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White County Heritage 1974 No. 2, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

TABLE OF CONTENTS

In Memoriam: Mrs. W.C. Welch by Ellen Key
The Passing of Another Era by W.E. Wisdom
Minutes of the Searcy Branch Railroad Company
Pioneer (Old Newspaper)
General Directory of Railroad Towns in White County Arkansas, edited by James Logan Morgan

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 23, No. 3, Earl F. Robacker, Louis Winkler, Susan Stewart, Eleanor Yoder, W. Ray Sauers, Mac E. Barrick

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Victorian Wall Mottoes
• Pennsylvania German Astronomy and Astrology VIII: David Rittenhouse
• Sociological Aspects of Quilting in Three Brethren Churches of Southeastern Pennsylvania
• Nicknaming in an Amish-Mennonite Community
• Fruit Harvesting and Preservation in Early Pennsylvania
• Folklore in the Library: Old Schuylkill Tales
• Mills and Milling in Pennsylvania: Folk-Cultural Questionnaire No. 33

Test Excavations Along F. M. 765, Mcculloch County, Texas, Ann M. Irwin

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

Four archaeological sites in McCulloch County, Texas will be affected by the construction of a fifteen mile section of F.M. 765 from Fife, Texas to its intersection with U.S. 377 north of Mercury, Texas (Figure 1). These four sites were discovered in April 1973, by Dayrnond Crawford of the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation during a routine archaeological reconnaissance of the proposed right-of-way. Two sites, 41MK10 and 41MK27, are located along the banks of Bluff Creek, some four and one-half kilometers upstream from its confluence with the Colorado River. Bluff Creek makes two large meanders between the sites …

An Archaeological Survey Of Portions Of The Chiltipin-San Fernado Creeks Watershed, Jim Wells County, Texas, Thomas R. Hester, Feris A. Bass, Jr.

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

In accordance with an agreement (Purchase Order No. 427-TX-SCS-75) between the U.S. Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service and the Center for Archaeological Research at The University of Texas at San Antonio, an archaeological survey was carried out in a potion of the Chiltipin-San Fernando Creeks Watershed in Jim Wells County, Texas. (see Fig. 1). The specific area examined during the survey was the proposed site for Floodwater Retarding Structure No. 5 (Revised), encompassing 320 hectares (790 acres) and extending for approximately 3 km along the course of the Chiltipin Creek (Fig. 1).

Archaeological Survey Of Areas Proposed For Modification In The Salado Creek Watershed, Bexar County, Texas, Thomas R. Hester

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

In late October, 1974, the Center for Archaeological Research of the University of Texas at San Antonio carried out an archaeological survey of the upper Salado Creek Watershed. Localities slated for the construction of 10 Soil Conservation Service floodwater retarding structures were examined, and 29 prehistoric and historic archaeological sites were found. These cultural resources are described and evaluated. Recommendations are provided for the mitigation of adverse effects on certain of these resources.

An Archaeological Survey Of The Nichols Creek Channel Modification, Karnes County, Texas, Anne Adams Fox

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

During the week of November 17-23, 1974, the author conducted an archaeological survey on Nichols Creek in the town of Kenedy, Karnes County, Texas. The survey was conducted under an agreement between the United States Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service (SCS) and The University of Texas at San Antonio, Center for Archaeological Research (a part of Purchase Order No. 427-TX-SCS-75). The project was under the general supervision of Dr. Thomas Hester.

The SCS proposes to channelize a major portion of the creek and of the area where it joins Escondido Creek, to prevent future flooding within the town. The …

Excavation Of 41fy58, Fayette County, Texas, John E. Keller

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

The site 41FY58 was discovered on U.S. 71 in eastern Fayette County and reported in 1973 by the survey archaeologist of the Texas Highway Department. Surface indications were highly encouraging and the site was recommended for extensive investigation.

Archaeological Investigation Along The Route Of U.S. 281, From Mulberry Avenue To Tuxedo Avenue In San Antonio, Clive Luke

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

The route of impending U.S. 281 from Mulberry Avenue to Tuxedo Avenue in San Antonio traverses the valley of Olmos Creek. The creek originates in the southern edge of the Edwards Plateau between Leon Creek and Salado Creek, and flows in a southeasterly direction to its confluence with the San Antonio River. Near that confluence is a series of large fissure springs occurring along the fault zone. The topography of the drainage area varies from rolling to hill, with the area under concern in this report being undeveloped and covered with brush (Corp of Engineers, US Army, 1972).

The Olmos …

41bx171: A Late Nineteenth Century City Dump In San Antonio, Texas, Clive Luke

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

One trench was excavated to a length of thirty-five feet. It was oriented approximately north-south and designated Trench One. To eliminate unnecessary man hours, a backhoe initially removed the disturbed and late fill from the upper levels of the trench. Beneath the levels removed by backhoe, the trench was staked in units of five feet by five feet. Each unit was excavated by hand in arbitrary one foot levels, but the ashy soil was not screened. The elevation of a point on a concrete slab in the middle of the trench was established, using a Texas Highway Department Bench Mark …

White County Heritage 1974 No. 1, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

TABLE OF CONTENTS

President's Message - The Lumber Industry by W.E. Wisdom
Minutes of the Searcy Branch Railroad Company
Library Report by Mrs. Inez Bishop
Arkansas Folklore Society
White County Post Offices: Stony Point by Mrs. Leister E. Presley
From the Museum Shelf by Ellen Key
Roberson Family of White County by E.H. Brown

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 23, No. 2, Jane Spencer Edwards, Carol Kessler, Ronald L. Michael, Heinrich Rembe

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Wills and Inventories of the First Purchasers of the Welsh Tract
• Ten Tulpehocken Inventories: What Do They Reveal About a Pennsylvania German Community?
• Wagon Taverns as Seen Through Local Source Material
• Emigration Materials From Lambsheim in the Palatinate
• Household Furnishings: Folk-Cultural Questionnaire No. 32

Motus 1974, St. Francis College History Collection

St. Francis College History Collection Yearbooks

1974 yearbook of St. Francis College in Biddeford, Maine.

Betty Wiseman's Scrapbook, 12, 1974-1975, Betty Wiseman

Scrapbooks

Betty Wiseman graduated from Belmont College and began teaching health and physical education in 1966. She was the founder and coach of the Belmont women’s basketball team, the Rebelettes (now Bruins), in 1968. At the time, it was one of the first women’s collegiate teams in the southeast. She was inducted into the Belmont Athletics Hall of Fame in 1981. She was also inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 2004. Wiseman coached the women’s team for 16 years (1968- 1984) before moving into athletic administration at Belmont. She served as Assistant Athletics Director until her retirement in …

Betty Wiseman's Scrapbook, 13, 1974-1975, Betty Wiseman

Scrapbooks

Betty Wiseman graduated from Belmont College and began teaching health and physical education in 1966. She was the founder and coach of the Belmont women’s basketball team, the Rebelettes (now Bruins), in 1968. At the time, it was one of the first women’s collegiate teams in the southeast. She was inducted into the Belmont Athletics Hall of Fame in 1981. She was also inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 2004. Wiseman coached the women’s team for 16 years (1968-1984) before moving into athletic administration at Belmont. She served as Assistant Athletics Director until her retirement in 2013. …

White County Heritage 1973 No. 4, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

TABLE OF CONTENTS

President's Message by W.E. Widsom
Membership and Publication Notes
Secession Convention by Jesse N. Cypert (copied)
From the Museum Shelf by Ellen Key
White County Post Offices: Searcy by Mrs. Leister E. Presley
The Came to Arkansas: McCauley by Presley
Postal Notes

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 23, No. 1, Louis Winkler, Arthur J. Lawton, Robert Thomas Teske, Ronald L. Michael, Ronald Carlisle, Don Yoder

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Pennsylvania German Astronomy and Astrology VII: Carl Friederich Egelmann (1782-1860)
• The Ground Rules of Folk Architecture
• The Eikonostasi Among Greek-Philadelphians
• The Peter Colley Tavern, 1801-1854
• The Wilderness and the City
• The Rural Marketing System: Folk-Cultural Questionnaire No. 31

Edmund B. Chaffee And The Labor Temple, Dugald Chaffee

The Courier

The following article by Dr. Chaffee's son combines a brief account of Dr. Chaffee's Labor Temple years with his son's remembrance ofhim as both man and father.

White County Heritage 1973 No. 3, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

TABLE OF CONTENTS

President's Message by W.C. Welch
From the Museum Shelf by Ellen Key
River Landings (copied)
White County Post Offices: Searcy by Presley
Henderson Cemetery by Mt. Home Extension Homemaker's Club

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 22, Folk Festival Supplement, John E. Stinsmen, Louise Hyde, Cyrus Hyde, Richard C. Gougler, Martha S. Best, Richard Shaner, Lester Breininger, Earl F. Robacker, Ada Robacker

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Sounds of the Folk Festival: A Visitor's Walking Tour
• Herbs at Kutztown
• Amish Weddings
• Food Varieties at the Festival
• Festival Highlights
• Folk Festival Program
• Taverns and Tavern Lore of Dutchland
• The Lure of Tinsmithing
• Folk Whittling in Pennsylvania
• The Dance in Pennsylvania - Current Status: Folk-Cultural Questionnaire No. 30

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 22, No. 4, Earl F. Robacker, Guy Tilghman Hollyday, William Woys Weaver, Louis Winkler, Phil R. Jack, Ronald L. Michael, Albert Cappel

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Let's Talk About Slate
• Ephrata Cloister Wills
• A Blacksmith's "Summerkich"
• Pennsylvania German Astronomy and Astrology VI: Astrological Philosophy
• Stoneware from New Geneva and Greensboro, Pennsylvania
• American Emigration Materials from Pfeddersheim
• Folk Medicine - Home Remedies: Folk-Cultural Questionnaire No. 29

White County Heritage 1973 No. 2, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Elkhorn Tavern by W.C. Welch
Bartlett Springs, Antioch's Spa by Mrs. James Cranston
White County Post Offices by Mrs. Leister E. Presley
From the Museum Shelf by Ellen Key
Ancestor Chart by Mrs. Larry P. Clark
An Old Letter contributed by Coy Benton
1867 Newspaper - White County Weekley Record
Roosevelt Cemetery by Roosevelt Extension Homemaker's Club
White County Towns - 1884 (copied)
Lee's Priceless Recipes (copied)

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 22, No. 3, Burt Feintuch, Susan J. Ellis, Waln K. Brown, Louis Winkler, Friedrich Krebs

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Frank Boccardo: Toward an Ethnography of a Chairmaker
• Traditional Food on the Commercial Market: The History of Pennsylvania Scrapple
• The Pennsylvania Dutch Carriage Trade
• Pennsylvania German Astronomy and Astrology V: Religion and Astronomy
• American Emigration from Baden-Durlach in the Years 1749-1751
• The House - External and Internal Orientation: Folk-Cultural Questionnaire No. 28
• Pennsylvania Emigrants from Friedrichstal

White County Heritage 1973 No. 1, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The President's Message by W.C. Welch
Isaac Aaron Miller Diary
Lancaster Family by E.H. Brown
The Museum Stuff by Ellen Key
White County Post Offices by Claud Johnson and Mrs. Leister E. Presley
A Very Important Person by Mrs. Leister E. Presley
From the Mountains (copied)
Gum Springs Cemetery (continued) by Gum Springs Extension Homemaker's Club
Tanning Sheep Skins (copied)

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 22, No. 2, Monroe H. Fabian, Martha S. Best, Karen M. Spitulnik, Louis Winkler, Friedrich Krebs

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• The Easton Bible Artist Identified
• Christmas Customs in the Lehigh Valley
• The Inn Crowd: The American Inn, 1730-1830
• Pennsylvania German Astronomy and Astrology IV: Tombstones
• Emigrants of the 18th Century from the Northern Palatinate
• Butchering on the Pennsylvania Farm: Folk-Cultural Questionnaire No. 27

Motus 1973, St. Francis College History Collection

St. Francis College History Collection Yearbooks

1973 yearbook of St. Francis College in Biddeford, Maine.

Betty Wiseman's Scrapbook, 10, 1973-1974, Betty Wiseman

Scrapbooks

Betty Wiseman graduated from Belmont College and began teaching health and physical education in 1966. She was the founder and coach of the Belmont women’s basketball team, the Rebelettes (now Bruins), in 1968. At the time, it was one of the first women’s collegiate teams in the southeast. She was inducted into the Belmont Athletics Hall of Fame in 1981. She was also inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 2004. Wiseman coached the women’s team for 16 years (1968- 1984) before moving into athletic administration at Belmont. She served as Assistant Athletics Director until her retirement in …

Betty Wiseman's Scrapbook, 9, 1973-1974, Betty Wiseman

Scrapbooks

Betty Wiseman graduated from Belmont College and began teaching health and physical education in 1966. She was the founder and coach of the Belmont women’s basketball team, the Rebelettes (now Bruins), in 1968. At the time, it was one of the first women’s collegiate teams in the southeast. She was inducted into the Belmont Athletics Hall of Fame in 1981. She was also inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 2004. Wiseman coached the women’s team for 16 years (1968-1984) before moving into athletic administration at Belmont. She served as Assistant Athletics Director until her retirement in 2013. …

Betty Wiseman's Scrapbook, 11, 1973-1974, Betty Wiseman

Scrapbooks

Betty Wiseman graduated from Belmont College and began teaching health and physical education in 1966. She was the founder and coach of the Belmont women’s basketball team, the Rebelettes (now Bruins), in 1968. At the time, it was one of the first women’s collegiate teams in the southeast. She was inducted into the Belmont Athletics Hall of Fame in 1981. She was also inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 2004. Wiseman coached the women’s team for 16 years (1968- 1984) before moving into athletic administration at Belmont. She served as Assistant Athletics Director until her retirement in …

White County Heritage 1972 No. 4, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

TABLE OF CONTENTS

President's Message by W.C. Welch
Isaac Aaron Miller Diary
Some Records of James D. Addison of White County, Arkansas by Walter L. Havens
Gum Springs Cemetery by Gum Springs Extension Homemakers Club
From the Museum Shelf by Ellen Key
They Came to Arkansas (Gordon) by Mrs. Leister E. Presley
Headcheese: An Old Time Recipe (copied)
Box 327
County Grange and County News in General, also Meets a Cobbite from The Record, Dec. 15, 1876 (copied)

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 22, No. 1, Carroll Hopf, Ellen J. Gehret, Alan G. Keyser, Louis Winkler, Mac E. Barrick, Friedrich Krebs

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Calligraphic Drawings and Pennsylvania German Fraktur
• Flax Processing in Pennsylvania: From Seed to Fiber
• Pennsylvania German Astronomy and Astrology III: Comets and Meteors
• Rural Economics in Central Pennsylvania, 1850-1867
• Palatine Emigrants to America from the Oppenheim Area, 1742-1749
• Fruit Harvesting and Preservation: Folk-Cultural Questionnaire No. 26