The scribbler of these Pastime memories sometimes, like all of us, get a little bit “down” as this pandemic continues; as the holiday season approaches; and we start seeing more names we know on a personal first-name basis in the obituary columns across this state. The last couple of weeks have been an emotional roller-coaster…
Now this Pastime is not meant to be a history lesson as much as a Happy Birthday greeting. December 18th Bradley County turns 181 years old. Happy Birthday to Bradley County! Getting the technical out of the way, on December 18, 1840, Bradley County was formed from the much larger Union County on pre-drawn, pre-territorial maps.…
This is the story behind the Christmas tree on the Martin lot, from Warren Mayor Denisa Pennington: This tree has a story to tell. After my best friend, classmate and 5th grade boyfriend, Bob Roddey passed away I took a little cedar seedling from where he was buried. I took it to my childhood home…
Hogtoons artist Gary Thomas was kind enough to allow us to publish his cartoon featuring Warren’s own Treylon Burks. Gary’s Facebook page Hogtoons features his wonderful artwork featuring all things Razorbacks. Be sure to hop on over to Gary’s Hogtoons Facebook Page and give his page a like! We really appreciate Gary allowing us to…
A Pastime of my past surfaces each Christmas. It is more about an event and yet the culinary treat that came my way for simply moving a few card tables and pieces of furniture around, makes me write this after a half century of memories. Of my many duties as a Printer’s Devil at the…
For the month of November, Warren Branch Library’s Book Club for Kids had 1 participant. Jase Dawkins read a total of 4 books! He was November’s prize winner. Any students in grades K-8th can participate in this program.No registration required. Simply keep up with the books they read for the month of December and submit…
The Southeast Arkansas Concert Association announced Wednesday that they will present a program titled Christmas Around the World by the West Edge String Quartet Sunday, December 5 at 3:00 p.m. This beautiful, award-winning Christmas album is performed live, on stage at the University Fine Arts Center. 15 Classical Christmas Carols by the West Edge String…
Here is a Pastime when there was a Santa House in downtown Warren. The week after Thanksgiving, the Warren Chamber of Commerce, under the tutelage of James Ernest, who would later be the Bradley County Judge (1965-68 and again, 1975-76) quickly constructed a small white-frame building on the corner of Cypress and Main in Warren.…
Audrey Culwell has reached 700 books in Warren Branch Library’s 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program! For more information about how your child can participate in this program, contact the Warren Branch Library at 870-226-2536.
Lillian Culwell has reached 700 books in Warren Branch Library’s 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program! For more information about how your child can participate in this program, contact the Warren Branch Library at 870-226-2536.
Today’s brisk weather reminds me of the scant few weeks until Christmas and the Pastimes keep rolling in. This special time right after Thanksgiving and until Christmas morning was always a magical time when all the stores along Main (and others) were brimming with goods, shoppers, and kids peering into all the decorated windows festooned…
As has been noted in Saline River Chronicle and other media outlets, John B. Frazer, Jr. passed away Friday November 5, 2021 at age 82. His obituary has been published and a wonderful piece was written by Warren native Maylon Rice in one of his versions of “Pastimes” for Saline River Chronicle. Everything written and…
This is a time of the year for good, time-tested and tasty recipes. I know this is a column about Pastime memories, but these are some recipes that will fill that bill. So read on my friends. Each really good recipe is one that is passed down from grandparent to parents and parent to children.…
Local writer and author Timothy Kessler recently sat down with Saline River Chronicle’s Gregg Reep to chat about his latest book as the guest and feature of our monthly episode of Southark Spotlight. Kessler has just released a new book, titled “Death of the Blue Light Rapist,” a true crime story. During the episode, Kessler…
A man of many talents, one intense love – for the City of Warren, Ark. This is a sad Pastime, sorrowful only in that a good man has died and left his indelible marks on the red brick streets of Warren. My mentor, the late Robert L. (Bob) Newton Jr., who could write such tributes…
For the month of October, the Warren Branch Library’s Book Club for Kids had three participants who read a total of 59 books. Each book equaled one chance in the Library’s monthly Facebook Live giveaway. Cora Baker was October’s winner. Other participants were Caleb Baker and Stormy Taylor. For more information on how your child…
This is a Pastime of reading pleasure and memories of pages filled by books of famous Americans. There was a small, but compact collection of little orange/red backed books found on a shelf under the east window of the children’s section in the old Warren Public Library. That collection still fills my memories – even…
The University of Arkansas is currently conducting a survey on cattle producer awareness of anaplasmosis risk and transmission to livestock in Arkansas. Anaplasmosis turns an animal’s immune system against itself, destroying both healthy and infected red blood cells, which can starve the animal of oxygen. In some cases, anaplasmosis can cause calves to be aborted…
The Arkansas State Fair just closed this past weekend with record crowds and a revived and crowded midway and stock barns filled with exhibits. This Pastime is about a long yellow school bus ride to and from the Capitol City to witness the Arkansas State Fair in about 1967-68 with Mr. John Briggs at the…
Hilda Thornton recently celebrated her 90th birthday. Diane Parnell presented a proclamation from Warren Mayor Denisa Pennington on behalf of the City of Warren honoring Mrs. Thornton.
This Pastime is another installment in the ladies-ready-to-wear shops that once proliferated along Main Street in downtown Warren. And a big Airstream trailer parked in the alleyway behind Main. The alley ran from Cypress to Church. The shiny metal Airstream trailer was indeed, in its day, one of the snazziest travel trailers ever produced in…