Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, September 24, 2003 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Pauline Hairston

Pauline Benton Hairston of Houston, Tex., passed away September 11. She was born in Nevada County on October 28, 1915. She was preceded in death by her husband, Leslie Hairston, one sister, Mary Sporer and four brothers, John, Bill, Buster and Brooks. S...

Helen Daniels

Mrs. Helen Ghormely Daniels, 81, of Prescott, died Sunday, September 14, 2003, at Christus St. Michael Health System, Texarkana, Texas. She was born July 27, 1922, in Laneburg, Nevada County to Joe and Era Stokes Ghormley. She was a member of the First Ba...

William Monk

William Lee Monk, 63, of Pasadena, Tex., passed away Sunday, September 14, 2003. He was born January 1, 1940, in Prescott to Harvey and Jessie (Billingsley) Monk. He worked for Brown and Root as a pipe welder for 34 years, where he made many lifetime frie...

Wolves go to 3-0 with 47-12 pounding of Hope part I

Butts kicked, names taken. This pretty much says it all about the Curley Wolves's 47-12 win over the Hope Bobcats Friday night at Hammons Stadium. Several mistakes by Hope led to this whipping. First, vandals forgot the golden rule of not disrespecting so...

Wolves go to 3-0 with 47-12 pounding of Hope

Wright was picked off by Stueart on first down, with Prescott setting up at the Hope 27 with 1:08 to go. Martin hit Vanhook with a screen to the 18. He returned to the air, connecting with Ray Smith at the two. Another draw saw Vanhook in the endzone for ...

SWAR Fair underway in Hope

It's time to lock and load in for the 59th Annual Southwest District Livestock Show and Rodeo. The event kicked off Tuesday with the annual parade and fair queen contests. There will be plenty for everyone to do again this year, with Razorback Amusements ...

City's audit found to be clean

With Prescott Mayor Howard Taylor out of town, Billy House was selected as interim mayor for the Sept. meeting of the Prescott City Council. City Accountant Carl Dalrymple presented an abbreviated audit report, telling the panel Randy Turner was ill and u...

Voters asked for 1 3/8 cent sales tax to improve all city streets at once

Voters in Prescott will likely be asked to pass a 1 3/8 cent sales tax to overlay all 30 miles of streets in the city. This decision was made at the regular monthly meeting of the Prescott City Council, Monday, Sept. 15. A public meeting on this issue wil...

Few present for schools's report to the public

Few parents showed up for the public meeting of the Prescott School District. The meeting was held in the foyer at Prescott High School, with two parents in the audience. The rest of those gathered were district employees. This, though, didn't prevent the...

Emmet examines charter school possibility

Emmet's school cafeteria was full of people from the community to come out to hear about the possibility of Emmet becoming a charter school. That subject was not the only of the meeting though. The school's annual report to the public and the monthly scho...