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THE PERKINS JOURNAL, Thursday, May 17, 2012 • A5
TOOLS OFTHE TERRITORY
Antique Farm Equipment Shows
There are over one thousand Antique Farm
Equipment shows scheduled across the country this
year, including fourteen in Oklahoma. The Oklahoma
Schedule is:
Woodward M 23-25 Fletcher
Lebanon Apr 13-14 Sulphur
Pawnee May 4-6 Dewey
Ttrttte May 18-20 Fairview
Haskeil June 1-2 Enid
Shawnee June 15-16 Spaulding
Colbert June 15-16 Catoosa
In addition to their entertainment and social value,
these shows are a helpful resource for anyone needing
to identify old farm tools.
It is usually easy enough to determine the function of
a piece of antique farm equipment, but often very
difficult to determine who made it and when it was
made. For example, there were hundreds of
manufacturers of horse-drawn cultivators, most of
whom have vanished leaving few records.
The use of trademarks on farm machinery only began
to be popular about the time the Perkins area was
opened for settlement. Much of the equipment from
Oklahoma Steam and Gas Engine Show, Pawnee, May 4
this era has no identifying marks on its castings. Any
equiPment exposed to the weather has by this time also
lost its labels and paint.
The foregoing is why Antique Farm Equipment
Shows are so valuable (and so enjoyable) to the
historian. These shows usually include ample areas
where exhibitors display their equipment and vendors
offer trailer-loads of parts. In this jumble there is
always the chance that the unidentified tool (or at least
parts of it) will be found in its original colors or in the
company of someone who knows its origin.
And so, neighbors, if you would like to try your hand
at documenting antique equipment, the Farm Museum
has a horse-drawn one-row planter and a horse-drawn
one-row stalk cutter which have resisted all our efforts
to identify them. We would be happy to send you
photographs of this equipment together with such clues
as we have. Please call Bob or Norma Constien
at 405 547-5057.
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By Charles Wall
Sometimes in the winter
and early spring, wild ani-
mals and birds will take up
residence in barns or farm
implements that have been
parked for the winter. To
the animal it seems like an
Aug 30
ideal place. It is sheltered
Sep 14-16
Sep 21-22 from the outside elements,
Sep 28-29 and often there will be some
Oct 6 grain or feed remaining in
Oct 13 the machine. There is not
Oct 19-21 too much human activity,
and seems to be a quiet
place.
The other day some of
my family were unloading
hay by the barn owned by
Bill Scott and Karen Lester.
The barn was built by their
parents.
A pair of owls flew out of
the barn. We had seen owls
in that ham before.
Two of my grandsons
looked into the bin of the
combine that had been
parked there for the winter,
and saw that the owls had
built a nest in there. The
nest has six eggs.
The boys candled the
eggs with a flashlight and
found that the incubation
was proceeding normally,
and the eggs should hatch
in a few days. The eggs
are small, so I don't think it
will take long. The nest will
need to be gently relocated
if the owlets are still there
at wheat harvest so we can
move the combine.
The owls have hatched
their babies in that barn
before in previous years.
The parents would fly away
but the babies aggressively
protected themselves.
Hearing about the owls
reminded me of a taxider-
mist stuffed owl we had in
the ag classroom in 1950.
It was part of the opening
ceremonies of a local FFA
meeting.
When the Future Farmers
of America was organized
LEGAL NOTICE
Legal notice published in The Perkins
Journal May 17, 2012
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
PAYNE COUNTY STATE OF
OKLAHOMA
IN THE MATTER OF THE
ADOPTION OF LYDIA NICOLE
HILSON
DOB 9-9-2003
FA-11-15
ORDER and NOTICE OF HEAR-
ING TO ADOPT WITHOUT CON-
SENT; and ORDER and NOTICE
of FINAL DECREE HEARING
The State of Oklahoma to: BILLY
BOB ROGERS
You are notified that Apdl Marrie
Johnson and Nathan Andrew John-
son has filed a Petition before the
the County Courthouse of Payne
County, inthe City of StUlwater,
State of Oklahoma, before The
Honorable Katherine E. Thomas.
YOU ARE, THEREFORE, NOTI-
FIED THAT THE COURT WILL
HEAR EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT
OF AND IN OPPOSITION TO THE
GRANTING OF THE APPLICA-
TION AT THE TIME AND PLACE
ABOVE SHOWN WHERE YOU
WILL HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE
PRESENT AND AN OPPORTU-
NITY TO BE HEARD AT SAID
TIME AND PLACE INCLUDING
THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE
ADOPTION OF YOUR CHILD.
YOUR FAILURE TO APPEAR
AT THIS HEARING SHALL CON-
STITUTE A DENIAL OF YOUR
INTEREST IN YOUR CHILD
WHICH DENIAL MAY RESULT,
WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE
OF THIS PROCEEDING OR ANY
SUBSEQUENT PROCEEDINGS,
IN YOUR CHILD'S ADOPTION
WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT
THEREBY ULTIMATELY TER-
MINATING YOUR RIGHTS TO
YOUR CHILD IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF OKLAHOMA.
Dated this 8 ' day of May, 2012.
(s) Katherine E Thomas
THE HONORABLE KATHERINE
E THOMAS
Judge of the Distdct Court
Approved:
Mozella Irwin-Smith OBA #19132
P.O. Box 456
Stillwater, Oklahoma 74076
Telephone (405) 707-0702
Fax (405) 707-0705
Attorney for Petitioner
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around 1927, the group
developed opening cer-
emonies. The founders got
the idea from another rural
organization, the Grange,
which also had opening
ceremonies.
In the FFA opening cer-
emonies, the vice-president
calls the roll of officers ,
who are seated around the
meeting room at different
locations. Each station
has a particular object that
symbolizes the duties of that
officer.
Some of the symbols are
the U. S. Flag, a picture of
George Washington, and ear
of corn, a small replica of a
plow, a picture of the rising
sun, and a replica of an owl.
The Perkins Chapter had an
actual stuffed owl mounted
on a stand. The owl was at
the station of the advisor, the
agriculture teacher.
Paul Evans was our advi-
sor and in my mind I can
still hear him answer the
vice-president, "Here by
the owl."
The vice-president would
ask, "Why by the owl?"
Advisor Evans would
answer, "The owl is the
time honored emblem of
wisdom and knowledge.
Being older than the rest of
you, I am asked to advise
you from time to time, as
the need arises. I hope that
my advise will be based on
true knowledge and ripened
with wisdom."
I remember the State FFA
convention at Stillwater in
April 1954. J. B. Perky
was State Supervisor of
Vocational Education, and
would serve as Advisor at
the convention. In his deep
voice he would answer,
"Here by the owl."
After I was out of school, I
went to a later State Conven-
tion and Ralph Dreessen was
State Supervisor. He served
as Advisor at the State Con-
vention and he answered,
"Here by the owl." Ralph
lives at Stillwater and reads
this newspaper.
I will close with this imagi-
nary conversation between
Mr. Owl and his owlet in
2012 in the combine bin.
Mr. Owl: Study hard,
my child, and then you will
be wise and go to the FFA
meeting.
Owlet: I will go if I can
fly in, but I don't want to be
carried in. stuffed and on a
stand!
Moments
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above named Court, praying that
they be allowed to adopt the minor
named in the caption hereof without
your consent, and for adoption.
Take notice that the Application
to determine your consent not
necessary for the completion of
this adoption is on file with the
Clerk of this Court; that a copy of
the Application is attached hereto,
and that, among other things, it is
alleged in the Application that:
You have failed to maintain a
significant relationship with this
child for a pedod of twelve (12) out
of the last fourteen (14) months
immediately preceding the filing of
this Petition.
ana, therefore, your consent to
the adoption is not necessary, and
that petitioners are proper parties
to adopt.
A hearing on the Application to
determine whether your consent
to the adoption is necessary is set
for 9:30 o'clock a.m., on the 12
day of June, 2012, in the Distdct
Courtroom No. 202, in the County
Courthouse of Payne County,
in the City of StUlwater, State of
Oklahoma, before The Honorable
Katherine E. Thomas.
The Final Decree Headng on the
Petition is set for 10:00 o'clock a.m.,
on the 12 day of June, 2012, in
the Distdct Courtroom No, 202, in
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