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PAGE 10 -- The Perkins Journsl Thursday, May 17, 1984
The Natural Way
Dr. Jeff Black
Professor of Biology
Oklahoma Baptist University
OKLAHOMA
WILDFLOWERS
Our family always en-
joys trips in Oklahoma in
the spring because of all
the beautiful wildflowers.
This weekend we saw
roadsides covered with
the bright red Of Indian
paintbrush, shining
yellow sunflowers and
dozens of other kinds of
plants with beautiful blue,
yellow and white flowers.~
Any flower that we
don't recognize brings
about a rapid stopping of
the car. If the plants are
plentiful, a single
specimen is usually col-
lected. Otherwise I try to
photograph the bloom.
On our return home, all
the flower books are
taken off the shelves and
a name put with the
plant. It is fun and we
have learned the names of
a lot of Oklahoma plants.
Many of the plants in
bloom right now have
white to yellow flowers.
There is one plant in road-
side ditches, yards,
overgrazed pastures and
meadows that looks very
much like wild onion but
lacks the characteristic
onion odor. I t grows from
a small deep bulb that
sends up a tuft of narrow
leaves. The flowers have 6
white petals with green
s {veins) and occur
~cluster at the tip of
't~stem. Plants are
~om more than 6 in-
elms tall and flower from
March to May. This corn-
mcm plant is a lily and
~es by the common
• mimes of False Garlic,
Crow Poison and
Odorless-Onion.
You can also see some
large white flowers along
our roadsides, railroads,
fence rows and pastures
that are half-hidden in the
tall grass. They are usual-
ly low to the ground and
can easily be identified as
a member of the
blackberry group. The
spines on the stems will
quickly verify your iden-
tification. I thought I
might tell you what
blackberries occur in our
area, but quickly gave up
the idea after discovering
the complexity of the
group. There are at least
12 different kinds of these
brambles in Oklahoma
and all are difficult to
name. Most of the ones
we currently see in bloom
are probably a type of
dewberry. Dewberries
make excellent jams, pies
and sauces so now is the
time to locate your pat-
ches for a delicious feast
in June.
We also saw lots of pat-
Ches of a beautiful small
sunflower known as the
Prairie Ragwort or Prairie
Groundsel. This
sunflower grows in
prairies and open woods
throughout Oklahoma
and blooms from April
through June. Plants may
be 16 to 18 inches tall and
bear a cluster of flowers
at the tip of each stem.
Flowers have rays that
are deep rich yellow and
are around a center disk
of glowing orange. This is
one of the most beautiful
of our daisy-like
sunflowers that blooms in
the spring.
Another beautiful
flower that has a spotty
distribution in central
Oklahoma is the Prairie
Windflower or Anemone.
These plants grow well in
overgrazed pastures and
are one of the first flowers
to bloom in the spring.
Each stem bears a single
flower with 6 to 20 sepals.
Most flowers are white,
but here and there may be
a pink or blue one. The
leaves are finely divided
and close to the ground.
The anemone is more
widespread in the eastern
half of the state.
I shouldn't forget to
mention one of our most
common yellow-flowered
plants, the dandelion. I
have seen a lot of people
battling dandelions in
their yards this spring. I
probably shouldn't admit
it. But I find the
dandelion to be a rather
attractive plant. In fact
some parts of our yard
wouldn't be green in the
spring if it wasn't for
dandelions~
Dandelions are also
praised by most wild food
lovers as being one of the
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The early spring leaves
can be used in salads and
scrambled eggs. The
yellow flowers can be add-
ed to pancake batter or
used to make dandelion
wine. Even the roots can
be scrubbed, sliced thin
and cooked. Roots can
also be used as a coffee
substitute. However,
Judith tried to make some
dandelion coffee a few
years ago and we decided
we could do without cof-
fee rather than drinking
coffee made from
THE FRIENDSHIP
CLUB MEETS
The Friendship Club
met Monday, May 6,
1984, at 1:30 P.M. at the
home of ,~Vlabel Bickeil
with eight members in at-
tendance. The President,
Lenora West. conducted
the meeting with opening
prayer, Pledge of
Allegiance to the Flag,
scripture reading, roll call
and reading of the.
minutes of the last
meeting.
Mrs. Fulton received
the door prize, a lovely
rose lapel pin and a
handkerchief.
The group held a round
table discussion of the
various interests and the
show and tell articles that
were on display. Much
neighborhood news and
happenings are always of
vital interest to the
group, as we all appear to
be of one special family.
The spring flowers and
the special culture of our
house plants were
discussed and Mrs.
Caldwell related their
winter stay at their home
in Texas.
Mabel showed the
ladies around her table
and began to hand out
strawberries, ice cream,
and angel food cake. No
one seemed to be on a diet
at this particular time.
The next meeting will
be June 4th.
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dandelion roots.
You can even pick the
seed head of a dandelion
and blow it three times.
The remaining seeds are
said to tell time, future
children, marriages,
money in the bank and
life expectancy. A predic-
tion you can count on is
that blowing off the seeds
will increase your chances
of a greater dandelion
population in your yard in
the future!
So don't spend a lot of
time fighting your
dandelions, eat them!
EDEN CHAPEL
By Donna Burton
Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Burnett visited Mrs. John
Breay and Denice in
Austin, Texas last week.
Congratulations to
Richard Dugas and
Ramonda Sutliff. They
were married at
Southside Baptist Church
in Stillwater on May 12,
1984.
Sunday Mother's Day
visitors of Mrs. Opal
Courtright were: Mr. and
Mrs. Danny Kinkade and
Daniel, Bob and Linda;
Mrs. Tammy Olson and
Jai O ~Neal.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Murlin from Oklahoma
City attended the wed-
ding of Ramonda and
Richard Dugas on Satur-
day and visited relatives.
Sunday Mother's Day
dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Wayne Burton were
Mr. and Mrs. Don
Perceful of Tryon, Mr.
and Mrs. John Doddson,
Mickey, LaDonna, and
Vickie; and Frank Sutliff
of Stillwater; Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Doddson from
Altus; Mr. and Mrs.
Delbert Price and Tiffany
and Donna Matney.
Other callers were Mr.
and Mrs. Lee Murlin and
Chris, Rick Burton, Sheila
Brown, and Mrs. Earl
Ware and grandson.
Sunday Mother's Day
guests at Mr. and Mrs.
Wayne Taylors were Mr.
and Mrs. Rob Taylor and
Clint, Cindy and Janie;
Mrs. Ruth Etheridge; and
Gene Riley also called.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Murlin and family visited
Mr. and Mrs. Jessie
Smith on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Murlin, Jana and Chris,
spent Mother's Day with
Mrs. Bill Gaskins. They
visited Bill in the
hospital. We hope he gets
well soon. Mrs. Gaskins
spent Sunday night with
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Murlin
and family. Debbie took
her home and visited her
Dad and Morn.
Kenny and •Kathy
Murlin spent the weekend
with her Mother in
Edmond.
There will be a basket
dinner at High Praire on
Memorial Day, May 28th
for those attending Glen-
wood Cemetary.
Pauline Franklin
THINKING IT OVER
By Zola Sample
Note: This article was
written on April 29 before
going to church. That
same morning, a tornado
struck Mannford.
It's almost unbelievable
what damage can be done
in a few seconds during
the whirling 180 or 150
mile an hour winds of a
tornado. Destruction lay
in its wake. Those that
remain alive to tell the
story are lucky. Miracles
seem to happen in such a
tragedy. Folk are numbed
for days, weeks and
longer from the disaster.
Persons not only lose
their personal property
and businesses but loved
ones and dear friends in a
matter of seconds. They
are dazed.
All this happened April'
26 at Morris, Oklahoma.
The storm swept over the
Oklahoma area near
Okmulgee where I slept
soundly through all the
commotion of golf-ball
sized haft pounding away,
strong winds blowing
breaking limbs from my
trees and flattening my
picket fence. Why I
always sleep better on
stormy nights I cannot
say, but I do. I did not
know what a bad night
storm it was until a friend
called early the next
morning.
I have witnessed many
cyclones m my eighty
years. Some around
Mannford and over Creek
and Pawnee Counties. In
my early years when the
Edwards' home on the
farm joining our
homestead in Basin area
was destroyed, Mr. Ed-
wards was hanging from
a door on top of the house
visited Mr. and Mrs. while Owen, their son was
Wayne Burton on Mon-• burned badly from red
day morning, coals in a stove. The
-o- storm we heard coming
dipped down over the hill
and missed us.
That was the only time
I ever went to a cellar. I
was not yet teen age.
Father rushed us, leaving
theoil lamp burning on
the kitchen table. I was
more scared of the dark
cellar. When the storm
hadpassed our lamp was
still burning. I do
remember we were all sur-
prised and talked of it.
Another damaging
cyclone demolished the
Miller ranch house and
did a great deal of
damage. I viewed this
disastrous scene• There
was a square aluminum
Maytag washer in the
fork of a large dehorned
tree in front of the house,
an old rooster was walk-
ing about in the yard in a
dazed condition complete
ly plucked all but a tail
feather or two, no other
chickens about. They had
flew the coop. The magic
carpet, a nine by twelve
art rug, was laying some
distance from where the
house had been, in a calf
pen where the man and
wife had huddled during
their air borne flight.
They had hung together
through it all. A sheep
was dead from a piece of
timber driven through its
belly. Everything was
chaos. It was a
southwest of
over the
and around
Mannford butl
pletely wiping
has Morris,
Seventy
town is
seven dead
of, eighty
matter of
If Maudie
Robbins is
can relate
perience when I
struck her
Mannford
ing of it. She i
in the cloud to
of the
dropped on
and
dition
farm. She
was a
then and
sand and
hair later. It
she was not
They all
shelter, but
there isn't
special care
season and
Mercury ,s
that is
tem
The following equipment will be
sealed bids ending May 31, 1984.
be opened 9:00 a.m., May 31,
Superintendent's Office.
1-Yazoo Riding Lawn Mower,
Wisconsin, 76" cut
1-Yazoo Riding Lawn Mower,
B & S, 48" cut
1-1979 Buick LeSabre 4-dr, air
82,000 ml.
Send bids to Indian Meridian Area
School, 1312 S. Sangre Rd.,
Oklahoma 74074; Attention: Jim
IMAVTS reserves the right to
all bids.
(To Be Sold Separately)
Sale to be conducted on the property located at 318 East French
Perkins, Oklahoma.
B ° . 9 9
egmnlng at 1 P.M.
Legal Description: Lots 54 and 56 Block 10, Perkins Town Com-
pany's Second Addition to the Town of Perkins, Payne Coun-
ty, Oklahoma
These two lots are ideally located and are improved with a"
mobile home hookup and an unattached building consisting of
a one car garage and living quarters. There are a variety of trees
that add to the attractiveness of this property.
The Mobile Home has one bedroom, living room, kitchen and
bath. The wheels and tires sell with the home.
METHOD OF SELLING--The two lots will be sold and then the mobile home will sell separately.
TERMS ON LOTS--Ten percent of the purchase price will be required on day of sale with the balance due
tion of said District Court of Payne County.
TERMS ON MOBILE HOME--Cash. Title to be transferred when sale is confirmed by the Court. All down
will be escrowed in the Auction Company's Trust Account at Payne County Bank, Perkins.
POSSESSION--To be granted on completion of transaction.
PERSONAL PROPERTY
1-Dinette Set, Table with 4 chairs
1-Electric Sewing Machine with cabinet
2-End Tables
1-Rauio
1-Wicker Rocker
1-Refrigerator
2-Roll-Away Beds
1-Large Metal Grill
1-Car Luggage Carrier
1-Old Trunk
1-Portable Ice Chest
1-Kirby Vacuum Cleaner
1-Two Gallon Metal Box
1-Black & White Television
I-TV Stand
1-Stereo, Several Old Records
I-WaU Cabinet
1-Portable Electric Sewing Machine
1-Chest Type Deep Freeze
1-Wringer Maytag Washing
2-Wash Tubs with Stand
1-Car Air Conditioner (Water
1-Westinghouse Broiler and Stand
1-Lawn Mower ,
I -Toaster
Many pots and pans, dishes and other items too numerous to mentiom
TERMS ON PERSONAL PROPERTY-Cash.
All Statements Made Day Of Sale Take Precedence Over All Prior
Birdie Brawdy Estatc Owners
Nola Whitfield, Guardian
-- This Sale Conducted --
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DEWAYNE LUSTER & ASSOCIATES
Broker and Auctioneers
Perry, Oidal,oma
