50 Years Ago
From the Herald and Democrat in 1966
A capacity crowd was in attendance at Southside Elementary School at the Junior High gym for the presentation of the operetta, "Cowboy on the Moon." Members of the fourth and fifth grade and some of the third grade participated. Characters were portrayed as follows:
Miss Cornell, a school teacher, Cindy Hartley; Happy Hop-agog, the Man in the Moon, Kenneth Andrews; Three Gun Luke, western sheriff, Timothy Brooker; Mr. Blair, wealthiest man in Navajo county, Paul Bynum Jr.; Samantha Blair, his wife, Angela Wasson; Laura, their daughter, Sherri Gilliland; school children were: Patsy, Georgiana Wilson; Khristi, Louanne Terry; Betty, Anita Caughman; Sally, Ann Walenciak; Tony, Steve Hastings; Billy, Chris Willis; and Tommy, Larry Nance.
The operetta was directed by Mrs. Bill Bergen and the accompanist was Mrs. Rhine McMurry. the first-, second- and third-graders presented musical numbers with animation between the two acts.
30 Years Ago
From the Herald-Democrat in 1986
The Siloam Springs Panther senior high basketball teams opened their 1986-87 season at Prairie Grove. The varsity boys came home victorious, defeating the Tigers 57-45 but the girls and the junior varsity didn't fare as well. The girls lost 70-58 and the JV dropped a 45-40 decision.
The Panther Cubs improved their record to 2-0 with a 34-31 victory over Lincoln at Lincoln.
10 Years Ago
From the Herald-Leader in 2006
Mariah Harp could buy approximately 23,091 loaves of Mrs. Baird's bread with the $36,484 she won in a sweepstakes. Harp's hobby of entering sweepstakes paid off big. Harp won $36,484 in Mrs. Baird's Queen of the Road Sweepstakes.
"It's exciting," Harp said as she stood behind the ceremonial check.
"She kind of enters these things as a hobby," said husband Jeremy Harp.
Mrs. Harp had won before, in fact -- a backpack and an iPod.
"For as many times as we entered, the iPod was big," she said.
The sweepstakes grand prize came down to the options of a 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe LT2 or $36,484 in cash.
Jeremy said they actually went and test drove the Tahoe to see how it felt.
They opted for the cash.
"I am just used to a small car," Mrs. Harp said.
Community on 11/23/2016