RECOLLECTIONS
50 Years Ago Pea Ridge Graphic Vol. 4 No. 40 Thursday, Oct. 2, 1969
Bart Green, whose home is surrounded on three sides by the Pea Ridge National Military Park, was recently removing honey from bees that had built between the walls of the historic old Winton Springs house on the Pea Ridge battlefield. Several clapboards had to be removed to get to the large honeycomb in order to remove the bees. He took 20 to 25 pounds of honey from the bees. Green who robbed bees in hives and bee trees of the Ozarks for half a century, was hired for this job by park ranger Joe Sewell, who resides in the Winton Springs house on the park.
40 Years Ago Pea Ridge Graphic Scene Vol. 14 No. 40 Wednesday, Oct. 3, 1979
The Pea Ridge Share-Fair held Sunday afternoon at City Park featured a bright autumn day, 10 exhibit booths and a moderate number of visitors. One park commissioner said that the comment she heard most often at the fair was that the arts and crafts were above normal in workmanship and talent and below norms in prices. Early this week, the Pea Ridge Park Commission was surveying exhibitors to gain their opinions as to whether or not the event should be repeated next year, and if so, what changes should be made. The commissioners, who probably will make the decision at Thursday night’s monthly meeting, also would welcome comments from the public.
30 Years Ago The TIMES of Northeast Benton County Vol. 24 No. 40 Thursday, Oct. 5, 1989
The fifth annual Fall Festival, sponsored by the Volunteer Ambulance Service of Northeast Benton County, was held Saturday, Sept. 16, at VAS headquarters near Garfield. The event drew many area residents who enjoyed not only the scheduled activities but also the chance to visit with friends, relatives and neighbors. The highlight of the day was the crowing of Miss VAS. Festival-goers did their part in supporting the state’s anti-litter campaign and recycling effort by bringing enough aluminum cans to Fill-Up-A-Pickup. This new event yielded $105.15 for VAS. Thanks to generous donations by area businesses and individuals, VAS realized $2,887.31 on this year’s festival, exceeding the goal of $2,000 set by VAS.
20 Years Ago The TIMES of Northeast Benton County Vol. 34 No. 40 Wednesday, Oct. 6, 1999
This year the Mule Jump Committee has decided to add a new award to the list of events. The “Negel Hall Memorial Award” trophy will be awarded at the end of the events for the best mule, over-all. Col. Negel Hall was known for initiating the first mule jump. Over the years he served as master of ceremonies, emeritus and honorary mule jump chairman besides entering his mules in the contests. Hall spend much of his life working with jumping mules, such as Frosty, who is well know in the area. The committee wishes to honor Hall for starting this unique tradition in Pea Ridge and hopes the community will keep the tradition alive for many years to come.
The Pea Ridge Ambulance Service, a division of Benton County Emergency Medical Services, recently received certification to use a Glucometer to administer blood sugar level tests to patients upon arriving to pick them up. Shirley Harris, emergency medical technician with the local ambulance service, said that since the glucose level test requires using a needle and handling of blood, the volunteer EMT’s needed a special waiver from the federal government to be certified for the procedure. Harris explained that many of their patients this year have had diabetes, along with the elderly patients at Oak Ridge, and needed to be monitored immediately so the EMTs can begin appropriate treatment.
10 Years Ago The TIMES of Northeast Benton County Vol. 44 No. 40 Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009
“It’s amazing what some people think is trash and somebody else thinks it’s not,” Mayor Jackie Crabtree said, recalling various items dropped off at the city cleanup. “When we started, we were just trying to provide a city service to the citizens so they could have a place to take a lot of things. There was no place to take stuff.” the mayor said.
Flu season has returned with a vengeance. The schools have already seen an increased number of students leaving campus due to illness since the beginning of the 2009-2010 school year. Regular flu season, according to the Center for Disease Control, usually begins in November and increases, peaking in the mid-winter months of January and February.