100 years ago
May 2, 1916:
RONDO DAIRY PLACE PURCHASED BY MR. WEBB FORMERLY OF PRESCOTT
An attractive real estate deal was closed last Saturday on the east side, when C.E. Webb and wife, now residing on the R.D. Hart place, purchased the old Rondo dairy place from Conway Bros., the consideration being $5,500. The farm is one-half mile from the Arkansas water works plant, on the Rondo road, and is composed of fifty-nine acres.
May 3:
HODGE DRUG STORE HAS INSTALLED FINE POPCORN MACHINE
The Hodge Drug Company has installed in their store on Broad street one of the most up-to-date popcorn and peanut roasters in this section of the country, the design of the machine being known as the "Butterkist." The machine, which the Hodge store installed at a cost of $628.25, runs by electricity and is heated by gas.
May 4:
FARMERS AROUND WALDO HAVE VAT READY FOR ERADICATION OF TICK
The first dipping vat for the eradication of the fever tick has just been completed by Messrs. Hosier and Kirby, one-mile south of this place. The nominal sum of 10 cents per head will be charged for dipping until the cost of the vat shall have been collected, after which time there will be no charge for the service.
May 5:
PEOPLE YOU KNOW
Mrs. Andrew Rose, Mrs. W.H. Moores and Mrs. J.W. Nicholas will be hostesses to the D.A.R. this afternoon at the home of Mrs. Rose. ALSO- Harvey Braden was among Arkansas high school students who left yesterday for Pine Bluff.
May 6:
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN
To owners of flower gardens is presented an opportunity to da service that shall be greatly appreciated-that of sharing flowers for the purpose of decorating the assembly room for the Arkansas Press association. The following may be telephoned today: Miss May Little, Mrs. L.A. Tamiunson, Mrs. E.N. Bradshaw and Mrs. W.S. Thomas.
May 7:
IRON MOUNtaiN R.R. PUT NEW CARS INTO SERVICE ON BRANCH
The Iron Mountain will put new coaches on the Camden branch during the next few weeks. This improvement has long been needed, and the public service bureau was glad to receive the general superintendent's promise to make the change.
May 8:
TRIMMING OLD SHRUBS
All the shrubs need to be cut back or trimmed out before the sap begins to run. The old dead stems of the spireas and deutzias must be cut out; and hydrangeas, althea, ribas, welgelas and syringas should be cut back. If any of the last named are overgrown bushes, cut them down almost to a stalk, in order to give them a new start.
50 years ago
May 2, 1966:
MEN BATTLE RISING WATER WITH SANDBAGS
Farmers and National Guardsman battled a seeping levee Monday in an effort to save 30,000 acres of land from flooding along McKinney Bayou in Miller County. The flood waters are coming from the main line ditch, a relief channel for McKinney Bayou, and from Kelly Lake. About 17 farms, 3,000 head of livestock and 500 persons are directly endangered by the flood waters.
May 3:
GROUND BROKEN FOR THEATER
Ground was broken Tuesday for new theater to be constructed in Oaklawn Shopping Center by Gulf States Theaters of McComb, Miss., owner of the 67 dive-in theater. The theater, to be known as the Oaklawn Cinema, will be located across the parking area from Dowd's Cafeteria. It will have a seating capacity of 650 and will be equipped with a wide screen that can show 70mm, 35mm and Todd A,O, films.
May 4:
TEXARKANA LAD PULLS KIDNAP HOAX
A 14-year-old boy played "hookey" from school Wednesday morning, and figured out an ingenious method to account for his absence and get a little money besides. He simply called his parents and reported he had been kidnapped and was being held for $200 ransom. His phone call touched off an investigation that lasted throughout most of the morning. "We worked on this thing like it was a murder case," much relieved that it turned out to be a hoax.
May 5:
FORMER TEXARKANA WOMAN GUEST OF ARABIAN KING
A fan letter turned in to a regular Arabian Nights adventure recently for a former Texarkana woman who how resides in Magnolia, Ark. Mrs. Roy Couch, the former Rudy Gray of Texarkana, arrived in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday from Saudi Arabia where she spent two weeks as guest or for a private citizen. "I had dreamed of meeting a king someday, but I never, never thought it would come true." Said Mrs. Couch who wrote a fan letter to King Faisal last year after reading about him in a newspaper.
May 6:
FLOODWATERS IN SOUTH MILLER SLOWLY RECEDE
Floodwaters in South Miller County are slowly receding, according to a report Thursday morning. The water has gone down about three inches, but sandbagging operations on the levee at Moccasin Bayou are continuing. The work is being carried out by farmers and other volunteers since the National Guard's tour of duty at the levee ended Wednesday evening. One resident said the crisis won't be over until the water has fallen at least three feet.
May 7:
SEAMAN RISKS LIFE TO SAVE MAN OVERBOARD
Bobby Shurtleff, son of Mrs. Alan B. James of 2013 Nelson St., rescued a man who was swept overboard when his ship, the UUS Aucilla, ran into rough weather 200 miles east of Cape Hatteras, NC. Shurtleff is a chief boatswain's mate aboard the USS Albany which located the seaman, David Hinshaw of Portage, Ind, within minutes after the UUS Aucilla reported him overboard. The Texarkana seaman braved high-winds and 12-foot waves to rescue Hinshaw.
May 8:
DEAR POLLY
When we were expecting out fourth child one of the replacements necessary was a diaper pail. Instead of buying the regular kind, I bought a plastic kitchen waste container with a top that is pushed in when things are put into it. This has saved so much stooping over, holds more diapers and there is no lid to have to keep removing. Then when the baby is out of diapers I will have a good large bathroom trash can.