THE NASHVILLE HH HH Preserving SouthwestNews-LEADER Arkansas’s Heritage While Leading Through the 21st Century Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020 u Vol. 17, Issue 30 u 14 pages, 2 sections u 75¢ Poultry leader, Leader former senator Board dies at age 91 www.swarkansasnews.com By John R. Schirmer News-Leader staff OPINION 4A Neely Cassady of Nashville, Looking back a former state senator and pio- neer in the at a wet but Southwest historic day at Arkansas poultry Washington. industry, died Sat- urday, Jan. Applications 18, in Tex- arkana. He for utility help was 91. Funeral to be taken services The Central Arkansas were held Development Coun- Monday, cil has begun taking Jan. 20, at Neely Cassady applications for utility Immanuel assistance. Baptist Church of Nashville, Pike County -- 120 where Cassady served as a dea- E. Court, Murfreesboro; con, trustee, Sunday School Wednesday, Thursday, superintendent and teacher. (See Friday, 8-noon. obituary, page 2A.) Hempstead County Cassady was elected to the -- 200 S. Elm, Hope; News-Leader photo/LOUIE GRAVES Arkansas Senate in 1982. He ran Wednesday, 8:30 a.m.- AT BLADESMITH SCHOOL DEDICATION. Master bladesmith Jerry Fisk (right) of Nashville wore unopposed for re-election three noon. his trademark black cowboy hat and assisted Gov. Asa Hutchinson in the unveiling of the blade Fisk terms and served for 14 years. He The program will made for the occasion. was an advocate for agriculture operate as long as funds issues throughout his tenure in are available. For more the Senate. information call Todd An- Governor dedicates bladesmithing school Cassady’s role in the state’s derson, 501-315-1121. poultry industry began when on rainy afternoon at Historic Washington, he was a teenager. At age 18, Benefit for Cassady became the head of the unveils knife made by Nashville resident family’s chicken hatchery, feed The Call store and frozen food locker plant By Louie Graves “Arkansas #1,” a knife made and history on the blade made by when his father died. Several set Jan. 25 News-Leader staff by Nashville master bladesmith Fisk. The knife contains 1,836 lay- years later that business, Cas- “The Greatest Dance In possibly one of the most sig- Jerry Fisk for the occasion. Also ers of steel and depicts 25 shocks sady’s Hatchery, was merged Featuring Mom & Son” nificant days in the historic city of on hand for viewing was a Bowie of wheat. Arkansas was admitted with two other businesses to benefit for The Call of Washington, Ark., since the Civil knife thought to be the original to the Union in 1836, the 25th state. form Mountaire Poultry Co., Howard County will be War, several hundred persons knife made for James Bowie by The handle of the knife was made which is now part of Pilgrim’s. held Jan. 25 at Off The gathered Friday for an afternoon Washington blacksmith James of walnut from the tree that grows After selling his share of Beaten Path. of dedication events surrounding Black. It was brought from the beside the grave of James Black. Mountaire, he formed Cassady The event is set for the James Black School of Blade- Arkansas Territorial Restoration The governor was joined in Broiler Co. 6-8 p.m. and tickets smithing and Historic Trades. in Little Rock where it is normally the ceremony by figures from the In 1971, Cassady and Don Ty- are $50 for “mom and Gov. Asa Hutchinson formally displayed. son” and $25 for each dedicated the school and unveiled The governor noted the artistry See School • Page 5A See Cassady • Page 5A additional son. Formal or cocktail attire is re- quested. For more information, New reader contact Heath Brasel at [email protected] or by phone (870) 584-9698. of microfilm Barbecue at library A piece of equipment recently Bowl for 4-H installed at the public library in to be Feb. 1 Nashville will be a help to persons researching history or geneology. The Howard County A new, updated microfilm 4-H Foundation will reader was donated by the Mine conduct its annual 4-H Creek-Paraclifta Chapter of the Barbecue Bowl fund- Daughters of the American Revo- raiser Saturday, Feb. 1 lution, which received a $5,000 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 grant from the Arvest Foundation. p.m. or until meats are The organization then borrowed sold out. $2,000 to make the purchase. The Barbecue Bowl There are more than 120 micro- will be held beside the film rolls going back to the early Southwest Arkansas 1890s editions of the Nashville Radio Station on South News, in addition to U.S. Census Fourth Street in Nash- information. Files of the Nashville Members of the Mine Creek-Paraclifta chapter of DAR receive the grant ville, offering full slabs of DAR MICROFILM VIEWER. Leader and, now, the News-Leader check from Arvest’s Kelly Chambers. The microfilm reader is located at the library in Nashville. ribs for $25 and Cornish are also available. hens $5 each. The pages of the newspapers notes that results are far superior to System for Nashville. PO. Box 206 The Super Bowl are clearly displayed by the new the old scanner which was main- Persons who are interested in Nashville, AR 71852 game between Kansas equipment, and software enables tained at the library by the DAR contributing to the DAR to help With the new equipment, City and San Francisco the viewer to transfer the image chapter. with the purchase may send a events, characters, sports, crimes. will be played the next to a storage memory stick for later DAR members visited other donation to: marriages, obituaries, etc., of the day. printing by the researcher. The libraries with microfilm equipment Mine Creek-Paraclifta past 100+ years can by relived by Persons wishing to description of the new equipment before deciding on the Scan Pro DAR Chapter future generations. order meat for pickup can call the Howard County Extension Office at 845-7517. The barbe- cue will also be avail- Robotics able to purchase that day. Money raised will competition support 4-H educational programs in Howard County. set Saturday Jennifer Morrow is By John R. Schirmer 4-H Program Assistant News-Leader staff for Howard County. The second annual VEX Ro- botics competition will be held Inside the News-Leader Saturday, Jan. 25, at Scrapper Obituaries, 2A Arena. The event will begin at 10 Early Files, 3A a.m. and continue until 3:30-4 p.m. Opinion, 4A with a break for lunch, according Sports, 7A-8A to Nashville Junior High School robotics coach Brenda Galliher. Trends, B There is no admission charge. Classifieds, 7B “We invite people to come and see what robotics are doing,” Gal- liher said. Twenty-eight teams are regis- Courtesy photo/BRENDA GALLIHER Nashville Junior High robotics students will be among more than two dozen tered for the competition, includ- NJHS ROBOTICS TEAM. ing 15 middle school and 13 high teams competing in the VEX Robotics event Saturday, Jan. 25, at Scrapper Arena. The group includes school. “We have teams from Zion Wells, Kami Lewis, Kaitlyn Williams, Elijah Howell, Wilford Boyer, Hayden Davis, Katherine Monticello, to North Little Rock Chambers, Ace Nixon, James Mathis, Wyatt Hanney (behind) Ethan Cavanagh, Norberto Garcia, Adam Bostic, Austin McGilberry and Moises Hernandez. Brenda Galliher is the coach. See Robotics • Page 5A 2A Obituaries Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2020 Nashville News-Leader Obituaries low by the Rotary Club. He Bruce, Eric Bennett, Sarah welder for Supreme Fixture and enjoyed hunting, fish- wife Ashley of Mulberry and was presented a Lifetime Bennett Fox, Ryan O’Neal, Company. ing, camping, cooking and Callie Jane Busby of Kirby; Achievement Award by the Shaun O’Neal, Joy Green- He was preceded in death spending time outdoors, but one great-grandson, Jaxon Nashville Chamber of Com- wood Cannon, Willy Green- by his mother, Leslie Louise most of all, he cherished the Ty Shelton of De Queen; as merce and the Parker West- wood, Jonna Greenwood Jenkins Jones in 2017. time spent with his children well as, nieces, nephews, brook Award by the Howard Alexander, Jonathan Ben- Survivors include: his fa- and grandchildren. other relatives and a host of County Democratic Party. nett, Brittany Bennett Webb, ther, Calvin Eugene Jones, Sr. He was preceded in death friends. He was a member of Gide- Kourtney Bennett, and Whit- of Saratoga; a daughter, Kal- by his parents; two brothers, Funeral Services for Mr. ons International. ney Bennett Ray; 32 great- lie Louise Jones of Nashville; Leroy Cox and Dwayne Cox; Curtis Cox were held at 2 He was preceded in death grandchildren, and a num- two brothers, Shelby Jones of and one sister, Willie Jean p.m. Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020, in by his father, mother, and ber of nieces and nephews. Simer. Nashville, and Wesley Jones the Chandler Funeral Home stepmother; three brothers, Funeral services for Mrs. of Ashdown. He leaves to cherish his Floyd Cassady, Henry Cas- Bennett will be held at memory, his loving wife of Chapel with Bro. George A memorial service was Frachiseur officiating. Burial sady, and Harold Cassady; 2:00 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18, held at 4 p.m. on Friday, Jan. over 54 years, Donna Cox three sisters, Velma Cassady, 2020 in the Freewill Baptist of De Queen; one son, Keith followed in the Mt. Ida Cem- 17, 2020 at Nashville Funeral etery, under the direction of Dicie May Cassady Wood- Church in Newhope with Home with Joe Kelly officiat- Allen Busby and his wife Neely Edwin Cassady Chandler Funeral Home, De son, and Virginia Cassady Kevin Jewell and Raymond ing.