Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, March 13, 2002 edition of Gurdon Times

Smithpeters is Gurdon's Easter Seals Ambassador

John Smithpeters is a very special little boy. He was recently chosen to be a Love Train Ambassador for Easter Seals. John is the seven-year-old son of David and Vickie Smithpeters of Gurdon. When John was born it was discovered he had cerebral palsy. ...

Hiring smart tough

Finding the right people for a job is not the easiest thing an employer can do. In fact, it's one of the toughest. However, there are ways for an employer find the person who best fits the job they have. A seminar on "Hiring Smart" was given recently,...

Okolona meeting short; but still controversial

Okolona's Town meeting was short and sweet, so to speak. All members were present with recorder/treasurer Kim McKay present to read the minutes from last month's meeting and the month before. The minutes were approved, and Mayor Joy McElhannon said ther...

Suspended students given options for permission

Okolona's Town meeting was short and sweet, so to speak. All members were present with recorder/treasurer Kim McKay present to read the minutes from last month's meeting and the month before. The minutes were approved, and Mayor Joy McElhannon said ther...

Mildred Wingfield

Mildred Elizabeth Pud' Wingfield, 81, of Kilgore, Texas, died Sunday, March 3, 2002, at her home in Kilgore. Wingfield was born March 9, 1920, in Okolona, the daughter of the late William and Ruth Crain. Wingfield was a member of St. Luke's United Met...

Tressie Barrong

Tressie G. Barrong, 96, of Cottage Grove, Ore., died Monday, March 4, 2002, in Cottage Grove. She was born May 19, 1905, in Delight, daughter of the late Fountain B. and Martha Lee Stewart. She was a former employee of Ingram Lumber Co. in Glendale, O...

Franes Prothro

Frances Elizabeth Prothro, 77, of DeWitt, died Thursday, March 7, 2002. Born January 10, 1925, she was the sixth of seven children born to A.L. and Effie Brumbelow of Camden. She was married August 12, 1942 to John L. Prothro, Sr., and they were togeth...