Farmers and Merchants B
70th ann ank of Tryon will celebrate
lversary this Saturday, March 10 from 9 tll 3.
Public is invited to attend.
10, 1973, the Farmers a. bank robbery and "hitting the
~sCha~ Ltsits 70thBankyear°f of Try°nco- ~ertr:'w~hr:na~Oe thought the rob-
.,'tory. Beginning before ut to open fire on
! *n a small frontier him. He remained an import-
was surrounded by ant figure in the bank, being not
us cotton country, the only a banker but a confidante
and friend to all who knew him,
i its surroundings have until his death in 1965.
greatly during the past It is difficult to think of the
s'atmosphereBUt the smallthattOWnhas Farmers and Merchants Bank
• Without thinking of Aria Estelle
.n.Zed the bank has re- ~caOan. She began her banking
~cnanged
~07, M.C. ~oan be" ann reef as Assistant Cashier in
reef With the Tryon ~a~k1957. There are few of us who
his banking pro" have not sat across from her at
in the Old Indian Ter- one time or another telling a
Bs?kat C-uthrie in 1901 tale of woe or spilling a dream
.a~ary of $25 '~" we Wish to make true. She, like
.Uater in ~.-, .w l~r her husband Gerald and her
t",, ~aerldi'" -,=~ year ne father-in-law Miner, is a bank-
uncle's n?wa~,d worked er in the truest sense--a fin-
3ank o~ ,- dank, The ancial advisor but a friend as
Lad no" ^~aerldlan. ThisWell, truly interested in the
,s'- - -~Jz--- the safe Problems and dreams of the
were in the open People in the community.
ne remained in Merld- In 1965, H. E. Staten, son-
until 1907 When he then be- in-law of M. C. Sloan, join-
associated With the Far-od the bank staff as Presid-
,,d .Me.rchantsmlul his den Bank for eat. Under his leadership, ex-
y I^^_ th In 1965. tenslve remodeling has been
~, ~u~, the bank ex-
izs first robbery. Completed, its capital structure
has doubled, and his reputation
el°WedwildreadSwest like_ a page as a fair banker has become
r,~_ . • ~ gang oz Widespread.
~,~u Into town at
~back, blewthe -~- nig~ Daisy Rose Shelton andShar-
~ze, and on Sloan, daughter-in-law of
) loot the bank. Sloan
roornlng a , Ada Sloan, complete the staff
rabb,~ ~. half a block at the Bank.
)~tinu.Is WinchesterThe children and grandchild-
m his nightshirt, ren of M. C. Sloan have con-
s el ened fire onhim!Inued t° maintain an enthusias_
)ac~ and th - '
ey began uc interest in the activities of
irol rods. The bandits the bank. The children are M.
~s~657, a nice loot J. Sloan, Vice- president of
bhell Chemical, Danville, Calif-
the h. ding a- ope Stoan Vassar,
entire business --.~taer, Oklahoma; and Ver-
The bank opened -aaene ~loan Staten, Tryon Ok
In a sto~e lahoma. , -
street. In the Words of M. C. Sloan,
occur.
rObbers tak-
two of them
cashier of
Event.
one at
2, 1966,
Lincoln County
crop failure,
bank gained
bringing in
for the star-
I Slcen's
quickly
re-
tele.
during
Patriarch of this family bank,
"Where but in a small town
like Tryon wOuld abanker make
a $10.00 loan and take a bird
dog as security.-
And so to commemorate the
Past and celebrate the growth
of this small town bank and its
hopes for the future, friends
and well-wlshers are cordially
invited to attend this informal
~?ebration on Saturday, March
1973 from 9 tll 3. A singer,
pianist, artist, and refresh-
ments Will complete the gala.
ON HIJACK BILL
The Senate has Passed 89
to 0 a bill that would re-
Place the locally financed
hijack Police forces at the
nation,s airports with fed-
erally financed ones. The
Senate version of the bill
Would authorize $35million
annually to cover costs.
The Perkins Journal, Thursday, March 8,
DWAIN DARROW REPORTS
1973 -
5
The Twin River Conference
met Wednesday night, February
28, at Perkins. Schools attend-
lng were Shidler, Fairfax, Yale,
Mannford, and Perkins. The all
conference basketball team was
selected at the meeting. Play-
ers selected from Perkins were
Chris McCutchin and David
Harmon from the boy's team
and Belinda Story and Valinda
McIlvain from the girl's team.
Shidler's junior high basket-
ball team won both the girFs
conference championships.
I would like to start out by
saying that the Swine Industry
and Type of Swine has changed
very much in the past 10years.
The American Housewife of to-
day cooks with oils and does
all of the washing with deter-
gents. There is not a need for
Hog Lard so the Hogs of today
are bred to the meat type hog.
When she buys meats, she is
looking for lean meat and not
fat. So I think you can see
from this that there is no need
for the hard type hog.
So generally speaking, the
higher the protein ration you
Fairfax won the girl's confer- feed, when finished, the animal
ence championship and Mann- will normally have much more
ford and Shldler tied for thelean meat.
boy's title. The next confer-Knowledge of feeding swine
ence team meetings will be in
the spring baseball and track
including both girls and boys
teams.
Welding Students
Take A Tour
is very important from an econ-
omic standpoint, for feed ac-
counts for approximately 80%
of the total cost of producing
pork.
The feed requirements of swine vary according to the i~ur-
pose for which the animals are kept. The ration for finishing
hogs should be different from bred gilts and sows, however,
there are certain basic nutritive needs for all classes of swine.
1. An adequate supply of proteins of good quality for main-
Crane Carrier Corporation tance and the building of muscle tissue.
and Unit Rig & Equipment Corn- 2. A certain amount of energy for matntance and fattening.
pany of Tulsa were the indust- 3. The necessary minerals for the body framework.
rlal sites of an all-day tour by 4. Those vitamins that are essential for growth and well-
Welding students from Central being of the animal.
Tech recently. The group saw 5. Water
the fabrication and assembling
process in the manufacturing of Proem Needs
the different kinds of trucks
that both companies produce. Protein feeds are essential for maintance and building of
Unit Rig & Equipment Corn- body tissue. In swine feeding, protein is most frequently the
pany manufactures the largest limiting factor in the ration.
dump truck in the world. Also, since protein supplements are temptations to feed too
Attending the industrial tour little. The protein is of special importance for young, growing
were; Fred Abbott, Paul Four, pigs and for gestating-lactating sows.
Phillip Harding, Billy Ledbet- Not like most animals the hog has a remarkable ability to
ter, Steve McNew, David Stap- balance their own ration when allowed a choice from which to
les and Mitchell Plum of Bris- choose, also, the requirement of roughage in swine is very small
tow; Randy Owens , Paul Nlc- compared to other animals. Basically there are 10 required
cum, Forrest Barrett, Ronnie Amino Acids which are essential to hogs. These are needed for
Harrelson, Jack McAnally, and maintance, growth, reproduction, and lactation. So it is of up
Fred Mflburn of Stroud; Mlch- most lmportanct that these be included in a hogs diet.
ael Bond of Depew; Rodger Da-
vis and Ronald Lake of Ripley; En@l'~y Needs
Paul Helfenbein and Jeff Wise
of Carney; Wade McCaskey of Energy is the first essential for the necessary life processes
Kellyville; Lon Purcell of Yale; of the animals. After this requirement is met surplus energy
Gale Sneed of Cushing; Ronnle may be stored as body fat. The chief sources of heat and energy
Smith of Mounds; John Kirby in swine rations are the carbohydrates and fats of available
of Davenport; Alan Holbrook and feeds.
Phil Marlow of Perkins; Char- Adding up to 10% fat to swine rations increases rate of gain,
les Coleman, Michael Hamlln,feed efficiency, and hack fat thickness.
Ricky Stephens and Rowsbell The younger the animal, the higher the energy is recommended,
White of Sapulpa; John ByromAren't the Hog prices great.!
and Robert Mackall of Mann-
ford; Randy Burch and David
Harless of Kiefer; Richard An-
derson, Panl Brlnker and Mich. ~ ~%~,~~ ~ I
ael Haskin of Drumright. The ~ :~ii
Welding students were accom-
panied by the instructor, Mr.
Bill Lewis.
LAOTI NC £EFIRE
The Laotians have signed
a cease fire which ends a
decade of sporadic warfare
fought with U.S. and North
Vietnamese help along the
borders of Vietnam.
NIXON ON FOOD
President Nixon says his
effort to halt the food-price
spiral will have a powerful
effect in the second half of
the year and bring the Amer-
ican consumer relief with-
out cutting farm income.
U.S. & CHINA
The United States and
China have taken a major
step toward full diplomatic
relations with the simulta-
neous announcement that
liaison offices would be
established in each nation's
capital.
Audry Colvin shows off a 6 pound fish she caught last WedneD
day. The fish was 23 inches long. (Photo by Burt Coate)
