Month in Clark County history: June

Joel Phelps

2 years ago

For the Month in Clark County History, we combed through bound copies of the Daily Siftings Herald housed in the archives at Ouachita Baptist University. Here are some front-page news briefs from editions dating 10, 20 and 30 years ago.

In June 1994:

• Construction was under way for a new men’s dormitory at Ouachita Baptist University.

**Paving work continues for the parking lot at the then-new Merchants & Planters Bank building on Main Street.** | *Janet Gade photo*

In June 2004:

• Because students at Central Primary School raised more than $1,000 for numerous charities, principal Mary Nell Clay puckered up to complete her end of the deal: Kissing Treasure, a heifer that belonged to student Jacob Brosh.

**Jacob Brosh, right, is pictured with principal Mary Nell Clay as she kisses Brosh’s 1-year-old heifer.** | *Steve Fellers photo*

• Motorists on West Pine Street faced a maze of orange barrels as traffic was diverted around asphalt crews. Arkadelphia police assisted with traffic control to keep drivers in the appropriate lanes.

• Challenger 3985 rolled into Arkadelphia on the Union Pacific railroad. Residents placed coins on the tracks ahead of the locomotive’s arrival.

**A 4-year-old Justin Harper places a coin on the Union Pacific track while Challenger 3985 sits parked at the Arkadelphia train station.** | *Steve Fellers photo*

Second baseman Clinton DeWitt steps on the base for a force out against an opponent and to make a throw to first during a Babe Ruth tournament. DeWitt is now an attorney (his firm also advertises on arkadelphian.com). | *Steve Fellers photo*

In June 2014:

• Visitors to DeGray Lake Resort State Park were featured in an article about post-daylight activities at the park.

• The welcome sign to the Arkadelphia Aquatic Park got a facelift as Joey Burroughs and his sons put new tiles on the sign’s water feature.

**Joey Burroughs, along with Nicholas and Logan Burroughs, lay tiles in 2014 at the Aquatic Park entrance sign.** | *Joel Phelps photo*

• Arkadelphia motorists had to contend with additional traffic in town as an Interstate 30 overlay project forced truckers hauling oversized loads to detour through town.

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