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YESTERYEARS FOR SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2009

Saturday, February 14, 2009 11:39 PM CST

65 Years Ago

February 15, 1944

Tommie Louise Cooper, well known local business woman, has acquired the Hob Nob drive-in and restaurant at 1220 West Barraque, which has been operated for several years by Mac Johnsey and Mr. Johnsey’s wife.

The Hob Nob has been one of Pie Bluff’s most popular eating places. It will be closed for about a week to be remodeled and renovated.

(Looking Back - February 15, 1917)

Ben J. Altheimer of Chicago came to Pine Bluff today.

Dr. O.G. Blackwell is in Grady today.

Judge James Gould has gone to DeQueen on business.

Alf C. Mayberry made a trip to Little Rock yesterday afternoon.

50 Years Ago

February 15, 1959

The Junior Auxiliary Charity Ball will be a glamorous and gay affair — the outstanding social event of Pine Bluff’s winter season — but its purpose is serious.

A group of young matrons banded together in the mid-thirties for the purpose of organizing a service organization to help underprivileged children in Pine Bluff. In 1936, the group made the first of a series of gifts to Davis Hospital and in 1939, a prenatal clinic was opened.

Back in the thirties, the Auxiliary realized the need for one big moneymaking project each year in order to meet the charitable obligations undertaken by the group.

The organization’s budget varies each year, but has ranged up to $7,470. The proceeds of the Charity Ball will go toward the Auxiliary’s charitable work and projects.

Members of the first Royal Court are: Mrs. J. Walker Jones, Mrs. Richard S. Barnett, Mrs. Richard L. Smart, Mrs. W.W. Phillips Jr., Mrs. Chester List, Mrs. John K. Walker and Mrs. Henry Gregory.

Gentlemen of the Court are: Mr. Barnett, Mr. Phillips, Lee Henslee Jr., Dr. Walker, Wayne A. Stone, Louis L. Ramsay Jr. and J.W. Bellamy.

25 Years Ago

February 15, 1984

The largest single cash donation in the 111-year history of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff was presented today to the school by Del Brannon, chairman of the board of FirstSouth Federal Savings and Loan Association.

Brannon presented a $50,000 check to Dr. Lloyd V. Hackley, chancellor of UA-PB, and Adam Robinson Jr., chairman of the school’s Development Council.

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