"For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:" --- Job 19:25
Happy birthday this week to: Morgan Searcy and Norma Thompson -
April 28, Jackie Shafer-Huddleston - May 1. Happy belated birthday to
Daisy Blackmon - April 23.
Lori Morgan Nichols, daughter of Larry Morgan, passed away April 25, so please remember her family in prayer.
Tully and Norma McCoy were visited last week by his niece Ruth
McCoy Barnett from Washington State. They took advantage of the decent
weather to give Ruth a good tour of the countryside and attractions.
Visitors to the New Edinburg Museum last week were: Norma McCoy, Martha
Cook, Ruth McCoy Barnett, Ollie Faye (Rice) Harris, Mongolia (Erwin)
Beck, Rex Trammell, Pam Trammell, Lyslie Trammell, and Barbie Trammell.
We had a great time and learned a lot from each other. Pam has saved
me an incredible amount of time on my cemetery research project by
providing me with a recent list of names and dates from Shady Grove...
871 graves, in case you're curious. Thanks to her for doing the hard
work there. The New Edinburg Museum is dedicated to preserving and
teaching local area history.
There will be a massive yard sale at the home of Jerry Langford on Mt. Elba Road starting May 1st and finishing up May 4.
Rex
and Pam Trammell will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on
Sunday, May 5 from 1-3pm at the New Edinburg Community Center.
If you have items of interest for this column... birthdays,
anniversaries, events, or whatever... then please send them to me before
Monday in order to get them in that week's column. Go Eagles.
Monday, April 29, 2013
Monday, April 22, 2013
April 22 Edition
"For the invisible things
of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood
by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so
that they are without excuse..." --- Romans 1:20 KJV
Birthday wishes: Kim Allen - April 22, Erwin Dyer - April 24, Cecil Sanders - April 26, Geraldine Sanders - April 27, Jeanette Thompson and Robert Dyer - April 27, Morgan Searcy and Norma Thompson - April 28.
There
will be a business meeting for the St. John Cemetery at Sweet Union
COGIC on Broughton Road on April 27 at 10:00 am to elect new officers
and discuss old business. Anyone with business or concerns with St.
John Cemetery is invited to attend.
If you have items of interest for this column, please feel free to share with me before Monday in order to get it in that week's paper. Go Eagles.
Birthday wishes: Kim Allen - April 22, Erwin Dyer - April 24, Cecil Sanders - April 26, Geraldine Sanders - April 27, Jeanette Thompson and Robert Dyer - April 27, Morgan Searcy and Norma Thompson - April 28.
Happy Anniversary: Bill and Judy Perry - April 24.
Homecoming is this coming Sunday at Macedonia Free Will Baptist
Church starting at 10:30am. There will be special singing in the
afternoon.
The New Edinburg Museum will be open this Saturday afternoon from noon until 4pm. It's located in the old school building. Please feel free to drop by; admission is free.
The New Edinburg Museum will be open this Saturday afternoon from noon until 4pm. It's located in the old school building. Please feel free to drop by; admission is free.
If you have items of interest for this column, please feel free to share with me before Monday in order to get it in that week's paper. Go Eagles.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
April 15 Edition
"11 And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. 12 The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light." -- Romans 8:11-12
Birthdays this week include: Johnnie Green & Ella Green April 15.
The Macedonia Free Will Baptist Church's annual homecoming is on April 28th at 10:30 am. They will have potluck lunch & special singing in the afternoon.
New Edinburg Fire Department responded to a log truck fire on the Tower Road Sunday afternoon.
There will be a business meeting for the St. John Cemetery at Sweet Union COGIC on Broughton Road on April 27 at 10:00 am to elect new officers and discuss old business. Anyone with business or concerns with St. John Cemetery is invited to attend.
If you have items of interest for this column, please feel free to share with me before Monday in order to get it in that week's paper. Go Eagles.
Birthdays this week include: Johnnie Green & Ella Green April 15.
The Macedonia Free Will Baptist Church's annual homecoming is on April 28th at 10:30 am. They will have potluck lunch & special singing in the afternoon.
New Edinburg Fire Department responded to a log truck fire on the Tower Road Sunday afternoon.
There will be a business meeting for the St. John Cemetery at Sweet Union COGIC on Broughton Road on April 27 at 10:00 am to elect new officers and discuss old business. Anyone with business or concerns with St. John Cemetery is invited to attend.
If you have items of interest for this column, please feel free to share with me before Monday in order to get it in that week's paper. Go Eagles.
Monday, April 8, 2013
April 8 Edition
"For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of
his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life." --- Roman 5:10
Birthdays this week: Tommy Green - April 10, Melinda Huddleston & Dustin Briant - April 12, Sheila Currier - April 13, Blake Spears and Bobbie Moseley - April 14.
Weekly rains are keeping the ground soft and the loggers idle. More heavy rains are expected here later this week.
I heard two... not one, but TWO whippoorwills last night, so Spring is officially here.
Some local history about the First Baptist Church courtesy of The Eagle Democrat, Wednesday, October 25, 1967: "The First Baptist Church of New Edinburg has a distinction of having been built and located in three counties without moving more than 100 yards and without ever crossing a county line.
At the time of the erection of the church, the town of New Edinburg was in Bradley County. Some years later, a new county was formed from parts of adjoining counties and New Edinburg and the Baptist Church found themselves in Dorsey County. Still later, the name of the county was changed, honoring President Grover Cleveland.
The church was organized almost 100 years ago in 1868 with Elders Solomon Gardner and John T. Craig consitituting the Presbytery. The church was in the Judson Baptist Association. After 1901, the church agreed that it could no longer see eye to eye on ecclesiastical matters with its present larger connection and joined the General Association, the American Baptist Association, and later the North American Baptist Association.
The first building was completed in September of 1869, after which the church adopted a resolution to the Methodist of the community expressing appreciation for being allowed to use the Methodist house of worship for its services for a season.
In early years, at almost every monthly conference, some-Brother or Sister was excluded from worship for some kind of unbecoming conduct: the men usually for imbibing too freely of alcoholic beverages and the women for "tipping light fantastic toe..." [Note: that's archaic language for dancing...]
In those days, revivals were popular, and one mighty one was conducted under the persuasive preaching of Rev. W. E. Penn in 1890. Results, fifty church additions and 122 professions of faith.
A new church was erected in 1936 and it was dedicated in 1937. The building, at the time of completions, consisted of an auditorium and six Sabbath School rooms. The Sunday School is first mentioned in church records of 1883. The church has had three buildings, the current one replacing one that was put up in 1890. This one replaced the orginal church structure. The middle building had an 84-foot steeple."
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Birthdays this week: Tommy Green - April 10, Melinda Huddleston & Dustin Briant - April 12, Sheila Currier - April 13, Blake Spears and Bobbie Moseley - April 14.
Weekly rains are keeping the ground soft and the loggers idle. More heavy rains are expected here later this week.
I heard two... not one, but TWO whippoorwills last night, so Spring is officially here.
Some local history about the First Baptist Church courtesy of The Eagle Democrat, Wednesday, October 25, 1967: "The First Baptist Church of New Edinburg has a distinction of having been built and located in three counties without moving more than 100 yards and without ever crossing a county line.
At the time of the erection of the church, the town of New Edinburg was in Bradley County. Some years later, a new county was formed from parts of adjoining counties and New Edinburg and the Baptist Church found themselves in Dorsey County. Still later, the name of the county was changed, honoring President Grover Cleveland.
The church was organized almost 100 years ago in 1868 with Elders Solomon Gardner and John T. Craig consitituting the Presbytery. The church was in the Judson Baptist Association. After 1901, the church agreed that it could no longer see eye to eye on ecclesiastical matters with its present larger connection and joined the General Association, the American Baptist Association, and later the North American Baptist Association.
The first building was completed in September of 1869, after which the church adopted a resolution to the Methodist of the community expressing appreciation for being allowed to use the Methodist house of worship for its services for a season.
In early years, at almost every monthly conference, some-Brother or Sister was excluded from worship for some kind of unbecoming conduct: the men usually for imbibing too freely of alcoholic beverages and the women for "tipping light fantastic toe..." [Note: that's archaic language for dancing...]
In those days, revivals were popular, and one mighty one was conducted under the persuasive preaching of Rev. W. E. Penn in 1890. Results, fifty church additions and 122 professions of faith.
A new church was erected in 1936 and it was dedicated in 1937. The building, at the time of completions, consisted of an auditorium and six Sabbath School rooms. The Sunday School is first mentioned in church records of 1883. The church has had three buildings, the current one replacing one that was put up in 1890. This one replaced the orginal church structure. The middle building had an 84-foot steeple."
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Tuesday, April 2, 2013
April 2 Edition
"5 And
he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he
said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.6 And
he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and
the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the
water of life freely.7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son." Revelation 21: 5-7
Prayer list this week includes: Nancy Clary
Birthdays this week include: Robert Boney - April 1, Brian Chancellor - April 5. Happy Anniversary to: Tammy & Don Pennington - April 4, Judy & Delbert Moring - April 5.
Macedonia Free Will Baptist Church started their Easter service at 10:30 this Sunday. They were fortunate to have several special songs. Brother Billy Wilson preached a wonderful service. "The message of Easter is that Jesus has risen!" (Colin Smith). "The entire plan for the future has its key in the resurrection". (Billy Graham).
New Edinburg First Baptist Church held Easter Sunrise services at 7am that day. Brother Tony Atkins preached the promise of all things being made new through the resurrection of Christ in Revelation 21:5. Afterwards, we enjoyed breakfast and fellowship.
The Encyclopedia of Arkansas lists three famous residents from our area: "Elisha Lawley McMurtrey was a lieutenant colonel in the Confederate army during the Civil War. He was involved in twenty-two battles and was elected to the Arkansas General Assembly in 1878. Kermit C. Moss served in World War II and received two bronze stars; he was also one of the guards for Madame Chiang Kai-shek. Paul “Bear” Bryant, the legendary University of Alabama football coach, was born and raised a few miles from New Edinburg."
Please feel free to share items of interest for this column before Monday. My phone is 870-250-9103 and my email is JamesCBoney@gmail.com This will appear on the internet at http://WeAreTheEagles.
Prayer list this week includes: Nancy Clary
Birthdays this week include: Robert Boney - April 1, Brian Chancellor - April 5. Happy Anniversary to: Tammy & Don Pennington - April 4, Judy & Delbert Moring - April 5.
Macedonia Free Will Baptist Church started their Easter service at 10:30 this Sunday. They were fortunate to have several special songs. Brother Billy Wilson preached a wonderful service. "The message of Easter is that Jesus has risen!" (Colin Smith). "The entire plan for the future has its key in the resurrection". (Billy Graham).
New Edinburg First Baptist Church held Easter Sunrise services at 7am that day. Brother Tony Atkins preached the promise of all things being made new through the resurrection of Christ in Revelation 21:5. Afterwards, we enjoyed breakfast and fellowship.
The Encyclopedia of Arkansas lists three famous residents from our area: "Elisha Lawley McMurtrey was a lieutenant colonel in the Confederate army during the Civil War. He was involved in twenty-two battles and was elected to the Arkansas General Assembly in 1878. Kermit C. Moss served in World War II and received two bronze stars; he was also one of the guards for Madame Chiang Kai-shek. Paul “Bear” Bryant, the legendary University of Alabama football coach, was born and raised a few miles from New Edinburg."
Please feel free to share items of interest for this column before Monday. My phone is 870-250-9103 and my email is JamesCBoney@gmail.com This will appear on the internet at http://WeAreTheEagles.
March 26 Edition
"Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his
compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your
faithfulness." --- Lamentations 3:22-23
Prayers for: Lori Nichols, Raymond Wagnon and the family of Leland Bryant.
Birthdays this week: Major McClellan - March 28.
I hope everyone has a great Easter this weekend.
First Missionary Baptist Church reports it will have sunrise services on March 31 at 7am. After services there will be fellowship with coffee and a light breakfast. All are welcome.
Grom the Eagle Democrat in 1939: "Since State Highway No. 8 between Warren and Fordyce has been constructed those who motor that way are usually impressed with two things at New Edinburg - the old tree which stands in the middle of the road in front of Attwood’s Store, and the number of comfortable homes which are covered with corrugated tin roofing.
We have a tendency to “cuss” the presence of the tree when the traffic is heavy, but when we think of those ten roofs topping those comfortable homes, there arises that boyish feeling, “Gee, wouldn’t it be great to go to sleep on an old fashioned feather bed while hearing the musical rain drops on that roof.”
For our purpose here, the tree and the tin-tops explain the character and sturdiness of the present New Edinburg. While modern highways have led other rural villages to fold up and pass away, this unusually progressive community has kept pace with the present, and continually moves forward. The tree
represents a sentimental connection with a great ancestry, the tin-roofs, the permanency with which the place was built."
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Prayers for: Lori Nichols, Raymond Wagnon and the family of Leland Bryant.
Birthdays this week: Major McClellan - March 28.
I hope everyone has a great Easter this weekend.
First Missionary Baptist Church reports it will have sunrise services on March 31 at 7am. After services there will be fellowship with coffee and a light breakfast. All are welcome.
Grom the Eagle Democrat in 1939: "Since State Highway No. 8 between Warren and Fordyce has been constructed those who motor that way are usually impressed with two things at New Edinburg - the old tree which stands in the middle of the road in front of Attwood’s Store, and the number of comfortable homes which are covered with corrugated tin roofing.
We have a tendency to “cuss” the presence of the tree when the traffic is heavy, but when we think of those ten roofs topping those comfortable homes, there arises that boyish feeling, “Gee, wouldn’t it be great to go to sleep on an old fashioned feather bed while hearing the musical rain drops on that roof.”
For our purpose here, the tree and the tin-tops explain the character and sturdiness of the present New Edinburg. While modern highways have led other rural villages to fold up and pass away, this unusually progressive community has kept pace with the present, and continually moves forward. The tree
represents a sentimental connection with a great ancestry, the tin-roofs, the permanency with which the place was built."
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March 19 Edition
"And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve
him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth
all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if
thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he
will cast thee off for ever." (I Chronicles 28:9 KJV)
Birthdays this week include: Jason Hall and Jerry Langford - March 20, Christine Thompson and David Harper - March 21, Melody Spears - March 23, Lila Benson - March 25.
Spring is here, officially, this week... though we have seen it for a couple of weeks now.
First Missionary Baptist Church reports it will have sunrise services on March 31 at 7am. After services there will be fellowship with coffee and a light breakfast. All are welcome.
Visitors to my home last weekend were: Meigs Brainard of Pine Bluff, Robert and Ruth Boney of Fordyce, Will Parham, and Clyde and Bobbie Moseley.
The New Edinburg Museum holds the complete muster rolls of all units of both sides that fought at Marks' Mills. Historical excerpts for this column are proving to be a big hit.
My phone number is 870-250-9103 if you have items you would like to see here. This column will appear on the internet at http://WeAreTheEagles.
Birthdays this week include: Jason Hall and Jerry Langford - March 20, Christine Thompson and David Harper - March 21, Melody Spears - March 23, Lila Benson - March 25.
Spring is here, officially, this week... though we have seen it for a couple of weeks now.
First Missionary Baptist Church reports it will have sunrise services on March 31 at 7am. After services there will be fellowship with coffee and a light breakfast. All are welcome.
Visitors to my home last weekend were: Meigs Brainard of Pine Bluff, Robert and Ruth Boney of Fordyce, Will Parham, and Clyde and Bobbie Moseley.
The New Edinburg Museum holds the complete muster rolls of all units of both sides that fought at Marks' Mills. Historical excerpts for this column are proving to be a big hit.
My phone number is 870-250-9103 if you have items you would like to see here. This column will appear on the internet at http://WeAreTheEagles.
March 11 Edition
“Know therefore that the Lord they God, he is God, the faithful God,
which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his
commandments to a thousand generations;” --- Deuteronomy 7:9
Birthdays this week: Dorothy Shepherd and Memory Sanders – March 11, James McIntyre Jr. - March 12, Joye Splawn – March 13, Sue Sanders – March 14, Jarrod Langford, James Herring and Jackie Harton – March 15, Tonya Sanders and Andrew Grider – March 17.
Robert Boney, my uncle, is doing better and visited me last Saturday. His heart stent problems stemmed from being allergic to the medicine provided for him and some dehydration. He's doing fine now. Norma McCoy, and not Martha as I mistakenly printed last week, is home from her knee rehab and is in excellent shape.
The New Edinburg Community Center will be having the band “Hwy 13” there to perform this March 16. Concessions will be sold. There will be no cover charge, but donations to help pay utilities and to help the band are appreciated.
Old phone met the floor once too often and broke... new phone bought with the number remaining the same. It's 870-250-9103 and please use it to share with me any events or news you would like to see in this column before any given Monday morning. If email is your scene, then contact me at JamesCBoney@gmail.com, on Facebook or hit me up me in person. This column will appear on the internet at http://WeAreTheEagles.
Birthdays this week: Dorothy Shepherd and Memory Sanders – March 11, James McIntyre Jr. - March 12, Joye Splawn – March 13, Sue Sanders – March 14, Jarrod Langford, James Herring and Jackie Harton – March 15, Tonya Sanders and Andrew Grider – March 17.
Robert Boney, my uncle, is doing better and visited me last Saturday. His heart stent problems stemmed from being allergic to the medicine provided for him and some dehydration. He's doing fine now. Norma McCoy, and not Martha as I mistakenly printed last week, is home from her knee rehab and is in excellent shape.
The New Edinburg Community Center will be having the band “Hwy 13” there to perform this March 16. Concessions will be sold. There will be no cover charge, but donations to help pay utilities and to help the band are appreciated.
Old phone met the floor once too often and broke... new phone bought with the number remaining the same. It's 870-250-9103 and please use it to share with me any events or news you would like to see in this column before any given Monday morning. If email is your scene, then contact me at JamesCBoney@gmail.com, on Facebook or hit me up me in person. This column will appear on the internet at http://WeAreTheEagles.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
March 5 Edition
"6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: 7 And
thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of
them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way,
and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up." -- Deuteronomy 6:6-7
Prayer list this week includes: Agnes McClellan and Robert Boney.Birthdays this week include: Angela Wagnon (March 4) Meta Wright (March 9) and Casey Cargile (March 11).
March is here, with Spring right around the corner, and it's really windy out there... as it should be.
The change to daylight savings time is this weekend, so be sure to set your clocks forward.
My uncle, Robert Boney, is having on and off complications from a stent put in last week but should be okay in time.
Mr. Tully McCoy reports Martha as still rehabilitating from a knee replacement but is doing well.
Here's a bit of local history, again from Goodspeed's History of Southern Arkansas: "Joseph J. T. Kendrick, merchant of New Edinburg, Ark. The degree of success which has been achieved by Mr. Kendrick since the establishment of his mercantile house, fully warrants the assertion that it is firmly established in public favor and has become a worthy representative of trade. He established his business in, 1872, and his trade has gradually but surely increased until it has assumed extensive proportions.
Mr. Kendrick was born in Franklin, Heard County, Ga., December 23, 1838, and is a son of Hezekiah and Nancy (Cook) Kendrick, natives respectively of Virginia and Georgia, who died in Calhoun County, Ark., the former's death occurring in 1853 at the age of sixty years, and the latter when about fifty five years of age. When a young man the father removed from the Old Dominion to Georgia, which State was his home until 1847, at which time he came to Calhoun County, Ark., and here made his permanent home. He was a successful farmer, and he and his wife were worthy members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and in his political views he was a Democrat.
Joseph J. T. Kendrick was the fifth of their six children; five sons and one daughter and his school days were spent at Chambersville, Calhoun County, Ark.
After he had reached manhood his parents passed from life, and he then commenced the battle of life for himself as a merchant's clerk at Hopeville, but in 1861 gave up this work to join the Confederate army, enlisting in the month of June in the Third Arkansas Cavalry, with which he remained until the close of the war, participating in the battles of Corinth, the celebrated retreat through Georgia, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge and Knoxville. He was taken prisoner near where the battle of Franklin was fought, but he was soon released.
After the war he began working at the tanner's trade in Calhoun County, continuing until the latter part of 1866, when he came to Cleveland County and tilled the soil until 1871. The following year, as above stated, he engaged in his present business, and the property he has accumulated has all been earned since the war:
He was married in 1868 to Miss Martha Vance, a daughter of J. J. Vance, of Bradley County (now Cleveland County), and their union has resulted in the birth of a daughter named Annie. Mrs. Kendrick is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and Mr. Kendrick is a Democrat in his political views, and has always supported the men and measures of that party."
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Monday, February 25, 2013
Feb. 25 Edition
"But sanctify the Lord God
in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that
asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear." -- 1st Peter 3:15
Prayer list this week includes: Agnes McClellan and Norma McCoy.
Happy Birthday to: Hayden Cathey - Feb. 22, Matt Cathey and Barbara Reaves - Feb. 25
Happy anniversary to Michael and Christi Russell (March 1).
"Come Morning", a motion picture shot locally by area residents Derrick Sims and Alaina (McClellan Sims) was screened at the Oxford Film Festival and won the Jury Award for Best Cinematography in Mississippi this Monday. Congratulations to the Sims for their success with their work.
Please feel free to share items of interest for this column: birthdays, anniversaries, events, historical items of note, pictures, or whatever you feel moved to send. Go Eagles.
Prayer list this week includes: Agnes McClellan and Norma McCoy.
Happy Birthday to: Hayden Cathey - Feb. 22, Matt Cathey and Barbara Reaves - Feb. 25
Happy anniversary to Michael and Christi Russell (March 1).
"Come Morning", a motion picture shot locally by area residents Derrick Sims and Alaina (McClellan Sims) was screened at the Oxford Film Festival and won the Jury Award for Best Cinematography in Mississippi this Monday. Congratulations to the Sims for their success with their work.
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Feb. 19 Edition
"Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. No man
hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us,
and his love is perfected in us." --- 1 John 4:11-12
Prayer list this week includes: Leonard McClellan, Agnes McClellan, Norma McCoy.
Birthdays this week include: Allison Jones Dallen and Diane Howard Langford - Feb. 18, Kay Moseley Simmons - Feb. 20. Happy belated birthday to Retha Jackson - Feb. 12.
Leonard McClellan had open heart surgery last week and is doing well. Norma McCoy had her other knee replaced Monday and is recovering. Agnes McClellan is in rehab in Warren and doing fine.
Monday night's violent storm brought a little over two inches to my place. Others report more.
Please feel free to share items of interest for this column: birthdays, anniversaries, events, historical items of note, pictures, or whatever you feel moved to send. Go Eagles.
Prayer list this week includes: Leonard McClellan, Agnes McClellan, Norma McCoy.
Birthdays this week include: Allison Jones Dallen and Diane Howard Langford - Feb. 18, Kay Moseley Simmons - Feb. 20. Happy belated birthday to Retha Jackson - Feb. 12.
Leonard McClellan had open heart surgery last week and is doing well. Norma McCoy had her other knee replaced Monday and is recovering. Agnes McClellan is in rehab in Warren and doing fine.
Monday night's violent storm brought a little over two inches to my place. Others report more.
Please feel free to share items of interest for this column: birthdays, anniversaries, events, historical items of note, pictures, or whatever you feel moved to send. Go Eagles.
Monday, February 11, 2013
Feb. 11 Edition
“Trust in the LORD with all your
heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways
acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.” --- Psalm 3:5-6
Birthdays this week include: Kim Dunn - Feb. 10, Rachel Jones and Floyd Leaks - Feb. 11, Jamie Rusell - Feb. 12.
Happy Anniversary to: Jerry and Frances Langford - Feb. 12 and Tully and Norma McCoy - Feb. 13.
Here we are in the final stretch of Winter with hopefully no bad weather to come before Spring arrives again. Few places are as beautiful in the Spring as New Edinburg, Arkansas, but maybe I'm slightly prejudiced about that.
There's very little going on this time of the year after the holidays, and the last two historical excerpts I've published have received a lot of positive reaction, so here's another. The older folks will remember this, and perhaps the younger folks will learn something from it.
In the early 1940s, before yearbooks were the thing, the senior high school produced a few issues of an in-house newspaper revolving around the school itself and their classmates who were at war. I have photocopies of three issues and one original issue. If you have any others, I'd love to have a chance to copy it for the museum archives. Here are some excerpts from the February 5, 1945 edition of The New Edinburg Eagle:
War dead: "Sgt. Burton Moseley, aged 29, of near New Edinburg, was killed in the crash of a B-24 (Liberator) bombing plane near the Muroc Army Air Base in California in January 1944. Marvin McCollough, Cleveland County's first World War II casualty, is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe McCollough of New Edinburg. He was reported missing by the Navy following the attack on Pearl Harbor. Cpl. Charles Irvin Martindale, 22, son of Mrs. Nettie Martindale of New Edinburg, was reported killed in action July 26, over Geelink Bay, New Guinea."
The more fortunate: "Pvt. Loyd King, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin King, has been reported wounded in action. Pfc. Charles Ballentine, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ballentine, of the Marines was wounded on Saipan. It is reported that he is improving. He is now in a hospital in California. Pvt. J. B. Bryant, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bryant, is in a hospital somewhere in France with frozen feet."
Marvin McCollough's younger brother, Henry, was my neighbor for many years and made a good effort to dissuade me from joining the military when I was of age. He repeatedly mentioned how he thought his brother's life had been thrown away and I guess he became sort of a pacifist because of that. It was understandable.
Please feel free to share items of interest for this column: birthdays, anniversaries, events, historical items of note, pictures, or whatever you feel moved to send. Go Eagles.
Birthdays this week include: Kim Dunn - Feb. 10, Rachel Jones and Floyd Leaks - Feb. 11, Jamie Rusell - Feb. 12.
Happy Anniversary to: Jerry and Frances Langford - Feb. 12 and Tully and Norma McCoy - Feb. 13.
Here we are in the final stretch of Winter with hopefully no bad weather to come before Spring arrives again. Few places are as beautiful in the Spring as New Edinburg, Arkansas, but maybe I'm slightly prejudiced about that.
There's very little going on this time of the year after the holidays, and the last two historical excerpts I've published have received a lot of positive reaction, so here's another. The older folks will remember this, and perhaps the younger folks will learn something from it.
In the early 1940s, before yearbooks were the thing, the senior high school produced a few issues of an in-house newspaper revolving around the school itself and their classmates who were at war. I have photocopies of three issues and one original issue. If you have any others, I'd love to have a chance to copy it for the museum archives. Here are some excerpts from the February 5, 1945 edition of The New Edinburg Eagle:
War dead: "Sgt. Burton Moseley, aged 29, of near New Edinburg, was killed in the crash of a B-24 (Liberator) bombing plane near the Muroc Army Air Base in California in January 1944. Marvin McCollough, Cleveland County's first World War II casualty, is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe McCollough of New Edinburg. He was reported missing by the Navy following the attack on Pearl Harbor. Cpl. Charles Irvin Martindale, 22, son of Mrs. Nettie Martindale of New Edinburg, was reported killed in action July 26, over Geelink Bay, New Guinea."
The more fortunate: "Pvt. Loyd King, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin King, has been reported wounded in action. Pfc. Charles Ballentine, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ballentine, of the Marines was wounded on Saipan. It is reported that he is improving. He is now in a hospital in California. Pvt. J. B. Bryant, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bryant, is in a hospital somewhere in France with frozen feet."
Marvin McCollough's younger brother, Henry, was my neighbor for many years and made a good effort to dissuade me from joining the military when I was of age. He repeatedly mentioned how he thought his brother's life had been thrown away and I guess he became sort of a pacifist because of that. It was understandable.
Please feel free to share items of interest for this column: birthdays, anniversaries, events, historical items of note, pictures, or whatever you feel moved to send. Go Eagles.
Monday, February 4, 2013
Feb. 4 Edition
"I will love thee, O Lord, my strength. The Lord
is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in
whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high
tower." --- Psalm 18:1-2 KJV
Birthdays this week include: Hannah Moring - Feb. 3, Paul Miller - Feb. 5, Chuck Brown - Feb. 8. Happy belated birthday to Jimmy Reaves - Jan. 20.
Happy anniversary to Keith and Becky (Morgan) Cheney - Feb. 4 and Floyd and Faye Leaks - Feb. 5.
In the 1880s and 1890s, Goodspeed Publishing Company of Chicago produced dozens of county history compilations covering many of the Southern and Midwestern states including Arkansas. In Goodspeed's History of Arkansas, Chapter 25, we find a detailed history of Cleveland County and its many settlers. As an example: "Evan P. Marks, merchant. Considering the fact that Mr. Marks began life for himself with little or no means to start on, his career has been more than ordinarily successful, and since 1869 he has been successfully engaged in merchandising.
He was born near where he now lives on July 27, 1839, and is a son of Hastings and Sivility (Powell) Marks, who were born in Georgia in 1795 and 1805, and died in Arkansas in 186 and 1873 respectively.
They were married in Georgia, and moved from there to Montgomery County, Ala., and thence to Union County, Ark., in 1836, being among the early agriculturists of that region, and the first family to locate near where New Edinburg now is. To them a family of ten children were born, four of whom are now living: John H: (a farmer of Calhoun County, Ark.), James N. (a farmer and surveyor of Cleveland County), George DI. (a farmer of the county), and Evan P. Those deceased are: Benjamin (who died when twenty-five years of age), Hastings (who died in Louisiana, while serving in the Confederate army), Eliza and Emma (who died young), Owen K. (in infancy), and Robert (who died when seventeen years of age).
Evan P. Marks, the immediate subject of this sketch, received his early education is Arkansas, but finished his literary education in Roanoke College, Salem, Va. In May, 1861, he left home and entered the Fifth Arkansas Infantry, Confederate States Army, Company C, and was soon promoted to sergeant-major of his regiment. In the fall of 1863 he was appointed adjutant of the Second Arkansas Cavalry, Trans -Mississippi Department, and in this capacity served until the close of the war, having taken part in the engagements at Perryville, Murfreesboro, and was in the engagements of the Missouri raid.
He was neither wounded nor captured during his entire service, and in his own words, lie was the most fortunate man in the service. For four years after the close of the war he was engaged in farming, but in 1869 engaged in merchandising at New Edinburg, and this calling has received his attention up to the present time. He is associated in business with a Mr. At wood, and they do the most extensive business of any firm in the county, and are safe, reliable men of business. They are devoted to their work, and this, together with their large and select stock of goods, which they sell at reasonable rates, has contributed largely to their success.
Mr. Marks is a Democrat, and is 1874 was elected on this ticket to the office of county clerk, the duties of which he discharged in a very efficient manner. February 23, 1865, he was married to Miss Mattie H. Thornton, a daughter of William S. Thornton, of Calhoun County. She was born in Chambers County, Ala., December 26, 1844, and has borne 'Mr. Marks the following children: Em ma (wife of William D. Atwood, the business partner of Mr. Marks). Gertrude (at home), Effie, Ions and Myrtle. Mr. Marks is not a member of any church, but it may be truly said of him that in every walk of life has been upright and honorable."
The Cleveland County Herald, 24 Feb 1898, finishes his tale with his obituary as follows: "HON. E.P. MARKS. New Edinburgh, Ark., Feb. 15th, 1898.--Mr. Evan P. Marks died of heart disease at the Clements hotel last Saturday afternoon. His death was very sudden and was a great shock to the community.
Mr. Marks came to his store as usual Saturday morning, but complained of not feeling well. At about 10 o'clock he was seized with severe pains and started home, but was unable to go farther than the hotel. He was put to bed, a doctor was summoned and every available means was used to relieve the stricken man but to no effect. At about 2 o'clock he passed quietly away. For these many years he had lived and labored with and for his people, but God put forth his hand and the pendulum of life ceased to vibrate and E.P. Marks passed from the walks of men to that beyond the grave.
The deceased has served his country as a soldier, as a public officer, and as a private citizen. As a soldier, he followed the banner of the Lost Cause for four years, being at the end captain of his company; as a public officer, he served as legislator, county and circuit clerk, and lastly as a member of the Board of State Charitable Institutions. In every capacity of life he served with distinguished ability. He was a man whom his people delighted to honor and was often solicited to be a candidate for office, but he persistently declined and only accepted a public trust from a sense of public duty.
He leaves a wife and five daughters, three of whom are married, to mourn his loss, and his death is a sad shock to them. But the loss is not confined to his family. While we bow in sympathy with those who were nearest to him, the community feels a deep sense of loss. The remains were interred at the cemetery Monday afternoon in the presence of the largest assembly of people who ever attended a funeral at this place. All business was suspended and everybody joined in doing honor to him who had been a honor to them."
Note the spelling of New Edinburg. When I read this obituary, many years ago, I wondered what he was doing near the hotel when his home was, in fact, the opposite direction. It was some time later I was informed that a stable and corral was once located across the street from the hotel, and guessed he probably had a horse or trap waiting there. You and I are but the latest actors in the long running soap opera known as New Edinburg.
If you have news or other items you would like to see here, please get them to me before Monday for inclusion in that week's column. This column will appear on the internet at http://WeAreTheEagles.
Birthdays this week include: Hannah Moring - Feb. 3, Paul Miller - Feb. 5, Chuck Brown - Feb. 8. Happy belated birthday to Jimmy Reaves - Jan. 20.
Happy anniversary to Keith and Becky (Morgan) Cheney - Feb. 4 and Floyd and Faye Leaks - Feb. 5.
In the 1880s and 1890s, Goodspeed Publishing Company of Chicago produced dozens of county history compilations covering many of the Southern and Midwestern states including Arkansas. In Goodspeed's History of Arkansas, Chapter 25, we find a detailed history of Cleveland County and its many settlers. As an example: "Evan P. Marks, merchant. Considering the fact that Mr. Marks began life for himself with little or no means to start on, his career has been more than ordinarily successful, and since 1869 he has been successfully engaged in merchandising.
He was born near where he now lives on July 27, 1839, and is a son of Hastings and Sivility (Powell) Marks, who were born in Georgia in 1795 and 1805, and died in Arkansas in 186 and 1873 respectively.
They were married in Georgia, and moved from there to Montgomery County, Ala., and thence to Union County, Ark., in 1836, being among the early agriculturists of that region, and the first family to locate near where New Edinburg now is. To them a family of ten children were born, four of whom are now living: John H: (a farmer of Calhoun County, Ark.), James N. (a farmer and surveyor of Cleveland County), George DI. (a farmer of the county), and Evan P. Those deceased are: Benjamin (who died when twenty-five years of age), Hastings (who died in Louisiana, while serving in the Confederate army), Eliza and Emma (who died young), Owen K. (in infancy), and Robert (who died when seventeen years of age).
Evan P. Marks, the immediate subject of this sketch, received his early education is Arkansas, but finished his literary education in Roanoke College, Salem, Va. In May, 1861, he left home and entered the Fifth Arkansas Infantry, Confederate States Army, Company C, and was soon promoted to sergeant-major of his regiment. In the fall of 1863 he was appointed adjutant of the Second Arkansas Cavalry, Trans -Mississippi Department, and in this capacity served until the close of the war, having taken part in the engagements at Perryville, Murfreesboro, and was in the engagements of the Missouri raid.
He was neither wounded nor captured during his entire service, and in his own words, lie was the most fortunate man in the service. For four years after the close of the war he was engaged in farming, but in 1869 engaged in merchandising at New Edinburg, and this calling has received his attention up to the present time. He is associated in business with a Mr. At wood, and they do the most extensive business of any firm in the county, and are safe, reliable men of business. They are devoted to their work, and this, together with their large and select stock of goods, which they sell at reasonable rates, has contributed largely to their success.
Mr. Marks is a Democrat, and is 1874 was elected on this ticket to the office of county clerk, the duties of which he discharged in a very efficient manner. February 23, 1865, he was married to Miss Mattie H. Thornton, a daughter of William S. Thornton, of Calhoun County. She was born in Chambers County, Ala., December 26, 1844, and has borne 'Mr. Marks the following children: Em ma (wife of William D. Atwood, the business partner of Mr. Marks). Gertrude (at home), Effie, Ions and Myrtle. Mr. Marks is not a member of any church, but it may be truly said of him that in every walk of life has been upright and honorable."
The Cleveland County Herald, 24 Feb 1898, finishes his tale with his obituary as follows: "HON. E.P. MARKS. New Edinburgh, Ark., Feb. 15th, 1898.--Mr. Evan P. Marks died of heart disease at the Clements hotel last Saturday afternoon. His death was very sudden and was a great shock to the community.
Mr. Marks came to his store as usual Saturday morning, but complained of not feeling well. At about 10 o'clock he was seized with severe pains and started home, but was unable to go farther than the hotel. He was put to bed, a doctor was summoned and every available means was used to relieve the stricken man but to no effect. At about 2 o'clock he passed quietly away. For these many years he had lived and labored with and for his people, but God put forth his hand and the pendulum of life ceased to vibrate and E.P. Marks passed from the walks of men to that beyond the grave.
The deceased has served his country as a soldier, as a public officer, and as a private citizen. As a soldier, he followed the banner of the Lost Cause for four years, being at the end captain of his company; as a public officer, he served as legislator, county and circuit clerk, and lastly as a member of the Board of State Charitable Institutions. In every capacity of life he served with distinguished ability. He was a man whom his people delighted to honor and was often solicited to be a candidate for office, but he persistently declined and only accepted a public trust from a sense of public duty.
He leaves a wife and five daughters, three of whom are married, to mourn his loss, and his death is a sad shock to them. But the loss is not confined to his family. While we bow in sympathy with those who were nearest to him, the community feels a deep sense of loss. The remains were interred at the cemetery Monday afternoon in the presence of the largest assembly of people who ever attended a funeral at this place. All business was suspended and everybody joined in doing honor to him who had been a honor to them."
Note the spelling of New Edinburg. When I read this obituary, many years ago, I wondered what he was doing near the hotel when his home was, in fact, the opposite direction. It was some time later I was informed that a stable and corral was once located across the street from the hotel, and guessed he probably had a horse or trap waiting there. You and I are but the latest actors in the long running soap opera known as New Edinburg.
If you have news or other items you would like to see here, please get them to me before Monday for inclusion in that week's column. This column will appear on the internet at http://WeAreTheEagles.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Jan. 22 Edition
“A great fear swept the crowd, and they exclaimed with
praises to God, “A mighty prophet has arisen among us,” and “we have seen the
hand of God at work today!” - Luke 7:16 Living Bible
Birthdays this week include: Drew Talley - Jan. 20, Martha Cook and Angie Clements - Jan. 21, Stacy Thompson – Jan. 23, and
Carol Ault – Jan. 26.
Hello again, my gentle readers, fans, critics and
admirers. I hope everyone is making it
through this reasonably nice winter so far.
January is almost over, leaving us February to go before Spring arrives.
Copper thieves strike last week on the Frey Road taking
almost a mile of electrical wire leading out to the Frey farm.
I reprint here a press release given to local papers by the
late Mrs. Maury Watkins, beloved Home Ec teacher at New Edinburg High School in
1971: “The New Edinburg Chapter Future Home Makers of America honored their
mothers with the Mother-Daughter Banquet on March 12 at 7 o'clock in the
evening at the school cafetorium.
The theme of the banquet was “Salute to America.” The
decorations for the lovely even focused on the backdrop of the United States
Capitol, the American Eagle and columns topped with eagles. The walls were covered with Americana scenes
of eagles, the Statue of Liberty, Liberty Hall, Mt. Rushmore, space scenes,
patriotic shields, and American flags.
Red, white and blue streamers pointed out the traditional mirror ball
reflecting tables decorated with red, white and blue streamers along the tables
along which were placed Uncle Sam hats and moon balls featuring American flags
and astronaut footprints. Flags in nut
cups and an arrangement of red and white carnations completed the setting.
Phyllis Moring was the Mistress of Ceremonies and is
President of the FHA chapter. The
invocation was given by Joyce McCallister. The welcome was given by Theresa
Burnett followed by the response by Mrs. Herbert Moring.
Lisa Watkins, Laura Clark, and Janet Crouch of Warren sang
“Which Way America,” “Dixie,” and the “Battle Hymn of the Republic” accompanied
by Mr. Joe Daniel.
Becky Pennington gave Red Skelton's Pledge of Allegiance.
David Hunt, a special guest from Conway, sang folk melodies which were a
highlight of the evening. “I Am America” was read by Deborah Parker. The
waitresses sang a medley of military branch songs, “You’re A Grand Old Flag,”
and the flippant “Yankee Doodle.”
The guest speaker, Major Hershal Grober, U.S. Army, talked
and sang some of the songs he had written about America and talked about his
experiences in Vietnam. This was a
thought-provoking and moving contribution to a pleasant evening.
The Waitresses were Janis Briant, Clara Dupree, Kay
Langford, Debbie Martin, Anita McManus, Lynette Parker, and Vickie Parrott.”
This is one example of the extra-curricular programs held at
NEHS at its high point in the 1970s and typical of the pleasant experiences we
enjoyed at students there. This report
comes from the NEHS-FHA chapter scrapbook covering the years 1962-1971 which
was donated to the New Edinburg Museum by the late Mrs. Maury Watkins by way of
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Brown. It and many
other archived items of school and town history can be found at the museum
which is located in the old school building. The museum will be open this
Saturday afternoon from noon until 4pm and admission is free. Please feel free to drop by and learn
something and let me learn something from you. History is forever.
If you have items of interest for this column... birthdays,
anniversaries, announcements or whatnot, please get them to me before Monday in
order for them to make that week's column. God bless and Go Eagles.
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