Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, March 31, 2004 edition of Nevada County Picayune

John Jones

John Russell Jones, age 77, of Hope died Tuesday, March 23, 2004 in Christus St. Michael Health System, Texarkana, Texas. He was born June 10, 1926 in Hempstead Co., to Elmer and Maude Cannon Jones. He was retired from Klipsch and Associates after 38+ yea...

Chester Brzeski

Chester Martin Brzeski, Jr. of Prescott, departed from this earth into heaven on March 20, 2004 in a Little Rock hospital. He was born August 22, 1942 in South Bend, Indiana. He was a retired welder from Potlatch Corporation. He was preceded in death by ...

Floy Goodwin

Floy Fae Goodwin, age 83, of Willisville, died Sunday, March 21, 2004 at the Medical Park Hospital in Hope. She was a member of White's Chapel Baptist Church. Mrs. Goodwin was preceded in death by her son, Jacky Goodwin in 1971. Survivors include: her hu...

Ruth Baker

Ruth Baker, 81, of Bodcaw, passed from this life March 24, 2004 in Prescott. She was born March 3, 1923 in Hempstead County to Erastus and Carrie Mouser Aaron. Mrs. Baker was a retired homemaker and a member of the Bodcaw #1 Baptist Church for more than ...

Ruby Beavert

Mrs. Ruby Mae Beavert, age 92, of McPherson, KS, formerly of Hot Springs and Prescott, died Wednesday, March 24, 2004 at Cedars Healthcare Center in McPherson, KS. She was born August 8, 1911 in Prescott to William Newton and Rosie Pearl DeHan Goad. She w...

Laneburg rally kicks off political season

Laneburg got the political season kicked off Saturday, March 27, with the first rally of the season. Only a handful of candidates showed up for the rally, hamburger supper and cake auction, which was held to raise money for the Laneburg Volunteer Fire Dep...

Easter egg hunt set for April 10 at Nevada County Fairgrounds

Easter is only 10 days away, and with it comes the 10th Annual Prescott-Nevada County Chamber of Commerce Easter Egg Hunt. This year's hunt will take place Saturday, April 10, from 10 a.m. until noon, at the Nevada County Fairgrounds, with the eggs scatte...

Emmet, Blevins forego consolidation, opt for annexation instead

There will be no consolidation between the Emmet and Blevins School Districts. In a special meeting between the two boards Thursday, March 25, it was decided to forego the administrative consolidation route and go with an annexation instead. This was done...

Letter from Nevada District's attorney had nothing to do with charter failure

While many patrons of the Emmet School District consider the Nevada School District responsible for Emmet's failure to become a charter district, this isn't the case. Though the attorney for the Nevada District did submit a letter to the Arkansas Departme...

Encore to entertain patrons at Chamber Banquet

Shouts of encore, encore, will be heard at the annual Prescott-Nevada County Chamber of Commerce Banquet Tuesday, April 6, when Encore from Southern Arkansas University performs. This year's Chamber banquet, which begins at 6 p.m., will be a trip back to ...