Pocahontas star herald., 1926-08-19
REECE RIDGE
e. A. Kerr,
County Agent.

Crops are looking good in this vicin-
| ity since the recent rains.
Well, the election is over and from
the results it looks as if there will be
practically new bunch at the head
of the affairs of our grand old county
the next two years. We only hope
that the boys will be as good at fulfill
! ing promises as they were in making
them. Anyway we believe they will
We believe in giving a fellow a chance.
Raymond Finney and family have
been visiting relatives in Kentucky
since our last report
Glen Westfall and family of south
western Texas were visiting his sister,
Mrs. e. J. Griggs, and family the past
week. They made the trip in brand
new sport model Dodge car.
Frank Sides is working at Poplar
Bluff ON the new gin being built there
by local interests.
Ben Linn of Old Burr, Mo-, drove
down Friday night after Cecil and
Jesse Creason. The boys mother, Mrs.
Henry Creason, who had been i'll for
some time, had suddenly taken serious
| ly i'll. We understand that she died
early Sunday morning. We are very
sorry to hear of her death Uncle
Henry and Aunt Matte were among
the oldest residents of the community
between Old Burr and Warm Springs,
having lived there many years.
John Tilley sold his Ford to Dan
Poor one day last week
Several neighbors and friends gath
cred at the home Of Fay johnson Sun
day and enjoyed a birthday dinner
given their son, Buster. -
Dan Griggs and family and Law
renee Dalton attended church at
Brakebill Saturday night and Sunday.
viii Smiths brother, Bud, from
Iowa made short visit with him Sat
urday evening. Bud had with him a
new wife, formerly Miss Brewer of
Walnut Ridge. They were en- route
to JObe, Mo-, to visit his father before
returning to Iowa.
Roe Marlett and family spent Sat
urdav night at the home of his broth
er, Dolphy.
Several from here have been attend
| ing church at the Christian church at
Reyno the past two weeks.
f. J. Griggs and family attended
the funeral of Aunt Matte CreasOn at
Warm Springs Sunday.
Riley Fowler of the Dilbeck neigh
borhood was selling peaches in this
community Monday.
Irwin Pyle and family left Tuesday
for Poplar Bluff to visit his brothers
there.
The government boat, Riverside" !"
which has been working its way up the
river for several days, passed back
down stream Monday.
Miss Paulene Flanagan of ReynO
is staying at the home of her aunt,
Mrs jess Bland, and attending school
here
Those interested in the construction
of the new Reyno-Maynard road by
this place would be glad to see the
work resumed so as to give il time to
settle before winter rains begin.
Now has come the slack time or idle
season of the year for many farmers.
especially Is this true of the cotton
farmers, many of whom consume the
profit of whole years labor at a time
when nothing is made in return. This
is an expensive habit and shows us
the beauty of diversified farming
wherein he would have Job chat
would give him employment and pay
during the whole year, if nothing more
than helping his good wife take care
of the kraut, picking and canning
business during this idle SPELL Even
the cotton raiser can do this to some
extent, more than many really do.