Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, January 10, 2001 edition of Nevada County Picayune

New Year's Snow Fall Covers Christmas Ice

Floyd Harlow shovels snow from in front of the Broadway Railroad Cafe on New Year's day. Snow fell New Year's eve to cover ice already on the ground from Christmas day. Harlow and his wife, Sandy, own the Broadway Hotel and Cafe on Highway 67 in down...

Lucy Marie Taylor

Lucy Marie Taylor, 91, of Prescott died Saturday, December 30, 2000, at Hillcrest Care and Rehab Center. Mrs. Taylor was born December 5, 1909, in Nevada County to Jarrett and Ethel Applegate White. Mrs. Taylor was a retired inspector at the pajama fact...

Marguerite McGough Henley

Marguerite McGough Henley, 82, of Laneburg died Tuesday, January 2, 2001, at her home. Mrs. Henley was born September 27, 1918, in Laneburg to R.B. and Lillie Rodgers McGough. She was a homemaker, a former school teacher in Laneburg and Reeder Schools, ...

George Hesterly Scott

George Hesterly Scott, 81, of Prescott died Sunday, December 24, 2000, at Hillcrest Care and Rehab. Mr. Scott was born June 6, 1919, in Prescott, the only child of George Wren and Bertha Hesterly Scott. He was an electrical engineer, retiring from Bendi...

Beth McAteer

Beth McAteer, 47, of Bodcaw died Saturday, December 30, 2000, at Christus St. Michael Health System of Texarkana, Texas. Mrs. McAteer was born February 23, 1953, in Hope to J.W. and Norma Jean Bobo. She was a former school teacher with the Nevada School...

Horace Jones

Horace Jones, 93, of Prescott died Saturday, December 30, 2000, at Hillcrest Care and Rehab. Mr. Jones was born October 9, 1907, in Prescott to Arthur Preston and May Felts Jones. He was a retried president of Christopher Oil Co., a member of the Church...

Artie Glass Hart

Artie Glass Hart, 100, of Hope died Thursday, December 28, 2000, at Medical Park Hospital in Hope. Mrs. Hart was born February 19,1900, in Arkansas. She was a member of Providence Memorial Baptist Church of Perrytown. Mrs. Hart was preceded in death by ...

Snow Follows Dec. Ice Storm; Work Continues Countywide

Students got more of a holiday vacation than they bargained for as schools in the county were delayed because of the ice and snow storms. Nevada schools were out all week last week because of icy road conditions, while Prescott and Emmet schools missed ...

Ross Takes Oath; Goes To Work For District After Winter Storm

At noon Jan.3, 2001, Mike Ross took the oath of office as Representative from the Fourth Congressional District of Arkansas. Ross pledged to be a "hands-on" congressman during the ceremony. "The people of the 4th District have entrusted me with a very ...

FEMA Offers Assistance To Residents

Anyone planning to get financial assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) should be ready to be on the phone for a while. FEMA has an 800 number for under insured and uninsured homeowners, so they can get help for damage done to th...

Eagle's Nest Perseveres Withouth Power

Necessity, it is said, is the mother of invention. This proved to be the case where Mike Otwell, owner of the Eagle's Nest in Emmet, was concerned when the ice storm left most of south Arkansas without electricity, and motorists, thereby, with no way to...

December Rainfall Up; Down For Year

This may be hard to believe, but the area ended December with a surplus of rainfall, according to John Teeter, local meteorologist. Teeter said the normal amount of rain for December is 4.60 inches, while the region received 9.460 inches, for a surplus ...

Nevada County Declared Disaster

Because of the recent ice and snow storms, 30 counties in Arkansas have been declared national disaster areas. On Dec. 28, President Bill Clinton signed the emergency declaration making this proclamation, which means individuals and businesses, along wi...

Volunteers For North Carolina Help Clean-Up

Area residents may have noticed strangers cutting trees and cleaning yards from the recent disaster. This is because the Baptist Men of North Carolina drove almost 800 miles to offer their services and help the people of this area get rid of debris from ...

AG's Office Issues Warning

Since the snow and ice storms hit in late December, there have been rumors and allegations of price gouging. According to Act 376 of 1997, businesses are prohibited from charging more than 10 percent above the pre-disaster price of goods or services. ...

Caney News

You folks got your yards cleaned up yet? I think I'll wait until spring, because I think we're gonna have more of this. You neighbors don't rush to the phone to give me news, because my phone is out. But things are kinda getting back to normal and back...

Oak Grove News

What a Christmas! We have had plenty of ice! Now we've had our snow. Everything was knocked out  no lights, no phone. Our water froze. You could not go outside for anything. But thank God for gas, we made it. I agree with the correspondent from Bluff Ci...

Bodcaw News

Hello to all. Hope you had a nice holiday. But most of us went back to the dark ages. Don't we enjoy the comfort of power, heat and the good things of life? Services for Bobby Silvey were held during the stormy weather. Fredrica Silvey Johus from German...

Fair Hill News

I apologize for not having the news the past two weeks. Maybe I can get back on track now that the bad weather has gone. Speaking of bad weather, that was awful. We sure learned a few things about roughing it. I can imagine how it was back in the good o...

Hillcrest News

Cedalia Burke and Mr. and Mrs. Billy Bob Rhodes from Rosston spent Tuesday morning with Mr. and Mrs. Louie Dillard. Travis Dillard from Bodcaw, J.E. Dillard from Rosston spent Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. Dillard. Georgeann Britt from Okolona spent Tuesd...

Redland News

Something old, something new and I'm sure most of this is something old. Due to no electricity and no phone, we couldn't find out much news. Bud and Sandy Loe had their family for Christmas, her mom and dad, Willie and Julene Hulan, Bob and Earnestine K...

Here & There . . . News That Matters To Nevada County

A representative of the Texarkana Social Security office will be in Prescott at the courthouse Thursday, January 25, February 22 and March 22. Supplemental Security Income pays monthly checks to people who are aged, disabled or blind and who do not own ...

School Menus: January 16-19, 2001

Menus for the area schools for the week of January 16-19 are as follows. All meals are served with milk. They are also subject to change. Breakfast in Prescott Schools is served from 8:00 to 8:30 and lunch is served between 11:30 and 12:00. Prescott Scho...

College News - UACCH Chancellor's Honor Roll

Several college students from Prescott and this area have made the chancellor's honor for the fall semester at the University of Arkansas Community College at Hope. Students from Prescott include Remona D. Block, Amanda G. Collier, Aaron J. Ellis, Melis...

Bluff City News

We are off to a good start on a brand new year. By this time most of us have already broken any new year's resolutions we might have made. The weather caused quite a few problems in the year 2000. This area received about 14 inches of snow in January, f...

Rosston News

It's been a while and lots of things have happened, but I'm back. I hope everyone had a nice Christmas. We tried to have a family get-together on Christmas Day, but due to the ice storm we didn't get to have it. We planned again for Christmas on New Yea...

Boughton News

I fell Christmas Day and broke my wrist and bumped up by eye. I would like to thank my neighbors and friends for helping us when we were without power and phone. Don't know what we would have done without them. I also appreciate the Boughton volunteers ...

Willisville News

Last week's news: Lisa Beard has been in St. Michael Hospital in Texarkana. She is home now recovering well. Della Mae Henry went to Bossier City to spend Christmas with her granddaughter. Versie Mae Beasley has been under the weather. We're praying f...

Youth Basketball Begins Soon

The Prescott Youth Basketball League will begin its 2001 season on Thursday, January 11, at the newly remodeled McRae Middle School gymnasium. Tip-off for the first game is 5:30 p.m. with a third and fourth grade boys game, to be followed by a fifth and ...

Letter To The Editor

Christmas day, Arkansas and home town Emmet was hit with an ice storm. Trees breaking, power lines falling, buildings hit, but praise God I know of no deaths. The only thing I found sad was trying to argue over a gas pump and at wash places and maybe hig...

Oliver's One Stop Big Buck Winners Named

Doug Steed was the winner of Oliver's One Stop's 11th annual modern gun Big Buck contest, held November 11 through December 17. Steed took the lead opening morning with his big 11-point which had a 21<-inch inside spread. He held the lead the whole gun...