RECOLLECTIONS

40 Years Ago Wednesday, Nov. 21, 1973 Pea Ridge Graphic-Scene

The Pea Ridge High School basketball team opened their season with an 84-78 victory over Lincoln. Lester Hall had 28 points and Jon Brown had 27. Randy Easterling recorded 21 points.

L.E. Hardy proudly announced that he grew a 6-pound, 3-ounce turnip.

Jerry Morrison, Pea Ridge, shot a six-point buck on the last day of this week’s deer season. There were two more seasons scheduled for the rest of the year.

Mr. and Mrs. John Miser received a Silver Cloud Award at the annual 4-H leader dinner.

30 Years Ago Wednesday, Nov. 23, 1983

Pea Ridge Country Times

The Pea Ridge Blackhawk basketball team included Lonnie Clayton, Tony Anderson, Stanley Foster, Mike Gonce, Rick Stanley, James Dixon, Johnny Bone, Jackie Hamilton, Noble Tyler, Brent Taylor, Darrin Ricketts, John King, Mike Myer, Stanley Beeson, Chuck Hokeah, Roger Martin and Steve Hicks.

The Blackhawk girls basketball team beat Gravette 36-23; the boys lost to Gravette in overtime 54-53.

20 Years Ago Thursday, Nov. 25, 1993 The TIMES of Northeast Benton County

The Pea Ridge Parent-Teacher organization held its annual fall carnival. The school raised $2,000 for various school projects.

Carnival royalty were:Mauel I. Olguin and Sommer Toepfer, fi fth grade, and Alex Kelly and Ashley Roughton, kindergarten.

The Blackhawk basketball player of the week was Michael David for his career high of 15 points against Farmington.

Beta Alpha Sorority provided turkey dinners to 175 senior citizens as part of its annual senior citizens Thanksgiving dinner.

The Community Choir, which included members from churches in the area, held a concert for Thanksgiving. The members included Mary-Lou Beisner, Kim Brown, Wayne Casey, Shannon Cooley, Peggy David, Robin Hardy, Judy Higginbottom, Doris Lookadoo, Carol Manning,Doug McKinney, Bill Reed and Andrea Ricketts. Jane Cooley played the organ and piano.

10 Years Ago Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2003 The TIMES of Northeast Benton County

The Pea Ridge football team won its game in the first round of playo◊s. They beat the Danville Little Johns 28-13. Ryan Barnett had 217 yards on 23 carries for two touchdowns in the fi rst half.

The leadership class was held at Pea Ridge High School for juniors who qualifi ed. Leadership-building activities were led by Kim Brown, Rose Bray and Angela Nuno. The class consisted of Nick Nuno, Cody Anderson, WillKnowlton, Missy Swanson, Shea Spear, Savannah Schwitter, Terrie Wilkerson, Brandi Baker, Julie Fletcher, Brianna Wright and Mai Vang.

A semi-truck carrying gasoline ran o◊the road outside of Gateway, four other cars stopped to pull the driver out of the cab.

The truck caught on fi re where four fi re departments including the Pea Ridge Volunteer Fire Department, fought the fi re for several hours.