Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, January 5, 2005 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Joan Egger

Joan Egger, 60, of Gurdon, died Monday, December 27, 2004. Joan was a seamstress for Prescott Manufacturing and of the Baptist faith. Joan is survived by one daughter, Johna Richard and husband, Dickey of Gurdon; mother, Frankie Crabtree of Gurdon; two br...

Charlie Hall

Mr. Charlie Hall of Prescott, 66, died December 24, 2004, in Little Rock. He was born March 15, 1938, in Laneburg. He was a member of Munn's Chapel Baptist Church. He was employed at Firestone in Prescott. He is survived by his wife, Opal Lee Hall of Pres...

Willie Smith, Jr.

Mr. Willie "Sonny" Smith, Jr. 85, of Little Rock, formerly of Prescott, died Friday, December 31, 2004, in Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. He was born on September 23, 1919, in Little Rock to Willie R. Smith, Sr. and Alma Dixon. He was retired from...

Pauline Purtle

Mrs. Pauline Ray Purtle, 85, of Hope, died Saturday, January 1, 2005, in Hillcrest Care and Rehab in Prescott. She was born July 11, 1919, in Hope to J.W. and Ida Cullins Ray. She was a homemaker. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Hope and the W...

Kathryn Reyenga

Miss Kathryn Reyenga, 80, of Grove, Okla, formerly of Hope passed away Wednesday, December 29, 2004, in the Grove Nursing Center in Grove, Okla. She was born January 1, 1924, in Hope to Jacob W. and Edna Bridgeman Reyenga. She was a retired sales rep. of ...

Toy drive successful

Santa Claus is alive and well in Nevada County. This was evidenced by the success of the 2004 Picayune Toy Drive, as more than 400 bags of toys were given out at the Nevada County Picayune. Picayune Editor John Miller thanked those who donated toys and mo...

Housing improvement bids accepted

Three companies bid on the low-income housing renovation project for Nevada County. Jon Chadwell, executive director of the Prescott-Nevada County Economic Development Office, told the Nevada County Quorum Court, at its December meeting, one company submi...

Hicks unhappy with Coroner's budget

Newly-elected Coroner Gary Hicks wasn't thrilled to see the office's budget unchanged from last year. He voiced his complaint to the Nevada County Quorum Court at its December meeting. Hicks proposed a budget in excess of $17,000, only to see it remain at...

Reports normal for Board

It was pretty much business as usual for the Prescott School Board at its December meeting. The Board recognized Jason Himes for his participation in the Oracle Internet Academy. Himes completed the course work online because he was unable to attend in pe...

Street project half done

About 50 percent of the streets in Prescott have been overlaid for the street project. Mike Marlar, with Marlar Engineering, told the Prescott City Council, at its December meeting, the contractor wants to stop working on the streets until the weather war...

No action taken on zoning request

A request to change zoning from an R-2 to a C-2 was, basically, ignored by the Prescott City Council at its December meeting. John Coe had asked for the zoning change so he could open a drive through restaurant near Park Baptist Church. However, represent...