She had to have those tan oxfords --
Eighteen pounds of butter and a case of eggs
By Sylvia Squires
story related to me by
Kane)
you ever secretly vis-
yourself in some arti-
clothing?
hasn't?
(Mrs. Robert
t) just turned nineteen,
Vigorously pounding out
alt water and pressing
ball of butter
butter mold.
were eighteen pounds
each imprinted
I faU-blown dandelion,
white paper and
in a bucket.
could just see herself in
light tan oxfords and
cotton mercerized
to match that
in Tommy
s store show-window
date is 1912 and now
bridge was out that
the flooding swollen
River south of Per-
The river was going
slowly. Hender-
Bus, stuck
quick-sand had
about thirty feet east
place of fording the
Trees and all sorts of
were still floating
the swollen Cimarron.
forded that river of
muddy water
quick-sand, unless it
absolutely necessary.
river was still lashing
at Mr. Frame's
banks were con-
lined with spectators
watched breathlessly
dangerous procedure of
buggies and wagons
to cross this wild
The Perkins Journal Thursday, June 9, 1977-7
RIPLEY TO CALL ration than that of the pres-
ELECTION ent wells.
The State Health Depart-
(Continued From Page I ) ment has made the following
.ie's greatest secret
the problem of
these eighteen
of butter and the
eggs delivered,
cash, and fulfill.
dream of possessing
those light tan oxfords and
mercerized lisle stockings to
match. She'hurriedly poured
the buttermilk from the
dasher churn into the blue
crockery pitcher, loaded the
case of eggs and bucket of
butter into the red rubber
tired buggy, backed "Kit.
say" between the shafts and
"did" whatever they "do"
to fasten a horse to a buggy.
Tessie didn't dare confide
her problem with Rob as he
seemed terrible concerned
about the stuck bus, quick-
sand, slick south bank, the
cost of a new bridge, and
a lot of things just men think
about.
Now Esther Kelly (Mrs.
Esther Hope), was her clos-
est friend, who helped her
mother operate the Kelly
Boarding House in Vance.
Tessie could depend on Es-
ther to be sympathetic and
understanding concerning
this problem at hand. So
with her new calico dress on
and her white hat with the
yellow roses, tilted at the
right angle, she hurried
down the road to Vance. Just
as luck would have it, she
found Esther shopping at
George Main's General Mer-
chandise Store. Now Esther
is also loyal, and she is the
kind of a friend that will stick
to you through "thick and
thin". After a confidential
whispered conversation,
Esther said, "I'm game if
you are I"
Kitsey soon finds herself
with two front feet at the
south edge of the river. Two
young ladies, picture hats,
calico dresses, hand-bags,
case of eggs and a bucket of
butter in that buggy are de-
pending upon her (Kitsey)
to safely transport them to
the other side. Tessie sees
herself closer to the realiza-
tion of her dream of possess-
ing those tan oxfords and
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refully. You will save ney on'operating
x_lenses by selecting 2]230 volt units insteaa aT
110-115 volt models ............
• The cool ng c,a.pac tyif an air conditioner is
Sure: in BTU s A uR with a capacity that is
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fficient dehumidificafn, giving a cool clammy
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dealer estimatiyour cooling load before
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ou should also ask ur dealer to explain the
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Conditioner that rern0s 28,000 BTU's on 3200
is twice as efficierf:i!as one rated at 14,000
and 3,200 watts. Eo compare units divide
into watts. The arer s BTU's per watt,
the higher the betteri: This works almost like
per gallon of gas iyour car.
central and w ndow air conditioners may
ol without usin the compressor. This
you to use the fang in these units to
economical ventilation.
' When outside tempe¢.tures drop below the
rnperature inside, open:iour windows to let heat
tpe. Close your housi;tightly during the hottest
of the day. You sh(mtd also keep.out solar
It by closing blinds an draperies of windows
to direct" sunlight!
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O.OPERATIVE
lisle stockings to match.
While taking care of pre-
liminaries, such as anchoring
the picture hats with two hat
pins in the "buns", prevent-
ing the case of eggs from
floating away by weighting
it down with their feet, up
steps Bill Scott and Loren
Drake. They are simply hor-
rified that two young women
would even think of dropping
into that river and expecting
to reach the opposite side,
just one mile from the tan ox-
fords and mercerized lisle to
match. They related all the
dangers of quick-sand, Kit-
sey's ability to swim against
the current, pointed the bus
tipped at a precarious angle
as grim evidence, the trees,
dead animals, flood debris of
all sorts floating and swirling
by. These men meant well
but they had the women of
the "pioneer area" mixed
up with the women of the
"swooning era". The secret
vision of herself attired in
beautiful clothes allowed no
room in Tessie's head for
morbid thoughts and current
events. Besides there was
Esther Kelly by her warm
side and Esther is the kind of
a friend that will stick "sink
or swim I"
All right, Kitsey Old girl,
let's gel Kitsey plummeted
out of sight, jerking the front
end of the buggy down under
the water. Esther, with su-
per.human strength held the
bucket of butter high in mid-
air. gitsey's head came up
and she began swimming.
The bed of the buggy was
full of water, but the seat
remained high and dry.
What a sight for the spec-
tators[ Finally both Kitsey
and the buggy rested on the
bottom and what a gushy tor-
rent of water ran out of the
rear end of the buggy as Kit-
sey climbed the opposite
bank. Tessie and Esther gig-
gled the whole mile to
Perkins.
The eighteen pounds of
butter and case of eggs were
quickly delivered. At forty humming a tune accompan-
cents per pound, Tessie lost led by Kitsey's clip-clap Tea-
no time getting to the shoe' ale's face reflected the glow
counter. Yes, there was just of satisfaction, pride and
her size. The tan oxfords at
$4.90, and the mercerized
lisle stockings to match were
forty-five cents per pair.
Tessie now had the ox-
fords and stockings in the
bucket and the return trip
across the river was unevent-
ful until Kitsey reached the
south side. The water level
had lowered and the steep
slick bank was quite an or-
deal, but with confidence,
determination, and Tessie's
encouraging words, Kitsey
pulled the buggy safely to
the top of the bank.
After drying out at Es-
ther's home, Tessie started
home with the prized pos-
sessions on the seat by her
side, Tessie visualized her-
self arrayed in each of her
gowns, hats, and gloves,
with the Tan Oxfords and
Tan Lisle Stockings to match.
Riding home in the sunset,
contentment of successfully
solving her "problem" in
spite of "opinions and high
water ' '.
Yes, they had perfect
"grapevines" back in 1912.
There stood Rob, at the gate,
eyes out of focus, pale as a
ghost, mouth open and
speechless. He staggered
toward the buggy and Tessie
flew to his side. After,
hugging and holding her
close, he suddenly grabbed
her by the arm, shook her,
then stuck his pointing finger
in her face and said, "You
are not going to Perkins until
a new bridge is builtl"
Now Larch Drake was
Brook's friend and had al-
ready given Rob a very vivid
descriptive word picture of
the "Crossing of the Cimar-
ron...the Tattle Tale.
Wake up with a glass of milk
"June is dairy month,"
says Jim Graves, president
of the Payne County Farm
Bureau, and "Ounce for
ounce, milk is still one of the
best food bargains on the
market."
In pointing out that milk
is nature's "most perfect
food", Graves added that
milk contains protein, sever-
al minerals including cal-
cium, phosphorous, vita-
mins, thiamin and ribo-
flavin.
"A gallon of major brand
milk retails for about $1.65
a gallon. A gallon of popular
soft drink in 12-ounce cans
will cost approximately $2.50
a gallon," he said.
"The soft drink contains
practically no food value
other than calories and car-
bohydrates--where milk or
dairy by-products have calor-
ies, carbohydrates, plus all
the extras that make them
nature's most perfect
foods."
"Besides, soaring coffee
prices in recent weeks have
caused a rumble among con-
sumers. A great substitute is
milk--either whole milk or
lowfat milk," said Graves
who lives near Perkins.
"For people who have
trouble getting motivated in
the morning without that
first cup of coffee, I'd sug-
gest they try milk as an eye-
opener. It's certainly more
nutritious."
The farm leader also said
the per capita consumption
of milk among young people
is not keeping pace with the
population growth.
"One of the alarming
trends is that our young
folks are not drinking milk as
they once did. Adults should
set a good example. We
can't expect them to con-
sume the milk their bodies
need if we select other, less
nutritious beverages our-
selves," Graves said.
"The recommended daily
milk consumption for adults
is two or more eight-ounce
glasses. However, that re-
quirement can be met with
buttermilk, cheese, yogurt,
pudding, custard, creamed
soups, ice cream and other
dairy products," he noted.
Eden Chapel Notes
By Donna Murlin
Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Wells and family from Mem-
phis, Tenn. were here visit-
ing his mother, Mrs. Ruth
Wells and relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Bur-
ton from Georgia were here
visiting his brothers and
sisters.
Mrs. Etta Grade from Enid
spent Memorial weekend
visiting her niece, Mrs. Ruth
Etheridge and other relatives
and friends. She also spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Alva Murlin.
• Mr. and Mrs. Herb Shoup,
Jr. and daughters, Jerri and
Kathy of Ripley visited with
his aunt, Mrs. Florence
Nelson.
Mr. and Mrs. Bud Pock
from Benneyville and Mr.
and Mrs. Lee Roy Horton of
Stillwater visited Mrs. Elsie
Pock,Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Alva Muffin
were Thursday dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Ray
Murlin and Family in Cush-
ing.
Friday dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Peter-
man and family were Mr.
and Mrs. C. T. Smith of
Orlando, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry
Strub and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Marvin Beire and fami-
ly of Perry and Mr. and Mrs.
Delmar Smith of Perkins.
Sunday guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Wayne Taylor and fam-
ily were Mr. and Mrs. Oney
Taylor and family, Mr. Jim
Taylor, Mr. John Riley, and
Mrs. Ruth Etheridge.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Stanton
and girls of Alton spent last
weekend with their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Stanton
and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bur-
ton.
Mr. and Mrs. Alva Muffin
visited Mrs. Pauline Franklin
Thursday afternoon.
Mike Tully of Longmont,
Colo. was a Friday morning
caller on his aunt, Mrs. Flor-
ence Nelson.
Memorial Day guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Alva Murlin-
Mrs. Lee kay Murlin and Peterman and family
family. Monday.
Thursday of last week Mr. Mrs. Ruth Etheridge,
and Mrs. Clifford Burton Mrs. Christine Riley and
from Georgia were dinner Mrs. Lois Taylor visited
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Mary Riley and Mrs.
Joe Burton. Afternoon visa- Jerry Studebaker at Key-
tars were Mrs. Florence Nel- stone, Thursday.
son, Jesse and Rainey Nel- Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gates
son and Lori and Shawn Me- of Glencoe visited Mrs.
Lemore. Opal Courtright Monday.
Mrs. Alva Murlin called on The Kenneth Nelsons
Mrs. Kenneth Nelson Man- were recent hosts of a Graves
day. family reunion in their home.
Lois Taylor visited Elsie Those attending were
Pock Wednesday. Raymond and wife, Esther
Mrs. Kaye McLemore and (Graves) Routh and son Dean
several ladies spent several Routh of Baldwin, Kan.; Eu -
days at Dallas, Tax. mere- gene and wife Pearl Graves,
handise buying and they Stillwater, Dr. Bill West-
were also sightseeing, brook and wife Rosalie
Mr. and Mrs. Earnest (Graves) and daughters
Peterman of Stillwater visR- Marcelete and Micheleen of
ed Mr. and Mrs. Harry Houston, Tex., Enos and
wife, Margaret (Graves)
Combs of Muskogee, Okla.,
Veriin and wife, Dorothy
(Graves) Curtis and daughter
Ellen of Stillwater; Marilyn
Wolfe and daughters, Trice,
Carla and Misty of Wellston;
Rolland and wife Linda Ad-
cock, Bryan and Emily of
Oklahoma City; Merry Bash-
am and daughter, Amy of
Edmond; also Dr. and Mrs.
Harold Polk, Stillwater.
The Burton Quilting Club
met with Joan Hatfield in
her home May 31. Those
there were Opal Courtright,
Grace Jones, Lottie Sharp-
ton, Edna Tabor, Judy Bun-
tin, Rena Burton and Donna
Muffin.
-O-
am,00,r, 00mm,
sexy for the Town to obligate
for the remaining portion of
the project cost. Generally
speaking, from 50% to 8007o *
of a project of this type may
possibly be funded from
grant funds, and the re-
maining portion of the cost
must be raised locally, either
from available town funds or
through a loan or bond issue.
Any such question of local
funding would be submitted
to the residents of the Town
for their approval or disap-
proval at the election.
The Board has engaged
Mike Spear of the Engineer-
ing Firm of Settle, Deugall
and Spear, Oklahoma City,
to have overall Engineering
supervision of the Ripley
Water Project. In consulta-
tion with the Board of Trus-
tees at the Thursday special
meeting, in addition to Mr.
Spear, were the following;
George Dunaway, Consult-
ing Geologist, Cushing; Roy
Kemp of Kemp Tool, Cush-
ing; Bill Bennett, Board of
Trustees of Cushing; Lynn
Osborn, Ripley Town Attor-
ney; Carl Parrott and Rich-
ard Thompson, representing
the State Health Depart-
ment, and Rick Baker, Ripley
Chamber of Commerce.
It was the decision of the
Board, in consultation with
the above individuals, that
a test well be drilled south-
east of Ripley in Section
29, which is in a higher ele-
recommendations with re-
spect to the Ripley Water
System:
1. Present wells should be
abandoned except for emer-
gency use and a new source
of water developed.
2. Rehabilitate and re-
place present distribution
system.
3. Improve storage capa-
city.
4. Provide treatment facil-
ities.
The Board will attempt
to accomplish this over.
all program, relying heav-
ily on necessity upon the
availability of federal funds
for a great portion of the re-
sources to carry out the pro-
ject. However, the first pri-
ority will be too locate and
drill a new well or wells
which can be connected to
the present system at the
earliest possible time to alle-
viate the present crisis. The
Board requests the coopera-
tion and assistance of all
residents of the Town to
accomplish these vital im-
provements within the Town.
*denotes of the cost
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TOTAL ELECTRIC-TOTAL ENERGY
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HARLAND WELLS
We Don't Build Them Like 1hey Used To
"WE BUILDTHEM BETTER"
OFFICIAL OPENIN
Monday, June 13th, 7a.m.
D-X PRODUCTS and
00FULL LIN SAXON TIRES
Your "Official Invitation" to the
MAIN SERVICE CENTER
!
were Mrs. Pauline Franklin
and grandchildren, Rebecca
and Anthony Franklin, Mrs.
Inola Wright, Mr. and Mrs.
Orin Matney and family and
Corner Thomas g Main
7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Perkins, Okla.
