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News and Views of the Cimarron Valley
THOUGHT OF THE
WEEK
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"Courage is knowing what
not to fear." Plato
96 NO. 14
Perkins, Payne County. Oklahoma - USPS 428040
THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1985
i By Bob Evans
is bly warm _t t
~ ~ratot~ in the 60 s at
and 70's during
the clays.
h a long shot from what we
I eq erlendng last year at this
. If u call (and I had to refr
by reading the back file,)
tmas last year it became
and remained that way
uaty. The city had crews
g 24 hour shifts thawing
pes, nearly a hundred calls
from residents who had
lines freeze that
had never had
elines freeze before.
came was attributed to a deep
i followed by a slow thaw, which
a reason that drove
ld that was in the ground in-
ipes. It was a big day for Troy Maxwell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Maxwell who enlisted in the Navy after
y is a good idea to keep a highschool and has been to sea the last eight months on the USS Iowa.
~weadiippmg in the house, dutng Troy found his car and the old homeplace just like he left them when he arrived home Friday on leave.
cold weather. We're talking To make sure he knew he was home, the Maxwells prepared this big banner across the front of the house.
thor in the teens or below
!cotttinues for more than one
mdaday. mpetaturesdsop- i s City Total
to 15 degrees at night and war-
m above freezing in the U[
umally will not do any harm t ecord $207
is a continuous routine of
if a sttoog north wind is blow- The recent city sales tar report from Guthrie ....... $142,132($141,0 ) Ttyon .............. $1764($1919)
1 if this is the case, and the below the Oklahoma Tax Commission com- Langston ........... $1870($2501) Wellston ............ $6211(3473)
temperatures have prevailed pletes the 12 month reporting period Luther ............. $9,854($8178) Yale .............. $11,921($9873)
day and night for several clap, for the city of Perkins, and shows a
it is a good idea to keep the good increase over the 12 month
dripping during the cold reporting period last year.
and for a couple of days after During the past twelve months,
sets in. Perkins has collected $207,544 in 3
x x x percent dty sales tax. This compares
ktout home, my shower will freeze
~tmoOf times every winter when
meter gets down below 18
and a north wind blows. If the
tl atuge goes up to the 3os dur-
;the day, it will thaw out. One of
thle checks before retiring at
is to determine what the
/ mre is going to be that night
next day and fix the shower
to drip proportionably. I con-
it a major dimst when my
refuses to turn on. I told
that I know now why folks just
ths on Saturday in the winter
khack then. I'd just about dmther
a bath once a,week if I had to
M down into that hath tub every
i aadsoaget out of a tub full of old
py water without a way to
off.
XXX
about bathing, I've come to
eU lusion that the American pen-
, civilized ones, anyway, are "too"
to. I don't know how it is at your
tte, but the shower is the most
t-eted utility in our house. I don't
they got it, but our three
, as they stew up, could never
with $137,508 the previous 12
months. In 1982, the collections were
$110,797 for the 12 month period,
and in 1981, the 1R month total was
$104,702.
The latut report is for the business
month of October. During October,
Perkins business houses collected
$19,732 in 3 percent sales tax. This
compares with $14,302 the same
month last year.
Other area towns and their collec-
tions are (last year's figures in
parenthesis):
Agra ................ $1081($834)
Carney ............. $5986($1781)
Chandler ....... ~ ~,053($51,395)
Coyle .............. $1784($1602)
Cushing ....... $159,478($152,290)
Davenport ......... $9190($11,620)
Drumright ...... $47,892($40,419)
Glencoe ............ $3476($2503)
P-T FACULTY AND
EMPLOYEES GIVEN
CHRISTMAS STIPEND
At the November 5 Perkins-Tryon
iatwoeaough showers or baths. It is
g for our resident teenager to Board of Education meeting, the
ot more showers a day, and board voted unanimously to give a
Lto his mother's consternation, one time pro-Christmas stipend to the
udes a change ofdothes with faculty members and employees.
r. Each day calls for at least Supt. Larry Gill said the minutes
ot two hair shampoo sessions in reflect that the motion was to approve
dtOwer, a one time pre-Christmas stipeod of
t is my observation this $500 per certified employee, and 3
is quite common most percent of the annual gross salary (not
oese days. The profit and sales to exceed $500) for employees. There
n the ommetic and hygienic are 83 certified personnel, and 43
ate astounding, and much ofemployees. Supt. Gill said the $500
.. les is created by dean-conscious per certified (teachers) employees was
. ers. You would think that by based on the percentage they taught,
two or three times a day with full.time receiving all of it, half-rime
lecaut map, which almost all ate teachers receiving half of it, etc.
one would not require an Supt Gill said the board was con-
deodorant or cologne. A cerned that teachers and employees
size container of underarm had not received a pay increase except
at our home lasts about what was mandated by the state for
three years, and even though the
me another big item at our school was not able financially to in-
re. I haven't counted them, but crease their salary on a contract or con-
has. There must be a tinuing basis, there were sufficien:
bath toweh nan through funds on hand to award the stipend,
g marine and dryer every a one time competmdoo, which they
would estimate at least twofelt was well deserved.
ot more bath towels on active The action on the stipend was taken
ha the three hathromm. Thisfollowing an executive session. After
eh hatnrdCOUnt the couple dozen hand the executive session, a vote was made
around the big mirror in to employ an assistant baseketball
bashtmma that gets to be like coach Becky Lighmer, and to award
Cemtml Statiom at certain tings the stipend: -o
day, eslp¢cia on Sunday mot-
[q. udeu why get
[at 5 Lm. m morning. One SCHOOL BOARD TO MEET
[ectthtbatitistheccdythneo the The Perkim-Ttyon School Board
[F l'm in control my home. I can will conduct their regular fret Mon-
ia any bathroom and have full day of the month school board
one whole hour. meeting at the adminlsttative offices
is why I also w at 5 a,m, in Perkins on Monday, January 7,
and Sunday momins. I can 19S5.
(e mttnued Page S)
Morrison .......... $3530($2,836)
Oilton .......... $20,680($12,185)
Orlando ............. $493($286)
Pawnee ......... $39,062($31,718)
Perry ......... $112,454($103,055)
Ripley ............. $2060($1334)
Stillwater ...... $619,218($592,321)
Statewide, collections were up to
$35,828,943 from $33,885, 256.
Of the 441 cities and town on the
paylist, 35 are based on t ]Jercent sales
tax, 217 on2 percent, 182 on 3 per-
cent and 7 on 4 percent.
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MODEL TEE MOVES
The Model Tee Screen Printing
shop has moved from their location in
the Wells building downtown to a
building on North Main (Main and
Chantry) which formedy housed
Shanna's Beauty Shop. Owners of the
Model Tee owned the new location,
and needed more room to install a T-
Shirt transfer camera to expand their
screen printing, so derided to move
to the North Main location. Shanna
is working out of The Cutting Room
at Stillwater.
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CITY COUNCIL
MEET
The Peddns city council will hold
their regular first Monday of the
month meeting at the city building on
Monday, January 7. The public is in-
vited to attend.
oOo
CHAMBER TO
MEET TODAY(THURS.)
The Chamber of Commerce will
hold their regular First Thursday of
the month noon luncheon at noon to-
day (Thursday) at the Lions building.
NEWS IN 1984
Each year about this time, the
editor drags out the files for the past
year and records some of the major
news happenings in an end-of-the-
year roundup to see what has gone on
in Perkins during the past year.
We should point out that the news
stories considered are those that affect
the most people and create the most
interest in the communities. There are
other items of interest, of course, such
as obituaries, sodal items, etc., but
these are the routine .things of life.
The 1984 news roundup reflects hap-
penings that were more than general.
In the January 5 edition of The
Journal, the headlines and
photographs indicated that Perkins
was involved in a deep freeze situa-
tion, and city crews were busy thaw-
ing out water lines, crews working 24
hours a day m keep residents in water.
The big freeze started December 24.
Harvey Brixey was pictured driving his
pickup track with a 1200 pound roll-
ed bale and a drum of water onto the
ice of his spring-fed pond northwest
of town. The ice was thick!
In the same issue, Supt. Gill was
rehired by the board.
The January 12 issue points out that
inspi of the cold weather, work con-
tinues on the installation of new water
mains along Peddns residential streets
as the city continues with capital im-
provement programs. A photograph
also shows city personnel and engin-
eering people giving the final insl~-
don on the sewer lagoon expansion
program.
The January 19 issue of The Jour-
oal pointed out that four had filed for
the school board post following a con-
troversial election on a school bond in
December. Those fding were Randolf
Perry, Lloyd Moorman, Stan Moffat,
and Dexter Bell.
Residents on the east side Peskim
are finding a smell they are uot ac-
customed to when the south wind
blows. This has been going on fog the
past few weeks, and city manger
Gerald Hall mid it is became the aera-
tion system at the new lagoon system
is minus a couple of pump motors.
Designed for three aerators,
onlyone small one is available after a
miscalulation in mount design caus-
ed the beatiogs to go ont of two of the
large 7th horse power pump motors.
According to Hall, the two big
motors have been returned to the
adler in Kansas City, who have return-
ed them to the manufacturer, who is
redesigning the mountings, and it is
thonght the system will be hack in full
operation by next week.
The system is now relying on one
5 horse power pump aerator, and ap-
parently with the damp, cold, wet
weather, which causes sewer lagoon
system problems anyway, plus the
pro-Christmas load put on the sewer
by both business and residential
customers, there is a sewer odor
Lloyd Moorman was the winner of
the school board election, with the
next nearest contender Stanley Mof-
fat. Moorman replaced Bill Eisom,
who did not file for re-election.
The February 2 issue reported that
P-T Superintendent Larry Gill sub-
mitted his resignation after he had
earlier been rehired. He re,fred he
was going to Haileyville m chief ad-
ministrator, and also thought the
school bond situation might go more
smoothly if he withdrew from the
system here.
In the same issue, Dr. Gill handed
over the Chamber of Commerce gavel
to Larry Wilson, incoming president
who was installed at the annual
Chamber of Commerce Banquet.
Local police had begun a program to
cut down speeding on main street
after a highway department study
revealed that a large percentage of the
motorists were entering the city limits
at a speed that was in violation of
speed limits.
Work was started in February on
the new fire station.
The February 16 issue of The Jour-
nal carried a front page news story that
the P-T School Board conducted an
emeqgency meeting at which time Dr.
Larry Gill withdrew his letter of
resignation and continued as ad-
miuistrator. He had eadier been
employed to serve his sixth year.
On February 23, The Journal also
reported that the Church of Christ
had purchased land on Lover's Lane
on which they planned to build a new
church building. The new $20,000
park p lion was also a ple.
tiou, and tho P-T Livestock Show was
set for the following Fdday.
On Match 1, TheJoumal atmonno
ed that bids for a new water tower in
the northeast part of town would be
permeating the area.
The three pumps have been func-
toning, but two of them went out
recently and it was discovered the
beatings were out. An engineedng in-
vestigasion revealed that the moun-
tings were allowing too much vibra-
tion for the heavier 7'/, motors. Hall
thought the 5 horse power motor will
survive because it is lighter and the
mounting is adequate for it.
The problem is covered by
mechanical and manufacturers war-
ranty and will not cost the city, but
it is causing some nearby residents
some discomfort while outside,
especially if the wind is from the
SOUth.
Hall mid the dry hall was dosed last
Friday while tile workers completed"
floor work at the newly remodeled city
hall. All tile work and carpet work is
now completed and craffsmen are
busy consmm g the conndl table for
the new city court/council chambers.
When that is in place, the remodel-
ing will be pretty well completed,
Hall said.
A chain reaction reatend collision caused damage to four vehicles, 3 driven
by Perkius residents Wednesday just north of Perkins dry limits. A car driven
by Peggy Smith slowed down when she thought a pickup truck driven by
a Kansas man was going to turn. When she slowed, a car driven by Daryn
Casey slowed and was hit from behind by a car driven by Kim Ferguson.
The impact caused rear and/or front collision of all cars involved. Kim
Ferguson suffered a cut lip.
let on April 2. The roof was going on
the new fire station.
The Match 15 issue of The Journal
told about a Payne County and Tulsa
group purchasing Western Publica-
tons, publishers of Trne West/Fron-
tier Times, and Old West magazines,
and moving them to the Perkins-
Stillwatet area. An announcement was
made of a new, expanded Daily
Report legal news newspaper for the
Sdllwater and Payue County area.
PerkinsJoumal publishen figured in
both transactions.
A headline in the Match 22 issue
says the P-T School Board begins a
search for au alternate building site.
Many voters opposing the school bond
election earlier were against the loca-
tion on Highway 33 northeast of
town.
Headlines annonnc on Match 29,
that Elizabeth Wise, longtime city
derk, had resigned (retired), and the
board was to consider an appointment
to fill the post. The Civil Defense
organization, headed by Steve Will.
ingham, was also gearing up for
spring and summer storm watches.
On April 5, The Journal reported
that the low bid for the new water
tower was $58,000. Also, the Steer
Inn had new managers, Rebecca and
Bill Richardson.
It was reported that the police car
received $855 damage when a custo-
mer at the Steer Inn backed acn~ the
street and struck it. Abo 11 had made
application los the city clerk pmition,
and 138 ~ had signed up for
little league ~.
A picture in the Apdl t9 lame of
The Journal annoanc that Paul
Evam had been to m the
annual Outatandiog L/oo of the Yem
Award. Also, Don Pdckett wm elected
Lions Pmident, to take off in July.
Anne Miller was aooointed the new
city clerk to fill a vacancy left open on
the retirement of Elizabeth Wise.
There were 14 applicants. It was also
reported in the April 26 issue that the
Dickson Memorial at the park was
complete, and that Jack Bowyer was
announdng the opening of a law
practice in the Sasser building.
The May 10 issue revealed that trash
hauling rates will stay the same as
another year's contract is awarded to
Hall Sanitation. Work had started on
the new water tower, and Daryl Evans
was crowned Ms. Perkins at the Red
Stocking Follies. The P-T Board
ordered construction of two temporary
classrooms to be prepared for an ex-
panded enrollment the next year, still
holding classes in residences and
storage buildings.
On May 17, The journal announc-
ed that the Church of Christ was mov-
ing to the former Methodist Church
on the comer of East Thomas and 2nd
Street. The Highway 33 widening
project work was nearing as contracts
were let.
Sharon Thurman was selected
Teacher of the Year, according to the
May 31 issue of The Journal. Lone
Chimney Lake, northeast of Glencoe,
was being dedicated that weekend.
Two areas were annexed to Perkins
according to June 7 news stories. The
location of a new Church of Christ
church on Lover's Lane was determin-
ed to meet annexation spedf tioos
as was the Emerson and Martin
homes on north Main Street. It was
also announced that Hall Sanitation
had SOld their contracts to Browning-
Patm Inc., who took over tmh pklmp
in Paddm and kamd tho Hall hndtin.
It was repotted on June 14, that
Prestige Fashions had opened a
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