Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

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Dance with the internationally acclaimed Marching Cobras of Kansas City, Mo., Friday night, May 7, at the Clark County Youth Development Center gymnasium in Gurdon. The dance will begin at 8:00 p.m. and end and 12:30 a.m.

Admission is $2 for students in seventh through 12th grades and $1 for elementary grade students. Music will be provided by Larry 'Chopper' Washington.

The descendants of Jesse and Mary Toland and Will and Nora Toland will meet for their annual reunion on May 16. The reunion will be held at White Oak Lake. Potluck lunch will be served at noon. Call James Toland at 353-2616 for more information.

Homecoming services will be held at Shady Grove Baptist Church in Curtis on May 16. Services begin at 10:00 a.m. Guest speaker is Bro. Mike Smith. Dinner and singing will follow service. Everyone is welcome to attend.

First Church of God on Highway 67 South, will be sponsoring a National Day of Prayer service on May 6 at 7:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Carrie Street Church of God will be have 'revival breakthrough' services featuring Covenant Women. Pre-opening services will begin June 2 with speaker Sis. Carolyn Crow. Theme for the revival is 'We Will Not Give Up, Because We Have Victory In Christ.' On June 3, guest speaker will be missionary Mary W. Oliver of Victory Way Church of God in Christ of Bearden. On June 4 the guest speaker will be Sis. Georgia Alexander of Faith Unlimited Outreach of Camden. Services begin at 7:00 nightly.

Reynolds Patterson plant reunion will be held May 8 at 10:00 a.m. at Caddo Bend Pavilion in DeGray State Park. Patterson Plant people are invited to attend. This includes retirees, employees, hourly and salary, retirees families and spouses of deceased employees. Potluck lunch served at 12:00 noon. Good entertainment.

Whelen Springs Baptist Church will be having a homecoming, the first in many years, on May 23. Potluck lunch will be served at noon. Everyone welcome.

A revival is in progress at Bethel A.M.E. Church and will continue through May 7. Services are nightly at 7:30. Evangelist prophet Elizabeth Moore will be the special guest. Everyone is welcome.

Country dance lessons are being given on Fridays at 7:30 p.m. at the Beirne Fire Department sponsored by the community of Beirne. Cost is $2 per person. Call 353-6759 for more information.

Arkansas Rehabilitation Services will be in Gurdon on May 27 at the Municipal Building from 8:30 until 11:30 a.m. Call 353-2514 for an appointment or more information.

Gurdon Masonic Lodge 187 meets the first and third Tuesday of each month. All members are urged to attend.

Alcoholics Anonymous meets on Wednesdays and Sundays at 8:00 p.m. at the American Legion building, Highway 67 North, one mile out of Gurdon.

For more information, phone 353-4698.

Narcotics Anonymous meets in Gurdon every Friday night from 7:30 p.m to 8:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 206 East Main. For more information, call 353-6714.