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By Roland Sodowsky
FHA Variety
Sh0w Planned
FHANews
This is just a reminder to let
you know that it is FHA time ag-
We'll start this column with an ain. This time we are having a
apology to several FFA chapters "Variety Show." It will take place
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Pe,rkins, Payne County, Okla. Thursday, February 22, 1962 Twcdve Pages Vol. 72 No. 23
in the area which are not recogn- on February 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the
ized in the "FFA Extra" section community building. Perkins Girls
of this week's ffournal, We had The admission is 50c for adults,
25c for high school and 15c for
good intentions, but time just ran
out on us, and we were unable to seventh and eighth grades and,Lose.,'- District
obtain stories and pictures for grade school students.
these clubs. The girls of the chapter will
--AllY. ~-
Oh , my aching bones---once
again, we couldn't resist the urge
to enter the Mixup basketball
circus---pardon us, tournament--
at the local school. And once
again, we're hating ourselves. It's
not that we're getting old, or
anything like that; they're putting
the goals farther apart these days,
and making the floor much
(groan) harder. To make things
even worse, in spite of your edit-
or's desperate efforts, our team
Won. That means we'll have to
Play again We have a suggestion
for the next game. Let's just play
on half the court, fellows. Please?
Huh? Pretty please? And what
do you say four-minute quarters?
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Ditz McIlvain who is refereeing
the mixup games, tells us that
he didn't realize what a sorry,
referee he was until someone told
him that he refereed about as
Well as the editor played. Very
funny.
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perform skits and have different
s:nging numbers. There will be an
afternoon matinee for the grade
school children, price, 10 cents.
Circle Meets
Mrs Alice Burt w~s hostess to
the Susanne Circle of the Metho-
dist church WSCS. Feb. 14 in her
home. Mrs Theda Rainbolt a.~ist-
ed Mrs Burr. Mrs Ann Cocke
opened the meeting with prayer.,
Busiress of the circle was discuss-
ed by the entire circle.
Mrs Eva Harrall gave a report
on the books the group is spon-
soring "Jesns and The Twelve
D'.sciples." Lovely refreshments
of apple cake with whipped cream
Valentine candy, nuts and coffee
were served to the following:
Mrs Ann Cocke and Charles,
Mrs Eva Lea LaFollette and Kay
Lynn, Mrs Gaynal Taylor and
two sons, Mrs Berta Adams and
son. Mrs Pat Niles, Mrs Clara
Westfall, Mrs Helen Butler, Mrs
Helen Arys and daughter, Mrs
Eva Harral and Marilyn, Erma
Br~ey and the hostesses.
The next meeting will be with
Mrs Ann Cocke, March 7th.
WSCS Meets
The WSCS of the Methodist
church will meet Monday, Feb. 26
at 7:30 p.m. at the church to con-
tinue the study course on South
America. Mrs Babe FiSher of Still-
George Jacob gives us a sug-
gestion to prevent our daughter
from spreading baby powder over
the living room carpet. "Just put
the can up where she can't reach
it,,, he says. And where is that?
On top of the house? In a safety
deposit box? The way that gaI
climbs makes Tarzan look Iike a
sissy.
The Perkins girls basketba;i
team was eleminated from the
district tournament Thursday
night by Chandler, 38-34.
The loss wound up a very" fine
season for the Demonettes, who
posted a 17 won, four lost record,
and tied with Jones' girls for the
conference championship.
Marilyn Nelson hit 11 poinis,
followed by Sandy Wells with
oight, C.A. Duckett with six and
Molly Fultz with four in the dist-
rict game. For Chandler. Arletha
Miller naiTed 15. Marilyrt Adkin-
son had 12 and Francis Rceder 11.
The Chandler girls hit 16 of 19
free throws, and over 50 percent
from the field, according to Coach
Jim Black.
Birthday Club
The Birthday club met with Mrs
Bess Lewis for a covered dish
dinner Feb. 16.
Those present were Alpha Bow-
er Gertrude Ishmael, Franie
Brown. Viola Martin, Rosa Grimm
Allle Stumbo. Nora Rice, Artha
Fagan, Blanche Reynols, and a
guest, IAda Knipe,
Alpha Bower, Gertrude Ishmael,
Franie Brown and Blanche Rey-
nolds received birthday presents.
The next meeting will be the
third Friday in March at the
home of Allie Stumbo.
USE THE JOURNAL WANTADS
BY
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water assisted by IMza Resende,
More on'tl~ "change the name. who.was ,tmim~. In mraZil Will pro.
of this column" theme--Rick sent the program. Pictures w;L
Clark suggests "Write This Way," be shown about Brazil that have
or "Right This Way," or "Rite .been used by the Peace Corps.
This Way." "I don't care how yotr Every family is invited to at-
~ell it," he says. Incidentally, tend.
lck who has worked here in the'
JOUrnal shop parttime for the
Dust year or so, is now learning te
Operate the newspaper press. This
is far from being an easy job, be-
cause O1' Betsy undoubtably is the
~ost cantankerous, ill-disposition-
efl 'pile of scrap metal that ever
ruined a ton of newsprint, So---
If YOu run across a stray thumb-
~int on your paper, or print
nero there shouldn't be chalk it
~D to experience for Rick,
--AIM---
Un[il Rick climbed on the press
COuple of weeks ago, your editor
had fed every sheet of newspript
to be printed here during the past
two and a half years, sometimes
at two or three o'clock in the
morning, sometimes at a reason-
~ble! hour of the day That adds
~P to something over" a quarter of
a million sheets of paper fed thro-
t~gh the press, one at a time. And
:held our breath--and still do--
every single one of them.
--AIM--
toS°rnething which we would like
fi do more of--and never seem to
no the time-- is to get out and
visit With the neighbors. We're al-
~Ys pleased to discover such
~'~lngs as the fine FFA--vocation-
~" agriculture building which the
~rYon high school boasts--by the
WaY, one side of t~e FFA club
l'Oorn . .
~. *s hterally covered with
f°Phies---or the photographic ta-
~nt exhibited by Cecol Acuff of
~rY°n, who showed us some im-
VreSsive enlargements of senior
~?s ring pictures which he had
'*~el'l.
Commissioner
Issues Warning
~AIM--
~ l~Iattie Lee Thompson interrupt-
morning. Waving a set of
plans as though they were
minutes of the last summit
she t01d us to keep an
on Timberline drive, they're
ready to start building. It's
see the activity at Timber-
economic rut-
County Commissioner Lee Kirk
Monday warned people seeking
financial aid from the county to
pay medical bills to "see the board
of county commissioners first."
Services Are Held
"State laws prohibit counties
from paying medical bills unless
the patient first consults with the
county commissioners," Kirk said.
For Schlegel
Kirk-al{o-~aid that several eu(-
of-county patients have recently
su~?nitted medical bills to the
Payne county board of commiss-
ioners. "These bills, of course, can-
not be paid," Kirk said.
Forest Valley
Club Meets
The Forest Valley Busy Bee
club met Feb. 14 at the home of
Mrs Jack Moser.
A quilt was quilted for the host-
ess and a covered dish luncheon
was served.
A get-well card was signed by
those present to send to Mrs Mat-
ilda Fagan. The Valentine box was
opened and each one received a
Valentine from their secret pal.
Those present were Mrs Bessle
Cole. Mrs Myrtle Courtright, Mrs
Nora Fulton. Mrs Edna Mann.
Mrs Goldie Lacy, Mrs Gertrude
Ishmael, Mrs Allie Stumbo, Mrs
Belle Elllott, Mrs Elsie Saint, It~ra
Lora Hunt, Mrs Artha Fagan, Mrs
Winnie Moser and one guest, Mrs
R.R. McConnel.
Next meeting will be Feb. 28 at
tl:e home of Mrs Artha Fagan.
Funeral services for Benjamin
H, Schlegel, 81, Perkins, who died
in a Stillwater Nursing Home
Feb. 16 were at 2 p.m. Tuesday in
the Davis Chapel of the Davis
Funeral Home of Cushing. The
Rev. Phillip Royle officiated with
burial in the Cushing Fairlawn
Cemetery.
Schlegel was born at Platter-
vlle, Wis., on Dee. 22, 1880. He
came to Oklahoma in 1904 setthng
west of Perkins where he was
married to Ethel Cooper on Jan.
20, 1907. The couple moved to
Cushing in 1910 and later moved
to Perkins in 1937 where they
have since lived.
Survivors include: his widow:
two sons, L.V. Schlegel, Cushing;
Clovis Schlegel, Stillwater: two
daughters, Mrs James Lambert,
Arkansas, Kan.; Mrs Esther Sims,
Colorado Springs, Colo.; one sis-
ter, Mrs Ben Wedelin, Cushing.
Nine grandchildren and 11 great
grandchildren also survive.
Lions Members
Hear Vocational
Training Talk
Perkins Lions club m~mber~
heard Karl Doss. director of the
Safety Center at Oklahoma State
university, speak on the topic of
versional training Monday
in the Lions den.
Doyle Butler was in charge of
the program for the evening,
Doss told the Lions that vocat-
ional training will help to "fill ~t
gap" in the future for United
States industry. He said that the
ranks of the skilled worker are
shrinking ra, pidly as more effic.
lent methods of production are
discovered, and the techician, the
man "between the engineer and
the skilled worker is needed bad-
ly by industry today:
SDA Church
Plans Special
Observance
The Perkins Seventh Day Ad-
wn'tist church will join 12,985
other SDA churches ]n holding the
annual Temperanc~ Commilmor~
day Sabbath on Saturday, Feb. 24.
Andrew Burion. elder of the
local church, reports that on that
day the entir,, membership of the
churches of the denomination will
be asked to sign a temperance
pledge, "Realizing the importance
of having my mind and body in
the best possible condition for the
happiness both of myself and of
those with whom I associate. I
therefore promise, by the help of
God, to abstain from all alcoholic
liquors,, as a beverage, and to
try to induce others to do the
same."
The ,public is invited to attend
the service.
Weekly Drawing
Winners of $1 at the weekly
Perkins Merchants drawing were
Bill Eaton, Mrs Lorene Crook~
Bert Mock, John Coppinger and
Thelma Goforth. Other names
called for $1 included Alvia Gra-
ham, ~ohn Howard, Lore HunL
Dennis Henry, Margaret Kno~
and Jo Haul
Names for
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