RECOLLECTIONS
50 Years Ago Pea Ridge Graphic Vol. 3 No. 35 Thursday, Aug. 29, 1968
Vandals struck Wednesday night at the home of Pea Ridge traffic policeman Bill Smith, who reportedly had been called out of town a few days earlier by illness in the family. Spray paint appeared to have been used to completely deface the front and one side of the outside walls, including the windows. It is being investigated by Constable Al Koenke and the sheriff’s office.
40 Years Ago Pea Ridge Graphic-Scene Vol. 13 No. 35 Wednesday, Aug. 30, 1978
The Pea Ridge GraphicScene will be published under new ownership, effective Sept. 1, it was jointly announced this week by the present owners, Howell and Donna Spencer Medders, and the new owners Jack and Mary-Lou Beisner. The new publishers are coming to Pea Ridge from Huntington Beach, Calif. The Medderses expressed their appreciation to Graphic-Scene
readers and advertisers for their loyalty and support while they have operated the paper. The newspaper, was founded by James M. Edgmon in January 1966 as the Pea Ridge Graphic. In 1972, the Cave Springs Scene
merged with the Pea Ridge newspaper, making the Graphic-Scene.
30 Years Ago The TIMES of Northeast Benton County Vol. 23 No. 35 Thursday, Sept. 1, 1988
A Pea Ridge merchant said last week that shoplifting by young people has reached such proportions that he may begin turning them over to police. David Montgomery, owner of Montgomery’s IGA, said, “In a week’s time, I’ve caught four juveniles.” He said that it has been his policy to turn adult shoplifters over to police, but until now he has kept the matter of juvenile shoplifters between him and their parents.
20 Years Ago The TIMES of Northeast Benton County Vol. 33 No. 35 Thursday, Sept. 3, 1998
Out northwest of Pea Ridge, in a cow pasture, under two huge pecan trees, lie the remains of L. Bynum, who was born March 14, 1840, and died April 11, 1895, so says the crude, handchiseled marker that is surely somewhere in the vicinity of the original grave. There is evidence that the cows have rearranged the stone, however, the size of it makes one think that it isn’t far from the spot over which it was placed more than 103 years ago. It was rumored that there used to be three graves under those trees, two adults and a child, and there used to be a fence around them, but only the marker could be found, and the fence is no longer there. The mystery lies not in the cow pasture, but on a creek bank a half mile away. It was there that Pat Patterson found another stone, obviously chiseled by a different hand, but also very large, about two feet long, one foot wide, and eight inches thick. This marker simply reads, J. Bynum, 4-5-1901. Mrs. Patterson said, “I wish we knew if there are relatives in the area, or someone who knew who he was and where he was buried.”
10 Years Ago The TIMES of Northeast Benton County Vol. 43 No. 35 Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008
The best quality Bermuda hay in the nation is grown right here in Pea Ridge. On a 40-acre farm just northeast of town, Paul Arnold farms the same fields on which he played and worked as a child. Arnold, Jack Kelly and Larry Miser won top awards at the 2008 American Forage and Grassland Conference held in Lexington, Ken., earlier this year. Arnold, with a Greenfield variety, won the 2008 Bermuda Hay award winner. “This entry was possibly the highest quality Bermuda hay ever produced in Arkansas and the nation with a score of 22 percent crude protein; 73 percent TDN; relative feed value of 149 and relative feed quality of 179,” according to Robert Seay, Benton County extension agent.
She won the first three beauty pageants she entered; now she’s headed to college on academic and athletic scholarships to major in biochemistry. Ashyln Kalies — Miss Pea Ridge 2007, Miss Oktoberfest 2007 and Miss Arkansas High 2008 — is a new member of the cheer-leading squad at the University of Tulsa. The daughter of Marina Herzbert of Pea Ridge and Kevin Kalies of Shawnee, Okla. Kalies graduated this spring from Pea Ridge High School. Kalies is the granddaughter of Ruth Ward of Pea Ridge.