Recollections

40 Years Ago

Wednesday, March 26, 1975

Pea Ridge Graphic-Scene

Officials of Continental Telephone Company of Arkansas have announced plans for a new central office in Pea Ridge. Plans call for a new building to be built on a site south of the present building. New switching equipment is scheduled to be placed in service in June 1976.

A fire at the Ray Burkett home on Twelve Corners Road was first reported shortly before 10 p.m. Saturday by a passerby who notified a neighbor when he failed to find the Burkett family at home. Pea Ridge firemen fought the stubborn blaze hard. Finally the fire was thought to be out. At 9 a.m. Sunday, though, firemen were again summoned to the house. That time, they stayed with it until they thought it was "stone out," but at 4 p.m. that afternoon the fire again caught hold, and that time the structure was levelled by the blaze.

30 Years Ago

Wednesday, March 27, 1985

The TIMES of Northeast Benton County

Some teachers were offered contract renewals, some resignations were accepted, a special session was set for an open interview of prospect for the high school principal's job, new officers of the board were elected, and when the meeting of the Pea Ridge Board of Education started at 7:30 p.m. Monday, 116 people were counted in the Home Ec building in addition to the administrators and board members.

RMNCB 1328, a Fayetteville detachment, sent a work party to Pea Ridge to aid the school in completing some of the construction work taking place. Approximately 25 CBs are donating their skill, expertise and time to improve the school facilities. They did some of the inside painting in the new cafetorium and are building an office in the typing building. The exterior of the agriculture building is being painted.

20 Years Ago

Thursday, March 30, 1995

The TIMES of Northeast Benton County

Former Pea Ridge Police Chief C.W. Yarrow died last Saturday at Missouri Rehabilitation Center in Mount Vernon, Mo., after a lengthy illness, an illness that caused him to resign from the Pea Ridge Police Department earlier this year. Yarrow, 61, was hired by the Pea Ridge City Council last October.

The U.S. Achievement Academy announced that Alisa Sutherland was named a U.S. National Award winner in mathematics. Alisa attends Rogers High School and was nominated for the award by her math teacher Dana Kappen. Alisa is the daughter of Frank and Becky Sutherland of Garfield.

10 Years Ago

Wednesday, March 30, 2005

The TIMES of Northeast Benton County

Garfield City Council members approved a resolution by telephone vote Thursday night to funnel a grant from the city to the new community room that is being added to the new Northeast Benton County Volunteer Fire Department fire station.

The younger students get role models and the older students get to be role models. When Crossroads students tutor at Garfield Elementary School, everyone benefits. Crissie Doyle takes her morning class to Garfield once a week. It's usually about 15 kids and, because she has a CDL license, she can drive them herself in one of the district's school buses. Once they arrive, they high school students spread out and help where needed.