Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, January 23, 2002 edition of Gurdon Times

Nichols riding to New York to aid police, firemen

Everyone was affected differently because of the attacks on Sept. 11. Leslie Nichols, a 41-year-old horse trainer from Celeste, Texas, was stirred to ride from the Alamo to Ground Zero on horseback, trying to raise money for the New York Firefighter Di...

Gurdon exceeds anticipated revenue

Members of the Gurdon City Council were happy to see Gurdon's revenue exceeding its predicted income by $22,000. Gurdon Mayor Clayton Franklin commended all city departments for staying in or below budget. Franklin said, "This was not an easy year and ...

Replacing, creating jobs is CCIC's goal

Replacing lost jobs and creating new ones are the priorities the Clark County Industrial Council has for 2002. At its annual meeting Thursday, Jan. 17, CCIC President Brown Hardman said the organization has to do a better job in the community and have i...

New gymnastics room should be ready by Feb. 4

Superintendent, Bobby Smithson, reported on the progress of the Gymnastics/Cheerleader room under construction on the Gurdon School grounds. Smithson told the Gurdon School Board he hoped to move into the new room during the week of February 4-8. The ...

Dorothy Scott

Dorothy Jewel Scott, 59, of Jonesboro, died Sunday, January 13, 2002, at her home. Born in Gurdon and living in Tulsa, Okla., she was a school teacher. She moved to Jonesboro 25 years ago, most recently working in the Brookland School District and had p...

Dorothy Scott

Dorothy Jewel Scott, 59, of Jonesboro, died Sunday, January 13, 2002, at her home. Born in Gurdon and living in Tulsa, Okla., she was a school teacher. She moved to Jonesboro 25 years ago, most recently working in the Brookland School District and had p...

Clemie Clark

Clemie Lone Wingfield Smart Clark, 99, of Arkadelphia, died Thursday, January 17, 2002, at the Twin Rivers Health and Rehab. Clark was born March 23, 1902, in Clark County to the late Jimmie Lee and Rosa Lena Bray Wingfield. She was a housewife and a ch...