Carrol Joan (Horn) Ison of Greenwood, Arkansas, formerly of Waldron, Arkansas went to be with her Lord and Savior Tuesday, October 20, 2020 in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Carrol was born on September 24,1943 to Ule Horn and Gean (Lawson) Horn, in Waldron, Arkansas.
Carrol was married to her husband, Preston Ison for 48 years. They would have celebrated another year together on November 11th. After graduation from Waldron High School, she attended Draughon’s Business School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, afterwards working as a secretary for many years.
Carrol was the quiet one in the family but always called to check on those that she hadn’t heard from recently. She loved spending time with all of her family including her siblings, nieces and nephews, many great nieces and nephews, as well as her extended family. Carrol is remembered to be gentle, kind, and friendly to all she met, this resulted in a large circle of friends. Carrol loved listening to country music and blue grass, especially at Turkey Track. She loved to read, go shopping, and visit the casinos. Carrol was a great cook, learning the talent from her mother. She also loved to travel with both family and friends. Carrol also was a lover of all animals, especially her cats, Peanut and Kitty Kitty. The memories made with her loved ones will forever be treasured by each of them.
Carrol leaves behind to cherish her memory, her husband Preston, sister Denise Nutley and husband Tim, brother Randy Horn and Paula, brother Darrell Horn, nieces and nephews, as well as great nieces and nephews. Carrol will be missed by all that knew her and the many whose lives were impacted by her holding them dear to her heart.
Carrol was preceded in death by her parents, Ule and Gean (Lawson) Horn, and her brother Larry Horn and sister-in-law Deloras Horn.
Carrol’s graveside memorial life celebration will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at the Duncan Cemetery Pavillion in Waldron, Arkansas with Rev. Pat Ray Biggs officiating. Arrangements and cremation are being entrusted to the Heritage Memorial Funeral Home in Waldron, Arkansas.
During these trying and difficult times, we must follow the guidelines we have been given to do our part to stop the spread of the Coronavirus. Family and friends that do attend the service must wear a mask and maintain a social distance of 6 feet apart.
Obituary- Carrol Joan (Horn) Ison (1943 – 2020)
Jr Tigers Prove To Be Achilles’ Heel For Lavaca
Pictured is Trey Powell
It’s been an up and down season thus far for the Mansfield Jr High Tigers. They’ve pulled out close wins and lost close losses. One thing is for sure though. The Jr Tigers know how to play an edge of the seat game. That was the case again on Thursday, October 22nd when the Tigers snapped Lavaca with a close final score of 20-18.
The Golden Arrows struck first with a quick touchdown on Mansfield jumping to an early lead. That lead was short-lived though as Peyton Martin used a quarterback option to take the Tigers 47 yards for a score of their own tying the game up. After quick offensive starts to the match from both programs, the game slowed down a little. Mansfield and Lavaca played what looked like a volleyball match as both teams defenses stepped up. Allowing only minimal yards, the Tigers defense shut down Lavaca’s speedy run game. Red and White jerseys were glued to the ball in every direction imaginable. With defensive linemen Turner Wright, Trey Vaughan, Sammy Sellers, Andrew Pettigrew, 7th grader James Bausley, and Langford proving to be a dominant force against Lavaca, the Golden arrows had no choice but to bounce outside.
The Golden Arrows plan to use their speed on the outside perimeters to stretch out the Tigers was a bad move as Dakota Langford turned those plans inside out. “Our line’s biggest strength is our size and quickness,” explained Langford. “However, we need to continue to work on minor details. Thursday we played Lavaca and it was really easy to read their plays. Tyler Turnipseed and I would call out their plays as soon as they got lined up.” Langford would turn the ball runners inside and Jeremy Strozier and Tyler Turnipseed would clean them out. As halftime neared, Lavaca’s offense was held again by the Tigers and was forced to punt again. Trey Powell caught the punt and tried to stop the clock with 0:02 seconds but the clock ran out and the Tigers went into halftime tied with Lavaca 6-6.
After the half, Lavaca used their same run outside offense but with a twist. Just as Mansfield began to adjust to that game plan, the Golden Arrows used a bump and go route to deliver a pass downfield for a score giving them the lead yet again. Lavaca again forced a 4th down on the Tigers as the Tigers prepared to punt. Turnipseed caught the snap rolled out to pun……pu…….RUN! Turnipseed faked the punt and gave the Tigers life as he scooted 13 yards for a first down. Unfortunately, Lavaca stopped Mansfield’s offense and took over at midfield. Martin was then able to get the passing game off the ground as he struck Toby Towe with a perfect pass for a Tiger touchdown. The game was tied at that point but not for long as Martin found his favorite target in Turnipseed who reigned in the catch for the two-point conversion. The score and extra point gave Mansfield a narrow 14-12 lead going into the 4th quarter.
Mansfield’s defense would start the 4th quarter with a bang as Martin picked off a Lavaca pass on the very first play giving the Tigers the ball right back. This game was theirs for the taking and the Mansfield coaching staff chose to go hunting with slugs instead of arrows. Mansfield loaded up their “SEVENS” in the backfield alongside trigger man Strozier as QB. This unstoppable triple threat pounded the Golden Arrows down play after play until Walters broke free going 12 yards for a Tiger touchdown. The extra point was unsuccessful leaving the game at 20-12 Mansfield. The eight-point margin was just enough for Lavaca to send the game into overtime should they score and they aimed right for that target. Lavaca scored with only 1:47 left in the 4th quarter setting up the overtime perfectly. All they had to do was punch in a two-point conversion. Each football team has 11 players on the field at one time and all 11 Tigers pounced on the Golden Arrows in a team effort forcing a fumble to stop Lavaca from tying things up. The fumble was recovered by none other than Dakota Langford and the game would come to an end with a 20-18 final Mansfield.
The Mansfield Jr High Tigers will be back in action on Thursday, October, 29 when they host the Cedarville Pirates. “As of right now, we need to continue to practice hard and make minor adjustments to defeat Cedarville this week,” Langford continued. “It is a very winnable game and we aren’t intimidated at all!”
Waldron Gives No Quarter To Pirates In Blowout
As Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons once sang “Oh What a Night”! Playing in classic chilly, windy football weather, the only mercy that the Waldron Sr Bulldogs delivered to the Dover Pirates in Friday’s match-up was on the game clock. After the 35-14 win at home, the Bulldogs upgrade their conference play record to 1-3.
Waldron got things started by receiving the opening kick. And although the weather was colder than an Alaska alley cat in the middle of January, the Bulldogs quickly heated things up just four seconds into the game as Trevor Hunt took the opening kick 53-yards to the house for the nights first TD. Kicker, Leo “Left Foot” Lopez sealed up the extra point and the score sat 7-0 Waldron. The Pirates tried to make magic happen but it was a no-go. With the Bulldogs back in possession of the ball, QB, Braden Williams, Isaac “The Real” Villarreal, and the other half of the double trouble Hunt brothers, Trenton Hunt, each made headway moving the ball downfield for Waldron.
Positioned beautifully at the 1-yard line, Trenton rushed his way into paydirt with 7:43 left in the first quarter and along with the second Lopez liftoff, the score continued north 14-0 Waldron. Again, Dover was unable to let sparks fly so Waldron came in to pick up the slack. The Bulldogs offense was doing what they do best until things took a slight turn in the scary direction. Williams played hot potato with a fumbled snap but was able to nicely recover under pressure. Looking for an open receiver, Willaims spotted Bryson Bailey wide open in the endzone and connected perfectly for a TD. But the celebration would have to wait as a penalty backed the Bulldogs to the 14-yard line.
No worries though. An unfazed Trevor Hunt took a Williams pass to sweet touchdown victory and with a third Lopez one pointer, Waldron kept the lead 21-0 ending the 1st quarter. Starting the second quarter, the Bulldogs gained some nice yardage with the help of Trevor Hunt and Bailey. With the ball placed on the 2-yard line, Williams was able to bulldoze it in for a TD, and coupled with Lopez’s 1-point boot, scoot, and boogie, the score continued its uphill hike to 28-0 Bulldogs. As the Pirates unsuccessful woes continued, Waldron graciously accepted the ball back. Sophomore, Steeven Figueroa, helped maneuver his team across the field with multiple runs. Just minutes left before the half, Waldron scored again with a QB keeper and a Lopez kick highlighting the board 35-0 Waldron.
Dover fans got to experience some excitement as the Pirates made their first first down of the night. Looking like something was about to happen, the Pirate’s dreams were crushed as their QB got sacked by Willaims and the first half of the game came to a close 35-0 Waldron. The first half Bulldog stats saw Williams with 6/8 passes for 91 yards, 6 carries for 56 yards, and2 TDs. Trenton Hunt earned 6 carries for 55 yards, and 1 TD. Trevor Hunt made 20 reception yards. Isaac “The Real” Villarreal snagged 21 yards on one reception. Caden Fuller received 3 catches for 33 yards. And Bryson Bailey netted a 30-yard reception.
The second half of the game saw the Pirates coming to life a bit but now they weren’t just battling the Bulldogs. They were battling the rolling score clock as well as the mercy rule was put into effect. Dover smashed their first points on the board with 30 seconds left in the 3rd quarter. Although the Bulldogs would be stagnant in the second half, it wasn’t a problem. The Pirates would put 8 more points on the board but it was too little too late as Waldron remained the victors of the night with a 35-14 conference win.
The Bulldogs saw some great offensive blocks from Caden Fuller and Brayden Houston as they spent most plays driving back the Pirates. Defensively, the Bulldogs were able to plunder Dover’s pickings with the help of Payton Lipham, Blake Owens, Matthew Brigance, Bryson Bailey, Jesse Dees, Marcus Dye, Trenton Hunt, Steeven Figueroa who also had a QB sack, and Hector Calderon who delivered a nice deflection from a Dover pass.
Now that the Bulldogs conference curse has been broken, Waldron will place their attention on the Dardanelle Sand Lizards whom they will face on October 30 at Dardanelle. The Sand Lizards will be entering this match coming off of a 36-13 loss with the Mena Bearcats.
Photos courtesy of Sandy Tull
Easiest Homemade Bread
In an effort to cut our budget I took to Pinterest for ideas. One of which was baking bread at home rather than buying store bought. Rather than $1.50 on average for a loaf you can bake it at home for pennies!
Of course when I bake bread we usually eat it much faster and just by itself so who knoif I’m saving. Homemade bread will also mold much quicker due to less preservatives and icky ingredients, so it isn’t a bad idea to store in a sealed container in the freezer if it will take more than two days to eat.
Now honestly, baking bread from scratch sounds intimidating. Proofing yeast? What is that, right? It’s actually incredibly easy, and nothing beats the taste of good homemade bread! I am not someone who claims to be good at baking and I can bake bread! In just a few steps you can also enjoy the aroma and tastes of a homemade loaf of bread!
Ingredients
– 2 cups warm water
– 1/2 cup granulated sugar (divided)
– 1 1/2 TBSP instant or active dry yeast
– 1 1/2 TSP salt
– 1/4 vegetable or canola oil
– 5 1/2 cups flour (all purpose or bread flour)
Instructions
- Start by proofing your yeast, this is a very simple process that takes about 5 minutes. Aim for luke-warm water, too hot and it will kill your yeast. The recommended temperature is 105*. To do this combine your warm water, yeast, and 1 TBSP of sugar. Combine and let sit until it becomes foamy, the yeast will cover the surface of the water.
- Add the rest of the sugar, oil, salt. Slowly add in the flour a little at a time. Mix until completely combined.
- Now its time to knead the bread, this step is crucial to get the perfect bread texture! If you have a mixer and bread hook kneed for 7 minutes. If you are needing by hand it will take 10-11 minutes, depending on how consistently you can do it.
- Coat a bowl with your choice of oil and place your dough inside. I use a damp towel to cover my dough, you could also use plastic wrap. Cover your dough and allow your dough to rise for approximately an hour, or until it doubles in size.
- Punch your dough down after it has finished risen, kneed for another minute, then divide into two sections. Place dough in loaf plans and allow to rise for another 30 minutes. Dough should rise an inch above the side of the pans.
- Bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes. Allow to cool and brush tops with butter.
Eagles Soar to 8-0 on the Season With 56-7 Win at Perryville
The storybook season continued for Paris on Friday night when the Eagles ran to a 56-7 win over the Perryville Mustangs. Paris (8-0, 4-0) has now separated themselves from most of the conference contenders with head-to-head wins over both Perryville and Atkins. The Eagles are perched atop of the 3A-4 conference and will return home after three consecutive weeks on the road to host the Booneville Bearcats for what will likely be the conference championship and the number one seed from the conference going into the state playoffs.
The Eagles have proven themselves to be road warriors this season, winning all four season away games. Paris will return home on October 30 for homecoming and a historic showdown with the Booneville Bearcats. The Eagles will conclude the regular season with a trip to Danville on November 6.
Perryville took the opening kickoff and was able to move the ball quickly inside the Eagles’ red zone on their first possession. But the Paris defense, who have played magnificently all season, stopped the Mustangs and forced a field goal attempt. The attempt was no good and Paris took over possession.
Paris was unable to move the ball on offense, starting slowly as it has in some of its games this year. Perryville eventually took a 7-0 lead in the first quarter, and when the quarter ended, Paris was behind for just the second time this season at the end of the first quarter.
The Eagles defense took over the game from that point, shutting down the Perryville offense for most of the game. When the Eagles offense got on track with its tandem running threats of Ely Fore and Duke Walker, the passing game opened up and quarterback Chase Watts was able to hit big passes that gouged the Mustangs’ defense.
After the Mustangs took a 7-0 first quarter lead, Paris responded with 56 unanswered points by scoring 21 points in each of the second and third quarters, and in the time-shortened fourth quarter, the Eagles added 14 more points. All of this as the swarming Paris defense pitched a shutout for three quarters.
In the other game involving top conference contenders, Booneville defeated Atkins on Friday by a score of 43-14. Going into next week’s monster clash with Booneville, the conference standings are:
Paris 4 – 0
Booneville 2 – 0
Atkins 3 – 2
Perryville 3 – 2
Mayflower 1 – 2
Danville 1 – 2
Two Rivers 0 – 3
Baptist Prep 0 – 3
After the game in Perryville, Paris head coach Tyler Clark praised his team for maintaining their focus to win their eighth game of the season. Perhaps the most impressive part of the Eagles success has been the domination of some very good football programs on the road over the past three weeks. Coach Clark said, “I don’t know about dominated, the score says we did, but hats off to Perryville. That’s a really good football team. We came out and they got after us a little early in the game. I was really curious to see how we would respond, and I thought we responded well. I am proud of our kids for that.”
The Paris offensive line took over the game after the first quarter and opened gaping holes in the Perryville defense. Running back Ely Fore and Duke Walker took advantage of the massive Eagles offensive line and took over the game with gashing and physical, downhill rushing. Coach Clark commented, “They (the offensive line) have been our strength all year. No doubt we have good backs, but good backs don’t do much without a good offensive line. The offensive line was getting after it. We’re big up front, we’re moving people, and we’re being intelligent about what we are doing. So, I’m really proud of our O linemen; they’re kind of the unsung heroes.”
The Paris defense has played “lights out” defense all season. I asked Coach Clark if he was going to take his defensive coordinator out to dinner, and he responded, “He’s doing a heck of a job, isn’t he? Our whole defensive staff; Coach Baxter, our defensive coordinator, is doing an outstanding job. It makes offense kind of easy for us when you only have to score 7 or 14 points to win. But at the same time, we’re throwing up 42, 45 a game. So, just really good things happening right now.”
Things are really going good for the Eagles. For the second consecutive night, Paris had media representatives on their sidelines as the team continues to attract attention statewide. In Perryville, Mr. Chad Hooten of Hooten’s Arkansas Football publication was on the Eagles sidelines and taking video of the team during the second half. And with each passing week, the stage gets bigger, the games have greater implications, and the Eagles are one week closer to realizing the team goals they have set and have invested so much of their effort to accomplish. This is a very special group of Eagles, and they still have a lot of football left to play this year.
The road odyssey is over for the Eagles, and at long last, they will return home to the friendly confines of Eagle Stadium to play their final home game of the regular season. Friday’s win at Perryville positions Paris to possibly host a first round state playoff game. But the Eagles have to take care of business against Booneville and at Danville in the final two weeks of the regular season.
So Eagles fans, take the weekend and enjoy your team’s latest victory at Perryville and the undefeated, 8-0 start for this historic season in the Paris football program. Enjoy the win, and watch for Resident Press on Sunday evening for a preview of perhaps the biggest game in Paris football history. But for now, take a breath, and enjoy the win!
Photos from the Eagles game at Perryville will be available on Facebook at Paris Eagles Sports on Saturday afternoon.
Have a great weekend Paris fans! Your team is undefeated through eight weeks of the high school football season!
Increased Community Infection Places School District in Red Zone
On Thursday, October 22, the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement notified area school districts of those in the “red zone.” The Greenwood School District was among the 42 named throughout the state.
“The red zone designation has more to do with community cases than school cases,” stated Assistant Superintendent Suzy Wilson. “As of today, we have two staff members and three students who are current cases. Two of the students are Bulldog Online students and do not attend classes on campus.”
According to ACHI’s most recent data analyses, 42 Arkansas school districts have had 50 or more new known COVID-19 infections per 10,000 district residents over a 14-day period. This is up from 26 last week and up from 13 the week before. Twenty-three new school districts were added this week, while 19 school districts remained on the list. ACHI’s analysis also found a concentration of infections in Northeast Arkansas, where five school districts have more than 1% of the population with new known infections.
“This virus is an invisible and serious threat, and we’re seeing its continued spread across our state,” said ACHI President and CEO Dr. Joe Thompson. “Infections in our communities threaten our schools, and there are more reports of young, healthy individuals who are impacted by COVID-19.”
Wilson stated that the Greenwood School District has been chosen to receive the Binax screening system. The system will be in place by November, and will provide rapid antigen screenings for the staff.
Jr Lady Tigers Squeak Region Win
Mansfield medal winners at the Tom Stuthard Top 25: Aiden Fildes, Trinity Triska, Laney Wood, Azlynn Stover, Raine Hecox, Rylan Nichols, and Joey Fildes.
Host Acorn and now conference rival Mansfield have been battling for most of this year’s cross country season. Each team has taken their turn racing out in front. But, on this night at the Tom Sturthard Top 25 Southwest Regionals it was the Mansfield junior Lady Tigers that claimed the top prize.
Mansfield, behind their dynamic duo of Laney Wood and Trinity Triska, squeaked out a 38 to 39 win over Acorn on October 21 at the Mena Lion’s Club cross country course. Wood was second place overall while Triska was third.
Acorn has been a tough nut to crack this season. The two schools were pushed into the same conference for the 2020-2022 AAA cycle and immediately began a heated rivalry. Seeing each other on multiple occasions, it has been the red and white Tigers of Mansfield that have seen the better times versus the blue and gold Tigers of Acorn. Before Wednesday’s event, Mansfield prevailed on 2 of 3 previous occasions. Wednesday’s win made it 3 of 4 but all were close.
Mansfield loaded up an extra player this past meet to help in the cause. As it turned out, the move made the difference. Raine Hecox, the only female football player competing for the school, gave the cross country team a boost by making the trip with the distance runners.
“Raine has been playing football full time this year,” stated Mansfield mentor John Mackey. “She had cross country experience from the past so we asked her to give us a hand. With only a couple weeks of practice, she came through in a big way.”
Hecox finished 20th overall. In the team scoring, however, she accounted for just ten points as non-affiliated individuals were deleted from the team totals. Regular Mansfield runners Azylnn Stover and Aiden Fildes finished in consecutive order right behind the freshmen extra. All three had their rankings bumped because of the deletions giving the visiting Tigers the one-point win.
“Laney and Trinity have been doing all they can,” acknowledged Mackey. “We would only gain a point or two difference from them since they are always at the top. The real difference had to come from our third, fourth, and fifth runners. That grouping came through tonight.”
Wood cruised the 1.5-mile course in 10:49.4. Eighth-grade teammate Triska came immediately after in a time of 10:54.3. The Mansfield pair was bested by only one big school runner. Macy Weathers of Clarksville ran 10:24.4 and finished first place overall.
This was Wood and Triska’s sixth time this season to finish inside the top 5 at a meet. It was the second consecutive season the pair earned All-Region honors while leading the team to the Tom Stuthard Championship.
Mansfield’s boys had a pair of medal winners as well. Joey Fildes took his second consecutive accolade with a 12th place finish. He ran the 1.5-mile course in 10:42.9. Teammate Rylan Nichols won his first medal of the season with a 10:54.5 measure. Both boys are seventh graders.
With their win, Mansfield’s junior high teams were invited to attend the Southern District’s 1A-2A Regional hosted at Acorn on October 28. That meet, to be held on the campus of Acorn High School, will feature teams from Mt. Ida, Caddo Hills, Horatio, Cossatot River, Murfreesboro, Mansfield, Ouachita, and Acorn.
The Jr Tigers will conclude their season at Magazine for the 2A-4 Conference meet on October 31. It will run concurrently with the 1A West league but scored separately.
Waldron Facility Receives Arkansas Meat and Poultry Processing Grant
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture is pleased to announce the complete list of recipients for funding through the Arkansas Meat and Poultry Processing Grant Program. The program was previously approved and provided funding of $5 million by the CARES Act Steering Committee and the Arkansas Legislative Council. An additional $5.4 million in funding for the program was approved October 16 bringing the total funding available through the program to $10.4 million. The following 31 facilities were selected for funding:
- A&C Meat Company – Hot Springs, Arkansas
- Arkansas State University – Jonesboro, Arkansas
- B&R Meat Processing – Winslow, Arkansas
- Bee’s Mobile Butchery – Lamar, Arkansas
- Buck Mathews – Waldron, Arkansas
- Centerpoint High School – Amity, Arkansas
- Central Arkansas Mobile Processing – Lonsdale, Arkansas
- Clarksville Processing and Taxidermy – Clarksville, Arkansas
- CR Custom Meat Processing – Bismarck, Arkansas
- Cut to Taste – Perryville, Arkansas
- Cypress Valley Meat Company – Pottsville, Arkansas
- Deaton Slaughterhouse – Caddo Gap, Arkansas
- J&D Custom Meat Processing – Greenwood, Arkansas
- JACO Meats – Hope, Arkansas
- Key’s Family Butcher Shop – Van Buren, Arkansas
- Moore’s Mill, Homestead Food – Charleston, Arkansas
- Morrilton Packing Company – Morrilton, Arkansas
- Natural State Processing – Clinton, Arkansas
- OK Beef – Nashville, Arkansas
- Ouachita Valley Meat Company – Arkadelphia, Arkansas
- Prewitt Farms Cattle and Meat Market – Texarkana, Arkansas
- Prime Country Meats – Horatio, Arkansas
- Ramsey’s Red River Smokehouse – Judsonia, Arkansas
- Ridge Runners Processing – Jonesboro, Arkansas
- T&A Womack Farms – Pleasant Plains, Arkansas
- Taylor’s Custom Butcher Shop – Cave City, Arkansas
- Tilton’s Processing – Harrison, Arkansas
- Williams Baptist University – Walnut Ridge, Arkansas
- Wynne Meat Processing – Wynne, Arkansas
- 2B Butchered Custom Mobile Slaughter – Vilonia, Arkansas
- 4-M Butcher Barn – Gillham, Arkansas
A review committee consisting of the Arkansas Department of Agriculture, Arkansas Cattlemen’s Association, Arkansas Farm Bureau, the Livestock Marketing Association, Arkansas Hunters Feeding the Hungry, the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, and the United States Department of Agriculture evaluated the applications and selected recipients. The Department received 45 applications requesting a total of more than $30 million in grant funding. Selected recipients will receive 85.9 percent of the amount requested up to a cap of $500,000 per application. Collectively, the applicants receiving awards anticipate increasing processing capacity throughout the state by over 2,000 head of cattle, 850 hogs, 7,400 poultry, and eight goats and sheep per month. The applicants also anticipate utilizing 258 full-time positions and 75 part-time positions. Recipients will also provide additional further processing and value-added capacity and assist with education and workforce development.
Arkansas ranks 10th in the nation in the value of animals and animal products that provide more than $5.6 billion to the state’s economy annually. In the 2019 production year, Arkansas was ranked 10th in the nation in beef cow inventory and 25th in the nation in cattle and calves with 510,641,000 pounds of production.
Timepiece: Golden Age of TV
By Dr. Curtis Varnell
Visiting my Oklahoma grandmother for a weekend was a treat. She could actually pick up, believe it or not, six televisions stations with her antennae. Heck, we didn’t even have a T.V. until I was around ten and we got one channel, CBS. Saturday mornings at grandmas was a smorgasbord of cartoons. All my favorite stories and characters that I still remember like they were dear and best friends; which they were in my young, easily imprinted mind. The Hanna-Barbara cartoons were some of my favorites. Let’s see, there was Deputy Dawg, Yogi Bear, the Jetson’s and, of course, The Flintstones. My favorite was the Roadrunner; the little underdog always got the best of that Wiley coyote. In the afternoons, I could always locate my favorite Tarzan or Jungle Jim movies and set entranced in front of the T.V. Babysitting we five kids must have been easy back then; of course Roger could never sit still more than ten minutes so grandma had to keep an eye out for him or he would be taking spark plugs out of her car or seeing which facet worked best on her milk cow.
The shows were entertaining but what I remember most were the commercials. Saturday morning’s it was all breakfast cereal. I can still remember the characters and lines. Everyone knew Corn Flakes were made in Battleship, Michigan, that Fruit Loops were for kids, and that Tony the Tiger absolutely loved Frosted Flakes. Later in the 60’s, NASA made the first space drink just for astronauts and kids- TANG. The price of it was so astronomical you had to be an astronaut to afford more than a taste of it. 7-Up introduced the Uncola, Pepsi developed the taste test, and R.C. and peanuts were sold as a pair. Beech-nut was a popular chewing gum but Double Mint gave you double the fun and pleasure. Never mind that both were made by the same company; the goal was to get you to remember the jingle and buy the product.
We could all sing along, Plop, Plop, Oh What a relief it is!! My Bologna has a first name, it’s O S C A R !! Later, Burger King came out with the even more popular granny repeating, “Where’s the Beef?” Commercials were sometimes more fun than the show.
In the afternoons, Burma Shave and Gillette competed to sale you razor blades and shaving equipment. Every cigarette known to man hyped their wares; I even saw Barney and Fred describing smoking an entire pack of Winston. Winston competed with the Marlboro cowboy, the Lucky Strike gentleman, and the cool taste of Salem. Desi Arnaz smoked one cigarette after another on I Love Lucy. I guess that wasn’t too unusual for that age since they handed out Skoal to us at agri and FFA school events.
In the 60’s, instant coffee became a fad. We could hear the perking of Maxwell house and watch Juan Valdez gather Folgers but that wasn’t enough. We needed everything quickly-thus instant coffee you simply dumped into hot water. No matter it tasted like warmed over mud; it was fast, hot, and black. When in Costa Rica, the farmers explained to me that they drank their best coffee, sold the second best to Europe, and sent the rest to America because we would drink anything. In fact, instant coffee was often made from the ground up hull of the coffee bean, the stuff they discard in other countries. Ah, What advertising and T.V. can do for us Americans!
Waldron XC Continues To Set Courses On Fire
On Wednesday, October, 21st, the Waldron Cross Country teams showcased their running powers at the Tom Stuthard SW Regional Top 25 Championship in Mena. The Sr High Lady Bulldogs team, who finished their last regular season meet with a score of 28, and the Jr High Bulldogs team, beat out 14 other schools to place first. “Sophomore, Maria Grano, has run her personal record this season with a 20:05 and is working hard to break 20:00,” expressed coach, Angie Bailey.
“Senior, Ryleigh Anschutz, has also run her personal record with 21:32. Senior, Constance Richmond, has been consistent with the hope of breaking 22:00 for the season. Junior, McKenzi Stidman, has run her beat this year and hopes to also break 22:00. Constance and McKenzi are great partners who consistently push each other. Senior, Star Spence, is our number 5 and her pr was run this season and is looking to break 24:00. We have come in 1st or runner-up at every meet and this was up against many schools bigger than us. State won’t be easy. West Fork is a great team and our runners match up perfectly with theirs. It’ll literally come down to who wants it more that day. State is going to be held on November 5 at Oaklawn in Hot Springs.”
With a score of 27, the Jr Bulldogs team consisted of Johnny Williams at 3rd, Keegan Lynch at 4th, Cole Bailey at 5th, Landon Defoor at 6th, Kylon Fielding at 9th, Caden Hunt at 14th, and Gabe Nevills at 15th. The Jr High Lady Bulldogs team placed 4th with the help of Ashadan Poor who took 12th, Karis Pritchard at 14th, and Karli Anschutz with 15th. And the Sr High Bulldogs who consist of Bladyn Mays, Ambrose Poor, Sam Slater, Sean Frayer, Marvin Velazquez, Mitchell Wright, and Drake Carnley, took home a 6th place team win.
