LITTLE ROCK — 100 YEARS AGO Dec. 28, 1912

Secretary of State Earle W. Hodges yesterday announced the jury of award to select a design for the official state flag of Arkansas, and the judges named will meet at the Hotel Marion January 2 to select the official state flag from the designs submitted. More than 30 designs already have been submitted at the request of the Pine Bluff chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, and the one selected by the judges will be submitted by Mr. Hodges to the General Assembly for approval.

50 YEARS AGO Dec. 28, 1962 HARRISON - A tied-up party line yesterday delayed a telephone call to the Harrison Fire Department. The seven-room frame home of Mr. and Mrs. David Bell was destroyed by fire believed to have been caused by defective wiring. Mrs. Bell said she had difficulty twice in trying to use the telephone to spread the alarm. She said that when she attempted to notify her husband, who is employed at the Arkansas Die Casting Co. here, a voice on the telephone said, “You’ve already notified the fire department. What do youwant now?” Mrs. Bell explained she wanted to tell her husband about the fire. Authorities said they had not learned the name of the person who tied up the line.

25 YEARS AGO Dec. 28, 1987

Heavy rain slackened Sunday over most of Arkansas, but rising floodwaters forced evacuations, and caused more damage in Crittenden, Monroe and Union counties. A downpour in Central Arkansas let up Sunday, allowing some water to recede. There was no additional flooding in Little Rock, North Little Rock and Pulaski County, although some roads in low-lying sections remained impassable.

10 YEARS AGO Dec. 28, 2002

A group of rural state legislators has filed a bill that would restore a longstanding system of giving landlords who rent to farmers priority over banks, farm supply dealers and others if their tenants can’t pay their bills. Traditionally in Arkansas, even a verbal or handshake agreement between a farm landlord and a tenant gave the landlord a lien on the crop, as well as priority over others owed money by the tenant.

Arkansas, Pages 10 on 12/28/2012