RECOLLECTIONS

50 Years Ago Pea Ridge Graphic Vol. 2 No. 43 Thursday, Oct. 26, 1967

“You can just bet that we’re going to have an increase in taxes.” That was the prediction made at last Saturday night’s annual Pea Ridge Chamber of Commerce Dinner by one of the area’s best known economists, John V. Terry of John Brown University at Siloam Springs. Terry foresaw as the biggest threat of our national economy three things: inflation, big national debt and talk of the 10 percent surcharge on taxes. The latter, he said, would come out of the working man’s pocket one way or another. He did say that the federal government is not going to cut back spending. An ordained Baptist minister, Terry emphasized that he believes the American people can overcome their problems. He pointed out that the history of the nation shows that the people have always been successful in overcoming what have sometimes appeared to be insurmountable problems.

Pea Ridge Graphic office is located in the Jines residence on Ark. Hwy. 94, south, in Pea Ridge. The paper is published each Thursday at Pea Ridge, Benton County, Ark., by Earle and Billie Jines, publishers. Second Class Postage paid at Pea Ridge, Ark. 72751. Subscription Rates: $2 per year, payable in advance, in Benton, Washington and Carroll counties, Arkansas; and McDonald and Barry counties, Missouri. $3 per year elsewhere. News and Advertising Deadline: 2:30 p.m. Monday.

40 Years Ago Pea Ridge Graphic-Scene Vol. 12 No. 43 Wednesday, Oct. 26, 1977

A University of Arkansas computer analysis of the growth trend in the Pea Ridge school projects that the student enrollment in five years will be 937 students, compared to 660 this year, not including kindergarten. The School Board, at its regular meeting Monday night at the school, discussed the study and its implications. The study was done in a class in which High School principal Jerry Marple is a student at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.

Betty Davis, librarian at Pea Ridge High School, has been named chairman of the 1977 MS READ-a-thon in Pea Ridge, according to Sue Rogers, State MS READ-a-thon chairman of the Arkansas Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

30 Years Ago The TIMES of Northeast Benton County Vol. 22 No. 43 Wednesday, Oct. 28, 1987

The Pea Ridge financial planning committee met Tuesday night to late for the coverage in today’s TIMES — and committee member Donna Beaver says all the city’s departments have prepared balanced budgets for 1988, which they hope to present to the City Council at its November meeting. Members of the finance committee are Barbara Owen, Floyd Blackwell, Mike Yarberry, Delores Hall, Mayor Mary Rogers and Beaver.

NEBCO responded to a flue fire Oct. 24 at 12:42 p.m. at the Perry Griffin residence on Ventris Road. On arrival, firefighters found that the bird cage on the chimney was stopped up, which caused smoke to back up in the house. There was no damage. Although there was no fire at the Griffin residence, Griffin did the right thing in calling the fire department when discovering his house was full of smoke, according to a NEBCO spokesman. When distances are so great, as in this case, NEBCO would rather be called and not needed than needed and not called.

20 Years Ago The TIMES of Northeast Benton County Vol. 32 No. 43 Thursday, Oct. 23, 1997

The Pea Ridge School PTO is expecting big results from its auction during the annual school carnival. PTO president Paula Woods said at the carnival will be this Saturday beginning at 5 p.m. The auction will begin at 7 p.m. The following are among the many auction items: Autographed Razorback basketball, autographed Lady Razorback basketball, autographed Razorback football, tickets to numerous Razorback sport games, as well as numerous items to be raffled off.

Saturday, Oct. 25, will be “Native American Day” at Pea Ridge National Military Park. This special interpretive event will include traditional Indian dances, singing and storytelling by representatives of the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma and the Muskogee Creek Nation of Oklahoma. This event is co-sponsored by Friends of Pea Ridge National Military Park, a non-profit organization which raises funds for park projects not covered by the annual appropriation.

Members of Diane Bray’s fourth grade class at Pea Ridge Elementary School recently made homes from wood, plastic, rocks and other materials as a family project for open house after studying adaptations are nature. Also recently visiting Diane Bray’s class during a period reading unit were Jerry and Dave Montgomery. They entertained the class with music from the slave culture.

10 Years Ago The TIMES of Northeast Benton County Vol. 42 No. 43 Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007

Fewer than a dozen properties remain to be acquired for easements for the widening of Weston Street. If the easements are not willingly sold to the city, the city may begin condemnation proceedings, according to city councilmen at their meeting last week. Mayor Jackie Crabtree told councilmen $49,000 had been paid to Carroll Electric to move the electricity utilities. Andrew Huntsinger, assistant City Attorney, said condemnation is a lengthy and costly procedure. Appraised values have declined since the first appraisal. The city made an offer on the first appraised price, but several property owners refused to sell. Councilmen instructed Huntsinger to have the ordinance ready for the November meeting. The mayor agreed to continue to negotiate with landowners.

Community First Bank of Pea Ridge won first place at the Northeast Benton County Volunteer Fire Department rib cook off recently. Using a secret recipe created by the father-in-law of bank president Sharpie Wallace, bank employees created the winning combination. Bank employees were Kiley Keener, Mary Edwards, Sharpie Wallace, Brook Villines, Chris Mangrum, Zandra Mangrum and Hannah Mangrum.