A Short History of Burdette, AR

 Burdette (Mississippi County) is located nine miles south of Blytheville (Mississippi County) on State Highway 148 just off U.S. Highway 61, known as the Great River Road. Burdette is named after Alfred Burdette Wolverton, who in the early 1900s was one of the first lumbermen to settle in the area. It was incorporated as a company town by workers of the Three States Lumber Company of Wisconsin in May 1905. Prior to Three States Lumber Company’s arrival, the area had been swampland and uninhabitable. Burdette Township split from Fletcher Township in 1908 to create the community of Burdette. Burdette proper is located within the larger Burdette Township (a township being a division of a county), which includes farming and lumber operations.

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FOUND: WWII Ration Books and Stamps

I have a post HERE at THE COUNTRY FARM HOME, but I wanted to add these papers to the Dell, Arkansas blog, too. A few people don't follow all my blogs.

I ran across these ration books and stamps among some boxes donated by an individual in Dell. I'm not sure who Lena Walters was. There was a Clara and Warner Walters who lived in a little shack of a shotgun house just down from us on Wilson Street. Unsure if there is a connection. Maybe some of you would know?

Clara was often my babysitter when we lived on Wilson Street. I loved her. And, I especially loved the tree in her front yard that I could easily climb.

 These are just a few of the papers I found and good examples of the rationing process during WWII. Sometimes we read about rationing but don't connect to our own community. 

 Above are examples of War Saving Stamps 

and one of many booklets published during the War with money-saving recipes.

 Does anyone know who Robert Lester was?

Although this is European ad, sugar was the first commodity rationed in the United States.  

Sugar: May 1942 – 1947
Coffee: November 1942 – July 1943
Processed foods: March 1943- August 1945
Meats, canned fish: March 1943 – November 1945
Cheese, canned milk, fats: March 1943 – November 1945

We could do more of this right now! 

Staying at home due to the COVID-19 has given me time

to go through several boxes of paper clippings the I do hope

I'll be able to share one day.