100 YEARS AGO Feb. 27, 1914
The Bradford and Ryon Contracting Company of Memphis has moved to Little Rock and is permanently located at 1213 East Ninth street. The firm is making a reputation by moving the two-story brick house at Eighth and Scott streets. This is the first time the task of moving a brick house has ever been undertaken in Little Rock.
50 YEARS AGO Feb. 27, 1964
Steps have been taken to throw the book at students who have turned the Little Rock Public Library into something of a social youth center. “The library is being overrun with teenagers, especially on Saturdays, and every night,” Mrs. Margaret Burkhead, librarian, said today. “A lot of them are just coming to make trouble or have a good time,” she said.“It’s more than we can handle with the number of people we have on hand.” Mrs. Burkhead said that the students have driven adults out of the library because of the noise and have caused some damage.
25 YEARS AGO Feb. 27, 1989
FORT SMITH - School officials have pulled a page from a workbook that asked elementary special education students to pretend to be criminals. One youngster pretended on paper that murder was his make-believe crime. The Fort Smith School District received a complaint about the exercise, which was of “questionable” usefulness and will not be repeated, said Johnny Owen, the district’s deputy superintendent. The workbook was distributed to five special education students at Sunnymede Elementary School, he said. The exercise reads: “Did you ever think about doing something terrible? Pretend that you did it. Describe the crime you committed, and make your own mug shot and fingerprints.” An adult friend of one of the students found the youngster’s drawing and response. The student, a third-grader, had drawn a picture of himself in jail, looking forlorn, with a cigarette dangling from his mouth. Above the drawing, he listed his make-believe crime: “Murder.” The child received a letter grade of “C”for his efforts.
10 YEARS AGO Feb. 27, 2004
The historic sanctuary of Immanuel Baptist Church, a neighborhood anchor since 1927, will be leveled because Arkansas Children’s Hospital has no use for a 1,100-seat worship space. The Little Rock hospital has agreed to buy the property, owned by the church for 111 years, for $5 million, with the sale set to be finalized in the coming weeks. Immanuel Baptist completed a modern church in west Little Rock in December.
Arkansas, Pages 12 on 02/27/2014