Stories from Monday, November 21, 2005

The best thing about this book is that it is set in the Ozark foothills of Arkansas. The next best thing about it is that it is a story of a simpler time, before the "crass commercialization" of Christmas -- that is, the Great Depression of the 1930s...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- The public is invited to usher in the holiday season at the 39th Silver Tea, Thursday, Dec. 1, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Crystal Ballroom of the Crescent Hotel. A long-standing Eureka tradition, the tea is a community outreach of the women of St. James' Episcopal Church, Eureka Springs. Funds raised will benefit the Club of the Ozarks, an arm of Ozarks Guidance Center providing a daily rehabilitation program that serves people with mental illness. Admission is by donation...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Maybe if you were Imelda Marcos, you'd make room in your garage for 1,000 shoeboxes, but vanity is not why Erica Maleckyj and Ruth Daly have them in their garage. Their shoeboxes are wrapped in bright Christmas paper, they're full of little toys and personal items, and they're going all over the world to children who otherwise wouldn't have a Christmas...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- The Highlander boys defended their turf Tuesday night against the Green Forest Tigers, winning the varsity and JV basketball games, but the Lady Highlanders were swept in their two contests. Eureka won the senior boys game with their best team effort of the season, a 72-60 win that saw four Highlanders score in double figures. They also won a JV game 29-9...

VIVIAN ROSALINE CARTER NYE, a resident of Eureka Springs, was born March 17, 1919, in Champaigne, Ill., the youngest in a family of 10 children. She died Monday, Nov. 14, 2005, in her home at the age of 86. Mrs. Nye was a buyer for the clothing industry, and world traveler...

Edward "Eddie" H. Lang, 83, of Shell Knob, Mo., died Monday, Nov. 14, 2005, in the Barry County Care Center, Cassville, Mo. He was born July 12, 1922, in Milwaukee, Wisc., the son of Lawrence and Emily (Krueger) Lang. On May 31, 1947, in Waukesha, Wisc., he was united in marriage to Norma Fordham, who survives. ...

BUD BOHANNAN of Eureka Springs died Nov. 14, 2005, at the age of 71. Bud was born Aug. 21, 1934, at Rock House to Walter and Malisha (Buttery) Bohannan, whom preceded him in death. On June 5, 1954, he was united in marriage to Lula Belle (Hatcher) Bohannan, whom also preceded him in death on April 20, 1997. He also was preceded in death by three brothers, four sisters and two infant siblings...

DOLLIE IRENE WERT died Nov. 16, 2005. She was born Sept. 26, 1929, to Benjamin and Sarah Abbott in Springview, Neb. She was united in marriage to Lyle A. Wert, Jr. on July 13, 1962. There were no children. She is survived by one sister, Myrtle Scates of Eureka Springs; two nephews, Benjaman Rivett of Eureka Springs, and Dennis Rivett of Berryville; one niece, Martha Fargo of Eureka Springs; many other nieces and nephews; other relatives; and a host of friends...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Lydia Bush, school nurse for the Eureka Springs School District, is urging high school and other students who have not had chicken pox or been immunized to get a shot. Bush reported there has been a recent "outbreak" of chicken pox at the high school...

GREEN FOREST -- "We are not going to give up," said Suellyn Fry, when referring to ongoing efforts by the Osage Valley Volunteer Emergency Responders to be recognized. The group has been trying to provide first responder services to south county residents ever since disbanding from the South Carroll County Fire Department earlier this year...

CARROLL COUNTY -- When the Berryville Bobcat senior boys cross country team won the 2005 state meet in Hot Springs on Nov. 5, the wheels started rolling in the head of former Berryville coach Jack Edens. "That's their 19th state title," Edens proclaimed proudly the next week. He can be proud, because he started the program back in 1967 and coached the first team to win a cross country state meet...