Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, September 10, 2008 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Waldo man charged, held in rape case

A Waldo man has been charged in the rape of a minor. Clayton Otis Elliott, 32, 193 E. N 147, Waldo, was charged in Nevada County and has appeared in court locally, according to court records. An order filed by Eighth Judicial District Circuit Judge Randy ...

Deputy prosecutor takes oath

Its been a long time coming. Those were the words of newly appointed prosecutor and local attorney Phillip Harris just hours before taking the oath of office Monday, Sept. 8. Harris, a native of Prescott, is a graduate of the Prescott High School Class...

False imprisonment prompts criminal suit

A Prescott man has been charged for false imprisonment for his role in an incident that occurred on July 21. According to records on file at the Nevada County Circuit Clerks Office, Antoine Levar Purifoy, 420 E. Sixth St., Apartment 2, has been charged w...

The view from Wendy's World: Anybody need a 'whats-it'?

I got a whats-it. We attended an auction a couple of weeks ago and there were tons of items from days gone by. Many of them I recognized and could name but Ill admit that there were a few that were simply whachamacallits, doo-hickies and thing-a-ma-jig...

Helen Thieme

Mrs. Helen Carlotta Zumwalt Thieme, 90, of Melbourne, Fla., formerly of Blevins, passed away on her birthday, Friday, Aug. 29, 2008, at her daughters home. She was born in Blevins, on Aug. 29, 1918, to Carl Zumwalt and Hilda Anastasia Botsford Zumwalt. S...

Annie Duncan

Ms. Annie Elizabeth Clark Duncan, 59, of Emmet, died Friday, Aug. 29, 2008, at Wadley Regional Medical Center in Texarkana, Texas. She was born Sept. 6, 1948, in Natchitoches, La., to Everett E.C. and Grace Hampton Clark. She was an employee of the Hope...

Susie Dougan

Miss Susie May Dougan, 70, of Hope, died Monday, Aug. 25, 2008, at Medical Park Hospital in Hope. She was born Oct. 27, 1937 in Nevada County, to Oscar and Beatrice Otwell Dougan. She was a retired waitress. Her survivors include one son, Eddie Dougan and...

John Reynolds

Mr. John Warren Reynolds, 59, Prescott, died Sept. 1, 2008, after a brief illness. He was born Aug. 18, 1949, in Prescott. He grew up in Prescott, playing football for the Curley Wolves and working as deejay Jukin John at the local radio station, KTPA....

Laverne Pruitt

Mrs. Laverne Glass Pruitt, 78, of Caney, passed away on Monday, Sept. 8, 2008, at Medical Park Hospital in Hope. She was born on November 7, 1929, in Laneburg, to Henry E. and Bertha Grimes Glass. She was a homemaker and mother and a seamstress and caregi...