Local Digest
Several ribbon cuttings planned for local businesses
EL DORADO —
Dairy Queen is opening today and a ribbon cutting will be held at 9 a.m. The doors will open at 10 a.m. and to celebrate the opening, the El Dorado-Union County Chamber of Commerce is hosting a ribbon cutting ceremony for Dairy Queen at 2201 N. West Ave. in El Dorado.
The El Dorado-Union County Chamber of Commerce will have a ribbon cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. on Saturday for Midway Marble and Granite, LLC, at their new location, 407 Midway Road. A celebration will be held from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Saturday.
The El Dorado Union County Chamber of Commerce has announced that Northwest Laundromat is now under new ownership and a ribbon cutting ceremony will be held at noon on May 11 at Northwest Laundromat, 1704 N. West Ave.
Chicken Express will have their grand opening at 10:30 a.m. on May 15, at 2209 N. West Ave. and the El Dorado Union County Chamber of Commerce will have a ribbon cutting ceremony at 10 a.m.
Deltic Timber schedules conference call today
EL DORADO — Deltic Timber Corp. has scheduled a conference call at 10 a.m. Central Time today, to review first quarter results, which were announced Wednesday after the market closed. Interested parties may participate in the call by dialing 1-800-708-4539 and referencing participant passcode identification number 44757200 or by accessing through the Investor Relations section of the Deltic website at www.deltic.com. Online replays of the call will be available through the Deltic website, and a recording will be available three hours after the call until May 11, by dialing 1-888-843-7419 and referencing replay passcode identification number 44757200.
Deltic Timber Corp. is a natural resources company focused on the efficient and environmentally responsible management of its land holdings. The company owns approximately 530,000 acres of timberland, operates two sawmills and a medium density fiber-board plant, and is engaged in real estate development. Headquartered in El Dorado, the company’s operations are located primarily in Arkansas and north Louisiana.
Ann Edmondson to speak at genealogy meeting
EL DORADO — Ann Dysart Edmondson will share her book, “Scotland Presbyterian Church – Union County, Arkansas – Session Records 1846-1905; Transcription and the Family Roots of Scotland Presbyterian Church,” when the Union County Genealogical Society meets at 2 p.m. on Sunday in the South Arkansas Community College Library Auditorium. Guests are invited to attend.
Edmondson is from Texas and has done genealogical research for about 40 years – much about the families in the New England area, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota. In the last 20 years, she started researching her husband’s ancestors, which included families from North Carolina, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia.
According to a news release sent by Janice Fournier, publicity chair for the Union County Genealogical Society, Edmondson’s research on her husband’s family roots in the Union County area, “eventually led her to the writing of her book.” She and her husband lived in El Dorado for a period of time and still own a house here. While residing in El Dorado, they attended the First Presbyterian Church and often visited relatives at Scotland Presbyterian.
During one of these visits, Edmondson found an old Session Book and received permission to take it home to read and hunt for ancestor names. She received permission to scan the pages of the book and bind them to help preserve the information she had located.
“Ann found a treasure trove of information in the old Session records from the church, which took her about three years to study, index, cross reference and glean marriage records, cemetery records, printed obituaries, newspapers and other reference materials to incorporate in the writing of her book,” Fournier said.