43 Years Ago
The story of the contemporary rustic home of George and Carol Kennedy, built in 1979 by Wayne Kelso of Jonesboro, can be told by describing the variety of materials used to build it. The exterior is constructed exclusively of cypress wood from Mrs. Kennedy’s family farm, the E.R. Coleman farm located on the Black River. Inside, wood from the Colemans’ barns was used in the den, and ceiling beams in the basement feature hand-hewn wood over a century old salvaged from a farm in St. Louis. The downstairs paneling, Mrs. Kennedy said, used to house her families’ chickens, and the hard-to-find “pecky” wood used throughout the inside was gleaned from logs immersed in the farm’s slew for over 50 years. The kitchen floor is of Arkansas sandstone, and the seemingly round window is actually a square window with a round frame. The copper and brass kitchen ware are family heirlooms. The Kennedy home will be featured on the Junior Auxiliary’s Christmas tour of homes this weekend.
The Cave City 4-H Club met Monday night at the Cave City School.
President Dana Sullivan presided over the meeting. Billy Arie, vice president, led the pledges. Demonstrations were given by Carol St. John, Billy Arie and Irene Younger.
The group made yarn Christmas tree ornaments. Refreshments were served by Shay St. John and Leanda Weaver.
Three new members of the club are Stacie Crow, Denise Perkey and Shelley Perkey.
Stops for the White River Regional Library bookmobile on Dec. 8 include Bethesda Experiment Station, Moorefield Shopping Center, Sulphur Rock Grocery Store and Magness Youth Shelter.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kimble, owners of the credit bureau in Grenada, Miss., for 16 years, have purchased the Credit Bureau of Independence County from Mr. and Mrs. J.L. Marshall. The sale of the business, which will continue operation in Cooper’s Mini-Mall, was completed Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Terry Barnett have purchased Simpson’s Red and White Store at 18th and Porter from Mr. and Mrs. M.B. Simpson.
Changing the name to Barnett’s Red and White Store, the new owners announced the business will be continued substantially as it was under the Simpsons’ management, offering a variety of groceries and a market with fresh and cured meats along with a selected variety or products and household needs.
A delivery service at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. is offered in the city.
An old Pennsylvania law stipulates that you can’t kill a snake unless it bites you.
In the court records of Georgia is one case wherein a restaurant owner sued a murderer for depreciating the value of the eatery by killing the cook in the kitchen.
Blackbirds were so much of a nuisance in the Massachusetts Bay Colony that a law was passed there in 1667 which made it necessary for a man to turn in six dead blackbirds before he could take out a marriage license.
Japan has about as much land area as which of our states? Montana.
The Top 10 hit singles this week are: 1. “Lady” by Kenny Rogers; 2. “More Than I Can Say” by Leo Sayer; 3. “Another One Bites the Dust” by Queen; 4. “Woman in Love” by Barbra Streisand; 5. “Master Blaster” by Stevie Wonder; 6. “Starting Over” by John Lennon; 7. “Love on the Rocks” by Neil Diamond; 8. “Hungry Heart” by Bruce Springsteen; “I’m Coming Out” by Diana Ross; and 10, “Dreaming” by Cliff Richard.
The Batesville Junior and Senior High School Lady Pioneers will travel to Cabot Saturday to begin play in the Cabot Invitational Tournament while several other area teams will start the action in the Desha Invitational Tournament on the same day.
The Junior Lady Pioneers will play Oak Grove at noon and the Lady Pioneers will face Jacksonville at 2:30.
The Batesville boys will begin play in the tournament at Cabot on Wednesday. The Junior Pioneers will face the winner of the Lonoke-Mount Vernon game in a 5 o’clock confrontation. The Pioneers are slated to lock horns with Beebe at 6:15.
Evening Shade High School will be playing in the finals of both divisions in the Koshkonong Invitational Basketball Tournament tonight.
The Evening Shade girls’ team reached the final with a 58-30 victory over Eminence, Mo., Thursday night.
Sherry Qualls and Rita Spurlock combined for 51 points in leading Evening Shade to the victory. Qualls scored 30 points, including 12 in the final period.
It will mark the second year in a row the Evening Shade girls have reached the finals of the tournament. They will play Bakersfield, Mo., High School.
The Evening Shade boys will play the Koshkonong boys.
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