Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, August 3, 2005 edition of Gurdon Times

Jury gives Buford life after rape conviction

A 33-year-old Gurdon man received life in prison, without possibility of parole, for being convicted of raping a 12-year-old boy in the Crestwood Apartments here last summer. Marshal Don Childres said Thursday a two-day jury trial in Arkadelphia resulted ...

Gurdon Fire Chief retires after 33 years of service

After 33 years of fighting fires, Tillman "Jake" McBride said the one thing they all had in common was heat. "Everyone of those fires I went to was hot," he joked on Thursday. "I handed my letter of resignation in to the City Council Monday night, after m...

Committee plans new activities for Forest Festival

The 25th Annual Gurdon Forest Festival will be held during the last Saturday, October 29. Billy Wells, who is the chairman of the organizational committee again this year, said Monday, "We hope this festival will get bigger and better. Tambra Childres, ov...

Drug Court program graduates five to date

In the spirit of making a positive difference in the lives of those who have dappled in the use of illegal drugs but want to shed the public label of "substance abuser," Clark County officials launched a drug court program in April of 2004. A local probat...

Viola Philips

Mrs. Viola Horne Phillips, 92, of Prescott, passed away Sunday, July 31, 2005, in Hillcrest Care and Rehab in Prescott. She was born on September 22, 1912, in Whelen Springs, to Jessie and Alpha Jane Stone Horne. She was a retired licensed practical nurs...

Mildred White

Mildred Annette White, 77, of Prescott, died July 30, 2005, at a Little Rock hospital. She was born on February 18, 1928, in Prescott to Garland and Addie Jones Dickinson. She lived most of her adult life in Prescott and was a 50 year member of the First ...