Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, June 14, 2006 edition of Gurdon Times

Dollar General plans opening

Dollar General of Gurdon, which was closed due to fire several months ago, is almost reconstructed and should be open for business again before the end of summer. The Gurdon business, located on Main Street/Highway 53, will have a second grand opening, ...

Fountain of Hope to close June 24

The Fountain of Hope Food Bank on Second Street will close on June 24 after nearly two years of operation. Darrel Potratz started the Fountain of Hope with his son Martin, a minister and food supplier to the impoverished in Los Angeles, Calif., in Septe...

Police catch man in act of burglary

A Gurdon man was caught in the act of burglarizing Beechs Music Center on Highway 53 North. As of June 8, Larry Washingon, 41, was awaiting arraignment on a felony charge. According to Marshal Don Childres, Washington, also known as "Chopper," was caug...

School board hires new assistant principal

School board members met in special session on Tuesday, June 6, and hired Scott Jones, former head baseball coach at Arkadelphia High School, as the new assistant principal at Gurdon High School. According to information from the superintendents office...

Clark County gives $2,000 to improve Okolona Community Center

The Okolona City Council has a new city clerk. That was one order of business when the council met in regular session on June 6. The council also accepted $2,000 in Clark County general improvement money to continue remodeling efforts on the Okolona Com...

Rotarians hear school update

Bobby Smithson, superintendent of Gurdon Schools, told Rotarians Thursday, June 8, that his latest information indicates there will be a resource officer on the districts campuses this fall. The individual will be a sheriffs deputy and the Clark Count...

Thelma Howell

Thelma Lucille Howell, 85, of Arkadelphia, formerly of Gurdon, died Thursday, June 1, 2006, at the Baptist Medical Center in Arkadelphia. She was born Nov. 7, 1920 in Curtis, the daughter of the late Horace and Lura Belle Brakefield Arnold. She owned an...

Callie Pruitt

Callie Pauline Pruitt, 82, of Gurdon, died Sunday, June 11, 2006 in the St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Hot Springs. She was born September 11, 1923 at Beaton, Ar the daughter of James Walter and Carrie Hall Terry. She was a homemaker and an active member ...