Yesterdays

75 years ago

(1934)

Mr. and Mrs. F.H. Harrin, Misses Hope and Carl Jean Harrin and Miss Louise Cordrey left for Los Angeles, Calif., making the trip by automobile. Mr. Harrin and Miss Hope Harrin would take a six-week course at the University of Southern California and the other members of the party would visit relatives.

Miss Mary Pence left for Baltimore, Md., to spend the remainder of the summer with her aunt, Mrs. Rose L. Canada.

50 years ago

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(1959)

The Conway Rotary Club installed new officers at a meeting at Hotel Bachelor. New officers included Hardin Stark, president, Dr. Silas D. Snow, Fred Kennedy and W.C. "Bill" Beiligers.

Miss Martha Weatherly, a recent graduate of Arkansas State Teachers College, left for Atlanta, Ga., to begin training as an airline stewardess. She had accepted employment with Delta Airlines.

25 years ago

(1984)

After Don and Becky Bussey blistered the front nine, Jon Davis and Stephanie Stephens teamed to scorch the back nine in an impressive run for the title of the Conway Country Club's Mixed Scramble Golf Tournament. Stephens and Davis won the title by three strokes over Cecil Ward and Gaye Griffin. Bob and Leta Garret tied the Busseys for third place.

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sturgis returned from a trip to the Orient. While in Hong Kong, they cruised the South China Sea with the Arkansas Razorback basketball team and pom-pom girls. Also on the cruise were Ritchie Manley, athletic director Frank Broyles and his wife, Barbara, and coaches Eddie Sutton, Bill Brown and their wives.

10 years ago

(1999)

Ella Floyd Reese completed a two-year term as state president of Delta Kappa Gamma Society, International, a group of professional female educators. An educator since graduating magna cum laude with a bachelor of arts degree in accounting from Harding College, Mrs. Reese had spent more than 25 years in service to education in Arkansas, both as a public school teacher and a leader of professional educators.

A huge tree, located at the home of Kay Marshall on the corner of Robinson Avenue and Center Street, was blown down during a late-afternoon thunderstorm on May 17. The Marshall home suffered damage from the tree.