These were some of the stories reported by the Texarkana Gazette this week in history:
100 years ago
Nov. 7,1916:
CATSUP IS SCARCE
The tomato catsup supply will be short all over the country for at least three years, it was learned this morning from a local grocery jobber who received a letter from one of the largest packers in the country, located at Canajoharie, N.Y. Thanks to early frosts in the great growing belt of New York and in the east, the supply of those vegetables had been wiped out, and no stocks of tomato catsup were on hand for jobbers in the country.
Nov. 8:
WILD ANIMALS AND NOVELTIES
TO BE SEEN IN BIG CIRCUS
The Barnum and Bailey circus trains, comprising 86 extra-long cars, will reach Texarkana early Friday morning. The equipment will be taken to the show grounds, where the circus will be established in its temporary home. Performances will be given Friday afternoon and night.
Nov. 9:
ARKANSAS FEDERATION
OF WOMEN'S CLUBS TO
BE INVITED HERE NEXT
The convention this year will be held in Pine Bluff and several from here will attend. Texarkana will be offered and urged as the place of next year's meeting at the Federation of Arkansas Women's Clubs, it was learned today.
Nov. 10:
MORE EXHIBITS
This morning's express brought a distinguished addition to the livestock display for the exposition when Dr. Read received four registered Holstein heifers from Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. The calves bear the names "Ollie," "Delle," "Josie," and "Clotie," and are beautiful specimens of the noted Holstein-Friesan strain of milch cattle. As soon as the exposition is ended, the young animals will be included in the Holstein herd at the Read dairy farm on New Boston road.
Nov. 11:
HOME FROM COLLEGE
Allen Winham, Jr., son of Allen Winham, returned yesterday from Poughkeepsie, N.Y., where he has just completed a graduate and poet graduate course in Eastern College. He finished in both with high honors and brings back a diploma in bookkeeping and banking, as well as a post graduate diploma in higher accounting and auditing.
Nov. 12:
A MECHANICAL MASSEUR
A machine has been invented for the purpose of reducing weight. It weighs but 235 pounds and has only 48 roller wheels hung on an oscillating frame to travel over the human body from the knees to the neck.
Nov. 13:
AREA NEWS
About 12 o'clock, fire destroyed the gin on the G.W. Bishop plantation, ten miles east of town. The cotton was saved-only a small quality was scorched-but the gin was a total loss, cause is unknown. The management of this 2,000-acre plantation changed hands a few days ago, Mr. Hugh Powell resigning to take management of the M.S. Boyce farm. W.B. Trotter and Mr. Bishop Jr., son of G.W. Bishop, are to manage the Bishop place.
50 years ago
Nov. 7,1966:
1,000 PRESENT FOR
OPENING CONCERT
The music of Richard Rodgers, presented by the Richard Matlby Orchestra, to about 1,000 persons in the Texarkana College Auditorium officially opened the Civic Music Concert Season in Texarkana. Featured in the presentation of tunes from such Broadway successes as "The King and I", "Carousel," "South Pacific" and "State Fair" were Elaine Malvin, Joe Ann Wheatley, Hall Cannder and William Metcalf.
Nov. 8:
TEXARKANA SITE FOR NEW PLANT
The Texarkana Chamber of Commerce reported Monday that it had been informed that Flor-A-Flor, Inc., national manufacturer and supplier of Flor-A-Flor Seamless Flooring Materials, had decided to transfer its plant and executive offices from St. Louis to Texarkana, Ark. The Chamber said company officers have confirmed the purchase of buildings at 2020-2024 State Line Avenue.
Nov. 9:
29,000 ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE
IN BOWIE AND MILLER COUNTIES
Some 17,000 persons can vote in Bowie County. This figure includes those who paid their poll tax and those who are exempt from paying a poll tax because they are over 65, disabled or voting for the first time. Nearly 12,000 Miller Counties are registered to vote in the voter registration system in Arkansas. In Miller county they simply put an X on the candidate they desire. A Bowie County voter must scratch out the names of all candidates he doesn't want to vote for, leaving only the ones he does want to vote for.
Nov. 10:
PERCE ALL-STARS,
WESTLAWN TANGLE
The F. Ben Pierce All Stars will tangle with the rough Westlawn All Stars in Grim Stadium in the highlight game of the year for both teams. Starting for Pierce will be Gary Powell, James Hudson, Andy Butterfield, Lavelle Hutsen, Danny Proctor, Bill Lacy, Jack Pappas, Jerry McCommas, Bill King, Tim Greer and Joe Hensley. Starting for Westlawn will be Robert Maly, Mark Yarnell, Ricky Aaron, Ricky Ervin, James Crank, Richard Sisco, Mark Jones, Nicky Brown, Tommy Nichols, Doug Phillips and Jackie Brewer.
Nov. 11:
PROMOTED
Tommy Wayne Greer has been promoted to specialist with the 25th Infantry Division in South Viet Nam. Greer has been in Viet Nam since last January, going there from a six-month tour in Hawaii. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Greer of 624 Grim St.
James David Green. Grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew G. Green, Sr., of Texarkana, Ark., has been promoted to Specialist Fourth Class. He is with the U.S. Army in Viet Nam and is stationed at Bien Hoa. He has been in Viet Nam for three months.
Nov. 12:
PERSONALS
Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Brown of New Boston announced the birth of a daughter, Lisa Ladene, Oct. 22, at Wadley Hospital. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Berry of New Boston and Mrs. Della Turney of Vernon, Tex., is the paternal grandmother.
Nov. 13:
HUNTER FOUND; LIVED ON
APPLES, CABBAGE, CRACKERS
A hunter missing in the wilds for more than a week was found today. He said he stayed alive on two apples, half a cabbage and some crackers. Despite the ordeal, Raymond Pearson, 22, said he feels fine. "Now I want to spend a little time with my wife and baby," Pearson said in a telephone interview. He and his wife, Margaret, have a daughter, Lynn Ann, 3.