McLain Street Gang

Mary Rachel (Johnston) Shankles was born in Newport Arkansas in 1948 and graduated with the NHS Class of 66. Rachel as she has been called since college days has a vivid memory of her escapades with her sister Cindy (Johnston) Sweat and the neighborhood kidsMcLain Street Gang includes stories of her neighborhood on McLain Street childhood friends classmates at East Newport School the Blue Bridge over the White River small town life and Headlees Rexall Drug Store where her dad worked.