Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Events That Matter To Gurdon And Southern Clark

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The Gurdon Senior Adult Center Christmas dinner will be Sunday, December 15, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Chicken and dressing with all the trimmings will be served. The price is $5 for adults and $3.50 for children.

Gurdon Basketball Booster Club is now being formed. You may purchase a membership at any home basketball game. Come out and support the Gurdon Go Devils basketball teams and have the opportunity to make a donation, shoot free throws, or shoot a half court shot. Prizes will be awarded.

Gurdon High School Class of 1987 will meet Sunday, December 15, at 2:00 p.m. at the Hoo Hoo building to began planning its 10-year class reunion.

Arkansas Rehabilitation Services will be at the Gurdon Municipal Building December 12 in room A from 8:30 until 11:30. For more information call 353-2514.

Anyone who wishes to nominate a former player or coach to be inducted in the Go-Devil Hall of Fame may do so by submitting their name or names to: Hall of Fame Committee, 314 School St., Gurdon, AR 71743. Deadline for submitting nominations for the 1996-97 school year is January 17.

Registration for 1997 spring semester classes at Ouachita Baptist University will be held Tuesday, January 14, from 8:15 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in Evans Student Center and Lile Hall, according to OBU registra Judy Jones. Classes for the semester will begin on Wednesday, January 15.

Alcoholics Anonymous has open meetings on Wednesdays and Sundays at 8 p.m. at the American Legion Building, Highway 67 North, one mile out of Gurdon. For information phone 353-6138.

Narcotics Anonymous meets every Monday and Thursday from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Seventh and Crittenden in Arkadelphia. For more information call 353-6612 or 245-2982.

The Division of Music and the Department of Theatre Arts of the Bernice Young Jones School of Fine Arts at OBU will present its annual Festival of Christmas program on December 5 and 7 at 7:30 p.m. in Jones Performing arts Center.

The program is free and the public is invited to attend. Tickets may be ordered by calling 501-245-5129.

Everyone is invited to attend a retirement party for Pat Hasley, Clark County Treasurer, on December 6 in the Clark County courtroom. The party will began at 2:30 and go until 4:30 p.m.

Arkansas Rehabilitation Services will be in room A of the Gurdon Municipal Building on December 12 from 8:30 until 11:30. For more information call 353-2514.

The Clark County Historical Association will meet Sunday, December 8, at 2:00 p.m. in McClellan 100 of Ouachita Baptist University. 1997 officers will be elected. Following a brief business meeting, Jeannie Whayne, associate professor of history at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and editor of the Arkansas Historical Quarterly, will present the afternoon's program, "Arkansas in the Great Depression." The public is invited.

White Oak Lake will be hosting Fun Day on June 29 at 10:00 a.m. The day starts with volleyball, tug-of-war, paddle boat races, casting contest, water balloon toss, sand castle building and a bubble gum blowing contest. It ends with a scavenger hunt. Everyone is welcome to participate.

For Futher information contact White Oak State Park at (501) 685-2748.

Curtis First Baptist Church homecoming will be June 23. The morning services begin at 10:00 a.m. A potluck lunch will be served at 12:00. Afternoon services will begin at 1:15.

Make plans to come and visit.