Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, April 25, 2001 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Shootout Set At Prescott Raceway

Sunday, April 29, will be a big day at the Prescott Raceway, with the Third Annual Mid-America Street Car Shootout. The cars in this series of races are all street legal, but will be showing what they can do in the quarter-mile at the track. For more in...

Festival T-Shirts Now On Sale

FESTIVAL T-SHIRT  Spot Daniel holds up the T-shirt for the 14th Annual Prescott-Chicken and Egg Festival, scheduled for June 1-2. Daniel submitted the winning design for this year's shirt, which will be lime green. Also shown, Mary Godwin, executive dir...

Court Time For Drug Suspects

COURT TIME  The 11 suspects arrested in Saturday's drug raid in Prescott made their first appearance in court Monday, April 23. There were five agencies involved in the raid: the Prescott Police Department, Arkansas State Police, Nevada County Sheriff's...

12 Busted In Saturday Morning Drug Sting

Prescott police, along with several other agencies, arrested 12 people Saturday, April 21, after a three-month long undercover drug investigation. Judge Duncan Culpepper issued arrest warrants for 12 subjects before the raid. Eleven of the 12 were arres...

Bluff City News

Word was received here that Roland Brown of Camden passed away. He was known by many here. His funeral was Tuesday with burial at Bluff City Cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Moore of Oklahoma City and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Henson were visiting the McBrides l...

Bodcaw News

We had a very beautiful weekend. We had a fellowship Sunday night, honoring the workers with the youth of the church. We enjoyed cake and punch. Next Sunday will be the fifth Sunday, therefore, we will have fellowship again with potluck at noon. We belie...

Boughton News

We are having Arkansas weather. It can't decide whether to be hot or cold. We extend our sympathy to the Beulah Cagle family. She passed away Saturday after a lengthy illness. She is to be buried Wednesday in Liberty Cemetery. Wilma Freeman of Gurdon s...

Caney News

Little Brady Rhodes is on the sick list. Bob Lunsford traveled to Memphis last weekend for treatment of kidney stones. We at Morris Baptist wish him the best. I visited with my sister-in-law, Ethel Ellis, at Hillcrest Nursing Friday. Vern Pruitt and S...

Fairhill News

We couldn't have asked for a nicer Easter Sunday. Hope you all had a wonderful time with family and friends. Thomas and Ruby Fontaine traveled to Nashville to spend Sunday with his sister, Hazel Fontaine, who is in the nursing home there. Bryan Hendrix...

Hillcrest News

J.E. Dillard spent Tuesday with Ozelle Dillard. Margaret Rhodes and grandbaby from Rosston spent Wednesday with her and with Lula Butler. Kim Lyle and Ross Sears, grandchildren from Michigan, visited Donny Rinkle over the weekend. Georgann Britt from ...

Oak Grove News

Our second quarter conference was held at Bethel AME Church Sunday. Rev. Thomas Adair, presiding elder of the Magnolia District, was in charge. Mrs. Vera Purifoy and I went to Hope to visit with the Dillard family. Joe Dillard's mother, Mrs. Odeal Dilla...

Redland News

Hope all of you have had a good week. From this point it sure looks like rain. The most important part of my news is that we have an eight-pound eight-ounce great grandbaby boy. He was born Thurs., April 19, to Randy and Charity Lowdermilk. Grandparents...

Rosston News

We would like to send sympathy to the family of Odeal Dillard. She passed away Friday morning. Funeral was Monday at Rosston Church. Lunch was served by Rosston ladies. Burial was in Rosston Cemetery. Bro. Mark Faulkner, our pastor, officiated and Steve ...

Willisville News

A good example is in the best sermon. Grady Tally's funeral was held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Kendrick Chapel. Pleasant Grove and Harrison Chapel will fellowship together the fifth Sunday at Pleasant Grove in Willisville. Congratulations to Valeria Young...

Ora Lee Hardamon

Ora Lee Hardamon, 84, of Prescott died Monday, April 16, 2001, at her home. Mrs. Hardamon was born May 3, 1916, in Wabbaseka, the daughter of the late Will and Mattie Oliver. She was a homemaker and a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Prescott. Surv...

Robert 'Bob' Williams

Robert Bob' Williams, 76, of Emmet died Monday, April 16, 2001, at Wadley Regional Medical Center in Texarkana, Texas. Mr. Williams was born January 14, 1925, in Emmet to Harrison and Nobie McKillion Williams. He was a retired handyman and a Baptist. M...

Odeal F. Dillard

Odeal F. Dillard, 86, of Rosston died Saturday, April 21, 2001, at Pinehope Nursing Home in Hope. Mrs. Dillard was born January 8, 1915, in Nevada County to Jimmy and Anna Woodruff May. She was a homemaker and member of First Baptist Church of Rosston f...

Lois Marie Sanders Riggs

Lois Marie Sanders Riggs, 80, of Prescott died Sunday, April 22, 2001, at Wadley Regional Medical Center in Texarkana, Texas. Mrs. Riggs was born November 28, 1920, in Bismarck to W.H. and Mable Edith Bagwell Sanders. She was a retired manager of Dollar...

Ina McMahan DeVore

Ina McMahan DeVore, 85, of Grand Saline, Texas, died Sunday, April 22, 2001. Mrs. DeVore was the daughter of the late Stanley H. and Ada Emma McMahan of Prescott and the widow of Charles Bus' DeVore. She graduated from Prescott High School, attended Ou...

Sam Vick Scott

Sam Vick Scott, 88, of Hot Springs, formerly of Prescott, died Monday, April 23, 2001, at the VA Foster Home in Jacksonville. Mr. Scott was born December 12, 1912, in Prescott to Hunter and Nina Burks Scott. He was a retired major in the Arkansas Nation...

Beulah Stuart Cagel

Beulah Stuart Cagel, 93, of Euless, Texas, formerly of Prescott, passed from this life Saturday, April 21, 2001, at West Park Nursing Center in Euless. Mrs. Cagle was born July 25, 1907, in Bluff City to Gant and Susie Franklin Stuart. She was a homemak...

We Get Letters

Prescott Court Is A Circus This is about the municipal court judge. If you get in trouble and have to pay restitution, don't worry, Gene Hale will see that you don't have to pay it. It is not right, but that is the sort of court system we have. My daught...

Cat Slain; Remains Left With Mayor Taylor

Prescott Mayor Howard Taylor was bestowed with a gift, courtesy of the dogs running loose in the city's streets. Thursday, April 19, Wava Fitzhugh had been away from home, and found the remains of a mutilated cat in her yard upon returning. This was th...

City Stop Car, Find Dope Inside

Making a U-turn in front of a police officer landed a Prescott man in jail. It wasn't so much the U-turn, but the subsequent finding of seven plastic bags filled with a green leafy substance believed to be marijuana. According to court records, on Apri...

City Council Still Discussing Dogs; Petition Presented

What to do about the dog problem in Prescott? This question was addressed, once again, by the Prescott City Council at its regular monthly meeting Monday, April 16, as Allen Driver wanted to know what was being done. Driver presented a petition with 52...

Prescott Fire Chief Updates Council

Prescott's newly confirmed fire chief, Barry Higgenbotham, updated the Prescott City Council as to the department's status. Higgenbotham, who was confirmed as the new chief of the Prescott Fire Department at the council's regular monthly meeting Monday,...

Festival Coming June 1-2

Guess what? It's time for the 14th Annual Chicken and Egg Festival. This year's festival will be held Friday and Saturday, June 1-2, at the Prescott City Park, with a full slate of activities planned once again. At this time, Mary Godwin, executive di...

This Weekend Busy; Breakfast, Other Events Planned

As April comes to an end and May begins, the activity level around Prescott is picking up. According to Mary Godwin, executive director of the Prescott-Nevada County Chamber of Commerce, Saturday, April 28, will be a busy day in town. It beings with th...

New Services Coming To Prescott Video

New services are being added to Prescott's cable television service, including cable Internet. Jim Dickerson, manager of Prescott Video, spoke to the Prescott City Council at its regular monthly meeting Monday, April 16, about the changes, including a r...

McKamine, Clark Are Wed In West Memphis

Misty M. Clark and Wesley A. McKamie were united in marriage on December 9, 2000, at 2 p.m. at the Missouri Street Church of Christ in West Memphis. The bride is the daughter of Joe and Denise Clark of Marion. The groom is the son of Ruel and Monica McK...

May Nuptials Set For Almand, Hampton

Bill and Nelwyn Almand of Laneburg are proud to announce the approaching marriage of their daughter, Emily, to David Hampton of Falcon. David is the son of the late Kenneth Hampton of Stamps and Lynda Britt of Ashdown. Grandparents of the bride are the ...

Hillery, Oller To Wed

Mr. and Mrs. Harley Hillery of Gurdon proudly announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, LeSaundra Leigh, to Daniel Lee Oller, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Oller, of Hope. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Hil...

Here & There

A representative of the Texarkana Social Security office will be in Prescott at the courthouse Thursday, April 26, May 24 and June 28. Supplemental Security Income pays monthly checks to people who are aged, disabled or blind and who do not own much or ...

McRae Quiz Bowl Team Is A Winner

Students from McRae Middle School recently won a second place trophy at the Arkansas Governor's Regional Quiz Bowl match. By winning a second place tropy the students were eligible to advance to the state triple A finals in Dardanelle, the first team fr...

Art II Plan Play

The eighth grade art II play will be performed next week Thursday, May 3, and Friday, May 4. The title of the play this year is Little Park of Panic. The play, a musical comedy, is a parody of The Crocodile Hunter and Little Shop of Horrors. The script ...

School Menus: April 30 - May 4

Menus for the area schools for the week of April 30-May 4 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 Sch...

Jackson Weighs Options, Signs With Tech

Kyle Jackson, as many of the state's elite high school football players, spent many months weighing his college options before this month's national signing day. Unlike most of the state's top players, Jackson's options were curiously limited. While co...

Living Well with the Carrie Connection

If you stopped the average person on the street and asked, "Who do you think does volunteer work?" you would probably hear a lot of stereotypes. Answers might include "mostly women," "people who don't work for pay," "retired people," or the "wealthy." Th...

Farm and Home News

Many local producers are now working and vaccinating spring-born calves. \The investment in disease prevention is less than the cost of disease treatment. Don't wait until a disease outbreak occurs before implementing a sound herd health program. For cat...