Stories from Wednesday, August 11, 2010

I helped my daughter put her third grade classroom back together this week. Well, I helped two days. She worked more days than that to get ready for the opening of school later this month. It takes a lot of time and hard work to move desks in place, unpack boxes of heavy books, sorting and arranging...

1970 School was set to start Aug. 31 for local students, with an open house scheduled for the day before. Also on tap, a meeting will be held at the courthouse for merchants, and their wives, concerning the new food stamp program. Also in the news, Jim Seal has been accepted to pharmacy school at Little Rock and 1970 grad William (Bill) Maurice Threet has received an athletic scholarship to play football at Arkansas Tech at Russellville...

Jessica Scheffler (center) was crowned Miss Greenway 2010 during Saturday's 80th Annual Greenway Picnic. She is the 14-year-old daughter of Bradley and Sandy Scheffler of Piggott. First alternate was Allison Crittenden (second from left), the 15-year-old daughter of Jason Crittenden and Stephanie Jett of Piggott. ...

The city of Piggott lost one of its biggest fans Sunday, with the death of Academy Award winning actress Patricia Neal. She was 84. A veteran of stage and screen, Neal was remembered locally for her role in the 1957 film A Face in the Crowd, parts of which were filmed in Piggott and Paragould the previous year...

The staff of the Piggott Public Library has a new tool to help guide the educational growth of some of their youngest patrons, with the addition of the Early Literacy Station. The system is fully self-contained in a desktop PC and is the premier all-in-one learning station for young children...

A special guest soda jerk helped out Thursday, Aug. 5 at The Way It Was Ice Cream Parlor in Piggott. Owner George Forrest welcomed visitors Mr. and Mrs. Al Hamilton, and friends, of North Little Rock as they visited Piggott for a tour of the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum. ...

Halla B. Roden, 89, of Greenway, passed away Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010, at the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell. She was born July 22, 1921, in Greenway, and was the daughter of the late Samuel Floyd and Lucy Mae (Bridges) Landrum. She was united in marriage to Raymond Macon Roden Nov. 10, 1942, in California. He preceded her in death Nov. 12, 1989...

Alma Loretta Galloway, 54, of Rector, passed away Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, in Piggott. She was born Dec. 13, 1955, and was the daughter of the late Elmer and Mabel (Lewis) Phillips. She was united in marriage to Norman Eugene Galloway July 3, 1983. She is survived by her husband, Norman Eugene Galloway of Rector; two daughters, Stephanie Thorpe and Angie Deaton, both of Piggott; eight grandchildren, Matthew Walters, Thomas Thorpe, Andrew Deaton, Aaron Thorpe, Brent Deaton, Jessica Thorpe, Racheal Thorpe and Jordan Deaton; a great-granddaughter on the way; one brother, Elmer Phillips; five sisters, Elaine Harris, Charlotte Pascua, Betty Owens, Charlene Hyten and Effie May Synder, along with many other relatives and friends.. ...

Macel U. Moore, 87, of Piggott, passed from this life Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010 at Murphy Health and Rehabilitation Center where she had been a resident since 2003. She was born Dec. 22, 1922, in Piggott to the late Harvey and Lora (Lewis) Underwood. She was one of 12 childre, and all her siblings preceded her in death...

Ella Jean (Underwood) Lemons, 80, of Duncanville, Texas, formerly of Piggott, passed away Saturday, July 31, 2010, at Methodist Dallas Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. She was born Feb. 13, 1930, in Piggott, and was the daughter of Arthur and Edna Underwood...

The Lady Mohawk volleyball teams have been busy preparing for their coming season for several days, as they'll be the first of the school's teams to see action. The Tribe, under longtime coach Melissa Williams, will play on the first day of school, Thursday, Aug. 19, in a jamboree at Westside...

The Piggott Mohawks are now in their second week of practice, but are meeting a little earlier than usual due to the hot conditions. After convening their first practice at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 11 the coaching staff decided to back things up and have the team roll out at 8:00...