Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, March 31, 2004 edition of Gurdon Times

Paul Hayes

Paul Douglas Hayes, 75, of Ashville, N.C., formerly of Whelen Springs, died March 9, 2004,in Ashville. Paul was born Sept. 12, 1928, in Whelen Springs. He was retired from the Air Force and a member of New Bridge Baptist Church, Ashville. He is survived b...

Lewis Chappelle, Jr.

Mr. Lewis C. Chappelle, Jr., a native and lifelong resident of Mobile, died Monday, March 15, 2004, at his residence. He was a graduate of the University of Alabama with a degree in Business Administration. He owned numerous businesses, taught at Century ...

Jimmie Garrett

FRIENDSHIP  Jimmie Ray Garrett, 70, of Friendship died Sunday, March 21, 2004, at his home. He was retired from Entergy Corp. and a member of Shepherd Chapel Church in Gravette. He was preceded in death by his wife, Tilda Garrett, a daughter, April Ja...

District considers amending drug policy

Gurdon's School Board is looking at updating its drug policy so the district can take advantage of money from the tobacco lawsuit. Melissa Franklin, a Gurdon teacher, said the district will be working closer with the Dawson Cooperative on this. Originally...

TFS seeks to expand services in district

Representatives from Therapeutic Family Services asked the Gurdon School Board for permission to expand its services to the district. Mike McKenzie, said TFS would like to expand the services offered at Gurdon to its ACE program, which is an Alternative C...

Curbside pickup April 12-16 in town

It's time, once again, for the Spring household curbside pickup on Gurdon. The curbside pickup will run April 12-16, with the Gurdon Street Department picking up household items at the curb of homes. Items need to be placed by the curb, then call City Hal...

District in good shape financially; but programs need bailing out

Financially the Gurdon School District is in good shape, so much so, plans for more construction were suggested to the Gurdon School Board for the 2004-2005 year. Gurdon Superintendent Bobby Smithson said the district is having a good year financially if ...