THE PERKINS JOURNAL, Thursday, April 12, 2001-9
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Perkins community provided by David Sasser, Perkins Historical Society and Perkins
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rnI hestra, Prairie Gem School, 1904. Front Row (L to R): Pearl .------, Gui!ar; E he Swift,
,,l Back row (L to R): Ray------, Fiddle; May Morrow, organE, t; George Swift, futdte.
.are some things I re- was
r about FirstMethod},st
/ /Perkins in the 1940 s.
tal/ ents, sLsters, brothers and
940's, heat was
wi Y" "oal burning fur-
L6.¢ ting. 5' ter, natural gas was used
tS3hildren's Sunday School
mdlffl rnetin the basement.
ae iJ. !lPenry was children's su-
)lli l ndent. She had a round
cake, painted white,
in it for candles.
a child had a birthday, she
the candles and we
song "Jesus bids
us shine with a clear pure light- Every Sunday morning he
like a little candle burning in the would have one of the men to
night."Twoofmyteacherswere read the names on the list.
Blanche Carson and Emily Theodore Martin often
Hubbard. called upon to read the list. Also,
The Sunday School had clos- Mr. Strouse had the same open-
ingexercises right before the 11 ing hymn for worship every
o'clock worship services. On Sunday: "Holy, Holy Holy." It
the fourth Sunday, J.K. Hastings was like a call to worship.
would give a talk on foreign When we had communion,
missions. Noah Baker served as the stew-
When there was a fifth Sun- ard. That is, he would help the
day, it was called Temperance pastor in serving communion.
Sunday. (Other churches ob- The people would come to the
served temperance Sunday front and kneel at the altar rail
also). Bob Chesney would give to receive communion.
a talk on that Sunday. At the front of the sanctuary,
In 1943, Pastor G.A. Strouse fastened to the wall above the
posted a list of persons of the chancel, was a cross. On the
community who served in the horizontal part were the words,
armed forces in World War II. "God is Love." On the vertical
part of the cross it read "He is
Risen!"
munity
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Warren's friends of Yale,
9:9 Years A o. April 18. 1902 Stiilwater and Perkins are con-
The Santa Fe will fident that he will win the nomi-
discountinue the Sunday stock nation for sheriff on the Repub-
train alter April 20. This train lican ticket.
has been a great convenience to Burk's big "Uncle Tom's
the people and it is hoped that Cabin Co." will play at Perkins
the Santa Fe managers will give Wednesday, under a big tent.
us a regular Sunday train in its This is the first time the public
place, here has had the opportunity to
Dr. R.W. Holbrook is repair- see this dramatization.
ing a room in the rear of his drug 50 Years Aeo. April 26. 1951
store for an office. The Perkins American Legion
79 Years Ago. April 28. 1922 Post is planning to erect a me-
Warren Cooper was home morial flag pole at the Perkins
from Yale Sunday and Monday. public park in the near future. It
First 'Charter Subscribers'
accepted for Perkins history book
by David Sasser Persons ordering a book by
Orders are beginning to come May 10 will be listed as a"Char-
in for Perkins - A Place to call ter Subscriber" in the book.
Home, a history of Perkins Charter subscribers since last
through the 20th century by week include: Mr. & Mrs.
David Sasser, featuring the pho- Wayne Allen, Perkins; Mr. &
tography of Cecil Acuff. Mrs. Gene Hauf, Stillwater; Mr.
The hardbound book will con- & Mrs. George Harden, Perkins;
tain 389 pages and over 250 Michael L. Knipe, Tulsa; Mr. &
photos of Perkins, including cur- Mrs. Richard Mangold, Perkins;
rent photos of community Wanda K. Newport, Stillwater;
groups, churches and busi- D. Earl Newsom, Stillwater;
nesses. The book is fully in- Larry Pearson, Wilsonville;Mr.
dexed and a copy of the index is & Mrs. Kenneth Price, Perkins;
available at the Thomas-Wilhite Mr. & Mrs. Ron Stites, Perkins;
Memorial Library or Perkins Palmer Sadler, Perkins; Mr. &
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tember, the book will sell for Larry S. Tomlinson, Perkins;
$34.95. However, you can save Robert D. Tomlinson, Edmond;
$5 per book by placing a Jim S. Tomlinson, Oklahoma
prepublication order f or books City; Phil D. Tomlinson,
until May 10. The Shawnee; Linda Vassar, Clinton;
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The Elwood Hubbards at,
sporting a new light colored,
power-glide Chevy. Very nice
looking model car.
45 Years Ago. April 19. 1956
Friday the 13th was just an-
other day in the life of Leroy
Salsman, Perkins High School
student, who picked this day to
replace the large light bulb on
top of the water tower, a job oth-
ers have declined to accept.
None the worse for his job on
the tower that lucky day, he
gladly accepted a dollar as pay-
ment and headed for the drug
store.
40 Years Ago. April 20. 1961
Delegates to Boy's State are
James Thompson, Nolan Arthur,
and Donald Cundiff.
35 Years Ago. April 24. 1966
Mrs. Elsie Jenkins, Perkins
second grade teacher, has been
choosen Payne County Teacher
of the Year.
30 Years Ago. April 22. 1971
The Perkins Band, directed by
Carol Wall, were champions in
the Ripley Pioners Day parade.
Terry Brown was named top
drum major and received a tro-
phy, as did the band.
Wendell Sadler was elected
new Lions president; vice-presi-
dents are Marvin Bowyer, Rich-
ard Marigold, Bill Sasser.
Years Ago. April 8. 1976
Tammy Lore, Linda Smith
and Rhonda Lomenick were
among female athletes finding
a place in the P-T weight room.
Teacher is Shelby Lauener.
The Perkins Methodist
Church will observe their 85th
anniversity Sunday.
20 Years Ago. April 16.1981
Tryon residents' protest to a
request to bus their seventh and
eighth grade students to the
Perkins campus each day,
gained statewide publicity when
Oklahoma City television sta-
tion Channel 9, covered a strat-
egy meeting held at the school
library.
Dan Hubbard is new Co-op
Manager. He will replace Dwain
Darrow, who has accepted a
similar position at Perry.
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