The Quilt show was very successful.
Today's speaker was Warren Blaylock. He has lived in Crawford County all his live except for College at University of Arkansas and the Military.
He taught school at Alma. He was born 1921 and is proud of the time God has given him. The next
Nuggets that will come out in the fall will have a DVD of his story in it.
New Members invited to join.

Crawford County Genealogical Society 23rd Annual Quilt Show April 19&20,2013 Friday Noon to 6PM - Saturday 9 AM til 4 PM Located in Downtown Alma in the Genealogical Library 614 Fayetteville Street Alma, Arkansas Admission $1.00 includes one chance on door prize quilt. Door prize: full-size "Trip Around the World" quilt in autumn colors Quilts for the show are welcomed. Bring on Friday, April 19th from 9:00-11:00 A.M Contact:Mary Kelly (479) 997-8651 Katy Black (479)369-0003

January 2013 Meeting

The Society January meeting was the second Tuesday at the Crawford County Alma Library.
The 2013 officers are
Janice Wilcox-President
Mary Lou Kelly-Vice President
Katy Black-Secretary
Don Wilcox-Treasurer
Harry Keifer - Editor

We had a good speaker for  February meeting on the second Tuesday of the month.
Many thanks to Mary Lou Kelly for gettting good speakers for us.
Kevin Jones,Ph.D spoke and had pictures of post cards.
He has a book "History of Fort Smith in Post Card."

Updating

I will be updating this blog as soon as possible.

Class Luncheon

The Alma High School class of 1955 will have their quarterly class luncheon on Monday, Feb 9, 11:30 A.M. at D's Family restaurant, Collum Lane, Alma. If You see any classmates please pass the message on.

Crawford County Funeral Homes

hhttp://www.edwardsfuneralhome.com/locations.shtmlttp://
www.ockerputmanfuneralhome.com/home.html

These 2 websites are funeral homes in Crawford County. This way you can keep up with the daily funerals. The Edwards link is VanAlma also and the Putman in Ockers is Ft. Smith.

Fort Smith Library

This will take you to the Fort Smith Library. They have a wonderful genealogy department.

http://www.fortsmithlibrary.org/index.html