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Meador’s at age 1 Shown above is Meador’s Pharmacy in 1918. Dumas' first gasoline pump was located at right in the photo. Bowles Meador is second from the left in the photo. Rock and Bowles Meador opened the store on July 4, 1917, the same day that the electricity was turned on in Dumas. The power was only on from noon until midnight in those days. The gas came in barrels and had to be pumped out and into a tank that was buried in a pasture next to the store. The store also sold tires, "casings", that were shipped by riverboat to Arkansas City then on to Dumas by truck.

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Time marches on ... with Meador Pharmacy along for the ride
By From the Dumas Clarion Files
Fri,11/29/24-11:00AM , 421 Reads
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following information was compiled from an article in The Clarion in 1966 and from an "It's Your Business" feature in 2002. Published June 28, 2017 for Meador 100th anniversary.
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Photo credit: Linna Jones, Copyright 2023 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.

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Desha County Museum preserving history for future generations
By From the Dumas Clarion Files
Tue,08/06/24-7:18AM , 279 Reads
Forty-five years ago, Desha County Museum started with a desire to preserve Desha County history for future generations.
This desire still holds true today as it did in 1976 with the ambition to expand and build so that a museum to continue to preserve its county’s history. It took three years to see the dream become reality.
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Members of the Jodie Partridge Center basketball team won the Division 3 semifinal of the Special Olympic Regional Tournament in White Hall February 20, defeating Crossett and Jenkins. Team members are back row from left: Mary Jane Langley, Tony Owens, Paul Lee, Richie Cowen, and Coach Joe Gibson. Middle Row, from left, Geneva Grisby, Ritchie Bradley, Roy Owens, Herbert Dew, Redell Jones, and Carl Harris; Front row, from left, Christine Jackson, Hattie Ravion, Clarence McDonald and Travis Walker. .

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News of Yesteryear:
By From the Dumas Clarion Files
Fri,03/01/24-10:47PM , 465 Reads
32 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK - From the files of the February 26, 1992, Dumas Clarion:
Attorney John W. Walker of Little Rock will be the speaker of the Dumas Community Black History program scheduled for 7 pm Thursday, February 27, in the Dumas High School Auditorium.
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