion was held last Saturday at the West Saline Community Center with about 40 people in attendance.

We Eagles beg to inform you that a new addition to the New Edinburg Museum is in the form of something I had misplaced for a long time: an Eastern Star monitor that belonged to the late Mary Frey and was given to me by John Stewart years ago. It's in nearly perfect condition. Visitors to the Museum last weekend were: Joanna McClellan, Phoenix McClellan, Bo McClellan, Dale Williams, and the Bakers: John, Helen, Daniel, Maria, Brooklyn, Alyssa, Sissy, Rachel, Christopher, Trey, Philip, and Jenny, plus others who didn't sign the register.

If you have stuff you want in this column, please get it to me before Monday for inclusion in that week's column.   Go Eagles.

August 6 Edition

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

Prayer list for this week includes: Betty Green

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

There will be a bridal shower for Jason Davis and Susan Young on August 18 at 6 pm in the Macedonia fellowship hall. They are registered at Wal Mart and J.C Penney.

The Thompson Reunion will be August 25 at Reaves Cemetery and the Reaves Cemetery Homecoming will be the following day.  The Trammell Reunion will be there September 1. 

The New Edinburg Museum will be open this Saturday afternoon from Noon until 5pm.  Feel free to drop by.  New additions for inhouse reading include "Shelby and His Men" and "The Memoirs of Col. John Wright."

County Line Fire Department and other local departments battled a large grass fire last Sunday afternoon in the Macedonia community.  As I'm writing this (Monday morning), Judge Spears reported to the Herald that the fire jumped fire lines and has spread.

If you have stuff you want in this column, please get it to me before Monday for inclusion in that week's column.   Go Eagles.

July 30 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

Prayer list this week includes: Betty Green, the family of Wayne Sanders and the family of Robert Russell.

Birthdays this week include: Adam Young (July 31).

Wayne Sanders passed away last week the same day I wrote last week's column.  I did not know of his passing until after the funeral.  He will be missed.

Visitors to the New Edinburg Museum last Saturday included: Floyd Brown, Mark and Aletha Schienle, and Angela (Cox) Lynn and daughters from Treemont, MS.

The Thompson Reunion will be August 25 at Reaves Cemetery and the Reaves Cemetery Homecoming will be the following day.  The Trammell Reunion will be there September 1.  Just giving a little heads up.

If you have stuff you want in this column, please get it to me before Monday for inclusion in that week's column.   Go Eagles.

July 23rd 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."

Prayer list this week includes: Wayne Sanders and Betty Green.

Birthdays this week include: Ethel Dyer (July 22), Jean Parrott (July 22), Daniel Thompson (July 23), and Aubrey Huddleston (July 25).  Happy belated birthday to Tully McCoy (July 20). Happy anniversary to Jeremy and Shelly Grider (July 24).

Psalms Camp will be having a music festival with gospel and bluegrass groups performing July 27 through the weekend.  The gate opens that Friday at 5:30pm with refreshments and meals for sale.

New Edinburg First Baptist Church has installed a new heating and cooling system courtesy of Win-Air.

Congratulations to Sheila Currier for making the Honor Roll at SEARK college.

Macedonia FWB Church's VBS and revival were reported to be both great successes.

Paschal and Rita Parham moved back to Florence Oregon this week.  We'll miss them.  Mr. Pat donated two signs that once belonged to his uncle Ed Parham for the New Edinburg Museum. Speaking of, the museum will be open this Saturday afternoon from noon to 5pm.  It is located in the West Saline Community Center and admission is free.  Feel free to drop by.

If you have stuff you want in this column, please get it to me before Monday for inclusion in that week's column.    Go Eagles.

"We love him, because he first loved us."1 John 4:19

Prayer list this week includes: Kristy Russell.  Patricia Huddleston is home and doing well after a stay in the Bradley County Hospital with Pneumonia.

Birthdays this week include: Becky Briant - July 8, Wanda Sanders - July 12, Russell Sanders - July 12, Chloe Sanders - July 14.

Finally a break in the hot weather.  The long drought and 100F+ temperatures ended this week with a few showers and cooler temperatures.  It's nice to go outside and not feel as if you just stepped into an oven.

Macedonia Church's Revival will be July 22 - 25 with Rev. Lonny Burks. Their Vacation Bible School will be July 19th & 20th. Details will be announced later.
West Saline Community Center news: the Jackson Family reunion was last Wednesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons at WSCC with about 75 attending from across the US.  The pork was present is great quantities.  The Wagnon Family reunion was Sunday with about 25 attending.  The 2012 NEHS All School Reunion was last Saturday.  Attendance for that was down this year, probably due to the oppressive heat, with about 75 students and faculty there.  Despite this, we had a great time with door prizes and food galore.  Make plans to attend next year if you missed out this time.
Patronage of the New Edinburg Museum that Saturday was excellent; people like what's going on down there.  NEHS graduate Virginia (Brown) Carter donated her 1970 FFA Sweetheart jacket to the museum (see accompanying picture elsewhere in this edition).  Thanks goes to Virginia for this beautiful and priceless relic.  As I open up the museum on and off again this year, I'll be sure to give a heads up in the paper.

If you have items of interest for this column, please get them to me by Monday for inclusion in that week's column.  Go Eagles.

July 2 Edition

^"5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. ⁶ In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths." Proverbs 3:5-6
Birthdays this week include: Janice Thompson (July 3), Tyler Attwood (July 3).  Happy belated birthday to Marty Gill (June 26).
Happy anniversary to: Sharon and Brad Davis (July 1), Tammy and Tommie Green  (July 1), Agnes and Frank McClellan  (July 4), Melinda and Danny Huddleston  (July 7).
We hope everyone has an excellent Fourth of July this week.  It's dangerously dry, so please take no chances with the fireworks.  It's not worth it.
Revival begins at the Macedonia Free Will Baptist Church on July 22 at the morning service with Rev. Lonnie Burks preaching. The revival will be held on the 23 - 25 at 7 p.m.
The All School Reunion is this Saturday starting at 10am in the cafeteria of the WSCC.  All former students, faculty and staff are invited.  Let's have a great crowd this year like we have in the past few years! 

We're losing Pat and Rita Parham later this month and they move back to Oregon.  The Parhams have lived here for 25 years, and Pat is the son of late store owner Kendrick "Tarpey" Parham and a descendant of J. J. T. Kendrick who opened the first store in New Edinburg in 1860..  We'll hate to lose them as neighbors and friends, but wish them well.

If you have items of interest for this column, please get them to me by Monday for inclusion in that week's column.  Go Eagles.

June 25th Edition

"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." --- Matthew 6:33

Prayer list this week includes: Kristy Russell.

Birthdays this week include: Gauge Weaver (June 29), Betty Carol Lane (June 30), and Ailene Erwin (June 30).

The heat's not letting up.  Judge Spears has had us under a burn ban for a couple of weeks now, and the humidity is extremely low, so fires are a very real danger right now.  Take no chances.
The New Edinburg All School Reunion will be July 7 starting at 10am in the cafeteria of the West Saline Community Center (the same ol' place it's been for years now).  Former students, teachers and their families are invited. This has always been a great event and here's hoping we'll break an attendance record this time.

Concerning the WSCC, I was asked a few days ago by a local resident "why bother to maintain the school building, when newer facilities are available?"  I told him I could write out the answer better than I could verbalize it and he should watch this column for his answer.  Here it is: Joann Hall, Kay Childress, Lorraine Taylor, Linda Joyner, Joe Daniel, Sue Sanders, Brice Clay, Jigs Attwood, Anita Knowles, Nolan Brown, Cindi Morris, Odell Wolfe, Gene Franklin, James Rankin, Danny Allen, H. O. Splawn, Bobby Hyatt, Danny Adams, Debbie Jones, Evelyn Norris, Jane LaBeuff, and a cavalcade of others living and dead who, since 1904, got up every morning and attempted to turn school kids into civilized human beings instead of farm animals.  We owe it to them.  You're either on board, or you're not.  It's an Eagles thing; dig it.

If you have items of interest for this column, please get them to me by Monday for inclusion in that week's column.  Go Eagles.

June 18th Edition

Romans 8:38 – 39 "For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

Prayer list this week: Christy Russell, Clifton Posey, and the family of Michael Williams.

Birthdays this week include: Donna Thompson - June 17, Betty Brown - June 20, Patricia McClellan Love - June 22, and Katie Briant - June 23.  Happy Anniversary to: Teresa and Gary Hubbard - June 18, and Brad and Rebecca Cowan - June 21.

I hope all fathers had a great Father's Day this week. Winding June down, already one half 2012 is gone.

The New Edinburg All School Reunion will be July 7 starting at 10am in the cafeteria of the West Saline Community Center (the same ol' place it's been for years now).  Former students, teachers and their families are invited.

The D. L. Broughton family had a Father's Day supper celebrating all the fathers in that family last Sunday in the cafeteria.

Fresh, young, bright, energetic, bouncing kittens are still available at my house... for free.  Take two, they're small.

I was reminded the other day of the persistent rumor concerning gold buried somewhere on the Marks' Mills battlefield or in the area.  Folks, there is no gold up there and never was.  The Federal wagon train jumped there was returning from supply troops in Camden; there was a small amount of Yankee greenbacks on one of the wagons involved, but I'm sorry to say no massive amounts of gold coins waiting to make someone rich.  I remember Harvey St. John told my dad that as a youth he saw the hole open where the gold was buried, and the footprints around it matched his... which I guess was his way of hinting he had discovered it.  Harvey was also known to tell a tall tale now and then too.

If you have items of interest for this column, please get them to me by Monday for inclusion in that week's column.   Go Eagles.

June 12th Edition

^"8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things." Phillipians 4:8 KJV

Prayer list this week includes: Bill and Carol Ault, Kristy Russell, Wayne Sanders, Clifton Posey, and the family of James Clifton Sanders.

Birthdays this week include: Julie Trucks - June 11th.  Anniversary wishes to: Rachel and Henry Jones June 11th and Regine and Barry Huddleston - June 11th.

Several Macedonia teens attended Camp Beaverfork last week and had an excellent time.

The Aults suffered a car wreck a couple of weeks ago in Fordyce but are doing okay.  Cliff Posey also suffered an accident in Fordyce resulting in an injured shoulder.  Moral (I guess): don't drive in Fordyce.

Monday night we received around a half-inch of much needed rain, with about a quarter inch received one day last week.  We need much more.

The New Edinburg All School Reunion is scheduled for July 7th starting at 10am in the cafeteria of the West Saline Community Center.  Anyone who attended New Edinburg Schools, their families and faculty are invited to attend.  There will be potluck.  Contact Mrs. Frankie Hall for more details.

Mary Frey's store has a new roof.

If you absolutely need a kitten, I'm your man.

Items for this column should be gotten to me by Monday night for inclusion in that week's column.  Thanks to all who share things of interest; this column is especially popular with Eagles who live outside the state.    Go Eagles.