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.
Gary Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs.
The 7th annual Hope Ball was held this past Saturday at The James Ranch in Randolph County. With over one hundred and fifty guests and dignitaries in attendance, the evening was regarded as the most successful fundraising event in the history of Bridge of Hope.
Anthony Abraham, 1-22-22, Criminal Mischief 1st degree, Reckless Driving, DUI #1, Felony Fleeing, Interfering with Law Enforcement Officer Matthew Buckley, 1-23-22, Terroristic Threatening(F), Harassment, Criminal Trespass Kevin Gaeke, 1-21-22, Battery III, DWI Doyle Henson, 1-19-21, Warrant of Arrest Nicholas Hopkins, 1-18-22, Revocation of Probation Loren Johnson, 1-17-22, Possession of Firearms by Certain Person, White Warrant, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia Eric Jones, 1-17-22, Warrant of Arrest Justin Lane, 1-20-22, Possession of Meth with intent to Deliver, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia Eric Martin, 1-21-22, Warrant-Bench, Warrant (Absconding), Petition for Revocation, Warrant Larry Matthon, 1-19-22, Driving on Suspended, Driving while Intoxicated, Violation of Restricted Interlock Device Edward McCauley, 1-17- 22, Theft by Receiving, Possession of Meth Kelsie Ohler, 1-21-22, Warrant-Bench, Warrant-Misdemeanor Sarah Smith, 1-21-22, Weekender Whitney Tweedy, 1-20-22, Bench Warrant Sheena Usher, 1-18-2022, Terroristic Threatening Vance Russell, 1-20-22, Resisting Arrest, Criminal Trespass, Littering Angela Wicker, 1-19-22, Driving while Intoxicated, Careless & Inattentive Driving, Refusal to Submit Brandie Wilson, 1-17-22, Warrant of Arrest, Theft by Receiving, Possession of Meth .
Mrs. Catherine Beasley of St. Louis furnished this fine old photo, take on the south side of the old Randolph County Courthouse in the late 1920s. The group had gathered to discuss the rerouting of Highway 67, and the sign seen in front states: “Put the Road Along the Railroad.”