“Mussel Shells and Pearls” is the subject of a program that the Wade brothers, Loyd and Wayne, will give at the Old Independence Regional Museum at 2 p.m. Aug. 1.

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Saying he was going to Australia with his wife to work, a Newark man has been reported missing by his mother, according to Independence County Sheriff’s Deputy Chris Toland.
Friday afternoon, Lola Mae Mole of Newark told Toland that her son, 58-year-old Ralph D. Mole, accompanied by his wife, Julie Mole, and a representative from the White River Area Agency on Aging, came by her house about two months ago and that was the last time she has seen or heard from him.
According to Toland, she said the visit was in reference to Ralph Mole getting monetary help from her.

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Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of “Travel in Arkansas” tourism articles for the Batesville Daily Guard.

The stainless steel steps in the ladder-well of the aft hatch of the ancient diesel class World War II submarine are worn smooth by numerous feet on untold missions all over the world.
They lead down to a dim and once-ominous world of danger.
That feeling is enhanced when you add the faint odors of various oils and greases emanating from now silent engines, along with the sight of massive torpedoes filling the cramped space.

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Write-in candidate creates race

ASH FLAT — Cave City has two races for school board positions in the Sept. 15 school elections.
Robert Hutchison, the incumbent in Position 7, recently filed as a write-in candidate, according to public records in the Sharp County and Circuit Clerk’s office.
Stephen Stauffer filed for the same position during the regular filing period.
The other race pits challenger Kirk Ratliff against incumbent Jeff Eddy for Position 6.
Both positions carry five-year terms.

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A patriotic display at the Old Independence Regional Museum includes an original letter from John Hancock, famous as the first signer of the Declaration of Independence, administrative assistant April White said.
Hancock wrote the letter during the Revolutionary War when he was the leader of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to Rhode Island leaders. Hancock asked for their help to defeat the enemy, British Gen. Lord Cornwallis and his troops, who had been pinned down on the peninsula of Yorktown.

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