White County Heritage Index, White County Time Machine
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Page 1 of 15 Index of Heritage Publications by White County Historical Society From 1963 to 2016 Paul V. Isbell-May 14,2017 [For Sale for $10 per copy of the Yearly Volume or Article at our office, or $10 plus postage for mail orders:] You can contact us on the square in Searcy, or call 501-278-5010, or email at wchs1962.gmail.com. Or mail to P. O. Box 537 Searcy, Ark. 72145 [By Year of Publication:] 2000 White County Heritage From Georgetown to Jupiter: a 90-year-old teacher recalls a special student who rose above the Depression and reached for the stars; Orphan of the Storm: the 1903 tornado took Paul King’s entire family; agriculture pioneering Lambert family, Civil War Calendar, Silers and McCauleys, the infamous Tonsil Clinic, cemetery updates on the Internet, and more. 100 pages. 2001 White County Heritage Lonnie Glosson the Talking Harmonica Man, WWII Prisoner of War, Civil War at Center Hill, Floyd’s Tar Heel Confederate, West Point Civil War Memories, White County Roots, cemetery updates on the Internet, and more. 100 pages, 2002 White County Heritage The Lost Black History of White County, Doc Rayburn’s 11-year-old Civil War Raider, Piker Letters From Bradford, Turleyfarm at Bald Knob, What Happened in the Titan II Missile Silo, plus hunting, fishing and trapping stories from long ago. 100 pages, 2003 White County Heritage History of Armstrong Springs Resort, Armstrong Springs Schoolhouse, Birth and Death of Morris School for Boys, Growing Up at Crosby in the 1940s, Poor John and the Fleas, History of May Bus Line, Georgetown Bridge, Miss B Was a Patriot, genealogical information and other stories. 100 pages, 2004 White County Heritage White County Cartoonist George Fisher, Beebe Sports Star Gaylon Smith, Kensett Mosquitoes Chase Henderson Pioneers to Pangburn, Lost Dreams at Devil’s Tea Table, Story of an old Muzzle Loader, Snake -Tales, Growing Up in Smyrna, Mary Armstrong Diaries and other stories. 100 pages Page 2 of 15 2005 White County Heritage The McDonalds at Russell in 1898, Curtis' Civil War Challenge-Pangburn Ladies Aid Society, Bob Palmer's B-17 Memories, Walker School 1929-30, Song Writer Luther G. Presley, Searcy Memories, Rose Bud Cotton Gins, Last Days of the Busche Brothers, Morris School Memories, Kentucky Valley, Pappy Gunn and other stories. 100 pages. 2006 Volume XLIV Beasts outside my Window by J. Allen Whitt .................................................... 7 Murder in the Pleasant Grove Church by Coy R. Benton ................................. 11 A Rough Start at Griff in 1932 by Homer Fulbright ......................................... 19 Silas Cox Never Made It Home by Marianne S. Welch .................................... 27 Big News in Small Towns of 1930 by Venson M. Henderson ......................... 29 Judsonia Blacksmith Built a Car in 1908 ........................................................ 33 The Jowers of Judsonia by Shirley A. Finch Hughes ...................................... 37 Judson University ............................................................................................ 42 Hard Times on A Railroad Gang by Marion M. Noble ...................................... 43 Injustice by Kitty Shook .................................................................................. 53 The Silent Christmas of 1926 by Adele Meacham Wood ................................. 54 Remembering the Early Days of Clay by Glen Majors ..................................... 55 William Doyle Married Three Sisters by Dean A. Doyle ................................... 57 Sweet Memories of Honey Hill by Mary Russell Collins .................................. 61 People Were Like Squirrels by Lequeita Booker Dicks ................................... 66 The Old Pillowcase by Marylin Martin ............................................................. 69 Memories of Mr. Radio by Raymond W. Toler .................................................. 72 Following in Gerstaecker’s Footsteps by Heber Taylor .................................. 75 Drake Spur 1914-15 by Leister Presley ........................................................... 77 White County Paupers Farm by Martha Harris Poplin ..................................... 82 Edd Fox and His Air Conditioner by James W. Fuller ...................................... 84 Recording Cemeteries as Archeological Sites by Scott Akridge .................... 85 Brewer-Holloway Roots at Dogwood by Wayland Holloway ........................... 87 Little-Known Medal of Honor Winner by Gray Telford ..................................... 90 The Clarks of Bald Know by Alvis E. Clark ...................................................... 92 Christmas Fog by James W. Fuller ................................................................ 100 2007 Volume XLV Strawberry Hayday by Paul E. Miller ................................................................. 7 Strawberry Boom, Box Bonanza by Paul E. Miller ........................................... 11 Strawberry Growers by Paul E. Miller ............................................................. 13 Where the Strawberry West by Paul E. Miller .................................................. 14 150 Years of Newspapers by Michael Bruce Dougan ..................................... 15 1929 White County Citizen .............................................................................. 22 The Great Train Robbery of 1893 by Ray Rains .............................................. 27 Only 25 Witness Triple Hanging ..................................................................... 31 Page 3 of 15 Civil War Train Wreck by Norman L Ezell ........................................................ 32 The M&NA Moving Van By Leon Van Patten ................................................... 35 Railroad Ransom - History of Searcy RR by Bill Pollard ................................. 36 Back to Pearl Harbor by Linda S. Caillouett ................................................... 79 1875 Sliter Letters From Bradford by Judith K .Keller ................................... 82 Searching for Snooky by Margaret Ross ......................................................... 86 White County Cattle Drives by Heber Taylor ................................................... 87 The Rose Bud Town Spring by Milton Davis May ............................................ 89 Teaching in the Heel & Head at West Point by Honmer Fulbright .................. 92 Hymns For Senior Citizens .............................................................................. 93 Autobiography of a 1927 Pangburn Senior by Herchel Faulkner .................... 94 2008 Volume XLVI Old Railroad Car Underwent Many Changes by Jim Wakefield ......................... 7 Teaching at White Oak by Homer Fulbright .................................................... 10 Stuart Coffey—Barber, Fighter, Storyteller by Ann Henry ............................... 13 Let’s Mark Our Historic Sites by Scott Akridge .............................................. 16 Red Cross Poster Girl by Janis Cantwell ........................................................ 17 The Soldier from Marsh mountain by James Wesley March ........................... 19 Cousin Howard Marsh’s Story ......................................................................... 30 A House on Marsh Mountain by Glenda Marsh Williams ................................. 32 Appreciating My Mother by Raymond W. Toler, Jr. ......................................... 32 The Harbors at Bald Knob Lake by Robert Adair ............................................ 33 Miss Frona, Voice of Judsonia by W. E. Orr .................................................... 36 Shew and Monday, Judsonia Blavksmiths-1915 photo ................................... 37 A Benefactor for Bullock Cemetery by Cheryl Shaver .................................... 38 The Amazing Adams Brothers by Richard O. White ........................................ 39 How a Beebe Business Survived the Depression by R. V. Powell .................. 44 Memories of the Tom King Family by Thomas B. King, Jr. ............................. 47 Elywon’s Excellent Adventures by Shirley Finch Hughes ............................... 51 Rose Bud’s Mystery Rock ................................................................................ 55 Isaacs Family at Hopewell Church by Milton Davis May ................................ 57 We Was Brought Up To Work in the Fields by Ann Henry ............................... 62 The 1936-37 Time Capsule Leon Van Patten .................................................. 65 1936 Searcy High Student Newspapers Leon Van Patten .............................. 67 Old Landmarks of Searcy by E. H. Brown ........................................................ 77 Dog Days of Searcy by Perrin Jones ............................................................... 84 Searcy Dream Homes of 1914 by Jeanne Mytton ........................................... 85 More on the Searcy Branch RR by Raymond W. Toler Jr. ............................... 90 Dime at a Time by Peggy Ann Boggs............................................................... 92 Searcy High School Class of 1954 photo Anita Hart Fuller ............................ 94 French Town Honors Soldier from Searcy by Sherry snow ............................. 95 Page 4 of 15 Christmas at the Gravel Hill Country Store by Dr. Calvin C. Turpin .............. 100 2009 Volume XLVII Romance’s Artist in Overalls by Kristy Pollary ................................................. 7 Dr. Munce’s History