Yesterdays

75 years ago  

(1934)  

Pre-opening enrollment for the public schools of Conway totaled 875, B.A. Short, superintendent, announced. School would begin Monday. Registration of pupils by rooms was as follows: Ms. Florence Taylor, 40; Mrs. Ila Wheat, 48; Mrs. Jesse Cone, 36; Miss Hope Harrin, 45; Miss Effie Harrison, 26; Miss Ola Ford, 38; Miss Eunice Jones, 35; Miss Virginia Douglas, 30; Miss Iva Kuykendall, 30; Mrs. L.C. Florence, 22; Mrs. Laura Haynes, 50; Mrs. Ida Burns, 35; Miss Minnie Flippen, 32; Miss Leah Rose Hicks, 31; David Doyle, 48; Miss Margaret Stephens, 10; Miss Mary Lee Little, 40; freshman high school class, 70; sophomore class, 92; junior class, 56 and senior class, 61.

50 years ago 

(1959)

The Woman’s Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church met in the Educational Building. Mrs. Collins Isom was program leader. Subject for the discussion was “Work of Southern Baptists Among Indians.” Participants in the discussion were Mrs. Virgil White, Mrs. Edwin Speaker, Mrs. Neil Floyd and Mrs. A.E. Burdick. The meeting was closed with prayer by Mrs. M.D. Tadlock. Thirty-six women attended the meeting.

A crippled children’s clinic, set up to provide treatment of orthopedic cases for indigent people, was held in the Educational Building of the First Baptist Church. Approximately 40 cases were handled during the all day clinic, which was conducted by the Arkansas Welfare Department. Dr. Lawerence Thompson, Little Rock orthopedic surgeon, and Dr. Sam Phillips of Little Rock, pediatrician, were the clinic doctors. The volunteer corps, assembled by Mrs. Ed Speaker, included Mrs. H.J. Wasson, Mrs. William B. Stapp, Mrs. H.R. Wilbourn, Mrs. James Dunlap, Mrs. Coy Walthall, Mrs. Henry R. Adams, Mrs. Charles R. Steed and Mrs. Speaker. Mrs. Cecil Garrison, special education instructor for Conway public schools, also helped with the clinic. Public health nurses from five counties helped. Mrs. James E. Crafton represented Faulkner County.

25 years ago

(1984)

After two days of classes, total enrollment at Conway Public Schools was up 219 students over last year — from 4,777 to 4,996. Most of the student gain occurred at the high school, which saw it’s total enrollment jump from 1,008 students last year to 1,214, an increase of 206. The large enrollment jump at the high school crunched space there, leaving only a few classrooms available for schedule flexibility, superintendent Carl Stuart said. When asked if the additional students would force the district to hire more teachers, Stuart said, “I’m afraid it will.”

10 years ago 

(1999)

Derek Larry Martindale was called to serve as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He would serve in the Argentina Neuquen Mission for a period of 24 months.

Donna Chen attended “Mathematical Modeling — Solutions to Real-World Problems.” The state funded AEGIS program was held at Harding University in Searcy.

Rachel Jones of Vilonia, a student at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia, won an award at the National Phi Beta Lambda Leadership Conference held in Chicago.