Piggott Times: Stories from Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Pollard holds annual picnic (07/15/09)
The 77th annual Pollard picnic, to benefit the upkeep of the New Hope Cemetery and the Pollard Picnic grounds, was held Saturday, July 11, in that community. Despite the threat of showers, a good crowd was on hand for the event. ...

St. Francis Picnic is Saturday (07/15/09)
The annual St. Francis Picnic, which benefits the Hall and Gravel Hill cemeteries, will be held Saturday, July 18, in that community. Activities at the picnic grounds will get underway at 9:45 a.m. with the welcome address by Bro. Don Houston, pastor of the St. Francis Baptist Church...

Migration draws researcher to Piggott (07/15/09)
The city of Piggott, and specifically the PHS class of 1979 reunion, hosted a special visitor over the holiday weekend. Ryan Arthun, a research assistant from the University of Montana, traveled to the city as part of an ongoing project titled "Return Migration to Geographically Disadvantaged Communities of the Rural United States."...

HPMEC to celebrate 10th anniversary (07/15/09)
The Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center will celebrate its 10-year anniversary, July 1999 to July 2009, with a public reception from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Thursday, July 30, in the Hemingway Barn-Studio...

Meteorite, space rocks on display at museum (07/15/09)
The Matilda and Karl Pfeiffer Museum at Piggott recently received, on permanent loan, specimens from NASA and outer space from the collection of Kenneth Renshaw, local astronomer and NASA Solar System Ambassador...

7 and 8 year olds make state champs (07/15/09)
The Piggott seven and eight year old All-Stars took first place in the state tournament at Mt. View over the weekend, after taking second in the district at Piggott.

Piggott girls make softball state champs (07/15/09)
The local girls fastpitch 10 and under All-Star softball team traveled to Pine Bluff this past weekend to take part in the state tournament, and brought home the state title. Despite playing in temperatures of 105 degrees, the young team proved they were hotter than the weather as they went undefeated and advanced to the championship game in the winner's bracket...

Hot diggity dogs (07/15/09)
I have a hot topic this week. It's all about hot dogs. After all, this is National Hot Dog Month in America. All over America people are eating hot dogs and having hot dog eating contests. I understand that Piggott had a hot dog eating contest over the Independence Day weekend...

It happened, years ago (07/15/09)
1969 A total of 49 campers attended MOARK Youth Camp near St. Francis recently; camp director was Rev. Otto Freeman. Also in the news, Gerald Vaughn, Thelbert Holifield and Darrell Binkley attended the state FFA leadership conference from the Piggott chapter. ...

Ralph Fredrick Waller (07/15/09)
Ralph Fredrick Waller, son of the late Joseph Andrew Waller and Clara (Rothley) Waller, was born June 5, 1921, in Holcomb, Mo., and departed this life July 11, 2009, at the age of 88 years, one month and six days at Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center in Kennett...

Nolan Braden (07/15/09)
Nolan Braden, 88, of Pollard, died Saturday, July 11, 2009, at the V.A. Hospital in Poplar Bluff, Mo. He was born March 1, 1921, in Senath, and was the son of the late James Oscar and Jennie (Nuckolls) Braden...

Marian Sue Tate (07/15/09)
Marian Sue Tate, 59, died July 9, 2009, at the General Baptist Nursing Home at Campbell, Mo. Formerly of Piggott, she was born in Detroit, Mich., October 11, 1949, to the late Julos and Flora (Reagan) Owen. She was of the Baptist faith and worked for the Area Agency on Aging...

Ila Marie Crow (07/15/09)
Ila Marie Crow, 91, died July 8, 2009, at her home in Sterling Heights, Mich. She lived in Sterling Heights for 21 years and in Warren for 30 years. She was born in Piggott on August 16, 1917, to the late Harvey Gower and Grace Truman (Warren) Gower. She was a member of Parkview Church of Christ and retired from Martain Place Hospital in Madison Heights as a Housekeeping Executive...