Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, June 16, 2004 edition of Gurdon Times

Roy Ella

Roy H. Ella, 87, died Monday, June 7, 2004, at the Medical Center of South Arkansas in El Dorado. He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Frances Elaine Gulledge Ella; one sister, Mary Ellen Andrews of Mountain Home; five grandchildren, Karen Hargett, Kat...

William Abbot

William Robert Abbott passed away on May 22, 2004, of lung cancer. He was born July 12, 1933, in Gurdon to Roy Abbott and Mary Helen Regan. He graduated Gurdon High School in 1951 and Henderson State Teachers College in Arkadelphia in 1955. Upon graduatio...

Smith fighting to save local grocery store

Jason Smith is no stranger to the grocery business. He was also born and raised in Gurdon. So when Gurdons largest grocery store was in danger of closing, Smith said he knew he wanted to buy the store. (Former owner, Charles Sexton) was pretty much goin...

Youngsters find kindergarten camp fun

Its pretty much unanimous that the most fun about starting Kindergarten is the time spent on the playground, and next years group will likely be no different, according to those attending Kindergarten Camp at Gurdon Primary School last week. The idea of...

World's largest steam engine to stop in Gurdon

Gurdon residents will have a chance to see the Challenger No. 3985, a steam engine used by the Union Pacific Railroad. The engine plans to be in Gurdon from 1-1:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 17. According to Union Pacific media contact John Bromway, the stop ...

Incumbents retain JP seats

Incumbents in both Justice of the Peace districts 9 and 10 retained their claims to their seats. Frances McGill held her seat for JP 10 by more than 100 votes, according to the Clark County Clerks Office. Unofficial results indicate that McGill got 199 v...