Recollections

40 Years Ago

Wednesday, April 9, 1975

Pea Ridge Graphic-Scene

A new business will open in Pea Ridge this week when the Little Ponderosa Gift and Odds & Ends Shop on South Curtis Avenue holds it grand opening Friday and Saturday, April 11-12. Owners Mrs. Lenita Beal and Mrs. Maxine Anderson said the shop will feature numerous kinds of handicrafts and a large assortment of "odds & ends" including books, dishes, antiques and novelties.

World War I era friends Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Cathcart of Pea Ridge and Mr. and Mrs. Yves A. Bouget of Monte Carlo, Monaco, get together after 54 years. One day last year, Mrs. Bouget happened on an old picture of Wesley Cathcart and decided to write him where she had last heard of him 54 years before. The letter addressed to Wesley Cathcart, Woodhull, Ill., found its way to Pea Ridge.

30 Years Ago

Wednesday, April 10, 1985

The TIMES of Northeast Benton County

Benton County's Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Xollie Duncan clears Little Clock Council of FOI charges. The prosecuting attorney's office laid to rest the complaints registered by former alderman Jerry Putman and former city marshal Tom Noblitt that the council had violated the FOI act by going into an executive session Feb. 11. At the same time, they charged the council with violating the state law on March 11 by abolishing the position of the city marshal, noting that the law requires second class cities to have a city marshal.

Gateway City Treasurer Elsie Galyen reported Thursday that the state auditor found the city's books in perfect order, and commended her and other city officers for their meticulous record-keeping according to state requirements for municipalities.

20 Years Ago

Thursday, April 13, 1995

The TIMES of Northeast Benton County

The Pea Ridge School Board unanimously voted Monday night to purchase 20 acres on the southwest corner of Weston Street and Arkansas Highway 94 for $100,000. The land purchased from Jay W. Hoback at 6.25 percent interest over five years with $20,000 down will be reserved as a site for a new high school and ball fields.

It's amazing what 16 volunteers can do in two short weeks. That's how long the Nailbenders for Jesus will have spent raising the new Twelve Corners Baptist Church building when they bid farewell this Saturday. Church members will finish the interior, including painting, installing doors and floor covering. The total cost of the church is estimated to be $100,000. Rick Booyer is pastor.

10 Years Ago

Wednesday, April 13, 2005

The TIMES of Northeast Benton County

The new junior high school in Pea Ridge will begin construction as soon as the construction management firm for the building can get contracts prepared for the subcontractors. The Pea Ridge School Board approved a base bid of $5,196,207, the total of the lowest bids by subcontractors on 24 bid packets opened Thursday.

High winds Thursday night took down a row of trees in Joe Lasater's back yard on Arkansas Highway 72 East. Wind damage was also reported west of town on Halleck Lane and Ryan Road.

With the exception of church services and ball games, the Pea Ridge Planning Commission meetings are beginning to be the biggest gathering in town each month. Approximately 40 people attended the commission's April 5 meeting to keep track of all the development making its way to this small town.