Yesterdays: 2-5-12

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75 years ago  

(1937)  

Supt. B. A. Short hopes to move his Conway High School into its handsome new $100,000 building during the next week end and hold first sessions there Monday, Feb. 15, he said today.

Only installation of some of the equipment for the science department and some of the electric fixtures are needed to have the building ready for occupancy, Mr. Short said. The general contract was given final acceptance last week. Two carloads of furniture have been installed during the week, equipping the class rooms, the library and the auditorium. Shipment of some of the material for the science rooms has been unduly delayed, but is now reported on the way to Conway, said Mr. Short.

50 years ago 

(1962)

The new clinic of Dr. Fred Gordy Jr., and Dr. John W. Sneed Jr., has been completed and is being occupied.

Dr. Gordy said he expected to completely set up in the new building by tomorrow.

The clinic is located on Locust Avenue at Elm Street.

Dr. Gordy has been occupying quarters on the second floor of the Halter building. Dr. Sneed’s offices have been in the Conway Clinic for several years. Dr. Sam Daniel also will practice at the new clinic. He formerly had offices at the Smith building.

Conark Builders erected the new clinic at a cost approximately $74,000.      

25 years ago

(1987)

Mr. and Mrs. Greg Predmore of Conway are parents of a daughter, Sara Allison, born Sunday (Feb. 1, 1987) at Conway Regional Hospital. The baby weighed 9 pounds, 5 ounces. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. George A. Hale of Burdette (Mississippi County) and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Predmore of Helena (Phillips County). Great-grandparents are Sara Hale or Burdette, Charles Jett of Wickes (Polk County) and Amy Hill of Wilton, Iowa, and Monta Pugh of Versailles, Mo.

10 years ago 

(2002)

The Vilonia Lady Eagles fifth-grade girls basketball team recently won the Rev. Rochester Rogers Holiday Classic at Little Rock and another tournament at Guy-Perkins. They finished third in the recent Cabot tournament. Team members are Katie Varner, Taryn Castellani, Carley Grimes, Tara Conway, Courtney McEntire, Dorene Leno, Samantha Nealey, Amanda Curtis and Elizabeth Clites. The team is coached by Randy Sanders and Lynn McEntire.