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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, February 17, 1999 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Mosler Scheduled To Speak At Banquet
Plans are being finalized for the annual Prescott-Nevada County Chamber of Commerce Banquet.
Area Home Is Burglarized On Valentine's Afternoon
Valentine's Day was anything but loving and peaceful for a Nevada County, as their home was burglarized.
PURSE STOLEN
A brown purse, belonging to Irma Jean Godwin, was taken from the Pizza Hut restaurant Thursday, Feb. 4, between 7 and 7:30 p.m.
T-Shirt Contest UnderwayBY JOHN MILLER
Area artists need to get their creative thinking caps on.
Tocto Enjoys Visit To Prescott
Few students would voluntarily spend their summer vacation by going to school.
Club Seeking Donations
It's spring cleaning time again.
Wolverettes Thrash Mena: Win Conference Title Outright
Prescott's Wolverettes finished the regular season as undisputed conference champs.
PRESCOTT 68
DE QUEEN 69 Wolverette fans had some serious questions with the final results at De Queen.
Nevada Boys, Blevins Girls Take Jr. District Tourney
It took the Nevada junior boys three tries, but they finally beat Stephens.
JUNIOR GIRLS
BLEVINS 34
LEWISVILLE 29 Early on in the junior girls final, it looked like the game could be a blowout for either Blevins or Lewisville.
Bluff City
I've noticed a few flowers blooming in the neighborhood lately. H.W. Beecher once said, "Flowers are the sweetest things that God ever made and forgot to put a soul into." Mark Twain once said, "Whatever a man's age, he can reduce it several years by putt...
Bodcaw
Sorry to hear of the death of Bro. D.D. Fairchild. He was a former pastor of ours. Services were Saturday in Perrytown. Remember this family.
Boughton
Our weather is a cold 28 degrees this Monday morning. We have some plum bushes trying to bloom.
Caney
The young people of Morris Baptist Church entertained the adults with a Valentine banquet Friday evening. J.W. and Maxine Glass were crowned King and Queen of Hearts. Pat McCullough and Krista Webb were the coordinators and did a good job.
Emmet
Anita Allen
Hillcrest
Elizabeth Steel and Margaret Stallsworth from Louisiana visited their Aunt Grace Dowing Wednesday.
Oak Grove
Ira J. Tidwell's children gave him a surprise birthday dinner on his birthday February 14. He was really surprised. He turned 89 years old. The members of his church visited him with his pastor and wife. Plenty of good food was enjoyed. He was glad to see...
Redland
I kept telling you to keep your electric blanket on and sure enough it turned winter again.
Rosston
Marguerite Williams
Deaths, Funerals
Elizabeth Jean Gann
Elizabeth Jean (Betty) Gann, 80, of Little Rock, formerly of Laneburg, died Wednesday, February 3, 1999.
Carrol 'Bobby' Sampson
Carrol Franklin 'Bobby' Sampson, 75, of Emmet died Wednesday, February 10, 1999, in Texarkana, Texas.
Bro. D.D. Fairchild
Bro. D.D. Fairchild, 75, of Perrytown died Thursday, February 11, 1999, at St. Michael Hospital in Texarkana, Texas.
Military News
The following is a list of the most recent promotions within the Arkansas National Guard.
Peck Enrolled In Angus Records Program
Lynn Peck of Emmet has recently been enrolled in the Angus Herd Improvement Records program of the American Angus Association, Richard L. 'Dick' Spader, executive vice president of the national breed registry organization in St. Joseph, Mo., has announced
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.
Morgan, McGill To Wed At Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Vernon and Mary Meeks and Carl Morgan of Prescott would like to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Carol Morgan, of Prescott to Terry McGill of Hope.

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