Reverend William (Bill) Bailey, a Methodist minister, turned a physical ailment into a thriving health resort, but more importantly established a family tradition that has lasted for almost 200 years. A popular song, “Won’t You Come Home Bill Bailey” was even written and published in 1902, but come to find out, was written for a different “Bill” Bailey and for a different reason. More on that later.
I mentioned the era of steamboats and river transportation here recently. It was an important and to me somewhat romantic time in our history.
Presley likes to read Japanese books. They have a name, but I am not sure what it is. It’s obviously foreign to me. So, for Christmas, I bought tickets for Little Rock’s Anime Festival. The festival was this past weekend, so Presley and I found ourselves on a little road trip.
Let’s start February off with another edition of Eight Things I Think I Think. The Busch Light Clash is an annual pre-season NASCAR Cup Series exhibition event held in February before the seasonopening Daytona 500.
Jayden Seawel Harrison Carter Alex James Paige Massey .
Maynard Players of the Week Olivia Crawford, John Cline, Tuff Clark, and Rylee Bennett are pictured with Riverbank representative Joyce Radcliff. .
In a Tuesday night game played at Pocahontas High School Gymnasium the Pocahontas Junior Boys Redskins lost to the Junior Blytheville Chickasaws 43-40. Junior Chickasaws started out strong and led at the end of the first quarter 20-14. The Chickasaws increased their lead to 20-14 at the half. The third quarter was a duplicate of the second with Blytheville leading 36-26 at the end of the quarter. The Junior Redskins battled to overcame the 10-point lead and trimmed the Chickasaws lead to 42-40 with less than a minute remaining. Blytheville maintained ball control and sank a free shot to win 43-40.
In a Monday night game played in the district tournament at Trumann High School Gymnasium at Trumann the Pocahontas Junior Redskins beat Westside Junior Warriors 60-50. Redskins led 16-8 at the end of the first quarter and at the half 32-18. Westside outscored the Junior Redskins 32-28 in the last half but it was not enough to overcome Pocahontas halftime lead. Final score was 60-50 in favor of Pocahontas.
In a Tuesday night game played at Pocahontas High School Gymnasium the Pocahontas Senior Boys Redskins lost to the Blytheville Chickasaws 64-36. Blytheville has a 21-2 overall record, a 12-0 conference record and clinched the 4A-3 conference with this game. The Chickasaws started strong and led 16-8 at end of first quarter. Blytheville continued their dominance and led 31-18 at the half and 59-39 at the end of 3rd quarter. The game ended with Blytheville winning 64-36.
I am the Randolph County Library Youth Coordinator. After obtaining my Bachelors in English, I will be working towards my Masters degree in Library Science.