Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, June 30, 1999 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Revenue Office Moves; Now Open

It's official, sort of. The Nevada County Revenue Office has moved and is operational in its new location.

Council To Apply for More Grants

It was resolution time for the Prescott City Council Monday, June 22.

Council To Apply for More Grants (cont)

up with a progress report on the downtown project.

Commissioners Appointed For Stovall Case

Five temporary commissioners have been appointed by Gov. Mike Huckabee to hear the case of former Arkansas State Police Captain Ron Stovall of Hope.

Nevada Examines Phones

Nevada Schools will be getting a new telephone system. The current system has been in service for 11 years and breaks down often. Rick McAffee, Nevada Superintendent, said the problem extends to the fax machine as well. It will, at times, show a document ...

Proposal Submitted To Prison Board

A proposal has been turned in to the Arkansas Department of Corrections concerning a new medium security prison. Walt Denton, executive director of the Prescott-Nevada County Economic Development Office, submitted the proposal recently. Under terms of the...

Bluff City

Laverne Green visited her sister, Lille Mae Odell, in Hope for a few days last week. At last report, Obie Odell had been admitted to a nursing home in Hope. James and Kay Nelson were happy to hear that Vince had been made terminal manager for American Fre...

Beverly

One of our residents, James Dennis, went home to be with the Lord on June 24. James was a very kind and gentle man and he will be missed by many. Our deepest sympathy goes out to his family. Friday, June 25, a birthday party was held for those having a bi...

Bodcaw

Saturday was Bible school day, an all-day session at church. It was a lot of work, but seemed to be really successful. There were 75 to 80 students and workers present. A class of teenagers seemed to really enjoy the lesson. There were four sets of twins ...

Boughton

Roy Brown has spent several days in Wadley Hospital in Texarkana and is in intensive care in Wadley at this time. He is very ill. Glenn and Shirley Jones of Chicago, Ill., are visiting his mother, Eva Jones, of Hillcrest Health and Rehab. Saturday afterno...

Caney

It has been a busy two weeks in Caney. J.W. and Maxine Glass celebrated their 50th anniversary at Morris Church Saturday afternoon. Funeral services for Lifton Cearley was Monday. She will certainly be missed. She was praised by some and loved by all. We ...

Hillcrest

Visiting Pauline Johnson was Annette Birdsong. Elizabeth Collins visited Maxie Ledbetter. Also visiting was Delia Pittman. Ira Lou Coleman Long visited Mary Cross Tuesday evening, also Louis Dillard and his wife. Visiting Lois Piggee was Ruth Paden Ingram...

Nubbin Hill

We were all blessed with rain this past week. Garden's sure did need a little water. Irene Cornelius was taken to St. Michael's Wednesday after she fell and broke her hip. She had surgery Thursday morning. It went fine, but she will need to go through reh...

Oak Grove

Revival meeting was held at Mt. Vernon AME Church last week. They really did have a good one. The evangelist was Rev. T.W. Scott, pastor of St. Luke AME Church in Pine Bluff. Unity AME Church in Magnolia with Rev. James H. Giles as pastor. Annual men's da...

Redland

Your regular reporter is spending a few days' vacation at St. Michael's Hospital, so I'm asking a faithful friend, Joy Cox to write for me.

Rosston

Marguerite Williams

Deaths, Funerals

Sherry Elizabeth Cobb

Sherry Elizabeth Anderson Cobb, 48, of Cosby, Tenn., died Sunday, June 20, 1999, at Baptist Hospital of Cocke County after a long battle with cancer.

Martha Jane Pogue

Martha Jane Pogue, 58, of Prescott, formerly of Terrell, Texas, died Sunday, June 27, 1999, at Medical Center of Mesquite, Texas.

Fireworks At DeGray

DeGray Lake Resort State Park will be hosting its annual 4th of July Island Festival on July 4.

Program Helps With Cost Of Education

Increasing the number of highly skilled technical workers in Arkansas and at the same time helping students with the expense of post secondary education are the two goals of the new Arkansas Technical Student Loan Forgiveness Program.

Cheerleaders Attend Camp

The Prescott Middle School cheerleaders went to NCA Cheerleader Camp at U of A in Little Rock, June 7-10.

Book Available To ID Trees

What Tree Is That,? a pocket guide for identifying trees, is available from The National Arbor Day Foundation.

4-H News

REX DOLLAR

Hendrix Attends Workshops

Mary R. Hendrix of Nevada High School attended a week-long series of workshops at Harding University June 7-11.

Four Attend Boys State

American Legion Boys State delegates attending the 59th annual encampment May 30- June 4 at the University of Central Arkansas completed their study of self-government by electing state officers, visiting the state Capitol in Little Rock and choosing thei...

Military News

Navy Airman Carlos Welch, son of Ivory and Kay Curry of 505 E. Fifth St., Prescott, is halfway through a three-month deployment to the Arabian Gulf while assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk, which is based in Yokosuka, Japan.

Living Well

After a long day (and possibly half the night) of home canning, it's gratifying to view the results of rows of perfectly sealed jars that we're almost sure will keep well for a later day.

PRESSURE CANNER TESTING

The University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service recommends that canners with dial-type gauges be tested each year before beginning the food preparation season.

Announcement Forthcoming On New Prison

MIKE ROSS

Controversy at University

The chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville has been asked to attend a meeting of the Personnel subcommittee of the Legislative Council. Legislators have expressed concern about the announced layoffs of 32 employees in the university's ph...

Angus Exhibit Set For Tulsa

Wayne McClure of Waldo will exhibit Angus cattle at the 1999 National Junior Angus Show at the Tulsa State Fairgrounds in Tulsa, Okla., July 7-12, reports Richard L. Spader, executive vice president of the American Angus Association.

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.

Elk Festival In Newton County

A festival centered around a statewide drawing for the annual Arkansas elk hunt is expected to bring more than 5,000 visitors to this Jasper in Newton County between July 29 and August 1, according to the local chamber of commerce.