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The Clay County Courier is hosting a State Representative Candidate Forum, a free community event on Thursday, May 19 at 6 p.m. at the M.B. Ainley, Jr. Community Center gym. The purpose of the event is to provide an opportunity for residents of the county to garner information about the candidates running for Arkansas State Representative District 1. Candidates participating will be Teresa Roofe - D, mayor of the city of Rector and Steve Dixon - R, mayor of the city of Marmaduke. Candidate Jeremy Wooldridge - R is unavailable to attend on dates that were available to hold the event.

Members of the Corning Chamber of Commerce met for their May luncheon at 11:30 a.m. at the El Acapulco restaurant with speaker, Mary Groves from Arkansas Methodist Medical Center’s Inpatient Acute Rehab Department presenting information about their rehab services. The department is located on the fourth floor in the hospital at AMMC. Groves explained, “We offer occupational therapy, physical therapy and speech therapy on an inpatient basis. The difference between outpatient therapy and inpatient therapy is with outpatient, the patient is able to physically go into another facility for therapy and at our facility, they stay in the hospital. It’s also different from a therapy and skilled nursing facility where they stay there, but they get maybe an hour a day versus five days a week. We’re designed for the patient who desires to return home, you know, back to their normal previous level of function. So, our goal is a shorter length of stay than maybe at a skilled rehab nursing home because at our facility the average length of stay is anywhere from one week to 12 to 14 days, versus at a skilled nursing facility is about 20 days.”

Bottom Row: Laine White; Kaitlynn Henry; Kamdyn Morgan Middle Row: Nolan Lynch; Jayden Digges Top Row: Jax Benscoter; Silas Couch, Aubrey Baker; Mr. Patrick Morton, Principal .

Local musicians perform last Friday evening, May 6 in a beloved historical location in Corning, Hop Alley. The remaining piece of the alley can be seen in the distance. One can’t help but think about all the countless Clay County residents who walked, shopped, worked, played pool, and ate in popular cafes in and around Hop Alley throughout Corning’s history.

Captain Beloate attained the ripe age of 70 years yesterday. Captain and Mrs. Beloate’s, sons C.V. and W.E. and a number of grandchildren met with them at their home and held a reunion. Capt.. Beloate was born in Tennessee and came with his family to Pocahontas about 30 years ago and soon after settled in Corning where he reared his family. He is one of our most influential citizens despite his age, which he bears remarkably well, being stout and hale. He owns and conducts two drug stores, one which he has run here for about 25 years and the other which he opened in Knobel, to which latter place he goes every weekday on the 9:30 a.m. train and returns on the 1 p.m. train to his home and business in Corning. He has served two or three terms as postmaster of Corning and one term as representative in the Arkansas legislature. Mrs. Angeline Mullen. one of Corning’s oldest residents. had the bones of her two dead sons, Henry and Reece, exhumed last Monday by Undertaker Brown, and shipped to Pentwater, Mich., her former home, to which she will soon return. Her sons died and were buried about fourteen years ago. Mrs. Mullen lately came into possession of about $500 back pension money and will receive $8 per month the balance of her life. The Board of Education and patrons of Corning public schools at a recent meeting decided to employ a principal and reopen the high school department of the school on Monday, October 26. Mrs. Ida Prichard is Principal of Corning public school since Professor Richardson resigned last Friday evening.

The Peach Orchard News is written by Dianne Neill this week due to the passing of Diana Kay Rush’s brother. Please join me in prayers for Diana Kay Rush and the Stormes family on the loss of her brother Derwin Stormes.