I don’t know the date of these clippings of Karen Weems, but I’m guessing 1967. They would have been snipped from the Eureka Springs Times-Echo newspaper. Today she is known as Karen Grulkey.
Category Archives: Eureka Springs Area History
1967 Howard Weems Automobile Accident
This clipping is from a 1967 copy of the Eureka Springs Times-Echo newspaper. Howard Weems would have been 18 years old when he wrecked his 1957 sedan. As horrific as this car accident appears, it did not kill him. He “escaped with serious head lacerations” the caption says. Howard died in 2011 in Eureka Springs, Arkansas at the age of 64.
Eureka Springs Elementary Poster Contest Winners (1978)
Eureka Sign Company (1978)
Barbara Ackley, Eureka Springs Schools Art Teacher (1978)
Eureka Springs Has a Complete Civil Defense Disaster Unit
From the front page of the February 28, 1963 edition of the Eureka Springs Times-Echo. Pictured from the left: George Butler, Tom Walker, Duane O’Connor, John Brashear, and Al Westphal.
Old Bridge Over the Kings River
This old postcard depicts the US 62 highway bridge that once crossed the Kings River between the Arkansas cities of Eureka Springs and Berryville. It was sometimes dangerous because of its narrowness, but I still miss it. The new bridge is five lanes wide and undoubtedly safer but its also ugly. With its elegant arches, I thought the bridge on the postcard was a beautiful structure. I don’t know what year the old bridge was dedicated, but at the ribbon cutting, Jack McCall rode the first horse across it.
Deer Hunters Return with Elk & Deer
I assume the following article is a clipping from the Eureka Springs Times-Echo (probably 1954.) It lists the following as traveling to Colorado to hunt: McKinley Hussey, Lewis Hussey, Junior Groblebe, McKinley Weems and Cecil Weems.
John Cross Returns From Wyoming in 1963
This clipping is from the October 24, 1963 edition of the Eureka Springs Times-Echo newspaper. The photograph shows John Cross of Eureka Springs who has just returned from a hunting trip to Shoshoni, Wyoming.
Richard Kelley of Eureka Springs Promoted
This clipping is from the March 6, 1969 edition of the Eureka Springs Times-Echo newspaper and tells how Richard Kelley of Eureka Springs, Arkansas was promoted to Assistant Cashier at the Republic National Bank of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Ira Arthur Billings Obituary
This obituary for Ira Arthur Billings of Eureka Springs, Arkansas is from the October 24, 1968 edition of the Eureka Springs Times-Echo newspaper. Ira “Bill” Billings was married to my Great Aunt Ola Southerland and is the father of my cousin Bill Billings.
Chub Lent and his father Jim
From the September 13, 1984 edition of the Eureka Springs Times-Echo newspaper.