Pryor Scrapbook Clippings, 1955-1980

• • Prominent Searciad dies .. today after long illness I Sammy Lane Lewis Pollard, prominent Searcian and wife of Odell Pollard died Wednesday at her home after a prolonged illness. Born May 9, 1930 at ·Pangburn, she was the daughter of C. L. Lewis and EvelynMedlein Lewis. Mrs. Pollard attended ·school at Pangburn High School and was graduated from Hendrix College, Con– way. She married Odell Pollard in February 1953 and to this union three children were born, Laura, Paula and Mark. They moved to Searcy where he was in the practice of law. . She was a member of First United Methodist Church, where she was cfuyrman of the making of symbolic or– naments ·for the Chrismon tree. This year's tree will be dedicated irt a special ser- 1· vice in her honor on November 30. In addition she was a member of Beta Sigma Phi sorority, Parent Teachers Association antl \ past president of the Junior High Parent Teachers Coun– cil. She is survived by her hus- Pollard, and Mark Pollard ; her mother, Mrs . Evelyn Lewis ; her father , C. L. Lewis, all of Searcy; three sisters, Naomi Hook · and Frances Lewis of Little Rock and Rachael 0-avis of Bryant; and a brother, Jack Lewis of Clinton. · The family has requested that memorials be sent to First United Methodist Church or the American Cancer Society. Services will be held at 10:30 a .m., Friday at First United Methodist Church. Burial will be at White County Memorial Gardens by Daniel Funeral Home. Take the pledge ... and promise not to smoke for the day on Thursday, November 20. If you smoke, but wish you didn't, ask the American . Cancer Society for a pledge card and join quitte~ across the nation in tht Great American Smokeout. \\ •IC ba11d, Odell ; three children, L·aura Roussel, Paula =- Dr. Bruce Robbins, Searcy "'.,, •ea. .,o- dentist, dies Tuesday 1 Dr. Bruce Martin Robbins, Survivors include: his prominent Searcy dentist j and active church and civic, I leader died Tuesday. Born in 1926 in Heber Spr– ings, he was the son of the late Dr. and Mrs. L. E. Rob– bins, an outstanding pioneer Arkansas family. He attend- I ed public school at Heber Springs and did his undergraduate work ·at ·Hen– drix College, Conway and University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, where he was a member of Kappa Sigma Fraternity . he . was gi:aduated from St. Louis School of Dentistry in i951. Dr. Robbins was married to Miss . Jeanne Vance of Paducah, Kentucky in 1951, and to this union w~re born three sons, Tom, Ken and Mark. An active member of First United Methodist, he had served on the Board of Stewards. He was inducted di\ • , 1 d as a Fellow of the Interna- \\.ip, y E AH I DID - If you haven t area Yt. 1 c 11 f De t· ts t , , h r acter 1ona o ege o n 1s a f . guessed, this is Ray Stevens c a the annual College Convoca- from his top selling song "The 5t,~eak"_ tel!; tion in Chicago, October 25, ing an interviewer about the hor~ •_ble 1976. He was also a member sight he and Ethyl have iust seen. ( Citizen-of the American Dental photo by Oran Hardcastle) Association, the Arkansas State Dental Association, and White County Dental I Society. In addition, he was a member of the Searcy I Kiwanis Club, the Masonic · Lodge and was a Shriner. : In 1945 he served for two years in the United States Army during WorldWar II. RONALD REAGAN wife, Jeanne; three sons, Tom Robbins of Kansas City, Missouri who is a junior at . the University of Missouri Dental School, Ken Robbins of Little Rock, a junior at the University · of Arkansas Medical Center , and Mark ... Robbins, a junior zoology major at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville ; one brother Dr. W. E. Rob– bins of Little Rock; and one step brother, Dr. E. A. Jenkenson of Batesville. Services will be held at First United Methodist, Church under the direction of Daniel Funeral Home. Ar– rangements are incomplete at this time. The family has requested any memorials be made to the First United Methodist Church. r FOR NATION'S 40TH PRESIDENT -, LANDSLIDE • TELLING IT LIK IT IS - Congressman Ed Bethune of Searcy ad– dresses an Ame ican Studies audience Monday explaining that freedom was th issue at stake when Americans went to the polls November 4. ( ~i zenphoto by Oran Hardcastle)