Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

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Alcoholics Anonymous, a fellow-ship of men and women who wish to stop drinking, meets every Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church.

Al-Anon, for those affected by another's drinking, meets Thursday

evenings at 8:00 in the church. For more information call 887-5991.

Narcotics Anonymous now meets in Gurdon at the Presbyterian Church on Tuesdays and Fridays from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. For more information, call 353-6612.

The second annual Miss UACCH Pageant will be held March 14 in the auditorium of University of Arkansas Community College at Hope. Contestants must be currently enrolled at UACCH.

For further eligibility requirements and entry forms, call Jamie West at 870-777- 5722, extension 239. The deadline for entries is February 13. It is a preliminary pageant for choosing Miss Arkansas and Miss America.

Prescott Elementary School is now accepting orders for the 1998 yearbook. This year's book will be called Children's World. It will feature more than 40 pages of pictures. The cost of the book is $15. Place your order early as no extra books will be ordered. The deadline for ordering is February 6.

If you would like to order one for your child or grandchild, contact Prescott Elementary School at 887-2514.

Alliance Home Health Care will sponsor the February coffee for the Prescott- Nevada County Chamber of Commerce. It will be held Friday, February 13, from9:00 to 11:00 a.m. The coffee will be held in the offices of Alliance Home Health at 300 East Second South. Everyone is invited.

The Prescott FFA Alumni will hold its annual meeting on Saturday, February 7, at 5:30 p.m. at the Nevada County Fairgrounds. The annual membership drive is underway.

The Southern Arkansas University Agriculture/Collegiate FFA will have a donkey basketball game Thursday, February 12. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. in the Student Activities Building on the SAU campus. Tickets are $4 in advance and $5 at the door. Advanced tickets can be purchased in Childs Hall in office 104. For more information call 870-235-4340. All proceeds go to the Agriculture/Collegiate FFA.

The Magnolia Hereford Association will hold its annual Polled Hereford Show and Sale Saturday, February 21 at 9:00. The sale will start at 12:30 p.m. The Southern Arkansas University Agriculture/Collegiate FFA will provide concessions for the events. Both the show and sale will take place at the Columbia County Fairgrounds in Magnolia.

Nan Whitney Gorton of Louisiana would like to have any information on her father, Edwin Olan Whitney, Edd Orestus and Maudie Keron Cox Whitney, William H. Whitney and Cordela Rosalie Howard, Lewis Jefferson Cox and Eliza Elizabeth "Bettie" Nelson. Related or not, if you have information on these people, write to Nan Gorton, 119 Lake Drive, West Monroe, LA 71291 or call 1-318-396-0809.

The Moms-In Touch prayer group for schools meets at 9 a.m. on Tuesdays at First Baptist Church. Call 887-6376 for additional infor-mation.

The Prescott PTP (Parents and Teachers as Partners) will be selling Home Interior candles-in-a-jar February 11through February 25 for their its fund-raiser. These candles will be $6 each, pre-paid. Candles are available in vanilla, mulberry, strawberries and cream and baked apple pie. All PES students will be selling, so you may contact any of them for your order or you can call Abillie Haynie at 887-6300 or Susie Key at 887-6388. Your support is greatly appreciated. All profits go back to P.E.S.

A representative of the Texarkana Social Security office will be at the Nevada County Courthouse in the Social Security Room on February 26 and March 26.

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) pays monthly checks to people who are aged, disabled or blind and who do not own much or have much income. SSI is not just for adults. Monthly checks can be paid to disabled and blind children. To find out if you are eligible, call 1-800-772-1213.

Southwest Arkansas Development Council is again taking applications for the Home Energy Assistance Crisis Intervention Program. Applications will be taken Tuesday through Thursday from 9:30 till 11:30. You must bring your shut-off notice and proof of household income for the month prior to application. For more information, call 887-5171.