“One killed; two injured, thousands of dollars loss in city’s worst blast” (The following article appeared in the February 26, 1948 issue of the Star Herald). One person killed instantly, one critically injured; and another less seriously injured.
Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler was the first African American woman to become a physician in the United States. Dr. Crumpler studied at the New England Female Medical College in Boston and was awarded a degree in medicine in 1864. The school accepted its first class of 12 women in 1850, making it a pioneer in furthering the medical careers of females. Dr. Crumpler would be the school’s only African American graduate, as the college closed its doors in 1873. To put Dr. Crumpler’s accomplishment into perspective, by 1860, statistics indicate there were only 300 female physicians in the country. Dr. Crumpler joined Dr. James McCune Smith, who earned his medical degree in 1837 to become the first male African American doctor in the United States.
Paul Carr is pleased to announce his Republican candidacy for the position of Randolph County Judge. Carr has worked for the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT) for the past 28 years, most recently serving as the District10 Area Maintenance Supervisor for nearly a decade.
Tameca Allen, 1-25-22, No Seat Belt, FTA Warrant Jonathon Beasley, 1-29-22, DWI Timothy Blissenbach, 1-28- Timothy Blissenbach, 1-28-22, Violation of No Contact Order Matthew Buckley, 1-23-22, Terroristic Threatening, Criminal Trespass, Harassment Ricky Cook, 1-30-22, DWI #2 Drugs, Driving on Suspended of Revoked DL, No Interlock Device Asa Grooms, 1-28-22, No Insurance, Driving on Suspended, FTA Tiffany Hawkins, 1-27-22, FTA Denise Huddletson, 1-24-22, Contempt of Court Rebecca King, 1-25-22, Refusal to Submit, Speeding 24 over, Driving While Intoxicated Malisa Lopez, 1-25-22, FTA Warrant Darwin Risenhoover, 1-31-22, Arson Sarah Smith, 1-28-22, Weekender Jennifer Yunker, 1-28-22, No Tail Lights, Fleeing in Vehicle, Possession of Controlled Substance-Meth .
The Brown Shoe Company’s plant in Pocahontas will close for its annual 2-weeks’ vacation Friday, May 26 and operations will be resumed Monday, June 12. Employees having one year of service are eligible for one week’s pay and those with 5 years of service will be eligible for two weeks’ pay.
VFW Auxiliary #4556 is excited to announce its annual Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contest. Local students in grades 9-12, have the opportunity to compete for $33,000 in national scholarships.
Pictured are, above, Hite Tiner and Bill Carroll, below (partly obliterated) Pedro Crismon, three local carpenters---or jack of all trades---at the local athletic field on one of the hottest days of the year, building a much-needed press box. When the old press box became unsafe to use the men volunteered their labor and the athletic department of the school furnished the material for the new box. Dr. A.L. Walker, official timekeeper for the football games the past two years stated that it was becoming a little difficult to keep time properly while standing on the shaky platform of the old press box, swaying in the wind. The new box was made such that it can be moved to the new football stadium behind the high school building when the school begins using the new stadium.
POCAHONTAS, AR-Four local leaders have been elected to the executive board of the Northeast Arkansas Regional Intermodal Facilities Authority. These individuals will serve for the 2022 calendar year.
Bill Templeton, who has served as football line coach at Kennett, Mo., high school for the past year, has recently been signed as line coach at Blytheville. Templeton, an all-state player for the Pocahontas Redskins in the 1940’s, was assistant coach at Osceola for two ears after receiving his degree from the Arkansas State College, before going to Kennett.
Local resident and business owner, Deborah L. Killion, got an offer last week by a well-known Nashville recording company over the weekend to publish a song she wrote in the late 1980s and promote it to major artists and labels in the Nashville area. Killion is not new to the songwriting business and had 4 songs published by Hollywood back in 1997 but music is still “one of my many pursuits,” she said. She submitted the song to Jeannie Kendall through Roy Acuff music awhile back and never heard anything the received a contract offer from another company to produce and promote the song.