The Springdale news., 1913-03-21
JOHNSON

Mrs. Reyburn Peay returned last week from an extended visit with relatives and friends in Little Rock.
 Mrs. George Thompson Is still visiting at Pryor Creek, Okla, at the home of her sister, Mrs. John Holt
 Prof John Jones, of Greenland, was among the several visitors who were at the school doings Friday evening.
 Rev. NJ. A. Kerr returned yester- day from a pastoral visit to the Double Springs church. west of Fayetteville
 Some fancy chair and table mak- CTS are camped down on Clear Creek where they are making their wares out of the native wild willow bushes.
 One of the most enjoyable parts of the school program Friday was the splendid dinner served by the home folks there at the school house at noon.
 Frisco special agent Ras Neil was in Johnson few days ago looking 1 for some law breakers who had been damaging some railroad prop erty recently.
 George Grebe has moved from the Arm Late place to the old buildings on the Grandad Hearn farm where George has plenty of smooth land to cultivate this year.
 Bennett Maxey has his force of crate makers at work again this week on the last lot of the berry crates for use here this season. His car of material came in Sunday ev- ening and was unloaded yesterday.
 This is clear, bright day with a regular March wind sweeping up from the south A goodly bit of smoke sweeping over the hill tops denotes that forest fire is rag ! HIS aH ds oN'A III NAit D'5 '1SN.t' south of Clear Creek.
 Mrs George Lewis died near Sul- phur City Friday at the advanced age of S8 years. She was the moth- CT Of Aunt Lydia Johnson. Grandma Lewis used 10 visit out here often, but her age had kept her from mak- ing the journey in recent years.
 The heavy gales of wind last Friday wrecked the old windmill and tower al George Thompsons' home The storm blew the wind mill over on the roof of the kitchen, but the damage was not great as the pump had long been out of Use.
 Three cars of coal We're unloaded yesterday for the Clear Creek pump station which helps to keep Fay etteville town supplied with water. Bob Wilkinson is the lof al contract or who hauls the coal from the side track here to the pump station.
 Several berry growers are arfang- ing to begin putting out strawberry plants this week. Hal Crum intends to set acres, Bennett Maxey , acres, Will Basket , acres. Phil 1 lip MeGuire 12 acre.. Ben Johnson acres, Hanks & Mason , acres, be- sides others who have failed to re- port their acreage.
 We all appreciated John Vernon 5 letter in The News last week. as all those former Arkansas folks there near IneZ are mighty good people who have hosts of friends back here among the Ozarks where people grow all kinds of fruit, but very little of that milo maize our New Mexico Friends grow 90 abun- dantly
 Saturday was a real wintry day, as snow flafr5es kept coming along at intervals all day, while the mer- eury remained below freezing and the strong eold wind blew from tie northwest helped 10 make outdoor work very aisagreeable. There was no snow in sight sunday morning, and clear sky soon brought warm er weather
 X number of the home folks sere- naded Bob Wilkinson and Ben Johnson last Tuesday night with COW bells, pans and other noise makers Ben and Bob had finish ed moving that day Bob now lives in the square house down below the depot and Ben lives in the square house on the farm east of the school-house.
 Three students of the Johnson public school completed the eighth grade course and We're given di- plomas Friday They were Misses Nell Banks, Frankie Gardwen and Alma Steward There were six who finished the course of study for the alc friXaY