The Perkins Journal Thursdcy, May 3, 1984 -- PAGE 9
YOUR PROFESSION
e
Janet Reeder
tell you what--I
know what a
is. I love my
~Y home. Per-
been real-
If that's part
a homemaker and
with it, then
rural home
Perkins from
three years ago
:lived in Tulsa
has redefined
for
A Muskogee
the daughter of
Marshall of
and her
when her
Ed began a
in Stillwater.
)ening E.D.
Sleep
Inc., a fur-
outlet, the
nloved into a
home nor-
woman who
out of doors,
her time
the couple's
ION
held almost as
Christians as by
eVers, is that
trust in God
Or at
the
are handled
expediently
It's like a
immunity
in theory,
r inaccurate.
certainty ex-
scriptures
in His hands
The cove-
~f peace and
we have wi'th
langes--even if
and hills
around us.
an we believe
in us directs
us to
atal Ka
In, Rt. 4,
became the
Allen Hum-
City, Mo.,
in the First
of God Church,
Rev. Joe
Was the of-
of the couple
Honeyman,
Honeyman,
and Mr. and
Humble,
a Perkins-
She
Northern
an
of Science
Education.
OSU in the
has been
's Honor
three children, domestic typical in comparison to
d tties and work with the what she feels she was
garden and livestock. She raised to expect. Uncer-
finds the lifestyle tain of how to view the
strenuous and not at all traditional homemaker
Laura Clark and five year old Christine relax for a mo-
ment in the tranquil setting of their rural home.
oneness with the Father,Paul's writings concern-
and not hold in absolute ing areas of service and
truth that He is capable special virtues extended
of also directing the life's by one believer in order to
of those we are in step uplift a fellow brother or
with in our journey? Even sister in the Lord.
to our own good. And Edification involves the
perhaps more often than building up of believers.
we acknowledge, by our Who has the Lord equip-
frail efforts to follow pro- ped and even chosen to do
mptings we don't really so but other believers?
understand. Where in this world, ex-
cepting other Christians,
Believing that then, can would one find the
we look beyond and begin building, the enlightening
to relate to one of the that comes from this
simplest, maybe most special act or process?
natural, and yet during A building or
such times of high ten- establishing which in-
sion, perhaps most impor- creases knowledge
tant spiritual en- through instructing and
dowments? A gift which improving, especially in
the spirit of God allows us moral and religious
to share most uniquely realms, edifying comes
among our brethren, naturally to many. For
There are very special in- those who have never con-
structions through All of sidered the importance or
been exposed to the idea,
a search of the scriptures
is in order.
Verse:
Let us therefore follow
after the things which
make for peace, and
things wherewith one
may edify another.
Romans 14:19
Roll for 3 years. She is
currently enrolled at the
University of Missouri,
Kansas City and is work-
ing at Mademoiselle as an
Aerobic instructor. At
Northern Oklahoma Col-
lege she was on the varsi-
ty track team and varsity
cheerleader.
The bridegroom is a
Ponca City graduate and
graduated from Northern
Oklahoma College with an
Associate of Science.
Presently enrolled at
Cleveland Chiropractic
College, Kansas City. He
was on the Fall 1983
President's Honor Roll at
Cleveland. He was a var-
sity wrestler while atten-
ding Ponca City High
School, and also at Nor-
them Oklahoma College.
PERSONAL
FLORENCE WALL
RETURNS HOME
Florence N. Wall has
returned from Virginia
Beach, Virginia where she
spent a week visiting her
son, Dr. Richard A.
Nelson and family. Her
daughter, Judith Carbajal
of Tucson, Arizona was
also visiting the Nelsons.
They enjoyed visiting Col-
onial Williamsburg, Fort
Monroe, and,The Chapel
of the Centurion which is
located there, Yorktown
and other places of
historical interest. Fort
Monroe is one of the
oldest forts in the United
States and is partially
situated within the con-
fines of the moat.
Virginia was beautiful
with a wealth of trees,
shrubs and flowers in
bloom.
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NEWS MAN RETIRES
CREScENT--Logan
County News Editor
Louis Cozby was treated
with a staff party recent-
ly when he retired. Cozby,
an area resident, has been
an editor, teacher and free
lance feature writer for
many years in the Enid-
Crescent-Guthrie area.
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a
role, Laura said, "I think
'life-maker' is a better
term. Life is what you do
everyday," she recalls
someone having said.
Describing herself with
a laugh as "GOd fearing
and fun-loving," Laura
becomes momentarily
pensive. "I don't know!
What a question!" With
further thought, she adds
she sees herself growing.
"I hope I'm growing.
That's how I want to
describe myself. I've
learned so much since
moving here. It's very dif-
ferent from what we were
raised to think we would
have, you know," she
said.
Asked if she felt she
was sacrificing a career,
Laura said, "Not at all. I
have so many things I
want to do, a career would
interfere with that." She
has worked in the past as
a surgical technician, an
office manager, in retail
sales, and as an inter-
collegiate athletic
secretary at OSU. She
helps with the furniture
business from time to
time with sales and win-
dow displays, and
thoroughly enjoys doing
so. But to sum up her feel-
ings about working out of
the home she said, "I'm
really blessed with a lack
of ambition in business
things. I used to be in-
terested."
The Clark's children,
Benny, 7, a first grader,
Christine, 5, and Ethan,
15 months, keep Laura ac-
tive. A strong comitt-
ment to church work also
occupies her time. As the
Coordinator of Family
Life Ministries for 1st
United Methodist Church
in Perkins, Laura plans
and implements the fami-
ly oriented programs.
"Basically, it recogniz-
es that the family is the
nucleus of Christian life,"
she says in regard to the
ministry. ' rhe sky is the
limit on the things you
can do," the enthusiastic
young woman says. The
church has recently held a
six week film series on
marriage and also has an
active ministry to senior
citizens through the
Three Quarter Club,
which is comprised of for-
ty members over the age
of 75.
"We try to honor the
old as well as the young,"
Laura said. "We just try
to recognize that every
member of the family is
important. They all have
something to contribute."
Strength in her own
family comes from the
belief ' hat GOd is the
Father of our family--the
head of our household,"
Laura said. "Our faith
and our conviction dic-
tates our behavior
hopefully--we strive for
that."
Identifying with other
family related problems
today, Laura feels the
foremost concern to
families is external stress.
"The normal family
things--we're able to deed
with. It's the pressure of
the economic structure--
the family institution--
the value structure is so
different too."
Mentioning what she
terms "grey areas,"
Laura said, "I think also
the difference between
right and wrong has got-
ten muddled. I firmly
believe that." Children
suffer under the changes,
she feels. "It's hard for
them if the lines aren't
defined."
I
ANNIE'S CHEESE
SOUFFLE
8 slices of bread, cubed
lb. sharp cheese
{coarsely grated)
6 eggs, beaten
2 cups milk
1/2 stick margarine
dash red pepper
Combine eggs and milk,
oleo and red pepper. In
greased 9X13 casserole,
make a layer of bread
cubes and then a layer of
cheese. Pour egg mixture
over all. Leave in
refrigerator over night.
Bake 1 hour at 350°F.
Serve with any cream-
type sauce: mushroom,
crab, turkey, chicken, or
chopped beef.
CHICKEN ROLL-UPS
1-3 oz. pkg. cream
cheese w/chives
1 can Franco-American
chicken gravy
2 T. soft margarine
1 can crescent rolls
IA c. crushed croutons
1-5 oz. can boned
chicken
I-2 oz. jar mushroom
pieces
3 T. melted butter or
margarine
black pepper
Combine cream cheese,
soft margarine, boned
chicken, and mushrooms
in a saucepan. Stir over
medium heat, adding pep-
per. Open rolls and work
dough together at the
angled perforations. You
will want to end up with
four rectangles. Spoon
chicken mixture into
center of each rectangle
and fold dough over mix-
ture, sealing edges with
fork. Coat with butter and
dredge each roll-up in
crushed croutons. Place
on ungreased cookie sheet
and bake at 375°F for 20
minutes. Heat gravy and
add your own special
touch: pecans dress it up
for company, but my
family prefers just
parsley flakes and a little
pepper. Spoon hot gravy
over your roll-ups and
enjoy--this is a favorite
with husbands and
children!
AUTHENTIC
WILLIAMSBURG
SWEET POTATO
MUFFINS
From
CHRISTIANA CAMP-
BELL'S TAVERN
• (2V2 dozen)
2/3 c. canned or cooked
fresh sweet potatoes,
well drained
4 T. butter
I/2 c. sugar
1 egg
3/4 c. flour
2 t. baking powder
V2 t. salt
1/2 t. cinnamon
¼ t. nutmeg
1/2 c. milk
4 T. walnuts or pecans,
chopped
4 T. raisins, chopped
Preheat oven 400°F.
Grease muffin tins--l /2
inches in diameter. Puree
or mash sweet potatoes.
Cream butter and sugar;
beat in the eggs and sweet
potatoes. Sift together
the dry ingredients and
add alternately by hand
with the milk, nuts and
raisins. MIX just until
blended--don't overmix.
Spoon into greased tins,
filling each tin full.
Sprinkle with cinnamon
and sugar if you like.
Bake at 400°F for 25
minutes.
SWEET AND SOUR
PORK
2 lbs. pork, chopped
1 c. pineapple chunks
3A c. vinegar
4 t. cornstarch
I/t t. salt
Vz c. water
Vs c. sugar
2 T. soy sauce
c. pineapple juice
t. ginger
Make a paste of cor-
nstarch, salt, and soy
sauce {amount may vary
slightly according to type
A woman who admits
rather humorously that
she honed her shorthand
skills in church taking
down the sermons,
Virginia Bates says it was
a practical experience.
"When a Pentecostal
preacher is preaching,
you've got to be fast."
The practice un-
doubtedly paid off, in-
creasing the local
woman's skill. Modestly,
she admits she has been
able to type as fast as 140
words per minute.
Virginia returned to
Perkins in 1980 after hav-
ing lived in Yukon for 18
years. The mother of four
daughters, Virginia is the
General Manager for
Wells Management Com-
pany {WMC) in Perkins.
She worked with Western
Electric out of Oklahoma
City as Secretary of
Engineering prior to
returning here.
Going back farther, she
recalls her first job. "I
worked for Jack Vassar
when I was in high school
as a junior. I was a
secretary. In fact, I was
his first secretary."
Perkins is not unfamiliar
to Virginia. When asked if
she had relatives here she
said, "What half of the
town do you want?"
Most successful businesses today have highly skill-
ed and motivated women applying their talent, and
as General Manager of WMC of Perkins, Virginia
Bates is no exception.
businesswoman is, "being
a woman--in this posi-
tion." Showing evidence
of a personality fully
capable of meeting that
challenge head on, she
adds, "If I was in a
secretarial position, I
don't think it would be so
hard--so difficult."
With one daughter, 16
year old Michelle, living
Management duties forat home, Virginia express-
Virginia include the local ed that a single woman's
office and keeping up with life isn't easy at home or
"26 projects in about that at work. There's always
many towns all over the something, she feels, that
state." WMC presentlyit would be nice to have a
has 521 apartment units little help doing, par-
with plans to expand to ticularly around the
nearly double that house. She mentions pro-
number in the future,udly a major remodeling
"It's a lot of fun trying to project on her home, the
keep them all lookinghome where her folks liv-
good--in good repair, and ed. "Dad passed away in
keeping the tenants hap- November and I had just
py," Virginia said. "I 'm a finished the house. I have
registered apartment a picture of him standing
manager out of on the porch. He was so
Washington. It's a happy with it," she said.
degree--not a big degree. "It's really hard to do
But, it's something that's something like that
helpful when you manage without a man around,
apartments." but I did it. I'm proud."
"Perkins' apartments Working agrees with
were the first thing he the Perkins native, and
did," Virginia said, speak- she says she "can never
ing of her boss, local remember not working."
businessman and Virginia stays busy out of
habits formed in early life.
"Being the oldest of seven
children, don't learn
to relax," she said. "I "m
really not a workaholic. I
just like to fill my time
with busy things."
Much of Virginia's
spare time is filled with
church work and family
activities. "I love music
and sing with my family.
I've been a choir director
and youth director at one
time, and taught every
Sunday School class a
developer, Harland Wells.
"He set up the manage-
ment company at that
time."
The most difficult thing
about her work, according
to the personable
BIG EASTER EGG
HUNT CROWD
PAWNEE--At least
400 children with the
many parents and grand-
parents, turned out for
the 55th Annual Lions
Easter Egg Hunt, the
largest crowd in many
years. The egg hunt was
held at 10 A.M. instead of
9 A.M. this year.
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f
and quantity of meat}.
Roll pork in paste. Brown
in oil. Add sugar, vinegar,
water, pineapple juice,
and ginger to skillet. Cook
slowly until meat is
tender. Add pineapple,
simmering another
minute. Serve with
chinese vegetables and
rice.
HONEYMOON APPLE
PIE
6-8 tart apples, pared,
cored, and sliced
3A c. sugar
I/2 c. brown sugar
2 T. flour
¼ c. lemon juice
1 t. cinnamon
dash of nutmeg
2 T. butter
Pour lemon juice over
sliced apples and toss.
Combine all other ingre-
dients except butter; mix
with apples. Fill a 9-inch
pie crust with apples and
dot butter over top. Cut
slits in top crust and place
over apples; seal. Now
brush your crust with
milk and sprinkle it with
sugar. Bake at 400°F for
50 minutes. You see--you
can cookl
large church would have."
"Dealing," she says. is
the biggest challenge of
every day. "There's
always some monumental
task that comes up every
day. There's rarely a com-
plaisant day." She con-
siders her greatest work-
ing accomplishment has
been "learning the Farm
Home rules and regula-
tions," which she find,
complicated and inter-
preted differently by
every district.
Asked what personal
traits help her as a work-
ing woman, Virginia said.
"Well, I'm faithful and
stubborn. Oh, and l think
that being in this office.
your attitude has a lot. to
do with it. Your attitude
toward yourself and
others."
An interruption at the
door of her office by a
fellow "worker, Sherry
Kucko, one of Virginia's
sisters, yields more in-
sight into a description of
Virginia. "She's real
determined, ultra-
intelligent--and I would
say compassionate.
"O-
WELL RUNS DRY
TECUMSEH--Sunday
afternoon, water quit
flowing from Asher's two
water wells. Asher is
located near Tecumseh.
After pulling a pump, it
was determined that the
well had run dry. One well
is 50 years old and the age"
of the other is not known.
They've always been good
producers. Several causes
have been observed, clog-
ging of the screening and
collapse of the strata both
are being considered.
BOYCES TO BE HONORED ON 40TH
ANNIVERSARY
Mr. and Mrs. Olys Boyce will be honored with a
reception for their 40th wedding anniversary on Sun-
day, May 6, 1984, from 2 to 4 P.M. at their home east
of Coyle.
Olys Boyce and Vera Miller were married in Guthrie
by the Rev. W.W. Daniel on May 9, 1944.
The reception will be given by their children, Mr.
and Mrs. James {Martha) Sissons of Guthrie and Mr.
and Mrs. Wayne Boyce of Coy|e.
All friends and relatives are cordially invited to at-
ten(L Your gift of friendship is the only gift requested.
