HIWASSE NEWS

Due to lack of candidates there is no school election being held in the district this year.

Have you seen the new sign - Future Home of Highlands Elementary School of Gravette School District out on Hwy. 340?

Tami Presley has returned home from visiting her daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Terry Mason, in Tallahassee, Florida.

I had a good telephone visit with Dorene Wills of Jenks, Okla., on Thursday evening.

Sympathy is extended to Marion Harris and family for the loss of his mother.

Word has been received here that Mrs. McDonald passed away on Saturday.

At one time the McDonald family were well known in the area. Mr. Thomas McDonald was minister at the Hiwasse Church of Christ for several years.

Those having lunch with me on Sunday wereMr. and Mrs. Ward Carrier, Mr. and Mrs. Lofty Carrier and Mr. and Mrs. Brian Carrier.

A request has been made for prayers for Gene Wilmon.

It was good to see Pam Bertschy feeling better and able to be at church on Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hamilton attended a gospel singing in Clear Fork, Okla., this week. He reported the singing was good but the weather was hot.

Novella Carlton and Laura Carver were in Bixby, Okla., on Saturday to attend the funeral of Grady Davis’ daughter Lisa.

Novella Carlton, Gloria Hill and Sheryl Laughard had lunch at the Golden Corral on Thursday and did some shopping.

September 22, 1776, schoolmaster-turned-spy Nathan Hale was executed by the British in New York City.

Community, Pages 11 on 09/22/2010