By Edna Liggin From Molly Liggin Rankin Who were the "relief girls"? What school had one session after another for 21 months? What was "Lickety Split"? What were head-marks? What community was know for its marble playing and who was the man there with the most expertise? In 1839, when Union Parish was carved … Continue reading Seventy-Five Years of Early Schools in Union Parish
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Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonJanuary 12, 2012 Last week was really a slow week for this little village. The Christmas trees came down and decorations were carefully stored away for another year. The weather was just beautiful and many of our folks were unable to enjoy it for there has been something going around - we just call … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonJanuary 5, 2012 Each of us has just ended the year 2011 filled with a spirit of being a better person in the year 2012 by remembering to make each day one in which we thing of others before ourselves. This has been a wonderful Christmas Season for the families of the Little Village … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonDecember 22, 2011 I can hardly believe that a whole year has passed in such a hurry and we will be celebrating Christmas, once again, this week. Each year we promise ourselves that next year will be different; we'll start early and not let this last week overwhelm us - well, we did it … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonDecember 8, 2011 The Christmas Season is in full swing in the Little Village of Spearsville with our trees up, red and green decorations everywhere, and Christmas cards from our friends are arriving daily to brighten our lives. This is a wonderful season - not just for the children, but for us older folks … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonDecember 1, 2011 This Thanksgiving season has been especially good for God blessed us with several inches of badly needed rain; our ground was so parched. We even had tomatoes to ripen on the vine and the turnip green just shot up. John Rhodes has spent a fortune watering, but it really paid off … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonNovember 10, 2011 We desperately need rain in our area. This morning I was taking an early walk and stepped over to look at Cush lake - the pond that use to be adjacent to our church - and there was not one drop of water in it; it is just a big, dry … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonNovember 3, 2011 This morning was a special blessing as I walked out into a beautiful crisp October day; then I remembered my granddaughter, Helen, attending college in the Berkshires of MA, who is waking up to two feet of and has to trudge uphill and downhill to get to class. My thoughts and … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonOctober 27, 2011 The citizens of Spearsville had a great week with picture perfect weather during the day and one or two little showers during the night or early mornings. Couple this with a successful election of a new mayor - Oda Rockett; it was great. Oda has always been a person of great … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonOctober 20, 2011 October has been picture perfect (except for no rain) with wonderful cool nights and mornings with warm days. Just right for all of these reunions. On Friday night, the class of 1951 met at Hollis' for a delicious meal and then on to the fellowship hall of Spearsville Baptist Church for … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Family Feud
Erin AntleyOctober 2, 2020 The Hatfields and McCoy’s are probably the most famous family feud of all time but they hardly have the market cornered on feudin’. In fact, in the late 1800’s, there commenced a spat between two families in Marion that spilled blood into the dirt streets and went on for several years. … Continue reading Family Feud
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonOctober 13, 2011 This weekend has been a busy, busy time for many of us; you could find a reunion to join in from several areas. The 1952 & 1959 ball team reunion was at the Little Yellow House on Sunday afternoon. Eddie Smith was able to come on Saturday due to his wife's … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonOctober 6, 2011 Last week I had a senior moment for I failed to send the last two paragraphs -- here goes, maybe I'll get it right this time. Shana, my daughter called to tell me that she had just attended Glenn Campbell's final sweep through the United States as he is now suffering … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonSeptember 29, 2011 Rocketts and folks with Rockett roots should mark your calendars - October 8th is the date for the annual reunion at Camp Creek Baptist Church. It is coming early this year and it will be easy to let it slip your mind. Our family always gets excited for our 1st cousins … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonSeptember 22, 2011 We got real excited about the possibility of rain this weekend; however, we only got a few drops here and there - not enough of Oz, our cat, to leave his sleeping spot in the middle of the backyard. Charles Sones came into church and asked if I knew what that … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
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Edna LigginThe Bernice News-Journal An interest is being shown by several Linville girls in books about the handicapped and underprivileged, especially the blind. The story of Helen Keller has been an inspiration for decades but new is Van Wyck Brooks "Sketch for a Portrait", excellent for young people. Other books that we have are "We … Continue reading Bookmobile Browse
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonSeptember 15, 2011 As we are thanking God for the blessing of a little rain this week, our prayers go out to the people who have experienced such devastation from Hurricane Irene and the flooding from Tropical Storm Lee. Travel has certainly been curtailed for the Labor Day weekend. Shana, my daughter, was unable … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
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Edna LigginThe Bernice News-JournalAugust 1, 1957 "Excuse My Dust" is the title of a book (by Partridge) as well as a slang expression. But "Excuse our dust" was a apology to make to our readers last week as we made our routes is a parish in need of rain, especially since we had to detour … Continue reading Bookmobile Browse
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonAugust 25, 2011 God sent one of His greatest summer blessings to us this week -- rain for our dry parched ground!!! Now if He can just see fit to send us temps that are not triple digits, that would be just great. Our kids that have started back to school need cooler weather … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonAugust 11, 2011 I don't know about you but all the talk around here is how hot it is. Never have we seen so many days above a hundred in June and July - now we are in August and there seems to be no let up. The only thing that does not seem … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
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Edna LigginThe Bernice News-Journal Do you need help canning, pickling or preserving? Do you need new stories, prayers, or handwork ideas for Vacation Bible School? Do you lack ideas for flower arrangements or a back yard patio? Are you a P.T.A. leader and want to serve to the best of your ability? Do you have … Continue reading Bookmobile Browse
Spearsvillle Happenings
Barbara WaltonAugust 4, 2011 We were blessed with two showers this past week; the grass took off and it has been hard to keep up with the mowing but that is ok with me. Even my flowers began to bloom again and everything looks so good. Let's hope the weatherman is wrong and we don't … Continue reading Spearsvillle Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonJuly 28, 2011 You may have noticed the high grass in the park last week. Mayor Pro-Tim Clement told Bobby Walton, who has been hired to the cut the grass, that he would have have to put this on hold as the village is not covering him under Workman's Compensation. And this would be … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonJuly 21, 2011 Good News!! Rain fell on our parched ground on Wednesday night and continued into Thursday; there was at least 2 inches or more and it sure make things perk up. Not only was this a blessing to us but I talked to Imogene Bennett this morning and she said that they … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
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Edna LigginThe Bernice News-Journal With the vast panorama of Civil War literature spread out before us, including books on the different leaders and battles, the generals, it is refreshing to fine one written from a new viewpoint such as "Brokenburn", the diary of Kate Stone Holmes. A sensitive, educated girl, living on the family plantation … Continue reading Bookmobile Browse
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Edna Liggin The Bernice News-Journal "Down with the old, up with the new," is a slogan that expresses the exciting activities at Bernice these Mondays as the high school moves into a wing of the new building and preparation begins to demolish the old one, where so many Bernice men and women spent so many … Continue reading Bookmobile Browse
The Murder Of John Cherry and The Tragedy of Billy Melton, Spearsville, LA
Erin Antley - For The Love of HistoryOctober 28, 2018 Those who have followed me in the past have heard tell of this dark convoluted tale of Union Parish past. I can honestly say that I have studied up one side and down the other and I have no real good explanation for why the … Continue reading The Murder Of John Cherry and The Tragedy of Billy Melton, Spearsville, LA
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonJuly 14, 2011 The Spearsville Volunteer Fire Department has responded to grass and woods fires for the past two Sundays. Both fires could have caused catastrophic damage had it not been for these men giving of their time and effort in service to this community and the surrounding communities. Few realize the need they … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonJuly 7, 2011 Today we celebrate The Fourth of July - the birth of our great nation. We celebrate with parades, fireworks, patriotic music, special religious services, cookouts, and family reunions. In our area it was the Henry Barron Family and the Risinger/Bennett Families. This date is especially important to the Barron Family as … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
The Murder of John Wadell Cherry
Erin AntleyAugust 9, 2013 Within the gates of the Spearsville cemetery lies the grave of John Wadell Cherry. Born 05/13/1845 and murdered in front of his own farm on 04/16/1884 by father and son, Perry and William Melton. The Melton’s apparently had a verbal argument on the morning of April 16. Cherry, a former Rebel … Continue reading The Murder of John Wadell Cherry
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