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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, July 23, 1997 edition of Gurdon Times

Due to technical difficulties, this paper was added on July 27, 1997.

Portions of this edition may not match the print version.

Gurdon School District Ends The Year Well
Overall, the Gurdon School District ended the 1996-97 school year in the black.

However, some accounts did run in the red. But, according to Superintendent Bobby Smithson, the district ended its fiscal year with more than $213,000. He told the Gurdon...

Gurdon School District Ends The Year Well (cont)
ired for the job.

An offer will be made to an individual for the post of job superintendent for the GMS construction project. However, this person will not be named until they accept the job.

The resignation of Kim Huckabee, the district's speec...

Gurdon Teen Killed In Wreck
Sunday dawned hot, beautiful and deadly as a Gurdon resident was killed in a one-vehicle accident on Highway 67.

According to reports from the Arkansas State Police, a 1988 Buick, driven by Sandra Adams, 25, of Stamps, struck the south end of a bridg...

Public Help Soight In Solving Accident
Arkadelphia Toddler Killed By Hit And Run Driver In Pine Plaza
The public has been asked for its help in solving the death of a two-year-old child.

The child, Meghan McJunkins, was killed around 3:20 p.m. Wednesday, July 16, in the parking lot of the Pine Plaza shopping center in north Arkadelphia, according to ...

Nutts Named Clark County Farm Family
Dewey and Pearl Nutt were named Clark County's Farm Family of the Year for 1997.

The Amity couple live on a farm that has been in the Nutt family since 194, when Nutt's father purchased 80 acres.

Since then, the farm has been expanded as Dewey b...

Coulter Seeking Senator's Position
One of the first salvos has been fired in the 1998 race for U.S. Senate.

Sen. Dale Bumpers is stepping down after 22 years of service as senator. This has caused much speculation across Arkansas about who will be his replacement, as well as who will ...

Mildew Removing Tips Are Given
by Barbara Holt, Ph.D.

Clark County Extension Agent --

Family and Consumer Sciences

Cooperative Extension Service

Questions about preventing and removing mildew are some of the most frequently asked of the Family and Consumer ...

Need For Benefits Of Milk Are Never Outgrown
by Barbara A. Holt, Ph.D.

Clark County Extension Agent --

Family and Consumer Sciences

Cooperative Extension Service

Milk and other dairy products give us many kinds of nutrients, but they are best known for being a good sourc...

Deaths, Funerals
Wayne E. Webb
Wayne E. Webb, 59, of Birmingham, Mich., formerly of Gurdon, died July 10, 1997, at his home after a brief illness.

He was born July 12, 1937, to the late Wiley and Dizie Webb. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Richard and Robert Webb.

...

Conway Otwell
Conway Otwell, 86, of Beirne died Wednesday, July 16, 1997.

A member of Beirne Baptist Church, he was a retired saw filer for International Paper Company.

Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Alma and Homer Holbrook of Little Rock;...

Megan Renae McJunkins
Megan Renae McJunkins of Bismarck was killed by an automobile in Arkadelphia Wednesday, July 16, 1997.

She was the two-year-old daughter of Erick and Michelle Hammonds McJunkins. She was born February 5, 1995.

Survivors beside her parents ...


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