2 - The Perkins Journal, Thursday, June .14, 1973
The Perkins Journal
Harland Wells, Editor
Pubttshed every Thursday by the Perkins Publishing
Company, 133 S. Main - Pqst Office Box L, Perkins,
Oklahoma, 74059, Telephone 377-3599 or 547-2411
Harland Wells, Editor and Publisher
Larry Maloney, Managing F~.-tSue Dodrill Bus. Manager
Carl Henderson, Adv. Manager-Harry Dehls, Press Foreman
Ruth Brown, Cir. Manager-Charles King, Pressman
Burt Coate, Photographer-Alice Boyle, Typist
Entered as 2nd class mall at the Post Office in Perkins,
Oklahoma 74059. Call in your subscription, news, or
classified ads today - 547-2411 or 377-3599.
Randall Howard Burton, in-
fant son of Pastor and Mrs.
Mike Burton of Torrington,
Wyo., died June 11, 1973, at
the University Hospital.
Graveside services were
held at Torrington on Thursday
afternoon.
Grandparents of the youth are
Mrs. Evelyn Peterson, Riv-
erside, Calif., and Mr. and
Mrs. Ira Burton of Perkins.
The infant is also survived by
a sister, Christie.
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Clyde Matheson Jr., longtime
Perkins farmer and construc-
tion worker, died Saturday,
June 9, 1973, in Rosewood
Manor. He was 77.
Funeral services were at 2
p.m. Tuesday in the Strode
Funderal Home Chapel. Still-
water, with the Rev. Van Nickels
and the Rev. Charles Holland
officiating.
Burial was in Sunset Mem-
orial Gardens.
He was born at Perkins, Aug.
7, 1895, the son of Jeff and
Della Matheson. He had lived in
the Perkins area all his life.
He had served in World War I.
Matheson was married to Del-
la Mac Hart, Oct. 17, 1917,
in StiUwater. He had served as
a member of the Oak Grove
Board of Education and was a
member of the Assembly of God
Church.
He held membership in the
Perkins American Legion Post
and members of that organiza-
tion will serve as pallbearers
and make a flag presentation at
graves(de.
Survivors include his widow,
six sons, Melvin, Elton, Max
and Robert, all of Tulsa; Clyde
Jr., Rt. 1, and Huel, Omaha,
Neb.; five daughters, Mrs.
Rosella Buckner, 22 S. Main;
'Mrs. Alma Sliger, Amarillo,
Tex., Mrs. Grace Bushand Mrs.
Wilma Lewis, beth of Tulsa,
and Mrs. Elsie Taylor, Guthrie.
Also surviving are 32 grand-
children; nine great- grand-
children, and three sisters,
Mrs. Angle Todd, Ripley; Mrs.
Ethel Crowley, Carney, and
Mrs. Dorothy Price, Stillwater
Nursing Home.
Funeral services were at 10
a.m. Monday for Mrs. John D.
(Mary Jane) Bar(h, 65, who
died June 9, 1973, at her home,
920 S. Lowry.
The services were in Strode
Chapel with the Rev. Van
.Nickels as minister. Burial was
in Cushing's Fairlawn Ceme-
tery, under direction of Strode.
She was born Sept. 9, 1908,
In Western Oklahoma. She
moved with her parents to Cush-
Ing when she was five years old
and married John D. Barth in
Chandler in 1948. They came to
Stillwater about 20 years ago
from Cushing.
Other than her husband she is
survived by a brother, John
Pringle of Illinois and a sister
Mrs. Bertha Do(y, Shidler.
Monday, June 25, 1973 - 2:00 P.M.
Stillwater, Oklahoma
"'Regardless of Weather"
LOCATION: "'Aggie Hall Farms." From Stillwater go South or~ Hwy,
177 to Intersection of Hwy 177 and East 32nd Ave. (Steve's Farm
& Home Supply), go South 1 mile then East 15 i'n~tes. Road is open
on Hwy, 172. Watch fo, Auction signs
LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS: SE/4 3t 19N 3E Payne Co., Okl& HE/4
6 18N - 3E. Payne Co., Okla. ALL MINERAL RIGHTS SELL
WITH LAND.
AUCTIONEER'S NOTE: ThJs Is product=re agricultural land ]here ~s a
housing develol)ment west of the land now. Good house and
outbuilxJings Abundance of welt water. All fen(:es are in excellent
condltioR. Seldom does a porcha.~r have the opportunity to
assemble as much area ,`' (:lose |)roxil`"llty to a growing coO`'(l`'unlty
for home site, developlnent, agricultural or wise .`'vestrnet~ Come
prepared to be the New Owned
METHOD OF SALE: Land will be sold in 40, 80, 160 and/or 320 acre
IJnlts Land nl;~rked r~ow
INSPECT PROPERTY: Call Aucttoneer anytime prior to AUCTION
DAY or (:all J B Anglley after 5:30 l) m.
TERMS & CONDITIONS: 10% Day of Auction Balance upon apt)royal
of title and delivery of warranty (feed.
Lat~d sells subject to Hsual load and utility easements.
Land it', Section 6 sells subiect tb,~on~rvancy District No 16 Catl
AtJctior~eer or Soll Conservation`' OffiCe for exact details
Owner: OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
~,uc lion Conducted by
BERRY AGENCY
Auctioneers/Brokers
Sale Managers
101 N. Main 405-3722466
Stillwater, Okla. 3727065
Call or Write for Picture Brochure
Tom D. Berry & "
A~O{ iates
Auc tiOneers
' STILLWATER --May was the
worst month for accidental non-
automobile deaths in Oklahoma
since July of last year, says
Dr. DeWltt Hunt, Oklahoma
State University safety spec-
ialist.
Fifty-six persons died in each
of those two months, Hunt says.
The May toll was headed by
18 drownings and 11 burn
deaths, and five tornado deaths
--the first in Oklahoma this
year-.also were recorded.
Only five persons were klll--
ed by tornadoes in the state
in the 10=year period t962
through 1971, Hunt says.
FRESH CATCH - Charles Anderson caught this
beauties on a farm pond near here Tuesday
said he wouldn't tell anyone the exact location.
huhT. (Journal Photo by Larry
Five persons also were kill-
ed in falls, three each died in
plane crashes, cave-ins and
were crushed to death, and
two victims each were claim-
ed by lightning and tractor ac-
cidents.
A 300 pound calf was taken
from Charles Rushmore's
Single deaths came in an elec- ranch Friday night.
trocution, gunshot, suffocation
and when a 15-year-old boy was
struck by a baseball.
The 18 drownings bring the
five-month total to 36, compar-
ed with 29 in the first five
months of 1972.
The falls included two fatal
home accidents, two victims
were painters who fell 70 and
36 feet, respectively, and the
fifth was a worker in a "cherry-
picker" which coIlapsed and
fell 35 feet.
Five multiple death accidents
accounted for 14 fatalities
last month.
Rushmore said(he calf belong-
ed to his daughter, Pam, and he
remembered seeing it on his
land near a corral Friday night
but Saturday morning it was
gone.
Tall grass was flattened in
the area and Rushmore said
there were bits of hair cling-
ing to the barbed wire. The
site of the incident is almost
two miles west of State High-
way 177 on the Lost Creek
Church road.
Evidence indicates
may have been tied
ged through a
and loaded aboard a
Rushmore said.
"A neighbor said ~e
nosie that sounded Ill
noise that sounded
fire," Rushmore
we found traces
blacktop road near
calf was taken."
He said
McKnight took
blood to be
man for the Sher
ment said Tuesday !
of the tests haven
ceived by their office ]
Rushmore said the
valued around $250.
Summer@.- -- - Foreca
MEN'S I WOMEN'S TOPS
PANTS $4- $14.00
$4. - $14.00
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*SKINNY BELTS $3.00- $14.00 *OTHERS $2.00 -
"HALTERS $5.00 - $6.00 *JEANS - $5.00 Plain &
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