Bell - St. Francis County Courthouse
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N 35° 00.461 W 090° 46.989
15S E 702289 N 3876140
Bell on display on the lawn of the St. Francis County Courthouse in Arkansas
Waymark Code: WM3NY4
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 04/27/2008
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The plaque by the bell reads:
OLD COURTHOUSE BELL
This bell rang from the bell tower of the magnificent courthouse that graced this site for seventy-nine years before the present structure was built in 1976. The former courthouse was built in 1897 by Judge John S. R. Cowan of Hughes at a cost of $26,700 with no increase in taxes or bonds. Its fire-proof vaults end the destruction by fire of the county's records that had occurred three times before.
The bell is mounted on the courthouse lawn in memory of St. Francis County armed service veterans by the ladies of the American Legion Auxiliary and County Judge Carl Cisco.
Auxiliary Officers
President Bettye Proctor
Vice-President Maureen Campbell
Secretary Bonnie Chapman
Treasurer Ruth Thomas
Historian Billie Winkler
Chaplain Troyce Morgan
Seargeant-at-Arms Gladys Jones
Bell Committee
Lula Belle Buford, Chairlady
Fannie Fryer
Helen Meeds
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