Nevada County Picayune   The Gurdon Times

Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive


Here are the stories in the Wednesday, September 20, 2000 edition of Gurdon Times

Hot! Hot! Hot! - GHS Band Performing Latin Music
The Gurdon High School Marching Band performed with its new uniforms at the Gurdon/Prescott football game Friday night, September 15. The uniforms match the hot Latin music being performed by the Gurdon squad.
GHS Squad Defeats Prescott To Retain Trophy
TROPHY TIME  Gurdon Coach John Pace and the Go-Devils were more than happy to keep the Pigskin Classic Traveling Trophy a second year in a row. The trophy, sponsored by the Gurdon Times and Nevada County Picayune, is presented annually to the winner of ...
Richard D. Plyler
Richard D. Plyler, 62, of Gurdon died Tuesday, September 12, 2000. Mr. Plyler was a retired conductor for Union Pacific Railroad. He was a Catholic. Survivors include his mother, Annie Plyler of Gurdon; two brothers, Carl Plyler of Arkadelphia and Wend...
Charles 'Bo' Delton Easley
Charles Bo' Delton Easley, 78, died Tuesday, September 5, 2000, at Twin Rivers Health and Rehab in Arkadelphia. Mr. Easley was born May 27, 1922, in Clark County, the son of the late Tom and Maude Minor Easley. He was pastor of Oak Grove Community Chur...
Vesta Roberson Malcom
Vesta Roberson Malcom, 88, of Okolona died Saturday, September 2, 2000, at her home. Mrs. Malcom was born February 13, 1912, in Okolona, the daughter of the late Jesse and Eula Tarpley Roberson. She was retired from Hollywood Vasserette in Arkadelphia. ...
Henry Ivory Bell Sr.
Henry Ivory Bell Sr., 97, of Gurdon died Sunday, September 9, 2000, at his home. Mr. Bell was born January 3, 1903, in Beirne, the son of the late William and Anna Bell. He was principal of Gurdon Primary School and Henry Bell High School, which was nam...
Clarence McClain
Clarence McClain, 89, of Gurdon died on Monday, September 11, 2000. in a Russellville nursing home. Mr. McClain was born August 4, 1911, in Ashdown, the son of the late Allison and Mary McClain. He was a retired employee of Gurdon Lumber Company. Mr. Mc...
Gurdon Go-Devils Rally Past Prescott Curley Wolves, 12-3
Gurdon took a beaten and battered team to Prescott Friday night to renew an old rivalry. The Devils had five players injured in the Lakeside game the week before, including Eddie Fort, who is out for the year with a broken leg. But, injuries and record...
Gurdon Curfew Soon To Be Permanent
Gurdon's temporary emergency curfew will soon become permanent, as the Gurdon City Council heard the first reading of a curfew ordinance. This was done during the regular meeting of the council, Monday, Sept. 11. The ordinance was composed by Gurdon M...
Sewer Meeting Held, No One Attends
A public hearing, sans public, was held concerning the proposed sewer rate increase. As no members of the public showed for the meeting Monday, Sept. 11, no comments were made. Gurdon Mayor Rick Smith told members of the Gurdon City Council, as the cou...
Former Broncos Player Speaks At Gurdon
Steve Fitzhugh played an interesting game with several Gurdon High School Students. Fitzhugh, a former safety with the Denver Broncos, had a number of young men and women come to the gym floor Thursday, Sept. 14, during his talk. He had them line up boy...
Sales Tax Discussed By JPs
Clark County's Quorum Court discussed the details of the county-wide sales tax issue once again at the September meeting. Justice of the Peace, Dick Batson repeatedly challenged the City of Gurdon and its mayor, Rick Smith, to stand before the court wi...
Festival Pageant Nearing
The 16th annual Forest Festival Pageant will be held Saturday, October 21, at 7:00 p.m. in the old Gurdon High School auditorium on South Third Street. Girls ages 3-18, who reside in Clark County, are invited to participate. Entry fee will be $35. Forms...
Letter To The Editor
Dear Editor: In regards to the recent letters to the editor concerning the city council meeting in August I, as City Marshal, would like to say nothing was said personally against Delton Simpson. I know that Delton Simpson has gone out of his way trying ...
Rita Guthrie Attends Conference
Rita Guthrie, Gurdon High School counselor, participated with over 100 other high school counselors from the southern region of the state and college admissions officers at Henderson State University's Garrison Center Thursday, Sept. 7, for the annual re...
In Our Times . . . News That Matters To Gurdon
Beirne Rural Fire Department will be having its annual festival October 7. There is booth space available. Call Douglas Brumley at 353-6525 or Charles Shaver at 353-4640 for information. There will be a food booth, entertainment, auction and cake walk. ...
Golden Oldies
We enjoyed having the Arkadelphia center at the Gurdon Senior Adult Center last week. Their building was closed, because of the fair. A group from the Gurdon Center sang at Twin Rivers Rehab last Tuesday. Lloyd Baumgardner sang for us on Wednesday. So...
School Menus: September 25-29
Meals for the Gurdon School District for the week of Sept. 25-29, are as follows. All meals are served with milk. Cabe Middle School students will not be served tea. Primary School BREAKFAST MONDAY: Super doughnut and fruit. TUESDAY: Cereal and fruit. ...
Classy Moments from CMS
The students kept busy selling School R Us' cards, and the company kept its word to give away a Compaq laptop computer. Students who sold five cards had their names put into a container and hoped their name would be the one drawn for the big prize. We w...
District Fair Begins September 26
The 56th annual Southwest District Fair and Rodeo parade will begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday, September 26, at the intersection of Sixth and Elm Streets in Hope. Again this year pre-registration is a requirement. All parade participants must pre-register by no...
Community News
Sunday, October 1, at 2:30 p.m. at Eastern Star Baptist Church in Smithton there will be a Rainbow Usher Board program. Everyone and all churches are welcome. Sis. Hattie Locks, president. Rev. Marshall Allen, pastor. Guest speaker's name will be in next...
Harris, Coulter To Wed October 7 In Prescott
The wedding of JoAnn S. Harris to Rev. Arthur L. Coulter will take place Saturday, October 7, at 4 p.m. at Faith Temple Church of God in Christ, 506 W. Warren, in Prescott. The bride-elect is the daughter and step-daughter of Robert and Lorene Smallwoo...
Generic Drugs Can Help Reduced Medical Expenses
Why would anyone not take a prescribed drug? Many senior adults on a fixed income say they can't afford it. Some say medicine is so expensive they only buy it every other month. Prescription drugs are an expensive part of health care. Medicare does not ...
County Fair Results Given
Best of Show awards at the Clark County Fair have been given to these people in the following areas: Furniture and woodworking, Mike Fischer and Trey Burchfield; Porcelain, ceramics and glass, Jo Ann Scott; Quilting, Nancy Howard; Counted cross s...
Duke Wells III Returns To Henderson State
The grandson of a Henderson State University legend is returning to the HSU football team. John Duke Wells III, whose grandfather Duke Wells was athletic director and coach at Henderson from 1941-79, has been hired by head football Coach Patrick Nix to s...

Search | Nevada County Picayune by date   | Gurdon Times by date  

Newspaper articles have been contributed to the Prescott Community Freenet Association as a "current history" of our area. Articles dated December 1981 through May 2001 were contributed by Ragsdale Printing Company, Inc. Articles June 2001 to ? were contributed by Better Built Group, Inc. Articles ? to October 2008 were contributed by GateHouse Media.

Ownership of all Nevada County Picayune content from the beginning of the newspaper, including predecessors, until May 2001 was contributed by the John and Betty Ragsdale family to the Prescott Community Freenet Association. Content on this site may not be archived, retransmitted, saved in a database, or used for any commercial purpose without express written permission. Web hosting by and presentation style copyright ©1999-2009 Danny Stewart