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THE PERKINS JOURNAL-THURSDAY, ]ANUARY 23, 1997
This newspaper is dedicated to the memories of Dr. R. V. and Bea Clark
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Of Days Past
By Mahlon G. Erickson
At the January meeting of the Payne County Genealogical Soci-
ety, several books were donated for placement in the genealogy col-
lection at the Stillwater Public Library. Four of the books were
donated by an individual, others were sent from other societies.
--"North Carolina Signers: Brief Sketches of the Men who Signed
the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution"@ 1964 by
Mempry F. Mitchell. Brief sketches (two to three pages) on Joseph
Hewes, John Penn, William Hooper, Alexander Martin, William
Richardson Davie, Hugh Williamson, William Blount, and Richard
Dobbs Spaight.
---"The Formation of the North Carolina Counties 1663-1943"© 1950
by David Leroy Corbit. County by county account of when each one
was formed and which parts were taken away to form new coun-
ties. It is alphabetically by county and chronological within each
county.
--"Delaware County, Indiana 1827-1950: The Pioneer Period" ©
1975 by Althea L. Stoekel and Ross S. Johnson. Seventy pages of
historical information on landowners, businesses, schools, etc., fol-
lowed by a two page bibliography.
--"Cradled in Sweden" © 1972 by Carl-Erik Johansson. This is
considered THE genealogy book to be used if you are tracing Swed-
ish ancestors. Descriptions of record types are discussed. How-
ever, most useful is the appendix listing parishes with both old and
new names, name of district and county, and years the parish reg-
IWith Remittance To: The Perkins Journal, P.O. Box 40,1 isters and clerical surveys started.
| Perkins, OK 74059 I --"Diary in Gray: Civil War Letters and Diary of Jared YOung
Sanders' © 1994 by Louisiana Genealogical & Historical Society,
| I includes a 15-page combined surname and locality index.
......................................................................................... I --"Be I t Know and Remembered: Bible REcords, Volume Five" ©
I | 1992 by Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Society. Extracts
from at least 57 family Bibles are included in this fifth volume of
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Bible Records. Records are from The Louisiana Genealogical Reg-
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• , . . .: :: :: .... ........ ......... Absent the governor s traditional State of the State message, Demo-
. , ..... cratic leaders opened the 46th Legislature on an upbeat note that
disdains the negative and accents rewards of bipartisan coopera-
tion.
The cooperation appeal notwithstanding, they also indirectly set
the stage for likely confrontation with the Republican administra-
Y tion once business begins in Febrnary.
The name of Gov. Frank Keating, who has blamed "no-growth"
Democrats for Oklahoma's economic problems, was neve uttered
--"Joe Riley Kirk and Mdrguerette Bonnett Famil
Williams and Mary Lou Parker. This is an account
lants of John and Marguerette .Kirk. These
Payne County area: Mary Elizabeth Kirk
Sarah Jane Kirk Klopfenstein (Berlin, OK), Sylvester!
(Perkins, OK), James Buchanan Kirk (Perkins, OK),
| I Vol. 25, 1968 through Vol. 29, 1972.
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in ceremonial meetings of the House and Senate, nor in a brief
joint session.
But there was little doubt who new House Speaker Loyd Benson
and Senate President Pro Tern Stratton Taylor had in mind in some
of their remarks.
In obvious reference to Keating's advocacy of "making Oklahoma
rich," Benson said, "It's not about making Oklahoma rich.It's about
Okl'ahoma a better place to live and raise our families."
Benson, calling himself a "farm boy from Frederick, vowed to com-
bat the "gloom and doom of the naysayers and extremists" whose
negativism would inhibit progress. He said the House will develop
a plan "you can rally around, regardless of party affiliation."
Keating skipped the traditional address on the Legislature's one-
day Jan. 8 organizational session. Aides said he was on a 12-day
economic development trip to the United Kingdom and Austria and
will speak to legislators Feb. 3.
Sen. Stratton Taylor, D-Claremore, elected to another two-year term
as pro tem, urged colleagues to speak about "what is good about
Oklahoma."
Citing positive reports in the Wall Street Journal, Kiplinger's maga-
zine and elsewhere, he traced Oklahoma's progress from the eco-
nomic depths of a decade ago.
"Let us be proud of Oklahoma and let's not tear our state down, but
build it up," he said.
'Tee have an opportunity to continue this economic renaissance and
to continue being the envy of the rest of the country," Taylor said.
"We can't let ourselves emulate or imitate Washington D.C., but
rather must tell the story of what's good about Oklahoma and con-
Local newspaper publisher Rick Clark was recently "crowned" Mr.
Perkins by his fellow Veterans (and Auxiliary) of Foreign Wars.
Clark, who obviously hates having his picture taken, was told by
his wife to run this picture in the paper-"or else!"
He was also instructed by his fellow veterans to publish it-"or else!"
"I am particularly pleased to be named Mr. Perkins by my fellow
shell shocked veterans, who apparently, like me, don't have any-
thing else to do," Clark said.
The crown worn by Mr. Perkins in the photo above was especially
designed for the honor and is appropriately made out of plastic and
colored jewels imported from Hong Kong. RVC
At the Chamber banquet Thursday night I was at a loss for words
for a change. So, I'll let the words spoken by Jim Hyder, last year's
recipient speak for me:
"The Delmar Niles Award is presented each year to an individual
who has given outstanding service to their community, especially
during the last year, by the Chamber of Commerce.
The individual who the committee has chose this year is certainly
more than deserving and is the biggest cheerleader and #1 fan the
Perkins community has had in a long time.
Certainly the secret is going to be out as soon as I begin to list a
few of the ways this person has given outstanding service to the
community.
Mr. Delmar Niles and this individual's parents are looking down
tonight and smiling and saying, "Hey, good job!"
Here is a short list of what the committee listed in their selection:
1. faithful attendance and service to the Chamber, 2. continou s
promotion of the Perkins community every week, 3. donation of
space for the Chamber office, 4. coordinator of the Harvest Fest
parade for the past two years, 5. donation of advertising space for
the Chamber and many other community activities.
It gives me a great deal of pleasure and personal pride to present
the 1997 Delmar Niles Award to Mr. Rick Clark."
Thanks. I don't know if Delmar and my parents are looking down
with pride on the first part of this column, butI can sense warm-
ing glow of "attaboy" from above on the second part•
Fxciting things are happening with the Logan
logical Society. For the past ten years or so, the
library has been housed in a very small room
homa Territorial Museum in Guthrie. Mc
given the society permission to move their
larger room (20 feet by 27 feet) in another part
This should allow much easier access to their ex
of genealogical materials.
This new room is in the northwest corner of the
building (now a part of the museum) on the
formerly a studio for Fred Olds, well-know artist
days of Logan County it was a Tom Mix boxin
rich history, it is only appropriate that the
genealogical and historical records be housed in this!
However, the room is in poor physical
bring it up to "libary quality" come to nearly
repairing walls, ceiling, border and trim, as well
adding carpet, windows, heatingand air conditioning,
lets, and a phone line.
Furniture for the room, including bookcases,
crofilm and filing cabinets, and card catalog will
addition, hardware needs to be purchased. This
filndfiche reader/printer, computer with CD Rom
tion Card, Facsimile machine, and telephone.
ware is projected to be $18,200! '
Now this may sound like a pretty imposinl
stop there. Plans are to gather and microfilm
scattered around Guthrie, and to purchase
records
provider began more than two years ago. The
were faced then with dwindling revenues and
Lawmakers involved say the continuing
House ad hoc committee held a meeting on the
Some legislators have opposed the deal from the
diminished mission of teaching and indigent care.
Former House Speaker Glenn Johnson,
new job at the University of Oklahoma, is to
tion once agreement is reached.
tinue to do good for Oklahoma."
HHH
Closer commercial ties with England, Scotland, Ireland and Aus-
tria are among purposes listed for Keating's trip. Outside official
business, the governor's group was to visit castles in Scotland and
Austria and attend the musical "Miss Saigon" in London and an
opera in Vienna.
Pat Hall, executive director of the state Democratic Party, called it
a thinly disguised vacation in Europe with friends and family.
Dan Mahoney, Keating's communications director, labeled Hall's
remarks "typically misguided and inaccurate," saying Hall is paid
to take pot shots at the governor.
HHH
Prisons bulging when legislators left last spring grow more crowded
by the day, forcing the issue high, as usual, on the priority list.
House Appropriations Committee Chairman Jim Hamilton, D-
Poteau, cautions that the state should address private lockup solu-
tions with care, no matter how popular in some areas.
A comparison of costs by Greg Sawyer, House fiscal analyst, shows
it costs $860 more a day to keep inmates in Holdenville or another
private facility than in a new state operated 1,000-bed medium se-
curity prison.
This is based on the Corrections Department's construction esti-
mate of $40 million plus $1.2 million in startup equipment. It also
assumes a 20-year bond issue at 6.75 percent annual interest and
debt service estimated at $3.81 million.
HHH
A proposed partnership for University Hospital and Columbia/HCA
Healthcare Corp. is "on the brink," legislators say.
Negotiations for joint operation with the world's biggest health care
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• Every year during the Perkins Chamber
stallation and Awards Banquet numerous
cited for the contributions to the
nity.
Shown above are Galen Holsinger, recipie
of The Year Award, and Wes Beane, who
plaque in recognition for his
dent of the chamber in 1996. Gene
Community Service Award for his contri
munity during 1996.
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I'm home! The care and concern of the staff were
food was very good, even without salt, but there'S s
home. I'm tethered to an oxygen machine, but
My eight year old grandson called me. He h
riding a pony during his riding lessons, to ridir g
horse named Mercedes, a blaze faced bay. Dar
named Allyson trained the horse so that a kid
also said that Allyson said she was twelve years
looked like she was eleven.
Dan would be a good pen pal, if any kid would
would send pictures, and could tell you about the
Here is his address if any of you kids would like to
several days for letters to get there•
Daniel Wagner
P.O. Box EE 17081
Nassau, Bahamas
Fax 809-364-7134.
I have some new friends, Mr. and Mrs.
me in the hospital. Mrs. McCroskey's name
ther was a good friend of my father. Mr.
trooper in World War II. He said he was an
prove it. It seems the paratroopers rescued
thought that only an angel from Heaven could
ing to visit the McCroskeys as soon as I can, an,
interesting people.
Life is full of surprises!
