Today is Thursday. I visited with Charity Rolen at the Mountain Wave office. This is the first day of summer. Last Saturday I went to Harps. I visited with Mary and Kenny Davis there. I came home afterwards. I went to see Fanny Smith in Harrison. She is doing ok. We went to Wendy’s for lunch. We came home afterwards, and I went home that night.
I have been working in the garden a lot this week. I have tilled, hauled in manure and retiled, raked out Bermuda grass stems, roots and pieces. I planted 20 tomato plants, five pepper plants and 10 cabbages in the garden. Planted 2 tomatoes in the raised bed by the dog pen. Have gotten the barrier and mulch on the tomatoes. There are always things to do in the garden.
Greetings from Snowball! Wait! This week I mean greetings from Santa Rosa Beach in Florida! My kids have been asking to come to the beach for several years, so here we are! My cousin Karla is an avid beachgoer and blew my mind with all the potential locations we should look into; I suggested she just come with us! There’s currently ten of us here!
strike, and those who were simply unemployed. In Searcy County most of the strikers’ activities amounted to vandalism, such as sabotaging locomotives or burning bridges. In January 1923 someone cut the brakes lines on a train engine sitting under watch in Leslie. Later that same month a band of men torched a bridge north of town, but local citizens put out the fire before any real damage was done. Hallie Ormond remembered his father guarding the bridge at Rumley, drawing his pay as a night watchman armed with a shotgun to ensure the bridge’s safety. The KKK viewed the railroad as an integral part of the county’s infrastructure, as an important employer, and as a necessity to the local economy. They deemed it their duty to protect it, turning their wrath upon the labor movement in general and the strikers and those who sympathized with them in particular.
On Saturday, May 25 the Witts Springs community held their annual HillBilly Daze at the Witts Springs Community Center. This year marked the 37th year for this event. Pictured above are the winners of the turtle races. 1st Place was Kaleb Howerton, 2nd Place was Hallie Lee, and 3rd Place was Payton Norman.
July 15, 2024, 10:30 AM Searcy County Extension Office, 511 Zack Road Space limited--call to reserve a spot: 870-448-3981 .
The Searcy County Historical Society will meet Friday, June 28, at 7:00 pm, in the First Christian Church. The program will be given by Renee Rushing Carr who hosted the Stone County display at the 2024 Ancestor Fair.
Math Math is a powerful thing, unlocking the secrets of the universe through physics, chemistry, biology, hydrology and the list goes on. It deserves respect, awe, even. But I think it’s working against us here in Searcy County. We seem to be having a problem with decimals. So far in the past month, when the forecasters swore up and down we would get 2 inches of rain, and I got a measured 0.2 inches. It worked against my friend in Saline County in May, too.
Every Monday, From 9-? A service Officer from the VFW, American Legion, and Disabled Veteran will be at the Veteran’s Memorial Hall to help veterans with situations they need help with. .