Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, January 26, 2005 edition of Gurdon Times

Council raises garbage rates

Gurdon's City Council voted unanimously Monday night to raise garbage pick-up rates by $1.50 a month, across the board. Mayor Clayton Franklin said, "This will give us roughly $16,000 more to work with each year, so it would be quite awhile before we woul...

School reviews JROTC program

A Junior Reserve Officer Training Course instructor from El Dorado, who has bought land near Gurdon, is trying to get Gurdon High School involved in the program "because it makes the students better students and gets them motivated." Tommie Campbell, the ...

School Board agrees to build GPS pavilion

Gurdon's School Board voted Tuesday to accept a bid from Terry Hughes Construction of $24,244 for a proposed pavilion at the primary school. The bid was taken under the stipulation the superintendent is to negotiate with the firm on a smaller pavilion tha...

Maud Sullivan

Maude Sullivan, 89, of Gurdon, died Sunday, Jan. 16, in Twin Rivers Health and Rehab in Arkadelphia. She was the widow of Dayton Sullivan and a member of Beech Street Baptist Church in Gurdon. Survivors include: a son, Tommy Sullivan and wife, Beth, of T...

Grady Hastings

Grady Winfred Hastings, 85, of Gurdon, died on Monday, Jan. 17. He was a retired tug boat captain for Brown and Root Corporation, and a member of the Anahuac Baptist Church in Anahuac, Texas. Survivors include: a brother, Billy Hastings of Junction City, ...

Joseph Patterson

Elgy H. Marks, 93, of Gurdon, died on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2005. He was a cattle rancher and attended the Assembly of God Church. Survivors include: two sons, Avon Marks of Gurdon and Clifford Marks of Los Vegas, Nevada; one daughter, Vada Smithpeters of Gurdo...