April 2, 1942: Mr. and Mrs. Ben Chatham have a baby girl born last Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Carrie A. Walters is on the sick list this week. Mr. and Mrs. John H. Williams spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt Williams. Junior Cater, Prate Williams and John Elmer and Miss Emma Jane Williams spent Sunday evening with Misses Nellie and Mildred Craig. There is to be dinner on the ground at Old Union Sunday and an Egg Hunt. Everybody is invited to come. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. http://im.yahoo.com/

Advance April 2, 1942: Attention everybody! Next Sunday morning, Easter, a Cantata will be given at the Methodist Church at 11 o'clock. So wend your way after Sunday School to hear this lovely music and readings. As the pastor is to be at Rock Springs there will be no preaching service, anywhere in Wilmar, so far as we know now. Mrs. Fred Blankinship of Warren visited her mother, Mrs. P. M. White and family Sunday and her three daughters returned home with her. Mr. Leonard Bird and mother, Mrs. M. E. Bird, Mrs. C. L. Bird, Mrs. R. A. McClintock and Mrs. W. S. Anderson drove to Monticello Sunday and heard a splendid Palm Sunday sermon by the pastor, Rev. Harris at the Methodist Church, then had dinner in the lovely new home of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Bird - enjoying their hospitality and a fine meal. Mrs. Wm. Bulloch of Dermott was also present. Mr. and Mrs. Winifred Wilson of Dermott spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. Green and Earl. Mrs. Clarence Harper and baby of Sheridan were guests of Mr. and Mrs. N. Green the past weekend. Mrs. Ed Trantham is in the Dr. Price Clinic, having undergone an operation last week. Mr. and Mrs. Waynne Wiscaver and little daughter of Gloster, Miss., were here last week preparing to move there, where Mr. Wiscaver has found employment with more remuneration. Mr. Geo. Wilkinson spent the weekend at A. & M. College. After an absence of about two weeks Wm. (or better known as Bill) Rash has returned to his work here with Pomeroy-McGowin Co. At last the Methodist parsonage is being treated to some white paint. It will be a relief to have the old red stain covered, and we hope this will make a great improvement in the looks of the building. Thursday afternoon one of Wilmar's oldest and most prominent Negro men was killed instantly as he was arriving home with a load of poles for making into stove wood. As the wagon crossed a ditch nearing the house, it seems a pole became dislocated and caught by an axle of the wagon, reversed and fell back across the neck causing death. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. http://im.yahoo.com/

C.L. Jones: I think you have me mixed up with another respondent. I do come from that part of the country but I am now living in Sebastian County. Bill Covey Author of Watson Is Where It Wuz http://home.att.net/~billcovey/index.html

C.L. Last year the Drew County Historical Society had a program on the CC camp in Monticello. There were several of the men who had work there at the meeting I beleive about l0 of them. They had pictures of the camp and told many stories about the camp and we made a tape of the meeting, that should be at the drew county archives. Mr. Warner Vineing & Mr.Raz Pace were a couple of the men that spoke. If you are in Monticello some time you might go by the Archives and listen to the tape. I think you would enjoy the stories. The hall and grounds were behind Marylin and Bills house where Mrs. Ryburn lives and were really pretty . connie mullis Connie Mullis . > > > > Can anyone tell me where the CCC Camp in Drew Co was located? > > >

Thanks Connie, I will visit the arc hives the next time I'm in Monticello. C.L. Jones

C.L., The remains of the Drew County CCC Camp are about 50 yards from our back door. We are on Highway 35 near the country club on what was known as Gastor Hill. There are 2 concrete slabs still very visible in the woods. I've seen and talked to Buster 2 or 3 times lately. Are you coming to deer hunt? If so, I'll look you up and we take a look at these remains. See you in Nov I hope. Bill Mhoon ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 7:45 AM Subject: [ARDREW] CCC Camp > Can anyone tell me where the CCC Camp in Drew Co was located? I had three > brothers in the CCC's and they came home on weekends, so it was probably > located near Bear House Township. They are all now deceased. C.L. Jones >

Thanks Billy, I was wondering where the camp was. I'm not sure about coming to Ar in Nov. If I do I will sure take you up on looking at the site of the camp. My son wants to come, but is having more surgery on his foot Nov 2nd. Not sure if he will be able to make it. Who do you hunt with now? From what I hear the timber CO messed up the hunting for the Jones club. They made them move their stands off the road. If I do come to Ar next month I plan on spending time in the court house looking up family records. Do you live close to Coach Beard? My cousin Earlene Hatley lives close to him. C.L.

Can anyone tell me where the CCC Camp in Drew Co was located? I had three brothers in the CCC's and they came home on weekends, so it was probably located near Bear House Township. They are all now deceased. C.L. Jones

At 05:37 PM 10/24/00 -0700, you wrote: >Advance April 2, 1942 > >Sorry to report little Lexie Phillips on the sick This was interesting. I have some students with whom I'd like to share this, so I printed some copies. I'm still trying to get hold of Malinda Burke for you. BETH

Jann: I don't know where the camps were for Ashley county, but I found a lot of interesting and useful information on the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) at the NACCA Headquarters, Jefferson Barracks Park, 16 Hancock, St. Louis, Missouri 63125. With their assistance and information I was able to locate the Bradley camps and later obtained copies of my father's records. NACCA is very helpful and has a considerable amount of info on-line. Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "jann woodard" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 5:42 PM Subject: [ARDREW] CC Camp > I know this is an Ashley Co. question, but I am gonna > ask anyway!! Does anyone know where the CC Camp was > located in Ashley? I know it was near Hamburg but am > looking for a more specific location. And, does > anyone know what the name of the camp was? > > Jann > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. > http://im.yahoo.com/ > >

Thanks for all the replies re the CCC camps. I have a photo of my father (born in Drew Co) sitting in front of a building and he was playing his guitar along with a group of men playing their fiddles and guitars. On the back of the photo it says, "Having fun at Camp Jackson in south Arkansas." I know that many men from Bradley, Drew and Cleveland Cos. were members of this camp. I also know it was close enough to home to visit on the week-ends. I just don't know where it was located. A pity. Jann __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. http://im.yahoo.com/

Excuse me for butting in, but several of my relatives worked in the CCC long ago and referred to it as the Civilian Conservation Corp. It was a depression era, FDR plan to put unemployed men to work building bridges, etc when no other work was available. Could it be that the acronym CCC you are asking about could be this? jeff Murlene wrote: > Jann, > Could you be talking about the Crossett Company Camp? My husband went to > school > there in grade school. Murlene > -----Original Message----- > From: jann woodard <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 7:43 PM > Subject: [ARDREW] CC Camp > > >I know this is an Ashley Co. question, but I am gonna > >ask anyway!! Does anyone know where the CC Camp was > >located in Ashley? I know it was near Hamburg but am > >looking for a more specific location. And, does > >anyone know what the name of the camp was? > > > >Jann > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. > >http://im.yahoo.com/ > >

Several list members have asked me about the CCC camp at Hamburg so I thought I would post this article. My purpose is to find out where Camp Jackson (a ccc camp) was located. My father worked there and I thought it was in south Ark. somewhere...was hoping it might be the Hamburg camp. Arkansas Gazette, Hamburg, AR Feb. 13, 1937 - To the Editor of The Gazette...Since the days of the Garden of Eden it has been the custom of man to claim self-justification and to lay the blame or fault on the weaker vessel or under dog. That old nature was completely demonstrated by some officials of the state Forestry Commission when they tried to excuse themselves of wanton waste in the burning of a CCC camp at Hamburg. Of course if this thing is looked into, as it should be, and facts proved as stated by a citizen of Hamburg in an article in this column recently, the man that did the work will probably be held at fault because he failed to carry out orders, when in fact he did exactly as instructed. I do not know who these officials are but it could be possible that some of them have no interest in Arkansas and her people other than the salary they draw. I once knew a high-salaried guy in this state that could not vote because he had not paid his poll tax. This salary was drawn from the people's tax money too. I want to say that we resent any bunch saying that the men and women who daily witnessed the burning of perfectly good lumber from this CCC camp at Hamburg have failed to tell the truth, especially when they are some of the best fathers and mothers of our community. These men did burn perfectly good lumber that I would have been glad to have. I saw this with my own eyes as did many others. None of us blame the men that did the work for they were under orders. Do as you are told or lose your job, and none of us wants to lose our jobs today, if there is bread and meat in them. If these charges are false, the accused should be dealt with and if true the ones guilty of this waste and destruction should be dealt with and forever barred from drawing the people's tax money. And is it really a regulation of our state or government to destroy perfectly good property purchased by tax money rather than to sell it or give it back to them. For the sake of democracy and civilization let us demand that our law makers have these regulations changed. Guy Duckworth Hamburg, Ark. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. http://im.yahoo.com/

Jann, Could you be talking about the Crossett Company Camp? My husband went to school there in grade school. Murlene -----Original Message----- From: jann woodard <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 7:43 PM Subject: [ARDREW] CC Camp >I know this is an Ashley Co. question, but I am gonna >ask anyway!! Does anyone know where the CC Camp was >located in Ashley? I know it was near Hamburg but am >looking for a more specific location. And, does >anyone know what the name of the camp was? > >Jann > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. >http://im.yahoo.com/ >

I know this is an Ashley Co. question, but I am gonna ask anyway!! Does anyone know where the CC Camp was located in Ashley? I know it was near Hamburg but am looking for a more specific location. And, does anyone know what the name of the camp was? Jann __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. http://im.yahoo.com/

Advance April 2, 1942 Sorry to report little Lexie Phillips on the sick list, we are hoping she will be well soon. Woodie Lee McCone spent the weekend with Raymon Ray. Mr. and Mrs. Buren Burchfield of Crossett, were Center Point visitors this week. Mrs. Ina Devine visited Mrs. Katie Devine Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Clifton McCone spent the weekend with the former's mother, Mrs. Della McCone, of Collins. Irene and Leona Phillips and Merle McCone spent the weekend with Miss Lucille Ray. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ellis of Collins spent Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. Leon Ray, and Mr. Ray. Adrian Phillips, Wilford McCone, and Raymon Ray were Collins visitors Sunday. Warren Ray and family visited Mr. and Mrs. Doyal Phillips, Sunday. Messrs. J. G., W. T., and R. V. Phillips were Monticello visitors Saturday. Mrs. Callie Marter spent Saturday afternoon with Mrs. Essie Ray. Mr. and Mrs. R.P. Lindley and daughter, Bessie Mae, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Callie Jordan. Mrs. Ola Phillips visited Mrs. Della Phillips Saturday. Glad to know that William Roper, who has been seriously ill, is improving. Mr. and Mrs. Resoual Devine and son, Robert Owen, visited Mr. and Mrs. Reece Devine Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Carson Hart, of Collins, attended Sunday School here Sunday. We were glad to have them and we cordially invite them back, and to everyone we assure you your presence and help will be appreciated, and we extend a hearty welcome to you all. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. http://im.yahoo.com/

Arkansas Gazette Feb. 12, 1937 - Pine Bluff, Feb. 11 - Mayor Edward A. Howell, 67, died at a hospital here today. Two blood transfusions had been given in an effort to rally his strength. He was elected mayor in April, 1935, without effort on his part but as a result of frends' activity. Giving Pine Bluff a business administration, Mayor Howell has left the city in the best financial condition in its history. He was born near Tillar, Drew county, March 31, 1869. He was a son of the late Col. Edward Alexander Howell and Martha Pierce Howell, both natives of Mississippi, who removed to Drew county before the Civil war. The father was known as the youngest colonel in the Confederate Army. After being educated in the schools of Drew county, Mr. Howell took a business course at Nashville, Tenn., and was employed for a year by Tillar & Stanley, a mercantile firm of Tillar. He moved to Pine Bluff in 1891 and for 10 years was with the Hammett Grocery Company. For the next three years he was with the Gould-Galbraith Supply Company. In 1903, Mr. Howell entered business as an independent cotton buyer and shipper. After 10 years, he became associated with C.C. Handley in the firm of Handley & Howell. Later, the firm was changed to Howell-Robinson and Company. He was president of the Pine Bluff Compress and Warehouse Company and vice president of the Riley Feed Manufacturing Company. With other business leaders he organized the Arkansas Oak Flooring Company. For 15 years he was a member of the Pine Bluff School Board and for about 10 years was president. He served one year as alderman during the administration of the late Mayor A.C. Jordan. Mayor Howell and Miss Mary Gillespie of Pine Bluff were married May 21, 1899. Besides his wife he is survived by three daughters, Mrs. C.W. Colton of Fort Smith, Mrs. J.W. Martin of Pine Bluff and Mrs. J.G. Smith of Oak Grove, La. Funeral services will be conducted Friday afternoon at the home of Dr. C.E. Newton, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of which Mr. Howell was a member. Burial will be in Graceland cemetery. Pallbearers will be: Ed Jenkins, Dr. F.H. Johnson, Will Nichol, Dr. W.T. Lowe, Leo Andrews, C. C. Handley, Malcolm Robinson, Russell Hollis, Curran Nichol, James Gould, H. H. Knox, Dick Richmond, S.C. Alexander, Met Galligher, Hugh Humphreys and Junius Jordan, all of Pine Bluff, and J.T. Lloyd of Little Rock. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. http://im.yahoo.com/

Well, I have his obituary and it is rather lengthy. He was born at Tillar and later was Mayor of Pine Bluff. He was the son of Col. Edward Alexander Howell and Martha Pierce Howell who lived in Drew County. Jann On Mon, 23 Oct 2000 21:47:01 Terri Lee Wolfe wrote: >At 06:42 PM 10/23/00 -0700, you wrote: >>Anyone connected to this guy?? >>Jann > >There were Howells on the Prairie, but there were Howells in Monticello, >too. what do you know about him? beth > > > Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com

At 06:42 PM 10/23/00 -0700, you wrote: >Anyone connected to this guy?? >Jann There were Howells on the Prairie, but there were Howells in Monticello, too. what do you know about him? beth

Anyone connected to this guy?? Jann __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. http://im.yahoo.com/