PAGE 12 -- The Perkins Jom ai Thursday, May 3, 1984
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WITH WARD HAYS
The day had come to
open Ward's Waffle
Hou§e, 213 S. Knoblock,
Stillwater, in 1926.
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I We were going to open
, the waffle house to the
students and faculty.
How many people would
we feed the first day of
business? "How much
should we cook," I asked
my partner and the two
ladies that were to help
me for a week. They were
school teachers and would
have to go to their school
the next week. I asked
them to write on a piece of
paper how many people
they thought we would
feed on the first day. It
would help to know how
much to cook the next
day. Twelve slips of paper
were handed to me with
each one's estimate; the
estimates ran from 50 to
400 people.
I divided the amount in
half; I would cook enough
to feed 200 people and I
would use 5 ounces of
meat per plate. I placed
my meat order that night
as I did my bakery order.
I ordered two 12-14 lb.
: ham pork roasts, 20 to 25
lbs. prime rib beef roast,
25 lbs. of hamburger and
15 lbs. of pork sausage. I
made veal loaf out of the
hamburger; rolled the
meat in a loaf with
tomatoes, onions, celery
and a bit of sage.
I had purchased 50
cases of gallon vegetables
from the wholesale house.
t I cooked my veal loaf in
with the beef roast. In the
steam table, I filled two
10 quart pots with but-
tered peas, two 10 quart
pots with buttered corn
and two heaped-up 10
quart pots with mashed
potatoes. With four pots
left, I filled three Of them
with brown gravy from
the broth of the meats. I
colored the gravy with
burnt sugar. I had one pot
left, so I filled it with
applesauce.
From the bakery, I.
ordered 30 dozen rolls; 15
dozen jelly rolls and 15
dozen fruit rolls; 30 nine-
inch pies, 5 cherry, 5 ap-
ple, 5 mince, 5 banana, 5'
coconut and 5 chocolate. I
also ordered 30 pullman's
loaves of bread. The bread
was not sliced in those
days.
The rolls were delivered
at 5 A.M. Many students
were milling around and
wanted in for breakfast of
rolls and coffee. I told the
help to let them in.
By 8 A.M., there were
three fruit rolls left. Then
the hot cake and waffle
business began. By that
time I had all my meat in
the two big ovens cook-
ing. The waffle iron was
built in the top of the big
range. For the next two
hours, they were full cook-
ing waffles at all times.
Many people try to make
both waffles and hot
cakes out of the same bat-
ter; neither is good. I us-
ed three eggs to each
quart of milk with plenty
of real butter and less
baking powder than hot
cakes, where I used one
egg to each quart of milk
and plenty of baking
powder.
I had made 12 quarts of
maple syrup the evening
before. I put ten quarts of
white sugar in a 12 quart
bucket, 1 T. mapline, 1 T.
vanilla, 1 T. caramel col-
or, and 1 T. egg color. I
filled the bucket with ice
water and stirred until all
sugar was dissolved. I did
not heat. The next morn-
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ing, I strained off the Holder are opening Horse
syrup with a regular milk thief Canyon to the
strainer. This is the best public. The Holders have
tasting waffle syrup you done me the honor of
ever put your lips on. This naming the main trail of
syrup made with ice the canyon for me, the
water will never turn to Ward Hays Trail. The
sugar regardless of how Ward Hays Trail leads to
long you let it set. We us- the main canyon, some
ed one of these buckets of 400 feet below. A big sign
syrup every day in the on inspiration point reads
Waffle House. 'The Ward Hays Trail."
I had cooked enough Ben Holder made a
meat using 5 ounces per short talk announcing the
plate to feed about 230 opening. Then, I stepped
people. Lunch began at to the microphone on the
about 10:45 and ended at speakers platform. I was
2:45. I scraped the bat- not sure that I could be
tom of the pots and took heard as I had not talked
the lunch menu down. The on a microphone since I
first day I had roast ham had lost my voice 8 years
of pork, roast loin of beef ago. I said a few words
and homemade veal loaf. relating to 77 years before
With each plate I put when I visited the canyon
potatoes and gravy, meat for the first time. I was
and buttered peas and just past 11 years old. I
corn for 35 cents with wrote a story about my
drink of milk or coffee. I visit which brought me
also had hot pork, beef or $2.50. While I knew that
veal loaf sandwiches. In the trail was dedicated to
the hot sandwich I placed me, I did not know there
a slice of bread in the mid- were going to be ribbon
die of a steak platter and cutting ceremonies. When
put an ice cream dipper of Ben Holder called me
mashed potatoes covered about noon, I told him it
with brown gravy; a nice was too cold for me to
lunch for 25 cents in- come. It was 49 degrees
cluding drink, with a chill factor of 25
My students worked degrees. I am not suppos-
three hours a day for their ed to get out in weather
board. They could have below 65 degrees.
anything they wanted to I breathe through a
eat and could have a free button size hole in my up-
meal every other week for per chest which goes
their date. directly into my lungs.
We sold a $5 meal When the cold air hits the
ticket for $4.50; other lungs, it feels just like a
cafes got $4.75 for a $5 coal of fire. To go out in-
ticket. The first week we to that kind of weather
sold 456 meal tickets, giv- was risking my fife. A
ing us over $2,000 buying friend of mine said joking-
power. With that much ly, "So what, you are past
money, we could get dis- 88 now, you don't want to
counts enough to offset live forever, do you?"
the 10 percent we were "No," I replied.
giving on the meal "Think how catchy
tickets, your obituary would
Other cafes were work- sound, Tiard Hays Last
ing their help 4 hours a Act Cutting Ribbon at
day for board. The way it Horsethief Canyon'," he
figured, I was feeding 75 said.
meals a day for free. I did not think it so fun-
Myself, 15 students who ny and neither did they
worked for me, my father when I said I was going.
and mother, brothers and It was cold enough out
sister and niece, there to freeze the ears off
After a week's time, a brass monkey. I know I
every student knew what said I intended to cut the
he was supposed to do. ribbon from the car win-
Many a time the student dow, but it did not work
that worked from 6 A.M. out that way.
until he went to class was Next time I go to the
munching on a sweet roll canyon, which I hope will
as they did not have time be soon, it will be warmer.
to eat their breakfast. I Christine, the girl that
had very strict rules. You was supposed to go, said
could not come to work as soon as it warmed up
with a frown on your face, we would go to the ca-
a cigarette in your mouth nyon and go horse back
or liquor on your breath, riding.
Most of my students were I wish to dedicate this
honest hard-working farm tory to Mr. & Mrs.
boys and girls. Both boys Russell Pearson who were
and girls knew the feel of at the canyon from the ca:
the pitch fork, shovel or ty just to see me do the
cows teets, honor. Thank you, folks!
Folks, the time I was Drop by my place every
writing about the Waffle time you are in Stillwater;
House was the fall of ll4W. 12thSt. Myphoue
1926, but now it is 1984. number is 372-5899.
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COYLE NEWS Mrs. Kenneth Stout of
By Velma Downey Guthrie. Later they went
Saturday evening to the apartment of Mr.
guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Pat Todd
and Mrs. Earnest Bentley Smalley and had
refres.hments.
were Mr and Mrs. Larry Coyle Senior Citizens
Phillips, Kris and Lori of
Ponce City. They had at- met Thursday evening at
tended the 89er parade in 6:30 in the Coyle Com-
Guthrie. Sunday, the munity building for a
Bentleys had Easter din- covered dish dinner. Mrs.
her with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Coker presided with
the meeting opening with
Glen Elston and Jeff in
Guthrie; others attending the flag salute and the
were Mr. and Mrs. Billy Lord's prayer. Those
Lowery, Cody and Ericof celebrating birthdays
Guthrie, Mr. and Mrs. were Mrs. Walter Smith.
Buz Holman and April, Those celebrating wed-
Ned and Matthew of Pan- dang anniversaries were
caCity, Brian Elston and Mr. and Mrs. Bud
Miss Afisa Aronson of Vandeveer and Mr. and
Stillwater. Scott Elston Mrs. Ed Lester. The cake
who had been stationed at was baked by Mrs.
Ft. Benning, Georgia was Vandeveer. Those present
home on leave before were Mr. and Mrs.
reporting to Colorado Earnest Bentley, Mr. and
Springs, Colorado. Mrs. Jack Coker, Mr. and
Friday, April 20, Cam- Mrs. Walter Smith, Mr.
mencement of Pat Todd and Mrs. Ed Lester, Mr.
Smalley was held at and Mrs. Lawrence
Oklahoma Christian Col- Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Bud
lege, Oklahoma City at Vandeveer, Mrs. Essa
Hardeman Auditorium at Hicks, Mrs. Martha Dob-
3:30 P.M. He received a son, Mrs. Jo Friday, Mrs.
degree in Biology and Erma Arnett, Mrs. Era-
Chemistry. Those atten- ma Wagoner and Mrs.
ding were his mother, Dorothy Ehrman. The
Mrs. Fannie Smalley; his next regular meeting will
grandmother, Mrs. be May 17th at 6:30.
Wilma Smalley; his Miss Michele Perrin,
grandparents, Mr. and daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Michael Perrin is in the
Mrs. Earnest Bentley,
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Luster contest for Oklahoma
and son of Stillwater and Miss Teen Pageant. As
part of her volunteer tour May 8th
work, she participated in ing to Fort
the March of Dimes will have
Walk-A-Than Saturday former Logan!
at Lake Hefner, Vice-President
Oklahoma City. She cam- Ryan. They will t
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Her friend, Jeanine largest
Flasch, accompanied her southwest and
on the walk. Michele ex- Tsa-La-Gi
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preciation for all the sup- the Logan
port and pledges that the Show by
Coyle people have given Nivens, Mrs.
her. Freudenberger
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Mrs. Darlene Dawson. my, and Mrs.
Mrs. Glenda Bentley Downey.
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opening with the flag 40th
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Roll call was answered on May 6th from
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the seven members honor of
present. Week.
Mrs. Bentley presented and dress revue
the program on "Com- May 10 at the
municating with in Guthrie.
Children." At the close
Mrs. Arlene Hicks gave meeting
a treasurer's report, ed refreshments
Reports on the Health by her daughter,
Fair on April 11 at the The next
Logan County be May 7th at
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were given, da Downey.
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