100 YEARS AGO May 27, 1913
CONWAY - Conway baseball enthusiasts will have an opportunity of witnessing the latest novelty in the baseball world Saturday afternoon and night, when the Cherokee Indians of Carlisle University meet the Conway team on Hendrix field. The game at night will be the most unique affair ever seen in this city. The baseball pavilion will be illuminated by 50 100-candle power electric arc lights, making the grounds as light as day.
50 YEARS AGO May 27, 1963
The new Little Rock Public Library made its debut today and opened at 9 a.m. for library patrons with library staff members. A rather small group turned out this morning to tour the new and modern building. Mrs. Margaret Burkhead, head librarian, attributed the small number to the hour of the morning. “We’re not having a formal opening until the rest of the library is finished,” she said. The yet to be completed portion will house the county library and second floor of the children’s library.
25 YEARS AGO May 27, 1988
A 6-inch section of rubber hose burst on the fifth floor of the State Education Building West on Thursday, destroying ceilings, soaking carpets and causing an undetermined amount of damage to computers and electrical equipment. Lonnie McNatt, acting vocational education director, arrived for his first day on the job to find firefighters pumping more than 3,000 gallons of water from the building. By the end of the day McNatt said he had been assured by a cleaning company that the building would be back in operation by Tuesday. Five floors of the six-story were saturated with water, made muddy by disintegrating acoustical ceiling tiles that swelled with water and collapsed on desks, electronic equipment and in storerooms packed with supplies.
10 YEARS AGO May 27, 2003
The state has a new way of trying to find teachers: online applications that can be sent to every public school district in Arkansas. It’s one way state education leaders hope to help schools that sometimes have to scramble for applicants in the weeks leading up to the start of classes in August. Teach Arkansas, the new recruitment and application initiative, began in December. By Saturday, the Arkansas Department of Education hopes to have at least 600 applications in the electronic pipeline for 2003-04.
Arkansas, Pages 12 on 05/27/2013