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THE PERKINS JOURNAL
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" By Bob Evams
t,The hearty fishermen are back
-d accoraing o their reports
ltales) they have never caught
many bass, and never were
so big!
brought
I
said they I
100 ,pounds of fish. But, I
fin doesn't sound quite
as he sd they would go
in the morning and catch
limit of 18 fish by noon. all
around six pounds. They
four days, and if they
fish like that, it would
a large truck to carry tem
when he report-
they didn't eat mch fish
were there.
Rushmore took the hon-
the biggest one, six
Only trouble with that is
was the only one he caught
four days, so it was reported.
Butler took the hon-
of the largest one last year
has evidence of it in the
McDanlel said that if you
go there (Bull Shoals) to
ask for the gudde named
as he knows where to find
didn't get to talk to Dale
and Gene Thompson, so
know how their catch was.
both look like they have
arm muscles, so they were
imlling them in fast and
or have been telling
fish stories with arm
included.
x:c'x
we were hearing
but it was the
chimes at the Methodist
There wasn't much mel-
or rhythm to it, but we found
the, reason for that. Francis
was at the Key board.
said .he was helping install
so evidently he was hitting
keys while they tuned it up.
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$'hur Holbrook byught in
evidence to the Lions meeting
the wheat damage following
ice storm Friday. Many of"
armers are concerned about
wheat, oats and barley.
Kirk said that during a trip
r Newkirk Sunday, it didnt
k so good. Agronomist Gaylord
nes reported, however, that
Declalists at Oklahoma A&M
doesn feel that the freeze did as
Uch damage as it was first
tlought..
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e want to encourage you to
attend the weekly Saturday draw
tt s in Perkins. Someone is
tie richer each week at the
of your Perkins mer-
This week the drawing
two $10 and five $1's.
There is a large ad in an inside
.l-ge this week that is encourag-
l You to look arbund in Perk-
stores first while shopping,
In a town this size, it is next
'inpossible that every
item
t you might need or want is
ked in the stores, but hund-
I and hundreds of items that[
oll need and want are here at 1
doorstep, and usually at low- [
Prices than you can get them I
eleWhere.
ven if prices on some items
are slightly higher, when you
¢°ider the national average of
l0 cents a mile to drive after
em elsewhere, have you saved?
We attempt to serve the read-
er of the Journal by bringing
them the latest news of their
eotumunity as well as the manY
Rres, bargains and services of-
eel by merchants here. Some
ef the desired, services and wares
are not offered here, so we accept
advertising frbm where they are.
We will admit that this adver o
tg is not only for the readers,
httt for the sake of their paper
the Journal, who must have this
qtddRional revenue, to survive.
rising costs, the operation
weekly newspaper in a small
is becomnig more difficult
PERKINS, PAYNE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA. Thursday. April 18, 1957
IRural Fire Alarm [Br°°msale Will
IBe In May
System Will Start i
paaynYe 1coSty rural residents'
are receiving cards and infor-
mation this month that will pro-
Yide them with a new plan in fire
protection in the rural areas.
The Perkins fire department
is workLng with oter county de-
partments and the County Home
Demonstration office and clubs]
in setting up a card file fire alarm
No 30
It was announced at the Lions
meeting Monday that the Broom
Sale would be held Saturday,
May 11. The Sale was snowed out
last Friday.
Final plans were announced
for the annual Easter egg hunt
to be held for the kiddies of the
community this Sunday at 2:00
p. m.. at the park. ,
The officer nomination com-
mittee presented the list, of nom-
inations for officers for the com-
ng year, which the club approv-
ed. They were: President, John
system on farm homes. This sys- Summers; First Vicc/-president,
tern will be used to give direct,- Bob Evans; Second Vice-Presl-
ions, location, and the amount -ent Ga lord Hanes Third Vice
of water and the type andnum- '- Y --.- --; ...... "
......... ,resioen, rer uler; ec-
er o DUlIQIngs on each farm. 1 r€ "rurer Galen Hol-
will make ]t possible for 1 e,
. I singer" Lion Tamer, Me vin Sag r"
the life department nearest the I TaP ter Marion Jarvis- Dir-
farm home to be on their way in I ecrs, Bob 'Chesney, Roy 'Crabs
a marker of minutes, and will I and Palmer Sadler. Directors re-
know just what equipment and maining this year are Ralph Gray
manpower will be necessary to
extinguish a fire at that particu-
lar home.
A numbering system designed
and used by the Central Rural
Electric Cooerative in Stillwater
is being applied to the fire card
system. Each farm home will
have a number. This number will
be listed on /two cards, one to
be put by the telephone, and the
other to be completed with dlr-
ectlorts to the home, kind of
water system available on the
place, type and nurn6er of build-
ings, and other information. This
card should be returned to the
Payne County Home Demons t ra-
tion agenb in the self addressed
envelope provided, and from there
it will be given to the fire de-
part_e,.n.arest..he arm hoae.
When the farm resident finds
it necessary to report a fire he
will call operator, or the de-
partment nearest his home, and
give the number on the card
posted near his phone. The fire
department will immediately pull
the numbered card from their
file and will have the location
and other information at hand.
The system does not go into
effect until May 1, and although
many have completed filling out
their cards, Stillwter fire au|h-
orities ask that people do not
use the number assigned yet, as
the card file systems will not
be completed in the various fire
stations unt41 May I. I
Farmers are urged to take out]
the fire run clause in their in-[
surance policy. In most cases
this costs only one dollar a year, !
,and Hurley Blumer. These nom-
inations will be voted on at a
future date.
There were 35 members, one
guest, Bob Wells and a new mere
her Joe Lafitte, present for the
meeting. Everyone enjoyed a din-
ner consisting of beef and noodles
mashed potatoes, cottage cheese,
green beans, cherry cobbler and
coffee.
Meade Services
Were Saturday
In Tulsa .... _
Mrs Harriet Meade, 67, widow
of the Rev C. D. Meade, pioneer
Oklahoma minister a,'l former
pastor of Centenary Methodist
church was found dead Thurs-
day; April 11 at her home near
Ingley, appearently-the victim
of a heart attack.
A son, Robert Meade,"Tuls$
said Mrs Meade had not apire u
ill when she talked with a per-
son by telephone about one hour
before her body was foffld in the
yard of the cabin site.
Mrs Meade had been staying
at the cabin on Grand Lake at
intervals since her husbands
death in December.
She was born at Iola, Kan., and
as a child came to Indian Ter-
ritory. After her marriage, she
lived at Muskogee, Miamf, Bkist-
ow, Shawnee, Medford Norman,
Edmond, Fort Worth, sa. and
Parsons Kan., where he leld pest
and will enable the fire depart- ] orates during more than 49 years
ment to collect for the run made in the ministery.
out of town, The Perkins fire-] At the time of his death Mr
department will make a rural run
regardless of the insurance fire
run clause, but would appreciate
everyone taking advantage of
that part of their insurance, as
it will enable the rural truck to
be more adequately equipped
and maintained at all times.
each year. Over 15 small town
papers have closed up in Okla-
homa in the past 6 years. This
will never happen in Perkins as
long as we receive the continuect
support of advertisers in Perkins
and some in Stillwter and Cush--
ing. Advertising is a triple-com-
bination service that benefit the
consumer, merchant and news-
paper.
We will go along with the idea
of the merchants here to "Com-
pare Quality, Convenience and
Prices. in Perkins first, and then
shdp Where You Must".
We don't feel that any mer-
chant, whether in Perkins, Cush-
ing Stillwater, Guthrie, Chandler
or where, would ask anymore
or any less than the above slogan.
Tley are asking the same thing
in every town. If you can't get
the item you wart at home, then
do the next best thing.
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Do you have any extra or old
Pecans you want to get rid of?
We know some people that hae
couple of pet squirrels thab
have depleted their winter stock
of nuts, and need some more.
We will trade them Out for a
subscription oray up to 10 cents
a pound for them.
and Mrs Meade were living in
Perkin where he was serving as
a supply pastor.
Survivors Include two other
sons, CeCil D. Meade, St., Tulsa,
and Paul Meade Oklahoma City;
two sisters, Mrs Isaac Fulton,
Perkins, and Mrs Merle Red-
wood. Buffalo, Mont., and seven
grandchildren.
Services were held at 2:30 p. m.
Saturday in the Centenary Meth-
odist church. Interment was in
Memorial Park cemetery under
direction of the Ninde Funeral
directors.
Forest Valley Garden Club Meets
The Foresb Valley Garden club
met in the home of Mrs Bill
Hickman Friday with an all day
meeting and luncheon at noon.
The day was spent making
baskets with Mrs Hiokman and
Mrs O E Cowley presenting the
Lesson.
In te afternoon MYs Ida Tay-
lor conducted the business meet-
ing.
Those present were Mesdames
Ida Taylor, Gladys Newport Gay
Clark "Nell ichois, ,agnes Cow-
ley, Oriole Ball, Ruth Courtright.
Mary Evans, Elsie Saint, Myrtle
Courtrlght, Miss Mable Willett,
and the hostess. Mrs Viola Hick-
man.
The next meeting will be at
the home of Mrs Gladys Newport
with Mrs Agnes Cowley present-
ing the lesson, "Making Hats.'
Band Beosters Won't Meet Mort.
Marie Darby And EGG. HUNT WILL
BE SUNDAY
Cegil Redus The Perkins Lions club will
Are Selected
Four Perkins highschool stu-
dents were honored last week
when they were selected by the
American Legion and American
Legion Auxiliary as delegates and
alternate delegates to Boys and
Girls state June 8 through 15.
Marie Darby and Cegil Redus
will represent the two organiza-
tions at. the BOYs Rnd Girls
State. The Girls State is to be
held at OCW at Chickasha
and BOys State will be at O U in
Norman.
Alternates selected were Marl-
lyn Youngker and Curtis Fisher.
Candidates for boys and girls
state must be Juniors in high-
school and are selected for their
high morale character, honesty
and courage and for leadership,
scholarship and for cooperative-
nesa
These meetings are a practical
application of Americanism and
good citizenship, designed to bring
the boYs and girls of Oklahoma a
greater knowledge of the fun-
damtal principles of govern-
ment; to inform them of their
rightss and privileges as citizens
and to inculcate a deep sense of
responsibility to the community,
State and Nation.
Marie is the daughter of Mr and
Mrs Frank Darby, and a junior In
the Perkins htghschool. She is
active in Band FIIA, Rainbows,
CYF and a member of the Perk-
ins Christian church. She has bee
Marie Darby
a representative to Colorado in
Rainbow, three year letterman in
band has received the Lions club
award, was junior class queen
Runner up for camp scholarship,
assistant church organist, past
worthy advisor in Rainbows for
two terms. Elected Grand Page
at Grand Assembly last session,
and is an assistant Bible school
teacher.
Cegil, delegate to boys state,
is the son of Mr and Mrs C C
Redns. He is active in Band, base-
hall and baskRtball, having leter-
ed two years in band, one year
Cegtl Red
in basketball and three years in t
baseball. His summer activities in I
clude little league baseball, where /
he Is outsanding pitcher and j
also plays outfield. He received
I
top honors in Farm Shop at the
FFA competition at, Okmulgee last
week. He was in the junior play
and has received the Lions club
award. He is a member of the
Baptist church. Cegil received a
writeup in the Perkins Jo
again this year host the local
youngsters in the annual Easter
Egg hunt Sunday afternoon at
2:00 p. m. at Memorial park
West of the ball field.
The children will be divided in-
to age goups and turned loose to
hunt for the hundreds of eggs.
In case of bad weather, the hun|
will be postponed until the foll-
owing week.
Lions members are asked to
bring a dozen hard boiled eggs
or two dozen candy eggs to the
Lions den Sat4n-day morning. If
you choose to bring candy eggs,
wrap them in pairs with cello-
phane paper. "
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Roundup Club Will
Ride In Parade
The '89'ers day celebration and
parade in Outhrie Monday was
the topic of Tuesdays Round-up
club meeting and it was declded
that the club would Join with
the Lions club in preparing a
float to advertis the Perkins
4th of July celebration and Rodeo
in the Guthrie parade.
Verlin Fulton gave instructions
for riders who will participate in
the parade. Mrs Jess Youngker
was appointed the assistant to
parade marshall.
New members are Mr and Mrs
H. M. Cross, and were present for
the meeting. Other new members
are Mr and Ms Lyle Hayes, Mr
and Mrs Hubert Moorman, and
Mr and Mrs Bennett.
Mary Coe and Evelyn Cruse
showed a sample of the ew shirts
and blankets. Garvin and Evelyn
Crse willu go to Oklaloma City
Wednesday to purchase the re-
maining shirts and fringe.
Club members are to meet in
Outhrle on Monday at 9:0a. lm
to be ready to get in format, ion
for the parade. All members are
to fix a basket dinner to be
pread together.
Members are urged to be at
the rodeo grounds Sunday to
• practice riding and to be assign-
ed a position for Mondays ,para-
de.
Refreshments were served by
Mrs Fiolle and Mrs Hardy.
Mrs Harrier To Present Pupils
in Recital April 23.
The pupils of Mrs Max Horner
will present their annual Spring
recital, April 23, at 8 p. m. in
the Auditorium of the Christian
church. Students participating
are Steven Gartman, Carolyn
Martin, Ellen Barnes, Eloise Hast,
ings, Glenna Gartman, Glenda
Mercer, Marie Darby, Carol Sue
Butler and Donna McGee.
The public is cordially invited,
Egg Hunt
Sagers Have New Son
Mr and Mrs Melvin Sager are
the parents of a son born Wed-
nesdaY, April 11 ,in the Cushing
hospital. He weighed nine pounds
and three ounces. He was named
Steven Miles.
several years ago, declaring him
the youngest blacksmith in oa-
homa. He still hIPS liis dad in
the Redtm Welding shop.
Marily Youngker, who was
chosen alternate is active in
spots and band, and is a mem-
ber of the Christian church in
Perkins. She was a cdidate for
the Bridge dedication queen in
1954 and also band queen. She
played a leading part in the
junior play this year. She has
lettered two years in basketball
and four years in band.
Curtis Fisher is alternate dele-
gate to BOys State. He is active
in band, having been a member
for six years. He was also a
nmber of tle th, junior play
cast, and has won the Lions club
award. He is a member of the
MYF at the Methodist church,
and a member of the Methodist
,church choir. He has been active
in Boy Scou for the paSt few
years,
Vol. 6
Town Sells Pipe
To Pact Gas Co.
Negotiations between the Town
of Perkins and the Pact Gas
Company began last Wednesday
evening when the Town council
et in special session to proceed
on the transactions to make the
€own owned portion of the gas
system available to Pact at their
offer price of $5,000.
A unamious vote of the retLring
council, and the approval of the
new eouncll, paved the way for
the negotiations that will enable
Pact to sell their interests here
to Oklahoma Natural Gas Co.
This action followed a meeting
Monday evening, APril 8, when re-
presentablves of Pact revealed
that they would have to purchase
the Perkins owned portion of the
distributing system before" the
sale to Oklahoma Natural could
be completed.
The Monday meeting closed
with the council tenatively accept
ng the offer of $5,000, but re-
quested several days o investi-
gate the worth of the portion ow
'4d by the town.
Les Huis, vice-president of Pact
and D. O. Cubbage, Pact attorney,
reported in the April 8 meeting
that negotiations between Pact
and Oklahoma Natural started in
January, but through some error
the fact that Perkins town own-
ed a portion of the distributing
system "here was omitted, and
negotiations stopped until Pact
could obtain ownership of the
system in its entirety. Cubbage
explained that it made no diff-
erence whether Pct or. Natural
purshased the line, as long as
complete posession was given to
one or the other.
Pac has operated the system
here for the past 39 years. Prior
to that time, Perkins citizens
had voted a bond, and attempted
to install their own system, which
inciuded pipe and meters on hand.
The pipe was installed, but con-,
nections were not made until Pact
took over the project and com-
pleted the system and installed
the meters. Huls produced a cheCk
at the April 8 meeting showing
Pact had purchased the meters.
Pact officials explained their
desire to sell the system was dUe
to the illness and death of Dick
Turtle, president and partner of
the Pact Company. Also, it was
explained that, it was becoming
more difficult for smaller com-
panys to maintain a supply of
gas, and it was felt that okla-
homa NatUral Gould bes serve
the towns now serviced by Pact.
It is the general opinion of [he
council that the $5,000 from the
sale of the pipe will be used for
water improvement, which has
been a sore spot for Perkins re-
sidents for some time. Discolora-
tion of the er has made it
necessary for housewives to do
their washing over as man as
three times.
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Wyant Services held
Saturday
Funeral services were held at
3 p. m. Saturday in the Strode
Chapel at Stiilwater for Charlie
p. Wyant, 70, route 1, Perkins,
who, died Thursday at StilIwaber
Municipal hospital.
The Rev. O. L. Messenger of-
ficlated with interment at Olivet
cemetery under the direction of
the Strode funeral home.
Charlie P. wyant was born on
September 18 ,1886, at Talequah.
'He was married in 1904 to Emmm
Line Dalton at Talequah but has
lived in and near Stillwater and
Perkins since 1923. He was a re-
tired farmer.
He is survived by his widow.
five sons and one daughter. ey
are Earl of Wichita; Lester, Rt.
I, Perkins; Curtis, Rt. 3, Still-
water; Charles, Salt Lake City,
Utah and L, J. of Stillwater. The
daughter is Mrs Ella Wiham,
Cushing, Two sons died in Infant"
Tlere are 21 grandchildren and
seven great,grandchildren.
