Nevada County Picayune   The Gurdon Times

Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive


Here are the stories in the Wednesday, December 9, 1998 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Band Swings Through Season
Who says the big band era and swing music is dead?
Rosston Adding Fire Hydrants
In an effort to reduce homeowners insurance rates, the City of Rosston is installing more fire hydrants.
Man Burglarizes Home
A 22-year-old Willisville man has been arrested and charged with residential burglary.
DOG SHOT
Deer season proved to be fatal to a hunting dog Sunday, Nov. 29.
STORE ROBBED
The Prescott Piggly Wiggly grocery store was robbed Nov. 18.
Wolverettes Open Conference With Big Win
Prescott Coach Bill Cossey celebrated his 450th win Friday, as the Wolverettes hammered Bismarck 80-50.
PRESCOTT 70
GURDON 36 Victim 449 for Cossey was Prescott's long-time arch-rival Gurdon.
Prescott Defense Pays Off
Defense has been the key to the success of the 1998-99 Prescott Curley Wolf basketball team.
Nevada Junior Boys Come In Second At Blevins Tournament
Playing three nights in a row was too much for the junior Blue Jays of Nevada to overcome.
Boughton
The weather man sounds like we are going to have some cooler weather. So far it has been unseasonably warm.
Caney
The youth rally at Morris Baptist Church will begin at 7:00 p.m. Saturday, December 12, instead of 6:00, because a choir from Minden, La., is doing the program and could not be here as early as six.
Emmet
Anita Allen
Hillcrest
Arlene Willis from Hope spent Wednesday with her mother, Annie Burke.
Oak Grove
Sister L. Tidwell Burse spoke at the Washington Temple #2 COGIC Saturday night, November 21. She is a really good speaker. The church was full of her relatives. Her dad, Artie Tidwell, her brother, her children and grandchildren from St. Louis, Mo., and c...
Redland
I am so confused, but I'm not taking my blanket off.
Rosston
Marguerite Williams
Deaths, Funerals
Bro. Milton Langston
Bro Milton Langston, 70, of Emmet died Tuesday, December 1, 1998, at Medical Park Hospital in Hope.
Mabel Quillin Davis
Mabel Quillin Davis, 78, of Hope died Wednesday, December 2, 1998, at Heather Manor North Nursing Home in Hope.
Mattie Jean Atkins
Mattie Jean Atkins, 77, of Prescott died Friday, December 4, 1998, at Texarkana, Texas.
Pearl Dawson
Pearl Dawson, 81, of Pine Bluff died Wednesday, December 2, 1998, at Jefferson Regional Medical Center.
Austin Anthony Hill
Austin Anthony Hill, infant son of Chris and Sherry Hill of Delight passed from this life on Friday, December 4, 1998, at Baptist Medical Center in Arkadelphia.
Thomas DeWoody
Thomas 'Tom' DeWoody, 72, of Gurdon died Thursday, December 3, 1998.
Here and There
Alcoholics Anonymous, a fellowship of men and women who wish to stop drinking, meets every Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church.
Nevada County Eligible
Nevada County is one of the counties named by Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman as being eligible for Farm Service Agency emergency farm loans due to losses caused by drought from May 1 through July 31
Living Well
Gifts can be a large financial drain. Some of us buy gifts we cannot afford, either to keep up with others or to "buy" love and friendship.
LAP Provides Payments To Producers
The Livestock Assistance Program (LAP) provides payments to eligible livestock producers who suffered losses from natural disasters in 1998. It provides a partial reimbursement to eligible producers for grazing losses.
Gang Expert Speaks
Steve Nawojczyk will present a gang violence summit to the Prescott community on December 14 at the Prescott Middle School at 6 p.m. The public is invited. There is no admission fee.
Birthday Celebrated
Justin Hickey, of Emmet celebrated his seventh birthday with a sleep-over on Friday, November 20, with his cousin, Randy Berry, of Washington.
Program December 15
The Prescott Elementary 'I Love Music' Club will present its Christmas program on Tuesday, December 15, at 6:30 p.m. in the Prescott High School auditorium.
College News
Several HSU graduates from Prescott will be taking part in the winter commencement exercises December 18 at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia.
Musical To Be Held December 11
The Delight High School junior class will be sponsoring a musical to raise money for the prom.
Club News
Redland EHC
The Redland Extension Homemakers Club met Tuesday, December 1, at Western Sizzlin in Hope for its Christmas party.
Nevada Junior Girls Lose
The Nevada junior girls lost two games during the past week, one a real squeaker.
Nevada Lady Blue Jays Chalk Up Two More Wins
In non-conference action, the Nevada senior girls have improved their overall record with wins over Waldo and Saratoga. The senior boys lost to Waldo, but defeated Saratoga.

Search | Nevada County Picayune by date   | Gurdon Times by date  

Newspaper articles have been contributed to the Prescott Community Freenet Association as a "current history" of our area. Articles dated December 1981 through May 2001 were contributed by Ragsdale Printing Company, Inc. Articles June 2001 to ? were contributed by Better Built Group, Inc. Articles ? to October 2008 were contributed by GateHouse Media.

Ownership of all Nevada County Picayune content from the beginning of the newspaper, including predecessors, until May 2001 was contributed by the John and Betty Ragsdale family to the Prescott Community Freenet Association. Content on this site may not be archived, retransmitted, saved in a database, or used for any commercial purpose without express written permission. Web hosting by and presentation style copyright ©1999-2009 Danny Stewart