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pERKINS, PAYNE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA. Thursday, April 25, 1957
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Rain. rain, tornados, and more [ The Lions club members heard
rain. Monday evening the funnels | an address by Paul Knowles, field
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Stage Show Will iii!i!i,i:00il
director of the Leader Dog Lions
program, on the work being done
by the Leader Dogs for the Blind.
Th2s organization started and
backed by Lions dubs, provides
dogs for the blind all over the
country. Mr Knowles has been
blind since birth. He had his own
leader dog with him and told
about the use of the dog and
how much it mcans to a blind
person. Knowtes also explained
the eye bank which is being plan
ned here in Oklahoma which
would help to restore the vision
of many blind people.
The home talent variety show
which has been tenatively set
for the evening of May 3 was
diussed. The show which will
be produced jointly by the Band
Boosters club and the LiOns and
will use home talent exclusively
and promises to be quite interest
ing with some of the acts that,
are being planned.
The menu Monday evening con
sisted of Fish, baked beans, po-
tatoe salad, cole slaw and pum-
pkin pie. There were 34 members
and five guests present for the
meeting.
Mrs. Scott's Father
Dies Tt0000rsday
ordlObert Esta Gripe, of Weather
, father of Mrs Dennis Scott
of Perkins, died early Thursday
mor , e of 78. He had
een in poor health the past year.
Funeral services were held at
I2omas. Okla., Saturday, April
20.
Robert Esta Gripe was born
near Quincy, Ill., September 22.
1878 to Jacob and Ermaline
Gripe.
He grew to manhood near Mal
hall, Okla., where he was mar-
ried to Blanche Emma Logue on
December 25, 1901. In 1902 they
came to this vicinity in a covered
wagon and bought s homestead
12 miles north of Hydro. To this
union were born six children,
four girlg and two boys.
In 1912 he became a member
of the Church of the Brethren a
Thomas where he was superin-
tendent and deacon for many
years.
Surviving are t.wo sons. Ernest
Gripe of Gearv, Theo of Thomas
one adopted son, Charles Gripe
of Dodge City, Kan., _three daugh-
ters, Pearl Herndon of Medford,
Thelma Scott of Perkins. and
Eunice Bateman of Oklahoma
lty. There are ten grandchildren
and ten great grandchildren. His
iand one datlghter preceeded
in death.
Bess Miller Injured In Fall
During the Roundup club prac
tice Sunday afternoon at the
arena, Bess Miller was trown
from the horse she was riding
"and recelved a crushed vertebra.
She is now in the Stfllwater
Melba Davis of Oklahoma City
spent the weekend With her moth
er, Mrs Jim Davis.
we'll take a chance and run it
AINI' IT ,THE TIU'rH .
They find fault with the editor,
And say he should be shot;
That cohnnns are as peppy
.. a cemetery lot.
They say he shews poor judg-
ment,
• The jokes, they say are stale,
On upper floors they holler,
On lower floors they wall.
But when the paper's issued
(We say it with a smile),
If someone doesn't get one
You can hear him yel a mile!
You know, there's more truth
to that poem than you might
think. And for gosh sakes, keep
on hollering when you m/m yotw
copy of the Journal, Thats music
were skipping around Payne
County and putting several Perk-
ins residents in the hole for the
second time in three days. Sat-
Urday weather alerts were out
and Monday a tornado went over
Stfllwater. A few minutes later,
two were sighted near Cushing,
which is getting near Perkins
There are always several, in-
cluding Police Chief Harral, who
keep a keen weather eye out
during these alerts, and it looks
like there will be plenty of warn-
ing for Perkins residents with
television, radio and the lookouts.
However, for more assurance and
safety, two - way radio hookup
With Stillwater and Cushin
Dolice departments, should be
nade. That wOuld give the town
some communication in case teleo
PhOne lines should go out, and
WOUld be beneficial in fire and
Police protection.
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Y-f you heard pretty music (?)
• eming from the Lions Den Mon-
day evening, then you havt heard
a sample of what is in store for
You Friday, May 3, at the Com-
-unity building when the Lions
club and Band I club join
forces to present one of the big-
gest and best variety shows that
Wilt be produced in Perkins for
- s0Ze time.
Mrs Dale Holbrook and Mrs
John Summers are directing the
.I Whh will featur tal-
Ut of the two organizations, the
-larceeds to be used to assist,
the bad, and pay the bill for this
Years Band Festival.
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Perhaps this little chuckle
-.Package is late, and should have
come up last year, but we Will re-
Deat it here as we lifted'it from
the Lions magazine.
A tourist traveling through the
lrought country got into con-
versation with an old settler and
his son at a filling station.
"Looks as if we might have
some rain," said the tourist.
'€Well, I hope so," replied the
native, "not so much for my-
self as for my boy here# I've seen
":it rain."
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Rich Grimm is busy with the
llnt brush this week. Warren's
grocery was the first one to
be: brightened up by the brush
now RAch is painting the
of the Mshrush buildings
.housin entral Jundries, Dr.
]gvings office. Grays Real Estate
a!d the Telephone office.
The Journal building is due for
paLnt some time this sum-
The 'buflding on Main be-
Cadfff's station will be
soon with an ice cream
going in it has been re-
We were telling Galen Hol-
about the Brothers of the
organization in Yale that
made it appear that razor
salesmen have taken a dis-
to Yale merchants. Galen
for heavens sakes don't get
started here, because I sure
went to got n the tank.
Well, perha he wouldn't be
only one to go in, but we do
that the Yale bunch are
fun wlth their whisker
to boost Yales contrl-
to m Centenal celehrat-
You probly wouldn't recog
your former Journal editor
Brow With his new look.
was over last Friday, and
had to take a second
to see just vhat it was.
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We frown on printing poetry,
bt have run some poems for
lOple in the past, so we'll just
t one that we thought was
cute. Betty Carder, Tryon
reporter for the Journal
she ran on to tll, and
EAST SIDE, WEST SIDE - It
was beginning to look doubtful
if there were any old pictures
of the west side of mainstreet,
hut here is evidence that the
photographer that tOOk so mamy
ur bak then didn't just
of his door and start
ehooting. (his shop was on the
west s/de of Main, near the
Bank).
Most everyone will be able to
recognize the picture above as
it was then what it is today,
the Paine County Bank. The
picture was taken in 1910.
know who wrote it, so to our ears.
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The picture below is the Hicks
Hotel, which was located on
the land now oceltied by War-
ren's Grocery. It burned out in
April 1914, as did all the build-
ings bween the Peat Office
and the Bank Building. Evident
ly the people are Mr. Hi.ks a
his fmnfly.
Can anyone Identify the maa
in the picture of the BaA build
ing?
Mrs J. W. Rentfrow brought
in the picture of the Hotel and
Moore the bak picture.
No. 31
Perkins Is Well
Represented At
Guthrie
Perkins was well represented
in Mondays annual version of
the Guthrie 89'era day celebration
parade, with the local Roundup
club, band and Perkins official
goodwill ambassador and favorite
citizen, Frank Pistol Pete" Eat-
on on hand.
The Perkins highschool march-
ing band won first place in class
DD, with a $35 prize for their
marching ability. Pistol Pete took
his place in the annual event oa
a float with Rollie Goodnight,
another Oklahoma old timer.
The Roundup club was out in
force, and were dressed in their
new club riding uniforms for
the first time this year.
Perkins was also represented
by the Lions Club and Roundup
club with an entry in the affair
reminding the some 50,000 view-
Vol. 67
Council Will Take
Office In May
The recently elected Perkins
Town council will take Office
Monday, May 6 with two new
embers and two crrr-overs
from the last administration.
The lineup now consists of PaUl
Weems and Del Lewis, who will
serve another term, and Walt
Martin and Fred Kolosick who
will take up the job for the
first time in Perkins. Martin serv
ed many years on the Council at
Oilton before moving to Perkins.
Paul Weems was unopposed in
the election, and Del Lewis squeez
ed by Phil Hughes by 4 votes.
Walter Martin and Arthur Jenk-
ins were in the race in Ward 2.
Fred Kolceick won over Mayor
Everett Lawrence In another close
raee.
Others who will begin
in town. administration are W. K.
Hist0rieai Society Meeting Will
Be Smla At Sgilwate
The. annual meeting_ of the
Payne County Historical society
will be Sunday, April 28, at 2.00
p. m., In the Stillwater Public
Library butlding,.accordL to John
Melton, actl president.
Speakers for the meeting wil !
be Dr Angle De. an authori
on Oklahoma Hlstry; Dr H, L.
Knight, head f the lLstory de-
partment at Oklahoma A&I and
Darrel Woodyard, also of A2kM.
The public is invited to attend.
meka l.unm hr
Past NOble Gands of the Golden
Star Rebekah lodge are planning
a party lodge Thursday
evening to entertain the members
of the lodge. Birthday lodge will
also be observed. All ira embers
re urged to attend. Lodge opens
at 8:00 p/re.
Joe Thompson, Fort Worth,
Texas brother of Gene Thompson
sln Monday visiting Gene and
Mattie Lee.
Spending Saturday with Mr and
M SiS el w Mr mml,
Mrs Paul Vermflllon of Okla-
homa City. o
Clyde Ostrmder Writes'
Clyde Otrander, of St. Valle-
Jo, California. writes that he was
glad to hear from his many
friends. Following is a portion
of hla letter.
I wa3t to write and tkmnk you
for the many cards and letters
I have received from old friends
• t Perkina and arty. who live in
Califor now, who have learn-
ed of m stroke I had in August.
We movedo farm near Per-
tary Omumon 16 years takl
many oil leas during he boom,
I was girard on the Navy Yard
$ years in the PtternShOp
and FAectron/c building.
I have a llt.Jplaco.at 244
Woodrow Ave. here but affair mY
stroke, I went to my daughter's
home but now live at a good rest
home.
Although my horn@ now ts here
I have many fond memories of.
my old home in Oklahoma and
the many old friends.
Mr and Mrs Ray Wflcoxson and
Mona, Mr and Mrs Hurley Blum-
er and Ronnle, and Layla Clark
of Ark City were Easter dinner
guests of Mr and ],be PAce.
era, of the Perkins Semi- Centen
nial 4th of July Celebration this
summer,
Firemen Will
Have Barbecue
Thursday Night
Perkins firemen will honor their
instructor of the recently com-
pleted firemens course, with a
barbecue Thursday evening at
6:00 p. m. In the City Hall, accord
ing to Chief Cegil Redus.
. The Barbecue is being prePared
by Clay Potts and Jim Lacy at
Oklahoma A&M College and the
usua trimmings and plenty of
eats will be available for the
firemen. Chiof-, Red|Is ur
of the 20 man department to
be on hand for the event.
The instructor will leave in
June for Nichols Hills, near Okla
homa City, where he will be
captain of the fire department
there. He will. graduate from
the firemens school at Oklahoma
A&M in June.
Although the firemen have corn
pleted the course, the inst.ruetor
will be on hand for a few more
weeks to conduct additional prac-
tice.
Drawing Will Be
Two 10's and Five $1
Floyd Johnson received the $10
award at the weekly drawing Sat
urday. Magclaline Bigsoldier's
name was called for the second over the county to assist hi'!, ,,
$10 award but was not present, his work at the Capital. TheY" -,*
'Receiving the smaller awards go down on Monday and retttt
were C A Harrison, Mary Evans, on Thursday.
J. L. Lafitte, Thomas Crook, and
Belle Harris.
Not present were Mary Webb,
Palmer Sadler, Ray Mote and
Martha Buckiey.
The drawing this week will
be two $10's and five $1's. -
Annomce Birth of Da
Mr and Mrs Kenny Brake Of
Pawnee axe the parents o
daughter born April 23. Ma
ldparente are Mr and Mrs
Delmar Nlles.
Mr and Mrs Louis Mtlter of
Abilene, an., and Alveta Carlfle
of Oklahoma City were= 8tmday
dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Verl
ht FUlton,
Oiistrap, clerk, J. E. Baker, treaz
urer and Tom Deering, Justice
of the peace.
Among the accomplishments of
the council the past two years
was the construction and equipp-
ing of a new City Hall buildh
without a bond election; the ad-
dition of a rural fire truck and
additional equipment; paving of
all streets in Perkins and other
minor proJect.
00himes Were
Ready FOr Easter
Chimes rg out over Perkins
East Sunday with the Meth-:
list church Young
t.huaed over
for the project which
underway only a short while. I
was thought that the project
would not near completion util
Christmas.
It. was reported by Mrs Dale
Holbrook thzt the total amount
needed has not been raised, but
that the group was able to have
the chimes installed anyway.
The chimes are on the church
organ, and amplified over the
town from the roof of the church.
She Hrrk Page Boy
Sherman Harris, local
school student Is in
City this week serving aS e
boy for Rep. H. L, sparks of
Cushing.
Rep. Sparks has invited bo
v and Cassandra of ]
ta, Texas, vlt Ty mt
nda in erkim.
Friday evening dimmer guest
of Mr and Mrs Ckme Thnpn
were Mr and Mrs 1 L Benedi;
and Donna. "
Mr dMrs Howad Wrren
spent Easter Sunda" in Oklahoma,
City visiting Mr and Mrs Elmer
Westfall and children.
Easter dinner guests of Mr
and Ms Gen Tmo are
&s mle Recer snd Mr and
Mrs Rose Gina.
Others from Perkins who have
assisted ReP. Sparks are John
Casey and Walter BtckWeIL
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David Hfllhouse in Hawaii
DaVid Joe Hfllhouse, 2rid 'lgaS
Petty Officer ,completed" AMB
School at Men, Tennessee,
:nd He and. Mrs Hlllhause are
stationed.
r and Mrs Harry Blver o
Begs, spent weeJsbnd i "-
anhattan, gans., viU Lt.
and Mrs O. W. Smlt.
Leonard Honeyeutt and Jim-
my Wilson of the IOA Ranch
spent Easter vaeafions with their
families in Shawnee.
Johnnie S/se,of the IOA ranch
went to the 89 er day celebratlor
' tre Ubn with B
i M?Daalel and BIlly's. mother.
:'held in the how of Mrs Allle
/
Lewl& Mrs:W B n and
guest, and Mrs Gertrude Ishmael.
Mrs Pearl Krater was honored.
Mr and Mrs :Edward Scott,
Karen and Billy, Mr and
Doyle Morgan and daughters of
Stfllwater, were _nday dinner
guests of Mrs Frais Scott.
