RECOLLECTIONS
50 Years Ago Pea Ridge Graphic Vol. 5 No. 25 Thursday, June 18, 1970
The Pea Ridge Free Will Baptist Church purchased a five-acre tract of land upon which it expects to erect a new church building in the not too distant future. The land is in the southeast corner at the intersection of Lee Town Road and South Davis Street about a block east of the Bank of Pea Ridge on the south side of Lee Town Road. The pastor was the Rev. Horace Knox of Rogers.
Frank Price of Pea Ridge, Arkansas fiddling champion, will be accompanied by Bobby Fletcher, a local high school junior, and his brother, Doug Fletcher, a sixth grader, at the National Fiddling Championship in Weiser, Idaho. Price said they will be “making the Arkansas Traveler sing” at the competition.
Tuesday’s noon deadline for filing for municipal offices under the party primary law found two candidates running for the office of mayor of Pea Ridge. They are incumbent Jack Musteen and Bill Denman. Filing for aldermen were incumbent Joe Laster, Dean Messer, incumbent Lee Otis Hall and incumbent Jerry Wilkerson.
The second annual reunion of the descendents and relatives of the late Willis D. and Sally (McCool) Keene was held in the Pea Ridge E.H. Clubhouse on June 7.
The annual Pea Ridge Community Fair sponsored by the Pea Ridge Jaycees will be held July 9, 10 and 11. The Miss Pea Ridge pageant held in conjunction with the fair is scheduled for Friday, July 10.
40 Years Ago Pea Ridge Graphic-Scene Vol. 15 No. 25 Wednesday, June 18, 1980
Benton County Sheriff’s
Office reported the arrest of Ronald William Conolly, 30, Rogers, and Jerry Don Taylor, 37, in the burning of the Corinth School May 24-25.
During the Pea Ridge City Council meeting Thursday, Mayor Lester Hall distributed to council members a bulletin from the Arkansas Department of Local Services supporting the city’s right to require the clean-up of vacant lots and other real property.
Foot-stomping, screaming, whistling and tears greeted the announcement of the total figure at the benefit dinner for the Richard Shrum family Thursday at the Pea Ridge School cafeteria. At that time, the figure was about $2,300, but since then, other contributions came in making a total tally of $2,608.96, according to Barbara Owen of Alpha Nu chapter, ESA sorority, sponsoring organization.
Replacement of street signs, appropriation for the library, pay increase for patrolman John Demaree, call for bids for the city’s insurance coverage and the setting of a special meeting with the city’s engineers for the sewer project occupied the Pea Ridge City Council Thursday evening.
30 Years Ago Pea Ridge Country Times
Vol. 25 No. 25 Thursday, June 21, 1990
Pea Ridge, Gateway, Garfield and Avoca will soon realize the income from the county-wide one-cent sales tax that voters approved last month. Voters in eastern Benton County voted 394 to 298 in favor of the tax.
The Volunteer Ambulance Service of Northeast Benton County received very little support in its plea for volunteers to drive and act as responders. This ambulance service is the only emergency ambulance care the 25 squares miles of northeast Benton County has available.
While students enjoy a long summer vacation, school superintendent Marvin Higginbottom and School Board members are working toward completing several projects to
improve the buildings and make them more energy efficient. New aluminum double pane, insulated windows are being installed in the high school. The money to replace the windows comes from a $27,195 energy grant.
20 Years Ago The TIMES of Northeast Benton County Vol. 35 No. 25 Wednesday, June 21, 2000
The Pea Ridge United Fund may soon become a part of something much bigger, the United Way of Benton County.
Out to a quick start because of hometown votes, Bentonville resident and self-styled people person
Gary Black never doubted he would win the election as he maintained a lead through election night. Though he received almost ,000 fewer votes than in the primary, Black bested incumbent Cary Anderson by more than 700 votes to become the next county judge.
Almost two years have passed since the robbery and attack of an elderly Garfield couple. While they survived what lawmen called a vicious attack, they did not live to see their attackers brought to justice. Ben Cowan died June 11, 1999. May Cowan died May 14, 2000. The attack occurred on Sept. 13, 1998.
Little Flock Fire Chief
Mike Morris resigned.
10 Years Ago The TIMES of Northeast Benton County Vol. 45 No. 25 Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Fireworks will illuminate the skies over Pea Ridge Sunday night. What began as a church picnic followed by fireworks for the community has, in four years, grown to an event for nearly 2,000 people. The fourth annual Freedom Fest is set for Sunday, June 27.
Fireworks are for sale in the red and white tent on Slack Street just east of It’ll Do Road by the Pea Ridge High School varsity cheerleaders. Claudia Contreras and Sarah Rogers were two of the cheerleaders unpacking fireworks preparing for the sale.
Improving the drainage along North Davis Street, the city plans to purchase property from Alan Ash, but is awaiting a lien release from the bank. City Council members discussed the city’s street improvement and drainage projects at the regular meeting Tuesday, June 15.
“I’ve been numb for days,” Brenda Kreitzer said, after learning that the $10 scratch off lottery ticket she purchased was worth $10,000. An employee at White Oak station, Kreitzer said she usually buys a ticket as she leaves for the evening.