Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, July 13, 2005 edition of Gurdon Times

Marshal will ticket violators

Gurdon City Marshal Don Childres said he had his share of firecracker complaint calls this year, "but nobody's house caught on fire." "Fire Chief Jake McBride said we had a grass fire reported on South First Street, but that was it," he said. "The fire ha...

Pond project goes to Washington, D.C.

Supporters of the Gurdon Timber Lake Project (pond number two) met with Congressman Mike Ross to discuss a time table on getting government funding for the proposed $314,000 lake revitalization project. Mayor Clayton Franklin said Ross admitted every appl...

Rotarians to help seniors, intend to roast Anita Cabe

A fund raiser by the Gurdon Rotary Club for the Senior Adult Center will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, July 18, at the center, when Rotarians "roast Anita Cabe." Tambra Childres, Rotarian, is in charge of the roasting effort. She said Thursday ticket...

James Trout

James T. Trout, 67, of Gurdon, died on Monday, July 4, 2005. James was a retired Chief Petty Officer for the Navy and attended Beech Street Baptist Church in Gurdon. Survivors include: a wife, Carolyn Trout, of Gurdon; a son, Mark Trout, of Magnolia; a da...

Steve Arnold

Steve Arnold, 54, of Gurdon, died on Saturday, July 2, 2005. He was an equipment operator for the Clark County Road Department. He is survived by: a daughter, Jodi Coplen and husband Mickey, of Gurdon; four brothers, Ronnie Arnold, Tommy Arnold, James Ar...

Betty Sonnier

Mrs. Betty Hill Sonnier, 59, of St. Martinville, La., formerly of Hamburg, died Wednesday, July 8, 2005, at her residence. Mrs. Sonnier was a native of Hamburg and a resident of St. Martinville, Louisiana for the past 40 years. She graduated from the Loui...