Here are the stories in the Wednesday, December 10, 1997 edition of Gurdon Times
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- Village Moving Into Gurdon
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- A "village of friends" will soon be coming to Gurdon.
At Monday night"s meeting of the Gurdon City Council, Mary Jane Allen and Dr. Claudine Chamners spoke of plans for the old Gurdon Hospital. Allen said there have been a lot of false starts at the...
- GHS Squads Split Games
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- It was inevitable and finally happened.
Gurdon's senior girls lost their first game at the new Gurdon High School gym Tuesday, Dec. 2. But what made losing the first game so bad was who they lost to - the Prescott Wolverettes. And what made this eve...
- City Docorated For Holidays
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- Downtown Gurdon looks much brighter these nights.
This is because money was raised to purchase Christmas decorations to light up the city?s night hours. According to Tambra Smith, Gurdon recorder/treasurer, some $820 was raised in a 24-hour period t...
- Donations Are Needed For Drive
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- As Christmas rapidly approaches, so does the need for donations for needy people, so they, too, can have happy holidays.
The Gurdon Times food drive is still seeking donations of canned and dry goods to help area families have a brighter holiday season...
- DOWNTOWN DECORATIONS
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- Gurdon City Recorder/Treasurer Tambra Smith works to decorate the median between the railroad tracks and Front Streets in downtown Gurdon. She said $820 was raised in 24 hours for the purchase of 11,000 Christmas lights along with several other decorative...
- TREE TRIMMING
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- Gurdon Mayor Rick Smith helps get lights strung on Gurdon's Christmas tree. Members of the Gurdon Street Department braved the chilly winds to help get the lights put on the tree across from the Hoo Hoo Museum. The tree, a 25-foot cedar, was donated to th...
- BATTLE FOR THE BALL
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- Gurdon Lady Devil Alicia Clayborn fights for the basketball against the Prescott Wolverettes during Tuesday's game. However, the Lady Devils were unable to overcome an early game deficit as they lost their first game at home in the new gym.
- Briscoe Top Teacher At Garland County
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- It's been a good semester for Barbara Briscoe, GCCC speech instructor and founding faculty member.
Briscoe is an instructor in the Communications and Arts Division of Garland County Community College in Hot Springs. She holds both an MSE and a BSE from...
- Classy Moments
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- From GMS
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- The eight graders can breath a sigh of relief as they have completed the Explorer Test. After almost three hours of testing, they were ready to call it a day.
The GMS Student Council pro-vided the Dalton, Louisee, and Family program for the students We...
- Vehicle Inspection Laws Changing
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- Arkansas motor vehicle inspection laws are about to change.
Beginning January 1, owners of noncommercial vehicles will no longer be required to obtain annual safety inspections as a prerequisite for license renewal. But the change in the law does not r...
- UA Hope Offers New Course
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- The University of Arkansas Community College at Hope will offer two classes at the Murfreesboro new upper elementary building for the spring semester in 1998.
Classes offered will be "U.S. history since 1865," taught by UACCH instructor Tom Freeman, an...
- Preschool Discussed
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- DR. KENNETH HARRIS
Clark County Youth Development Center (CCYDC) parents, volunteers and home visitors met on Monday, November 24, at the Clark County Youth Development Center. The meeting began at 6:30. The program began with a welcome given by...
- No Need To Go Broke This Holiday Season
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- Barbara A. Holt, Ph.D.
Clark County Extension Agent Family and Consumer Sciences Cooperative Extension Services Every holiday season the message is the same: Buy, buy buy! It's everywhere: in the store displays, newspaper ads, radio and tel...
- Deaths, Funerals
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- Arthur Ross Wilson
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- Arthur Ross Wilson, 83, of Hollywood died Monday, December 1, 1997, at Baptist Medical Center in Arkadelphia.
Mr. Wilson was born September 13, 1914, in Hollywood, the son of the late Ernie and Gertie Teaque Wilson. He as a parts salesman for Ford Trac...
- Charlyne C. Bryan
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- Charlyne C. Bryan, 71, of Gurdon died Tuesday, December 2, 1997.
Mrs. Bryan was a homemaker and a member of the First United Methodist Church of Gurdon where she attended the Lucy Cabe Sunday school class. Survivors include her husband D.W. Bryan of...
- Bobbie Jean Gates
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- Bobbie Jean Gates, 42, of Chidester died Wednesday, December 3.
Mrs. Gates was a Baptist. Survivors include two sons, Jerry Gates and Jason Gates, both of Gurdon; two daughters Donyell Gates of Camden and Mandy Korenek of Prescott; her mother, Daisy...
- SAT Scores Rise; Fifth Grade Best
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- From Senator Mike Ross
About 90,000 Arkansas students took the Stanford Achievement Test this year and showed a slight improvement over last year's scores. Students in grades five, seven and 10 took the nationally standardized test. Fifth-graders sc...
- OBU Concert Televised
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- A statewide television audience will have the opportunity to hear an hour long program of Christmas music performed by students at Ouachita Baptist University.
The program will be shown on KARK Television on Christmas morning from 9:00 to 10:00. Tit...
- Registration Set At Ouachita
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- Registration for 1998 spring semester classes at Ouachita Baptist University will be held Tuesday, January 13, from 8:15 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Evans Student Center and Lile Hall, according to Judy Jones, OBU registrar and director of admissions.
Classes fo...
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