History
THE
PERKINS
JOURNAL,
Thursday,
January 14, 2016 - A5
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• On Jan. 19, 1809, author
Edgar Allan Poe is born in
Boston. By the time he was
3 years old, Poe's parents had
died, leaving him in the care
of his godfather, John Allan.
Allan eventually disowned
Poe for gambling debts.
• On Jan. 22, 1879, U.S
soldiers badly bloody Chey-
enne Chief Dull Knife and
his people as they make a
desperate march to flee the
Indian Territory where they
had been relocated and return
to their Wyoming homeland.
• On Jan. 18, 1912, after a
two-month ordeal, the expe-
dition of British explorer
Robert Falcon Scott arrives
at the South Pole only to
find that Norwegian explorer
Roald Amundsen had pre-
ceded them by just over a
month.
• On Jan. 21, 1959, Carl
Dean Switzer, the actor who
as a child played "Alfalfa"
the freckle-faced boy with a.
cowlick, in the "Our Gang"
comedy film series, dies at
age 31 in a fight in California.
• On Jan. 23, 1968, the U.S.
intelligence-gathering ship
Pueblo is seized by the North
Korean navy and its crew
charged with spying. Nego-
tiations to free the 83-man
crew dragged on for nearly
a year, and required a signed
confession by the ship's
captain admitting to spying.
• On Jan. 24, 1972, after 28
years of hiding in the jungles
of Guam, farmers discover
Shoichi Yokoi, a Japanese
sergeant who was unaware
that World War 11 had ended.
Yokoi had gone into hiding
rather than surrender to the
Americans.
• On Jan. 20, 1981, minutes
after Ronald Reagan's inau-
guration as the 40th president
of the United States, the 52
U.S. captives held at the
U.S. embassy in Teheran,
Iran, are released, ending the
444-day Iran Hostage Crisis.
President Jimmy Carter had
been unable to diplomatically
resolve the crisis.
(c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.
By Charles Wall
These are some excerpts
from the minutes of the
Christian Church of Perkins
in the 1950's. Also, I have
made some additional com-
ments.
These were the ministers
in the 1950's: Charles Gibbs
1950-1953, weekly salary
$60; Archie Vincent 1953-
1954, weekly salary $65;
Max and Juanita Horner
1954-1957, weekly salary
$65; Earl Gibbs 1957-1959,
weekly salary $65; James
and Jeanne Rousseau, 1959-
1962.
We have learned Juanita
Homer passed away last fall.
She was in her 90's.
Nov 1, 1953, the board
approved giving the October
missionary offering to Eden
Chapel for their new church
building. Their old building
was destroyed by fire earlier
that year.
March 5, 1954, the other
churches in Perkins met
together at the Christian
Church building for a World
Day of Prayer observance.
November 1957, A com-
munity Thanksgiving ser-
vice was held with several
churches and pastors partici-
pating. This tradition is still
with us. Last Sunday, Jan.
10, 2016, the Thanks4Giving
services were held at Lost
Creek United Methodist
Church.
January 5, 1958, Lenora
West was appointed Church
treasurer replacing Emma
McClain. Lenora lived
where Country Comfort
offices are now. Lenora
worked at Payne County
Bank at their old location.
She was a member of the
Rebecca Lodge which met
upstairs above Baker's Store
(Prairie's Edge Building. So
Lenora's church, workplace,
and lodge were all a block
away from her house or less.
The post office and a grocery
store were nearby on Main
Street.
January 19, 1958, the Lost
Creek Church pastor and
people came to the Christian
Church building and used
the baptistry for a baptismal
service.
Goldie Lacy prepared each
week for several years. She
was also secretary and trea-
surer of the Sunday School.
Organist and pianist during
1958 were Donna McGee
and Mrs. Earl Gibbs.
Delbert Butler of Payne
County Bank was a willing
and good photographer. He
took a photograph of the
Christian Church building
which was used on the front
of the Sunday worship bul-
letins.
September 13, 1959, the
Perkins High School Future
Homemakers of America
organization held their initi-
ation services in the church
building.
In comparing the length
of the 1934 minutes with
the 1960 minutes, the length
gradually became longer.
This probably means the
meetings lasted longer as
well. Also, more people were
on the board in later years.
It is to Emma McClain's
credit that we have these
collections of board minutes
available, even with some
years missing. She was
taking minutes in 1934 and
on through 1960. Probably
she took minutes before 1934
and even after 1960, so she
was church clerk and board
secretary fr nearly 30 years.
Her minutes were hand
written in spiral bound theme
notebooks, such as the one of
the "Hy-Grade" brand that
had a picture of Benjamin
Franklin on the front.
It seem that there are very
few records like these min-
utes available from those
years for organizations,
businesses, churches," and
schools.
Minutes like these reveal the
accomplishments, struggles,
and victories of these times.
Some things now are the
same, and some things are
different from back then.
Appreciation is also given
to Emma's niece, Shirley
Jenkins Knight, who saved
these notebooks and arranged
for them to be put into the
Christian Church archives.
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