PEA RIDGE — 40 Years Ago Aug. 5, 1971

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Jack Trent, band director, and Judy Moore, high school English and math teacher, were hired by the Pea Ridge School Board during a special meeting.

Board president Keith Escue said the first day of school would be for Aug.

23.

Dawn Winter, the reigning Miss Pea Ridge, represented Pea Ridge at the Decatur Barbecue Queen Contest.

The Pea Ridge Youth Center was closed because of lack of interest from the community’s youth, according to Mrs. Glyn Lenoir, director.

30 Years Ago Aug. 5, 1981 Pea Ridge Country Times

Continental’s first touch tone telephones for Pea Ridge were installed in the home of Mayor Lester Hall.

Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Great Muppet Caper were playing in the theaters.

A brand new Ford pickup cost $5,999.

20 Years Ago Aug. 1, 1991 The TIMES of Northeast Benton County

Four brand new, air-conditioned, classrooms were added to the Pea Ridge High School. The cost was about $18,000, borrowed from the regular operating budget. Labor was performed by workers already on the payroll. The new classrooms totaled about 3,000 square feet.

Mayor Mary Rogers and at least three city employees had a meeting with Rogers Mayor John Sampier and his water expert to talk about selling part or all of the city’s water system.

Marine Cpl. Martin E.

Lammey, son of Willard and Edyth M. Lammey , recently returned from deployment to the Middle East in support of Operation Desert Storm while serving with the 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif. Operation Desert Storm was the largest deployment of U.S. military since Vietnam. Martin was a 1987 graduate of Pea Ridge High School and joined the Marine Corps in July 1987.

10 Years Ago Aug. 1, 2001 The TIMES of Northeast Benton County

Pea Ridge Fire Department training officers Andy Fletcher and Martin Marler and instructor-in-training John Cottingham, set up a maze in the old Pea Ridge fire station. Trainees had to crawl down a hall and enter a small round tunnel. To fit in the opening, they had to first remove their breathing tanks, push them through the opening and then put them back on. They had black plastic covering their masks so they could see nothing. Fletcher said the maze usually takes about 15 minutes to complete but, to the trainees, it feels more like 30. They also had to learn to conserve their air and not panic.

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