News and Views of the Cimarron Valley
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is still around,
tempera-
the 50's and
the tern-
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paper.
to the area.
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VOL. 95
Bedroom
Stay here year "
which is true, out
that has
south to the
look more
and healthy after
in the sun all
Let'er rip. Spring
L Week from today
March 21).
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and I were in
last week.
fresh snow on
and the tem-
was a degree or
zero the first
a few degrees
It is
kind of cold
s more of a sting-
that cuts deeply.
there in-
us that they
expect any
weather until
of April. I smiled
and told them all
already
60 and 70
temperatures,
coming up, the
ready to burst
the song birds
purple mar-
out
will live in
I felt guilty
them that way.
I noticed
the people who
Krause Pub
where we
wore short
I was cold
I was in
was wearing
and a
v were rurr
in short
and light
NO. 25
suite on the block
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town has their
care where
Iola, Wis-
Crystal's r ht
,village
ate break-
several morn-
once andit
About
in the after-
,dn the
start gather-
coffee and pie.
do this in the
to ar-
By Craig Fuqua
An ad in the Sunday
NewsPress classifieds
caught our collective eye
down at The Journal this
weekend:
"Make an investment in
Oklahoma's future by
helping a starving gradu-
ate student. Must soil for
cash my 9-piece maple
bedroom suite. All or part.
Heirloom." it stated.
It said to call Warren
Miller, so we did.
Miller, it turns out, is
not actually starving.
He's a 4@year >ld gradu-
ate teaching associate for
the College of Business at
Oklahoma State Universi-
ty and needs money to
meet a large expense.
"'My primary need is
that I got a car that's
almost as old as I am," he
joked. In reality, his car
dates back to 1971. "It's
got 130,000 miles on it
and it needs help," he ex-
plained.
He's asking for $800 for
the suite. "I didn't arrive
at that figure scientifical-
ly. That's what I need to
fix my car," he said.
The suite was given to
his maternal grandmother
as a wedding present from
her parents in 1917. Miller
is the third-generation
owner.
Included in the suite are
a complete double bed set,
two night tables, two
glass lamps for the night
tables, a vanity, a stool for
the vanity, a wall mirror
for the vanity and an up
right five-drawer chest of
drawers.
Miller has a varied back-
ground. "I was a financial
guide in Tulsa for six
years prior to chucking it
Perkins, Payne County, Oklahoma - USPS 428040
all ann coming back to said. "And committed
school," he said. He's been to what I doing here."
at OSU since last June. He added he had two
sets of bedroom hn-niture
He received a bachelor's in his single-bedroom
degree in business ad- apartment in Stillwater.
ministration in 1975 from "I think that, given the
the University of Okla- situation, she wouldn't
homa` He said he also at- raise objection one," he
tended the University of stated.
Texas at Austin on and oH 'Tou try to keep a seine
before that. of humor about these
His background also in- things," he said, despite
cludes "1,000 days in the the feelings.
Marine Corps," working Persons interested in
as a funeral home atten- ' naking an investment in
dant, selling butterflies for Oklahoma's future"
a firm in Oklahoma City should try Miller first at
and cooking hamburgers, his office on campus, 104D
He said he also tried his Business Bldg., 624-7156.
hand as an insurance He said he teaches nine
salesman, hours d classes and is tak-
He said he has mixed ing 12 and that he is
emotions about selling the usually in the building
heirloom, from morning until night.
"I try to look at it from If he's not, potential buy-
the standpoint of my ere should try him at
grandma. She was a firm home, 372-3014. "And
believer in education," he keep trying," he added.
Some of the friendly staff at the Demons Den. Front row: Renee Fowble,
Brenda Varvil, Rcha Hayter. Back: Sheila Ferguson and Donna Sullivan. Not
pictured are Cathy Hampton, Sandy Borrall and owner Dorothy Varvil.
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THOUGHT OF THE
WEEK
d¢
"Middle age is when you ate
sitting home on Saturday
night end the telephone
rings and you hope it isn't
for you." -Ring Lerdner
By- ralg Fuqua for space to open up down- " day's business, Varvil
town. She has also owned decided to open the store
Perkins'neweet restaur- and operated the Tigers up for breakfast, starting
THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1984
a.m. and stay
11 when they
and fix dinner ant is the Demons Den, Den in Crescent for the at 6 a.m. The Den serves
, and return 143 S. Main, offering fast- . last four years, standard breakfast fare
for an after- order sandwiches, ice with a few homemade
yting, coffee cream products, nachos There are eight em- items until 10:30 a`m.
go home and frito pies. The store ployees at the store cover- weekdays.
four o'clock accepts call-in as well as ing its business hours of 9 The store also houses a
teddy for supper, walk-in., orders,a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday to games room.
that area have Thursday, 9 a`m. to 10 Varvil said she would
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or Nor- Dorothy Varvil opened p.m. Friday and Saturday like to open another store
and the shop last week after and 2-9 p.m. Sunday. eventually but hasn't
I got a kick waiting a year and a half After reviewing her first picked a site yet.
A DOG'S DREAM: two fireplugs sit together at the corner of Main Street
and Kirk Avenue• City Manager Gerald Hall said the plug on the right was
installed with the new 6" water line running along Kirk and Freeman. The
existing pipe has only a 4" diameter. The main purpose of the new line is to
increase flreflghting capability in the area, Hall said. The old plug will be gone
after about two more months.
O' •
McNew At Home Guthrie attorney F. E. moving to Perkins. a "good bank." ' om-
"I
Kevin McNew, a P-T McAnally is building a think Perkins has a merce and industry circu-
High School student who law office at the north end terrific future and it's an late around a bank," he
lost part of his arm in an of the city and has an- immediate future," he explained.
accident on March 3, is nounced his intention to said. "I'm convinced Another factor was the
resting at home now, said become Perkins' first full- enough that I'In willing to presence of a newspaper
his father, Ron McNew. time attorney, make the investment."and the volume of traffic
McAnally said the "I originally had through the city.
The youth's arm was office, located on Main planned to open an office He was also influenced
caught in a soil mixer in Street next to the wheat- in Stillwater, but after I by the success of his
an Oklahoma City green- field at the northern city made a feasibility study I brother O. E.'s store,
house and was severed be- limits, should be open for decided to open in Per- McAnally's, on North
twe the dbow and wrist, business by the first of kins," he said. Main.
Attempts to replace the June. Several factors went ' rhe potential is there.
severed part failed. He cited the growth of into his decision, chief of It's just up to me to get
the city as the reason he's which was the presence of the business," he said.
Kevin is home from
Children's Memorial
Hospital only temporarily.
He will return to the
hospital on Sunday for
another surgery on Mon-
day, his mother, Deniece,
said.
She said Kevin was
home for rest and that
visits were discouraged.
"We've had wonderful
support from Perkins,"
she said• ,It's meant a lot
to Kevin and to us. When
you need folks, they Ye
right there That's Perkius
for you•"
She added that people
wishing to write Kevin
should walt until late this
week to he sure he's at the
hospital when the letter
arrives.
His address will he Chil-
dren's Memorial Hospital,
Wing 4-N, Oklahoma City,
OK, 73104.
Them have two imlp ovemen at Del-Mar's Food Store this last week•
The first is the return of Bob Herren, former manager and now manager and
butcher, to the store. Herren left here five years ago to work for Giant Stores
in Tulsa. The second improvement is the addition of a bahed-goods counter
in the back of the store selling doughnuts, pastries and cookies from Day-
light Donuts of Stlllwater. Owner Lonnle Tabor said the bsksd goods are fresh
daily from Tuesday through Saturday. Daylight Donuts is owned by Jim and
Carol Stoecker of Perkins.
to the con-
was mostly
quite heavy
dialect.
we noticed
• • •
on was Bob Evans, president of
so hap Western Periodicals Co• of
there. Perkins, has announed the
Very little con- purchase of Western Pub-
Complaining licatious Co. of Io1¢ Wi ,
or pc> J publishar of nationally-
pleasant con- distributed True West,
about their
People of the
what they
o~e was too
iw
school or
and there was
and visit-
s pleasant
mople
Old Weet'and Hunter's
Frontier Times
m~ee.
All three periodicals
print authentic historical
articles on Western
America, Evans said.
Evaus is also owner and
publisher of The Perkin
Journal, Evans Publica-
tions book publishing
company and The Daily
Report Busin m Di t
whkh stsrted this in
Stillwater for the Payne
County
Hunter's Frontier
Times started in Banders,
Texas in 1923. Since that
time, Evans said, "I0,000
pages of Texas h/storical
material have been print-
ad in its columns."
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in the Sun-
where
of Champlin
across the na-
them in Okla-
re-
from
station
these sta-
on Page 7)
True West and Old Small of Austin, Texas.
West were started in 1953 At about this time,he
and 1964 by Mr. Joe chased the rights to ail the
True Wmt and Old Wmt mapaines, long a houm
hold Item in rural (Western) USA, have moved to Per-
kins, Oklahoma.
old copies of Hunter's
Frontier Times and start-
ed Western Publications
Co.
In 1979, Krause Publi-
cations of Iola, Wisc.,
bought Western Publica-
tions and Mr. Small re
mained as publisher.
Editor Jim Dullenty said
Mr. Small will continue to
write a regular column for
the company.
Evans stressed the his-
torical nature of the
ma~qazines.
"These stories are writ-
ten by western writers.
Most of it is researched
westem history. Them's
no fiction in there," he
said.
True West is published
monthly and has a distri-
bution of 120,000 copies.
Old West's 110,000 copies
are distributed s sonal-
ly(quarterly).
Hunter's Frontier
Times now reprints in
their entirety old HFT is-
sues beginning with
Volume I Number I. Ev-
ery three months, three is-
sues are reprinted and
distributed to its 5,000
subscribers.
HFT is republished in
an exact facsimile form,
right down to the adver
tisements.
According to the
"Handbook of Texas,"
HFT publishes narratives
and reminiscences of pi-
oneers, Texas Rangers,
peace officers, frontier
characters, outlaws,
desperadoes, Indian
depredations and early-
day happenings.
Included in the pur-
chase is a ' uge" backlog
of old copies of Old West
and True West. Evans
said these old issues are
collector ' items and sdl
from 83 to 8200 for the
most rare issues.
Editor Dullenty and ad-
vertisi g manager Randy to produce the July issue
Clausen will move their oflYue West.
offices to Perkins in time (Continued on Page 7)
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Report
has a new look
Newsstand sales of The Report Business Digest is
Dally Report Business available at the Perkins
Di est,the weekly busi- Journal office.
heSS newspaper for Payne i Cushing locations are
County, will start Thur i the Homestead and
day in various locations. Brownfields restaurants.
In Stillwater, the paper The paper is also sold at
will be available in racks the Come-Back Care in
at Tingles Restaurant, 7th ' Perry•
and Husband; Granny's The broadsheet
Kitchan,• 1002 S, Main; , newspaper contains busi-
Holland House Buffet, i ness news, advertise-
824 S. Main; Wyatt !ments, legal news and
CVmmrron Plaza; : notic~ and vital statistics
house snd the Post ( :the Payne County for Payne County and
• costs 50c an issue. Sub
Other sites being conal- scription price is $25.06
dared are the Holiday Inn , per year and may be billed
and Sheraton Inn. i or by telephoning
In Perkins, The D ly i743-3620 or 743-3622.
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