RECOLLECTIONS
50 Years Ago Pea Ridge Graphic Vol. 5 No. 35 Thursday, Aug. 27, 1970
Meeting in regular monthly session Monday night, the Pea Ridge School Board decided to replace a plan in effect last year in regards to transporting the Pea Ridge students who attend the Sunshine School in Vaughn, a county school. The Sunshine School is supported by a one-mill voluntary tax and by donations. It is 17 miles from Pea Ridge.
Superintendent Lionel J. Bienvenu, Pea Ridge National Military Park, announced the fall hours of operation of 8 a.m. to 6 pm beginning Sept. 13.
All Blackhawk football players in both the junior and senior squads of Pea
Ridge will be feted at a watermelon feast at 7:30 p.m. Friday. The public event is sponsored by the Blackhawks Booters Club.
A sunrise breakfast for Pea Ridge teachers was held Tuesday in the school cafetorium, sponsored by the local Chamber of commerce. Attending were John Easley of White’s Auto Store; Howard Thomas of Frank’s County Meats; Mike Beebe, husband of a high school teacher, Dawn Beebe; supeirntendent Andrew Widener; elementary teacher Jewell Meredith; four of the five School Board members — Richard Beaver, Jack Lasater, Keith Escue and Floyd Walker — and pastors of three churches — the Presbyterian Church, the church of
Christ and the Methodist Church. There were about 50 persons present including 15 of the 22 certified personnel of the school.
40 Years Ago Pea Ridge Graphic-Scene Vol. 15 No. 35 Wednesday, Aug. 27, 1980
“The EPA officials confirmed to me this afternoon that Pea Ridge’s EPA grant money is OK, waiting to be used!” said Doug Szenher, information officer for the State of Arkansas Department of Pollution Control and Ecology.
New teachers, staff members and bus drivers were hired, a smoking policy for studens was confirmed and student admissions were acted upon by the Pea Ridge District 109 Board of Education Monday. The board hired Richard W. Paul as a science teacher for the high school, Debra Benson as an elementary teacher and Mary Alice Madden as a teacher’s aid for the elementary school.
The arrests of four persons and issuance of warrants for several others in recent burglaries in Pea Ridge country have been reported On Aug. 19, Mrs. James Amann reported two televisions and two air conditions had been stolen from the Holiday Hill Motel east of Gateway. On Aug. 20, Sheriff’s deputy Bill Peters arrested Danny Barfield, Fayetteville, for the burglary and recovered the merchandise reported stolen.
30 Years Ago Pea Ridge Country Times Vol. 25 No. 35 Thursday, Aug. 30, 1990
Preliminary U.S. Census Bureau figures give the city of Pea Ridge a 1990 population of 1,443 people, a decrease of 45 persons from the 1980 census. City officials are challenging the unofficial canvass results and expect the certified results to be much higher. Floyd Blackwell, city inspector and the city official assigned to be the city’s liaison with the Census Bureau, said he has already identified a number of housing units that were not included in the Census Bureau survey.
Yellow ribbons are starting to go up in Pea Ridge. Those ribbons won’t be taken down until the children of some area residents are back in the United States. Approximately 11 area parents have children in the military who are in or on their way to the Saudi Arabian border to defend that country against a possible takeover by Saddam Hussein and Iraqi forces.
20 Years Ago The TIMES of Northeast Benton County Vol. 35 No. 35 Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2000
“I have the power!” says Dedy Brock’s bright-eyed first-graders each morning at Pea Ridge Elementary School. Brock, along with Karen Widdifield, are cochairmen of a character education project for kindergarten through fourth grade.
The Pea Ridge schools will hold open houses on Tuesday, Sept. 5. Parents and community members are invited to visit with the faculty and staff at the various buildings.
10 Years Ago The TIMES of Northeast Benton County Vol. 45 No. 35 Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010
Extremely dry conditions accelerated a fire Saturday afternoon which burned an acre of vegetation encompassing an unoccupied mobile home, three travel trailers, seven vehicles and about 100 tires in Avoca, according to Benton County Fire Marshal Will Hanna.
As ground was broken, the slab poured and the house began to take shape, Tammy Sutherland watched the culmination of a two-year dream for a home for her and her two young daughters, ages 8 and 6, come to fruition. Sutherland, who also has four grown children and three grandchildren, said she filled out the application for a Habitat for Humanity house two years ago.
The 22nd annual Pea Ridge Mule Jump to be held Saturday, Oct. 9, at Pea Ridge High School, announced Mayor Jackie Crabtree. Opening ceremonies will begin at 9 a.m. with a full day of events following.