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PEHKIN$, PAYNE COUNT~, ~KLAHOMA
Mr. and Mrs. Roland Sedowsky
Editor and Publishers
Published every Thursday and entered as second class matter at the
Perkins, Oklahoma, Post Office, under the Act of Congress, March 3,
1897.
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All I know is what i read in the papers--WiU Rogers
THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1962
PAGE 6
The Best Choice
The decision of the Perkins Board of Education Monday
nigl~t ¢o spend approximately $28,000.00 more than the original
amount of the building addition bond issue will leave some citi-
zens unhal~py, some a trifle confused as to where the money
came from. and. we believe, a majori~ty of school patrons happy
timt the communi=ty will be ableto build to the exten~ that was
originally intended.
The sOhool board had a basketful of problems to solve, quest-
ions to answer and decisions to make in arriving at the actual
acceptance of a construction bid. But the final decision to be made
was a simple one, and no matter which way i~ went, it couldn't
@lease everyone. The board had proposed to the community that
$145,000 be spent on new building construction; but it also had
proposed that a gymnasium-auditorium with lunchroom facilities
and four new classrooms be constructed.
The conHruction bids' received by the board for the project
were all considerably above the bond issue amount, whiah left the
board with two alternatives: either find more money or whack
off a couple of classrooms' and cut other corners.
The board's decision, after a lengthy discussion, was to util-
ize the $12,400 accumulated in the building fund plus approxi-
mately $16,000 of the general fund surplus and go ahead with
the whole project, with only two relatively minor changes from
the original plans, deletion of basketball backboard supports and
use of vinyl and asphalt tile, saving $2,132.
Use of the money ~om the general fund will cut that fund
clown considerably to start the new fiscal year, to about
$10.000. While it is desirable to have a "cushion" for emergencies
above .the normally expected school revenues and budget, it
would appear to us that the reduced amount is sufficient under
normal circumstances.
We think the choice made by l~he board of education was ~he
best available. The school system may possibly feel the "pinch"
due to extremely limited finances during the coming year, but at
least tihe community will have achieved what it set ou¢ to do in
the way of providing more adequate ~physical facilities.
' State Tourist Trade Not Ballyhoo
A visit to Lake Texoma lodge over the weekend for the Okla-
homa Press association spring conventior~ proved a point to us:
the ballyhoo about Oklahoma becoming a major tourist attraction
isn't just ballyhoo.
License tags ranging from the east to west coasts were in
evidence a¢ the lodge, along w~th a host of Okl~homans enjo~ng
t/he scenery, recreation and fun available in their own state.
The tourist trade isn't something which Oklahomans talk a-
boust with wistful longing any more; it's a solid (gold) fact.
Dog Tag Time Again
It's time for new dog tags in Perkins again. That's about all
we know to say. Each year, the announcemems are made, warn-
ings are issued, and. when all is said and done, a small handful
of Perkins' several hundred-odd dog population has been
vaccinated.
Perkins town councilmen, at their June meeting, indicated
they intended to use the "teeth" in the ordinance governing ~og
vaccination this year. We hope they ~. Comoulsor,y vaccination
of the town's dogs is a wise safety precaution ~or our children,
but it isn't worth a hoo~ if only a few conscientious citizens pay
attention to the ordinance.
Cut Spending, Too
We see where Pre~ldent Kennedy is talking with business
and industrial leaders about the possibility of tax incentives to
give the economy a shot in the arm.
T~is sounds fine to us, ndgi~ty fine. We only have one sugg-
estion: if we cut any taxes, let's cut so~ne expenditures to match.
If we don't, our air-early sky-high national debt will shoot" clear
ou¢ of right.
K DOES THE TWIST
Jeepers Creepers
(Industrial Press Service)
Just about everybody in Our
Town--no matter what their pol-
itical persuasion--is griped up to
here about creeping socialism in
the U.S.A.
But all of a sudden, what you
might label "creeping ca@italims"
is beginning to turn up in B, ussia.
And the chief creep(at) seems to
be Red Boss Nikita Khrushchev
himself.
From the So~iets' leader there
has come a scornful attack on
what he calls "pantless commun-
isrn." Pantle~ communism is the
kind in which you have 10 men
and one pair of paxtts--so you
divide the pants in 10 and every-
body's naked.
Now this, says Khrushchev, is
stupid. And the Reds' boss also
regards as dumb the late Josef
Stalin's ~olicy of paying farmers
less for t~heir potatoes than it
cost to grow them.
"Who would grow potatoes,"
asks Mr K., "if there's no profit
in it?"
Darned if that doesn't sound
like what we in this land of tree
enterprise have been saying for
more than tkLree centuries.
This land had better look to its
laurels--now that Communist
Russia is practising capitalism'.!
Birds Of The Night
for food. The dry moutain regions
of west Texas and New Mexico
have yet another member of the
family, the Poor.Will.
The Chuck-Will'sWidow is a lar-
ge tdrd, about twelve inches long.
Unlike "good children" he is often
heard and seldom seen. One rea-
son for this is that he stays tip all
night sleeps all day, and then too,
his coloratiort is very nearly ex-
actly the color of tree bark or
grouna where he smeps. 1~ we
could see him at mgnt we might
be amused by ~ms queer, whml~r.
ed bird's courtsmp anucs. "J~wds
of America" says "he waddles a-
long on his richculous short legs
with t~te sublime contidence oI
masculuuty--maKmg queer noises
as though ne nan swallowea a
lemon." All th~s, of course, tO
charm his mate. They have very
large mouths, which allows them
to swallow some small birds, it is
saia, tnough most of their rood m
moLns, beetles anct other night ~ly-
mg nmects. '£ney lay ~nezr eggs,
usually two, on leaves on me
grouna in swampy or tree-shaded
spots where they are well camou-
flaged by their dappled color and
oacxground.
Tne Cauek's song, repeated hun-
dreds oJ~ ttmes as it is, m~ght a~s-
tu~b the unimtiated, but for those
of us who belong to the Cross Ti-
mber coumxy what would spring
Friends f2om southwestern Ok-
lahoma spent the night with us.
Next morning at breakfast they
appeared a bit sleepy.
"Whet," said they, "was that
thing that wen~ on all night?" The
"thing" to which they referred
turned out to be our Chuck-Will's-
Widow, whose call is so much a
part of our summer nights here
as to be taken for granted: cert-
ainly he's no slumber-robber to us.
Of course we regretted our guests
discomfort and apologized lor our
garrolous and monotonous night
bird. In the more arid, nearly
treeless southwest the noisy fel-
low is seldom heard, hence our
friends were unprepared for his
night chatter.
The Chuck-Will's-Widow is so-
metimes erroniousiy called the
Whip-Poor-Will. The songs of the
two di~er radically, that of the
Whip-Poor-Will being more quick-
ly rendered and higher pitched
The chuck's song is preceded by a
very low "chuck," at which time
he bows to his mate.
The true Whip-Poor-Will's ran-
ge is somewhat to the east of cen-
tral Oklahoma and we do not hear
him here. A cousi~ of these little-
known night birds is the more
f~miliar Night Hawk, or Bull-Bat,
which we often see flying swiftly
overheard just at dusk. Often in
z r~--''''~'" /- -'~ v,,% ".~ . ~
Bi I,
Whoso trusteth in Jehovah,
happy is he.
--(Prov. 16:20).
Cultivate happiness; look
on the bright side of things;
endeavor always to look pleas-
ant Happiness is contagious,
and the world needs people
who spread joy.
()thei' Editors'
groups, they seen to be playing, and summer be like without these
though we know that they axe al- queer nigh~ calls?
In the nearly three years we've
been in Soiling we c~,': think of
one thing that would benefit this *
area that has been turned down.
When stock was sold for the elev-
ator. it was bought. When financ-
ing was needed for the nursing
home. it was put up by business-
men and ir~terested persons. When
a new school was needed, district
patrons approved the bonds on
the first go round. When it was
feR that a swimming pool was
needed for the community, the
bond, s were approved. People bou-
ght lots in the new addition to get
it going. Everyone encourages
new business and keeps things
moving ahead.
This is what makes a town grow
• . . the people.
--Dewey County News
As many an authority has obser-
ved, the American people, by and
large, are woef~Jlly ignorant when
it comes to economic matters.
Various surveys show that this is
especially true of young people,
w~hieh in. itsel~ is an acid comm-
entary on the general level of
economic instruotion in the sch-
ools and at home. The areas of
ignorance are wide, extending to
the problems o~ capital invest-
ment, to the iP~,fluence of wages
on produotioR, prices and compet-
ition, to the profits earned by
industry, and so on down the line.
---Cherokee Messenger
Now that the runoff is history--
except maybe the governor's race
---some of the candidates who will
be on the Novembe~ 6 ballot are
starting to get in a few prelimin-
ary political ]~cks.
We have noticed some ads al-
ready and a few new bumper
stickers that weren't in evidence
during the earlier elections. T~at
means some candidates who didn't
have to campaign earlier are be-
ginning to get anxious already,
even though the general election
is five month_s in the future. May-
be they believe that old Civil War
slogan about "getting there fastest
with the moste=t."
---[Yewey Herald-Record
Smart bankers, financiers, and
goverRmeRt officials played along
for years with Bill~e Sol Estes. No-
body t~ok the trouble to investi-
gate ur~til a country newspaper at
Pecos, Tex., printed an article
stating thnt some of 4~he Estes'
deals had a strong smell to them.
Then the house of cards and fake
mentagates came tumbling down.
---Geary Star
Frank Sinatra owns $30,000
worrh of cuff links. A certain
movie actress takes b~ths in
Chmapagne and lights her cigar-
ettes with $10 bills. We got some
wonderful people in this country.
I'm mightl:f glad a lot of them
don~t live out this way.
--Woods County News
so catching nigl~t-flying insects Hel.n Whitaker Carleton //~" O~ f~.~
,ummer vacazion llrings : atety Prol)loms
Summer vacation is i,ere again c.,iloren wfto hold either a re-
for more than ham a m,mon Ol~la- stricted license or no license at
honm school chiidr~,, arid l~ay ;L all. Page made it clear that troop-
Page, State Sa~fety Commissioner, era will. be on the watch for you-
has issued his annual warnin~ to nger drivers who may be driving
motorists ¢o be alert fo~ children
playing or walking near the road
or street.
"In the cities motorists should
be especially alert in residential
areas where smaller children will
be playing. In rural areas watch
for: children walking along the
roadway to their favorite swim-
ndng and fishing holes," he said.
Another warning went to older
illegally.
He pointed out that during the
vacation months there will ,be
more carS on the road. Vacation
drivers from all pa~ts of the coun-
try will be going ,through Okla-
homa, the crossroads of the nat-
ion.
"We now have 3t2 troopers on
the road, the hlghes¢ in the 25;
year histor of the patrol, ~e
"A beatnik's tdea of a lovely
bride is when her sneakers
match her sweater."
next moz~th they wlH be holding
vehicle and drlve~ license checks:
The location for these checks will
be picked by the vartot~s detach-
ments and neither time nor locat-
Ion w~ll be armounced ahead o¢
- time," Page ann~traced.
