Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, November 29, 2000 edition of Nevada County Picayune

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

A representative of the Texarkana Social Security office will be in Prescott at the courthouse November 30 and December 28. Supplemental Security Income pays monthly checks to people who are aged, disabled or blind and who do not own much or have much i...

David Ray Hicks

David Ray Hicks of Prescott died Tuesday, November 21, 2000, at Wadley Regional Medical Center in Texarkana, Texas. Mr. Hicks was born June 2, 1960, in Prescott. He attended Laneburg Elementary School and graduated from High School in Poplar Bluff, Mo.,...

Nancy Rose Halbrook Buck

Nancy Rose Halbrook Buck, 39, of Prescott died Thursday, November 23, 2000, at Medical Park Hospital. Survivors include her parents, Johnny and Martha Halbrook; one daughter and son-in-law, Kimberly and Brian Gipson; one son, Buddy Buck; one granddaught...

Hazel Carrie Purifoy Turner

Hazel Carrie Purifoy Turner, 98, of Reader died Thursday, November 23, 2000. Mrs. Turner was born September 28, 1902, to Webster and Salley Purifoy of Chidester. She operated Turner Grocery Store in Reader from 1955 until 1997. Many people remember stop...

Caney News

Hope everyone had a happy, thankful Thanksgiving. Visitors at Junior and Ann Loe's for Thanksgiving were Ardell Loe of El Dorado, Sam and June Bradshaw of Camden, Sarah Bradshaw of Magnolia, Don and Peggy Fain of Camden, Safrona Stokes of Mountain Home,...

Oak Grove News

We are having plenty of rain around Rosston. The Lord knows what we need. If Jesus came to your house to spend a day or two, if he just showed up unannounced, I wonder what you'd do? Would you have to tidy up before you let him in? Or hide some books an...

Redland News

Gobble, gobble and its all over and I suppose we're all full of turkey. I'm so glad to tell about this next news and I think it's a real honor. The children of the late Fred and Thelma Bolls still meet at least once a year. I'm not acquainted with the f...

Hillcrest News

Among these visiting Mr. and Mrs. Luie Dillard last week were J.E. Dillard, Margaret Rhodes, Adrian Beard and baby, Lexie Banks and friend Mark. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Haynes from Texarkana spent Sunday with his grandmother, Ada Haynes. Visiting Mary Bet...

Rosston News

I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving. We all have so much to be thankful for. When we have good health we have everything. There are so many sick people this time of year. Max Morman was taken to the Hope hospital Thanksgiving day. He was feeling som...

Bodcaw News

Hope you all had a happy Thanksgiving. Are you still stuffed? It wasn't just the turkey that was stuffed, but most of the guests as well. It was a time of family gatherings. Deck and Earlene had most of their family visiting them. Phyllis came from Litt...

Boughton News

Congratulations to Chane Cummings. He killed a nice six-point deer during the weekend. We had a big weekend. Our sons, Willie Hugh, Charles, his wife, Marjorie and our grandson, Doug Hooks, came Friday and stayed until Monday. Saturday night Willie Hugh...

Tillman Caruthers

Tillman Caruthers, 76, of Prescott died Monday, November 27, 2000, at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. Mr. Caruthers was born March 1, 1924, in Prescott to William Leon and Roxie Faulkner Carruthers. He was a retired heavy equipment operator. He ...

Living Well with the Carrie Connection

Do you tend to overspend or overcharge during the holidays? If you answered yes, set a goal to break that habit in 2000. Here are a few tips that will help you get through the holiday season without depleting your resources. Create a written spending ...

Ross Getting Ready For Washington

In ways, getting ready for Washington has been harder than the campaign, according to Congressman-elect Mike Ross. Ross, who unseated Republican incumbent Jay Dickey in the Nov. 7, General Election, has, since the election, been working to make the tran...

Holiday Events Planned By Chamber

It's almost time for Christmas in Nevada County. This will be a busy time for the Prescott-Nevada County Chamber of Commerce as a wide variety of activities have been planned. Mary Godwin, executive director of the Chamber, said the holiday fun will ki...

Upgrades On Prescott Water Systems At $3.9 Million

Long term improvements to the Prescott water system will cost $3.9 million. James Rice, with NRS Engineering, told the Prescott City Council, at its regular monthly meeting Monday, Nov. 20, just to upgrade the current system to meet the new Environmental...

Chamber, Complaints Heard By City Council

Busy, busy, busy is how Mary Godwin, executive director of the Prescott-Nevada County Chamber of Commerce defined the last year. Godwin told the Prescott City Council what the Chamber did in the past 12 months using a powerpoint program. Membership, s...

Grand Opening Planned By New Owners Of Prescott Big Star

Prescott Big Star will be celebrating its grand opening next week with new owners, Gerald Maddox and James Womble. The grand opening begins Wednesday, December 6 with many fun and exciting events. Celebration will continue for two weeks. "The store is p...

Letter To The Editor

After reading this article at least twice I wanted to take it apart sentence by sentence, but that would have been to lengthy. Actually one does not want to lower oneself by spending a lot of time on a response to an article of trash such as this. In lo...

Prescott Public School Pageants Friday, Saturday Night

With the celebration of the 30th annual Miss PHS Pageant, the event has now taken on a new name, Miss Prescott Public Schools. Not only will there be a Miss PHS, but now there will be a Little Miss, Petite Miss, Junior Miss and Teen Miss. Each contest m...

Two Hope Men Arrested For Separate Felonies

Running from law enforcement officials resulted in a Hope man being charged with three felonies recently. According to Nevada County Sheriff Steve Otwell, a call came in to the Nevada Count Sheriff's Office around 12:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 18, concernin...

Rain Floods Area

And lo the heavens opened and it rained, and rained and rained. This has been November's weather up to Friday, Nov. 24, as the county has been drenched with rain almost constantly. According to John Teeter, Prescott's meteorologist, it rained almost al...

Emmet Homecoming Is Friday Night

Emmet will have its basketball homecoming this Friday, December 1. The ceremony will start at 6 p.m. with the senior boys and the senior girls team playing afterwards. Homecoming nominees were voted on by the high school student body. Seventh, eighth an...

Jackson, Hurd To Wed January 13

Barry Hurd and Mistee Jackson would like to announce their engagement and upcoming marriage. The bride-elect is the daughter of Phyllis Hicks and Raymond Jackson of Prescott. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hurd of Prescott. The...

Nuptials Set For Kisselburg, Vanderveer

The engagement and approaching marriage of Hallie Katherine Kisselburg to Gaither Lynn Vanderveer is made known by her parents, Sherry Chadwell of Prescott and Bill Kisselburg of Blytheville. Mr. and Mrs. Gaither Vanderveer Jr. of Muskogee, Okla., are th...

College News - HSU Graduation Set

Henderson State University's 2000 winter commencement will be Friday, December 15, at 6:00 p.m. in the Wells Center Gymnasium. Approximately 268 undergraduate and graduate students will be marching in the university's 111th commencement ceremony. Student...

College News - Louisian Tech Dean's List

Louisiana Tech University has announced the names of students on its fall quarter president's and dean's honor lists. To be eligible for the dean's honor list, a student is required to earn at least 3.5 academic grade point average with no grade lower t...

College News - Traczewitz Graduates

Louisiana Tech's fall quarter commencement exercises were held November 18 with diplomas awarded to 297 graduates. Terrance Ryan Traczewitz of Prescott received a bachelor of science degree in forestry. Commencement marked the close of the fall quarter ...

School Menus: December 4th thru 8th

Menus for the area schools for the week of December 4-8 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 Schoo...

Curley Wolves Now 2-1; Loses To Nevada Blue Jays

Prescott's Curley Wolves are now 2-1 on the young basketball season, having split with Nevada and Blevins last week. PRESCOTT 53 NEVADA 57 This was a game of two different halves. Prescott had the momentum during the first 16 minutes, with old Mo shifti...