RECOLLECTIONS
50 Years Ago Pea Ridge Graphic Vol. 6 No. 5 Thursday, Feb. 4, 1971
named Bryan Miss McBride valedictorian Penny Hall was was named and salutatorian of this year’s graduating class of Pea Ridge High School.
The committee handling the Dr. Lee O. Greene Memorial Fund and the Pea Ridge School Board agreed to make the project one that will benefit the school’s science department.
The 1971 Pea Ridge Community Fair will be held the week that begins on July 6 and will be under new sponsorship. Sponsoring the 1971 fair here will be the Beta Alpha Chapter of the ESA Sorority. The Pea Ridge Jaycees and Jaycettes previously sponsored the fair which was begun in 1950 when the town held a gigantic Centennial observance in honor of the 100th anniversary of the post office and apparent start of the town’s history.
40 Years Ago Pea Ridge Graphic-Scene Vol. 16 No. 5 Wednesday, Feb. 4, 1981
called Ridge move service Action the City session from was city’s Council the taken of ambulance Sisco the to in Pea a Funeral Volunteer Fire Chief Home Fire Sammy to the Department. Spivey city’s said ambulance the state services was removing from funeral The Pea directors. Ridge Planning Commission will meet to recommend appointees to the mayor for replacement of Jay Hale, Haryle Greene and Dennis Turner, whose terms on the commission are up.
The City Council hired Bill Long as a police officer. Long had been paid by CETA, whose funds ran out. He was to be paid $3.35 an hour for a 40-hour work week.
30 Years Ago Pea Ridge Country Times Vol. 26 No. 5 Thursday, Jan. 31, 1991
The Pea Ridge Area Ministerial Alliance has announced plans for a Feb. 10 Community Prayer Service for Middle East concerns.
Garfield grew at a faster rate by far than any other municipality in Benton County during the last decade, according to figures released week by the U.S. Census Bureau. The town grew from 187 residents in 1980 to 308 in 1990, an increase of more than 60%.
School superintendent Marvin Higginbottom said the new city bus route is in full operation and is serving even more students than expected. The route was started at the request of Police Chief Sam Holcomb, who expressed concern about the safety of students having to walk in the street on their way to school because there are no sidewalks.
The Volunteer Ambulance Service of Northeast Benton County has decided to sell its Avoca-based ambulance and apply the proceeds to an “ambulance purchase fund,” said director Joan Bachman.
20 Years Ago The TIMES of Northeast Benton County Vol. 36 No. 5 Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2001
Local school students returned to school Monday after an unexpected holiday because of illness. With 20% of the students — 253 — absent Wednesday, school officials opted to close the school on Friday. Superintendent Roy Roe said the deciding factor was that 18 faculty and staff members were also sick and there weren’t enough substitutes available to teach classes.
The home of Julie and Loresta Foster was damaged by fire. Twenty-nine firefighters from five volunteer departments responded to the blaze on McAllister Road, Pea Ridge.
10 Years Ago The TIMES of Northeast Benton County Vol. 46 No. 5 Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011
Massive concrete walls were erected on an extremely deep foundation. The gray structure which arose over the past couple of months behind the high school is a “safe room.” Pea
Ridge school superintendent Mike Van Dyke said the safe room was built for a storm shelter for the students of the Primary and Middle schools.
Meeting the regulations passed down from the federal government are costly and will necessitate additional costs to the citizens of Pea Ridge. A public meeting was held Jan. 18 to present the need to the public.
Looking out his window and seeing flames, Bob Parsons jumped to his feet and headed outside for the water hose. The 80-yearold Korean veteran said he has lived there for 15 years. Firefighters from NEBCO, Pea Ridge and Avoca volunteer fire departments responded to the blaze that destroyed the Beaver Hollow Road residence.