14-THE PERKINS JOURNAL, Thursday,
February I, 2001
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Journal Staff Writer Bill Krater, night marshal, ar-
99 Years A o. January 31.rested two for being drunk on
I902 the streets here early Sunday
The Moorland Hardware Co.morning. First arrests for some
has received a carload of new time.
buggies which they will sell at We notice several more homes
very low prices, here with new television aerials
Wood will be given at theinstalled.
Journal office on subscriptions. Years Ago. February 2 .
79 Years Ago, February 3 . 1956
Perkins residents contributed
The Long-Bell Lumber yardmore than $250 to the local
in Perkins, during the past year, Fireman's club for the purchase
has been receiving some large of badly needed hose for the Fire
consignments of building ma- Department.
terials and preparing for the Del-Mar's was featuring as
coming resurgence of building, weekend specials T-bone steaks
Miss. Ruth Miller bought a at 49 cents a pound and USDA
new Ford Saturda ¢. chuck roast at 37 cents a pound.
Dave Cundiff is the new 40 Years Ago. February 2 ,
member of the Centerview 1961
School Board. Alice Niles of Perkins was
50 Years Ago, February 8 .-. named Bowler-of-the-Week.
She rolled a 495 series. Her all
time high series was 501.
Gardner's Station was selling
30 month guaranteed batteries
for $12.25 each.
35 Years Ago, February ,
1966
The Combined Drive is short
of its $13.63.50 goal. So far
$972.50 has been selected. This
is seven dollars short of last year
collections.
25 Years Ago. January 22 .
1976
County crews were in town to
spread 35 tons of hot asphalt into
potholes. The 35 tons of hot mix
cost $397.50 to thecity while
the county did the work.
20 Years Ago. January 29
.1981
Dr. John Doyle, a Perkins vet-
erinarian, will be the new
Perkins-Tryon Board of Educa-
tion member. Dr. Doyle will re-
place Mrs. McCuthin, who did
not file for reelection.
15 Years Ago. January 30 .
1986
After several years of planning
and a year of budgeting and
preparation, the utility billing
system at City Hall is now com-
puterized. Formerly the cards, a
thousand every month, were
typed by hand. Now the infor-
mation is put into the computer
and printed automatically show-
ing the last payment, present
billing and gross and net
amounts.
Images from the past ....
Photos of the Perkins community provided by David Sasser,
Perkins Historical Society and Perkins Historical Museum.
OHS to recognize
outstanding
student historians
Cecil Acuff captured these images on the sidelines of'Wilhite
Field in the 1960's. Galen Holsinger and Palmer Sadler are
pictured at top, and Palmer and Paul Evans are shown at bottom.
with awards
KINGFISHER - For more
than 35 years, Kingfisher
County citizens have played a
role in efforts to restore and pre-
serve "Horizon Hill," a three-
story Queen Anne style mansion
with a prominent turret com-
pleted in 1892 by Oklahoma
Territorial Gov. A.J. Seay.
Back in 1965, members of
Chisholm Trail Museum Inc.
helped the State of Oklahoma
purchase the mansion for
$18,533. The Oklahoma Indus-
trial Development and Park De-
partment directed a major
project, including restoration of
the original roof profile, but
some problems remained. The
third floor ballroom, which had
been destroyed during a 1921
tornado, was not restored. Some
construction problems resulted,
and modem windows and doors
were installed.
The Oklahoma Historical
Society acquired the mansion in
1991 and began to look toward
another restoration. Kingfisher
County residents voted in 1996
to dedicate 5 percent of a one-
half cent sales tax toward the
project, and Sikes-Abernathie,
Architects of Tulsa developed a
master plan. A private donor,
working through the new Seay
Mansion Society, contributed
$100,000, and the Historical
Society acquired $300,000 in
state bond funds.
Now, after years of plan-
ning, construction is under way
on a three-phase project to sta-
bilize the mansion and restore
it, including the ballroom.
"This remarkable joint ef-
fort of local government, state
government and private fund
raising is a good example of the
type of partnerships we need to
restore and preserve historic
sites all over Oklahoma," said
Oklahoma Historical Society
Executive Director Dr. Bob
Blackburn. "Local residents rec-
ognized the significance of the
Seay Mansion years ago. Their
dreams now are reaching frui-
tion with the help of the state."
Private fund-raising has
continued with the second an-
nual reenactment of the Gover-
nor Seay Inaugural Ball and a
city procession in February.
Starting the project and
finishing it, however, are two
different things, said Historical
Oklahoma history students
will be recognized by the Okla-
homa Historical Society again
this spring with the annual Jo-
seph Thoburn Award and Arrell
M. Gibson certificates of excel-
lence.
The Thobum Award winner
will be selected from Gibson
certificate winners across the of a student's school.
state, said education official The Thoburn Award winner
B ce Joseph of the HiStorical will be given a special plaque
Society. High school principals during the Historical Society's
can award one Gibson certifi- annual meeting April 19-21 in
cate for each history class per Tulsa. Runners-up will receive
semester, he said. The deadline special certificates.
for Thoburn Award nomina- A panel of judges will select
tions is April 2. the winners, and Joseph said
Joseph said nominations for judges have the option of re-
the Thoburn Award should in- viewing materials listed in
clude a nominee's name, age, nominations. All nominations
school, grade level, address, should be sent to Bruce Joseph,
names of parents and a brief Oklahoma Historical Society,
recommendation with a de- 2100 N. Lincoln Blvd., Okla-
scription of each student's ac- homa City, OK 73105, or via
complishments. Nominations emaii to be joseph@ok-
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by Max J. Nichols
Oklahoma Historical Society
Society Museums Director eye-pleasing projects of
Kathy Dickson. The total cost ing doors, windows
has been estimated at $516,890, third-floor ballroom.
but the final cost is unknown. Using
"As we get into the exten- the Historical
sive work of replacing concrete place modern
porches with wood and stabiliz- storm doors with
ing the foundation in Phase I, doors that go back to
we find new problems," she style. The Historical
said. "The latest is that we have shop, led by Tom Mut
found termite damage under the building new frames
dining room windows. We have glass on turret
to take these problems one at a Chesnutt.
time and solve them." The ballroom will
Phase I is funded by the tensive work. The 1921
$100,000 donation and county removed the original
sales tax funds with a $168,500 most of the third floor.
contract awarded to Downey than replace the third
Contracting of Oklahoma City. owners of that time
"When the concrete porches over the second
were torn out, it was found the the original profile
original wooden porches were with a roof over
slightly lower," said construc- roof.
tion inspector Tony Chesnutt of "Unfortunately, some
the Historical Society staff. "We framing members of
are lowering one wooden actually bear on ceilin
porches to its original height, instead of on
which will leave a slight step up walls," said Dickson.
to enter the house." shingles were used I
Stabilizing the foundation, tile roof."
however, presented far greater As a result, the current
problems. It was made of lime- ration project will
stone blocks, and new footing ing off both roofs
was required under the turret ballroom with
and one wall. That alone is a That literally will brin
tricky job, with the weight of a mansion that was the
three-story house resting on the Gov. Seay until 1901,
foundation, but new problems suffered a broken hip
were found, longer could climb
"All Seal Weather Proofing of had built the
Oklahoma City was doing ex- $11,000, and he sold it to
terior masonry work along the Logan for $6,000.
foundation under the dining families have owned the t
room windows when termites and at one point it was a
were found," he said. "There is ing house.
some damage to 2-by-12 floor After the restoration,
joists, but we have to find out Mansion Society will be
how much. It could require sta- host social and
bilizing the house and digging events on the third floor.
under it. We don't want to cut ing and
into the interior floors, because there more than a
they are still in good shape." could well return to
Once Phase I is completed, known Oklahoma
work can begin on the more Seay Mansion in Kin
I member
by Charles Wall
There are interesting things about types of farm gates.
used to provide access to various fields on the farm. They
closed to prevent livestock from getting out, and they can
locked to prevent thieves from getting in. Most gates are 1
wide or more to allow motor vehicles to pass through, but
gates are 3 or 4 feet wide for pedestrians to walk through, thei
gates, sometimes have springs or weights on them to make
self-closing. On the other hand, gates for
and oil field equipment have to be wide.
One type of gate is made by tying 4 strands of barb
small stub post and attaching it to the gate post with
at the top and another loop at the bottom.
A handy gate was manufactured 70 years ago. It's
made with 1 1/2 inch tubing. It had 32" hog
tubing. It even had tighteners to stretch the
of barb wire on the top, and a spring device to make
David Sasser brought in this picture of the 1926girls basketball
team last week, hoping to get some of these girls identified.
• Velma Riley called in to help. She identified most of the team:
left, seated, Mary Ruth Holbrook, Mary Lowery, Mary Keys,
Mary Cloud, Velma Williams Riley. Back on the left is Wilma
C.undiff, Coach O.G. McAnich in the center, and Bama Lawrence
on the right.
must come from the principal history.mus.ok.us.
History of the 179th
Infantry Regiment released
Tomahawk and Peace Pipe: The 179th Infantry Regiment is a
history of the 179th during its peacetime training and disaster re-
lief in Oklahoma and combat service during the Korean War. Au-
thor Penn Rabb, a member of the 179th, spent five years doing
extensive research and personal interviews to compile this excit-
ing history.
When the 45th Infantry Di-
vision was formed in the early
1920s, the 179th was one of its
original regiments. Following
World War II the 45th reorga-
nized and the 179th was located
in the western half of Oklahoma.
When the 45th was called to ser-
vice for the Korean War, the sol-
diers trained first at Camp Polk,
Louisiana, and, in 1951, went to
Hokkaido, Japan.
In late 1951, the 179thwas
ordered to Korea to relieve the
Cavalry Regiment. The frigid
Korean winters were relentless.
Soon names like Old Baldy and
Pork Chop Hill were common
among the soldiers.
In late spring, 1952, the
guardsmen began returning
home while the remaining 179th
personnel saw heavy fighting
during Operation Counter.
When the regiment returned to
combat along Line Minnesota,
the National Guard version of
the regiment was being reorga-
nized in Oklahoma. When the
cease-fire occurred in July,
1953, the regiment was serving
near the infamous Heartbreak
Ridge. The 179th returned to
the United States and continued
until its deactivation in April,
1959.
Call the Oklahoma Heritage
Association toll-free at 888/501-
2059 for more information
about the book.
the free end of the gate. This gate was hung at one end on a
We used to make 14 fl gates from 1 x6 lumber. If they were
they would last for a few years. Now we can buy 16 ft wire
panels, and they make good gates.
Some gates are made out of steel pipe and hung on a
post so they swing easily. Sometimes people put old
wheels on the heavier gates to make them easier to open.
It is a nice thing to have a cattle guard, made out of
Then you don't have to open and close the gate.
Single wire electric fences even have gates that open
lated handles. Maybe I should get a low silhouette sports car.
I could drive under an electric fence without even opening the
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