Bearden High School - Bear Echo Yearbook (Bearden, AR)

Text from Pages 1 - 312 of the 1949 volume:

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I ' 1: 11 - .... ...... 2 39 1 1 YI, 1 r ' . ............. 254 ' 1' ' , ' ' ' 1 ' ' .. ......... 2 71 C ' ' , ......... .............. i 300 M , ,, ' 1111111 FOREWORD from Tl1e hd1tor5 ltsterday lb merely a dream an Tomorrow lb only a v151on loday lb the only reallty ll no record lb wr1tte11 today then lllbltlfy b9COlIlQb a dream and can be lost fo1ever -XIll9I'lLd.IlS by the thou5and5 travel around the world to v1ew the agele55 no11ument5 of the past Wlll1Q Amerlca s own pa5t15 50 clo5s to our hee 15 we have pa1d l1ttle attent1on to monuments our foreiathers lllllll, or to tl1o5e we our5e1we5 are bulldtng Too often we have 5quandered our Her1tage we have torn dow11 and replactd we have d15carded the yellowmg pages of our old dldfleb and we do11t take tlITl9 to f1l1 out the fam1ly record pages 111 the Blble o otht rs We haw tome to look lorthe NDN rather than the BETTER Most ot u5 forget that what lb happenmg today lS the re5ult of what people have done lll the past ll you the reader of th15 l1tt1e book have knowledge of b1ts of 1nformat1on about your fam1ly or commun1t, that could be madea part ot a 51m1lar 155ue Cand we do hope there w1l1 be othersl please let 1t be added for the benef1t of the generat1on5 to follow Perhaps more people than we know are 1nak1ng attempts to DIGCE together the fragment5 of a fam1ly 5 record, or to trace the growth and lllSlOI'j of a communlty Also 1t 5 here we would ltke to apologlze for any om1s51ons of names and deeds of those responslble for 5hap1ng our Commumty It 1ya5 not 1ntent1onal We have tr1ed to u5e all or part of each con tr1but1on that reached u5 . Our alm IS 51mp1e To br1ng together the facts and memor1es of our commun1ty5 pa5t lil commemor-at1on of our natlon s O0th b1rthday We hope you enjoy the f011OW1l'lg pages ' lt' - v ' ' 1 - uf ' d fy , , Y ' . 1 '. ' I -,I , Y .4 . , 1 , ' , X ' ' I T . f . , v r I 1 ' ' 5 A , 1 - ' A . We raw-I our Own out-ot'4iate objects and buy the antiques f 3 ', ' 'f ' , Q .' ' ' ' v V 4 I I - 1 . , , . y 1 4 I A V ,V P 4 ' 4 1 ' V7 - . V, 4 I 4 . . . , L4 SALUTE TO OUR NEIGHBOR GOVERNORDAVID PRYOR Thlrd governor from Ouachxta County Others were the late G W Hays and Ben Laney Gove rnor Dav1d Hampton Pryor was born August 79 1934 m Camden, Arkansas H1s father W11l1am Edgar Pryor, was Cheverolet Dealer xn Camden for many years and served two terms H1 the Ouachlta County Sherxffs Off1ce Hxs mother Susle Newton Pryor was from an old OU2.Ch1tH County famlly whxch had been actlve III polxtxcs uated w1th a law degree from the Umverslty of Arkansas at Fayette vxlle establ1shed a newspaper The Ouachxta C1t1zen at Camden and practlced law there for several years before movmg to Washlngton to flIllSh out the un explred term of Congressman Oren Harrls After servlng two full terms as representatlve from the 4th dxstrxct he ran for a seat lil the senate but was defeated by John L McClellan He was elected governor of Arkansas where he has served two years and IS the democratlc candldate on th1s year s slate fora second term He IS an act1ve member of the Presbyterlan Church , - . .l ' . , Y ' - 7 I .y 4 I ' I . , A A , . . , 1 David Pryor served several terms in Arkansas legislature, grad- WTQWE ? 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NNW M ,W + 1 A ' ' 'WWA About the Cover Tht bandstand ln the c1ty park has been an attrattton 1n Bearden tor 10 years Bullt m l9'6 tlns Lilldllllflx and well prtst rvtd str-uc ture has be n the scene ol many notables llllllldlllg Gov Wlnthrop Rocketelltr lt was restored tlns year by Mr John Fd Anthony as 1t marked tts 10 anntversary The bandstand wts butlt soon after tht band vas organlzed under sponsorshlp of Roy Martln It serves many usttul tunctmns mtludulg the CllOltt location ot the towns Chrlstmas tach year lt has also been the subyt fl for many pa1nt1ngs and 15 one of the few such paw 1ll1ons st1ll PXISY BEARDEN HIGH SCHOOL BAND ln l9'6 shortly after the band was organlzed ttgalned w1de at ten'xon and began performtng for Confederate soldters reunxons So great was the demand for thelr performance that the group also played at many outstandtng events out of state They began tn Llttle Rock ln l9'7 wrth trrps extendmg to North Caroltnatn 1998 and to Btlovt Mxss ln 1979 They performed for so many soldier reumons that they were offlctally made the Old Soldxers Reunlon Band Accordxng to accounts these muslcxans by thls tlme could all play Dtvle by heart see MORL XBOUT BEARDLN HIGH SCHOOL BAND page 191 PICKUFQG to the rlght Bearden Bandstand Today and 'yesterday 1976 1976 Band Members were Qback row from leftj Buddy Gammxll Joe Hub bard, Leland Vvorman Joe McDonald Dlck I-r1ze1ll Jeff Gatllng, Lwell Wh1ttle J1m Henry Speck Bryant James Kennerly Sloan Henry and George lfultz Ofllddle rowj un1dent1f1ed Fred Meade, Leonard Dunn un1ndent1f1ed Ed Kennerly George Dtllmg John Junlel, John Dtllmg Bradley Gtlbert W F Wh1ttle James Gatlmg Poland Orr unldentlfxed Byrd MOTFISOH and dtrector Roy Matln Cfront rowj umdenttfxed Wallace Jackson N Hunneycutt, Woodrow Proctor James Justtss, Ed Bowman, Harry Frtztelle, Jack Bass, Cecxl Byars, Raymond Culp Roger Dollarhlde, LaVerne James Fulton Hubbard and Ktrby Tracey Seated are Mack W111l21mS and Ira Cobb. 1 - 'A ' ' 1 1 1 , 1 1 .' 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CHAPTER I BEARDEN BACKGROUND AND ORIGIN by Florence Bethea 1Bearden was laid out by the Southwestern Improvement As SOCIHIIOH fthe Rallway Land Cob ln 1882 and namedlnhonor of Judge John T Bearden thexr attorney for the company The plot embraced both sxdes of the track w1th the mam street north of the track The fxrst cars arrlved 1n July 1882 Durmg the years E W Norman opened the fxrst permanent store and was soon followed by T S wrglnton and W M Gatlrng The growth has been gradual smce ln 1889 Dr T J Henry led 111 a movement of business south of the track but the mam busmess 15 st1l1 north yet The populatlon lS between 250 and 300 Th1s lb the seat ofthe Cotton Belt Lumber Company whlch employs about 100 men and has a fourmlll tram way They have a small commercxal school and the only secret order IS the Masons The Bearden Banner founded by Jack Ofterlee 1n 1889 lb now edlted by Oscar Lmdsey 2 The early settlement of Bearden and surroundmg country lS not unl1ke that of many other countrxes where ploneers went to a new land and a new country and where these ploneers saw VISIOHS of the future greatness of the country 1n whlch they became c1t1zens It 1s largely the same story over and over agaln of the settlement of the Umted States and lts advancement westward by the hardy adventurous ploneerxng qnrlt that prevalled Ill the yesterdays and to some extent contmues among our own people One of the oldest settlements m the state was that of Holly Sprmgs n1ne mlles north and west of Bearden Long before the ra1lr0ad bu11t 1nto that sect1on of the country another town was started a mile from the present town of Bearden It was called Gatlm and located on the old Pxne Bluff and Camden hlghway Here a store was bullt Ln the same v1c1n1ty some fellow was operatlng a d1st111ery a school house was erected and the surroundmg country was belng settled by prosperous farmers In the year 1885 the flrst bxg event rn the career of the new c1ty struggllng along for lts exxstence m the thlck ofthe pmey woods came In that year the Cotton Belt Lumber Company located tnexr mammoth plant here w1th m11ls planmg mxlls commlssary general offlces and a tlmber supply that was to keep the mlll Lnoperatlon Footnotes 1B1ograph1ca1 H1stor1a1 Memors Southwestem Arkansas P 641 from copy of publlcatlon belongmg to Mrs W H CBessj Brooks ZTaken from an article 1Il Bearden Banner Sept 10 1931 13 . - 1 Q y ' J I 4 , . - g 1 1 ,. . - 1 , . . - , . . . , . , . - J , . rl - r Y . x 1 A 9 . - Q 2 I 1 , . . 1 1 1 . . . . . ' ' rr n I ' I The lumber zndustrxes can contrlbute to the mamtenance of the pubhc schools and gxve llberal ard to every movement for the up bulldmg of the country The late J H Stout of Menomtnee Wxs was prmclpal owner of Stout Lumber Co and behevmg that h1s sectxon of Arkansas was xdeal for stock ra1s1ng frult and truck growmg he puttna demonstratlon tarm not far from the lumber plant on whlch are now bemg grown sucessfully alfalfa red clover bur clover Japan clover rape vetch peas and peanuts some fme Elberta peaches Improved plums strawberrles blackberrles, dewberr1es grapes watermelons and cantaloupes 1n addxtxon to the regular crops of I.I1d18.Il corn Kafflr corn M110 Malze, oats wheat rye buckwheat etc SOME ATTRACTIONS OF THE CITY OF BEARDEN Qabout 19l0j Bearden lb a clty of 1 900 populatxon made up mostly of wealthy farmers and busmess men Has one ofthe very best schools of any town lts sxze III the South teachmg full common and hlgh school courses and employmg the very best teachers The dlstrxct owns a n1ce f1ve room school bulldlng wxth lot 450 to 600 feet and does not owe a cent There IS aKmghts of Pythlas and Masomc Hall w1th entertamment hall beneath We would not have you belxeve that thxs country IS as fully de veloped as some sectxons of the older states If It were the lands that we are offermg for from S8 00 to S20 00 per acre wouldbe worth from S75 00 to 3200 O0 mstead If you really want to own a good farm that can be had at a rea sonable pr1ce and are wlllmg to take It m the rough and help develop the country, and want to pltch your tent among a people who wlll treat you rxght we mv1te you to come and see our country andbeone of us A LETTER FROM A RETIRED MICHIGAN FARMER WHO SPENT THE WINTER OF 1910 AND 1911 IN ARKANSAS Otsego Mlch June 21 1911 Mr J A McLeod, Bearden, Ark Dear Frlend Your letter of the 15 mst at hand and w111 say that we were very much pleased to hear from you and that you would soonbe m M1Ch1g8,H Yes I d1d en1oy my tr1p out through Bearden MIIIVIIIB and Eagle M1l1s as I saw country decxdedly better than lantlclpated Land as good as the best of ours um Allegan County ltell xt over and over agam to my frlends about the opportun1t1es there for the young man to get a home cheap whlch 1S a thmg ofthe past m Mxchlgan I w11l never forget our drlve out over the Arkansas Lumber 81 Dev Co s tract of land where thosemgreat forests loomed up wlth large ' - . . , 1 -1 'Y ' 1 1 1 1 I I I 1 1 1 1 1 I I I I Y 1 1 1 1 1 1 - ' ' 1' 1 ... , - , ' 1 ... , ... 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' 1 oak hickory gum cypress and pine, and the cleared land which was of a rich gravelly clay loam just rolling enough to drain well I-rom this, we drove on through thousands of acres of land, known as the flat lands, which seemed to be of a sandy loam with a clay foundation where I saw one field of rice stubble that beat any stubblelever Saw before I was told that 70 bushels of rice per acre were cutt off in 1910 and judging from the stubble it even looked better than that On this same farm, I saw old corn fields were about 100 bushels per acre were harvested the same year In that same territory I saw herds of fat cattle ready for the market running out in the woods which had never had one bit of feed since they were born except that which they picked up on these flats At Millville and Eagle Mills, I saw saw mills larger than I ever dreamed of at work These towns are very neat and well kept With the limate health conditions cheap lands and good water Arkansas is bound to be a great state and iflwere twenty years younger it would be my home Hoping to see you when vou come to Michigan I remain Your friend, h Buskirk QAs taken from Bearden The Eden of Arkansas Bearden On the Ridge pp 44 45 J eaten away by the 4 giant mills but with the success of the farming industry and the integrity of these agressive leaders the town was able to survive when the end finally came This fact ls pointed out in the newspaper article from the Bearden Banner 19311Ssue It states When these mills finally cut out the last of which was in January of 1931 the absence of the morning whistle of mill town was missed but in so far as the general prosperity of the Bearden Community was concerned, there was not a marked difference This however is offset to some extent by the fact that as the old mills were closing out Anthony Brothers were getting their new mill under operation and they too have a long cutting contract In 1976 Bearden has an estimated weekly payroll of S95 000 00 from seven of her home owned industries listed as follows Bearden Lumber Company Bearden Enterpries lnc Bear Brand Roofing Co Bearden Hardwood Inc Carlton Smith Industries Dorey Piling Company South Arkansas Millwork Inc Photo on right Bearden and Ouachita River crew in the pr1m1 tive days of development Crew members unknown 18 D I I ! 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X X X . b -x I an -. ur rv hu. ns ' ll v W 25 G1nger Ionee holds, the orlglnal Land Grant of Bearden granted her great great grandfather D W Cwordj Fultz 1n1883 and stgned hy the Prestdent of the Lntted States Chester A Arthur Left comer shows the ttrttfteate ot rerordtng at Ouathtta County Clerk s offxce m 1918 To the Iett lb a clobe up of the Land Grant Gtnger 15 ont ot thf ft ur rh1'Jr n ofMr and Mrs Homer Harold Jonee Jr and granddaughter of 'tire Dorothy Gatllng Duckworth Word Pultz was the maternal grandfather of Mrs Duckworth 3 , , . -Q T1!?.l'i!'-,A-' - , ,M ,, - ,.,,,,,,,,,, . . f , 4 ' Y h A 1 ' , . . I' f -, ' u 0 - -A .. ' ., ' , . ', V Y ' ' ' 1 1 w ' Q' e . .' , 1 I I 1 - 0 V W . . , . '7 CHAPTER ll EARLY SETTLERS AND THEIR BIOGRAPHIES AND HOUSES by Lettle Llllk They Bullt Thelr Cahms In The Male Dear old Bearden lb a town among the plnes It s early hls try lb an mtl restmg tale The early settlers Lame from places near and far and bullt thelr Clblllb lil the vale Then came the labors of the clearlng of the land The felling of the forest trees and burnlng them to ash The preparmg of the fallow ground and -.owmg of the gram And harvestmg the gram to thrash The early settlers have now all passed away Bu the herltage they left us we always shall revere Thelr labors and thelr hardshlps were surely not rn vam I-or lI1 memor1es we hold dear The many tasks performed by them we Cannot comprehend The her1tage they left us IS now our fabled land And the frults of thexr labors we contmue to enjoy In thrs great wonderland Copled The hlstory of a communxty lb the hlstory of 1ts people No other portlon of th1s book deals more Wlth the people And slnce Salem IS older than Bearden these fam1l1es whlch begm wlth the Gammllls, should be ment1oned fxrst However due to the number of contrxbuuons, lt IS necessary that they be l1sted alphabetxcally and not chronologlcally Addxson Anthony Addxson Anthony marrled Ester Ray and came here from Tennessee ln 1849 urst to Calhoun County then to Ouachlta County Settled ln Bethel Commumty and donated 5 acres of land for the school church and cememtery Thxs land was homesteaded by trem and has been 1n the famxly 127 years through o generatlon It IS now owned by Jack Bass great grandson and local busmess man Shovlm to the Add1son Anthony famlly tree C3 generatxonj 24 , A v f , , . , , ',, .4 3' . 1-. 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N5-I MSDN h 0.5 MJ san- A 5: Rr-IC ft ai X Xs r-gi 'Qu I H23 L llddisori AVI bony I J'ulilLl5 ROP I I I Maud-Palmer- Dnllrc Me.aL-J'vnn4'e-Lcsflf N Ulill-'and Chlverfi UVDCCUI 1-Y, 'H AC Manic- i -L.-pid -ffulius-U0Vd'H4 7 C5459 Cwalfac Q L.0'f I I - Cme d Sham-Elrirj I Y I I I I Oliva--Eliuabdh Gu and- cs-lflary- MAH 4-Frank rc-Q11 n-Dam 65.545 WIIHMID pn'-J CYVrllfuvsJ!Pay J f nmghn Kal ECW-'Hf4msJ The Garland Anthonys Garland Anthony 92 and h1s w1fe, 81 the former Flora Autrey, were marr1ed ln 1910 whlle he was workmg for h1s uncle Jule at a sawmmll at Harlow near Bearden He boarded w1th her father who had a store there The couple l1ved l.Il a tent at one time lnthelr earlier marrxed life whlle operating the m1ll h1s uncle had declded to turn over to him upon returnxng to the farm When courtlng h1s wxfe, Mr Garland Joklngly accused her of sweep mg the front porch as an excuse to be out when he passed by But h1s sweetheart moved away when her dad sold out and relocated at Woodbury near Hampton So every Saturday when he got off work he said he would Journey to Woodbury for the week end to see Miss Flora And when he asked for her hand mmarnage Mr Autrey turned him down saying he wanted h1s daughter to complete her education However, her mother and aunt helped slip her away as Mr Garland and a Method1st preacher Cyclone Wllllams, walted down the road ln a one horse buggy They were marr1ed on the spot and from there went home w1th the preacher to spend the mght near Hampton Later, they rode a 11ttle caboose on a log tram belonging to Stout Lbr Co to Thornton and walked toHopev1lle where they stayed with hls dad John Franklxn Anthony He said he walked 3 mxles each way to work every day during these years They lived a whlle with Nathan Williams before Flora learned to cook From this they decided to make it on their own so they moved out And moving out meant buymg fumxture so he sa1d he bought 2 used bed steads at Sl 25 each and a wood stove to start wxth Then they l1ved ln a tent whlle buxldlng thexr fxrst home at Hopevmlle Ted was born 111 the tent The m1ll operatlon was a struggle w1th a P31110 mbusmess Th1s was s1m11ar to a present-day recesslon accordmg to h1s account But w1th the help of a very good h1red hand that was wllllngtoput 1n as many hours as he dld, thmgs gradually looked better Mr Anthony attrlbutes much to thls 30 year old fnend who just happened to be coming through looklng for work The early operatlon was nm by a small crew conslsting mostly of a mere handful of people He sa1d the regular work day was 11 hours with hxm sawmg and tummg the logs, George Newton at the edger and a Mr Albrlght who ran the bo11er And from here he sa1d the busmess began topay 1ts way and from that expanded many many t1mes Today he IS wxdely known Ill the lumber c1rcles as noted lll other accounts Photo on the left Grandchxldren of Addlson Anthony and chxldren of John Franklin Anthony 1940 left to nght O11ver Anthony Ellzabeth CBestj Garland Anthony Frances Qspeerj twxns Mary CW1ll1amsJandMartha CPayneJ Frank Anthony Odle CPenn1ngtonJ Evelyn CKe11yJ and ROS2.fWl1ll2lHS, Not shown IS W J CW11ll Anthonym 1 1 I - - ' ' ' ll n n . . . - u ' 1 s I ' . . 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Mr and Mrs Garland Anthony at home in Bearden Through the years Mr Anthony has been fortunate to have capable sons and grandsons to carry on his vast establishment whichhas hotel and motel adventures He built some of the large hotels and motels in Hot Springs in the 1950 s He still owns the Avanell Cnamed for two of his daughtersj Motel and Restaurant and the Anthony Motel in l-lot qirings The fabulous Velda Rose in Hot Springs, which heno longer owns was also named for one of his daughters Mr and Mrs Anthony moved from their spacious home inthe Hopeville community to Bearden last year They now 11ve inthe oldest home in Bearden which has been remodeled and added to in order that his children Mr and Mrs Vernon Whitten maybe close by The newly remodedled home of the Anthony s is the oldest home in Bearden belonging to the Gatling family originally is shown to the right 28 ii? 3 been diversified along the way. Most remarkable of which isthe The 11 chlldren are Earl Anthony who d1ed at age 3 Ted Anthony who d1ed 1n 1961 Louxse Anthony Cdl!-Bd at age 121 Marjorle Anthony CGrayJ d1ed at age 16 shortly after marrlage Nell Anthony CGr1sbyj of Malvem Jlggs Anthony of Fordyce Avalene Anthony Cwhxttenj of Bearden Velda Rose Anthony fwaltersj of Malvern Johnny Anthony of Hot Sprxngs and J1mmy Anthony of Bearden Mr Anthony IS st11l able to be actlve and credxts hrs longevxty to hard work The Barners The Barner famlly came from v1rg1n1a and settled xn Dallas Colmty Rowland Franklm Bamer marrxed Rosa Maude Gammlll February 1904 and settled 1n the Salem Communlty LII Ouachlta County H15 occupatlon was farmer and logglng contractor They had 12 ch1ldren they are Bermce Hays, Muc1e, Orland, Joe, Oscar Pearl Ernest Nxck W1lbur, Rosemary and Daphxne The C P Beard famlly C1cero Plato Beard born March 9 1870 and Louxsa Jane Ludle Barnhlll born Nov 18 1874 both ln Wllllamson County Tennessee and they were marrxed 1n Tennessee September 26 1892 They had exght chxldren The oldest, W11l1am Alec,d1ed at elghteen months when he accxdently drowned The other seven all outllved thexr parents Vachel Islah Beard fthe best known 1n Bearden area as he marrxed Ann1e Lee Gammlll November 2 1919 and llved most of the remamder of h1s llfe 1n M11lv1lle Anne was the only chlld ofMr and Mrs Bob Gammxll lsxah d1ed December 12 1973 He was a Mason for more than 50 years He was a veteran of the Navy U1 World Warl Thxs couple had exght chlldren Mxldred fdeceasedj Mary Evelyn Beard Holmes Luc1l1e Beard Gr1ff1s Betty Lou Beard Harper Charles Hubert Beard, Armon Beard Frances Beard Grlffxs and John Edwm Beard who d1ed Aprxl 14 1972 J The other C P Beard chxldren were John, now lxvlng xn Eagle Mllls Dora Beard Wynne, deceased M1l11e Beard Word oi Camden Jul1a Beard Vaughan Baxley of Camden, Robert Luther of Camden and Roscoe of Bearden All except Luther and Roscoe were born LII Tennessee Luther ln Texas and Roscoe m Eagle Mllls, Arkansas C P Beard moved h1s fam11y to Athens Texas then m 1906 they moved to Eagle M1lls Arkansas and then to M1llv1l1e He wasa farmer carpenter and brakeman on Mxllvxlle log road He d1ed March 23 1939 and h1s wldow d1ed May 7 1959 They had 14 grandchildren and a number of great grandchmldren Harold Mxzell s father Clarrence Mlzell called Ice Wagon because he batteda ball mto the 1ce wagon at Eagle Mills ballpark next to John Beard s house 30 Z .. 5 S 1 Y Q 1 Q 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 . ' - 11 -u 1 - 1 1 1 , 1 . . 1 1 . . . . , . . . - 1 1 1 1 1 1 , 0' . . 1 1 1 . . , , . 1 1 - 1 1 - ' Q I U T.--1--11...--...11.... ' A1 ,Y . . ' , . The Bradley s hllen Keturah Watt C1850 J and James Owen Bradley C1847 18941 marrled January 16 1871 To th1s umon were born Blght clnldren George Thomas Bradley Sallxe Ol1v1a Bradley Maggle K Bradlt w limes Lemuel Bradley MIHDIQ Bradley andMatt1e Bradley twms Dewdrop ls Bradley and Jewell M Bradley Maggle marrled hd Gilbert Tl16l1' chlldren were Bradley Gllbert and Margaret Llttle of llot 'Sprmgs Bradley Gllbert was postmaster untxl hts death ln 197' Dewdrop Bradley taught school at Mxllvllle marrled Jordan Thelr elnldren were Ruty fMrs Lee Burleson? Ellen Jlmmy and ll B t Manson llliklldllle that derxved from My son D Dewdrop dled 1n l9'0 and Mrs Gllbert ralsed her chlldren Mmme Bradley marrled Bob Glaze The1r ch1ldren are Mattle Elsle Glaae QJonesJ and Ellen Jane Glaze CCroomj both of Hope and L1ttle Bob Glaze of Callfornta Mr Bob f laze was mcharge of the water system for a number ot years and made many worthwhlle contrxbutlons to the town The old B adley home next door to the Mathodlst Church was once a roomlng house and hotel and was a meetlng place for frxendly get togethers Mrs lneL Gllbert QBradlev s wldowj remembers as late as the 1940 of the wonds rful t1mes when frlends and relatlves would gather at th1s spaclous old home on Sunday afternoons Of the Bradley rhlldren only two survxve Mrss Mattle Bradley of Hope and Mrs Fred QJewellD Hugglns of Smackover Joab Byars 1875 1956 Benjamln Joab Byars famlly Benyamm Joab Byars 1875 1956 farmer, bustnessman born ln Calhoun County, educated ln Bearden public school and Cooper Col 31 . 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L 1 4 x x 1 + v 4 ' V r Charlxe Pmkxe Byars and sue James were marrred m 1887 They lxved ID the Salem commumty and reared elght chxldren ona farm When the government bought up the land tor the depot IH the 1940 s they had to move therr house to Bearden Charlu Byars d1ed at the age ot 99 years and h1s w1fe Sue d1ed one year later at age 97 Names ot Lhlldren are M155 Allee Byars now m a nursmg home III Camden hmmett Byars Cdeceasedj Odlb Byars Qdeceasedj Maud Lula Byars Hunger Elmer Byars and Clark Byars fdeceasedl Alxce never marrled and 11V9d wlth her parents takmg care of them through all those year The couple celebrated the1r 75th weddmg aruuversary 1n 1962 Q Mr and Mrs. Charlle Byars m 1961 wxth daughter 1n law, Mrs, Clark CBeatr1ceJ Byars, standmg, 33 Byars Vaughan Cmother of Bill Vaughanbg Loyd Byars Bass Cdeceasedjg ff: 3, x 4 'Q ,-as , an Q ' .pl SHO DU? V313 JSUTIH 990311 P W P fPennJClemmons P Penn Clemmons f8.I'Ill1y W P Penn C1emmonsmarr1edAnn1e Broshers He was born rn 1872 at Llttle Bay and llved there and arotmd Harlow untll ms death at 77 He was a farmer all hxs 11fe and reared a famlly of 1 chxldren They are J1m Clemmons, Dolly Clemmons CMrs Bruce Quarlesj Mary Clemmons Clvlrs Marvxn Gregoryl and Harvey Clemmons all of Bearden Cleary Clemmons of Pine Bluff Sam Clemmons ofLeesv111e La Florence CMrs Ray Pen nlngtonb of Thornton, Nelhe Clemmons CMrs. Claud Steelmanj, Mar lone Clemmons QMrs Leon Davmsj, Bessle Clemmons CMrs. Edgar Leej, Katy CMrs Louls Brownj, deceased, and Dave Clemmons, deceased The D1ll1ngs John J Dllllng came to Thornton U1 1899 as a young bachelor when Dr Rhlne was a young bachelor there, too Thornton was located ln an area of vxrgln timber and Mr. Dllhng came there to work for Stout Lumber Company, and ln 1908, he retumed to Merrlll, Wlsconsrn 35 4 Ei., :Q ' Q I . . W 1 1 i Y 7 ' K I I Y ' ' . . . ' . ' . 1 ' - 5 - 5 3 1 'Q ' ' to marry h1s france, Selena Averlll a teacher and brought herto Thornton where four chlldren were born John Dalsy Ruth, George and Averlll ln 1921 Mr Dxllmg moved hls famxly a few mlles away to Bearden where he was supermtendent of the Stout Lumber Company Mllls at Cottonbelt located adjacent to the Bearden C1ty Llmlts ln those years the Stout Lumber Company Mxlls employed a lot of men and the Cottonbelt Rallroad shxpped the lumber and rallroad tracks mterlaced the m11l areas xn Ouachxta and Calhoun Countles The m1ll had lts own deep well generators, and ut1l1zed two mxll ponds ln the operatlon of the saw mxll and planer and furmshed electrlcxty for the homes The deep well water was plentlful and pure and m fact, not only fum1shed plenty water for the m1ll and for Cottenbelt but could have carried the load for Bearden as well Cottonbelt was a real town m those days The mlll s commxssary was operated by Mr T G Hlggs and houses were located all along the rallroad and hxghway but most houses faced the rallroad as the mlll was located across the tracks as some houses were The Dlllxng home was a large 2 story structure w1th 12 rooms and upstarls and downstalrs large screened porches across the back and part of the slde of the home and large front upsta1rs and down stalrs porches The upstalrs Sleeplng porch held 4 or more double beds and though the home was enclustered xn enormous oak trees, the outsxde a1r was needed for the only a1r cond1t1on1ng known them, though electr1c fans were H1 use and Mr Dlllmg had bought the fxrst electrlc refrlgerator to arrlve ln town Mr D1ll1ng often took h1s chlldren on f1sh1ngtr1ps, coolung on the Freo Rxverbank and makmg coffee w1th r1ver water whlle the Bob Whltes clear call echoed through the th1ck forests Mr Dlllmg was a Mason and served as supermtendent of the Bearden School Board for many years and Mrs Dlllmg worked w1th the PTA and M1ssxonary Soc1ety of the Methodxst Church and Eastern Star Mrs D1ll1ng loved musxc played the plano and pamted Ln watercolor, charcoal and o1l She loved to study art and musxc and orgamzed study groups Sue had a fme lxbrary 1n her home and loved to share these books wlth others In those days as now, famxlles sat on the same church bench each Sunday, and by thxs txme Catherxne was born and Mr Dxllmg and hls flve chlldren occupled thelr place m church whlle Mrs Dlllmg sang xn the cholr Mr 81 Mrs D11l1ng loved Bearden and loved bexng a part of a.ny worthwhlle church or commun1ty orgamzatlon or project Mr Dlllmg s hand was extended to anyone who wanted or needed It Photo on the r1ght The Dllllng home 111 1921 and looked H1 later years when Mr and Mrs D1Ll1ng remodeled and the front of the house became the back after the mllls closed 36 l ' . 1 , I t 2 1 , . I D . I ! , . . , . 0 ' ' ll ' i! , . H . .. , ,, In those years, Christmas trees touched the high ceilings and , . . . , . - . , . . D . , . . . , . . . . . . t 1 . . , N-+4 Q-'1 g x s X 'rf AL I r six ag 5 1' w 1 as, 4. 5 Q 'Y Us -v 'F c '- Q '-A 4 FWS' Q' we. 'I K 0 . W4 - X' rw, 1 JE 'Q' .. Q. 1 1 , '. AJ. it .tw Q, Gifs :- 1 . ,N 1. 1' 1- . - y ,... ' uf.. -3 . 37 ,sm J? 1 'la -9, 31 'twllf' The colonlal style home wlth the large brlck colums wlthstood a lot of partles Mrs Dllhng and Pappy Dlllmg as he was known to the younger generatxon of that day extended a welcome and thelr chlldren s fr1ends were welcomed at any tlme and had Bunkmg Partxes and 1ust Fun Gathermgs whenever they wxshed CThe old home was ln recent years known as the Garrett home belongxng to a famlly member and torn down ln the last few yearsj Mr D1ll1ng s father the Rev G F Dllllng a retxred M9U'lOdlSt mlmster who owned farmland ln Wxsconsln, spent every wmter 1n Bearden Grandpa Dllllng looked llke Santa Claus he was bu1lt lrke hlm w1th wh1te halr and a twxnkle 1n h1s eyes but had a mustache ln stead of a beard Grandpa walked several mlles a day to v1s1t the slck and shut m and had a talent for bulldmg thlngs Grandpa was famous for many thmgs He would arrlve xn tlme for hrs blrthday on October 4th and we always had blg part1es w1th everyone lll town mcludmg the chxldren and school teachers attendmg to welcome GRANPA when he arrlved He spent h1s t1me malung doll furnlture and brown sugar candy to glve to the chxldren of Bearden and h1s upstalrs bedroom always had a warm f1re 1n the fxreplace and smelled of narclssus Ca mlracle to all chlldren how the beautlful flowers grew from bulbs 1n watery and the smell of candy and frult and the sounds of laughter drlfted from hls room Grandpa would leave before the hot weather of summer set ln but falthfully returned m the fall just as the blrds 38 x Q lf 1 , I Q V G rw- Q .t Q i Q t 'wx 'SN Q ' R X c 'S Q G -, i ! -ve Q ' I 4 . 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' 0 4 . . . l I I I l I ily south rn wmter Grandpa kept h1s wonderful health and strength and l1ved to be 102 years old Next door to the Dxllxng home the Stout Lumber Company offlce and offxce yards were located Thxs was very convement for Mr D1l11ng and the ofhceyards were a show place wlth a lull t1me gardener and mamtenance man 1n one Herman Brazll whose wlfe, Madre, prov1ded the d81lC1OUb aroma of home made blscults and coffee that greeted the Dxlllng famlly upon awakenlng each mornxng The ofhu yard had two enormous magnolla trees two large Japanese persxmmon trees such lovely roses, flowers trees hedges and 1t was kept perfectly manlcured The Dlllmg ch1ldren grew up rn Bearden and Mr and Mrs Dlllmg 11ved most of thexr days lIl thexr home tn Bearden where they ralsed thelr famnly and Bearden became the town they loved and the place they chose to rest forever When the Stout M1l1s closed down Mr D1ll1ng bought the land so he and hls famxly could remam xn thexr home at Bearden. Mrs Lela Doherty Mrs Lela Doherty age 84 won the pr1ze for bemg the oldest c1t1zen at the Brcentenmal Celebratlon ln June She IS the Wld0W of the late Charlxe CD1ckJ Doherty They were both bom and reared lil Bearden Therr chlldren are Ran Doherty Henry Doherty, Ocle CStevensonJ and Katre CMl11EI'J George W Fultz George W Fultz came from Ireland to South Carolma, Amerxca It lS beheved that he lxved and served as an apprentlce shoe cobbler wxth a German famlly and thus took thexrname Fultz as was the custom at that t1me Later he moved to M1SS1SS1pp1 met and marrled Ellzabeth Hump hr1es Together they came to Camden Arkansas To thxs umon were born N W Cwordj Fultz, Cuthbert CCutJ, Walter CScoD and John Elxzabeth dled when the chxldren were young and George W later marrled a lady called M1ss Rett CHenre1ttaj George W Fultz and sons owned and operated a store 1n Bearden for several years The house that IS now where M1ss Mattie Bradley Ixves was once known as the Bradley Hotel The house of Jerry Sulllvent was bullt by Bob Dav1s He worked on the raxlroad as sectxon foreman Two wells on the south s1de of the ra11road were 10 square feet Everyone used them for waterlng llvestock 39 . 4 a O ' 4 ' ' ' n ' nr A ,, . . . . ,ix . ff 1 1 D 1 1 1 . .I ' . .. , . 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Q :C ro ao V uno umupxo apem putu 1: mn 905 S H uo pa unoux apruo v 'alppus aps xxx 2447? ffhlf ,Ji if we Davld Word l-ultz Davld word leulta gJan 9 185 Jan ll l943Dmarr1ed Eu genla Norman lultz x18J6 199.0 Thty had four daughters He was g en 160 acres of land by tl Federal Land Grant on August5 1883 lowmd m Burden Some ot thls land 1IlIlLld9S the area where the Bearden lllgh School 15 nos Most of that land was planted with peach apple and pecan trets QSee photo of land grant at endlng of rhaplrf 1 5 The lkllllam C llllllllll llllllll Among the early settlers ln thls part of Arkansas was the W1111am Gammlll f.1llll1S flrlsh dtscfntj commg fron' llardm County Ten nessee ln 1845 They flrst settled near Mlrrllton but the next year moved to a location about three mlles northeast of Bearden Re celvlng thelr mall through the Salem Post Offlce they farmed and ralsed a large famlly mo t of whom are hurled ln the Salem Ceme tery The chlldren were Moses Porter Iames Monroe Wllllam Arch Boggs Polly Gammlll Martln Ann Gammlll Colvert, Carolmg Gammlll FI'3Sl9 and Serena Gammlll Brldges Most of these famllles llV0d ln a nearby commun1ty and many descendants remam here today Moses Porter Gammlll marrled 31111113 Jefferles Bom to thls couple were thlrteen chlldren I hn marrled Em11y Padgett Born to th1s couple were l Lawrence marrled Salley Plerson Thexr chlldren were Caj Margaret Gammxll flaaumusj Cbj Emlly Gammlll fltdaysl cj Mary Nell Gammlll Cdl V1rg1nla Gammxll Cel Mitchell Q0 Horace Buddle 2 L la never married 3 Sldney never marrled I Joseph marrled Carolme Cooper 1 Cecxl marrled Paullne Stephens born one chlld Cal Vxrguua Dell Bryars 2 Ethel marrled Dave Rubel born one ch11d CaJDave Sllm Rubel Dave never marrled 3 Mmme never marrled 4 Rose marrled Roland Barner born twelve chlldren Cal Hays fbl Bernlce CCD Mucxe CdjAr1and eb Joe C0 Oscar fgj Pearl Qhj Earnest C15 Nlck QD Wxlham DRose Mary CD Daphyne I Jess1eAl1enGamm11l never marrled IV Wllllam marrled Alemda Padgett Thelr chlldren were 1 Mar Jessle Gammlll James Qteacherj 2 Reed Gammxll Camden 3 Dan Gammlll Camden Alex Gammlll 1 Clarence 42 V f - , f . -1 9 ,A ' ' , . -1 , H - ' y ' , I , sf r . ur ' l. , . iv 'F Q ' ' I9 , I ' , , U lk vt J' A I I S -V x I , A. , , - ' L ' I , s ' . ' - W 1' I l 1 ' bald, R1Cll2iI'd, Ebenlzar, Andrew, John W1lson, Margaret Gammill D I . .., ,, 4 . Jo 1 I ' . V Q Q ' ' 9 C Q Q 1 , u - ' . I . - ' , ' . . , . . - 1 , . 11 ' I! ' . - ' n U , ' 1 5 5 g 9 H ' 9 9 S 9 L 9 9 3 II . ' ' - ' . V. ' h 3 C de 4 Loulse Gamm1llClemmons VI Mose C drier marrled Mary Hrggenbothan 1 Lllha IIlll'IlPf1 I harles Vaughan vll Robert Lee marrled Mary Warner 1 Annle Gammlll Beard rnarrlfd lslah Beard VIII James Henry never marrled IX Betty marrled Lof 1an Ilxllworth 1 Leonard Dxllworth K amden Sam Dlllworth Camden 3 Carroll Drllworth Camden Mary Ellen marrxed VS lllvarn Harrls l lrw1n 'P A w1n 3 Arland known as O C HKTTIS Cteacherj I Mattre marrled J1m Hays A James Monroe Gammlll marrled Melllssa Greer CSJQUIIIDIE Bell Beard Cleo Beard s mother Qbj LIZZIQ Bell Ferrell Gall St John s mother feb Johnnle Bell marrled Brooks Johnson The source of thls lnformatxon IS from Vlrgmla Dell Gammxll Byars who now llves on her great-grandfather s farm Moses Porter Gammlll 111 the Salem commumty Wxllxam M Gathng Famxly Wllllam M Gathng Sr was born on September 6 1842 ln Fayette County Tennessee He was the second of nme chlldren He was educated III the common schools and when he was at the rlght age he Joxned the Company E Flrst Trans M1ss1ss1pp1 Infantry In the mlddle 1800s Wlll Gatllng Sr moved to Holly Sprxngs Ark ansas On November 1 1864 he marrled Margaret Roseland Sloan They had ten chlldren n1ne sons and one daughter Margaret Gatlmg d1ed on Aprll 1 1902 Years after her death Wl1lGathng marr1edCornel1aChetham fFeb Z 1859 Feb '7 19425 He was engaged ln farmmg 1n connectlon wxth xts mercantlle ln terests at Bearden He owned 1600 acres of fine farmmglandln 0uach1ta County where hrs chxef crop was cotton He was a Democrat held offxce of Justice of the Peace for exght years He and hrs farmly were members ofthe Methodlst Church where he was Sunday School supermtendent Wllham Gatllng Sr dxed on February 26 1914 His cmldrenall went on to become successful busmessmen with good educatims, Wllham M Gatlng Jr became the banker in Bearden JIIIIGQUIQ was the local merchant Garland Gathng Ind an insurance alley here. Rose Gatling was an accomphshed musician, 'Boss' Gatling 4.1 2, Rut . 1Yg W Q ' f ln as r 1 5 f I X- . I -4- ,Y V. . .A .f 1 ' b X . . , l f - - 5, 4 . l.. Margaret Bibity --- married John Bell 5 1' . . , . . l . U . . 3 -' , . .T . , - f. ,5 P' 14' ' 1 'f f ai-.' v ,J 1 U r. fy .R X. , M, A.:- K Photo on the left The Gatlmg fam1ly left to rlght W11l1am Gatlmg Sr and chlldren John Gatllng Wllham Gatlmg Jr Jlm Gatllng Garland Gatlmg Rose Gathng Boss Gatlmg Sldney Gatlmg Dxck Gathng and Hershe1Gatl1ng husband of the late Descl CEar1eJGat11ng was the postmaster Ln'Bearden Sxdney Gatlulg and D1CkGat1lI1g was both Ill real estate Hershal Gatlmg was aPharmac1st and owned the Bearden Pharmacy +Account taken from book Hlstory ot Arkansas p 667 Lxvmg ln Bearden at present are Dorothy Gatlmg Duckworth daugh John W Harrell fin at The John Harrell chxldren m 1916 about a year before moving to town. Left to rxght Elmer Harrell, Zora Harrell CStarkJ, Aubrey Harrell and Lessle Harrell CCrossj 45 ter of William Gatling, Jr. and .James oaumg, son of Jim oaumg. , -9, 4 1 9 Y , A we xi ,- ' Q. 'fi l Q H . R N b J Pletuted on the 11ght Mr and M1s Jolul llatrell and th1ld1en at t11e1r11o111e mthe N A D area 5 1111les south ot Troy Byars plaet John W Har1ell a 1og,g1ng eontractor sent teams to work hl Dorado durulg the o11 butblll He 11ved abouttl IIllltS5Olllll of Bearden 1n what ls now the N A ll area betore movmg to Bearden 1n 1910 where he bu11t a new home that st11l 8X1btb the brown house about a block northwest ot Arnold s Lash 81 Carry Mr Har rell also owned and operated the 1 leanun, and prt b5lI1L, shop 111 Bearden the garment factory lb across trom Bear Brand Roofuxg In the w1nter hxs teams were used to haul wood for people The Harrells had four Lhlldfklll hlmex Harrell ot Dallas Texas Lora Harrell stark Aubrey Harrell and Less1e Ha1rell Cross all of Bearden W1l11am H Henry JQWIHIAKII ll Henry lmlll 111 Ulttlhllehal County M1ss1ss1pp11n 1850 was the son of James and Mary Ohalserj Henry He emlgrated ' guy The W W Henry fam1ly at Holly Sprmgs 1nt11e 1930s Left to rxght F1315 Henry, Dave Henry, Clty Marshall, Ray Henry Clflauled frelghtj, Della Henry Sorrells Qllved to 104J, C. A. Henry Qfather of Norman Henry? Was an M,D and practlced LD Bearden dt Sparkman and M9d1C81 D1rector at Booneville Hospltal , Loda Henry Deer, Mable Henry Hunt, G T, T1mk Henry Cmerchant 1n Beardenj CW111 Henry of this fa.m11y IS not pictured.J 46 V. ' , ' ' 3 I 1 ' U ' f ' S ' ' : 1' 11 ' 1 i ' . Also owned and operated the Sllelll lll0VlQf theater located about where ' ' ' ' - I 1 ' I ' ' 1 S , 2 ...........,.,M-,- ,,,,,,,,,,, x 5 . ' . . , 5 ww M il 4 Q. 3'Ni-il-Its ,1i1.H:. 47 wg-nw ':l9 'W ay 5 F' if f li R I Q F f. 9 . -M S Q x L 5 1.5 ' 0 i , . 'Q Q 38 A g E U ' ,W to Holly gnrings, Arkansas in 1858, He was the Tth ol three sons and seven daughters, He obtained .i vtnninon school eduvation and began working for hinist-ll' as a tarnit-r, in 1871 ht- was married lu Miss Virginia Hairston ot' Dallas County. lo this -'ouple were horn nine living Children, He owned GOO avres nf land and was in inert-1iAnQ15mg business in both Heartlen and Holly Springs, After his death one oi' his sons Qalso naine-ti Willltook over the Holly Springs husint-ss, This will Henry niarrieti Miss Annie Fultz, To this couple was horn Ralph Henry Qnow detw-asedb, Annie Will Henry Padden, Charles Henry, Sarah Henry Perry and Billie Henrv Nettles. Charles, Annie Will .ind Hillie still reside in Heardenz f Portions ol this taniily history taken trotn 'lilistory ot' Arkansas p. 772. William Henry Hollingsworth Ark Senator in 1920 S William Henry Hollingsworth was an Arkansas Senator inthe 1920 s Dixie Sanders Other children were Lula Bert Roy Jimmy Abner Tiller Qumnie Addie, Anna Dossie Hughes QBunkj and Jessie -18 A I - I , - . , ., , ., . ' 0 from this district. He is the father of Ted Hollingsworth and the late I 5 'K l H I 1 2 'Q ' I 1 v I I vs. fx QI' 71' A H 1 OD ry Re-un GH Cormne Sorrells Har ey Mrs Lo row George W11son Henry Kenneth Henry Fm s Sorrells Tel Mrs TOD Mrs Ann e Henry Mrs Mable Henry Hunt V rgm a Dell Deere Sarah Henry Bllly Ann Henry Deere Jr YY Hen --4 va v-4 v-4 IE Henry Mary Margare Dave Proctor Merl n Henry Bob Henry Beth Henry Patr ck Henry ar Henry Mrs Ray Norman Henry Henry Raymond Henry Thlrd Henry and Mary Teel B 11y orr son Henry Dr Henry Sorrel s De la Henry Ray Henry Mrs Mrs Henry Dave Henry Mrs Raymond w Mrs Cad Henry George T CTunkJ Henry Ann e W 11 Henry Margaret Henry Helen Henry Mrs orman Henry B rch and Norman B rch Mrs Mary Mrs Cad Henry Henry Virgmia h ' I --X X 9 5 X 1 X gg we , -v i xr at - ' - 1, f -'-ess: Q ' Q Q at , I X ws 1 -I i ' so I x 'A 1 ,. A ,K r . , 1 sl Us 1 ' M I v A Q E iw 1' ,1 S Wi , s , .W ., . Y Q .gr I 15' ee , er. , r ,A pw' 11 ' s, G ' Km ' 1 B 3 s' I 1 gf L H 1 , 940, olly Springs. F t 1 ' , , ' i 1, . ' 1 , . ta 'rl 1 1 I I 4' I V I ' 2 enry, Lo1s Neva Henry and B1 ye Henry. Second row: Mrs. Finis Henry and F1n1s Henry. Back row: Wi Lam I ! I I ' I ! I ' l t M 1 I I ' 1 1 A 'v - V I0 1 '. , . , . , ', . 1 ' 1 , . N I U , , . , . , 1 1 ' Smlt , , . , . 1 1 , Mr and Mrs John Hxggmbotham and chxldren Grace and Fred CFred IS the father of Marlgrace Colvert and operatedacafeln Bearden for a number of years J Harmony Commun1ty Rxchard Hopkxns came from Bxrmmgham Alabama and settled at Harlow A11 the Hopkms III Harmony are descendants of Rlchard Hopklns The other settlers 1n lh1S communlty were Sam Paulman Tom Flkes John Sulllvent and John Evans The flrst person to be burxed at Harlow was Sarah Hopkms John R Steelman was from thxs commumty He was Labor Con sultant to Presxdent Truman 51 'hw A , E .Q N ,J I S ., fx X if la- ul .!ffr , I v Mrs R1chardfEmmalLmdsey 83 Mrs Emma Lmdsey age 83 wldow of Rlchard Lmdsey resldes m the Salem commumty She lb very actxve and has a yard of beautlful flowers She worked ln the lunch room at Bcarden School from 1955 untll her retlrement ln 1969 In the last few years she has pleced and qullted two qullts for each of her Cll11dI'9Il one qullt for each grandchlld and one qullt for each great grandchlld She has seven chlldren twenty three grandchlldren, and slxteen great grandchlldren makmg a total of flfty three qu1lts She never takes her qulltlng frames down Just m case another great grandchlld comes along Followmg 15 a llst of some of the early Lmdsey settlers Rlchard Lmdsey marrxed Emma Wllklllb and they had 7 chlldren Wesley Lmdsey Lula Lmdsey QAllenD Lloyd Llndsey Velma Lee Lmdsey Ctluttj Rclda Bee Lmdsey CLambD Emogene L1ndseyCPar nellj Dean Lmdsey QGreenj Albert Lmdsey marrled Salley Wllklns they had three chlldren James Lmdsey Lmon Lmdsey and Eula Lmdsey QStewartj Doc Lmdsey marrled to Llza Vaughan had four chlldren Aubra Lmdsey Raymond Lmdsey Delllllb Lmdsey and Jessle Lmdsey Ollver Lmdsey marrled to Mamle Wlse had seven chlldren Doyle Lmdsey Mamle Lmdsey CMart1nj Lorene L1ndseyCCrumplerD, .JZ , ' A 1 . , . 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I 1 ' v ' ' - f ' v , 0 . . 4 Y .N . 1 Q. . 1 r I ' 1 J l' Pat Lrndsey Earnest Llndsey All1e Mae L1IldSEy fSheppardj V1r glnla Dell Llndsey fLedbetterj Marlon Llndsey marrled to Hattle Wxgnton had two ch1ldren Anna Lee Lmdsey QCottrelD and Frances Jewel Lmdsey CFellj Mrs Hattle 'mdsey came to Bearden ln 1919 when her father J S W1g1nton was transferred from P1ne Bluff to Alycedale as statlon engrneer for the W P McGeorge Gravel Co Later known as P1ne Bluff Sand 81 Gravel Co Mosley Famlly Harge Mosley out lIl the Whlte Oak commumty was the head of the Mosley famlly and we have no tract of where he came from to th1s part of the country but he lxved around Bearden, Arkansas Harge Mosley marrled Sue Green and ralsed a famxly of fxve ch1ldren all l1ved lil Bearden all the1r l1ves and all the generatlons up to date tlll make the1r homes 1n and around Bearden The flve ch1ldren CU Kate Mosley the only daughter marrxed Charlxe Wllll2.mS and the1r ch1ldren were OIIVB, Emxly Eva, Earl and J1m C2JGeorge Mosley the oldest boy marrled Lucy Heamsberger and the1r chxldren were Jewell Georgle Vxrgll, Reed Charlre Guy Lewxs Ben Jack, and Oble Q33 Buster Mosley marrled Bertle Castleberry and thexr chlldren were Herman Jess Hardaway Hugh and Blanche C45 John Mosley marrled Mary Quarles and the1r ch1ldren were Pete Rob ella Johnny and Bessle Mae There was one more son named Pete who d1ed at the age of SIX teen years The Mosley s have grown to many 1n number and every famxly grew and carrled on the Mosley name All the younger famxlles of the Mosley s have made the1r homes 1n and around Bearden ln the younger sets ln Bearden there were Kate S daughter Ollve married Farrls Sull1vent and the1r sons Jerry and Harold, both have homes ln Bearden Kate s daughters are Ruby and Helen George I ch1ldren Jewell marrled Jeff Quarles and the1r ch1ldren are Ev1e,Lou1se, Gladys Kathleen B111 Leonard Arlen A Orlan Ctwln boysl, Kad and Elbert Georgxe Mosley marrled Ruby Quarles and the1r ch1ldren are Annxe Vlrgxnxa Georgle Jr Jlmmv and Rov Vxrz1lMoslev mar r1ed Velma Doherty and they don t have any ch1ldren Rexd Mosley mar rxed Abble Mae Bamhart and the1r ch1ldren were James andW1nn1e Fay Charlle Mosley marrxed Ethel Lee Plerce and the1r chxldren were Bobby and Mary Bell Guy Mosley marrled Annle Reddln and they had one daughter Orlanda LQWIS Mosley marrled Lorlnea Coston and the1r ch1ldren were Clifford Helen Mary E11zabeth Marvlna and Wanda Ben Mosley never marrxed he d1ed whena young man Jack Mosley Marrled Elsle Arnold and the1r ch1ldren were Jack Jr Ellzabeth and Emma Sue Ob1e Mosley marrxed Alma Doherty and the1r ch1ldren are Horace, Nell Rose Archxe, Ed1son and George Ed Now Buster Mosleys famlly Herman Mosley marrled Bertha Quarles and the1r ch1ldren were Lov1se Harold Dean Welda Jean 53 . , . 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I I 9 and Joan Jess Mosley marr1ed Ava Lee Quarles and the1r chlldren are Blllxe Fay Ann Barbara Jane Marle Jessle Ruth and Hugh Edward and Shelva Jean Hardaway Mosley marr1ed Bertah Quarles after the death of hls brother Herman They don t have any ch1ldren Hugh Mosley marr1ed Bessle Green and the1r chlldren were Pat and Chatta Dean Blanche Mosley marrled R S Weeks and the1r chlldren are Robert Jane and Reba After years of bemg a WIGOW, Blanche marr1ed Oda Nante and the1r ch1ldren were Mary and Marle John Mosley s fam1ly Pete Mosley marr1ed Al1ce Green and the1r chrldren were John Wllllalll Loretta and twm glrls Ernestme and Irene Allte dled, then Pete marr1ed Nell1e Mae Furr and the1r ons daughter lb DIXIE Loulse After a dlvorce Pete marr1ed Rose Lee Sorrells and they never had any cluldren Rob Mosley marr1ed Annle I-111s and the1r chlldren are Bobby B1ll1e,John Mary Ann Betty M1ckey Rlckey and Tommy Johnnle Mosley marr1ed Inez Steelman and the1r chxldren are Johnnxe Jr Helen, B1111e Joyce Dorothy Jean, Lara Ann Jerry Jlmmy and Kathy Vella Mosley marr1ed Dave Clemons and the1r chlldren are Mary Helen and Erma Jean BQSSIE Mae Mosley marr1ed J1m Clemons and the1r fam1ly Hugh Edward James Ed Eva Nell Harry Sam and John There are many many more who w1l1 grow up ln Bearden and the Mosley name w11l always be remembered U1 Bearden Arkansas The Henry Antone Paulman Famlly In photo left to rlght Samuel Paulman, Th1rsa Amanda Paulman Southerland, Rebecca Luclnda Paulman Sulllvan, Julxa E11zabeth Paul man W1lk1ns, Mary Paulman Colvert, Lydla Jane Paulman Lmdsey and Emma Paulman Str1ck1and Not shown Sophla Paulman Croft and Sarah Paulman Hopkms and W1ll1am Paulman dled young 54 1 1 9 v 9 J ,Q , . , . . : , - . . A 1 H . I . I ' ,Q . 'A . . I 'I ,N , . . , J , , , , . ' Q -1 1 I J 0 ' I 2 I J ' J , . . V 'F st, ing V at A ' ,N W . tw e Q 1 ,Q A The Henry Antone Paulman children. The Henry Antone Paulman children - a photo taken from the book entitled, The Paulmans of Arkansas by James Southerland Upton ot' Fordyce who spent much of his adult life tracing and com- piluig the 13 generation account of the family. He spent time at Harlow in the summer at their farm in the l930's, The book is dedicated to a cousin, Mrs. Ollie Lindsey Johnson of Bearden whose mother was Lydia Jane Paulman Lindsey. Mrs. Johnson is also president of the Paulman Family Association. Mr. Upton died earlier this year Fhrough this book many people of this section may have a record ot their ancestors. M rs Carrie Pierce Mrs Carrie Oatmail Pierce came to Bearden in 1904 th , ebride ot Tom Pierce former City Marshal Mrs Pierces father was born in Paris I- rance and came to America when only 9 years of age When he grew up and married he settled in Little Bay near Thornton She was the mother of ten children six of whom are still living Margaret Eve Lois Mildred, Joe and Jim and twelve grandchildren She was a member of The Assembly of God Church andadevoted Christian She passed away at the age of eighty nine leaving loving memories in the hearts of those who knew her 55 S when Mrs. Carrie was a girl where she lived and attended school. ' I I I QI I ' I l l Qgih-.1 Mi ww The blmddom k Imuly :Julia 'xi-.I if' 17 56 C X 1 ss' x . 4 X .WM 4-V ' .. , L X- . :if s 'Q . V is .- . u gif? M Q , 1 ' ,J My . F Z Q Q I ' , 'K I I WMV? Q. 'xv ' 1 A ' f . A Y 1 Y-. Q.. A ' . E I ry ' A ,, 1 W. N Mr and Mrs Jessie G Shaddock in the 1940 s Anthony home earlier I made many friends Her plight too was a sau one though unlike me, she had been abandoned onthe streets at Thornton The next night was Christmas eve and the church Christmas tree which we all attended and friends and relatives poured out their love and affertion on us hugging us or just touching us And we soon settled down and grew accustomed to our wonderful parents and surroundings was the most sensational part of my life and also that same month I was getting married She visited us and we all shared so much happiness Mr and Mrs Anthony had helped all this time toon finding mother As I look back so much irony and mystery surrounded our lives like mother had Just missed us by about 8 hours as we left the orphan age and the fact that a fortune teller told my brother Hasca1,1ust where to find our address that led to our whereabouts But through it all I have seen Gods will performed mall involved Without this Journey to Arkansas and Hopeville I would never had met my husband, Jessie, and I feel that nowhere else couldlhave enjoyed a more full and abundant life And as you listen to her story and see her expressions of love and kindness you too realize that this was surely the way it shouldbe Magilu Rash Anthony and Jes ie G Shaddock were married Feb 23 1935 Their children are Jessie Oliver of Bearden Norma Jani CRosej of Tennessee and Margaret Lu of the home 58 A K 1 U 'Q Our mother was 15 years finding us. She wouldn't give up. That The J, D, Speer Family J, D, Speer was born in the Tinsman community at a place then known as Watson Town with a post office by the name of Dod. His father, .lohn Thomas Speer, was one of the first to settle there. l-le attended grade school there and high school at Woobury Normal and college at Fordyce. Here his father rented a house and hired his sister to keep it for four of the Speer children to attend school. Mr. Speer became a school teacher and taught in the one-room schools in several communities including Bethel School. Mr and Mrs J D Speer Feb 15 1970 on their 65th wedding anniversary He married Frances fF3IlI'llC-EJ Anthony in 1905 at Hopeville in the Their children are Everett Speer, Mildred Speer CSm1thD deceased, EISIQ Speer fPetersonJ Naomi Speer CShaddockD deceased Frances Speer Cwilliamsj Lois Speer tNanceJ and James Speer Mr and Mrs queer celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary in 1970 They presently live in a mobile home beside their daughter, Mrs Williams 5 , ld in Y 1 home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Franklin Anthony. . . 9 45 z fgm: fp S T 1 vi., 771 I the oldest c1t1zen ln Bearden Photo taken 1974 Mrs J W Talbert belleved to be the oldest person llvlng ln the Bearden v1cm1ty She lS the former Annle Wllllams of Fordyce She marrled James Word Talbert ln 1897 lil Carthage They cleared land there and bullt .1 httle frame house themselves together wlth the help of frlends Later 'Vlr Henry Gossett father of Warren Gossett told them about land near Bearden ln the I-reeo Communlty where they moved to and where she st1ll llves Mr Talbert d1d road constructlon 111 the Freeo Communlty and kept the roads III good enough shape for the wagons to get through Road equlpment lIlC1Udhd a fresno a stump puller mule drawn graders, sl1ps for d1gg1ng drtches Gravel was hauled by .vagon and spread by hand shovels Hls mam OCLUDHIIUH was cotton farmmg They ralsed 5 chlldren Walter Talbert FrancesCHernsbergerD J VN fllutchb Talbert Ruby Uarmonj and Word Talbert They attended the Baptlst Church at Holly Sprlngs untll automoblles were Lnvented then were able to travel to Bearden for serylces at the l- lrst Bapt1st Church where she lb stlll a member Mr Talbert dled ln 1949 and Mrs Talbert remamed Ul thelr old home wxth her daughter and grandson, Delphln Culp 61 1 ..'- 1' T vp? '95 ,. :ff .- .4'- ii 3' 3 1'f:2'.- 39, V291 W1-f-1 E, y .. - jf! iifaf ,A 1 , b J V ef Mrs. J, W, Talbert, age 98 years and 10 months. Believed to be W11ham A Walker W1ll1am A Walker moved to M1llv11le Ark from R1ley Kansas w1th h1s slx ch1ldren and h1s mother 1n January 1918 He wasan employee of McGeorge Sand and Gravel Co Hls w1fe and three ch1ldren dxed ll'l Kansas Walker bought the lfrank Storey home rn M1llv1lle The chfldren were Jess1e Qnow Mrs Jess1e Pennmgton of Camdenj Robert Walker of North Lxttle Rock Howard Walker fnow deceasedj Helen Cnow Mrs Helen Pennmgton of Malvernj, Ray Walker of Bearden and Flora fMrs Tom Belt of Eagle Mllls j MEMORIES byH L Stratton I remember d1st1nctly a proud old gentleman slttmg 1na Cane bottomed rockmg cha1r smgmg of the Rock of Ages at the l1ttle country church 1n Hopevllle and teslfymg of the hope and peace he had 1n the ages to come Hts name was John Anthony who was the father of four sons W1ll Garland, Olxver and Frank These four men were certalnly the pxoneers m the lumber busmess 1n south Arkansas Garland and Ohver chose to stay lIl the Bearden area where they became very prominent not only rn sawmllhng but cotton gmnmg mercantlle, and bankmg busmess Mr Olxver l1ved ln Hopevllle h1s entxre l1fe and was really the l1fe of the commun1ty leadmg 1n all the church act1v1t1es as well as bemg a frlend and helper to all those he knew W1ll Anthony settled 1n the Murfreesboro area where he started a lumber mxll along wxth h1s sons They are now carrymg on the vast busxness that was started m the late twent1es Frank settled 1n the El Dorado area where he also bulltahuge lumber buslness wlth several mxlls bemg owned and operated by h1s sons There were also elght daughters born 1nto the John Anthony famlly One dled at an early age, and the others marrled prom1nent men of th1s commumty who also became sawmlll owners or managers All these busmesses grew and prospered and now glve employment to thousands of people who are mdeed grateful for the offsprmg of the bearded old man that sat1n the rockmg chalr and talked about the Rock of Ages Mr John Anthony had two younger brothers Jack andJ R Jack and Molly Anthony had seven ch1ldren Mamle Add1son, Artle Ruth Jullus, Lloyd and Harry Mr Jack was a successful farmer and merchant They l1ved and reared thelr famlly 1n the beaut1ful country home Cnow torn downj on the h1ll near Bethel All the chxldren and grandchxldren have made a great contrxbutlon to this area Mr J R Anthony and h1s w1fe,Mary El1en,were also rn the sawmxll busmess for a whlle before they bu1lt the beautlfulplantatlon home whlch IS now known as the Caton home Here Jule as he was known by h1s many frlends operated a large cotton farm They had s1x chlldren Maude, Palmer Dolly Alex Jennle and Lester 62 . . , . , I ' 1 ' - ' 1 ' ' 1 , . 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' ' Al lv . 1 x r 9 ' all the famlly were very mfluentlal and contrlbuted much to thls ttllllllllllllly 'vow we move on to the I-rteo Communlty where the Gossetts are huge land owners Mr Warren Gossett, besldes bemg a success tul larmer was part owner and manager of the Wh1te C1ty Lumber Company lll tamden He later owned and managed a mlll xn Locust Bayou Later he along nth Arlls Cross, organlzed and bult the Bear Brand Roofmg Company Mr Gossett s wlfe Ozella was equally rmportant m the llfs and growth of Bearden They had three chtldren Julla, hthel, and Martha Jean For more 1nformat1on on this tamlly and otht rs please see the1r famlly tree Mr Charlxe Gossett was known as one of the better farmers of th1s area He was kmd and reserved and always, along wlth h1s fme wlfe Ura provlded a beautlful home and l1v1ng for thelr four children Nlartm Charles Annle Sue and Sarah Thelr beautlful llves stlll llves through thelr thlldren Now ltt s move on to the M1llv1lle communlty the home of the blg of th1s once lllI'lVlIlg mllltown whlch had 1ts own schools Clubhouses etc Vol James had several chlldren but those better known ll'1 Bearden were Bud John md less Marlon James had eleven ch1ldren Rob Nat John Pat Garland Mose, W1ll Sue Carrle, Sadle and Dmk The famlly was large enough that they orgamzed thelr own brass band along w1th some nelghbors They would gather 1n the famlly wagon and go to frlends homes and serenade them after the days chores were done M1llv1lle people were closely related and very often the entlre community would load upon the steam drlven logglng locomotlve and follow 1ts ralls to lower Calhoun County to some of the lakes and streams for lamlly outmgs The hlstory of a small town would not be complete vuthout 1ts baseball team In those days there was a league composed of teams trom M1llv1lle Cotton Belt Eagle M1lls Holly Sprmgs, Bethel Temperance H111 and Thornton Smce baseball was the natlonal past tlme It was supported by the whole country slde both young and old Games would be played all day on hohdays Ice cream, cold drmks and watermellons and barbecue was enjoyed by all Of course every team had xts stars Some of them were Marlon Lmdsey who was a slxck fxeldmg second baseman who was the best on makmg the double play He also was the team s manager BOOSIG Flke was a star flrst base man Joe and Shag McDonald were good They later played for the Southern Kraftsmen John Llghtfoot was a star catcher who always played bare footed Ray Parham Boyd Amold Tunk Henry and last but not least Howard Graham were all stars, also Lloyd Anthony and others To many Howard Graham had a fast ball that looked l1ke blue smoke When he was rlght no one could h1th1m Also Pluke Chr1st1a.n and Dyke Newton were outstandmg athletes Howard Graham was outstandmg 111 other areas as a Plant Supermtendent for Camden Fumlture Company, he gave employmenttomany of Bearden young men. 63 I 3 1 ' ' ,'. . ' ' ' V 5'- f D .I I I 1 V 1 4 . . I J , , . . . uf r ' . I I - . I . . A . 5-' A , I f-Q, I . 4 1 Av V I ,Q l . , , I I , S3,'WIIllllS. The James families played an important role in the life 4 I X A 4 I A i i 1 9 1 .A b ' v 4 ..- A' 1 p ' n I I 1 'Q 9 9 , I ' , ' -V . . , 7 . . I '7 I I A J V - ' I I ' I Y I l I s , . ' ' ' KK 7' Commg back to Bearden we remember Mr W A Jackson and wlfe LOUISE They were promlnent busuxess people with a large department store and land holdmgs They had three ch1ldren Wallace Eugene and May Bearden had tts Chevrolet Agency owned by Mr Ld Gllbert who was well respected here along wxth h1s wlfe Maggle They had three ch1ldren Delmer Bradley and Margaret Bearden also had the lord Agency owned by R C Cralgand Roy Bames The head bookkeeper and salesman was Lee Burleson A 1924 Model T sold for the mflated prlce of S504 O0 w1th all the extras curtalns motor meter yack and monkey wrench A 1928 Model A sold for 571.2 O0 w1th all the extras thls mcluded a Rumble Seat Doyle Llndsey was a salesman also ln the late 1990s He later moved to Callfornla We are rem1nded of Mr Dock Jordan who was one of our p1oneers He was tn the Mercantlle, Grlst M111 and Llvery Stable buslness Hls son Manson always kept a good horse saddled and ready to go for any of the town s slx doctors who mlght get an emergency call N0 place was off l1m1ts ll lt could be reached, slnce almost all babies were born ll'l the homes Mason later owned and operated one of Bear den s two ICE houses Th1s was aboommg busmess m those early days J L Wlllxams was another of Bearden s leadmg men He bullt Wllllams moved to Sherldan and w1th Ins sons he bu11t and operated the J L Wllllalllb Lumber Company We can not forget Mr Buck M1tche11 and h1s wxfe Mamle who bullt the beautlful home now owned by the Clyde Betheas Bearden also had our polltlcal leaders Mr Henry Hollmgsworth wxth the help of h1s fourteen ch1ldren who played the mus1c and sang along w1th h1s fme oratory was elected to the State Senate Watt Jordan was Ouachta County Judge Hxs wlfe Jennle Harley wasaleadmg church and c1v1c worker also George Vaughn was a sherrlf s deputy for many years and wa also a sucnessful farmer Of course we shall never forget Judge Rob Laumus How can we forget Bearden s fxrst Mlllmery Shop operators Mollle and W1ll1e Dlckerson The bu1ld1ng stlll stands across the rallroad tracks Th1s .vas a lucrat1ve busmess They were hat makers, deslgnlng and makmg thelr own They later hlred an lmported M1ll1ner who courted and marrled Wxlhe They l1ved 1n the house now owned by the Henry Reddlns Thelr slster Lenn1e marrled Eugene W1lS011 who buxlt the house now owned by the Troy Crawford s Bearden also had an excluslve hat and dress shop located at the sxght of the Western Auto Store All the better dressed ladles dxd thelr shoppmg at Avo s owned and operated by Tom and Avo Flke Lamb s Cale owned and operated by Mr and Mrs Sam Lamb was a favorlte eatmg place The1r speclalty was hamburgers whlch sold for as low as flve cents each or SIX for a quarter They had a thrxvlng buslness caterlng to the many cotton farmers who would sometlmes 64 . 1. 1 . - , . . - J U In Ar n A v I - ' . , , , . . ' , 1 . B . A I A 1 Q . , . 4 - Q I I , i , . I and lived in the house now owned by the Jim Cowlings. Later Mr. . X . Y -' , ' ' have to walt unt11 late 1n the mght to get thexr cotton glnned They always found a warm welcome at Lamb s Fld Bryant s Cafe was equally as good smce thelr speclalty was ch1l1 Thexr good hot ch1l1 warmed the hearts and souls of many cold cotton plckers on a cold autumn mght Usually you could get all the crackers and catsup you wanted to go wlth lt so you could geta good meal for a dlme Penny Culp s Restaurant was also good He catered to the hlgher class people who could afford Baked Ham and Potato Salad The cost of a complete meal here was thlrty f1ve cents Mose and Myrtle Fultz and Fred and Marle Hlggmbotham served plate lunches or famlly style meals Chrxstme scombread at Myrtle s has never been equalled Marle and Fred Sp6Cl2.llZ6d ln home made ples and lr1sh stew whtch was very popular wlth the ralroad men who stopped at Bearden to take on water for thexr huge bollers at the blg water tank Many hoboes walted for a tram by the old water tank and fre quently begged for food at homes or restaurants It was common to see a hungry hobo cuttmg wood or sweepmg yards for somethlng to eat All towns had thelr favortle story tellers I can thmk of no better ones than Normle Cochran who always had a smlle andapleasant story to tell He spread joy wherever he went He and h1s wxfe Euna had two sons Clayton and Ralph who are outstandmg cxtlzens of thelr communltles Then there were Regel and Bracy Jenklns who were Dorothy Sue and Shlrley They along wlth Mrs JGl'1k1IlS and her grand son Dlck Nlx made a great contrlbutlon to the l1fe of Bearden Bearden s only mxmature Golf Course was a flxture back Ln the roarmg twentles It was located near the f1re statxon and was owned and operated by a frxendly cubby man who always wore a long bllled cap, smoked a clgar and always whxstled a merry tune Wecant forget Mr Euel Sloan who was loved by all who knew hlm Bob Davxs and h1s family w1ll long be remembered They bullt the house now owned by Jerry Sull1vent Mr Davls was the railroad Supt for the Cotton Belt He kept the blg tams rollmg Bearden enjoyed four passenger trams dally Mall and passenger buslness was very good 1Il those days Each tram had tts own pullman and dmer SGFVICG It was not uncommon for the kldS to stand near the dmer cars just to smell the aroma of the good food bemg served on the mslde Speclal excurs1ons to Memphls St Louls and Dallas were a common thlng Bearden s band went by speclal car to North Carolma We not only had b1g trams but most of the boys had thelr own goat wagons and a good team of Bllly Goats Wmce and C P Curtls always kept the best wagon and fmest goats Boys used the wagons for pleasure and to also haul grocerles feed and wood etc Certalnly not least 111 lmportance was what was called the town s scavenger Thls was a good paymg job but very unpleasant smce 65 also joy spreaders. Regel and his wife Reba had two daughters- almost all homes had what was known as out houses I-ora small fee the scavenger who was ltcensed would come by usually at nlght and load h1s cargo and haul tt to the dumpxng grounds Usually thns was done early whtle lt was cool and lt was common to see the drxver sttflng on the spr1ng seat eattng a Jungle ple and drtnkmg a Neht soda No town was safe wxthout tts J P Court Mr Pappy Bryant was the pres1d1ng offlcer over the court tn those days Hls offtce was where the Homer Jones car wash 18 now located Many txmes the small court room was ftlled wxth spectators to hear and see those on trxal Usually they were tr1ed for moonshlnlng or f1ght1ng It was common to see people who had been beat or stabbed betng tried Much of Mr Bryant s evtdence was on dtsplay Ptstols kmves, razors and brass knuckles were the most common All these betng taken from the offenders of the law We have saved one of Bearden s favortte people for some last compllmentary remarks We have known Mrs Dorothy Gatlmg Duck worth for her enttre ltfe ttme We have known her to be a very com pass1onate Lady, always ready to help those tn need When Bearden people get marrled she IS always there to help wtth weddtngs showers and to sxng or play or Just to express her well wtshes Then when death comes she lb always there to console and encourage When church t1me comes she lb there too When dmners need to be planned she s there also Well to make a long story short, Mrs Duckworth never complams but helps Not onlv does she help her famtly but others and she asks for nothmg more than our frtendshxp She and all the people whose names have been menttoned tn thts sxmple heartfelt arttcle and hundreds more equally as tmportant are the reasons Bearden lS the most lovely place ln the world to l1ve Memortes of great people never d1e nexther shall they ever fade away HOUSES On the followmg pages V67 '7ll a e rown some of the old homes 1n and around Bearden There are many more beautlful old homes m Bearden the Mahan home the Sloan home the Graham or Crutchfleld home, the Wllson home, the Jame home, the Brewster home the Steelman home lll Chapter X, and sttll others It ts hoped that these homes can wntmue to be mamtalned and restored to thexr ortgtnal charm wxth fewer town down and demoltshed as we ve seen ll'l the past The fxrst house bu1lt tn Bearden was bu1lt by B111 Gatlmg Qwhere Garland Anthony lxvesl The reason the house s1ts at an angle from the town lS so the porches front and back, w1ll be shaded from the sun Uack Bassj 06 T l , .9 - '-. ' . . . . 1, ' . '. ' ' . . - . , , . 7 I u ' 1 'W 1 I v' . ,, , , . , . . . . 5 X, -. , r s. I I s .. H , , . I THE BRADLEY HOME adyat ni tm the Methodist Church wa once .1 hotel and boarding house and .1 central meeting place It is presently of Bearden and Hope THE. GLOSTLR HOME oldest ui C ottonbelt on hwy '79 was first house built by Stout Lumber Co It was purchased by the Glosters more than 50 years ago and had 6 or Iother houses on the place Mr and Mrs Jab Gloster in foreground 67 .4 tx ' f z '54, I e 'A' ' Lsil.. ,Wiki .af Q J ga W' vue! Q T A x .r qi I Q f .. i 43 .v f ' or A53 f,,,,e ' K ' ' lx: I i ' ' S maintained by one of the two remaining children, Miss Mattie Bradley , F ,E r fa, A 1 , V -G '1 , , ,r .- I ' c X f it A lf -2 'QW sq ,wx ew, ' J-'A -'Af' ' D , i- 'Q as THE HHWKINS HOME on North Cedar Street 1S one of the more elegant of the old old homes It was one of the fxrst to be bullt Presently OCCUp16d by James Hawkxns son of the late Ess and Daxsy Hawkms THE BASS HOME on Hwy 79 IH Bearden reflects the beauty of Plantatlon Days Buxlt by Dr Byrd, owned by Garland Anthony for many years and presently owned by Mrs Mamxe Bass It xs furmshed throughout wxth unusual antxques 68 , l ' , . Q 1 . N' fled' F , 'Q' ' 'Ugg , A y W' , . r ,Jr-s : : gg J QE ' f ng B s , Q. 595 d -N ahh, - -,M . . w gv'z It has been carefully pre oto about 19005 THE W M GATLING HOME 1s about as old as the town tself ..a v-1 UV t 1s occupled flce t Q.: ...Q 4.n n-1 4.4 Q.: n-0 .Iaumo am Aq paldr :moo sg put .xopuayds Iexnxoauqoxt O UM Aq pa 'M 'H A.1uaH UB D oxnd UI' 541 P99311 HI S8 9 unf 'Jamey U9 'Bm III 0161 9111 noq GS 1S qanw snags.: ut 10 su SHINVI' 3?-LL 'LLVD UNI WOH :DH Oil 01 mau uaqm C SEM 'B IIIIIQ OQ Tl 1 0061 UO Id H1008 UJTI GIS A aof UU UTUUD 3 P 18121 cn. 1 :Q 1 1 shag mug --un L .... ..- 1 an uve an 'Q +1 una Q Q- llll ..- I!! -Ill Q nv an wp M u -a uv- -nu .1-lvl ...gun new H.. ' 1 . , - , . . A ' ' ' ' .,, Q sr: I , . - . a. 1 nl 2.1. uni.: 2..a. 4 4 I ' I 0 TN f ,,.11HI2!- N x Q ' I ..ugAl1.1:Es f 1. wp: U ' A My N.-.A .ua x ' -,113 1. 0. Kswqsxqw .M 4' R1 Us '71 ll ' I R commun ybu1t1n1917 Mr and Mrs An he home of MR AND MRS OL VER ANTHONY 1n the Hopev lle Luther Mr Luther and Back seat are Mrs A J Best andMrs ony ln the f rst car that came to Hopev lle slo addock home Sh nt W i I F X Ai - M gf if . 1 .HHHHIIHHHIIHP Hi, a 'M fe, K 5 .X . A W , ' I- , 'N 'riff' 1. '.... H f '- ay. w ' 1 fit, Q, 4 Z., 1 , 51. fi'.dN'-X if :At ble: L T . . I ' i it i ' . . . - th ' i i . : . . . . . . Robert G ' . where the prese i cated. tood USS S ho The reen standmg CHAPTER Ill. RAILROADS by Imogene Beard Ode To A Rallroad Steam LOC0m0tlVQ To-day you belong to h1storv As your rallroad days dlssever But 1n our natlon s Hall ot Fame Your name w1ll l1ve forever So Illdj9bflC 1n 1ts appearance Was thxs falthful Iron Horse T was the wonder of the century Speedmg over 1ts rallroad course Wlth the hlssmg steam smoklng stack And that mournful whlstle sound Whxle rlngmg bell warned to tell The Com mg of the outward bound Flashmg red glow thru fxrebox doors, Shadowed a bandannad f1reman stoklng coal Whlle a goggled engmeer ln cab looked ahead Holdmg the throttle that gave control -Copied under the laws of Arkansas on May Pl, l88l, to buxld a narrow gauge rallroad through Arkansas from Texarkana to Arkansas Mlssourl border near Malden Mlssourl On November P9 1881 thls company was consolldated wlth the Lxttle Rlver Valley and Arkansas formmg the Texas and St Louls Rallway of MlSSOUFl and Arkansas ThlS corporatxon was granted permlssxon to bulld from Texarkana to Blrds Pomt, Mlssourl The road was bullt prmclpally to haul baled cotton and large quantxtles could be moved ln the smaller cars Arkansas had llttle to offer the rall lndustry or even populatxon at th1s tlme so soon after the C1v1l War Actual constructxon was begun ln several places at once Steel raxls were lmported from Wales by way of New Orleans and up the MlSS1SSlpp1 to Blrds Pomt MIQSOUFI The ralls welghed thxrty flve pounds a yard and cost seventy f1ve dollars a ton Whlte oak cut along the rxght of way was used for crosstles These were hand hewn t1es '72 .4 9 I I I ,sq 'faq 1 . 'f ' , A . .y.. T . y , I I V 4. W l U 1 V 4 I A 1 I Y l I I . , '. - I 1 . . , , I I I 7 The Texas and St. Louis Railway of Arkansas was incorporated , ,, at L , -. ff -me-1' ,, qu-wtf., ,,. XX li ' 4' 7'-. Shay englne Engmeers Nat James Qdaysj and hxs brother, John James Cmghtsl and S1d Gammlll on front of engine Mlllvllle In 1939 the Southern Pacxfxc gamed control of e1ghtyf1ve percent of the St Louls Southwestern or as we all know lt The Cotton Belt Railroad Many resldents of Bearden today w1ll probably remember the box car houses that were located near the track and across from the depot where the sectlon crew l1ved The Cotton Belt road had houses of thxs type and som houses of standard type bullt for employees of track work ln several towns There were sectlon crews every few mxles wlth a sectxon foreman There were sectlon crews ln Thornton and Bearden Eagle Mills Camden The Cotton Belt really took care of 1tS tracks and rlght of ways Bearden had a real good sect1on foreman for years He was a black man nam d Dave Muldrew He had the reputatxon of havlng the best roads anywhere on the llne He l1ved ll'l one of the sectlon houses The Cotton Belt had a huge water tank at Bearden It was across the street from he depot It got lts water from a well that was between the tank and the sectlon houses The Cotton Belt Rallroad used turntables at Camden and Pme Bluff as well as 1n some other towns but they also used the wye system m some places Today an engme can be turned on the wye 1n Eagle Mxlls even though d1ese1s w111 run equ lly well backward or foreward The wye system IS a formatlon of tracks ln shape ofalarge Y so that lf a tram lb headed north and backs to the lower end of the Y then pulls out the south end of the Y lt becomes headed 1n the 73 t. 1' . 12 5 ' ' 1 , 1 ' . t + A 3 . -'A' ,. 3 - . Q af A 4 ws .,, Fi. ' 9 , -Q A 1 rf .- NYHEJL- , 47 'iq'-J ,b I V. . 4 ' 4' ' . - ', . , . , ' 4. H , Y . , , . D ', I , 3 4 - , , ' 1 . 1 V . , 1 . K . ' I I I V . , . . . . A' . ' 1 1 4 , V 1 ' ' 1 1 1 - D I V ' ' ' 3 1 1. I A r I in YD 4 I . ll Yl . .. -.- - oppos1te d1rect1on there lb a sw 1tch pOlIlt from llldlll l1ne or sw1tch track as the case m1y be to connect the wye to enable the tra1ns to turn Mr Bob Reaves the father of Magg1e Keen and Harold Reaves was tl1e eng1neer on Number seven a rod eng1ne on a passenger tram It or1g1nalIy was M1ssour1 PaL1f1c eng1ne No 8864 but became too small for that larger ra1lroad I-reeman Sm1th M1ll purchased lt for tl1e1r use They d1d not have heavy enough ra1l to accomodate th1s s1ze engme so bougl1t som of the heav1er 56 pound rall from Cotton Belt to be able to use th1s eng1ne The passenger tra1n was llke the one at I-.agle Mllls It pulled t're1ght cars behlnd engme and one passenger coach lll rear w1th same number on crew as Eagle M1115 The mam l1ne of M1llv11le road went to Artes1an where they connected Wllll the Rock Island L1ne The Rock Island had a water tank for fast .ake on of water for thexr 1OLOmOtlV9b but M1llv1lle eng1nes useda w ter llOb9 to slowly get water from the artes1an well there Thxs was a welll1ke the one at Smtth spond 1n present day Cam 1rk commun1ty The ma1n lllle was th1rty seven m1les but there were logglng camps and log engmes lll woods area that set the mam l1ne tra1ns w1th cargo of v1rgm p1ne logs Idreemm sm1th mxll also cut some hardwood but only p1ne would float so the logs ll'l m1ll ponds were always p1ne For awl11le they had the No 4 shay eng1ne wh1ch Nat James was engmeer on day sh1ft and John James on n1ght sh1ft S1d Gamm1lI was brakeman on day sh1ft and C P Beard was brakeman on mght sh1ft These men were not wh1stlers as was Bob Reaves but when the tra1n was loaded lt was necessary to conserve all steam pOSSlb1e, so the WhlSl1l.llg was done when tra1n runn1ng emply or very l1ght Now you see locomot1ves from var1ous roads gomg by 1n Bearden All are Cotton Belt tra1ns except for the Rock Island Local wh1ch has travel r1ghts from Fordyce to Camden and sw1tch1ng r1ght lfl Eagle Mll1S smce the Rock Island L1ne was d1scont1nued from Sparkman to Kent near Camden on Fr1day June l3 l969 Cotton Belt road lacked the needed motor power to handle thelr buslness and leased motor power from other roads The latest change has been the remote control system used on some of the tra1ns tn wh1ch some of the d1esel un1ts are at the head ofthe tra1n pu1l1ng fre1ght and some of the dlesel un1ts are near the rear of the tra1n pushmg fre1ght but are controlled by the same engmeer The last passenger tra1n ran Decemberlll 1957 w1th Rube M1ller as the eng1neer and Paul Myers as hreman M1ller kept the wh1stle blowmg and hand wavlng at h1s mtny fr1ends along the route For th1rty f1ve years there were s1x tra1ns a day, three each way Progress always brmgs about a change but most often for the betterment of the commun1ty Bearden IS a smlll town but one that can be proud of Its present 1ndustr1es and bus1ness d1str1ct and schools Ra11 serv1ce lb st1ll ava1lable to 1ndustry for sh1pp1ng wood products and roofmg 74 l - 1 ' - 1 - ' I 1 1 Q A ,v 1 A Q . , 'T , , V, - A 1 - . .' 'u . 1 1' ' - ' sa ' ' +1 . .' - ' - ' ' ' . . E' W - 1 1 . -', . - and it flowed continously, I A - I I l ' W , A , . . sl -sq mann Log Tram 03 U01 ' , 1' 1 I . Odefluaa 1 91269 121 U9 UI 9Ll1 .IE6 A W SA M mm .IB U91 130391 9'-1 sam3ua Bearden rebldents baw the result ot A tumor arcldent when the town wae evacuated on Mmddy September 13 1976 after a tank Cdr of chlorlne gdb derulled Fortunately no gdb escaped from the tank car and the rebldents were allowed to return to thelr homes Modern equlpment brought about thle. qulck recovery from accldent 1he people were .lllowed back to town th.1t mght Perbondl Note lt has ulwuyb tdbclrmted me to watch the tmtk rrewb ln demon db they uee to work bo well together One left hunded epllte drxver and wxth almmst the speed of the prastnt day matlune bplke dr1vers .IIT-r args L- Rod engme at M1l1v1l1e C P Beard Rock Island passenger traln entermg Ford yce 77 . 1 5 1 ' 'x ' J, - I YI I 1 i , . U , . . one right handed splke driver could work in llIllSOll so they worked ,H I V Q t 1 I . :E x , f P U- ' ' ' 1 -, V - .N 5' - 1 . ' 'X 41414-. ' ' T V .. mm Cotton Belt mundhouse and turntable at Plne Bluff Holly Sprxngs Arkansas was settled l1l1841WhlChlS before Arkansas was admxtted to the Unlon Norman Henry saw thls The flrst tram through were narrow gauges When the wlde gage all the way to change track and never stop a tra1n FIFSI s 1n Bearden lst Car Agency owned by Jess Goodgame, located on the street where the bank stands lst Garage auto repaxr Watt Jordan lst P1cture Show was U1 the lower part of Qnow calledl Mason Hall, then called Kmghts of PIUIZLS operated by Bumpus and Sutherland lst car ln Bearden Ed Gllbert 1910 later operated a cab called the Jltney lst Marshall Dave Henry and Bert Junxel lst Rallroad txcket agent Frfzell and also Jxmerson Sanders Depot agent lst Football Team lil Bearden was organlzed m 1930 lst Telev1s1on set U1 Bearden was that of Mr and Mrs Mooney lIl the 1950s owner and operator of M0bl1 Statlon 8rCourts where Amolds IS now 79 i ft, K was first used from Texarkana to Pine Bluff they had enough workers ww JSJQNIH-w' an 55 R. tht alrplane where others talled lhe strength to adapt comes trom the teonomlc base that serves the populauon Bearden had the good tortune to be blessed v.1th a strong 1111141110131 tgrltultural, retall and llldllblfldl eommunlty A balanced economlc base gave Bearden the abllxty to survlve At one tlme four large lumbermg mllls operated wxthm 51X m1les of Btarden Larly Bearden had twenty three dlfferent general merr handlse, furn1ture,and ha rdware stores Cotton rexgned as kmg of the agrxcultural tommunlty Two banks served the fmanclal communlty The flrst bank establlshed um Beaxden was known as the Bank of Beardeu lt was establlshed by W M Gatlrng Sr around the tum 01 the century Other early flllalltldl 1nst1tut1ons were the Farmers Unxon Warehouse and Bdilklllg Company and the l-armer sand Merchanvs Bank The Farmers and Merchant s Bank was eventually merged ot Bearden well untllthe onslaughtofthe Great Depresslon of the 1930 s The town survxved the DBDFQSSIUI But the fmanclal 1.l'lbt1tlltl0l1b lure others all over the natlon d1d not Bearden was wlthout fmanclal servlces unt1l around 1945 when the new C1t1zens Bank ofBean1en was founded Tbls Bank has llourxshed and presently provxdes flnancml SEFVILBS for the commtunty lNDllS'1'RlAL The lumber lndustry was an early mamstay ofthe Bearden economy The green gold of the southem pme forests located m the sur roundrng country Slde provtded longterm 9COI10IIllC support to the omununxty The turn ot the century saw four large lumber mllls locatedm md around Bearden Around 1890 the Eagle Lumber Company es tabllshed a mlll at Eagle M1115 Arkansas The mlllprosperedand remamed 1n operatlon unt1l 1923 when the V1rgm Txmber of the area was cut out Although operated by outslde lnterests the lumber 0011111111165 brought wlth them a better standard of 11v1ng They brought thelr own transportatlon systems often layxng forty or f1fty mxles ol rall track The Eagle Lumber Company s track extended from Eagle M11ls to Prmceton Arkansas The early lumber companres helped lmprove the dally lwes ol the c1t1Lenry III other ways Practxcally all of the needs of the mill workers were attended to The accompanymg photographs show the Commlssary and the Assembly Hall ofthe Freeman Stmth Lumber Company at MlllVlu9 Arkansas Thls m1l1 was establ1shed around 1890 and ceased operatlon m 1926 Other promlnent tunber companles of the day were the Stout Lumber Company at Thornton Arkansas and the Cotton Belt Lumber Company located 1n Bearden. These mxlls also cut outinthe late 1920's or early 1930's. When the grant tunber oornpanxes closed thexr mxlls, room was made for a new breed of tnmherman. ha-.ally based, thrs new breed 82 , . ' , . '1 1 . , , , , . - X I 1 Q I li Y. . A , . V , . , 1 , .H ' . ' ' . 1, . , , ' , I. 1, , I with the Bank of Bearden. The resultant company served the citizens , ' ' y . . . , . V . A f 1 a I n y 4 - S, . A . V , 4 . - - - , . , Q I .K n 4 Q . ' .I A ' ' . . ' ' U , , , Lomnnssary at Mlllyllle ull oi tnnberman saw an opportunny lett nl the wake or tht large com panxes Ihe expanswe stands of urgm tnnber ue ont now but txmber remamed ln large quantltles The smaller more wxdlly scattered stands ot tlmber preclpltated the nt ed for newtr mort etfn lent methods of harvestxng and for smaller more titnlent opt rat1ons Thelr needs were answe red by local people as small mllls began to appear around the country s1de Logging methods nnproved The axe the ox the mule and the company rallroad gave vay tothe automoblle and the power saw Vlxllxng methods also began to change and nnprove weed and be utxllzed more for power and dry klllls wert bemg used to accelerate the b9dSOlllHg of green lumber The Anthony famlly wlnch operated Bearden Lumber Company typ1f1es the new breed of tnnberman -lttne m the lndustry smce the tum of the century, they came mto Illfll' own when the large mllls cut out Numerous small bd.Wlll111b we re establlshed bythe famllles, and the name became legend Lll the southwest lumber busmess Today the Bearden Lumber Company establlshed 1n 1945 and the famlly tradltlon are carrled on by thlrd generatlon lumbermen The Bearden Lumber Company owns several thousand acres of tlm berland accumulated through smaller, earller mllls and lb a mult1 m1ll1on dollar taclllty shxppmg lumber as far north as M1ch1gan Wxsconstn, and Mmnesota Wldespread ava1lab1l1ty ot electrlc power brought yet another use for the southern p1ne Ut1l1ty poles were needed ID vast numbers to 83 . U ie . -1 v. 1 J, A . I I - . M V v' A - f - 1 - J , f. ' s I 1 D I I , - - 1 'U 4 5 - I ' ' 1 ' 4 -I ' r 'r ' AA ' A' A V ' ' 5 f ' 1' f 5 wvt v ' D I l 4 A 1 Q ' . efficiency were stressed over sxze. lilecrtrnuty and steam began to . , , ' Y - I , . A ' . , . . . I .. ' , WH Afqwassv all AIUW V 03 Jqq Q1 mg ueumaaxg jo ifwf F1 11 w-dvi 42' .vw -1 Q.: nm -1 inaqffr x x ig- v R , , , V .. .,, QQ wifi Garland Anthony founder of the Anthony emplre, and Mrs Anthony John Ed Anthony gr andson of G arland Anthony greets Camden Chamber of Lomluf rce on 1 tour of the rnxll xn 1963 John hd assumed charge H1 August 196' cornmg here from the Mt Holly m1l1 followmg the death of h1s father Edwrn CTedjAnthony rn Aprll, 1961 88 S, . .l. ,. A l I . . 3 '.' ti . .. ' f. 'f V 4 , J 1 A N ---.. Q - -nf RJ , , J , ' . 7 ' ' ' n 2 'K 1' ., 1 gf X . ', 1 5 1 ' . , ' J . K . ' ' I ' . Q, Lt . 1 I . . . , . under cuttmg and servmg contract for large chams and catalog houses A s1ster plant has been estabhshed at R1son Arkansas .41 N A Cross, left and J W Gossett, founders of Bear Brand Roofxng Inc Q0r1g1na11y Bear Hxdej Bear Brand Rooflng Company was establlshed m 1947, under the ownershlp and management of Mr J W Gossett and Mr N A Cross Employing approxlmately one hundred people the plant operates twenty four hours a day The company, whlch IS stlll managed by members of the foundmg fam1l1es rs the oldest prwate manufacturer of asphalt mofxng products rn the state A subs1d1ary plant was establlshed 1n Phxlllpsburg, Kansas, III 1957 Th1s plant was subsequently sold followmg the deaths of Mr Cross and Mr Gossett The Bearden fac1l1ty was remodeled U1 1972 and new bUl1dlI1gS and more modern equipment added RETAIL AND COMMERCLAL ln the early l900's, Bearden boasted twenty three hardware, and general merchandlse type establxshments. A sxmllar number HI opera txon today belleve the change that has taken place. Jenkm's and G11 bert's l1very stable, one of the flrst establlshments thata traveler passxng through earlxer Bearden would have had occasnon to use, stood where the present day Clty Hall lS located The lxvery stable and blacksmxth shop have yxelded to the automoblle serv1ce statxon and garage. 89 , . . , l ' ,V f T ' 1 , f , yy, ,, t ,f , 1 Wg-g' . . , . . , . . . . . - . . . I . I . . . , . . . . , xi 5 QLQQQ Z A tween MS, at V xfxi, 1 ' 5 . f if 15' .. g, I Q A 4 ,Mr .., .,. af 5, f ln Mr Cross and Mr. Gossett at the opening ofthe Phillipsburg Kansas! Bear Brand Roofing Plant, June, 1958. , sl' M. R. Reddell, formerplantman- L- E- Timlell. former DIMM man- ager, Qlketiredj RESP. now has a plant in New 9 Orleans, La, o to of 'I nf mn-4 ak' lm s ww 9.- ,wann- 91 Colored employee holdmg the horse and Mr. S 1914 located where Clty Hall Jenkms and Gllbert L very Stable Culp J k 311 Fr YS M of her ckground Cfat ba lll V911 0 Llke other towns of the perlod the commerclal dnstrlct of Bearden was la1d out ln a square at the center of the cxty Mercantlle establlsh ments hned both the north and the south slde of Flrst Street as the accompanymg photograph shows Wlth the exceptlon that Bearden had a hotel and boardlng house the earller establlshments served pretty much the same functlon as present-day counterparts Methods have changed and shops l1ke thxs grocery store of the 1930 s have glveu way to modem day supermarkets Advertxsmg claxms were more explxclt and more prof1table U1 the 1920 s The accompanylng pxcture shows an early adverhsement by the Bearden Automoblle Company for a Ford motor car under the bylme Easlest to Buy When New Easlest to Sell When Old ne could purchase car and grocerles for the same prrce as the next lowest prlce make of car Although lIldlV1dLl3.1 establrshments have tome and gone general SC-l'VlC9S have pretty much always been ava1lable m Bearden Cafes, restaurants and barber shops, hardware stores and drug stores f1ll for past c1t1zens AGRICULTURAL By nature and the cholce of xts cltlzenry Bearden has tradltlon ally been an agrlculturally orlented commun1ty Early efforts to attract settlers were based upon the agrxcultural promlse ofthe area In days when fertxle so1l and wlllmg muscles were often enough to support famxlles, Bearden has much to offer Followmg the ClV1l War changmg farmmg methods saw much prevlously cultlvated fam land revert to nature Shortages of labor and capxtal 1n the defeated Confederacy led many promxnent farmmg famllxes to gravltate to the Cltl6S And the days when cotton was krng became numbered Cotton Gm, Gr1st M111 and Llght Plant owned by I. 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B' QL ,YL ALJ, Q 'ilu ns 1' ,- man pun dures 31:13 'f.1a3eu1zw 'sauof agsns ssgyqj 'og '.xq'1 nag 1101103 103 Bearden Hardwood Inc Carlton blllltll lndustrles Wllllams Mouldlng M111 RETAIL STORES AND BUSINESSES Earle Hardware Joe gl Bermce Hamer Otasco Bethel Bounds 51 Sons Bearden Dry Goods Nlr 8 Mrs Norman Stone owners Fashlon Center Mr 8 Mrs J P Vlord owners Anthony Grocery Lee Anthony Mgr Plggly Wlggly Mr 81 Mrs Bob Mr Clam Beard s Varlety and Clothuxg Mr 81 Mx s Ilan Beard S F O Outlet Mrs Dean Green Mgr Westem Auto Mlke Velchoff Dollar Store M 81 'Vlrs J ll 1-1 d Rlchard Recreatlon Parlor Rlchard Bounds Weatherly Motor Company Russell Weatherly West End Statlon Mr 8.1 Mrs W B Vaughan Jack Bass Statlon Jack Bass owner Curtls Llon Statton Elmer Curtls owner Doherty Exxon Sl.8.llCXl Russell Doherty owner Dorey Dellght Cafe Mrs Raybum Dorey Jlm Cowllng 1-eed Store Jlm Cowlln Sulllvent Grocery Jerry Sulllvent Nance Snappy Servxce Allen Nance Benton Cleaners and Laundry Hurbert Benton Bearden Auto Parts Elmer Smlth Bobby s Barber Shop Bobby Steelman Mott s Cut and Curl Beauty Stop Martha W llllams Frances s Beauty Shop Frances Steelman Helen s Beauty Shop Mrs John Tlppy Sally s Beauty Shop Sally Brazll Bank of Bearden John Ed Anthony Presldent llcl-Earl Insurance Company Cartls McEarl POST OFFICES The Post Offlce was established as Gatlln on July 13 1880 The name was chan ed to Bearden on November 27 1883 Itwasflrst located on Sou Flrst Street Later 1t was movedtoMam Street February 22 1961 1t was moved to the present locatlon of Second and Plum Streets Followmg IS a 11st of Postmasters and the appolntment dates through September 1, 1976 Margaret R Gathn July 13, 1880 Eleazer W Norman November 27, 1333 99 J . 1 , -I ' ,' -1 . 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Annxe P G Llndsey September 4 1889 Al1cel Goodgame October 11 1899 Mamle L Johnson January 7 1904 Job A McLeod Apr1l 25 1910 Abbne Gatllng October 4, 1913 CName changed by marrlage to Mrs Abb1eSheareron June 23 1915 Q Jess1e Hollensworth Aprll 1, 1918 Bessle Mahan September 13 1918 Wlllxam V Trautman September 8 192 Grace Roberts I-ebruary 77 1933 CActu12l March 15 1933 CAssumed Chargej Effle K Trlbble March Z5 1933 CACUIIQD Aprll 1 1933 CAssumed Chargeb Thomas B Gatllng January 27 1934 QConf1rmedj Robert L Burleson August 31, 1943 CACflI1gJ August 74 1944 CConf1rmed Edward B Gtlbert November 7, 1967 fC0l1f1I'lT18d, Decerrber 1 1967 CAssumed Chargej Lols M Henry Novembe 11 1972 QAssumed Chargej Bearden Post Offlce personnel 1961 Left to rxght Lors Henry Ethel Harrell and postmaster Lee Burle son Cdeceasedj 100 Ethel M. Harrell - December 30, -1965 CAssumed!ChargeJ ' if 4 Sawyers at Llttle Bay near Bearden 1112 1 Y Il W KUOYI1 suos put Auomuv puvpeg 17351 1noqB 91 Aadog U91 Auoqguv s33 f pun Auomuv pal ,FW 94? Wig!! 3. ,Q 6' EB 4 103 I s-4 xx 4-a ..o .4 .a - -4 Q.: Q.: O hey I Boy S 7th pme U1 YE f .-1 -4 +4 d oreyj pauzool BJOM .meg JH DUB 'SX UOITQS E O IL' nv P-I KD I sv S Q. E w v-1 ro V2 O U- D- syaxsm Bugpnloul 3u1q1A.xaAa UB 'SUUJ09 P snig qeofj 1813! om an -Q tg 532.9 35 E S.....a..X La E.,sL.i.H! Xml is-.dl Y-EEE! Bearden Ho el Ear e owner Iooqos gdaoxe uauxom 101 sqof oqqnd Aluo aug sm qoiqm exeq peAo1du1a axam uau 0 Bulqoem uoseas am Buunp aorqd Aqnq B aunb sem Qrql, Luaqq 01 nas osle pina asn umo nam 103 pauum eq 01 exam selqeu 1011 911 01 ship uoxssexdap go saueuum oqqnd qum pasnguoo JQAQMOH .nam erm plnom qdoad 12001 a3aA put' 1 mg rv ,.. 4-v rv v-Q v-va r-v le- ,.. f O ow, QNX 'ns 106 Y' -'wr the 1950 Q earden ln Talbert and Beard asphalt pavlng contractors surfacxng a parkxng lot at the Vocatlonal School 1n E1 Dorado J D QDutchj and Cleo Beard begln busmess U1 1947 p3VlIlg streets fxrst m Bearden Later d1d most of thexr work on county roads H1 Un1on County whxch lncluded Smackover etc Mr Talbert contxnued alone Ul the busmess followtng the death of h1s partner 1Il 1961 He IS seml retlred now Q1 Cleo Beard pavmg contractor Cdeceasedl - ii at ,- 9 ,A ,4 ,.. w- '- ,.. V .-4 .-4 ,. ,- ,J ,-4 ,-4 ,- ,-. ..-4 ,.. ,A ,.. -- ...- y A ,. H .A .... ... .-1 ,. .-.4 H .-4 W1 L- t Q tfW'fwvrm:w We Present Post Office personal lncludeb Mrb Lots Henry, left and Mrs, Jxm COpa1J COWIIHQ .Jw Ma1n Street lookmg West 110 Cxtv Park m Bearden yn- 1r-urf Q qi fpudp Bearden's new F'1re Qtatxon and Ambulance 111 wa-o f 2. . tx kt 1ook1I5 baht 5 3532, sl' North Cedar Street 112 Modem Bank Blllldlllg QB4nk of Beardenj Bearden High School 113 W-Ugg, SSH Pxggly W1gg1y Owned by Bob McC1a1n Anthony s Grocery and Post Office 114 l'dbI1l0l1 L ellie-1' J E. 41111 belly 'Word D1 Nl.1l1.111 5 home was 1111111 111 18158 Dogwood tree Wd: out Jllt 111 U08 by Molly lJ1cker:,on.111dJott1e .zdtllflg 111 P.1r5o11.11,e QMetl1od1stj BQKYGCH July A lJ'1 Sale of 700 bales ol 1lIo11 lu p11 1 111.11 ly Q45 0001125 been reported .11 l3e.1rde11 muy 11.1511 1 ls BVAIS .md L W Doherty bold the carton to .ill h.151e1'1 111111 .11 ll 1e11ts.1pound Thxrty f1V9 care w11l be 11e1ded to 11411511111 the olto11IromBeardento the 1n1ll l'h1:. lb our ol the ldrget cotto11dea.le made 111 th1e. ter rltory 1n 111.1115 yedrb The SLIQECHOACYI COIllpd.Ily t11.11 1.111 1ro111 P1116 Bluff Arkansas to washmgton, ArkaJ1e.1e f 1 en Smte L.1p1tolj 11 D owned by .1 man named Chxdester lt c.1rr1ed 111.111 .md pd sengers lt had three btope .11ou11d Bedrden ll 1 me Procter home H1 Holly Sprlngs. Chldeeter lloube 111 C.1111de11 .md b.l11ot house whlch lb where the Henry Garner hom1 lm now Rev W J Beuy berwed the 1111.11111t.1 1 ll U11 1111882 Qlnforma t1on came from old A1k.111e.1s sure lloueel 111 Q: . . HL- 1 3 A J .. ,X 9? 'Y ,V wk I X 1 , . 1 . , ' 11, . 1 . . , , A , - K 1 1 A ' - . ' ,-, - , , , J, , I. -W ,-1- 1 '1 14 , 4 J '1 1' LN l .1 1 11.1 C I ', ' . . ' ' 1. , 1 1 - . . , , . . , - . . . 1 1 ' X u . 1 . . . . .1 ,. . . - ' 1. . ' 1 l 1. H. l A X, ' ' ' ' ' 1 ' 1 11 1 ' ' ' - I f X , A 1 - . . 1 , 1 . . K 11 a 1 . ' ' ' ':1' .. V ' ' ' ' , IJ J1, r ' '- . , . A . ' l . . . ,- , . . K. V . . . - , I , ul A , qc' D 117 898 mg a house ca on horseback I-. Rrme DrT 1- g 3' p-,C i ,H IQVX P gradual l f nn 1 I hoo! and rerelved hls medlcal de ree at He lt' M nnlnx Vledm ll llospltal now the Umversl of Tennews e He kegt ln wlttl nt w ln dlolne hx domg speclal study at dlfferent places On May ll 1916 I Rhlne ll was declared ln Thornton Several thousand frnnde we rs mn hand for the barbeeue dxnner and were glven an mbcuhed lard and plcture of the honoree Eachm the multltude whom rln flottor had naerefl mto the world was glven Dr and Mrs Rlllllk hal three clnldren Mre Rhine lS bt1lll1VlIlg useful llf l 5 dr S lll lhornton llr Rhlne always referred lb Wlle she w me all the help he ever wanted Bearden has hid lotx f dmt r UI P I Byrd Qalboan rk ansae LOIlgI'9xSI1'lLIlD lr lunntrlx UI Thompson CMr5 Thompson was a heh: ol ha h 1 lll Heard n Sln tlnght for thlrty years Dr chle D1 Mahan I1 fl 1 ll I P HIOIYIIJSOH arden his v ll fqrnped All lt needs IS A 1 l tune no t I 118 e 5 X, : .. A 35 u 9 .35- pf J L, V13 'IQ F, ltlnnn In 'na ff' e .1i,ag 88. He ' ' of re ltvxilyw- Ilgl 'W' , I ' ' , ' g I I V. U in K Iam A. .N y . .ty . ' ' 'V ' ' I 4 t ', , lr. r ay' 5 , . ' , . I 2 ' U1 ' 1 ' ' ' A a lapel button with the letter R printed on it, a ' e .mf l'P'l 1 ' , . , ' ' ' to h' ' as hlf lull'-X x1'k,' 7 1 ':, ., ,. , ' 1 , rm 'o w, '. l, ., ' A - , , . 1 .. ,. ', X , . ' .1 . ,. . , , . ,. . , . ' I 1 e' ' 1 W3 , .' 1 1 ' 'J . Rit ' , ', ' ' , V. .lHSt'41l,.Il1l ', . , , ' S , BQ I L 'I Ilrlf- 'llltll' thzt le 11 - ' , , ' ' . fll ' ,, H. r 1 Dr and Mrs W H Prult ln the new clmxc nn Bearden Dr and Mrs W H Prultt moved to Bearden mthe summer of 1974 He oractlced at the Bearden c11n1c untxl September 1975 Then they moved to Lxttle Rock where he became ASSOCl8tE Professor of the Department of Fam11y Practlce Umverslty of Arkansas of the Medlcal Scxences He contmues to come to Bearden to practlce on Saturdays We of Bearden do appreclate thls Dr Pru1tt was 1n prlvate practlce ln Camden Arkansas and Lovmgton, New Mexico before coming to Bearden Hrs w1fe IS the former Dorothy Sue Jenklns descendant of early set tlers In the 19305 Bearden supported s1x Drs Thelr names were Dr Thompson Dr Brewsters home and offxce was where the Barners hve no 903 Mr Ed Gxlbert was the first man to own a car 1910 119 . . . J . , . - Dr, Byrd, Dr. Kennerly, Dr. Smythe, Dr. Mahan, Dr. RiiChi9,21I1d w. .'.1 . p p y -- .46 Dr J P Thompson recelvmg award by W H Books m connectxon wxth Lxons actxv1ty. Dr Thompson is now serving on the medical staff at the State Hospital in Benton. 120 CHAPTER VI PUBLIC OFFICIALS MAYORS MARSHALLS RE CORDE RS by Margaret Graham TEAMWORK We may call It by th1s name or call It by tha Teamwork or Cooperatlou together we stand by ourselves we fall flat together, my frlend we re the Natlonl Whatever we do or whatever we plan we can t stand alone e en the best of us but must share of our glfts wlth our good fellowman for we re only a part of the rest of us' Because Bearden men loved law and order ln the town ln whlch they lxved they gave of thelr talents t1me andknowledge to make lt a prosperous and st1l1 growmg communlty and apeaceful and safe place to ralse the1r fam111es These off1c1als smcerely worked for the betterment of our busmesses and homes They contrlbuted much to the safety of the people both young and old Some served dunng Probatlon and suffered many hardshxps trymg to perserve the peace Some gave thelr llves ln the lme of duty but each served and brought honor to thexr off1ceasaded1cated We could not xmaglne belng w1thout our Flre Department and Ambulance Servxce These men worked long and t1re1essly to brmg help to our communxty when needed For years thxs was done by volunteer cltlzens who loved thelr work and mankind The f1re de partment was orgamzed around 1947 when a used fxretruck was bought from Shumaker and recondltxoned by Bob Glaze wlth Ralph Bryant as chxef The Bearden Ambulance was purchased ln 1971 w1th the Bearden Llons Club as sponsors, donatlons from Bearden C1t1zens helped pay for expenses and cost MAYORS Flrst mayor 1883 W M Gatlmg Jr About 1910 M O Walthall Date unknown J W Jumel After the town was lncorporated May2 1921 to Sept 7 1921 Sept 7 1921 to May 1 1923 May4 1923 to May 1 1924 May 1 1924 to May 5 1927 May 5 1927 to May 10 1929 C W Cathey S L Owens Jas P Batchlor W Jordan I J Bass 121 . 9 9 0 D D ' 7 J 1' D 1 1. - ' 1 ' I 7 5 I , . 1 ' I citlzen. . 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T 1 a .--'OK W E Summers mayor 1942 Sam Owens mlyor 1971 1923 so l L ti to the lrk Sena n flltitlllll 1 lll StJIVlllg Q s lle ms one 0 the ttrst plllllll otflutls to serve lll the new tapltol hulldlng Also served lll the old lie tlrst ser ved trom Calhoun County at the age ot 77 the youngest to that ttme He was an lttorney and hxs daughter Leah Mrs Elmer lltrrell of Uallasb remembers Mr Owens trymg cases ln thelr home Frank Marshall mayor 1947 1949 and 1951 He lS the father of Nolan Marshall who became mayor also we ,, Q- .www 122 1111 970 19111 1 1110 1315t1Apr111 119 191110 111 M3 191Jto AIJF11 195 11 19Ht1 'lu 19i9I1H Nov 1947 M4 1 1941 A r11 Mg 1 1919 A11 an I F to 'VLH 1 9m 19.11 191 19,17 196 1961 11 97.1 Iuly V376 1971 975 July 1 1976 to August! 1976 5 14111 nl! 1 fr 1 Haul 11 Smx Q K ra N 1 'Vlilx W 1114411911 nS 11 11 Lxvmgston Mayor 1 4 14 7 Also ownedand opf mted Bearden Goods at thf tune Now retlred, he and 1115 w1fe, the former Umf Jonps 11ve ln Nac Hgfiffhes Texas near h1s jon Bernard Llvmgston Q famlly 5,16 X.: fggvklil tie Shown to the left at top Nolan Marshall mayor 1957 1961 shown Ul foreground on horseback leadmg a parade ln Texas He was supermtendent for Bearden Lumber Co for many years 111 Woodvllle Texa and Bearden QNow deceased J Photo to the left at the bottom W H Brooks mayor 19611971 as he lb sworn 1h by recorder I R Qlptj Nettles at the councrl meetmg Left to r1ght Clty Marshall Gran v111e Warrxck Fred Quarles J1m Cowllng Wallace Tucker D1dQuar les Howard Graham back row HIGH ww' Don Cam shown above mayor 19711975 so school pr1nc1pa1 at that t1me and now schoolsuper mtendent To the left L. H Elms, mayor 1975 76 and was re corder treasurer for many years He res1gned thls year 09763 due to 111 health He IS a retxred Agn teach er from the school corlren and L, H. Elms all councill 7 gy , , .f - . al I , A h ' - .. V gil' . 1 WW . 3 9 gr - - , Q - . - 1 O W T Brewster mayor 1943 and 1949 1951 Walter T Brewster mayor ox Bearden III the early l940sand agam ln the 1950 s He was a Il2itlV8 of Ford, e met and marrled Ruth Whatley of Sulphur Sprmgs, Texas whlle they were both students ln Dmughon s Busmess College m Fort Worth Texas They moled to l-ordyce in lllell' early llldffled years where he ran the commlssary for Fordyce lumber Co She later taught typmg and shorthand lll school Years later they moved lu Bealden where they hadagrocery busmess a.nd were actxve ln hurch and c1v1c actnvxtles and develop ment He was a loyal memter of the Methodxst Church and she was a falthful worker 1I1 the llrst lsaptlst Church durmg the early years and CODSIFULIIOH ol the I hurch s present bulldmg She remamed one of 1ts outstandmg dedlcated members durmg many years of SQFVILE uhtll her retnementand move to Sulphur SWIDQS Texas 1n about 1960 followmg hrs death She was also one of the founders of the hbrary and worked rn thls capaclty her last years III Bearden They have two chxldlen .1 son Walter Brewster Jr of Vlrgima and a daughter Alma Ruth Scarborough, w1th whom she now resldes 1-Il Pasadena, Texas and a granddaughter Carolme Brewster 126 . . 1 , 'K ' . . , ,, - 4. - 1 4 ' 1. . x' -- . 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MARuHALLS Hubert Benton .lppomted mayor August 1976 to fmxsh th unexpxred term of L H Elms Dave Henry Clty Marshall and IJ S Marshall J T Rlchardson Bob Lee John Beeson Bert Jun1e1 Emest Harley HlCky Steelman 1944 1947 Albert Ragan 1937 1947 Frank Roark Elmer Rowlms Troy Pearl C B Fergerson 19471950 Geo Reddm Slx years Granvllle Warrxck Twenty three years Clifton Humphrey 1976 Allen Nance 1976 127 . . v 9 , , Tom Pierce - Sixteen years 1918-1934 EH Tom Pxerce Marshall 1918 1934 Tom and Carrle Oatma11 Pxerce come to Bearden m 1904 To t.h1s umon were bom ten chlldren s1x are St1ullVll'lg Margaret, Eve, Lols, Tommy, J1m and Mlldred Each f1n1sh1ng school here and contrlbutlng to varlous orgamzatxons Mr Pmerce served slxteen years as Cnty Marshall Even though he served durmg the days of Prohlbltxon he kept our town a peaceful commumty to be lil Thls was no easy task and of course great percau t1on had to be taken, but Mr Plerce knew everyone Ill the county and when a stranger come III to town he was not long spottmg h1m. Mr Pxerce had one experlence that he dld not appreclate Some bank robbers V1Sll9d the c1ty 1n the prosperous year of 1927, after txelng Marshall Plerce up wxth a rope he was placedmanearby boxcar where he stayed lmt11 someone come by to hear his call. HIS 11fe was taken wh11e he was City Marshall. 128 N1 9 ag ,e 5 ae ' 95 .hm Culp was one of the flrbt rndrbhalle of Bedrden He marrled Tommle Watt Bom to thls couple were :lx chlldren Amy Culp Cl-hg gmbothamj decedbed Mattxe Culp Qdeceaxedl John Culp marrled Amber Gllbert gboth deceabedj P90 5 pdrentej Jlm Culp and Ray Culp Cdeclabedj and I-.dd1e Culp Ufuneaj mother of Mr: Nell Rose Stratton llnt kex btv.ehn.m m.1rehall1944 IH7 lulled lll lme of duty He rled Lettxe Mde Owens, Chxldren .ue H1ekeySteelman Jr of Bear den Mdxlne Steelman Ruby Fay Steeltnun QTuekerJ Kenneth Steel xn.u1 Johnnxe Steelman and Carl Brady 5teelrna.n of Bearden C B Fergerwn, marshall 1947 l950. QDeceasedJ M 129 1 W Iv :V V if ' - we ' 1 15: 3, I ' W1 '-if - mine here from Thornton. He mar- mz my W. N Q I Y , . A W3 ' L - J - 1 ' u ,, .Vy,. . , . Q . Us ' . x v ' 1 Y 4 1 l Pxutului Above, Albert Hagan nxawhdll 1334 1947 retxred m em 11 dum mdrslxdll bpd rr, ll L 1950 5 - vu f 1 r' , , ,. , ,Q H- , - - Beauivll, LJ 51. KT , .' i L Ur . v, . mil... was Granvllle Waunk rxmxvlmll 19 lam QHW Qzividiff' KK Q-?'2 Us Granv1l1e Warrmk Mt rucxveb 5 L r pmque from Cxty of Bearden from Mayor Hubert Benton, mmm x 1 1376 151 'I in f Wi ' O I ,J I . ' . .. :,, ,p fi.- -,. ., . -nv. X gym .wwf-rn mn-lr M1 v' 7' fn., s 3,4 'BS. ,N 2, 7 V A1 MIP xx, .Ja 6. f ' '. ' . . 1 , '. ' 1 ' 1 x 'X 5 x Chfton Humphneb May2 1921 June6 1922 May4 1923 Mayl 1924 May5 1927 May 11 1928 Apr1l9 1934 Aprx113 1937 Mayl 1939 Apr114 19-11 Apr1l7 1947 194 952 1952 1960 Jan 1961 197' Jan 1972 1971 GNN le and Allen Nance both marshall begmning 1976 RECORD? R Hubbard Mltchell l:.rv1n Mltchell Cmlg A D Towler J L Hubbard H B Jordan W '7 utt W E Summers Hugh Thompson Hal11eNut1 I R We tles L H Elms, Vlargaret Launlb Jan 1975 Bmcy Jenkms Hill- DBPARTMILNT P451 and Current R2-U1 BFYMII 7 1' uef Clarence Bounds - Clue! Bti! G12.Zh: R. W Crgw Troy Stllcleywlb Chief H 3 ugh Thompson - Chief 5-J - emi ...SEN f Kmch Womack Nlg Bowen Bradley G1lbert Conway Stone John Peterson Garland Anthony Ralph Cochran Vmlgaret Ldumub, e murder trsasnrer' 1977 Um and her huehand left the Lite R VN Laun us C hdnu llor Judge I' SI Bearden F1re D+ partment Hubert Benton Cotton Laumus Lee Anthom Qtexe hthrxdge Allen Min Chlef Ihandx N uxrf 135 gas ii 1 f L lll ers 1 5 553 Bearden City Cf-unr'il A left tn right hawk r1wv,lll1lw-1 HA-rvlm, :fmvflrg Dxck Willxams, .Ivrry Wxlnon, Watvr Wurk Sqn., 5lAll lllL' If-rry Moody, Frvd Quarles, Holton ',2llllllllS, Hmvy .lF'lllIl'l4', rw1-rdPr- treasurer, left to right, from mw Cm Atfwrnwv, Vfwl'. 511vw, Harold Mizell and Steve Eithridg -Q A Q -v 1 1 s- w..l. ban 'ns-:uns--ann fm' Clarks, rmma urmfq, len and mf--. mv 5 4 l IIQQ-un.-un u-uns-D-1 w 1 -4--.-M..- -M ,-, Url:- 1 annum..-1-u v-npnw, Hum 1842-44 1846-48 1850 54 1860 66 1868 72 1874 78 1882 84 1892 96 1900-04 1908-12 1916-21 1925-28 1933-36 1941-44 1947-60 1965-76 IU' Old I ity Jail in the 1940 s Ol Af 1l1'TAf0UN'1 Y IUDQLS William Hickman Thos Woodward Robert Jordan A VN Bacrus J G Alexander J M Stinnett William C A Avera , W, Hays M. D. Hale '. ' Tate , Livingston Geo. R. Cordan G. R, liaynic Milas Reynolds Alfred Stinnett Glaze made the first mohile firefighting equipment which was a two wheel cart. 1844-46 1848 50 1854 60 1866 68 1872 74 1878 87 1888 9' 1896 99 1904-08 1912-16 1921-25 1929-32 1937-40 1945-46 1961-64 1977 A J Rutherford James Hicks Hogan Moss J M Stinnett J G Alexander Issac Newton Stinnett Rushing W, T. Martin , , Mc,Call S. H Hawkins Watt Jordan from England Plunkett J H Goodgame J. B Cross John Marlar Bea rden Mr Ed Gilbert was the first man to own a Car - 1910. Dave Henry' and Bert Junniel were the first marshalls in 1905 1116 rlhk lNl flt T by l Il' llle Anderson Everyone lb WOI'klllg5 themselvfs to death to pay for labor savtng tlevtres Quott fl from trthur Godfrey The Southwestern Telephone Comptnx tame to Bearden ln July 1921 The owner was! I Rxchardson The old ofllee was A one posltltn board and 1 frank was used to rlng the telephones E B Rhodes was the boss and 1tW3b known as Home Telephone Company .at that tune The offlce bu1ld1ng was lD a two story butldmg across the railroad track lwas 15 or 16 years of age at that ttme About IQH or 191821 new offtce buxldxng was butlt 1l'l town and a flash ltght system was used and It burned Later Mr Rhodes sold out to Allted telephone Company and they tnstalled e dtal system SllblTlltt9d by Reba Jenklns fame Mrs Reba Jenkxns at the old swttchboard pr1or to dial system 137 CHAN 'T Vll. COM 5 . U.lLlllFS Miss Gtles retired ln 1953 and I started bacfkto work tor them: ' th 'J , 1 l'F'flT'11fl' in love, Q A V f Q HPV T T stt y, V' 1 ' 1 f ' ' 1, ,fw- Mrs Reba Jenkms and her sxster Mrs Euna Cochran worlnng at the sw1tchboard to the moment Allled Telephone Co made the swltch to the dial system 1n early 60 s Hugh Thompson made the frrst call whxch was to the government agency nn Washmgton D C that had helped to make the lmprovement posslble Bearden s Fxrst Electrxclty Slb Rlchard Hopkms I J Bass Grxst M111 and Cotton Gm was where DoreyStat1on IS now and xt was run by steam The company had a bxg steam engine whxch generated electrlclty that ran the grlst m1ll and cotton gm After flve o clock when the mllls closed the people of Bearden could turn on thexr ughts This allowed the women of the town to use their most pnzed possession, the electnc 1ron Penny Culp walked to each house and collected the hght bill every month R. L Hopkxns was mght watchman at the Light Plant This was the first electncxty m Bearden and after thxs came the Delco System The Llght Plant tDelcoj was located about where the Assembly of God Church stands now. It was built by Homer and Arch Williams. 138 J A 4' at UQ S I' IJ2. . . xx ,1 3 M . ' 1 hu . ' T . ' ' ' wx' J. W , , ,f x I Q ,- L ' tu: I 1' in V' 4 .ASE em , W. , S 1 ' 1 ' ' ' ' I ' I , he5e 5111 SH ml natu fOr way ade m do Dom t E Ll 21 ln 19 Om bo I 0 he T U!'111S1l8K1 611111141111 1111 All 1 011 Lunpb Power pL1111s gef1er.11e11 1 1r1 111 1 1 1111 e 11111111 111118 1 1111111 1.15 1 F1111 1111 D 1111 l1gh1 ur 11 M4101 111 111.1rde11 tdlked 111111 11111 s11y1111 1111 11 111l111,111 111 tw 111 111.1rde11 T1.11 1 1111 1 11 1rf 111.1111 N11 1 Ulwl 1 1 F 1 51 JO 1111111111111 11 11 Ill 111011 they would hum ,111111g111 11 111 r111 JI 5 1111 The 111.15111 111 111111 111111 NN NN J11rd.1 Na1ur.11 61.11, Ord111.11111 N11 J1 gun Ark.111sas 1111111111 F11 1 r 1 1 1 gdb lmee Theme sere 111511111111 111 11 11 1 11 111 1 1 1 J 13.155 wah Mayor Bearden V1.11er .md 51w1r 51511 111 The 11151 water works 51511111 was 1o11s1r11111d 111 11 11111 G UY Watkma, Co111m11or R C Cr111g 111115111111-111' 11 111.11 111111 11 16 next water workw 55511111 W1S er1111d 111 1916 I V1 Sanders was mayor 111 111.11 111118 1-111 Il f -' 1' ' ' 1' 11 18-1.11'111111, 111-11111--11111.1111'1 -111111111111 A ' ', ' . . 1 ' , 1' 111' 1' 4' 11 511 . FY C1 'J '1 1 '-V111 .1 . 31 111 1511.11'1i1111 111 11111 .' , 11 Opf? 1 1 P ' ' N fl 11- 1'.11'111Y.1l. 1111 -V11 X1 NWI . 111111 11 11, gr, 1116 ' W 1 I1 ' I' . 1 11 13 '. 1 11 721111, hgh. 1 . 1 51 '1' 111111-1-111-11'p1111-11111111- 111 1-. jen, Ord ' '11 .' . 117 mv, Ark. P11w11' 11. I,1?f11' 1 1, '111' 1'11f111111 erect poles .111d W1I'1'N 111 M111'1'11 1935, T1111 1'1rN1 1'1111- 18- 111 111. fir' ' ' '. ., '1111r11 'Vere I5 f'1Iy 11111115 11r111'11-11 .1'1111 1111- .11ir1-19. me ' . 11 L '1 . l1,11111+'1' 111111, 1 ' ' 1 ' 1151115 ', ', 11. ' 'I .' .' 'f 1 ' Q- Q .' 1 A 11111111 111111111 11 11111 IJ laj ' ' A ' ' 5 1 1f. -1 1- ,1g1r1l1i12i 'while 1 3 551 Public sewage went into effect 1947 - a flat rate of 31.75 for water and sewer. In 1963 the new sewer expansion was vompleted. This was the first enlargement since the original czonstmction. The old system was inadequate and untreated sewer was overflowing, so this was a great improvement for the city. The city is presently engaged in an extensive water and sewer expansion program and other improvements that began under the leadership of Mayor Don Cain, now school superintendent. Hubert Benton is the present mayor finishing the unexpired term of L, H, Elms who resigned recently due to ill health. man New sewer disposal plant expansion completed 1963 W H Bmoks mayor Harry Anthony, Water Works superintendent Shown at left Cornerstone an the wellhouse at City Hall erected 1936 when the present system was installed through the Public Works Administration Corder H B Gathng Treasurer Aldermen were J W Gatling W T Pike Lee Burleson, O C Harris, and Ed Sanders 141 KA GJWAJ. Officials were: J, w, Sanders, Mayorg J, L, Hubbard, Re: FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 1-lorence Bethea Under the d1rect1on of W M Gatlmg the Fxrst Methodxst Eplscopal Church South was started The old wooden buxldlng was where Mrs Cleo Beard s house 15 now standmg The old church was torn down and the lumber was used to bu11d the old Parsonage Wxlber Barner bought It and moved xt out to Salem where he and hrs famlly now 11ve Brother Fred Roebuck came to Bearden ln 1917 and plans were made to bulld the church that IS now standmg The church was com pleted ln 1920 Brother Roebuck was pastor 111 Bearden from 1917 to 1929 As far as can be determmed the bell m the new church 1S the one taken from the old church The church was pald for In flfteen years Brother T D Spruce came III 1945 and that IS when the annex was added on the orxglnal bulldmg The new Parsonage was bullt 111 the 1960 s and dedlcated when H O Richardson was pastor III 1966 Blshop Galloway was here for the dedlcatlon In 1974 the members of the Methodlst Church dlda complete overhaul of the sanctuary Theyputmacomplete new floor, new carpet, and new pews There was also some Sunday School rooms done over and pamted The outslde was palnted and the brlck redone Here are some of the preachers that have served In the Umted Methodlst Church 1907 to 1923 A M Shaw F P Doak P S Herron D C Holman L J Rldlmg F J Roebuck H H McGuyre 143 fl. 34'-II -.. -.., 521 Jf,M -ax . .1 ...A gs ' V . . , , 1 . '. . ' . 1 . 'fo 1 , . . . . , . 5 . , , . . s . - . 1. . , . . , . . , . . . . , . . 1 . . . to lflfb Jolt Rodgers thutlts messer J A llenet on Mussee, T U Sprutf Htothet tort HrotherBmiwel1 Tom Chrlsty Bob Scott Brothtt Olde t t wld I tn het Robert Htggtn Myron Pterce Al Elder, lletrold Brent ll tl Rh hettdson bgllll A.lbr1g,ht Mtlte X elchotf Kent Klnard, and Tom Nattons I-1R.ST b0LIHl:.RN ls-xllllbl LHLKLH bw Rev D W Stark The Ftrst Southern Brtpttst thurth tn Bettrden was organtzed U1 1895 The chureh was tltst Assoc mted wtth the Landmark Movement the church yotned the C uey Assottdtton ot whtch tt ts sttll 4 member ln 1918 Rev L t. Holt who was half ttme pastor tn Thornton and also one of the btate Board E.V.illgEl1bI mme to the Bearden church to hold .1 tent revtvetl At thts ttme the thurch was pastorless, and the handful of tnetnbers were revtved and became more actwe tn the dlrectton of progress In 1990 through the help ol A-.soc1.lt1onAlM1ss1onary W Q Young a second revtval washeldhy Rev L L Holt The ehureh had to abandon thexr old butldmg .md mttt lll theK P H.1llonMatn Street There were over U uddtttons tn thts revwal Rev Holt was called as pastor LH October 1920 and served for four years In l92Zanew buxldlng was eretted and t now bemg used The bell from the old bulldmg was transferred to the new butldtng Nh-.4 First Southern B3DllSl Church 144 1934 .' '. tt Y, L ' A ', . .. 's . . .fn 5 N i .1 f 7 I ' y I I 5' , In ' 1 4' , ' . . - - - 'f 'r ' . 1 ' ' 1 A I A ' 1 and was a member of the old .Judson Baptist Assofftation, In 1918 . . 1. , V 1 T ' ' A ' .. , . V . .'. V ' ' Q 'I y, , , -F , -- A 'T ' . f - - ' .ll 5. Old Plum Street Bap tlst Church located where Bearden lumber Co of fn e lb now In 19'8 Rey Holt retu ned to liearcn n 1 pastor tor the second t1me, and et rved three years Durmg that tune people came from Cotton Belt Mlllevllle, and Eagle Vltlls Many ttmes the bu1ld1ng was filled fox mornmg and evenlng seruces In 1931 the ehurch loet many memberb due to the clobmg of three bxg pme mlllb I-or bex eral years there wae a struggle but the church kept movmg, on wtth the members tt had In the late fort1es an annex was added fox addltlonal Sunday School roome ln 199 new brlc k was put onthe ortgmal butldmg and tn recent years the mstde of the Sanctuary hasheen remodeled A lot and bulldlllg adjommg the chur h property was purrhased to be used as a Youth Butldmg and recently a lot hae been purchased for a new parsonage The Church has grown through the years, andnovu has an enrollment oi restdent members and 196 non reetdent members In August a homecommg was held tn oheervanee ofB1t,entenn1al The followmg lb a hat of paetore havmg berved ev L l. olt ey LltmrNIorgan 67.42 ev Maurtct Hall 96 ey Ii S tolet an 128-45 ev G M Workmm ty Ldgar Crtftm 3 7.43 Ho t my I P liar ett 114 50 Rev John Kxlburn 3 3 et ous Poole 9 5 ev Gamer IO '4 4 ey 11 yt lpthu 1 1 10 79 58 ev Blbhop 7 ey ba n I Ca hey ev Couch 1 y H Vt Ha tom 5 94 64 ev Eppmette 10 'Y-40 ty Xt R Rogerb 3 17 68 1-lo 4 Q- he 1 . 297 ' A - ' 4. R . . H - 10-1-IU R '. ' 1 ,- 1 - - Rev. R, L, Austin -A IO-l-2-1 Rev, 5am King a-. 9-15.43 R . 1 ' 1 H 1-L -26 R, . , ' n1 .- . R . . . ' A ---- ll-7-36 R12 ' 1 -.. - Rev. L. E. l - 12-2-28 R 1 '. .. l. g -- - . . ' - 2-' -' 2 R. 1. ' q - 1-, 5 R .O, H, 1 - -Q -Ll R '. .. '. ' ' r 'l A -L - R . C, L. 1- 9-L-'36 Rv. ' 1 ' t 1 - 4-3-51 R .W, F, . -- 9-22-37 R1 . . . l M -, - R . L. D. ' -- -4' R- . . . r -M - - Wai -. BLARDLIN MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH by Connetta S Roach Bearden MISSIOHHYY Bapt1st Church organued 1n 1946 by Rev Reuben leslxe ln the old K P Hallnear the s1te of the present Masonlc Buxldmg, on H1ghway 79 had thxrteen charter members Twelve of tht thxrteen were Mr and Mrs J H Evans Mr and Mrs Herman Evans Mr and Mrs Horace Hammaker Mr Charlle Jones Mr and Mrs Jlm Davls Mr and Mrs Frank Roark and Mr Marlon Evans lts present membershlp IS sixty elght Rev Leslle was, at the txme of the organlzatlon a mxsslonary of the Arkansas M1ss1onary Baptlst Assoc1atxon wh1ch was affxllated wxth the Amer1can Mlsslonary Baptlst Assoctatlon There was a splxt tn the latter group at thelr nat1onal meetlng ln Lakeland, Florlda U1 19a and the North Amerlcan Baptxst Assoclatlon was organlzed at hat txme The Bearden MISSLOHKYY Baptlst Church became af fxlxated wtth the N ABA whlch ln 1972 changed xts name tothe Baptlst Mlssxonary Assoclatlon of Amerlca therfore, the Bearden Church ts known as a B M A church e Bearden church buxldmg conststs of a 30 X 40 ft sanctuary whnh has a lovely hardwood floor wlth a 6 foot strlp of red carpet stpaxatmg two rows of beauttful clear vamnshed pme pews B9S1dGS the sanctuary, there are three large Sunday School rooms one small one, a nursery and rest rooms T he framework of the bu1ld1ng was erected under contract by Wxlson EL. ll of Sparl-:man and most of the other work was done by donated labor The f1rst pastor of the church under conslderatlon was Rev. Abner Reddlng, a brother Ill law of the Rev. Leslle, who later became pres1dent of the BM,A Central College at Conway. Other pastors 146 , fr' :Q ., 7 7,2 t raaa A .ff 9 I H 5... rw, My X , .M 1 V Bl ' if -in ' 1 r N . . . , . l . . . . T . , , . 1 A 1 1 . . . . Q . . ' , . ' - Q . Q . . -O 1 . . . . . 'J I ' ' . A ' h ' - I I . . - .7 1 V . Th . ' ' ' , l A ' ' , 9 Rev L I C V R y tharles bn Rev Edd Hart Ru' lovwry Smnth Rev Jaspt r Chllders Rev John Lem Sllllth and Rtv Edd Evans Rey R M lloach lsthe present pastor BEARDEN ASSBMBI X Ol' GOD QHUKK ll by M1 81 Mrs rred Quarles Plrst Assembly of God Lhuxth was organmed Iuly 1921 W N Rlggb gave 6 lotsto lJll1lddCllllI'l h and parsonage on and also donated the flrst 5100000 Brother Kllgore from l-ordyce donated the next Anthony gave lumber and lldllh to start tht hunldmg ofthe church The Cotton Belt Lumber Company donated lumbe r and the men that worked there, both black and whlte donated money Ladles from the church made up donatlons around town Some of the men that br lt the rhurt h w re l Bro Whlte Bro Barns Pen Clemons Llttle Junmle Doherty 3 Bro Stafford Iohn wages 4 Bro James lhtk Ilopkms if Assembly of God Church The benches pulpzt, altars and the bell were donated from the Kelly Church by Brother Walter whlte The fxrst pastor was Zack Laumus The flrst Sunday School Super mtendent was Walter Whlte The church started out wmth 7 deacons. 1 Walter Whxte a Bro Stafford,Jr 2, Authur James 6 Bro Vaughn, Sr 3. Quen Turner 7 Bro kaughn, Jr. 4. Bro Stafford, Sr 147 wer . '. G. Cat r, Re , L, '1, '1di,f,,1, ,,t. , he tum. S1,000.0EJ, l:'re.d Quarles and Clyde .Johnson cleared the land. Garland 2. ' 6. ' - X D I 'D Q l o . 'Ff if-ps e R E f W4 av 5 Q ll. X 8 4 , I - I .IN Some ot' the early Inerul-ers were: 1. MLlfVlllf1I'!?gIDfy' 16. 2, Mary Gregory 17, 3, Minnte Doherty 18. 4, Beatle Anthony 19. 5. Rhoda Beason 20. 6. Cora Payne 21. T Allrson Morrtson 32. 8, Florance Bowman 23, Siste r Rode Xlu ll llradlord lk red Quarles Annu Quark s Xlrgxe Merrltt Ola lea Ru ves Cluud Sillllllklfl B111 Meade Homer Mays Hattle Mays Pen Clemons Ella Wilson Sister Lipton Margle Hauvkms A111118 Mosley Marte Hopklns Lorene Mosley Raymond Nance Lela Nanee Nettrt Bur kley -Xnnxe Lombe v.,...-4 The lred Quarles Mrss Jlnnre Isabella Wrlson daughter of Mr L Mrs Lee Wllson marrled Fred Lee Quarles son of Mr 8. Mrs H111 Quarles on Aprll 13 1919 They were marrled 1n the home ot Mrs Alrce Barnhart of Bearden hy Justlce of Peace Vlalter Pappy Byrant Both Mr 8. Mrs Quarles were born and ralsed 1n Bearden md st11l resrde here Therr frrst home was located near where Bear Brand R001-lIlglS now lotated They rarsed elght chlldren Hershel Quarles of 'Vlempms Tenn MAX1ll8 Couch of Pme Bluff, -krk Emestxne Deadmond of Grants Pass Ore Chrls Roark of Oxnard Cahf Ann Gresham of Fordyce Ark Russell Carlton 81 Maurlce all of Bearden 149 9, 2 fe 34. 1 10, 1 I f 4 l ' 11. 1 , 1 26. . .' ' 12, . + ' fi 37. ' ' .' I 13. ' . 28. 1 'J 14. 'T Jet H Q 29. F J ' 15. . U 1 S' ,I Mr. and Mrs. Fred Quarles Y i I V I . , . 4 S A L . K' Mr 81 Mrs Quules jOlIl9d the 1-lrst Assembly offod Church at Bearden as tharter members ln 14110 Fhey uf stlll attwe members of Flrst Assembly Mrs Quarles xv is honored as Mother of the Year Ln 1974 and Mx Quarles wrs honored as Father of the Year 1n 1975 Mr Quarles vmrked rs 1 lumber 11181361101 111 and around Bearden slnce 1919 He rftued um 1961 He has servtdon the Bearden Clty Councrl Thls c mupll has bten 1 Vlllllhlfl sourc of lnformatlon ln complllng this book To them sf exprl ss our thanks and appreclatlon CHURCH OF CHRIST by Mauc le Martln The Church of Chrxst probably had 1tS begmnmg ln Bearden LH the year 1925 w1th a small group ofChr1St1ans meetmg for worshlpln the home of the brethren Soon thereafter a buxldlng formerly occupxed by Brother and S1St6l W T F1ke as a dry goods store was obtalned and converted ulto a church bu1ld1ng It was at thlSl0C3.t1OI1 on the south slde of the rallroad that the church experrencedaperlod of growth III the latter nmeteen hundred and twentles Among the well known and loved speakers who d1d the preachlng were Brothers U. R Beeson, John Hedge, Stell, Blue, Ruby and others. At the turn ofthe decade Wlfh the dxscontxnuance ofthe two huge sawmllls at M1llsv1lle and Cotton Belt, and the well remembered drouth of1930, the church as well as a number of DUSIHQQQ houses and the banks were affected Not wxthstandrng, the church contmued and at least one servlce was held each Lord's Day and meetmgs were held annually. Then came the war 1.11 1941 and soon thereafter the huge Naval Ammunxtlon Depot and scattered members of the church at Salem, Cross Roads and Locust 150 .' J '- ' . - 5- u V 3- ' Council several difhfrent tunes .md is now a member ofthe City .1 4 I y , I 1 K L 1, U . 1 . . . . ' HW ' xi' ' F ' L ' . - N l i . 'QE Old Church of Chrlst bldg on South Cedar Street Bayou and a great mflux of people mto the v1c1n1ty ofBearden lt WaS durlllz th1s ttme thatplans were made for a new locatlon and drf ,rms of a full mme Munster As a result of these plans the tortner Presbvterxan Church bu11d1ng on Iworth Plum Street was purchased tn March 1959 Brother Bennett Land preached the f1rst ospel sermon there Then ln February 1955 the dream of a full tun p preacher materxahzed when Brother Carroll P Bennett ol Ru ton, La was secured for the work The church later dlsbanded for a number of years X mall group of members dec1ded to re organlze and purchased a large rnoblle home un1t as a place of worshlp tn 1973 on Worth Cedar Street The congregation conslsts of some 40 members Broth r Don Hockett of Snarkman IS the m1n1ster Plans are bemg mad tora new bulldmg to be completed by June 1977 Actordmg to Mr M L L1ndsey age 89 andthese tr ms words Salem Baptxst Church grandmother of Center Grove her pastors are L O Myers Gambrell C C Wmers Ba er J C Johnson L many more The present deed to an made by Mr J J was ' acres upon whlch has been smce 1848 for she lb the Bearden and Provxdence Some of E H Llndsey T T MHFYIII D E J H Brockman S C Swmney Doyle Holt and Me1v1n Chllders and many e church grounds was wr1tten ln 1898 Gamm1ll The amount of land pur based the magmflcant house now stand 19 55 takmg the place of old log huts It IS st11l well attended and the Rev Harold Harper ls p twr 151 ' I , -I A , ' , , ' ' .fl Zrms 91 1 V - SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH h ' n Q 1 l ', , l f 'Q . x 'A A Q , A . . t ,M I l . .l t. , I, D. . , ,n - vv, . k , . . ' , . E. ' ' ' j, H ' tn N 1 ' , ' li . . . ' . f' .' wk' 1 a4..nn. Qalem B1pt1st Church slnce 1848 BEGINNING OF WHVIFONK FHURCH by Mrs JohnW Mosley When the Pentefostal 0l.lfIlOllI'lIlg swept th1s part of the country a group of people from the 511119 Oak Communtty accepted lt and began travelmg many m11es 111 wagons to surroundmg churches to worshlp Then they began meetmg 111 homes 1n w1nter and open a1r arbors ln summer XM C QLncle Chntj Vwalthall an 'tssembly of God preacher of the commumty, and the others demded to bu1ld a church It was small and labor was dont by volunteers The acre of land was donated by frame Cypress shmgles were used tor the roof cut and Spllt bv the men L1ght was furmshed by coal-011 lamps set around over the church Heat was trom a wood heatex The church was ded1cated and set 1n order w1th the Assembhes of God 1n 1937 by the late Rev Jr ss Bowen who was the sect1ona1 Presbyter at that t11ne Rev Andrew Ward and h1s Nvlffl J11an1ta were the flrst pastors They also pastored Hfarden 1iopev11le and Wllllam SWltCh churches at that t11ne Fh1s bu1ld1ng has s1nc 1 been torn down and a larger one bu11t wlth Sunday School rooms added 152 , i .' 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Callow- , r 't , X ReV 946 OH c ngrega od 0 G Asbe nb Oak h 9 W HOPEVlLLE ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH Hopevllle Assembly of God Church was organrzed lIl 1910 There were nxne charter members Three are stxll lrvmg The late Mr Henry Bass, a charter member was Sunday School teacher fxfty years and Deacon for forty frve The charter members were and are as follows and Mrs Henry Bass and Mrs Ollver Anthony and Mrs J D Speer and Mrs Wrll Anthony Mrs Garland lFloraj Anthony The church burned ln the early thlrtles so they met Ul Garland Anthony s store bulldlng unt1l present church was bullt solldated wlth Antroch later Thornton The new church has about forty members now They send between two and three thousand dollars a year to the C A MISSIOHHFY They ralse th1s money by havmg Bar be cue suppers Photo to the right Hopevrlle Assembly of God home commg about 1952 Eagle Mllls Flrst Baptlst Church 154 Mr. f. f' K' Mr, ', ' Mr. . . . Mr. 1 ' The Hopeville Elementary School was a small school later con- f we f I -.1 1 'Q , i I -. fl xr Md I4 thfl Haptxst Churvh '81 ,,. Elder B f Gamer 4drn1n1sterxng the orduxance of Baptist for Salem Church at a gravel pl! 156 W w 3? M.. I... -- 2 ' .' , - yn : rf- K x U X VY ., f ,ho . . Q . , '41 I 114' -XL. ,,,,, pf--o lv ' ,- sig s -. w 'N L1 - , 4 'n I ' '. ' ' 5 QW' wer fd' Assembly ot mod baplisimil s i ls il e tirst churth in ox i in the C muito Ghvet and Princeton lt vas built in H585 b Buirt ll shaddock father ofJ G Shaddockj The preacher served llolly bpIlIlb5 loi two sundays and Prmce ton and Mt Olivet vere served only ont a month The only change made in Nlt. Olivet Church since it has been built is the Amen Comer. lt has been blocked out and made into Sunday School rooms. In the Amen Corner the men sat on the left side and the women sat on the right. This is facing the pulpit. Maude Crawford CProminent Camden attorney whose disappearance still remains a mysteryj was known to have said ont-i, that she con- sidered a safe plate to be was at home in the living room. Strangely enough this is the place from whit h she disappeared. The conversation was with a triend Mis Edgar '5usieJPryor who at that time was preparing for i missionary trip, to New Guinea Maude told her the risk was great that sln. wouldntbe safe. Upon asking her what she considered a safe place she said At home in your living room. To this day authorities have no trace nor clues leading to Maude Crawford s whereabouts. 15' il CHAPTER IX BLACK HISTORY by Mary Griffith There IS a destiny that makes us brothers None goes his way alone All that we send into the lives of others Comes back into our own MARKHAM HISTORY OF BLACK SCHOOLS Jimmy Sanders well known leader of Bearden is credited with having made the initial plans for the Black schools of Bearden When Mr Sanders was elected as a member of the school board little attention had been given to the educating of Blacks Alittle school was being held in a small room of alodge hall across the tracks modestly fumished and with only a few students in attendance The person in charge was Mr Jesse McRae who left Eagle Mills to work at Bearden Mr Sanders started work on plans for providing adequate school facilities for Blacks At the time most of the Blacks were engaged m farming Mr Sanders with the cooperation of the other members of the school board started plans for consolidation of school districts Bearden School A five acre plot of ground was purchased by the school board to be used as a Black school At the time of purchase the plot was only dense woods Black citizens gave their personal services in clearing the gounds for the building They also assisted in every way possible in building Mr Sanders used buildings from outlying districts and purchased other discarded buildings from the Mill Camp this composed the maui school buildings, home for the principal and home economics room When the school plant was finished the local school board asked the Rosenwald State Supermtendent to recommend a teacher for the school The school was reportedly opened to the public in 1928 Charles Richardson was the first principal Through the principal and Mr Sanders the school was well fumished and equipped Blacks contributed time labor and materials to make the school a success The Rosenwald Fund grant to the school was also helpful In 1930 when Mr Sanders was chairman of the local Red Cross the 5 acre plot was cleared and the timber obtained was used for the constructmn of a fence around the property The school served well the commumty for meetuig places for religious and civic concerns 159 , . A 4 , There were originally seven school districts consolidated with the at Stanford. Californla after transferring to Camden Schools where he-graduated in 1976. An rew Wlumms Danlel W11I1ams In the f1e1d of busmess are Waymond Howard Theodls Rogers Alvxn Matthews, Mary H Woods Fred Lambert, Jr Vlola Thrower Chllds, Verlene Brown B1l11e F Clark who have dtstmgutshed them selves In the armed servlces 1nc1ud ed are Gary W Wrlhams and Alvm Lambert both 2nd L1eu tenants, 01l1e Parham Frank Hartley Rrckey Gregory, Phxl 11p Lambert Fred Rhodes Dar Frank Cones and John T W1I 11ams who are career servlce men In socxal work and nursmg m clude Delma Atkms Cled1s Cole man Mary F Brazrl, Dor1s Rho des Emma J Lew1s Luc11e Rablon, and many others Rlchard Lewrs IS flnxshmg his lnternshlp and w1l1 be gomg mto prxvate practlce as a Cmroprac tor Dr Rufus Thrower, Jr has Garyw W1l11ams, Znd Lt started h1s pract1ce In Fayette 161 fi d l -I . . . I . , t. I D , , - 4 .- - , .',. . I ' ' nf K ' , A . ' - a r ' rell Moss, Raymond Lambert, . 1, . . - I , . - . , . n ' , 94 ' I , . . sl, 1 Team wulnlng Arkansas Athletxc Ab5OC1dt1UH Txtle Left to Rlght Elvm Newton Leon Parham Edward DdV1b, Lee Morgan Jr , Herbert Cones, John Sams R1chard Parham Thomas Rablon Charles Goodwm and Jlmmy Smxth -imc 13 I vt I I I Charles J Grlffxth coach of lst black team to w1n Am W T KCMOH PFIHCIPH1 Athletlc Assoc Txtle Ouachlta County Hlgh School 163 fi I liz, :lp 4, 5 ' n 1 1 ' A V 1 1 ' A .I if ' 1 f 1 ' I I l -SR C Cv .. 4 S I ' 4, Q ,P N 1 ,Quia Q, ,,f' ., H l n C f N I , A I . t . . l 4 f.Qg5?', Q X 'P . .5 ' Q - ' ek? , u - , f' ' u K ' ' Jn A , 3 . , Y . 1, 1 I ' ' 0 ' ' I D touching the lives of many Mrs Mil-xinniy having suvtd '5 years in Bearden Schools has a teaching c rreer total of 11 yt ars Mr and Mrs Elmer Dreed QMary llelenj played important rolts ui the school affairs Mis Dredd wls pr sident of the P I A for tour years, while Mr Dredd was yanitor tor 16 ytais Some of the other P T A presidents included Fred Lambert and hxill Williams The Ouachita County High School was formally closfd in May of 1969 when total integration was to be achievtd in tht fallot 1969 Several of the teachers, the books, audio visual materials and equip Bearden High School, as were all the academic records Cuachita County High School made its impact on Bearden and will continue on through the productive lives of those citizens who were fortunate enough to have been enrolled in that school But now only the last strains of the alma mater can he heard in reminiscene of O C T QThe school song was never changed after the name of the school was changed from Ouachita County Training to Ouachita County High School Q O C T 0 C T We thou proud children are, Thou art our guiding star C T believe Thou hast these souls of ours So closely bound to Thee, None other can we love But O C T But can t forget you You are a part of us Thou art our guiding star C T believe Our Hearts still yeam for Thee No matter where we be None other can we love But O C T I-reedom Day servies have been observed in Bearden for Z4 years The 1976 Service was abicentennialctlebrationofour nation s birthday American Negroes form the oldest and largest minority group in the Lnited States Their history is an inextrlcable part of the history of the nation and the world The orgin of the Freedom Day Servies centers around the Eman cipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment. It is observed the first Sunday in January of each year Organized under the auspices of the Community Improvement Club and the leadership of Rev F O Jones the program was housed in the Greater Mt Olive Baptist Church Maceo Williams, Ellis Morgan, Guy Newton, A Jones, ExillW1lliams, Junior Matthews, George Meek ins and Fred Lambert assisted in program planning The program has continuously grown since its beginning in 1952 The music was rendered by the choir of the then Ouachita County High School. ln later years a community choir was organized and more recently the 164 ment and portable buildings, the shop building, were brought over to choir ot the Greater Bradley Dlstrlct renders the muslc under the able dlrectxon of Mrs Alberta Monon The Greater Bradley D1str1ct Center formerly the Ouachita County High School 15 also the meeting place of the I1 reedom Day Servxes Some of the outstandrng speakers of the past mclude Rev J C Wh1tlow Dr I R Dunn Atty Wlley Branton, Dr FredT Guy, Dr Lawrence A Dav1s,Dr J C 0l1ver Dr Roland Smxth Wllllam Sonny Walker Henry L McHenry, Atty R1chard Mays and the Honorable S1dney S McMath Grownmg each year the churches of Bearden and surrounding areas Joln lll wlth c1v1c orgamzatlons to remember the past and wlth a great sense of awe and urgency assemble to take thelr place ln thexr own meager way along sxde countless thousands of men and women, boys and gxrls all over the world who are marchmg w1th bravery and dxgmty to the tune of Freedom s symphony The occaslon has been successful m polntlng out some of the d1screpanc1es ofAmer1ca s dual sense of democracy and an assertlon of the C0g'l'l1Z3.I'lCE of the rlch cultural herltage of the Black Man The 1976 blcentennlal theme A Legacy to Remember canbe enlarged to become a legacy to be cherlshed to be preserved and to be enrlched by the contr1but1ons of generatxons yet to come The programs always Lnclude trlbutes to the flags and honors war dead and cllmaxes wlth the beautiful words of James Weldon John sons National Negro Anthem, Stony the road we trod, bltter the chast-mng rod The Bearden communlty IS noted for 1ts CIVIC m1nded, noble leaders Self 0I'd3lIl9d leaders of the Bearden Commumty mclude Guy Newton Elbert Thrower Z Jones Ell1s Morgan, Ex11lW1ll1ams Charlle Cones, Junior Matthews, Lee C Parham, Homer Parham Rhodle Lambert, Bumls Brazll, Fred Lambert, T D Thrower, and Floyd Caldwell Outstandmg personalmes of the communlty mclude Ed Story George Posten George Gloster Dovme Chatman, Majonle Thrower Jxm Frost, Anna Frost Patxent Forman Rev Claude Green, Rev McLemore, Rev Maceo W1ll1ams, Mrs Narclssla Wllllams all de ceased Also xncluded are Mrs Mxnnle Gloster Lee Hudspeth Mrs Brooksxe Walker Jessle W11l1ams Mrs Pearl McLemore,Mrs Fannie Holloway Anme M Wllllams, Mrs Mary Dredd Mrs Gracxe Rance, and Robert Coleman Bearden has been made a better place 1n wh1ch to l1ve by the contrlbutlons made by these persons EAGLE MILLS Eagle Mills was once a boomxng town thanks to the Eagle Lumber Company there were m1ll quarters and lots of people tn Eagle Mrlls The late Mr M L Rowe lxved H1 Eagle Mllls from 1884 unt1l 1948 when he dled He was well known asa carpenter andagreat mus1c1an He had hls best band ug the 1900 s Some ofthe fumzture 1 5 - . 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I , . . . . . . . . , . . . and homes that he bullt lrt yet standlllg He and llls oldest daughter Carrle Rowe 'Nlelon rendered lllllSll for the lllolr of botll the churches of Eagle 'vlllls Qlfllf pllyed tht organ lnd p1dIlO and her father known as Bus Rowe pllytd ull lllblI'llIIll:?lllS alld was very good wlth the trumpet Mrs Grule Pratt tells the story of how the tralns would stop at the depot ln Eagle 'Vlllls The conductor would allow the passengers to get oft and dance to the lTlllSlC of Bus Rowe s Band and then get back on the ffdlll to contlnue on thelr journey The muslcal ablllty has contlnued through tht Rowe famlles even tothe Velma Thrower and Charlene UdVlb and Jfssle Cannedy famllles LOIS M Thrower and Jlmes Thrower Ir share ln the beautlful talent Another plone: r fdllllly ot Eagle Mllls was the Dan Scott famlly Mr Scott ly 15 a barbel lie cut TIAII' fol a lot of people for a long long tllnl Lack Johnson a Black lnan was tlle flrst man to cut a log at the blg sawmlll at Eagle Mllls Mrs Mae Lee Lambert Thrower was the seamstress for Eagle Thrower and the mother of D NN ,Jamesll Thrower Alma D Wllllams and Glllard Thrower Jr Jess Rowe was the tlrst Black mall rlder ln Eagle Mllls He had to also grab the lnall and hang the lnall so that the person from the tI'2.1Il could grab ll as the traln passed by Also promlnellt were Mr I-rank Brooks Mrs Carrle Brooks Mrs Anna Cones, Mrs Emma Ralney, Jordan Riillley B W Wlu8lmS, John T Wllllams E J Freeman, JIIQS Scott Jlm Thrower, Charlle Blalr, Mrs Allcc Greenwood, Floyd Powell, Mellnda Pettus, and Dlnah Thrower Dr C B Rdllley son of Mrs Emma Ramey ISR dentlst at El Dorado llls slster, Mrs Lora L8WlS Stll11lV9S at Eagle M1115 HIYTORX Ol' Bl ACK CHURCHES The church lb the center of the Black Communlty For t1'l1S area attendance lS generally conflred to elther Baptlst, MBthOdlSt or Church of God ln Chrlst Churches For Baptlsts Greater Bradley Dlstrlct Assoclatlon lS the gOV6I'I'l1I1g body All Baptlst churches ln f.hlS area are members of thls as soclatlon Organlzed Bradley Dlstrlct ASSOCl3tlOIl ln 1873 the assocla tlon lncludes more than flfty QSOJ churches Rev Armsted Wllllams was the flrst elected moderator Rev F W Earl 0Nhlt9D was the flrst elected secretary It lS sald that Brother John Ware was the flrst elected treasurer The assoclatlon has had flfteen moderators Rev Armsted Wlll lams Rev Wm Atklnson Rev G W Wllllams Rev G W Davls, Rev E Green Rev A T Tatum Rev A W Galbert, Rev A G Steavenson, Rev L W Burroughs, Rev. J E, Tltwell, Rev, F. O. Jones, 166 . . , ' , A , , I., .D , 'S L. I ' . A 3 I 'P 1 J ' l '- , A ' ' x v , , I, , , , . X- A f Mills. She sewed for Black and White alike. She was the wife of Gillard . . - . , ' . ' A , , h . . , , . ' . ' ' ' ' . I I '. , . - ' . . , 1. C C- 1 h y . a - xx - ' - J . u . X . . - . . A , . I V I Q my g A 4. , . y . . A 0 0 - A 1 , . . . . I , . . . l . . , . . . ' , . . , , , Rev, Wm. Edwards, Rev. W, L. Strickland, and Rev. F, O, Jones who is presently serving. Center for the Greater Bradley Bapt1stD1str1ct Assoc1at1on Bradley Dxstrlct Womans assoclatxon was orgamzed 1n 1889 Th1s group meets nn connectlon wlth the general assoclatxon Elght presxdents have served, and mclude Slster Sallle Smmth, Sxster Bessxe McCary Sxster Rosle Henderson, Slster Nancy Reed, S1ster Illmoxs Williams, Slster Mamxe Wllborn, Slster Clarlce Lambert and Slster Cladle B Lambert who IS presently servmg Bradley D1str1ct Sunday School Conventxon Cnow Congressj was organized m 1889 Th1s group IS composed of Sunday School Baptlst Traxnmg Umon, and Usher Board and acts as a traxnmg un1t of the assoclatlon There have been seven presldents mcludmg Rev A W Galbert, Rev Wm Montgomery Rev Dudley Rev W L Stnckland, Rev J A Allen, Rev D D Stafford, Rev P Lambert and Rev James Bradley Dlstrlct Smglng Conventlon was orgamzed ln 1905 Th1s group meets for an annual meeting ln September The sxxteen presl dents are Joe Harrls, A Gill, J D Harper,J F' Jones Ed Bur roughs, Lester W11bom,Wm Montgomery J E Graham J E Jones, J N Young J A Al1en,P Lambert R. Z Wr1ght,J H Hayes, H A Bates, and Rev D N Newton who IS now servmg Bradley Dxstrlct Youth Department was organlzed ll'l 1941 The youth meet annually nn June Sxx dlrectors have served mc-ludxng Mrs M E Tltwell Mrs Nancy Powell, Mrs Mary Smlth Mrs Mattle Matthews, Mrs Mary Grlfflth, and MISS Lxllxe Robmson Mrs Marlon Salley IS currently servmg Ln the stead of Mlss Robmson 167 if W , . . n , I . . , I - I , In u o . . , . , . . . Goodwinnowserves. : . ' . ' . . . . , . - . . ,.. . I , .I .. .. The Greater Bradley lhstrut ts pre sently houstd m lts new head quarters at Rearden Arkansas The proptrty formerly Ouachlta County l-hgh School has been reclalmtd md IS newly redecorated and furnlshed It was purchased H1 1977 The valuatton lb one half mnlhon dollars The flfty or more churches are at work and ahve m Greater Bradley Dlstrlct under the tme leadershlp ot Rt v I' O Jones Also undersh1p oi Rt v Jones a bmon MISSOIIAFY Society has been orgamzed w1th Greater Mt Ollve Baptlst Church Mt Ollve Baptlst Church Macedoma A M E Church Fust Bapttst Church and St John BHDKISY as members The group meets at each church alternatly The Usher Unlonalsoorganlzed bv Rev Iones mclude the above churches but also the XNh1te Sprmgs X ME thurrh Thls group meets once a month and goes from one rhurch to the other untll each church has hosted tle roup One outstandmg feature of the cooperatlve Chr1st1an movement IS the Holy Week Serv1ces whlch revolve around the s1x churches from Monday Nlght through Sunday Mormng wlth a Sunrxse Servxce HISTORY OF THE MACEDONLA A M E CHURCH Machedoma A M E Church was founded m 1886 Rev James Shorter was the presldlng Blshop Rev Rxchard Smquefleld was the fxrst pastor assxgned to thls church The f1rst structure a bush arbor The bush arbor was bu11t by Rev Rxchard R1ley The members were mspxred wlth energy through the prospects of havmg a real church to worshlp m The entlre mem bershxp at that tlme conslsted of elght people Alexander Danlels A11ce Broughton Ned Hayward Rlchard Rlley Wesley Jun el, Mary Damel Nettle Lambert and Ruth Holley Macedoma A M E. Church 168 1 1 . '- '- 'f ,- I-, ' ' - 1 I . . , - - , 1 f ' , . .. , , ' ' ' , 1 2 , ' . . . . H. , . , ' s - - . J. . ' ' , , . .. . . . , . 1 1 . . D , . ' x . , v ' .. , ' , . , . , ., .. , , , , . , , , , - . . . , I . - . , . , , . - . U L. , . . g- , .Q 1 , . :,1 . . . . , - 1- - ' 1 i 1 ' ' - l LF' . D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . l ' ' i I I I ' I I U , Nr Q aff' f Through Blshop Shorter s advlse the organlzatxon was known as Macedoma Afrlcan Methodtst Eplscopal Church and was later to become a part oi the great church of Rlchard Allen Two acres of land was purchased from the Best Lumber Company at the cost of S4 00 1n the year of 1886 In 1921 Rev G W Patten was asstgned to thts charge and bullt a new church wh1ch later burned lander the leadershlp of Rev G W Hunter 1n1936 we were able to purchase a new church slte located off mghway 79 on the Hopevllle Road There the members together wxth the leadersh1p and fatherly love of Rev W M Hunter a br1ck church was blllll That structure remalns a very promment bu1ld1ng ln Bearden Today the warmth frlendltness and h1stor1c love are ever present Our doors are opened both day and nlght The Macedoma A M E Church occuples its A M E Church stands for abldlng growth and development and mam talns lts place as a potent factor ln the affalrs of the communlty for the best mterest of the people Macedoma A M E Church stands as a beacon llghtlll the commumty d1rect1ng the way to truth and the llgllt the foundmg fathers w1ll not have labored 1n vam Delma Atkms :We Flrst Mlsslonary Baptist Church FRIST MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHIJRCH BEARDEN The FITST Bapttst Church was organlzed 1n 1919 S1ster Kms and her Son were the flrst members and the church was orgamzed tn her home. The flrst pastor was Rev, X L. Bryant. The deacons were Brother Jeff Reltford and Brother E D. Bryant. The slsters were Sxster Emly Morrts, Sxster Perlle Harrxs and Sxster Sudxe Nealle. After Rev. Bryant, Rev, Fuller became pastor The church was moved to another 169 4 . ' . , - , , rightful place as the second oldest church inthe community, Macedonia ' IL V X, wa location The church building new members were added including Brother T M Goodman At this time the pastor was Rev W C Scott He served several years The membership increased Rev C Primm was called as pastor and served well Rev G L Dunn served twice as pastor In 1936 when the church burned there was no pastor Later Rev H L Daniel Rev W C Scott and Rev L D Champion served as pastor During Rev L D Champlons pastorate three deacons were added and ordained, including Deacon Morris Pogue, Deacon W E1 Johnson, and Deacon Elmer Dredd Rev Champion later resigned Rev W L Morris assumed the pastorate and served for 17 years During Rev Morris pastorate two mmisters were ordained, Rev C H McLemore, and Rev J L Caldwell Four deacons were ordained, Deacon Lelma Golden Deacon T D Thrower Deacon Willie Flint, and Deacon Joseph Arrington It was under the leadership of Rev Morris that the youth crurch was organized The name youth church spread over the various churches in the city Rev Morris also introduced tithing to Baptist is today and the land was purchased The build ing was con structed from the ground Many fine things were accomplished under the leadership of Rev Morris In 1964, Rev J H Hayen Jr was called to pastorate He is presently serving and has brought new inspiration to the church He has ordained one minrster Rev P King and one deacon, Deacon Roy T Salley More land has been purchased and the church has been air conditioned, and carpeted as well as central heating added Rev Claude Green was also licensed and ordained Many new members have been added undership of Rev Hayes and First Baptist is proud to be among the outstanding spiritual leaders of the community Roy T Salley GREATER MT OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH Bearden Arkansas The Greater Mt Olive Baptist Church was organized in the year of 1939 in a frame house The church group later moved toabush harbor Qwooded areal, with Rev Curtis Williams as their pastor He served one year as leader of this small band of Christian believers The following officers servedunder his leadership DeaconD W Eckles Deacon Johnny Gregory Deacon Garland Brazil and Deacon Thomas Holloway After Rev Williams moved on Moderator J E Tidwell served temporarily as leader of the church until anew pastor was called 1111941 Rev W L Strickland was called He served until 1947 It was also in 1947 when the church called Rev Floyd Osbourne Jones of Thornton, Arkansas Rev Jones is still serving The present officers serving are Deacon Guy Newton Deacon Oliver Newton Deacon Zelous Jones, and Deacon James F Newton Serving in his twenty ninth Q29th.J year as pastor, Rev. Jones is a guiding light for his members to follow. He guides his followers 170 this city. In 1958, Rev. Morris dreamed of a new building as First I I Greater Mt Ollve Haptlst Church by fa1th and he weathere the etorme of tune and crxtxsm Under h1s adm1n1strat1on many changes have taken place and they have been good changeb In October of thle our Blcentenmal year 1976 Greater Mt Ohve wul celebrate Rev and Mrs, P O Jones twenty nmth annlversary May the Lord contmue to bless Rev Jones and the Greater Mt Ohve Mt 0l1V6 Baptxst Church 171 Baptist Church and family, - hits, Cvearldine Newton. i , K 3, S . y V -Q Other churches of the area mclude the Mt Ol1ve Baptlst Church of Bearden belllg pastored now by Rev Lee W1ll1ams The late Rev G C Cooks of E1 Dorado served for many years as pastor of that church Some of the outstandmg mmlsters who came out of that church are Rev Pete Lambert Rev Fred Lambert, Rev Hubert Lambert and Rev Lee Wl1llHmS who now pastors the church Other outstandmg person mclude Mxss Nettle R Brazxl who has contrxbuted rn the f1eld of educatlon Off1cers servmg now mclude Deacon H1llardW11l1ams and Deacon Bumls BI'aZll I ilu... ...--vv'.sunr1c'f gnuE Whlte Springs A M E Church The Whlte Sprlngs A M E Church also of the Bearden Commumty IS noted for 1ts rellgrous contrlbutxons also The story IS often told of couples gomg to the lxttle sprmgbelow the church to drxnk the water and watch the beautxful flow The Whxte Sprxng Cemetery was once the central burlal place for the area One of the most Slgl'l1f1C3I1t movement that has come from the Wh1te Sprmgs A M E Church 1S the Lambert Reumon The 1dea of the Lambert was concelved mthe m1nd of the late Brother Lee Lambert outstandmg leader of the church The orgamzatlon was formed ata meetmg rn March 1955 at the Whlte WTIIIQS A M E Church Elected off1c1als were Fred Lambert, pres vpres Arbury Lambert sec Lee Lambert and treas Melv1n Lambert The program commlttee was composed of Lee Lambert, Sam Lambert Dock Lambert and Powell Lambert The frrst reumon was held July 16 195g at Whlte Sprmgs A M E Church The late Rev W M Eason who was PI'ESld1XlE Elder of the 172 . , . . I . . . , 1 . . . - . .V a ww., mt ' - :. ' -New Q- 4 ., N 1 - an f ' ,.......-1-saw' X Us-A suv, .SN . . . . . . . . . . , i 1 1 . . . - .Q ' . . I . . l. . . , . . - - - . . p Ptne Bluft Drstrtct at the tune preached the sermon The publlc oflerlng was exghty thret dollars Mlnlsters who have preached rt thc reunlon lnclude Rev W M Eaggn Rev W H Hunter Rev O Z Walker Rev G C C ok R B H Johnson Rev I H Mlles Rev L RMClN1el Rev tc Lambert Rev Vt C, Rxdeout Rev T 0 Crudup Rev H Green, Rev Vt B Banks Rev C Jackson Rev C Johnson Jr and Rev J M 'vtlles The purpose of the reunlon rs fourfold 1t serves to promote good wtll and fellowslnp among allthe c1t1zensofOuach1ta County xt provxdes a Klllle for home comxng for former members of the communlty the flnanctal returns resultmg from the annual affalr lb used for the up keep of the communxty cemetery tt lb a memorlal to the three Lamberts who were founders of the communlty and the ancestors of most of the present res1dents Rev C D Rogers 15 now pastormg Vlhlte Sprmg A M L Church Some of the leaders 1nc1ude Homer W Parham Rhodle Lambert Lee C Parham and the church lb the center of the communlty Matron of the Order of Eastern Star Bobby J Lambert also of that church lb Worshlpful Master of Bearden L1ly Lodge No 396 Exlll Vlxlllams lb past master and patron for the Whlte Rose Chapter of Eastern Star St John Mtsslonary Baptlst Church of Eagle Mxlls rs one of the area churches connected through brotherly love The 79 year old church was organlzed January 1 1897 wlth Rev Zum Reed as flrst pastor The offlcers servmg at that t1me were Deacon Henry Lewxs Deacon V111 Lewls Deacon Jake Rowe Brother Joe Mltchell, Brother Thad Luster, Brother Pleas Ross Deacon John Burrls Deacon Cymore Freeman and members for a total of 65 tn the orgamzatlon The church has had three corner stones 1n the year 1897 tn 1952 when xt was repalred tn Augustofthatyear and IH 1960 when the church was rebutlt Offtcers names appearmg on the stones mclude Deacon John Bohanna Deacon Ellls Morgan Deacon Exlll Wrlhams Clarrce Thrower Mary W1ll1ams Rev M J Sxmmons, W1ll1e Whlttumgton Curt1s Powell Sam Rhodes and M1ll1e Whrttmgton The deacons who have served at St John mclude J1m Freeman, Nolon Freeman Sam Phllhps Harrxs Burns John Bohanna Jack Luster Jake Rowe Pleas Ross, John Kmg Jxm Bryant, E J Freeman, and our present Deacons Ellls Morgan Ex11lW1ll1ams and Wesley D Hawkxns We have come a mlghty long ways by the grace of God under the leadershlp of the followmg mxnxsters Rev Z1n Reed+ Rev McRae+ Rev W M Vlontogmery+ Rev W M Bruster Rev F T Daller+ Rev Joe Graham-+, Rev, Matthew Perry Rev L A Johnson Rev 173 . . , ' , . . V . ' I , .1 .Y 5 S I I ' 1 I I , . I A , . '. . , T . ' . ' , . . . o , ev, ', i-. . C, ... ' , ..Pe1 , . . . , . . . , . . 1 U I A-1 r- - ' , . . , . . , - , . 1 f s '. Mrs. Quentllla Rideout is a member of that church and is Worthy , ' y , ' . ' I 1 r N 'ir 1 I D , , N Q , . ', I W I. . , , , 1 V , 1 Q . U. I. ,I . . V , , . . I, I . . x , 1 D xl .' ' 'V I I I I V' Q ' I D , , Q V g b I A n . C W 9 WI . . . ., I 0 . , I , , ', , A V , . . . , . . . y , ' , Y , Y . . . , . 1 St John Missionary Baptist Lhurch of Eagle Mills Officers of St. John Baptist Church 1961: L. to R. -Ellis Morgan, Exill Williams, Rev. E. Giles, John Boharra, Rev, J. T. Williams. Back Rowg Willie Whittington, Sam Rhodes, and Curtis Powell 174 Curtls W1l11ams+ Rev C S Smxth Rev W L Morris-1 Rev J N young Rev M J SlmmOHS+ and our present pastor Rev E Gxles Q known deadj Rev M J Sxmmons made a great splrltual lmpact on our church It was under hls leadership that our present structure was erected Under Rev Glles the educatnon unxt was added at the rear and many other lmprovements were made Bathrooms were added, and more recently the entlre sanctuary has been carpeted Today St John holds a respected place 1n re11g1ousc1rcles The cho1r under dxrectlon of Mr gl Mrs WesleyD Hawkms IS noted for lts flne quallty and orxglnal composxtlons Leaders of the church lnclude Elhs Morgan, supermtendent of Sunday Schools and IS chaxr man of deacons U1 Greater Bradley Dlstr1ct Deacons E'x1ll W1ll1ams and Wesley D Hawkms The female counterparts belng Mrs Mary H Rhodes Mrs Oree Morgan Mrs Ruby Wl1113.mS, Mrs Jessle M Cannedy Mrs Joyce Hawkms and Mrs Mary Gr1ff1th St John IS proud of xts herltage and strmves to contlnue 1n the spreadlng of the gospel and the up bulldlng of the klngdom Mrs Mary H Rhodes The St James A M E Church was estabhshed 1n 1875 It was re located at Eagle Mxlls from another locatlon ln 1891 It IS the oldest buxldlng lll Eagle M1115 and was buxlt by Eagle Lumber Company The church has had two comerstones, one ln 1891 when It was bllllt, and the other rn 1956 when the church was remodeled when Rev G C Rlchardson was pastor The church was completely remodeled agam U1 1974 when Rev Allen Mack was pastor New s1d1ng was added, and the mslde was panelled changmg completely the appearance of the church Durmg the hlstory of the St James A M E stewards and stewardes ses who have served mclude Mxlmda Pettls, L1zz1e Rowe LIZZIQ M Mlles, Mlner Blackman Mary Blackman Dan Scott Harvey Johnson, Jordan Ralney Emma Ramey Frank Brooks, Fanme Brooks, M L Rowe Mandy Grxffxth Anna Cones, W1ll Armstrong Almce Greenwood Nergtl Greenwood, Allen, Ben Glm Norfolk Mary Norfolk Kxdxe Bufford W1ll1e M and Modle Bufford, Charlle Eason Orange and Albert Sea Vxola Rance Mae Lee Bohanna Those carrymg on today lnclude Leanna Cones Ed Cones Charles Grlffxth Classle Grlfflth Charlene Morgan, Cora Lewxs, Myrtle Bates and others A small membershxp now the church stlll mlsses the presence of Francls and Wllham Cones, Lula and G W Whxttmgtonand thelr falTll119S who moved away several years ago Wlllliim Cones was supermtendent of Sunday School for many years St James IS a member of the Camden D1str1ct and as pastored by Rev Samuel Parks Mrs Leanner Cones 175 ST. JAMES A.M.E. CHURCH 8 ' I I . D A . g ,-an xv , a .- , I Qc , V Q 1 ,,, Q, J x 4.f'1'li Alu 'fn 1' .- 'f' . T.. -2 5 ' 5 f I I i. VE- ' 'K' Holly Grove Baptlst Church of Bearden N-Q 1-91 rw! la I-13 -is rs-mmf! y rr 4443. ullx Grove Church of God Ln Chr1st Wo 9 Hlghway oly Grote Church of God H1 Chr1st was estabhshed m 1930 uxf 1 leadershlp of Elder Ben Patt111o of Carthage He pastored f ,ears Other pastors mcluded Elder Murphy Walker Elder J Nhles and Elder R L Harbor E1derM Torrance IS now p sin 'he present offxcers mclude Deacon Jeff Lambert Mlss 178 ge Y I , w ' xml- Jj Q .x ,J E1 ,A 1 V ' ' , -' E . 3- ' 'ri I X4 A il ..- I ... ef: - ,XT y R K ,QW ' at ' . N ' 3 ' wus .. uv- . it Q S , I . I ' , ,M A . al .jf t Q.,-hh Q W. -- .,- A ' I.: -:A - V , .' m y Q M, A L s 7 ' A W swan- v G wtwhw-.MLK Mx, 'AN' ,W Y ak. A W .. ! V' vw :V Y Y . . . Av 1 1 L . II.-1 H ' ' Xi! ' 'Iwi ' I . or nxazr. Q' . ' . , if ' ' ' . -. - , . . . . df 3 q. Ak , CD '3I'C U3 mmcalgl-1 'n,...,..11-ff-2 .. 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HQ, '- E753-1 9frA:Q 'v'...--4: hi '-r-no .- Ce-v- ' .-. ,x : 'EELYH c-1f'E '5 E .-.G-511-5 C1505 5gg C Q-m 3. :lv I i Mal 1 a '11-91 Xyhiy 0' '44 Bearden Churnh 01 God 111 C11r1st 1:1 79 111thw11y North 1 Bearden C11ur111 ol mod 11 1111 1 1 l1111e1 111Hgh.v y 9 Worth of Bearden and lb pabtored 111 1 1111 1 111114111 Auron of E1 Dorado Foundmg members of the ehJrrh 11111111114 h11J111 Fhrow r M 5 Ethel Thrower and the 111111115191 1:.1de1 '11t111u Phe otmers now mclude Deacon Robert Kmcy Mr 111r F1 mxer C1111r111 Mother and Mrs Lela Rose Parham 15 bt retarx ' lder 11111115 lhrower IS aQs1stapt pastor Some of the tormtr pdetors 1111111111 1-,lder J H M11es, Elder W111te and Elder B 1111111.11115 Ihe 111111111 berves well the commumty Mrs Cl1ss1e M 111rower Mrs bother Thrower 17f A ' 1 ', sec r Q 1 11, 11115 111.111, 1' 1 - f 1 Mr', 'A ' ., ' 1 'N 'l',.1S 1 1 , f , ' 1 , XII -11 11- 11- ':1 ' 5 ' u eg d' ' A 'ex .1':1, 11' 11-' A 5 1, ' ,, rc ' -f 1:4 ' , and 111-1 11 Eg ' -. :N ' ' ' ' the A - Nl1'r,1'fV.1 11-J 1, 11111111 ff av 1 2'- 5-,K I A i 1 ' . jo 'Q P 4 E.:- ff gg ,1 is , 3 1 M ,, I V , it i J U I 1: I I 9 ,1 2 Q ,,. . l -,.,, 1 .7-.L K K ' ' Mmuj, if ?f:Lg, 77, 151 - 1... or 1' y ,,. 1 , 1 . f. f ' 0 1 Vw ,gCI k: 1fl5l, -1 F' ' - 1 1 . 1 1 L Vuu ,11. 1 -1 15, 4 1 1 1 -' -9' +4 I 1 , .P A 1 -123 1 ' L. - -1' y , T1e A ' ' 1 1,4 -5 A 11 11 1 11 7' ' 5 1 ' : ' 1 ' 1 ' If , Fi , A H, 1 1 1 1 ' '.'. 1 ' 1 ' , -Q. 3511 1 ' 1 , T ' , . . . if. . - 1, 1 . 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SCHOOLS by Susie Dial The Little Log Schoolhouse lt stood down there by the wayside The llttle log schoolhouse of old Where our ancestors learned thelr lessons The three R s and spelltng we re told The man teacher Wllh goatee and mustache And h1s ever ready hlckory SllLk Or the lady wlth pompous haxr-do And a swltch for every sly trlck The water pall and long handled dlpper From whlch all took a draft now and then Stood on a shelf rn the corner Unsanltary as could be I ken Slate penclls screechmg crescendos, Wtth slates on each pupll s desk The plctures they drew upon them Qulte l1ke a comlc burlesque Perhaps not worthy of mentlon, But st1lly1v1d ln th1s oldester s mmd, All now a part of htstory Of thxs great country to remtnd CODIQG ln 1883 the Southwest Rallroad Company donated slx acres to the town of Bearden as a school slte The deed was wrltten by Jam s W Junlel J P Two outstandlng teachers ln the fram bu11dmg were Mrs Thomas Illggs and Joe Tlvvltt School dlrectors were Ben P Gray A lf Jordan H Vt Jenklns W Nl Gatllng J M Mahan and JoeC Gatlln The old school slte was bought by John Harrell and John llxg gulbothan The property and bulldtng was sold to tndlvlduals The bulldmg Vtltll 1ts vxrgm t1mber was dlvxded and four dwellmg houses wert erected from the four rooms R1chardGatlmg wlth some three or four houses st11l occuples these dwellmgs on School Street ln 1919 the school was moved to tts present s1te The same year a grammar school was erected The hlgh school wasa red brlck stmc ture The grammar school was a frame bulldlng 180 . - I S S 4 I 1 f 1 1 ' k-J I ' 1 r I . ' ' 1 . , y t ' - , X I I ' ' ! I I 1 Y W I 'I .I N Q . , 4 ' . v, - y y 2 . V , . . Y The school was a two-story lrame bulldtng compnsed of four rooms. ' N W- V, . Q. , . I. - .1 . A . 4 , ' . . l - - - ,K . , ' ' . A ' -. . 1 ' 'I ' A ' , 1 N 1 Q ' ' I 7 Cliff' :JL Qi.-'iii ,.. Q -4- ,..' .Q fy I Old Bearden School stood next to present home ofMr and Mrs Bobby Steelman lflnances were adequate for a few years then hardshlps came and the school had to be operated on a fU1tlOIl basls The secretary of the school board JllTl'l1y Sanders sald The hardest yob of my llfe was begglng people for money Wlth cooperatlon from cltlzens of Bearden lt was put on a sound basls Consolldatlon of school dxstrlcts for better schools and f1nanc1al ald swept the country Seven rural dlstrlcts consolldated w1th Bearden School Dlstrlct The school S f1rt experlence wlth Smlth Hughes af flllate was unsuccessful But later Mr Morgan was successful ln h1s Vocatlonal work The new superlntendent L W W111lHmb0f Mayflower Arkansas proved a real asset A school board compr1sedofJ J Dllllng presldent J W Sanders secretary Dr E J Bvrd H C Harlow T A Sloan and J W Talbert gave much t1me and do Votlon to the task of maklng the Educatlonal System a success Bearden can boast of many dedlcated teachers over the years lt would be a mlracle lf all of them were mcluded But lt would be an myustlce to omlt those of long tenure Som of whlch are natxves of Bearden and others took such deep roots that they found golden ret1rement 181 - - r 1 . . , . , , . 1 I ' . , i , . . . . 1 . . . , 5 , . . . , , . . , , . . . y , . . , . . , . . -' . . . . , . . , . Q . I . Iooqos mmm A1015 -om am 01 waotfpe Sapa? pug put 1s1 am asnoq 01 pasn Alsnomaxd sum mrurlazng Aqqog SJW pm? Jw Jo am 3 v , 1 1. iff ? M , Nh 1401 Mlllvllle School LH the early 19u0s located where l7n1+lhll0X home lb now Mrs Doyle CLorenel Lmdsey was one of thef lu rs 1n 19.51 '8 along mth Mrs C B Goodgame Remember 1 Mary Frances Sloan QDunawayJ of L1ttle Rock and Rosa 1 bland! of Bearden Records are not adequate to 11st all of them by years lx 1114 the H F Fellx D W Stark, 1998 Glen Coker 19351941 l1n fo Q14 years as supermtendentj Robert Lyons EzraKytle,G F Hu kat Alfred Long Burl Roark and at present Don Cam Supernn nfl nt Hopefully none have been omltted Hlgh School teachers of long tenure xnc ude 0 C Harms 19'8 1900 the late Mable Harrls, 19281953 L11 Coker 1935194 -lmy Weaver Rev Robert Roach 71 years Conette Roach 18 years others mclude Trudy Lyons Kelth and Carol Dxal Leonard slmpson Mr and Mrs Laumus Mrs Roark Mr Grxffxth Estelle Shankle Mr Salley Lee Barnes Jeanene Jones and Eldred Rogers for whom the football fleld was named L H Elms Agri and Mrs Aubra fBl11l9j Lmdsey Muslc stlll teachmg ln Elementary School of long tenure were the late LdVOIlld Key havlng flnrshed hlgh school 1n Bearden and taught only at Bend 1 for many years Edna Earl Henry Amy Summers Dalsy Carr: tt Mrs Dee Rogers SUSIE Dxal Janette Looney Mam1e Ruth lat n Mrs Mclixnney, Maryorle Hubbard Julla Stuckey, Mrldred Summ 1 and Sarah Rlchardson 183 ,LQQQA 1 ,,, ' JK 4 . Y -1 MM, 11, 1 'W' v1 X' Q g, O 2 1 f f p 4 Z .,,,,:f . 1 - ,, A .X M4 1 ,. Q. I V ' Uv x 4'-L ', ,, , , ,fs T'l1'llllS . ' 1 - V . ' . HU , f I ' ' V ' '1 1 X 1, flrst years of the present SIIG, Nolan M. Irby was super:-tenflentg . . Q . . .. 5 , .- , ' 1 . rd N 'A 1 1 ' 1 , . 1. V1 WU, 7 1 D I 1 e V- 'A 1 p I 0 ' A . o - - , - ' . L . , , - 3 . 'Q r 3 . , 9 Q I . .1 -5 1 I . AJ D - - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 A . V I . ' . B I 1 K . .A . , . A.. , 1 1 1 . . , ,I . A , ' ' ' A ' vi V qu ' 1 V wi- li V J 1 I :- n I 1 A 1 I ' U 1 - Y 1 ' I ' '51 Auunul 03 IBUIBH BIB U1 D811 EQQSQBUUBLL 1110.11 pun gas Kuoqurv xo: P '1 aauogd 3 'ix Jana PPV 10 UOSD Quoin F' Ka if f-4 E ,.. ,- ,.. ,.. CP 186 3' Auomu 9G sluu UV UOUI I 11619 141611101161 Smmrmsb IUV 011 Ku WW I-N113 9U! ' 21: x.K,'k M 1 S18 JW UE D sxw 1 'ID 01 119 Bu ll Qpagtas I' SUE 'aoumxasqo Amsxam IP .WSM 11109 S Gldrwv Sum uexpuuo put agm mu qu alaq umoqfs Auouluv Jawa la' YG! ,..-I AQ' 11' 9 1 4. 'Q' 3 ,Q 187 5 cn Frances Oak ey Ruth Fu z unknown Mrs Goodgame M ss Nesbe Mrs Second row argare ---- s Roy Mar m Band D rec or Sea ed on he ef Fehx Mr Dawson R G Mopus Mr Back row SOD Daw of Schoo SD w stark amp gh I' he On ed 62. ' 'Jr Q s if-1-My fn 'F-'F V 5 . ami C 0 M .4 -- -N ' .-,Q,,.'.ff I x I C-5 t A4,,, ,d N ,,,,, 5 ! , 'Lf',:f' fp: ' . ' -f ' ' K . A I A ,Mr Ah- ' ' ' .xl r s' Y ' y , Q Md . Q ' Q 2 ' O ' X , , 0 Q Q A- M. F .+- EARDEN SCHOOL FACULTY 1926-27 - First row, left to right: Eula Lite, Helen Goacher Uordenj, unkno , M 1 . : 1 , li , , . , i ' i , . ' ' . : . . 1 , . ' , , , t t 1 ti t' , i t . s r r 1 ri , , , t, 1, 1 J Q .fy 1 I bv- vumg ex .1 emomzg 41 q3ne'1 plomg 1115 1 01 391 9261 P-9 T 3 uapnag SSVIO I00ll9S '- 1 ' 'iiunogg A03 'supnxafioz Q f h 'A uwvw 'ml h N ' 3 1 3 I0 ' ' I 'I in W A 4 3 , ! 3:33 X :W Q ,JS ,,..f- lv ual i bm -on 4 va f A 'J A v-4 knvn n U urluo le X. LAW Ik unknow rgh Eff tx seated YOW F rs' UH Barnet C Be' G59 hula L OWU unk Wanda Tal Jeri Seodrow Mae Herber I OW ki Duo Ta. 4259: C LJHWT- bordor G ber Th rd row Lenuel Byar eb Reev Salle OW? kn Fou rt unkn uw UHIGIOW unkno .wr Doss e At eberry unknown unknown dsey Lxn ond ym Ra rt be Ab iarbo r W1lbu r low unknown G ber 11 ams Henry W N aughan John QI' m Ho Row ITIIHU l' , ! . . Q 1 A ., lv , . 3 N 1 A 5 I 1 , 3, : 5' i . na, , .0 Q as Q' 1 s . Q V .rd 1 1 ' I Q I ' 1 x , r- W 4 EZ ll BEARDEN - 943' 4 1 H ' 1 'w i I, n, I '1 '1n: , HH lx 'Ik-VIH., A 1 wx., un' o 1, un- ' 1. , t. mf n 'Q ' t , w n , 'ln ' 5, .n1 , - -, 1 t . 1 1 I :,, . '11 tv ' ' vu Q . x 'IJ1 '1- , I ' '. 1 I I v , , . , L, ' 'n, 1 n h 1 ' 1 1 1 , , 11 t Bu I 1 , lg! u , ' - , ' Y 5. WH. ' 0 kn Uh yars mknown Elmer B les fig 465 Mwfii 9 m 4 G'-5 1 Nami- - Ti? 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',av x lair... an wr 206 an 0' if 5 1 I Jw 'Fr' sf bt w Cmx Thelma Iumdeey Jack ox Hap HAYIIQI' uond row 1 knon Is xi unknown Homer Ydllghdfl wor Thlrd row Bernm Eimnl Herman Owens Burn Anderson Bryant Owens. Cox Bark Row Olhe Lnunnnll 1114 Lmnb Oll1eM.1n BL11r, Mrs Mamle Fultz,te.1cher Leah Owens Lloyd Byars, Estelle Lmdbey '08 'L ,Q vysqf eg - W 2 if v M Q . 15 , - .W v I K so . A 1 Q M S . ' N sn. A Wai y . 2 5 Y i ,. o 1 Q w W Q, . ,L ? 0 W i , -., 5 , ft .N X M x is M me I 1' W ' N bdlclll .School about 1919. Fu ro' lei! to ugh! Im,-,u XJ, 4 , ' ', - 1 C , 51: L III' .s 1, iv w , ' ' , - , ' d. vi -' If ' N A.: f x Y 'll .P qv ' 1 V4 V -, It. , , r I I V, -, 1 V I Q, nw 1 4 . .-mjili 5, 5 I 3:4 fdgzsxn 'f +A Rv We I'i1mWE1,,k W wh fx! L oyd Byars Mars e Byars owr unknown Ol SALEM SCHOOL IN THE 19.20 5 Lem Word - teacher O111e Byars Zula M1tchen other unxdentxfxed Troy Byars row seated: F rst ..-4 Gamm 11 Clyde Gammxll Orland Harr s Ear1Owens Leah Owens Anne OWU Ll seated FO W Second Ethrrdge Emmett Byars Back row Claude Owens others um- Bamer Bermce Cox lsie E 1, Gammil tor Charl e Vaughan Taylor Word v1s left to rxght Bryant Owens Third row dentified. J Q71 TCU! Racpu 'I 810231 ioq 1 momqm n Qmmo vmrvyq 113 uno xun umomqun Wmqvg 301 3 ,.. ,A ,.. ,.. ..n L.. I 0111 IGN-Jw 161 ni 9 4. up '7 11 v-4 .., -.4 .M ,- .- -4 xdrded w tk Mrs, Maude Byars Oaughanl roo ned .1 d the next echool of h gh learnmg bchoo After grade I' N D bchool b K1 ttend ng lea wh 1 rde Gal B 1 HOW V9 ha to OWU kn hose T al Norm bu ry ood near here wah W Gray of Fordyce Dr E J Byrd J VN of Camden Word Henry and J enkme- ttended were the parents of Bracy Eugemd and J D Speer nom 1n Bearden group the among dI'9 Gathng who ugema Lharles S Lolvert, hcttt r known to hls frlends as Cllilflltl was born Dec 4 and ed Det 19 was a veteran of World War l He was marrled to the former Dolhe Anthony lor many years he was a school teacher ln and around Bearden He spent hls early years teachtng ln Bethel Harmony Grove lsagle M1l1s and Holly Sprmgs They had two daughters Ju11al 1rgm1a Colvert QBoxJ and Mary Frances Colvert CFlowersj THE SUMME RS SCHOOL tx the old Wlll Summers place was a one room school John M. 1 y tather of Johnnxe Mosley, sr gave 1 acre of land for the butlhng The comrnumty donated labor and lumber 1n about 1905 t at llt ltlchard Gossettj 15 believed to be the f1rst teacher 1n about 901 thool was held ln summer only through the months of July Autt t and september sm-ltnts that year were Vlfgll Mosley Guy Mosley Jack Mosley, Hu Nl ,sley Nolan Marshall Emma Marshall Luther Quarles, Jack Quatl s Monroe Green, Tom Green Marlon Grtcn Ben Green, tn 'mn Green urn r ttachers were George Reynolds m 1907 Margle Taylor 1 n y Hawklns, 19091910 and 19141915 Grace Futch 1911 l 1ll1lllly,.,llD9dl'Yl2lI'l 13 1 thool was orlgmally Dlstrlct 16 m Dallas County These ls hack to 1881 for Dlstrlc whnch lb 7 mtles north of er 1883 was G H Tow Students were James 1 I Barrett Robert Barrett R D Dedman J W Johnson lranlt Nlarshall Wlllle Towler John Wheeler Anderson Wheeler and low Account taken from or1g1nal books from fxles of I-,lbert Summersj CM1 1 lbert Clfatxe Louj Summers was later a teacher there D 912 ' ' 14 , ' 1 f ' .Q . ,,,, , l 4, , . . 14, 189 , 1 dl '. 9, 70. 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'b. s I 4 - CHAPTEP XI CULTURAL ARTS by Mary McWhorter and Same B1-3211 All tht Worlds a stage , And men and women merely players They have the1r exlts and thelr entrances And each man ln h1s tlme Plays mam parts Quote Ab lou LIKE Il Shakesppdfp A stranger passmg through the small Southern Arltansls mtg. of Bearden mlght be vlrtually unxmpressed as no 1mJOblIlf,, struttnres, McDonalds or Shakeys Przza Parlors greet the eye however one landmark to bygone days lb almost certam to capture the lllllgllldllllll of even the most t1m weary traveler Nestled ln the Northu 1 forner of the Mam Street C1ty Park stands a quaxnt llftll whltt gaztl o truc ture whlch durmg the earller part ofthls century rang mth tl trams of The Stars and Strlpes Forever xand r R ttf 1 A and other favorxtes of the era Regardless of tts small populatlon Bearden by no m tn small tn the cultural arts Durtng the 1970 s thrs vlvacton and State honors The band under the dlrectxon ofvlr Rox Nllrtm concertrzed wxdely and was a source ot mach prlde to the rt to n Perhaps the unlmposlng 11ttle gazebo stlll stands today as a mt rn ll 1 tl those who have so greatly xnsplred others w1th the1r musltal ttl nr CPerhaps the reader may even recognlze former frlends or rfltt pxctured among the members of the Bearden Band of xt stfrt l Add1t1ona1 accolades to the c1tyofBearden may be dlrec tlx artr 1' 'ated to two very promlnent cxtlzens among the p1oneer farlllx e vxllage Mr dt Mrs Herbert A Sprague Both well establl hui U1 the theatre, Hebert and Mtss Floy as she was later affet t1 mately known to chlldren of the seventxes, were marr1ed 1n1909 He was a natrve of MlChlg3I1 whlle she spent her early years ln Mtssourm and Arkansas, movmg to Bearden at the age of three After thelr marrlage U1 1909 the Sprague-s SlUdl9d and perform d 1n all the major c1t1es of the Unrted States London, and Parts ftrst travellng wxth the Chautauqua Players an assembly for the edufatton and entertamment of adults, through lectures, concerts etc and later formmg thelr own HerbertSpmgue Players Company Lmder the auspu es of the Central Lyceum Bureau of Rochester Cleveland and Ctuago The Sprague Company performed Broadway selectxons Engllsh C ornfdy French Comedy, and also wrote and performed several Orxgmal L om pos1t1ons Among the more famlllar parts of thxs repetolr A re The Merchant of Venlce Davld Copperfleld Rlp Van Wmkle md A Study tn Domestxclty 913 . . I 4 ' ' A , 1, .H . 4' 4 I , 1 ,, N. , , 1 y 4 11 , . ' I -' , I. , 4 . I Q- ' . . 5 .' H' ' , ' ' 1 , 51 . 1, ' ' I , A T ,A A, 5 , ,- n 1 I -h ' N lf' 5 f ' 1' , , A1e' e 'S 'lf llt- Iallttf' . 1 '- ' ' ' ' ' ' , lS ' s - ' , ' L' sworn- munlty boasted one of the top bands in the state, capturing both Dlsrrmct . , X A . 'X . , A ' 1' , 1 ' 3 ' - I .R .1 gg. ' I a!' l wtf. A ' ' ' ' 1 es 1-I th ' . . , xy J sy , . . . . . . ' nl ' I1 , I V , , C , . . . . . . D , . . , ,. . . H 1 i 1 1 ' 2 H - . ,Q , I I ' ! . . I . . , . LI ,V . . , , Y 5 Q. ww. 1 aw ,Af- 8 I v. 2 , 1 W ' 1' AFM' I 1 x,l4'.m A I ,ng . Ux,. 1 .Il srggyxv The New Theater owned and operated by Mr and Mrs Lester Braz11 The depresslon days were stlll around and many small towns were trymg to attract busmess and Bearden was no exceptlon The Brazxls had bought a 16 Nl M Movnt Proyector rented lwestern fllm and started havmg merchants supported shows ln several small towns and Bearden soon became the favored spot Ihe Bearden people were so frlendly they made you feel welcom so lt was easy to becom one the Earle Hardware bu11dmg, and opened for busmess The rent was S13 O0 per month The show opened Prlday and Saturday n1ghts The admlss1on was lOc for chlldren and Z5c for adults Occaslonally people would brmg a fryer, potatoes, or eggs to exchange for show fare In 1941 the Bearden Theatre was moved to the front street ln the Bearden Hardware bulldmg Many people 1n Bearden saw such popular movles as Gone Wlth The Wmd Jessre Jam s and Beau Guest at the Beaxden Theatre ln 194s a lot was purchased by the Brazlls from Mrs Ed Sanders and the modern brlck New Theatre was erected lt was equrpped wlth modern seats, 35 M M projectors wlde screen and Cmema scope lens Wlth the openlng of the New Theatre Mary Belle Brazll took over the managem nt and operatlon of the Bearden Theatre untll late 1948 The New Theatre was the towns center of attractlon People would brmg thelr chlldren to the movle whlle they went shoppmg or just vlsltmg w1th frrends on the street The show was a popular place for the young people to get together for the Saturday mght prevlews '17 - Q 71 I I I . la ul c, 1 W c . , ,M , ,,. N A A A ' ', ' . A . ' .- ' , . Y, , 1 Qi 1 ' , s I - 9 of them. A building was rented from Mr. Joab Byars, now a part of ' L . ' ' ,H .. ' , Q 1- .. av 1 I . . 4, I t u . 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I H I . , 11'- M N 1. 5 . .,.g X K 1 1 1 1 an 1. 1 X ali. vu-Vg., 1 Gab' 'C' Eloxse '90 Culp Durham t I tham 9 l Durham IS newer l mn lone, as there 1 plano near or lf she s playmg for o h r gl .4 ux 290 was born ln Bearden thf rlt 1l A nlxer and John Culp where she fm1shed hxgh schooland late: ut null lstalf leaf hers College apart wxth her playmg She plays rlasslcal pill popular rockand roll, or anythmg you want Explanntlon of the name 990 tonnes lrom the word tmy When she was flrst born a vxsltor referred to Ambersteen nlny Ctmvl babv and from that she has been P90 Durmg the Sllent MOVIE days ln Bearden she played the plano and Bracy Jenkms the drums durmg mtermtssnon whxch was enjoyed more than the movle She taught UHIE-IL m Bearden to 42 pupils for several years She also taught m Jena la where she was married to Cecxl Durham cashner ofa Jena Bank Mr Durham soon took a posntlon wlth Hunt O11 Co and later wlth Tennessee Gas Co Thxs took thls fam lt to several states but always 990 was workmg wlth the warxous flllls lllllllllllllfk renters hotels and c1v1c theaters dellghtmg evervont null h r talent as a musxcxan '19 I lf. Nl. I'g1l 'V:' .' -90 Cu p , A ' f f-sonlt .s 7 5 y 'S 3 ' , A ' ' I vt 1 tw N 'tt' ' ' ' , ?Ill !l ml 1247 4' at Conway. She, as the old saying goes, f-ould tear your feelings - I. s .' , 1' ',',, ' 1 7' . ' ll ' 71 .A . . , . . . I, I. V -Y I , I V . ilu IV ' 'I I v ' I , Li, K. v. , She has played with an orchestra and fora dancing school for churches radio stations and any place she could make someone happy with her music or beautitul smilc Mr and Mrs Durham have one son Lecil Jr ado tor onthe staff of Methodist Hospital in Houston Texas They make their home 111 111 toria Texas and Bearden The Lindsey Brothers Quartet QA name familiar as far back as most remember 5 The well known Lindsey Brothers Quartet originated w1th 0 J Lindsey his son Doyle Lindsey M L Lindsey and lxewt Byars in about 1910 Mr O J Lmdsey taught old tim singing schools in this locality that covered about a JO mile radius And schools they were for had books m t regularly and students advanced in the training through the efforts of their dedicated and talented teacher The singing SCh001S also offered wholesome fellowship for com groups would join together for the All day Singings Travel was by wagon ofcourse Of the original group only Doyle Lindsey lb still active and still singing in church and other special occasions He says he was in knee pants as a beglnner with the quartet and ca.n t rem mber when he first started singing bass Recently he told the only time he refused to sing with them was 1917 when he was just a teenager The story goes that they got up at4 o clock in the morning walked 3 1n1les to Bearden, caught the train this firstj and rode all the way to Stephens Ark to an allday singing but this time it was different celebrities were there And when Doyle found out V O Stamps ofDallas Texas was to slng he got scared and backed out He said to this day he has regretted it knowing how he must have let the quartet down ln later years Mr Lindsey was Joined by 3 other sons that made up the four They were Pat Earnest and Charles They sang professlon ally concerts on radio and later television Over these years the group was accompanied by various pianists But in the earlier years, still another member of the family Mamie Lindsey Martm played 'or them on the old pump organ Then in 1932 two brothers Earnest and Pat now deceased went on to sing professionally throughout the southem and eastern parts of the United States So for some 61 years the different members of the Lindsey family have fumished gospel mtisic for generations of listeners Pictured to the left Lindsey Singers with part of the original quartet Left to right Tom White Vemon Bright Charles Lindsey, Pat Lindsey Doyle Lindsey, and Mrs Harvey Dunn at the piano. 221 1 ' 1 1 1 1 ' ' A 1 I V B- , , ., . , 5, ' . 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Fumlshmg the mJb1C entertainment was the Dlck Wllhams Strmg Band assxsted by Wxmpy Penmngton Harvey Green and Clyde Byrd wxth Steve Ethrldge on the drums Smgers were Dxd Quarles B11ly Sue Nance Llnda Nutt and Earnestme Pate The Merry Mrxers of Camien performed square dance numbers m the bandstand as the food boxes were auctxoned off followed bythe mr rchants drawmg of lucky numbers Mrs Lela Doherty was recogmzed as the oldest c1t1zen m the audlence and recelved a prlze of 5 Blcentenmal dollars Speakers were Rev Harold Harper Rev W R Rogers and Mayor L H Elms Many wore beautxful Bxcentenmal costum s or dressed just plam old pxoneer fasluon The stores went all out IH featurmg antxques and all sorts of early hfe art1cles But old photos d1splayed m the wmdows were enjoyed most of all 231 ' 1 . , , . ' l ' I . . . . . . Q A . , . Q. , V . 1 . ' I V G ' rr r - .y- - - , . 11. . . . . . . I ' 1 I 4 . I , . Y , . . . ' , . . . r V . . . 3 0 . . NQW Wmners for boxes sellxng for the hlghest prxces left to r1ght Mrs Leo QLett1ej Llnlt Mrs Clyde Qllorencej Bethea Mrs Harry Qlanel Llemons and Mrs sc ott1e Q1 uc 1119, Anderson Hlgllllgllllllgj the day s dCllVltl9b was the flag ra1s1ngby members of the Junny Reaves Am rlcan Le lon Post No 791 A flagpole was glven the group by the State Hlghway Departm nt from the old obsolete wexght and permlt btallflll at Thornton whlch was pamted and erected ll'l the park A new L s flag was purchased by donatlons of mterested persons and an OlllLld1 Blu nmal flag awarded bythe Arkansas Amerxcan Revolutlon Blcentennxal for havlng been a partlclpatlng comnunlty A thlrd flag was ralsed wh1ch was the Arkansas State flag owned by Harrlson Jones local pharmlcrst that had flown over U S troops 1Il Vletnam Soldlers ol four wars were the flag bearers, Ira Walthall World War I Bethel Bounds Korean Confllct Harrxson Jones Nretnam and J L QPee Weej West World War Il, who ralsed the flags as Ralph Cochran sang The Star Spangled Banner We are looklng forward to the return of the B1centenn1al Schroll wh1ch was srgned by a ma1or1ty of the town s people and sent by the Wagon Traln to Valley Forge Penn Here 1t IS bexng mrcrofxlmed and stored ln a tlme capsule for the Trlcentennlal to be opened 100 '32 ' ag , . 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NNN Q 1 ' Wu.. -h, 21 g 1-L y v There were approrlmately 68 OOO acres of land Ill the project w1th a constructlon prlce tag of '10 llllllltlll dollars Part of the land was ln Calhoun County and part ln Ouaclnta County The Government purchased the land and larms from the people who llvtd Wlllllfl the area Some would reserve thelr houses and move them Jut to llve ln Some are ln Bearden today some ol the farms had been 111 the family for 3 generatlons Soon after the close ofthe war 111 August 1945 people began to m Jvc out Some remalned lll Bearden to thl day and are excellent cxtlzens The plant was not completcd when the war was over Som parts were never com aleted and SQCUOIIS were completed durrng the Korean Confllct and operated under Natxonal Plreworks maklng l1ve amnlnxtlon for awhlle Alter that the plant was 1dle and was sold at a fractlon ofthe cost as governm nt surplus operatlon and began uslng lt to make stlll other l11Ullll10llS forthe government lntemauonal Paper Co purchased the tlmber land on a small scale Gradually the place wlth its spaclous perm ment bulldlngs rts own water and sewer systems fxre departm nt rallroads etc attracted several concerns These mclude a college wmch lS Southwest Techmcal lnstltute estabhshed a few years ago wlth an enrollment of 1 000 students and 111 1975 was made a branch of Southern State College of Magnoha Today such well known corporauons are based here I'9VltHllZl1lg the one tlm glant defense plant and affonlmg employm nt for thls localrty The Naval Ammunmon Depot Shumaker Arkansas orlglnally called Naval Ordnance Plant was concexved mn the fall of 1944 When the need for all types of rockets made obvlous the lack of productlon facllrtles for thrs weapon The Area IS 68 6402 acres of dry land and 950 acres ol marsh land and IS roughly 16 mlles ln length and n1ne mrles ln wldth at the extremmes The area had been strrctly rural and sparsely populated The Government acqulred the land for the nomlnal sum of S1 909 197 The Depot covered two countles, Calhoun and Ouachlta Shumaker was named after Captaln Sammuel Robert Shumaker U S Navy Captaln Shumaker was born ln Huntington, Penn October 17 1894 and dxed at sea aboard the U S S New Orleans May 26 1944 lt lS flttlng that the only Naval Ammumt1on Depot to work exclusrvely on loadmg, assembly and storage of Ordnance rockets shouldbe named for one of the foremost advocates of that new weapon The Naval Ordnance Plant was concerved at the helght of the Second World War Planmng deslgn and procurement of mater1a1S and manpower, constructlon and opexatxons were undertaken under tremendous pressure for speed slnce the rockets to be produced at Shumaker were deemed essentral to the successful conclusxon ol the War All these functions were performed whxle the Country was 236 x ' 4 .V J I I Q 5 A1 Y' ' 1 . N . ' . 4 ' L ' I3 ' ' ' ' ' ' A .' , ,, ' V l Y A I V - I J I A i I ,Q i Brown Engineers of Houston, Texas purchased the main part of the . w ' ' 1 , ' 1, I ' ' .1 ' , ., a ' , . , ' , . 9 . 1 . 9 . A l 1 9 1 U ' I , . . . H l D 9 ' I D , I A . - . y f at peak rroductlefn LR all types of ordnanve andother:h,xlert.1lsfor Wa. The fzrst groductztn burldlng sas asserted as lsak-ly complete by the Bureau of Ordnanw on Aprrl 25, 1345. The first rovkets were produ-:ed al Shurnaker on Arrll 23, :1'- 1- :nonthb and tour .l.ays.1t'ter work at the glam --'ae mltrated. Senator John L McClellan VlSlfb the Nlaval Ammunltlon Depot at Shumaker for the plantb salute to tts MILLIONTH POCKET rn the early l9o0 S Shakes hands wlth Hugh Herrxng fleftj of Hampton ,nd left IS Leo Lmk both NAD perbonnel others unknown 937 I - ' I I 'M -vi- V . l - M 4 ,xx - V ' - CHAPTER XV TRIBUTES TO OUTSTANDING Pttllllt My namt and my place and my tomh all torgottt n The rata of time well and patlently run bo ltt me Lass away peacttully Sllently Only rtmembertd hy what I havt dont A-5. Edwm wllson CTedj Anthony As we recall the men who make up the l'llblOIX of our town we want to share the memory of our dear frlend Ted Teddy, as he was so affectlonately called was the second chtld of Garland and Flora Autrey Anthony and born at Hopevllle Arkansas He grew up workmg around the famtly farm general store and sawmlll yust domg whatever came to hand He along wtth all the other unpampered ch11dren from Hopevtlle walked three long hot or cold Cdependmg on the weather! mtles to grade school at Antxoch The famlly moved to Bearden where Ted graduated from hugh school rle then entered the Untverslty of Arkansas at Fayettevtlle as a pre med student but later dectded to follow h1s grandfather and father m the lumber busmess He marrled the former Loulse Jumel daughter of Burt and lelma Jumel of Bearden and bu11t a lovely home at rlopevt le for hls beautiful hrlde John Ed the1r only ch11d was born there They later chose to move flrst to Smead Arkansas then to Camden Wh11B Ted managed the sawmxll at Smead '39 V . , . 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Large blocks of chorce trmberland lured Ted and assocrates to East Texas Drrectly after World Vtar ll they located at Woodvrlle and burlt a sawmrll there when thrs busmess was sold seven years later Ted moved back to Bcarden to become manager of Bearden Lumber Company At that trme Ted was rnarrred to Monda Stewart and they became valuable crvrc leaders ur our town Besrdes berng an outstandrng and hrghly respected busrness man Ted was truly a frrend to all If you knew Ted you loved hrnr B g lrttle, old and young he never seemed too busy to share hrslrfe wrth others At the trme of hrs death Ted was actrve rn the Methodrst Church and all crvrc organrzatrorrs rn Bearden He was presrdent of the school board, and vrce presrdent of Crtrzen s Bank of Bearden He was Arkansas representatrve on the rndustry commrttee of the Southem Prne Assocr tron a member of the board of drrectors of the Emprre Lrfe lnsurancr Company of Lrttle Rock and held extensrve trmberland rnterests rn Arkansas and surroundrrrg states Ted was one of nrne chrldren two srsters Lourse and Maryorre Anthony Gray and a brother Earl preceded hrm rn death Other Grrgsby and Velda Rose Nl alters of Malvern and Avalene Whrtten and Jrmmy of Bearden The lumberrng legacy was passed on to son John Ed who at the trme of Ted s death was serrously pursurng a degree ur law at the Unrversrty of Arkansas However the challenge of sawmrllrng com bmed ryrth a shrewd busrness head, no doubt rnherrted from Paw Paw QGarland Sr J overcame John Ed and he has excelled all hrs ancestors rn busrness rnterests Hrs trreless efforts are provrdrng Job op portunrtres for scores of people rn Bearden and other places John Ed rs marrred to the former Mary Lynn Schwarz daughter of Dr and Mrs W J Schwarz ofL1tt1e Rock They are the proud parents of three wonderful chrldren whose names are Stephen Parge and Ed John Ed and famrly are makrng therr home m Fordyce but rnherrt rng hrs father s great characterrstrc of human compassron hers constantly brrngrng growth and rmprovement to our lrttle town ll W H Broo s by Mrs Harold Mrzell Mr VN H Brooks brrth date was December 8 1891 He was Unrted Mathodrst Churth atfrllrate Hrs professron was Lumberman He came to Bearden Arkansas from Fayettevrlle Arkansas rn 1944 fMrs Brooks says they came for a vrsrt and just stayedl Mr Brooks was an actrve member of Bearden Lron s Club from 1945 untrl 1979 Durrng that trme he served as presrdent In 1957 he was elected Sec Treas for the club and served rn that offrce untrl hrs resrgmtron rn 1979 140 . ,. . U , , , .E yn I V , U V .Q I ,Q I A .a. , A . . . 1 . . , . yi , . , .I V I I I 1 ' members areg Garland, Jr. of Fordyceg Johnny of Hot Sprrngsg Nelle ' . . . - I . , ' 4 I 4 1 l I ' M T I li 4 . A - , , , , . H- . , I A . I D lr. '. . k' . . . N V ' , . r I ' I ' - , , , ' 1 ' I . vrg - YP, 11'wH xr-In. ' fl.1 - If' -Van gfwrn, '.x IH if HDMI' ' X xx, irx' ' . A A ' x U Yfw Hd I 1 1 . ,wltvit 4 1 XYIIUITY A 1 x 4 'HIFI' ' x L' ' 1 '1'11'T1w. ' 1 N' . 'L v uf Do rothy Duckworth herrtage She has been pxamst teacher NN S C S vlce prssrdent and presldent for ten years She was louth Group Ltader and all around supporter of the church Never d1d mmd gettmg ht r hands d1rty when the church needed to be cleaned 1 remember how actlve she was lIl P 1 A She was Slllllfllmeb Presldent and secretary She was always there to help decorate the stage for the muslc puplls and other school events But 1 guess the chlldren ot the last twenty years rcmembe r her best as decoratlng the park every Chrlstmas How they looked forward to seeutg 1t every Chrrstmas Every year wh11t she was able to do 1t regardless of the weather she was out there puttmg, llpCl1I'lSlIl'13.S llghts natrvlty scene and always a brg tree But to all of us she probably would rather we remember her as a warm and affectlonate frlend wlfe mother and grandmother Due to lllness she was not able to share m the Obllgdllflllb ofour Blcen tenmal But Wllh th1s splrlt st1l1 prevallmg we say past actompllsh ments should mean a lot Congratulatlons to a dear Cas her grand chlldren sayb Mama Dot -Xmerlca s Jumor Mlss Rosemary Dunaway was crowned Amerlca s Jumor Mtss ln 1961 A descendant of early settlers of Bearden Mlss Dunaway of Llttle Rock was crowned ln Moblle Alabama before an cstlmated televlsxon audrence of 35 mlllxon She was the reclplent of the -tmerlcan Jumor Mlss award of S10 000 plus Youth Fltness award of Sl OOO She 15 the daughter of Dr and Mrs Forest Dunaway of L1tt1e Rock Mrs Dunaway IS the former Mary Frances Sloan of Bearden Her parents tRosemary s grandparentsj were among the early settlers of thls commumty Mr Sloan and Mrs Sloan fthe former Qumme 742 QV .S -,U I ,if ' N f , . , 1 , , . jg . , 1 , .. .-. - V ' V '- - ' ,. , V ' ' ' A V V V ,. lr , A 1 X x . 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A 5 Buddy Harms 45 Shown to the left IS O C Harr1s, father of Orland Jr QBuddyJ Har rls, grandfather of Cllff Harrls Rev Fred Lambert Rev Fred Lambert was bom Aprll 7 1925 to Hughle and Lena Lambert He dxed March 93 1975 During ms llfe span of 49 years he made a commendable contrl butlon to manklnd that was unpresldented mn some respects for he was the f1rst black ever to be hired by the Ark State Democratlc Party An employee of Bearden Lumber Company for many years, he answered the call to the gospel mlnlstry ln Dec 1971 havlng con fessed Chrlst as a young man and umted wxth the Mt Ollve Baptlst Church of Bearden Here he served as Sunday School Supt ,youth dlrector and deacon He frlled many pulplts and wasaded1cated Hrs mos' recent appo1ntment was Deputy Sherlff of Ouachlta County 1n January 1975 He held pos1t1ons w1th the Federal HOUSl.l'lg Authorlty of Bearden was a former presldent of the Ouachlta County Hlgh Sc lool Cnow Bearden Hlgh SchoolDP T A for elght years presldent of the Communlty Club a member of the Agrlculturallixtensxon Servlce of the county former Worshlpful Master of the St Paul Lodge No 1448 of Bearden commxttee member of the Ouachlta Communlty Actlon Program served as an agent for the Farmers Mutual Unlon Insurance Company was an actlve member of the County D9m0CI'8.tlC Party and a member and booster of the N A A C P He also served on the Board of Trustees for the Greater Bradley Bapt1stD1str1ct Center and was mstrumental ln securmg the property, wh1ch was the former Ouachlta County Hlgh School plant for the organlzatlon Beslde h1m all the way was hrs falthful w1fe Clyd1aB anac compllshed beautltlon and daughter of lvory and Russell Parham 246 SL ' ' ' ' 'Erie 'Q . 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Thelr chrldren are Slx sons Ph1l11p Lambert a L S Iwavy Re crulter Waukegan Ill Cattended Ouachlta Baptxst Unrversrty, Arka de1ph1a and Pme Bluff Lmversltyj Fred Lambert Jr Rockford Ill 'nd Lt Alvxn Lambert L S Army Germany Gregory Lambert L S Navy, San Dlego Calxf and Mrchael and Issac Lambert of the home Three daughters Monda Lambert a graduate of Ouachrta Baptrst Umverslty and presently a candrdate for a Masters Degree H1 P011 txcal Sclence at Baylor Umverslty 1n Waco Texas Ramona Faye, sophomore at Henderson State Lmverslty Arkadelphla and Brenda S Reld a secretary LH the state dxvlson for delmquent chlldren Columbus OhlO R W Rob Launlus Robert Wxlson Launrus C1907 19641, was elected Judge of the Flrst D1v1s1on of the Seventh Chancery Dlstrxct rn 1950 and served rn that pos1t1on untll h1s death He served three terms as Ouachrta County Representatwe 1n the 1930 s and two terms as the Thrrteenth Judxclal Dlstrlct Prosecutmg Attomey He also served as Presldent ofthe Judges Jud1c1al Councxl of Arkansas Judge Launlus was Vxce Presldent of the Cxtrzens Bank of Bearden and he served as Presrdent of the Bearden School Board for twenty two years He was a member of the Off1c1a1 Board of the Flrst Metho dxst Church He served wrth the U S Mrlrtary Forces durmg World War ll and was a member of the War Pr1ce and R2ltl0I1lI1g Board of Camden He was actlve rn the Masonlc Lodge and Bearden Lrons Club where he was former Presldent The Chancellor was a graduate of Bearden Hlgh School and College of the Ozarks at Clarksvrlle and he studled Law atL1tt1e Rock He 947 A 4 x . 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H V767 R W Launlus was the youngest tlllld of Tom and Al1ce LHUHIUS and he was marrled to the former Margaret Qxfllllllllll The1r son Horace M1tchel1 Laumus res1des 111 P1ne Blutf and has two ch11dren Salley and Robert Mrs R W Lau111us now resldes 111 Plne Bluff Zett1e Lmk AIYISI every phase ot commumty betterment along w1th her husband Leo Lmk They have been respons1b1e for many of our most beaut1fu1 parade iloats and stagmg for school act1v1t1es andorgan1zat1ons These 1nclude decorat1ons for pageants plays rec1ta1s and other programs Many huge murals have been patnted for banquets CHITIIVHIS the County Fa1r flower shows and var1ous other events along w1th d9Slg'l'l1Ilg program covers In 1964 Mrs Llnk or1g1nated and palnted a colorful transulent backdrop for a convent1on of the Natxonal Federat1on ofGarden Clubs 111 Hot Sprmgs Also that year she perfected a sphere symbol1z1ng the theme of the Worlds Fa1r that was madeanattractlon at the Federatlon s convent1on at the Vtaldrof Astorla H1 New York Very dear to her heart IS the work Wlth the former Junlor Garden Club Wh1Ch was made up of some 40 local chlldren Dur1ng her leader sh1p they made notable accompllshments mcludmg plac1ngf1rst1nthe state compet1t1on on b1rd posters and second 1n the nat1on .248 , ,,, ai f f' Through many years Zettle L1nk has contributed untirlngly to . 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Lettle Lmk In 1965 she Was honored wtth a at lldeserved ltfe membershrp III P T A when she retrred as an act1ve supporter and vtce presldent due to 111 health for 011 paxntmg One of her DHIHUIIQDS was chosen for publ1c dxsplaw 1n the 1969 tour of the Sears Vloblle Art Lxhxbu Although she no longer teaches art and handrcratts m the com munlty she remams busy w1th commermal pamtmgs Just completed IS one of the largest pamtmgs of thls type she had ever undertaken that of a 5 x 10 Baptrstry scene Mrs Ltnk IS the daughter of the late Mr and Mrs H Gr1ff1tho1 Bluff C1ty Her husband 15 a rural carrxer for the Postal Department and veteran of World War I1 Thelr chtldren are Denxse Cook ot L1tt1e Rock and Ralph Ltnk of Bearden and granddaughter Amanda Cook REV D W STARK by Connetta S Roach Rev D W Stark commg to Bearden ln 1995 from h1s natrve home 111 Cleburne County has served as both a m1n1ster and educator tn Bearden and nearby areas for many years He fuushed college at Ouach1ta Baptlst Umverslty rn 1926 and later dxd graduate work at the Un1vers1ty of Arkansas at Fayettevllle 249 L W A . with rv, I Aside from. all these interests, Mrs. Link says her first love is . , , grandchtldren Thur oldest son, Dewey Jr who holds a Doctors degree ln law from the Lnlverstty of Arkansas lb an admlntstratxve federal yudge ID Dallas Texas James Wesley Stark OfE1llSVl1l9 Mtssourt attended O B L at Arkadelphta and 15 employed tn a govern ment avlatlon chart plant tn St Louls HarrellDean Stark who IS work lng on hls Doctor s degree, 15 assoclate prmclpal of Parkway Hlgh School ln St Louls County MISSOUFI Presldentlal Advlser Dr John Roy Steelman, now seml retlred ln Florlda was a former presldentlal advlsor under Harry S Truman and also Dw1ghtD Elsenhower brtelly He was born H1 the Provtdence commun1ty ncarBearden and boarded wlth Dr T E Rhlne ln Thomton whlle attendmg hlgh school there He recelved hxs college educatlon at Henderson State College 1n Arka delphla and hls hlgher educatlon ln North Caroltna and was college professor tn Alabama From here he went to Wdblll.l'lQQlOll D C where he held NQIIOUS governmental posltlons and se rved there many years and retalns a degree of aspects Dr Steelmans parents were Nlr and Nlrs Ples stetlman Hts mother was the former Nlartha RlCll3I'dbOIl Brothers are Horace Steelman of Bearden P C Steelman of Fordyce and Jewell Steelman ofProv1dence Hls stster lS Mrs Johnnle ann1ejDaw1dsonot Thornton Hugh Thompson Hugh Thompson son of Mr and Nlrs J 1 Thompson, long tlle resldents of Fordyce was reared and llnlshed hlgh 0 school lllere He attended , Ouachlta College where he recelyed hls degree 111 bank mg Hugh began hrs bankmg career 111 1996 ln Fordyce where he was employed untxl 1910 Mr Thompson came to Bearden the same year to open the new CIIIZEHS Bank where he was employed untxl the t1me of hrs death ln 1968 Hugh Thompson son of Mr and Mrs J A Thompson long tlme resldemg of Fordyce was reared and f1.I'1lSh9d hxgh school there He attended Ouachlta College where he recelved h1s degree rn bankmg Hugh began hls banklng career95uf 1926 rn Fordyce where he was . .' 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V6 -1.-1'6 IS ,-, 'Mud Itmuapwax d A951 v- employed untll 1945 Mr Thompson came to Bearden the same year to open the new Cxtlzens Bank where he was employed untrl the t1me of h1s death ln 1968 He was executlve VICQ presldent of the Cltlzens Bank offlcer of the Ark Banklng ASb0f1Hll0H member of Bearden school board, member of the Board of the Methodlst Church and vnce presldent of Bearden Lolns Club He was also chlef ofthe volunteer flre de partment of Bearden Mr Thompson was marrred to the former Coaetta Myers of Malvern They were the parentsoffour sons Hugh Thompson Jr John Thompson, Jerry Thompson and D3Vld Thompson Mr Thompson passed away 1n 1968 at the age of 6a Trxbutes to Outstandlng People There were many promlnent people who contrlbuted lmmensely to the growth and welfare of Bearden Naturally space doesn t permlt a blography of all Somehow a place must be found for some of those who contributed so much durlng the dark depresslon days when the M111 Wheels qult turnmg and the banks were bankrupt Mr Guy Yeager was prommently known for h1s Church and ClVlC act1v1t1es, but h1s support of the Athletlc Program of Bearden Hlgh School rs what we remember most ln those days rt was common for some one wrth money and lnterest lIl boys to go out mto surroundmg commun1t1es and recult boys who would otherwlse fall to getan educatlon Mr Yeager was lnstrumental ln glvmg Jobs room and board books etc to many young men who are now doctors teachers, and lnfluentlal cltlzens of other COmlHl1Illll9b He also contrlbuted much to the athlctlc programs of Ouachlta Un1vers1ty Mrs Yeager was also just as lmportant 1n her role asa housewlfe and church leader They have two surv1v1ng chrldren Emma Frances of Bearden and James Guy of Cabot Nelther can we forget Mr and Mrs Frank Culp For approxx mately ten years Bearden was wxthout a bank Mr Culp was not only leadmg church and ClV1C worker but he was closely related to farmers Ln thrs area He along wrth Mr Yeager and Lewxs Doherty took care of the fmancxal needs of many people who were m need of help In those days they would furnrsh the money seed, feed, food and fertx llzer for a portlon of the harvest Thrs was called workmg onthe halves or a thlrd and fourth A th1rd of the cotton and a fourth of the C0111 Th1S enabled many people to work who otherwlse could not Mrs Culp was very act1ve also ln the church and crvlc affalrs They have two sons Marlon of Warren and Raymond of Oklahoma Another person we cant forget IS Mr Lewis Doherty Lewls was the town pharmaclst for approxlmately forty years Durmg some of th1s t1me the town had no doctor so he served as p1l1 drspenser as well as fxnanclal leader He was also act1ve as a steward 1n the FIPSI Methodlst Church Hxs only survwors are a sxster and nephew and nelces These men s lrves and mfluence w1l1 always llve '93 u 0 I V . - , Y 4 u ' 4. . . 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CHAPTER XVI CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS DARE GREATLY fD8dlCtlt9d to all havlng part xn these organlzatlons J lt lb not the LFIIIL who counts not the man who polnts out how the strong man stumbled or where the doer of deeds could have done better The credlt belongs to the man who IS actually III tht arena whose face IS marred by dust and sweat and blood who strlves vallantlj, who errs and comes short agaln and agaln who knows the great enthuslasms the great de votlons and spends h1mself In a worthy cause who at the best knows 1n the end the tr1umph of hxgh achtevement and who at the worse lf he falls at least falls whxle daring greatly so that h1s place shall never be wlth those cold and Ilmld souls who Know nelther vxctory nor defeat THEODORE ROOSEVELT JLARDEN LIONS CLUB by Florence Bethea The L1on s Club was organlzed by C W Weston ln July 1945 The f1rst meetlng was held ln the school aud1tor1um The followmg olhctrs were sworn 1n C W Weston Presldent Garland Anthonv Llons Club Bulldlng 254 its Standtngb lltllll left are Harrtson lones Ctlbtatned eanesb Clara 'Xlewton Grace Ranee Opal Ptte Capttola Mfcdlll Lela Dohery Albert Clark Ltllle Hogue, James Buchanan Chester Wtlson Esther Thrower Henry Green suste Dtal Beatrtee Goodwm and Robert Coleman Seated from lett are Maude Xaut,han Pearln MCLemore Fred Dtal Nltldred yyotntck Nl ry tuptt larune Holloway, Ayls Jones Agnes Gree11 Hershel Warks The Rev Natmn kneehrg, tn front looks at one of the rant These Sen1e1r Ctttzens are seryed a lunch eyery day rt the Ltons Club Butldtng a foyernment nutrttton program vlce Pres T A Sloan 7ndV1ce Pres W E summers 'srdhce Pres J G Coker Secretary and Treasurer R L Burleson, Llon Tamer W G Nlcuonald, Tall rwtster R R Vlaba Dtrector for two years W T Brewster Dlrector for two years H S Coleman Dlrector one year O F Palnter Dtrector one year The flrst feyy years the Ltons met every ,nd and 4th Thursday evenlng at Wtlma Louxse Cafe yvhxch was located tn the then new Bank Butld ng ln 19M the Lton s buxlt thetr own bulldtng yyhxch lSSt1ub6'1l'Ig used by them and others III the communlty The Lnyns hadalot of barbecue suppers and raffled oft thlngs one trmeanew carl to get the, bulldtng pald off whldl they sueceeded GOIHQ 1n about fxve year LIOD W A Word was honored wtth h1s thlrty year pm 1n 1915 He lb now the oldest member act1ve 'Vlr Word stlll looks after the bulldlng and sees to 1ts mamtance For many years th1s Lton s Club was the only rlub m the state to own ltS own butldlng 955 Q ' 1 1 1 1 I . 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' A ' f L . 1 - '- ' ' 1 1 - 1 . .1 Charter members arep C, W, Weston, Garland Anothony, 'T, A, Sloan, W, E, Summers, J, O, Coker R, L, Burleson W A W ni Lester Briail ll s Coleman O lr Painter W G McDonald Mahan W T Brtwstir '1lf M' MASOMC LODCJ1-, by 1-.lbert Summers gl Hubert Benton 'November 8 1841 Abana Lodge P71 was Chartered dfMlllV1l1Q Arkansas ui tht Salem Community Charter members were E H Samuel Nutt Junior Warden C N Vaughn Thomas S Wigginton Willie Arnold andG L Gatlin Abana Lodgt '71 has 110 members Present Worshipful Master is Hubert Benton Otliei offietrs are Rev Harold Harper Senior Warden Clifton Humphries Junior Warden Ralph Cochran Sec retary Cecil Uutltworth Treasurer and Prank Boone Tyler Meet ings are held twin tath month Their building was completed in the 19o0 s and paid foi in the early 1960 s Latest improvement ls the new sign and light at front Future plans are to add a dinint room DR RH1Nl-. FOX XNU WOLI- HUNTERS ASSOCIATION Mary Anthony Ki Marigrace Colvert The Dr Rhine 1-ox and Wolt Hunters Association was organized in early 1969 with hi first beneh show and field trial the following '56 1 - , . . O I -' , . -. 1 1 , . . ' . , . . ' , R, R, , . . 1 f . fi' ' t , S ' A r 4. I Xie 1 1 ., A 1' , ' . ' ' L. '. ' ' ' , Lindsey, Worshipful Master, James B. Richardson, Senior Wardeng - I Av 1 'A Q '- -- 1 x l 4 ' l 1 . . . , 1 - 'D 1 v ' r v . , ' . ' I A , ,. ' . . 1 4 B. I V .' ' l ., , , . A , by ' ' ' October At the tlme the Club was organxzed there were 100 members At present there are about 400 members The Assoclatlon was named ln memory of D1 Rhlne who wasa great sportsman a wonderful physman and a remarkable patron Dr Rhlne Park cons1sts of 33 acres and was buzlt by Internatxonal Paper Company and the local Foxhunters lt IS located2m11es Northeast of Bearden The offlcers for the ASSOCIAUOII are H C Jones, presxdent B C Pamell vlce presldent Alan Anthony secretary and trea surer and B111 Anthony assxstant seeretary and treasurer There are 30 Board of Dxrectors Barbeques and Held Trlals are held ln Aprxl and September each year wxth hunters from several surroundmg states as well as all around Arkansa Our club has been the host for the Arkansas Open the Arkansas State and the Natlonal Junlor Fox Hunters As soclatlon We have had v1s1tors from as far away as Canada and Flor1da Dr Rhlile Fox and Wolf Hunters Assoc1at1on Leonard Jones and S1m Sm1th now deceased at the new p3Vllllll'1 FREEO HOME EXTENSION CLUB On November 13, 1951, ten ladles met 111 the home of Mrs. George Mosley to orgamze a new club A program was glven by Mrs Jxm Fultz and Mrs Louxs Garner of the Harmony Grove Club. The group then nomlnated and elected offlcers for the year as follows Presxdent, Mrs Roy Dromt, hoe presldent, Mrs. Wlllle Lamkxn, Sec Treasurer, Mrs Earl Downs, Reporter, Mrs Jewel Stuart. 257 . . I , . I V h 1 , . f I . . o ' J ' 1 1 ' 1 I ' ' ' . Y 4 , . 4 1 I X . . . 5 - , J . Q . .. , I ' W' 91 uhng, PdI'lllll8IllA.I'lAIl l aunxus Reporter Pletured to th le't Mrs Monda Anthony lst Garden Club presldtnt and promoter Also held a state and natlonal off1c1 wxth the Garden Club Ped eratlon Wldow of the late Edwln Cfedj Anthony has done muah to make Bearden .1 better place to l1ve We wlll always be xndebted to people llke Ted and Monda for thexr aceompl1sh1nents and LOIll1IlUQ to llllbb them Monda has made he r home ln German town, Tenn near Nlemphls smre leavlng Bearden Eglin lu the I' ht 1l1t1 Qltuthj Tate of Cam 111ed the Garden Clu Ili 111w11 agaln ln her ef -,,,..f 1111 B1tentenn1a1act1v1 She lb e 1 Bnentenmal Cele l Mens i Club s theme was Beautlfxcatlon of Bearden They 1 theme out by landscapmg the park and varlous publxc 4tlV8d many honors and awards both state and natlonal 1 the outstandmg awards was The Chrxstmas Parade of 96? The homes open to the publc were Mrs Edwm Hrs Albert Elder Mrs H B Gatllng and Mrs I J Bass llden Club sponsored a Jumor Garden Club under the 1 of var1ous members Thev worked very hard teachmg 260 fl-A ' e .1 I .V . J . , . , , . , . . , A ' - . ' A h., 44 , ,C , lg 1 V I I ' Q, 11 'A b fr :gg 1 .1 l95U's. Her interest 1 1 ' ' - .X ' 1 '- L j.t,-ar. ' ' Stat .111 T I Yi x lf? ltlfln , A . 1'-1-5 1 ' 1 A I , 1 An , ' . l LJ, i . . ' 1 - - - I , . . . . the children to appreciate the beauty around them, also 1 1 and preservation. The Junior Garden Club won first place with theii ll at the State Convention, and second place at the National 1 James S Reavee Seaman Pnd Clase son ofMr Wilkins graduated from Bearden High School entered N landing of the Maries on Guadalcanal The Ameruan No 791 of Bearden lb named in his honor JlMMlE REANES AMERICAN LEGIOIN POST NO 931 byleoL1nlc The Jimmie Reaveb American Legion Post No YQ' in 1947 Dr Glabecock Commander Bradley Gilbert N ice Commander Leo Link Finance Offic er 961 likmxe 1 3 A . , . L 5 , A, 5. V xr 13, 19ell5 11111941 in action Augusta, 1942 in me battle of som, Dave Sllm Rubel Sargt nt 'lt Arms Frank Roark Chaplm Joe Bamer H1stor1an The flrst meetmg was held m 1947 at the Club Forest, one mlle north of Bearden on H1ghway 79 wxth approxxmately sxrty members lt w s voted unammously to name the post lhe J1mm1e Reaves Post No '91 tn honor of Innes S Rt tvts Staman ,nd Class who gave h1s llfe on the Solomon Islands and was the flrst world W ar Il casualty 1n th1s area The Legton has contumed to sponsor a boy to Boys State each year and has contrlbuted to the lmerltan Leglon Chlld Welfare program yearly The l1fe ot the Amertcan Legmn has bun one ofserv1ce flrst to 1ts d1sabled comradts md tht WldOW5 md orphans of those who paxd the hlghest prlce second to the community state and natlon Today the Leglon yorns wxth other organlzatlons and statesmen 1l'l the desrre for a lastmg peace AMONG BLARDEN S WORLD WAR II CASLAITIES Iram Bentz Kllled 1n .lLl1Oll by a Japanese Snlper on Marshal Island Elhs West Son of Brother and Mrs West krlled m act1on Wxllle Curtls Son of Mr and Mrs Percy Curtls Herchel P Cobb Son of Mr and Mrs I W Cobb served 1n England France Germany and Belgmm Kllled 1n actlon November 14 1944 1n Germany Awarded Good Conduct Medal E T O Rlbbon w1th one Battle Star and Purple Heart Veodus Caldwell Kllled ln action Charlle Gregory Kllled 1n act1on KILLED IN ACTION IN NN ORLD W AR II Pvt James R Anthony age 19 was kllled 1n actlon 1l'l Italy May 93 1944 He entered the army August 9 1943 and recexved b2.SlC trammg at Ft McClellan Alabama He was home at Chrxstmas on furlough reportmg to Fort George G Meade Md He had been overseas s1nce February located 1n North Africa then translerred to Italy 1n March and from thereto Anzxo beachhead w1th the Thlrd Infantry He was a graduate of Bearden Hlgll School and attended Draughon s Busmess School m L1ttle Rock He was asslstant bookkeeper for T1nsman Manufacturmg Company Inc at Tmsman prior to entermg servlce Hts parents are Mrs Alex CVernaj Anthony who now lxves 1n Llttle Rock and the late Mr Anthony and grandson ofthe late Mr and Mrs J R Anthol, H1s s1ster lb Mrs James CMary Elxzabethl Sanders also of L1ttle Rock 76? . .. v' '. 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I I o ssc 1 ' ' , ' V. , Q , Q 1.Y1 '.i .1ItLk3 v A HU, QP' somehow I feel that lou Il understand Funny I had to Come to tlue helllsh place Before I had tune to Qer Hour fact I guebs, there un t much more to say' But I m eure glad bod I met lou to day Iguess the Lero hour ulll boon bf he re But I m not afrald emce I know You rf near The smgnal' Well God I ll have to go I llked You lote Th1e I want Hou to know Look now thu ull be a horrlble flght Who knowe I may comm to Your houee tonlght I wonder God It lou d walt at Tour door Look I m crymg' Mel Sheddmg tears' I w1sh Id known lou these mam years Well I ll have to go now bod good bye Strange Smu I met You I don I fear to d1e The above poem Hs wrltten hy Mus Iranres Augermayer Over .J OOO O00 LOIJIQS were dlstrlhuted to servlce men malmost every nat1on of the world Plus poem was found on bodles of many G I 5 who fell on the hattl Ield 764 ' I , f ' ' V , . . . f ' , v . I B, 1 ' b 'A . I , , . 1- ' . . . . , . . . Y , . . . . v . . . Though I wasnt friendly wlth You before , . . . M 1 A , . . . 1 y Y V: 1 1 ' - - ' V Q 5- , . , A 1 . ' K. ' ' , I I ' ' ' I ' . V 1 , H . 4 W , , . ' e I . Shown to the left Glllard Ihrower veteran and grandfath er if N14 , Grlifxth at Camp P 4 18 gun L Luther Andrews seated and an Army buddy from M1ch1gan1n Blols, France, February 1918 Luther hves wxth his s1ster,Mrs. Vlolet Watson and Mr Watson m Bearden He IS alsoaveteran of World War II 26' -1. - ' ' 1 - 'V inf ik 1, 19 Q W I 'V g ' , 5 3 5? 'mga r,.rr W , it x 'V .Y , , K z ' 1' ' . 41. I Ji tug,- ' -A Ju ' iff 1 ' , ., : 1 wir I R K N V 'W . iris ,, I ' 1 ft I1 ta It ' rtttrtd 1111111.11 tits lkgwl N 1 1 xwfx opt nt .1 1 1 N tu lt tuttnwhttltn tt N 11 to tht ht and XJ Thtb unuuual fOI'I'l1..1llOI1 of men tte 18th Dttmonot tn Army tn World War l edlled the Cactus Dnmon stahoned atl-t Sam Houston, Texas 1n 1918 -Xuord1ng to John Beard ot thu dmston thet prattzced months for the bone and lllllli .1 upertal tower from thtch to make the photo graph The men m regular unuorms make up tht ractuvforrnatxon The outhre are men w1thout top whtrts and tn undershtrts of whtte All outb1de men have potnted weapons to wzgntfy the ractub thoms Areh at top lS also men tn whtte xptlltng out Cftttuslhv 1b1on Cavalry 15 at e1ther 51de Mounted on 11 Willie horse to the left 15 h1ghebt 1n Lommand 18 15 noted also near the base and hase 15 made up of the medteal corps 'Vlr Beard sa1d he stood m the r1ght caftu hranch about center near the flag HQ wax .1150 .1 photographer '66 luh li .1rd, xt emu 111111 1 - 'A ' l 1-tupl -' tt- who l mth D , ht, wit- ttntl tl. t1tgl1tt-r, - lm 3- 1, tlx.g,lni1ll5. XJ 112' lx .1 pI1tJItJ1fl'.lpl1I'I' ltl 1, r ' - ' .11 U' '. fltttltltf photo- . 1d 111- 1o1'1n.tt1on ' I' - tok, 51 S Photo at right - A Cnctusi' tvs 'f , ' ' ' ' f ' 15 l . ' l 2 L'. S. 1 . ' ' - f - 1 w 'J - . . , , 1 - l , I . K- I X V ,V v , . 55 in Q Y 'sl' Nik J wmv u Ve-4 1 U2 ks ,1- 'Wir 'f f 1-,I - 1, 767 F v'M W6 IH' ' 1 fr ul ' J V 7 V Y ,I 1 - 1 4, . - 'q 1 ,li 41: ' ' -' li' L- - fs 1 . , . y ,, -1' 'J' U v gig:-P Q WMF. ,r . A. ,,. Hp, L M -' 11 4. .. ,-r , ,1 K ' Q - ' 4 . , -PL 4' , - ., - Q . ' as Q .4 , , , , f'5 ,'g. , H K. Al.:-r' , ' ' fnlff., ' '45 . ' .. 4' , .L s .yv ' . . t, 1- 5-.,gf:hvK4:'.-: 47--EK 7m V . ' M 'Y ffn. In- , A V' Q ' 5.3.-m,1.3 ' '. 'gs ,N -Q ' ,. -1 . M5 K J-11525, A .Q 1 fl . N , . . ' -as -:wal-Y L - ' 5, T U.: 1- 1 w -' .QJAJ xii ' . 1' .'K '?' M.-.U Us . .D 5. S. 2.4, at 7' A . - ,X in jf, .' ' . , In , A 1 :ss - ,-9 A 'I Y I ' Af .-. 1 U yrkyv .N , 4 f S 1 'fl . Q, 'iv ll 3 f-'T-'i - V If fa 1 - 'f ' fx ,Q 5 ., ,V ,, ,' gs Lay? 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L 5 troops guardmg the Mexxcan border durmg World Warl when Pancho Ulla was ln Ins heyday as aMcx1can B.lIld11 Photo 1916 Mountaln ln background IS Mexlco Nogale AI'1ZOIl3 Xbout Pancho Vllla ln World Vtar I whlle our troops fought the Germans overseas, back home another L0llf1lCt was ragmg w1th MQXIFO Pan: ho N xlla was a Mexican Bandlt that was leadxng troops agamst th L 5 John Beard a soldler at the IIIIIQ was among Amerlcan troops guardmg the Mexlcan border whxle statxoned at Nogales Arlz a C111 on tht border Pant ho l 111a was murdered by lns own followers sometlme later after the raid on the U S at Columbus New Mexlco on March 8 1916 Lt Lawson, a black leader of the L S Calvalry was calledm mth hts men durmg th1s emergency Lt Lawson had slgnaled for h1s troops to cease f1re but was shot by the enemy anyway And to avenge hls death thts cavalry advanctd wxldlx wtthout leadershlp, klulllg all Mex1cans U1 s1ght They were flnallx rounded up and re turned to contmue guardmg the border Peace was fmallw resolved some 8 months later The legend of Panco Vxlla 11V9S on tn the mans modern-da, Tl shows BILARDLN JAXCILES AAD J XTC E TTES 1977 197a by lfrances steelman In the sprlng of 1977 the Bearden lavcees were organlzed The follow mg off1ccrs were elected Presldent Harold Wayne Pennmgton Execuuvs Xue Prestdent Dan Beard Internal N lce Prestdent JOTIH PQUJYSOU External X tce PreS1dent RICKY 1500119 Treasurer Bobbx Steelman Secretgry DZUIIIN H9l'ldI'1X Board members were Bobby Green R01 531195 Davld Womack Troy Cra wtord Bobby Young Garland Anthonx Ill Raymond Freeman Gary Nloslex Jameb Raley Jerrx NN est James Waller The WIVGS of Jaycee members also organtzed the JaVC9tt9S Lnder the leadershlp the fxrst year of Mrs Betty Penmngton, the org2m1zat1on asslsted the1r husbands tn many worthwhxle pro1ects Durmg me three year duratlon of the Jaycees and Jaytettfbb acuvmes some of the Dr01GCfS Were 269 . . ' , . A ' 1 1 - , , ' , . ' , , ' , . '. ' ,. ' . , ,.:, , .1 , 1 I f 7' 1 V, 1 A 1 W . . N I 1 - ' ' ' . I 7 . - -f v's ' - ' - ' . e , , . , . . . , . , , , , 1 , u 't f n - - '1 ' . . ' . . , - D , ' - ' ' . . . ,T , , - . . , ' - 1 4 f 1 V - v r r Y- . . 1 f , J v' v 7' s ' ' ' D el ' . A . , , ul V , ' . .. ,- , - . V . . , .I . P nn-ini: 1 ,,wei, Church Eagle M1l1S Dxltcrent thurches used th1s church Methodlst one Sunday Baptx tone sunday t Plctured to the lttt Bearden School Prundry lttt It llgfll l1ont w unknown unknown unknown unknown Mdry '11-r111fts Doherty Low Doherty Catherlne Culp unknown Margery Clemmons unknown M1ldredP1erce ond row Maxlne Scott, unknown Gayle St John Eudora Hatcher Nell Anthony unknown unknown unknown Mdxlne Hlggmbotham Alma Hlggenbotham unknown 'vlonroe Doherty Teacher Mrs Roy Martln ,AJ .A In ,A I 4 as E, ' ...V hw. 7' X ' 1 21 . AA '11 ..,. is . .. ,ag , 11 'i 'fe ,Q -ffffw 114. , 'f 1 ' 0' 'L Nh f S X - 1 ' - 1' 1 , 5 ' A . 'Q V, - '5 Q' I rf V, ' 1 4' 2 - - V 1 1 ' FO - . , , , 1 ' ' 1 'K ', Q 1 1 1 l V ' F 'Q1 1 f I Y 1 K - ' 1 1 l 7 S V I Y V I I 'V I 1 1 U 1 ' t' ' 1 - H A look at our County seat U1 early days Ouachxta County Court Putured to the rlght Merchants and Planters Bank Ccorner by Western Autoj Elbert Summers left Bankers are W11l and Jeff Gatllng 774 house destroyed m 1931 by a tornado. Many records destroyed. hi fb i Q ' w ...K Photo 111 left Drysddle Barber Shop Standmg behmd left Drysdalt te III left eha1r Luther senders standmz behmd rlght cha1r UIIKIIOWII seated IH Flghl Chalr JUIIUS Nutt W E Word bought shop 111 19 15 trom Mdmlh Bass The barbers workmg for Mr Word are 1ou1e 11r1 mt Her1111u1 Vmtt Lee Sunpson, N C Stone and Bobby St9t:'l1Ild.I1 11 1372 Mr Vtord sold the shop to Mr Bobby Steelman Bradley G11bert1n f1rst car U1 Bearden 1911 X Elbert Thrower, sta.nd1ng, 1921 277 A , 3 l, . 1 1' ,I . ' , . . . , 0 - . 'V T 1 1 1 L ' . . ' ' . 1 - a b 4 o - 0 Q . A - 13 f f Q . A ,bm- ' WM AF , .,,? Q F A Y ' 14: 1? .- v . ,V X V X. x ,, 6. V is M Q, .. , QQ' N3 N , 1 V ' . l . 'KW Dry Klln lll Mlllwllle all that lS left of blg mill Shown to the rlght Planmng m1ll and rew 1908 S R Hall foreman Walter Colvert was plant engmeer Cgrandfather to Dan Cookl 778 l ' v v I - - xg .' ' V M' Aa' ' M. . 4, ' V AA ' '-.shawg ' 4 V C 1 - - v Y I lfly days 111 Bearden House bu1lt u1 1911 for 54 00000 by John Harrell G1rls are Blanche Barrett and LPQSIP Cross 780 57' ki der Ciwirs Ernest f, O r stmanJ,end QL ODf ' I' Q0 ' me row G xf .J ...4 fx CI fro grandfather I, I n-1 .4 .-4 f.. ..-4 r-4 -1 .-1 ,.-4 ,-4 U .A ,- ..- ll ug! fo He War. The Sanders Brothers Herman Edmond and Luther Pmctured to the rlght Bearden School about 1910 ?nd through the oth grades Front row left to rxght, unknown 7 Anna Calloway 3 Dme Sanders 4 Evelyn Colvert 5 unknown 6 Sad1eW1e1y 4 unknown 8 Eva Jenkms QIIXD 9 unknown 10, unknown ll unknown 12 unknown 13 Bessxe Henderson flietheaj 14 Edxth Culp Qlamesj 7nd row l unknown Smyth fDr Smyth s wxfej 6 unknown 7 unknovm 8 MaragretGatl1n Sugartj 9 unknown 10 Jewell Bradley ll Cormne Sorrells 3rd row 1 unknown 'P unknown 3 Emma R1ggS 4,O111e Sasser 5 un known 6 unknown 7 unknown 8 unknown 9 unknown 10 unknown 11 unknown 4th row 1 unknown 9 Jess1eHoll1ngsworth 3,Jess1e Cra1g 4 Octav1aSasserCAndrewsJ 5 GraceWomachQCulpJ 6 Lmknown 982 . ny W W :AI T. 4 ,ani- qv f I ' ,L,A Q-, U.. 9 , 9 , ' A F. s I A ' Q 1 Q H 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 , ' 1 L 1 , 5 2, Annie Wilson CQuallsJg 3, Carlie Callowayg 4, unknowng 5, Mrs. - Y l Q 1 Q 1 1 1 ' C s , Q , L , ' 9 1 , 9-, 9 , ' ' Q ' 9 , - 1 1 Q 1 1 1 Q 1 Q 1 .1 1 - . Z 1 1 1 - V A I 1 1 1 Q 1 Q 1 - Cxuag aulonq Cfiuonnuvj 44- ,.. C4- .-v rv fx f-Q fx Clauodj S JJBH 115113 Aww 1eA11p aug pun Jamog zau umgs 1113 eof 0 xx f-v v x.f ,.. ,.. Q-Q ,.. vm ,kv ,.,fx 'C xx D' rv D C I ,.. ,.. HD 1: C x.z ,..- ,.. ,.. -Q- ,- .N f-+ ,.. P-s f-o ,-Q ,-. ,- 1-+ s.f ,.. f-v- ,.- D uoua C OJ?-' ' Z A, c-.gg CE-355 F699 o 'C MC .EVN f-'ma S Q. w 7? wwf! mc:-1 mga - 52 ps-.Ef? SV? MZ ummm CFD w Q mga cz,-,Ei gun ..,CT-5:6 OOC ,.,'.l-1 mc: ...gtg .-.AJ mug'-1 'cs F25-'J 1 Q- CT .EC - 'ca Er: 5-Gm ms' V153 55. rn .- H ,ATEN min Ho' mm ,S rn 993:35 '1 E ---:,,,.. Ulm -13 - UQNU mm '1 .gc-9 33:5 pil NS ww- .g P1cture above Xlillllld 1900 J C Lulp oldlst Illrl Son lIl Ouaehlta Louhty when he d1ed He hao large t btore111L.1gle M1115 and also ran 11 1411111 Plctured to the rrght Fred 1-arrell came 11ere w1th a camwal 1916 stay ed to run Delco byetem for Bearden Marr1ed Ellza beth Bell He owned a garage about where Bank is now, 'ff' wnvff' -.':' EVER 'f-in Q . l 4 IL Sw Eddle Culp James 1947 Jamxe Stuckey and Myrtle Yeager 7 isl- , 1 8 L 'l, R! fr, . 'J Q-,SJ 1, a- - . ivllb 'kaikg 5 I 'Au' v rg H 'N ff- .f,, ', . .x xi, 1 .,.. ',,. v lu ,S J! ,4- 74: ,Q fs 4 YI N483 F f Q ' , 'ff ' nf, 5 : -.bf 1- .www -7 W vi sw 3, W 9 X xi' X ii, ' A V . fi. 'N- ,. if f -QW 'if 'Al .f3'iE .9 , 1 4 p-I fx x.f 1-v ..- p-o 5- f-r y.. rv x.x 1-9- rv 1-r 7... rv- ..- kv Ray Johnson and hxb slster 1n Mxssourx 1910 Came U1 wxth the boom One of the few who stayed Dled and burxed here Apnl 1 1976 91 i P ' 1-1 M jf 32: , A' -af .Q ., ,, fy, w.cQ.,1,.1Z3 . . , Q 1 1: mon UUIIUQ 3u1su.1aApe Jagsn 'fsaoqg umoxg 399W '906I U! n-4 rv f 'U 'D' O P9 O E P9 U7 2 . v 7 If H2 f a 3 ,,, 292 ww if-:NV , lv f' A R, Q I lu:-up I iff' Q' ' ' mf, . K ug Q. , , an .37 nv ' fx 1' 'I J...:,w, K- ' 14 2 , . if P 1 if gv 7' V T' '....-f 2 J W R . .y .,,. X '- , f ? ' V ,5:I2'i Fc !.,g Lomrnxsbarx look: today 1976 V W F74 4 aww awww PARKER BROS DRIVGQ cvorner of Ma1n and Cedar Street year unlmown 294 . , v Ay A V, I l I U ' I P , W, , K W 999 a vw. 1928 mg 4 . I , ' - , A ,J , ll h x ' ' Q I 4. ., - . i A , , 1 l A , af Yu 1 ' X ,F I . V.. I . I N X . Xl: ,v ' ' PW. . C1 S0 nary Mlssxo rden G8 B Aga 903 Lxtuo ss W uapuzag 61 I' r Robe Bla larvey Bla X rno ld Joe Jess Arno d A Burnham Rodge Wonack seated rgh IO Left Yalbert Dave Arnold Sr and B ll Pa e Word Henry Ho mgsworth ug as Ton D0 ll mm Ga George iv' 11 1, 1 1, , ,z 1, -V 11, f 1,1 1'-, 11'- 'l , . i n, -gsha Cnrlldren front row left to r1ght John Page Culp James Culp Maxxne Hxggxnbotham Gaylf Ferre ll fSt Jonny and Margaret Beard Back row Corrxne Culp Helen Loume Wlllxams unknown and MHFIOH Culp unkrown Radford Guxee Drug Store during boom days clerks left Quxnme Gatlmg and Johnn1e Ruth Wood fxbbottj Water bllls Q meter deposlts were made here 1948 299 K 4 . a -' f - ,Q , fa x A Q, 4 .' Q Q , f LA ' A ' ' . su - W , .. ees- ' ,, ' .qvsufe ,L .,Y.. -1-v.' ' lf ' . r-, ' ..J24s ' 'J. ' 1 ' . , - 1 1 ' ' I 4 1 5 , 4 . , . l . ,Q ,. , - 2 9 1 1 - l l , . CHAPTER XVIII CONCLUSION by H L Stratton L1fe lb full of lll9ITlOI'l8b As t1me rolls on 1ts way And the prese11t shall become Memory too some day Olote from the ed1torsD Our spec1al thanks to a remarkable Cllll ll H L Stratton for 11S contr1but1ons to the book He always 1 ponds tothe needs of h1s fellowman wherever and whenever he can Th1s 13 see111nh1s senuce to the commun1ty the church and VHPIOUS c1v1c organ1zat1ons HIS w1ll1ngness and ab1l1ty for publ1c speaklng lb a valuable 1sset 1n promotlon campaxgns whether local or 0thQI'WlS9 as noted1nh1s recent pol1t1cal endeavors w1th outstandmg pol1t1c1ans 1 Sunday Schoolteacherand deacon at the Fxrst Bapt1st Church where he IS aCllV9 1n IIS cho1r and quartet He also f1lls the pulp1t at VdI'ltll.lS churches Whell asked to do so Mr Stratton IS an employee of Bearden Lumber Co aveteran of World War II and remalns a staunch supporter ofthe free and democrat1c system of government He lS the grandson of the Rev C L Stratton,anAssefnbly of God m1n1ster who was mstrumental ll'l establ1sh1ng churches 1n Bearden Hopevllle and W11l1am s Sw1tch now known as the Whlte Oak Commun1ty He remembers h1s grandfather as a m1n1ster durmg the depress1on years bexng pa1d, for the most part wlth farm produce rather than money To supplement hlS 1ncome Rev Stratton rented and worked a farm near Moss Cemetery near the present Ch1lders place Mr Stratton lb marrled to the former Nell Rose James Thexr ch11dren are Ph1l Stratton of L1tt1e Rock and Nelda CMrs James Kelly McCall Jr Dof Bearden and 3 grandcmldren ln behalf of the c1t1zens of Bearden I would hke to express our grat1tude to the B1centenn1al COmmlSSlOH and the Home Demonstrat1on Club for the effort that has been put forth toward the success of th1s book of the h1story of our commun1ty also for other act1v1t1es per ta1n1ng to U'llS B1centenn1al Year After rev1ew1ng the VHTIOUS p1ctures and the many mteresttng artxcles I feel qulte sure that we mutually agree that our memor1es go back to the days gone by I am rem1nded ofthe story ofDav1d found III ll Samuel 93 15 Dav1d longed and sa1d, Oh' that one would glV9 me a drxnk of the water of the well at Bethlehem wh1ch 15 by the Gate O , , I me , D l ' I I 1 U . 1 . , . 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I , . , 1 Il ' , ' ' an H. 1 o !7 ' 30 Davxd had experlenced the toll and turmoxl of battle He was weary l.l'l heart and soul Suddenly he thought of the good water m the well at Bethlehem hrs home town As he expressed hxs deslre for a drxnk from the well he was expressmg also a deslre for the peace and tranqu1l1ty of former days I suppose every man when the storms of llfe begln to break around hlm has at one t1me or another wlshed to turn back the pages of t1me, go back to former years and the old home place and start all over agaln To s1t aga1n at Dad s feet 1n the evenmg hours and hear the tales of adventure and excxtement Once more to fall asleep ln the secur1ty of mother s arms as the day closes and the curtam of n1ght lS drawn tlght To roam agam the f1elds of yesterday sllde down the h1lls of ch1ldhood walk the woodland traxls and plck the wlldwood flowers w1th the ch1ldhood sweetheart of the days beyond recall What man does not understand the thought of the poet who wrote Backward, turn backward O t1me lIl thy fl1ght Make me a ch11d agaxn just for tomght' When the golng gets tough man remembers better tlmes a.nd better days Memorxes are those thlngs wh1ch we have stored Ln closets of t1me along the road of l1fe Oftentlmes durmg the long sleepless no one else could understand Memorles are the ghost of yesterday wrapped xn the soft blankets of recollectxon and hav1ng the power to make a person long for one more drlnk from the old well back home Today on thls natlons two hundreth blrthday 1t would be w1se for us to look back to some of the wells of yesterday and take one more refreshlng drmk of our heruage Another drmk of the sacr1f1ces made by our forefathers They gave so much but recelved so lxttle Another dr1nk of the1r mfluence and prxde Another dr1nk of people who depend not upon a spend crazed government butapeople who rolled up the1r sleeves and worked and tolled and earned the1r hvmg by the sweat of the1r brow Yes these are the people that we can look back upon w1th prlde These are the people who la1d the solld founda t1on upon whxch we stand These are the people who built our churches our schools our lndustrles and made our homes We cannot drlnk of the wells of the past for too long no matter how refreshmg We have the challenge of the present abeautlful town frxendly people, happy chlldren 1nst1tut1ons to ma1nta1n,a govern ment that must functlon cleanly and 1mpart1al f1elds to plow homes to keep l1ves to mold mdustrral wheels to turn We can t tum the clock back for long lest we rust and become complacent Nelther can we stand stlll wxth the present We must haveav1s1on of the future a better hfe better health more luxurles and convemences, cleaner alr and cleaner mmds Th1s can be ach1eved 1f we would learn from the past and llke our forefathers say Lord we dont 301 ' . i ' W , . , 1 , , 44.f , I . . 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I , I l P I I ' ' , , ll , Y s tot pttlal roots u t glVL us t II nt, axtmtx ut an h1gher goals and EIVE us the strength to achnvt them confldent that our ton1n1un1ty toundtxs would sax tl ts tht 1 go Bearden If proud ot v u . e m 1 1 14.1 and hold lt lllgll and pass lt on to peut ratlons to tornt Rev R VN Roach 3- 4 4 ' . 5-1 six all 1 Connetta Roach ll L stratton Shown to the r1ght Blctntennlal COITIIIHSSIOII left to rlght front row Irene Johnson, chalrnxan Dorothy Duckworth Mary Grtfflth and Norman Henry back row Mararet Graham I-lor enmt Bethca, and Lettxe Lmk, co chaxrman Also members of the Blcentenmal Commxsslon Connetta Roach, and Rev R W Roach Thls couple Rev 81 Mrs Roach, are retlred teachers and are presently actxve 1n church work at the MISSIOHHFY Baptxst Church where he IS pastor and she lb pianist 302 3 'k ' 5 at K ' 1, j 5 ' 1 . 1 s 'o 'he ' ' I J s ulotltot ' d ' ' Y ' 1, '2 'N 9 . l'an . 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