2-The Perkins Journal Thursday, May 5, 1977
Rolmet L. YvoRe Evans,
Published each Thursday st 133 S. Main Street,
Post Office Box F, Perkins, Okllhoma 74059
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Around
fhe Farm
by Allan Wall
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The barley has headed
out .... Some bird built a nest
in our tractor's exhaust pipe
again this year.
A new breed of sheep is
being developed at the U.S.
Sheep Experiment station at
Dubois, Idaho. It's called the
Polypay, and it's developed
from crosses of Dorset,
Targhee, Rambouillet, Finn-
sheep. The Targhee breed
was developed at the same
place. The developers are
trying to get a breed that will
raise twins twice a year.
See you next week--
°O"
Senior
Citizens
News
Monday was an especially
good night of music and
entertainment. Several of the
musicians wore the costumes
the)' had worn last week at
the Benefit for the Sheltered
Workshop, held at the
Cimarron Ballroom. We
appreciate their sharing their
fun with those who didn't
attend the Benefit and were
glad it was so successful. We
also enjoyed hearing Ger-
trude Dilliner of Portland,
Ore., play several "oldies".
This is her first visit to
Perkins since we've been in
the new Center. She was a
regular attender during he
last visit with her sister,
Sylvia Squires, when we
were meeting in the Lions
Den.
You wouldn't believe all
the things being made in
Ceramics. Pitchers and
bowls of all sizes and designs
and colors, flower pots in
various sizes and shapes,
sugar bowl and cream
pitcher sets, squash spoon
rests, plates of several kinds,
plus the usual cups, vases,
ashtrays and soup bowls.
The display shelves are full
of things to be sold.
Quilting continues each
day on the quilt Blanche
Ham pieced. It is bedspread
size so will take some time.
We're all anxious to see it
when it is finished.
A workday last week sure
shined up the Center, inside
and outside. Over 40 came to
help, one way or another.
While the men cut weeds,
mowed grass and tilled a
place for a flower bed the
women cleaned walls, car-
pet, dusted chairs and
tables, washed windows,
painted shelves,etc. Others
helped by donating cash, and
all enjoyed working together
to make our Center more
attractive. A bountiful pot
luck dinner was served at
noon. The Mosers brought a
new supply of snack crackers
which we all enjoy.
Lucy Graham brought an
unusual bouquet to share at
the Center this week. It was
from the Tulip Tree which
she purchased and set out
several years ago between
her house and the Christian
parsonage. The flowers are
green, white and orange and
the leaves resemble syca-
more leaves but are a softer
texture, Go by and look at it
if you haven't seen one
before.
Recent visitors also in-
cluded Thelma Holman of
Paden, Mike, Kerri and Tim
Reddout of Oklahoma City,
grandchildren of the Floyd
Caldwells, and Georgia
Wright who was visiting her
sister, Pvarl Freeman.
It is good to have Orval
Ingram and Clinton Easter
home from hospital.
--Clarrcy Cook
My l00iflhbors
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in the Know..
Read
The Journoll
Doc Comments --
Prowling around in Perkins
By T. C Doc Bonner
Browsing about the town
of Perkins prior to dedicatory
services for the bridges
honoring people with man)"
years of public service to the
people of Payne county and
the state of Oklahoma,
reveals many things.
Downtown business build-
ings are well kept, dean and
show a lot of pride in
ownership. The same applies
to the residential sections
with new homes, older
residences and unimproved
building sites with beautiful
yards, lawns, shrubs and
flowers in colorful array of
beauty that only nature can
produce with the help of
homeowners with a lot of
work and pride.
Business places are well
marked with attractive wind-
ow signs easy to read from
street level. Window dis-
plays show a l& of careful
planning and talent. A few
eye catchers: Carol's Fun
and Things, displaying a
window with gadgets and a
sign that says:Sorta Open
10-5 Tuesday thru Saturday.
General store across the
street with a door sign that
says: Push, we're inside.I
pushed, but no one was
inside. Remember it was
Sunday.
A very neat Payne County
Bank building, new post
office building soon to be
opened with the only
reservation in the area for
wheel chair entrance. The
famous Ralph's Packing
House that is well known for
fine meats throughout the
county. A barber shop with
signs that brings back a lot of
memories. Harland Wells
building reaching for the sky
neatly painted and decorat-
ed.
Stella's Building and
Home Supply with an
attractive yard and frontage.
A nice restaurant that was
the busiest place in town. Of-
fices of attorneys, neatly ide-
ntified by attractive signs.
The Perkins Journal with the
pretty front and a handy
drop in box for items when
closed. Beautiful florist
building. A very pretty
plumbing supply company
and services. Oklahpma His-
torical Society Office, beauti.
fill well kept chui'ches and
schools. A modern grocery
store. You name it, Perkins
has it.
Perkins is the kind of town
that anyone would be proud
to call home. Located on the
historic Cimarron River
valley and surrounded by
fertile farms and ranches,
OSU experimental farms and
large manufacturing centers.
There just has to be a heap of
ambitious and prosperous
people with a lot of get up
and go and determination to
achieve the progress we
have.
My friend from the free
state of Winston in Alabama,
now of Hollywood, Pat
Buttram says: "Reading the
results of the China-Russian
meeting this week. I would
say Russia is taking a slow
burn for China. When those
two outfits get together and
talk of comrades, it sounds
more like com-rats. Looks
like Peking is developing a
new line for the Russians,
Chinese misfortunate cook.
ies. Sounds like a hardboiled
egg-foo-yung. In the meet-
ing they came, they saw but
never concurred. Everything
the Chinese suggested,
Russia said, No fair,
Peking."
Well, like it or not, there
are indications that we may
be traveling in the shadow of
the roads built by Commun-
ist nations. With more
federal bureaucratic restrict-
ions and controls facing us
daily, it's frustrating to say
the least. The President's
first 100 days in office is a
perfect rerun of his first 100
days as governor of Georgia.
Without the minority vote,
Carter would not have
carried his home state.
Today, he is slapping all free
enterprise on the wrist with a
much harder line to follow.
No business including hosp-
itals can survive without
income in money for an
amount a little greater than
the cost of services and
products.
A rrivederci,
DOC
Yes, I remember Mama
By LaVeta Myrick Randall
Yes, I remember Mama,
the way she used to be.
She was a hard working
farmer's wife who. toiled
along side her husband and
then did the household
chores, too. ,,.
One of my earliest m'n-
ories of Mama was her
effort to supply something
out of little or nothing. Like
the pretty colorful feed
sacks. Or if it snowed, the
pure white snow which she
allowed us to scoop up for
that special treat.., snow
ice cream. This was not an
uncommon practice before
"pollution."
Mama's interest in my
learning has been an
inspiration all my life. I've
often heard her tell someone
how "she" taught me to
read and write long before I
started to school. During my
first year at Oak Dale, I
remember coming home
from school to find her in the
field pulling a cotton sack
beside my dad. He had
returned from World War I
in poor health.
One morning as I walked
to" school at Soonerville, I
saw a stranse red glow from
behind our big two-story
house. Not realizing it was a
fire, I hurried on to school,
where I was told our barn
had burned down.
Willa Myrick, the
young bride of
John F. Myrick
'7 remember mostly as
she used to be. "
Mama had been alone at
the time except for my five
year old brother. So she had
driven the cattle from the
burning barn at her own risk.
It was an act of responsibility
and love greater than her
own physical safety.
Mama was an immaculate
housekeeper and the very
best of cooks. Threshing
days were truly a harvest
feast as special as
Thanksgiving. When neigh-
bors joined together to reap
the golden grain, it was a
affair for the country
kids.
But mama was rough
sometimes, too. Usually it
was just a threat, but if she
said "I'll tell your daddy,"
that was enough. Yet there
were times, after washing
clothes on a scrub board with
her own home-made lye soap
that she grew weary. A huge
iron pot boiled the dirty
overalls and snow white
bedding over a fire in the
yard. Ironing was a real
chore with a flat iron heated
on a wood stove or over a
kerosene burner. She always
seemed thin and tired.
On such days, mama's
temper was short. Many
times she sent me for a
switch off the peach tree in
the backyard. I always took
enough time in picking the
right one that by the time I'd
returned, she pretended to
have forgotten. I'm sure now
she was glad she had
managed to get out of
another chore.
I remember mama's castor
oil mixed with orange juice to
keep us healthy. But when I
was twleve, I rebelled at an
old fashioned remedy for I
was rarely ever sick. I can
still smell that stuff[ It was
Barbs and Wires-
A big hole for microwave
One of the blessings of
living in America is that we
have a free press. No one
really censors anything we
might want to say. But over
the years, I've come to learn
that many editors, First
Amendment or not, do have
a list of Sacred Cows --
things that they really don't
want mentioned in their
paer.
Some of the ones I've
encountered include; train
wrecks, criticism of Frank
Lloyd Wright, any mention
of a person's race in any
story, President Nixon's first
name. rival newspapers,
product trade names, stories
about service club meetings,
anything bad about local
merchants, anything good
about local merchants and
many other topics which
some editors feel might warp
the minds of their subscrib-
ers. At the top of the list
though, are stories deroga-
tory to cats. Most of our
nation's press lords live in
deathly fear of cat owners.
Now personally, l'm neut-
al on the subject, and, l'm
not about to get involved in
either protecting or defam-
ing the fury wretches. It's
just that cats are newsworthy
animals by virtue of doing
interesting things that other
pets don't; escapades that
visa vis our free press,
should be reported. Now if
each of you will sign a
statement to the effect that
will neither tar or feather
me, nor bombard the office
of this paper with kitty litter,
I'll pass along the most
recent cat stories to come my
way.
Like the hapless tabby
back East somewhere that
got itself stuck in the top of a
tall tree. The pet's owner
prevailed upon her mother to
do something, so the local
volunteer fire department
was Called. Out came the fire
laddies, with their shiny new
truck and ladders and kitty
was brought safely down.
For a moment there were
smiles all around and dried
tears, but as the fearless
smoke eaters backed out of
the driveway they ran over
the carl
An even more recent story
making the rounds is the one
about the .newlyweds who
received both a microwave
oven and a kitten as wedding
-presents. One evening the
bride came home to find her
pet had been left out in the
rain and was soaking wet.
From
The Files
(From The Perkins Journal
May 2, 1957 - 20 years ago)
John Summers was elect-
ed president of the Perkins
Lions Club at the annual
election of officers. He will
take over from president J.
A. McLauchlin the first
meeting in July. Summers
has been a Lions member
and resident of Perkins the
past four years, owning and
operating the Summers
Sundries. Others elected
were Bob Evans, 1st
vice-president; Gaylord
Hanes, 2nd vice-president,
and Perk Butler, 3rd
vice-president.
Six from Perkins were in
Lawton to attend meetings
sponsored by the Lawtou
Women's Forum featuring
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt.
Those attending from here
were Mrs. Dale Holbrook,
Mrs. Bill Fisher, Mrs. C. D.
Ross, Mrs. W. N. Baker,
Mrs. O. W. Smith and
Mrs.Frances Markee.
The Perkins Band Boost-
ers club and the Lions club
will join forces to stage the
first in several entertaining
programs in observance of
Oklahoma's 50th annivers-
ary. The production Friday
will be titled "Golden
Jubilee." The production is
directed by Mrs. John
Summers and Mrs. Dale
Holbrook. John Rusco will be
master of ceremonies.
Others participating in pro.
duction of direction will be
Mrs. Verlin Nelson, Mrs.
Don Mercer, Mrs. Bill
Fisher, Mrs. Jack Vassar,
Miss Mary Jane Dunlavy,
Frank Evans and Perk
Butler. Paul Evans and
Frances Markee will be
featured in "Ballerina Danc-
ers." Frank Pistol Pete
Eaton will be an honored
guest for the evenfng,
called "Asphidity." I don't
believe its even in the
dictionary, and I'm sure it's
not spelled correctly. Any-
way my grandmother had
fixed some of the horrible
mess in a little piece of cloth
for me to wear around my
neck. That was just too
much[ An eighth grade irl
with such a thing around ner
neck would surely be sent
home--even by the kindly
Ruth Kirk, who was my
teacher at Free Silver. I'm
sure it was not mama's idea.
Back on the old home place
there was a new bungalow to
replace the old two story
house which grandpa built
and where I was born before
we moved away for a few
years. There was a Maytag
washer, an Aladdin lamp,
and a lot more conveniences.
There were also three
children now.
Mama was always willing
to help a neighbor. She was
often called upon when an.
other farm wife was in child-
birth, and the doctor had
not yet arrived. Dr. Holbrook
Editor Bob Evans writes in
his column, An Item
More:Good thing there was-
n't a fire Thursday evening
as the firemen were so stuff-
ed with barbecue it would
have been quite an ordeal to
perform any activity. There
was preparations for 80
andwiches for 18 people and
believe it or not it was all
finished off except for
enough barbecue for about
six sandwiches. Curt Savage
again kept pace with Paul
Evans for the honors,
followed by Bill Evans,
who atefive sandwiches.
Personally, we were watch-
ing our waistline so we
limited ourselves to enough
barbecue for six sandwiches
but only used three buns.
Anyone that goes down
the street South of Del-Mars
Food Store does so at his own
risk and had better be a good
driver. Should one accident-
ally drive off into one of
those holes, it would take a
winch truck to haul it to the
garage for repairs. One
observer reported that dur-
ing the rains last week he
saw a car run off into one of
the water-filled holes. The
front wheel went almost out
of sight and the car lurched
like it was going to turn over.
He didn't report any injuries
to the occupants. We just
went up to measure that
hole. It is 36 inches long, 23
• inches wide and 8% inches
deep. There were 56 holes of
every size.
(From the Perkins Jounal
May 4, 1961 - 16 years ago(
Hollis Ward, superinten-
dent of Perkins schools, has
resigned effective June 30,
1961. Ward has been
superintendent the past
three years, and .the five
years previous to that was
of Perkins, had delivered my
brother and 1, so there was a
long acquaintance. Wisely,
the doctor began to instruct
mama as to what must be
done in case he didn't arrive
in time. Dr. Holbrook's
confidence paid off for the
time came when Mama
delivered a neighbor's baby.
Mama had a talent for
music. She loved to sing
church hymns. "In the
Garden" was her favorite. It
semed appropriate since so
much of her life had been
spent in the field and
garden, so she could possibly
identify best with it. She
learned music to some
extent. She was mostly quiet
and lady-like.
Even now, 1 remember
Mama as the proud, neat
housewife - always canning,
cooking, cleaning, working
at something when my
parents quit farming. It was
her expression of love and
security. Yes, l remember
Mama, but sometimes now-
a-days, Mama doesn't re-
member me.
oven full of kitty
principal and
Perkins. Mr. Ross
superintendent at
the past six years, has
named to succeed
Dr. R. V. Clark,
veterinarian, was
president of the
Lions club for the
year. Others
Roland Sodowsky,
president; Frank
second vice-president; 1
Fioile, third vice-
George Jacob,
B. McDaniei, Lion
(From The Perkins
May 4, 1967.10 years
Cecil O. Erwin, one'
newly elected Perkins
Board members,
as mayor by the
formed board. Other
members are Leo
D. Sassar and Hubert
Outgoing board is
Wood, Joe Barta,
Hughes and Roscoe
son. The problem of
a good water
discussed. Mayor
pointed out that this
has plagued every
town board for
decades. He advised
board not to be
if they drilled a bad
because most all
have had to
water and haven't all
successful.
Palmer Sadler is o
other side of the fence
He was elected
the Lions Club
ian) and no one knoWS
he is going to break the
of throwing things
putting ice in Lee
boots for a whole
TOWN-COUNCIL
(From Page 1)
tower which will
city with adequate
storage facilities.
creased storage
enable the City to
better fire
alleviate serious
safety problems now
ing.
The Farmers Hom
ministration is makii
grant of $2,300 and
funding of $2,400
complete the total
cost of $12,000.
The Ozarks Re
mission was
under the Public
Economic
of 1965 to map and
long-range programs
stimulate ec
opment in the fie
Ozarks Region of
Kansas, Louisiana,
and Oklahoma.
The proposal
discussed further by
board and decisions
accordingly. Claims
month of April were
proved.
Raised in this technological
age as she had been, the
young lady decided the
humanitarian thing to do
would be to dry tabby off by
popping her in the oven for
just a second or two. Later
that night the groom had to
dig a hole in the back yard to
bury both the oven and its
contents.
One cat story I do have
personal knowledge of is
the tale of Eleanor Roose-
velt. Not the first lady, but a
ferocious feline that lives
down the street from us.
Rosie, as she likes to be
called, is a swaggering,
black as crude-oil, female
who is fiercely independent.
Strictly an outdoor gal, she
returns home only for an
occasional meal, or to deliver
the remains of a field mouse,
vossum, or stray calf she has
killed just to show her owner
that she is still queen of the
beasts. Usually these visits
are without warning. Rosie
will wait until about 10 or 11
p. m. and then get a running
start and launch herself at
full force against one of the
window screens. Sometimes
she makes it all the way
through, but more often the
screen will just bulg and
quiver as she clings 'to it,
grinning like Satan. Either
way, .whatever babysitter
happens to be on duty
usually cancels her contract
on the spot.
But Rosie is getting soft in
her old age and the home
fires look a little more
beckoning. A fact that was
almost her undoing one
bitter cold night last fall.
Apparently she was on her
way home, seeking a
warm-looking window to
jump through when she
crossed a neighbor's yard
just as he returned home.
She must have sensed the
warmth coming from his
car's engine, because that is
where she headed to bed
down for the night. She
sprawled comfortably out
across the block, with one
paw curled around a spark
plug and her tall draped
carelessly through the blades
of the fan. All was well until
the neighbor started to leave
for work the next morning.
Rosie's wails rattled wind-
ows for blocks around; when
he raised the hood, she shot
out bloody and cussin' mad,
minus an ear and part of her
By Ken AndersO00
nursing her dignity,
was condescended to
ing in a doghouse
front porch, but no
town is foolhardy
trespass in Rosie's
So much for cat
Although I fear a
resident of Perkins
in his wife's
six-shooter. S
guns, I am sort of
about the politics of
the fellows at work.
checked gingham
instead of a gun
back window of his
truck.
Or did you hear
letter President
to his old Plains
telling her what
was like? He
scalp and with a permanent- capital as a "City
kink in her tail. She limped an area 71 square.
around for a few days, .surrounded on all
licking her wounds and reality."
