Here are the stories in the Wednesday, October 20, 1999 edition of Gurdon Times
- Annexation Nearly Complete
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- Annexation in Gurdon is almost completely done, but it has been a struggle throughout.
Monday, Oct. 11, the Gurdon City Council, meeting in regular session, officially brought the Gurdon Primary School into the city limits. This was done with no fuss, m...
- Companies Ready For Y2K
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- Barring sabotage or natural disaster, utilities will be fully operational on Jan. 1, 2000.
Utility companies have been working to make their systems Y2K compliant for several years, and are ready for the change from 1999 to 2000. The actual change for t...
- Hunters Can Gear Up Locally
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- Hunting in Gurdon and the South Clark County area is big, with people coming from all over to try and bag a trophy buck.
Because of this, hunters need to gear up for their time in the woods, and there's nowhere they need to go outside of Gurdon to get e...
- Go-Devils Defeat Lewisville 40-6
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- Lewisville would have had a better chance against Gurdon if the game had been basketball.
It wasn't and the Red Devils were scorched 40-6 Friday night at Go-Devil Stadium.
Gurdon's first string played the entire first half and part of the third period ...
- FYI
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- Oak Grove Community Church is having a community singing this Saturday, October 23, at 7:00 p.m. You are invited to a song and instruments to help with the singing. Refreshments will be served afterwards.
Trinity United Methodist Church c...
- Birthday Dates Sought
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- The Gurdon Band Boosters are taking names for the 2000 Birthday Calender through November 8.
These calenders should be ready for delivery by mid-December. Names are printed in the Gurdon Times and read on Cool Mix 106.9 FM, with a cake and ice cream giv...
- Forest Festival Beauty Pageants Are Saturday
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- It's beauty pageant time in Gurdon. The 16th annual Forest Festival pageants will be held Saturday, October 23, at 7:00 p.m. in the old Gurdon High School auditorium on Third St.
This year's pageant will feature 43 young ladies between the ages of three...
- Groundbreaking Set
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- On April 26 a storm with straight line winds toppled a large tree onto the Trinity United Methodist Church in Okolona. The church was crushed with only a small section towards the back still standing.
Because of the need for a new building and because o...
- Sam Marbury
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- Sam Marbury, 80, died Thursday, October 14, 1999, at Baptist Medical Center in Arkadelphia.
Mr. Marbury was born April 15, 1919, in Clark County, the son of the late Charlie Elmer and Sadie Malone Marbury. He was a retired welder, farmer and carpenter, ...
- Thomas Eugene White
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- Thomas Eugene White, 74, died Thursday, October 14, 1999, at Gooseankle, his home near Gurdon.
Mr. White was preceded in death by his father, Herman Thomas White, his mother, Ruthie Mae House White Jones and two brothers, Joe Herman White and Franklin D...
- Lewis L. Lee
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- Lewis L. Lee, 82, of Oklahoma City, Okla., died Wednesday, October 13, 1999.
Mr. Lee was born in Gandy, Okla, May 22, 1917, and was the eldest of three children born to Viola and Luke Lee. He graduated from high school in El Dorado May 31, 1934, at the...
- Entire State Now Declared Disaster
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- Gov. Mike Huckabee was informed Friday that U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman has approved the governor's request that all 75 Arkansas counties be declared a disaster area, because of drought conditions.
The governor asked Glickman to declare a...
- Moreheads To Celebrate 50th Anniversary Saturday
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- William Tee and Juanita Morehead will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Sunday, October 24, in the fellowship building of Midway Baptist Church.
They were married October 22, 1949, in the home of Rev. Earl Page in Donaldson...
- Carters Plan Golden Anniversary Reception
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- Wright and Betty Carter will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a drop-in reception from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Sunday, October 24, at Baptist Medical Center, 3050 Twin Rivers Dr. in Arkadelphia.
The reception will be hosted by the couple's childr...
- Violence Warning Signs Are Given
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- Violence is a major issue facing today's young adults. One in 12 high school students is threatened or injured with a weapon annually. If you are between the ages of 12 and 24 you face the highest risk of being the victim of violence.
There is no single...
- Gurdon Band Wins
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- Twenty-five bands at the Ashdown marching contest, and only five had superior ratings all across the judging panel.
Only four could win best in class.
Gurdon High School's marching band did all that and a bag of chips, too.
Band earned superior. Drum ...
- County Does Well
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- Clark County faired well at the Arkansas State Fair.
The junior livestock auction at the fair was held Friday, October 8, The premiums were awarded to 4-H Club and Future Farmers of America members who showed prize-winning market animals in judging even...
- Classy Moments
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- We would like to thank each of you who helped make our carnival a big success. Fun and games were enjoyed by all. Every booth was occupied with eagerness to win the prize. The stop over for snow cones and cotton candy was a popular spot.
The dunking boo...
- Golden Oldies
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- We had rather busy week of October 11-16. Bingo was played; we had show and tell; and the Musicmakers went to sing at the Twin Rivers Rehab Center.
Mayor Rick Smith and Darlyn Potras spoke to the seniors about the plans for recycling our papers, glass,...
- Community News
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- Annual youth day program at New Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Gurdon is Sunday, October 24, at 3:00 p.m. Everyone and all churches are welcome. Special guest will be Travelers Rest Baptist Church of Stuttgart, Rev. Wendell Parker, pastor and speaker. Sis. R...
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