Here are the stories in the Wednesday, December 25, 1996 edition of Nevada County Picayune
- Nevada School Board Examines State Report Card, Enrollment
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- Business as usual was the order of the day at Thursday night's meeting of the Nevada School Board.
Rick McAffee, Nevada superintendent, said the student population is down from last year even though nine students enrolled recently and three more are ...
- John William Barham Honored
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- Community Turns OUt For Courthouse Reception
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- As of midnight Dec. 31, John William Barham will no longer be Nevada County Judge.
This will be a moment of conflicting emotions for Barham, who was appointed to fill the unexpired term of the late John Henry. In fact, he and Davis Benton, Nevad...
- Community Turns OUt For Courthouse Reception (cont)
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- ill become available at some point so more progress can be made."
He urged the citizenry to support Brown when he takes office Jan. 1, 1997. Barham has no plans to sit idly by and watch time pass, even though he doesn't plan to seek public offic...
- Drug Arrrest Made
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- A vehicle stopped in the middle of a county road led to the arrest of a 27-year-old Prescott man for misdemeanor drug possession.
Jim Westmoreland, criminal investigator with the Prescott Police Department and Nevada County Sheriff's Office, said whi...
- Military News
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- Marine Pvt. Aimie C. Simpson, daughter of Charlene A. Mette of Prescott, recently completed basic training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Parris Island, S.C.
Simpson successfully completed 11 weeks of training designed to challenge new marine ...
- McKenzie Appointed Advisor
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- Jim McKenzie of Prescott has been appointed as a regional advisor for Arkansas Children's Hospital (ACH).
As a member of the Regional Advisory Council, McKenzie will help promote ACH, its mission and programs and assist in local fund-raising eff...
- Johnson Accepts Scholarship
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- Matt Johnson of Laneburg, a senior at Prescott High School, has accepted a president's scholarship to attend Arkansas State University in Jonesboro next fall.
His parents are Larry and Kathy Johnson of Laneburg. The President's Scholarship...
- Ornaments Universal
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- For six holiday seasons, people around the world have decorated their tree with a little bit of Arkansas, the official Arkansas holiday ornament, sponsored jointly by the Arkansas Easter Seal Society and the UAMS Medical Center Auxiliary.
Procee...
- From The Prescott High
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- Counselor's Desk
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- by Donald Crane
If one has never thought of Christmas as being exciting, they should work at a school. The nearer the holiday, the more excited students get. Of course, completing a term and taking semester tests even adds to the excitement. ...
- Second Phone Line Usage Jumps
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- Three years ago only eight percent of Southwestern Bell customers said they purchased an additional phone line because of Internet or on-line services.
Today, that number has more than tripled, jumping to 26 percent, based on a new study by Sout...
- Obituaries
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- Herbert A. Ridgell
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- Herbert A. Ridgell, 74, of Prescott died Tuesday, December 17, 1996, at his home in Prescott.
Born May 3, 1922, in Nevada Countty, he was the son of the late Herbert M. and Tennessee M. House Ridgell, a metal worker for Reynolds Metal Company an...
- Laura Elva Reese
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- Laura Elva Reese, 91, of Baton Rouge, La., formerly of Prescott, died Monday, December 16, 1996, in Baton Rouge.
She was a housewife, the and a Baptist. She is the widow of Loyd Reese and was also preceded in death by one son and two daughters.
- Jamie McRae
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- Jamie McRae, 88, of Prescott died Wednesday, December 18, 1996, in St. Joseph's Regional Health Center in Hot Springs.
Born December 15, 1908, in Prescott, she was a homemaker, a member of the First Baptist Church in Prescott and the widow of Joh...
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