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Sections.16 Pages Vol. 83--No. 13 Thursday, March 29, 1973 Perkins, Payne County, Okla.
officials of the Per-
system are seeking
of former Board of Ed-
members. Plans are in
to send each member
certificate express-
appreciation of school
patrons for the time
~f~rt spent by Board mere-
the interest of education
the youth of the commun-
!S.
school has the following
~s: M. H. Butler, Ephriam
I. D. Vassar, Dr. L. R.
Earl Bachman, A. J.
Roy J. Miller, Ira
G. L. Eyler, Loren
;ker, Harve Boston, Joe
W. H. Fisher, Ralph
Glen Martin, Merrill But-
Verlin Nelson, Barbara
Russell Westfall, M.
Dick Shelby, Ray-
Kinzie, Kenneth Nelson,
I,:. Vassar, Gerry ~-omb
Johnny Payne,
Frank Breeden,
&ammill, Lee L. Hall,
Stanton, Clarence Cow-
Johnny McCoy, Albert
Charley Adams, Jack
and Miner Sloan.
are others who s~rved
names are not know at
tlnle. A note or call to any
Schools about other mere-
be appr eicat ed.
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Coyle Post Office Photo by Elton Nixon
Last week the Coyle Post Office burned to the ground, water
pressure was low, which hampered their Fire Department.
The fire was started by children playing with matches.
Could this kind of tragedy happen in Perkins7 The answer
is yes. On a hot, dry, summer day, a fire on Main street or
in your residential area would be a disaster. A whole block
of business buildings or houses could burn down. We have
less than one hundred gallons of water storage per meter
when the water tower is full. As you know, with a dry summer
we would have to ration water. You will have an opportunity
to vote approval to allow Perkins to borrow $75,000 to up-
grade our water and sewer systems. This will permit Perkins
to increase our water storage from 50,000 gallons to 134,600
gallons or nearly triple our present water storage. There will
be money for new water wells, additional fire hydrants, and
looping of water lines for better fire protection. This money
will be borrowed for 40 years at 5%interest with no prepayment
penalty if we desire to pay it off sooner.
Utility rates will absolutely not be raised. The town of Per-
klns has present income to easily make the approximately
$400~00 a month payment to repay this loan.
Perkins Fire Chief, Cegii Redus, encourages Perkins citizens
to vote yes on this much needed water, sewer and fire protection
improvement issue. Redus say we definately need the water
storage, additional water lines and fire plugs for adequate fire
protection for all the citizens of Perkins.
Mrs. Grady Gardner of Perkins, is also in favor of this bond
issue and would like to encourage all of the people in Perkins
to vote "Yes" next Tuesday.
Listed below are the water and sewer improvements to be
made and an estimate of their costs:
CITY OF PERKINS - WATER & SEWER IMPROVEMENTS
Estimate Sheet "A"
Voters in the Perkins-Tryon
School District will have an op-
portunity to vote on a $130,000
bond issue next Tuesday, April
3.
The election will be held at
the Perkins High School Library
and at the Tryon Elementary
School Library between the
hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00p.m.
Any registered, qualified
elector who lives in the School
District may vote on this bond
issue. You do not have to be a
taxpayer to vote. }towever, 60%
of the votes cast must be in fa-
vor of the Proposition for the
issue to carry.
Printed in previous issues of
¢~he Perkins Journal, were de-
tailed outlines of what the money
was to be used fo~. Basically,
Perkins-Tryon schools are
over crowded and must have
more classroom space and the
proposed building should ac-
comodate the school for several
years.
Many people have compla'ined
about the type of structure be-
ing built, that perhaps it would
not be a permanent or longlast-
ing enough building, ltowever,
the proposed school addition
will hold up for a good many
years.
The citizens of Perkins-
Tryon should be informed that
Stillwater is now in the pro-
cess of building a metal build-
ing and Glencoe school system
already has one.
MEETING
There will be a meeting in
the Perkins High School LI-
brary at 7:30 p.m. for anyone
interested in coaching Little
League baseball. If you can't
faake it to the meeting please
contact Mike Rafferty Thurs-
day night.
Donald L. Cooper, Dir-
of the Student Health Cen-
Oklahoma State Univer-
at the High
y beginning at
on Tuesday, March 3. The
hls speech will be "The
of Drugs in Our Soc-
l~blic is urged to attend)
Cooper is a noted speak-
Oklahoma and the
States. Admission ls free
: served
ng his speech. The T.LE.
s Sponsoring this event.
T.LE.)s will PrOvide a
service at the
Educational b~lding.
:en can be taken there
after 7:15.
1. Water standpipe, 12' x 100J
2. Pipe Size Length
6)) 3,500P
4" 2,750s
2 1/2" 1)300)
3. Fire Hydrants (5)@ $350.00 each
4. 6" Gate Valves (3) @ $150.00 each
5. 4" Gate Valves (5)@ $100.00 each
6. 2 1/2" Gate Valves (2) @ $85.00 each
7. Miscellaneous pipe fittings
8. Automatic Pump Controls (7) @ $220.00
(existing pumps)
9. New wells including test drilling, piping,
and easements
10. Sewer Extensions
TOTAL Construction Cost
Engineering
Legal
Contingency
Interest during Construction
24,000.00
Unit CostAmount
1.29/ft. 4,515.00
.77/ft. 2,120.00
.43/ft. 560.00
1,750.0b
450.00
500.00
170.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
12,000.00
14,000.00
62,805.00
5,329.00
2, o8.oo
2,900.00
1,458.00
TOTAL COST 75,000.00
Mrs. Edna Chesney of Per-
kins was awarded the "Teacher
of the Year Award') at the
Northern Oklahoma Educational
Associations district conven-
tion on the campus of Oklahoma
State University.
She has been teaching forty
two years. Thirty of the se have
been at Perkins in Payne
County. She first taught in
Loyal, Oklahoma teaching gra-
des one through six. She has
taught music gradesone througl.
twelve, but has taught primary
for most of these years.
Mrs. Chosney received her
B.S. degree from Edmond and
her masters from O,S.U.
Her offices and honors in-
clude: O.E.A. district offices-
nominating committee, candi-
date for president. President
of the Payne County Educa-
tion Association in 1958, on
the board of directors for twenty
years, served on the nomlnat-
ing committee, teacher of the
year committee, public rela-
tions committee and was teach-
er of the year in Payne County
in 1964.
She is currently teaching first
grade in the Perklns-Tryon
School, and is president of thelr
classroom teachers associa-
tion.
