Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, September 18, 2002 edition of Gurdon Times

Gurdon man charged with 100 counts of rape

As disturbing as it may be, an estimated 100,000 and 300,000 children are sexually exploited through prostitution and pornography each year in the United States. Child abuse and sexual child abuse happens more often than you might think. It is disturbing ...

Fair was much fun

Hot and humid was the feel of the weather during the 2002 Clark County Fair; however, it didn't seem to dampen the spirits of fair goers. It was a busy week in Clark County. Monday started off with the cleaning buildings and making final preparations for...

Ceremony honors September 11, 2001 victims

An estimated 200 to 300 Gurdon citizens were present at the assembly on Main Street, Gurdon Wednesday, September 11, to honor local emergency personnel and to remember in memorial those who lost their lives and loved ones on this anniversary of tragic att...

Gurdon Go-Devils remain undefeated

Gurdon's Go-Devils shut-out the Lewisville Red Devils in Friday nights game. Proving Friday the 13th unlucky for the Red Devils, the Go-Devils rewarded the fans who had traveled with a 26-0 score. In the first quarter, Heath Griffin with support from the ...

Harry Thomas

Harry Sidney Thomas, 89 of Gurdon died Monday, September 9, 2002. He was a retired engineer for Missouri Pacific Railroad, co-founder and deacon of Center Point Baptist Church, a Mason, and a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Survivors in...

Ena Selph

VADEN  Ena Leamons Waller Selph, 90, of Conway, formerly of Vaden, died Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2002, at her daughter's home. She was born Nov. 1, 1911,in Vaden, daughter of the late Claude J. and Lubi Smith Leamons. She was preceded in death by her husbands,...

Cleon Watkins

ARKADELPHIA  Cleon Watkins, 87, of Arkadelphia died Monday, Sept. 9, 2002, at Twin Rivers Health and Rehab. She was born Oct. 11, 1914, in Amity, daughter of the late James "Jim" Lafayette and Julia Elizabeth Fox Garner. She was a homemaker and a member...