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T The Journal Asks: ngan-WeU, I
HE PERKINS JOURNAL really don't have an
RobertL. andYvonneM. Evans, Owners-Publishers II Howwlll-,ous-endthe special n From the Files
long Memorial Day . .
Published each Thursday at 133 S. Main Street .... Lona hshmg tomorrow and
Post Office Box 665, Perkins, Oklahoma 74059 ........ Monday, set out trot
Telephone" 405-547-2411. ! L uther Foster I wiU be-- lines. ! 67 Years "~go -- -- ~
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SUBSCRIPTION PRICES Memorml y eeke d ^ first wMt-ena I've h-d 11 {From the Perkins Jour-Several thousand pea- ficial
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Pavne Lincoln Logan and Noble Counties thanking the ord for • Y " Y . counted a
.. off m months. 1 II pro- I] nal Jul 6, 1917 67 ears ple attended the Fourth of
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$9.50 per year plus 6% tax [$I0,071 ~ everything, h-bh mow m .... u ago) July celebration at five and y]
Elsewhere in Okla. $13.50 per year plus 6% tax [$14.31} ~ y , , yyara ana -"B n ,, • Fulwider Park The pro-
Outside Oklahoma $16 50 per year H imFields Well. I'm m- a o ,,a ,ouncn oz honey 0 e dry Is ", .., forthem
• T -- . .. • plicable to the Perkins Ju- gram was gooa, wlen a days were
U ing to go visit my Mom's t::Ult v f. e%my sg U ly Fourth celebration on- Negro orchestra from dry ones.
grave It's over by Ponca. . Larryr .. , o .if he s going i lyas far as the spirits g°" Langst°n'- baseball Election!C
JOURNAL EDITORIAL OPINION City. fishing. It was wet as far as the games, and the speaking held at the G
weather goes. Many folksdrawing large crowds. Rebekah L
g Andrea. Stafford--I II be Ko- bert Allen--Partying. i did not go to the park un- Exceptionally good order elected
Dan Draper N working Sunday and And hiding from all my N til after dinner because of prevailed throughout the Stewart, r
, [] monaay, girlfriends. [] the steady drizzle. The day, and little if anyBess Miller
, • drinking was evidenced,
should sten down a Mary Brewer- I m going ...... breaking up of the . . . Vera Jones, ,t
1- ,, .... vmce remDerton-- II weather cameabout2:30ana not a single hght Ruby Albzi
to spend mine laymg = ly i g=nr tg; , p.m. and folks ventured to reported, deputy; Gerl rl
the ark for the Mrs R W Holbrook
Representative Dan Draper, Jr., is back at his seat ::kyb t.hmg in my P " " " representa12
celebration was given first prize for assembly; l
in the House of Representatives, action made possi- II ........ " • the beautiful yard contest
Paster Ethndge gave a • - Mercer, a:
ble when U.S. Dis ict Court Judge Frank H. Seay, [[ Ike Bro 1 .... Wfl! W ters--Weu, a o- fine talk prior to the hap- which was judged last representative,
............ y es-- rzsnmg, ing hings, one worz-
gramea uraper, mrmer peaxer oI me rlouse, anti Tha ............ tism at the river last week. Mrs. Holbrook hadJ.M. (Mint)
.... , ,, . s exactly wnere z m ing ana otner
Joe Fitzgibbon, a new trial because oz azlegeo in-headed ....... Thursday 86V2 points. Mrs. Robert sold his farm
cidents of 11 changes in original testimony by parrying. Miss Zella Trester, Baker was second with 80
government witnesses, who has just graduated points, Mrs. L. R. Wilhite Tommy
It is difficult for some people to understand why from business college, is third with 79 points, and and Lee
the juries' findings can be so easily disregarded DOC'S COMMENTS ..... Mrs Yates fourth with 78
name mr a mw aays ." ...... the 'em
because some of the witnesses apparently commit- visit with her parents in pG:- s. lgn een yams John Rin
ted perjury. The perjury accusations should be dealt Comfortable on the Veranda we , entered in the son-in-las
with first; see if they did in fact occur, and what She has accepted a post- contest, farm. ,
caused them to occur. Which comes first, the
chicken or the egg? Which came first, the jury ver- Welcome to the Spring- tion of our future and we musicians and script " tion in Oklahoma City as wasFarmerSselling aUni°npoundCo-°Pof me
an office stenographer " "
dict or the committing of perjury by those like weather the Cimar- wish them well. writers of note. and will soon return to cream salt for lc, Folger's 25 Y S
witnesses? When are the perjury charges going to ran Valley. It s a time for It s been a long timeThat is why I was so work coffee for 36c per pound.
be dealt with? The public needs to be given an watching the gardens since the year of 1919 disappointed at not being {From the
explanation, grow and the Ylowers graduation exercises at able to attend alumniBorn to Mr. and Mrs.
The jury foreman and one of the jury members blossom into every color Haleyville High School. days in Haleyville where M.B. Drake of Perkins on 3D Ypn A on hal May 28, 1
presented a good case in the media when they told of the rainbow; and it s The class produced many hundreds come home for June 24, a fine girl. ~- .......... ov yearSTwoagO)busi: sa
The Daily Oklahoman that they considered more nice to be comfortable on outstanding citizens who visiting, enjoying fine 52 Years (From the Perkins Jour- Perkins chang
than whether the witnesses were lieing. They had the veranda and enjoy it made a name for food and dancing to the " nal June 30,1954- 30 years the past week,
their instructions from the judge as the trial pro- all. themselves in the fields of music of yesterday and {From the Perkins Jour- ago) and Mrs. ClauJ
gressed and they entered their chambers to deter- Most of the high school their choice. Builders, today. Also decoration at
mine the guilt. Was instruction given at that time seniors are receiving their bankers, merchants, U.S. the rural church where we nal July 7, 1932- 52 years May was a wet month taking over the
that they must consider only the one witness, Mrs. hard earned sheepskinsenators and con- grew up listening to the ago) for Payne County. The of- GazawayLaundry anda
Hembree, who now alleges that she was forced to and plan for the future, gressmen. There are talented singers, and go- assuming oper
tell the wrong story and she was lieing on the stand? It's pleasing to see a high judges of national pro- ing down to the spring for Central Gara
Or did the judge tell them to consider all evidence, percentage planning to at- minence, farmers, ran-a taste of cold freestone tion. The Bal
like the jurists Young and Mrs. Cable state. By their tend the college of their chefs, professional people water from everlasting Perkins. The
I own statements in the Daily Oklahoman, There choice for the purpose of like doctors, nurses, ad- springs nearby. There's family will
was two weeks of testimony and our decision was putting the finishingministrators, and always dinner on the from Shawnee,
not based on one person's testimony, but was a con- touches on the platform members of the Unitedground and as they used Dr. R. V. Ck
glomeration of all testimony," Mrs. Cable said. "It they built during their States Supreme Court,to say, "A little whiskey his veterinary
just wasn't her sole testimony that we weighed our high school days. Thesports, newspaper in the woods and the devil clinic Monday
judgement on. We were called to serve, did our du- graduates are the founda- publishers, and writers, all around." and began hil
ty, and I am not ashamed,of the decision we made. It's the first time for me with a week-los
I still think it was right, to miss both gatherings in dog vaccinat
Young said, 'The key point that convinced me many years. It is with Perkins. The
p regret, but things are not completed,
was that he {Draper} mailed them {the absentee The oet's Corner that bad. ready to play,!
ballots}. He mailed them himself because he was so • ,
concerned about getting them mailed that he did O1 Dec received a good the Perkins
not want to take a chance on anybody else mailing report this week from the
them so he did it himself." The Oklahoman went fine doctors, nurses and ' i
on to explain that testimony at the August trial , GATHERING IN other personnel 20 Yei
revealed Draper carried the ballots to Stillwater We are being enter-
it tained by local and (From the
where they were stamped and then returned to Dent youfeel the hurry-
Adair county for mailing. Can t you see the waste? statewide happenings, hal June 4, 195
The state legislature is ago)
It s time to gather souls in, winding down for adjour- Four Payn
Apparently only Dan Draper Jr., knows whether We all must work with haste.
he is guilty or not. In view of the indecision he ning with a lot of unfin- area students
ished basiness, but the degrees from
should resign his Representative seat, and if he We have no way Of knowing legislators will be working State Unive
refuses, the people of his District 34 should refuse Just when the clock will stop were Dawn
to re-elect him. But, we must do all we can now. during the interim. Some-
The closeness of the House vote to oust himBefore the final curtains drop. times we think they are Yale, M.S.
{44-47} is indicative of the division of the people underpaid for the myriad paysical ed
............. recreation;
of Oklahoma on the matter. Let s hope the voters Jesus wants to warn the world duties they are expected There are eeven d,fferencee ,n th. Hcona ,etur.. * ot them ? Chesney,
of District 34 see their obligation to the people of And tell them of His plans" to perform.
Former house speaker , .... .,,,. .... .,,,. ...... ., ..... . ...... economics
Oklahoma and the court system that tried and failed
because of a courtroom technicality.
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In
The nightmare in Tulsa Saturday night, where
rains measured from 10 to 14 inches inundated most
of the city, and cost 10 people their lives, could
serve as a warning that this type of thing doesn't
happen often, but it could happen here.
Here in this instance could be in Perkins. A four
inch rain several years ago caused severe flooding
in the east pa.rt of town. What would a 14 inch rain
cause?
It has rained that much in a short time in Perkins.
In 1959, it mined 17 inches in less than a week and
inundated the comer intersection north of town for
six months, creating a lake that nearly ruined the
economy of the town until the highway department
could move in and dig a drainage ditch west to
Twin Lakes. The river also broke record flood stage
that year and caused thousands of dollars in damage
and ended the railroad for this town and all along
the river.
There is a project underway in the east part of
Perkins to attempt to alleviate the threat of flooding
along Timberline and 7th Street. A government
grant is being requested by the Indian tribe, and
some kind of drainage ditch will be constructed
through the area hopefully to carry off flood water.
This will be a quarter million dollar project.
The point the Journal is trying to make with this
editorial is that most homes in Perkins should
beware that if a 17 inch rain in one night ever hits
Perkins there will be many houses -flooded, and
some may even be wiped out or severely damaged.
What contingency plans have you made? This
writer's house sits high on Thomas Street, but the
street floods a foot deep under normal rains up to
two and three inches. If a 17 inch rain ever falls in
one night, we fully expect the water to leave the
street and rush across the yard and vossibly under
the house foundation. We doubt if it would enter
the house, but it would play havoc with the foun-
dation and garage. Other houses in the area could
expect this also.
In the lower areas east of there, it would be dif-
ficult to speculate what could happen if a 17 inch
We must teach and reach our brothers
To place them in God's gracious hands.
The shadows of our evening falls
And we shall work no more
So, listen--as the Spirit calls--
You can be saved forever more.
L.J. Pitts
LETTER FROM THE
CO-EDITOR
To Whom It May
Concern
Those of us in business
aren't in it for the fun of
it(maybe some of the
time) but to make a living.
Our living is the
newspaper business.
Some of the contents
there is no charge for, we
publicize alot of things at
no charge--in the ,hopes
an ad will be run to help
pay for the time and ef-
fort spev~ on promoting
community projects.
When it comes to the time
everyone expects
everything free, then the
newspaper will cease to
exist. Because "free"
doesn't pay the bills.
We try to promote all
organizations, schbo ac-
tivities, etc. in the pages
of the Journal, but there
does come a time when
you should be more than
willing to pay for an ad to
advertise your project,
too.
It doesn't cost to
advertise--it pays to
advertise.
-s-Yvonne Evans
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RACE TRACK
TRANSFER
COMPLETE
CHANDLER--Trans-
fer of ownership of Mid-
way Downs Race Track at
Stroud was formally com-
pleted Wednesday at a
meeting between Jan
Ross, Ada and Dave
Lambert, First State
Bank, Stroud. Ross plans
extensive remodeling and
new construction at the
track.
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rain fell in one night or day. The contingency would
be to move out body and household goods if at all
possible. No amount of drainage ditch is going to
save that situation. It didn't in Tulsa. Since 1976,
millions of dollars were spent on flood drainage
along Mingo Creek, which didn't even start to han-
dle the flood waters of Saturday night, May 26,
1984, a date that will make history in Tulsa, and
will be inscribed on at least 10 gravestones and
death certificates.
Be forewarned. Be wise. If it appears a 17 inch
rain is falling in Perkins in a matter of eight to ten
hours, move to high ground and safety!
Dan Draper and Joe Fit-
zgibbon who were con-
victed on charges of
fraud, and received pro-
mise of a new trial, are
back at the capitol and
have resumed their leg-
slative seats. There was
some opposition, but not
enough to block them
from serving. No doubt,
the high court thought
there were some ir-
regularities in the
previous trial. Most
pie think the confusion
came from acts and
testimony from both
sides. Lawyers are in-
terested in one thing, that
of representing their
client's interest. Every-
thing is considered fair in
love and politics.
A majority of the
members of both houses
are honest men dedicated
to act in the best interest
of the people they repre-
sent. If they do not do a
good job, they may be
removed from office at
election time.
It's real frustrating to
think of the time when
they may be serving by
appointment, not by the
choice of the people. Cer-
tain movements are now
being advocated for ap-
pointing most county of-
ficials. That will be a sad
day in the lives of all
Oidahomans. Judges of
the high courts who are
appointed for life is a
good example of appoint-
meat versus a choice of
the voters by vote.
Think about it.
Best wishes for a good
summer to everyone.
Arrivederci,
T.C. "Dec" Banner
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LETTERS TO THE Perkins, Oklahoma and I
EDITOR would like to know if you
have any record or
To Whom It May recollection of this family
Concern: living in your town.
Ralph M.
Perkins,
engmeenng;
E.
mechanical
The Legion
met at the
Ruth
Also present
Evelyn Cruse,
Jacobs,
Mrs. Inez
Mrs. Jewel Mi
dries is
operated by
Clyde George.
store will
medicines,
titles,
has a
10
(From the
nal May 30,
years ago)
Jim
Charles
been
statewide
bureau of the
Rushmore is
chairman
horseman's
For the past five years
I have been compiling a
very long list of descen-
dants of an Abraham
Garrison who settled here
in Iowa from a long trip
from Pennsylvania. His
son, Daniel, had a son
William Henry or Henry
William born in December
1869 and married a girl
named Amelia {1876).
They had three children
that I know of; Roy born
in 1895, Ethel born in
1896, and Ralph in 1898.
They settled in or near
I have a desire to car- wards is
respond with any the Payne
relatives of this family. Chapter. The :
Could you be of help to vill be
me? Thank you so much. civic and
tions who
Sincerely,
Mrs. Gene A. Clark state'S third
1139 20th Ave. S.W. dustry
Cedar Rapids, Iowa The
52404 Company
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lifetime,
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