Stories from Tuesday, July 3, 2001

The 74th annual Piggott Fourth of July Picnic will be held Wednesday, July 4, at the picnic grounds. Proceeds benefit the Piggott Cemetery. Festivities will begin on Tuesday, July 3 with the Little Miss Independence pageant at 7 p.m. and Little Miss Firecracker at 8 p.m...

In five quick seasons, the Arkansas State University rugby team has gone from a small group of interested players to a repeated national championship contender. This past April, Arkansas State defeated the University of Nevada Wolfpack 36-30 to advance to the collegiate Division II national championship game against Baylor in Virginia Beach. Last year, the squad won the Division II Plate title crown...

-- 8 year old -- Piggott's eight year old all-stars are Alex Samples, Haden McMillion, Ridge Holifield, Colby Lovelace, Tanner Murray, Luke Yount, Corbin Beck, Zach Taylor and Garrett Rice. Brett McMillion is the head coach. -- 9-10 year old -- Piggott's 9-10 year old all-star team members are Adam Carpenter, Dan Chesire, Daniel Baldwin, Kalem Rouse, Mike Morgan, Tyler Grubbs, Cameron Morris, Trent Edwards, Josh Pitts, Shawn Lyman and Jordan Hebert. Kevin Morris is the team's coach...

The Piggott Mohawks have been voted by 3AAA conference coaches to finish fifth in the conference as stated in this year's Hooten's Arkansas Football magazine. The 440-page magazine, is in it's ninth year of publication and offers the most comprehensive preseason football coverage in Arkansas. The magazine also features coaches' polls for each high school conference, a national college poll and high school super teams...

According to Piggott tennis head coach Paul Seegraves, the summer months are the perfect time of the year for young athletes to learn the basics of the game and for older athletes to hone their skills on the tennis courts. For him personally, it is the ideal time of the year to spend quality minutes teaching the young Piggott Mohawks...

Lessie Louren Toombs Cate, 89, of Corning died Friday, June 29, 2001, at Arkansas Methodist Hospital in Paragould. She was born Dec. 29, 1911, in Boydsville, the daughter of the late Jim and Mary Ann Watson Phillips. She married Alonzo Toombs in November 1928. He preceded her in death on Dec. 12, 1978...

Garry Ray Luff, 45, of St. Francis died Tuesday, June 26, 2001, at Piggott Community Hospital. He was born Sept. 14, 1955, in Kennett, the son of Junior Ray and Audra Boyd Luff. He married Janet Reaves on April 19, 1974. To this union two daughters were born...

-- PHS Class of 1956 -- The Piggott High School Class of 1956 will have a reunion, beginning at 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 3, at the Piggott Community Center. Dinner will be served at 7 p.m. For more information, classmates may contact Shirley Wright Schoettlin at 598-1565 or 598-2385, e-mail swright@piggott.net, or contact Jack Evans at e-mail gevans@neark.com...

"Pfeiffer Road," as it has been called all my life among family and area neighbors, is actually identified these days as County Road 536. The road is situated on the southern border of Clay County Township 20 North. It is about two miles south of the Greenway Post Office on Highway 49...

The Clay County Electric Cooperative Corp. recently received a $5.5 million loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that will be used to implement a two-year improvement plan. General Manager James Huggins said the plan includes normal construction extending services to new homes, mobile homes, etc. and upgrading the overall system for a higher voltage capability...

Men of vision individuals who wanted to create economic stability in Piggott during a time of postwar downturn. "A group of us took a notion that we were going to get something done," said longtime Piggott businessman Lloyd Russell. Russell is the sole surviving member of the Piggott Development Association, a group of men with the vision to form a corporate entity to raised $60,000 for construction of an industrial building...

Ernest Hemingway's writing studio in Piggott will be featured at 5 a.m. Wednesday, July 4, on Ag Day, an agricultural program aired in the local viewing area. The studio, a converted livestock and carriage barn, will be featured with other historical and unique barns on the program that can be seen on Channel 6, WPSD, Paducah, and Channel 8, KAIT, Jonesboro...

In five quick seasons, the Arkansas State University rugby team has gone from a small group of interested players to a repeated national championship contender. This past April, Arkansas State defeated the University of Nevada Wolfpack 36-30 to advance to the collegiate Division II national championship game against Baylor in Virginia Beach. Last year, the squad won the Division II Plate title crown...

Effie Mae Lawson Wynn, 90, of Rector died Friday, June 29, 2001, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Walnut Ridge, she was a homemaker and a Baptist. She was preceded in death by her husband, Tramel Wynn, in 1952; two sons, Tommy and Talmadge Wynn; a daughter, Wiladean Wynn; two granddaughters, Tammy Wynn and Diana Bolding; one grandson, Bill Wynn, and one brother, Bernard Lawson...

Creole June Pfeiffer, 91, of Rector died Thursday, June 28, 2001, at Piggott Nursing Center in Piggott. She was born April 21, 1910, in Essex, Mo., to the late W.E. and Ethel Davisson. She was a housewife, a member of the Eastern Star and was of the Lutheran faith...

Visitors to Rector's fifth annual Toy Show Saturday, June 23, enjoyed looking through the large selection at the many booths. The show, sponsored by the Rector Area Chamber of Commerce, was again well attended and this year was held in conjunction with the Rector Parks and Recreation Commission's first annual June Fest...

Rector Junior High cheerleaders won ribbons for superior performance and Layla Phillips was chosen as an All American cheerleader team member when the squad competed June 14-16 in a National Cheerleading Association (NCA) Cheerleading Camp at Jonesboro High School...

The crowning of Miss DaRae Ann Howe as Miss Liberty Bell 2001 highlighted Marmaduke's annual Independence Day celebration held Saturday at Legion Park. The daughter of Donie and Janet Howe, 17-year-old DaRae also was chosen by contestants as Miss Congeniality...

The Clay County Electric Cooperative Corp. recently received a $5.5 million loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that will be used to implement a two-year improvement plan. General Manager James Huggins said the plan includes normal construction extending services to new homes, mobile homes, etc. and upgrading the overall system for a higher voltage capability...

The $TAR$ soon will shine in Rector with the kickoff Monday, July 9, of a new AEGIS (Academic Enrichment for the Gifted in Summer) program which will bring 35 students to town for a two-week study in of performing arts and economic educatioin. Created by local teachers Gail Burns, Judy Hargrave Linda Waldron, $TAR$ ($pecialized Theatrical Academic Resources $ynthesized), will offer participants a hands-on approach to drama, language arts, dance, stagecraft, costume and make-up design, vocal music, theater management and will experience working with economic aspects involved in theatrical productions.. ...

Rector's Mosley's Auto Parts 12-under girls softball team are headed to the state tournament after claiming the district championship title in Class C at this past weekend's tournament in Paragould. Mosley's defeated the Jonesboro Cobras 27-2 and the Pocahontas Angels 22-1 to earn the state tournament berth...