Summer in Arkansas means long, hot days and starry nights. It is a time for kids staying up late chasing fireflies in their back yards and jumping into whatever puddle of water they can find to beat the heat. It also means ice cream. And in Arkansas, the Yarnell’s Ice Cream Company has been feeding that tradition for eight decades.
The most ambitious undertaking in the medical history of Calhoun County came when a “Tonsil Clinic” was held at Hampton School. This was a weeklong affair, for the purpose of removing the tonsils and adenoids of the children in the county. In the 1920s the Public Health Officials decided that removing the tonsils and adenoids was a good way to improve the welfare of the American children. The reasoning was that the tonsils were an entry point for infection and removing them was a good preventive treatment. Tonsillectomies were believed to prevent future infection and improve the overall health of the child and very few children made it through childhood with tonsils intact. A campaign to educate the public started with articles in newspapers explaining the benefits of having children’s tonsils and adenoids removed.
Bill Carr was once the fastest man in the world. And it all started in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
Mailing Address:
PO Box 1183
Hampton, AR 71744
Phone: (870)798-3786
Fax: (870)798-2800
