RECOLLECTIONS
50 Years Ago
Pea Ridge Graphic
Vol. 6 No. 3
Thursday, Jan. 21, 1971
One candidate for the Pea Ridge School Board is Royle Carnes, 35, of Garfield. Carnes, who resides five miles northeast of Pea Ridge, is married to the former Mary Evans.
Mrs. James (Carrie) Wright, 50, of Pea Ridge, filed for the Pea Ridge School Board. She lives on Price Street with her husband and two of her five children.
There will be an emergency meeting of the Youth Center Club members in the home of Mrs. Glyn Lenoir. A decision will be made to see if the Youth Center is to be closed permanently.
Pea Ridge city officials took the oath of office as the opening of Thursday night's regularly scheduled monthly council meeting. Administering the oath was Pea Ridge Justice Judge P.R. McLaughlin. Sworn in were Mayor Jack Musteen, who is starting a second four-year term; and aldermen Lee Otis Hall, Jerry Wilkerson, Daryle Greene and Dean Messer and city recorder Fred McKinney.
40 Years Ago
Pea Ridge Graphic-Scene
Vol. 16 No. 3
Wednesday, Jan. 21, 1981
In a recessed meeting Thursday night, the Pea Ridge City Council voted favoring a resolution declaring that the term of the present city marshal (Loyd Pifer) had expired. In a called session Saturday afternoon, Mayor Lester Lester Hall reappointed Pifer city marshal and the council approved the appointment by four favorable votes and one abstention.
Stockholders for the Bank of Pea Ridge met Jan. 13 at the Battlefield Restaurant on Highway 62 near Pea Ridge. Approximately 35 people attended including directors Carl Baggett, R.E. Buck, Rick Buck, Paul Galyean, L.E. Hardy, Franklin Miller, Jim Walton and C.M. Webb.
With just to days left to file candidacies for the School Board elections, only two candidates have filed for the two positions to be open on the Pea Ridge District 109 Board of Education -- Ron Foster and Kent Webb.
30 Years Ago
Pea Ridge Country Times
Vol. 26 No. 3
Thursday, Jan. 17, 1991
The dean of students at Pea Ridge High School is working on a plan to introduce the middle school concept to the district. Dean Pat Brashier said that a middle school woudl serve sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders and better help them with the transition from elementary to high school.
Pea Ridge Police Chief Sam Holcomb said there were no traffic accidents within the city limits during the time the streets were icy from the nearly five inches of sleet.
The co-owner of Eiko's Oriental Kitchen said the restaurant was expected to be relocated by today to a new location in downtown Pea Ridge. Carl Smith, who operates the restaurant with his wife, Eiko, said the couple has bought Brenda's Country Cafe at 303 E. Pickens, formerly The Ridgerunner.
20 Years Ago
The TIMES of Northeast Benton County
Vol. 36 No. 3
Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2001
Pea Ridge may get both a track facility and an elementary physical education building if the price is right. At Monday's meeting, the School Board voted to ask school architect Bob Bailey to scale down plans for a track he had designed at an estimated cost of $300,000 and draw plans for a physical education facility with a half-court gym and two classrooms for a $400,000 budget.
The Pea Ridge Firemen's Auxiliary is holding a benefit Chili Supper Friday, Jan. 19, in the EMS Building.
When it comes to finding a Pea Ridge Blackhawks fan, none come any truer than long-time Pea Ridge High School teacher and public address announcer Jim Cheek. For the past 22 years, Cheek has been announcing all the home basketball and football games... Cheek started his career as the official "Voice of Pea Ridge Sports" when he volunteered to help out by announcing the football Blackhawks' first home game of the 1978 season. Some 20 years later, he is still at it and has no plans to stop anytime in the near future.
10 Years Ago
The TIMES of Northeast Benton County
Vol. 46 No. 3
Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011
The phone at the fire station is ringing, but it's not to report a fire. Statements for fire dues were sent to some addresses in error.
The flowery handwriting is still visible on the yellowed coupon book. Various colored stamps remain inside. The booklet, entitled War Ration Book Two, United States of America, Office of Price Administration, is a reminder of the hard times American citizens endured during the second World War. Billy Ray Jones was just 1. The ration stamps entitled his parents to purchase a certain number of items for him.
Is it legal to hold two elected positions? That is the question county and city officials are asking since the oath of office to Garfield Council members was received in the County Clerk's office. When Dale King took the oath of office as a member of the Garfield City Council, he was officially sworn into his second elected position. He was unopposed for the council position he has held since 2006 and he was elected as Justice of the Peace for District 1 of the Benton County Quorum Court.