100 years ago
July 5, 1920
CAMDEN – Tom Green Jr. who has been superintendent of the Ouachita Cotton Oil Company of this city for the past year has resigned to accept a position with the Jefferson Cotton Oil Company of Pine Bluff, formerly known as the Union Seed and Fertilizer Company. Mr. Green was employed by the Pine Bluff concern for 17 years before coming to Camden. Mr. Green will be succeeded here by George Hennessey at present assistant superintendent.
50 years ago
July 5, 1970
• Chancellor Murray O. Reed Wednesday appointed Earl Hilliard of 2601 Justin Matthews Drive, North Little Rock, Arkansas, as receiver for Smith-Hall Enterprises Inc., an Arkansas firm that operates several car wash businesses in Pulaski County, defendant in a suit alleging that the firm owes $137,080 to Union National Bank. The Bank filed the suit against Smith-Hall on June 24 alleging that it had made no payments on two promissory notes, one for $77,652 and the other for $59, 428, both executed October 21, 1969.
25 years ago
July 5, 1995
• As North Little Rock residents enjoyed fireworks and picnics this Fourth of July, city officials were thinking about Christmas lights. A committee last week proposed putting $100,000 worth of lights and displays in Burns Park for the 1996 Christmas season. Officials estimate 44,000 people would pay $5 each to drive their cars past the display. At least 1 million lights and 20 displays would line a three-mile route through the park, crossing Interstate 40 twice, said Fritz Friedl, the city's Volunteer Office director, who researched the plan. Displays near the highway would be limited to prevent traffic problems, he said. "It's a good location with excellent potential. There are all kinds of things that you can do," Friedl said Monday, suggesting that ducks, rocks and menorahs will be illuminated along with Christmas scenes.
10 years ago
July 5, 2010
EUREKA SPRINGS -- The City Council in this tourist town has drafted an ordinance to ban feeding wild deer, but some aldermen say it's only a first step. At least three of the six aldermen want an urban bow hunt to thin the herds of deer, which are often advertised as scenery in the heavily forested city of 2,278 residents. There's a "deer run" across Main Street, between downtown and U.S. 62, where deer frequently bound across the busy road. They've even been spotted feeding on the hillside behind the Carroll County Courthouse and eating Christmas wreathes hanging on front doors. Deer watching is entertaining for tourists, but some residents said they have had enough.