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100 YEARS AGO Sept. 7, 1918
MOUNTAIN HOME — This place was thrown into mild excitement yesterday morning when Tom Clark, a whale of a man who lives in the Sister Creek mountains, up near the Missouri line, came riding into town on a horse, armed with a Winchester and two Colt revolvers. There was an apprehensive look as he rode down the street and every one watched him to see where he was going. He turned into the courtyard gate, went into the courthouse and into the office of the local board. He dropped the butt of his gun on the floor, leaned over the table and said to Ed Farris, clerk of the board: “Well, I’m here, and ready to go.” “Ready to go where?” Farris asked. “Why to war.”
50 YEARS AGO Sept. 7, 1968
m Representatives of Union National Bank, including Harlan Lane, Board chairman and chief executive officer, and medical advisers met at Little Rock Friday and organized a Foundation for Tissue and Organ Preservation. The Foundation’s objective is to “support and stimulate research on the scientific development of techniques for the preservation and storage of human tissues and organs to be used in
clinical applications.” 25 YEARS AGO Sept. 7, 1993
An Indian powwow helped raise attendance at the 13th annual Summerset celebration in North Little Rock to more than 100,000 for the four-day festival, organizers said Monday. The festival ended with a flash when the fireworks finale started a 10-acre grass fire in Burns Park. “The weather helped make this a successful weekend,” said Mary Lou Davenport, executive director of North Little Rock’s Advertising and Promotion Commission. For the past two years the Burns Park festival has experienced rain. The weather also helped fuel the fire, which began about 9:20 p.m. Monday, started by one of the last bursts of the fireworks show.
10 YEARS AGO Sept. 7, 2008
SEARCY — Faye Morris didn’t recognize her former student, but then 86 years can have that effect. Wilma Langley, 91, was at a doctor’s appointment in June when she realized her firstgrade teacher was there, also. So nearly 90 years after they first met, Langley reintroduced herself to Morris, 102, who taught her in 1922 in the one-room Copper Springs School near Garner. It took Morris a minute to place her.