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5c Copy Perkins, Payne County. Okla. Thursday, June 21, 1962 Eight Pages Volume 72 No. 40
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Plans for Perkins' traditional
Fourth of July Celebration are
nearing completion for arganizat-
ions sponsoring the widely-known
event, scheduled July 3-4.
Perkins Roundup club memberg
reported Tuesday night that sev-
eral roundup clubs have indicated
plans to participate in a paracle
s;che,'luled for downtown Perkins
July 3 at 4:30 p.m. The Chandler
Roundup club sent word lhat 20
or mr)re riders would be I)resen't,
and Tryon, Stillwater and HarPah
clubs also plan to attend.
Several Perkins busine~es have
indicated plans to enter floats ifi
the parade, and invitations have
been sen.t by the Roundulp club t-~
seven area bands to participate.
Plans for the annual rodeo, set
July 3 and 4 at 7:30 la.m., are
nearly comp~e~ed, acco~ (tini~ ~o
Roundup club members, sponsors.
Featuring bull dogging, Br'ahma
bull riding, bareback bronc riding,
calf roping and ladies' barrel
races, with $200 added money, the
event, now in its eigh~ year,
draws large crowds to each per-
formance.
General manager for this year~
roder) is Johnny Baker, and Dale
Jarvis is Ar:ena director. Jessie
Youngker is parade marshall.
Other Roundup club officers in-
clude Gene ttall, presidenl; Jerry
Cos, vice-president; Margie Jarvis,
s(,cre4,ary; Carl .Tarvis, treasurer;
Derrel Jarvis, Dave Rush and
~Tarvoy Brixey, mrm~bm-s of the
board of directors; Genieve Hall,
queen; Betty Story, queen -in-
waiting; Mary Coe, reporter and
Elsie Grant and Erma Brixey,
concession stand managers.
Rodeo fans will be greeted by
new bleachers seatir.g approxin>
ately 1,500 people at the arena
this year. The new seats were re-
cently completed by the 52-mem-
ber club.
Supplying stock for this year's
rodeo will be Leon Frakes, of
Tulsa. Rodeo clowns will be Dan
Little, Jenks,and Gene Rice,
Mounds, Okla.
A dance is scheduled for 9 pan.
1.,y :~, wilh mus,ic by Virgil Cox
of Tulsa.
Perkins Lions club members
have planned anolher spectacular
fireworks display to climax the
celebration. Spon.~n'ed by Perkins
merchants and individual donat-
ions, the brilliant display is held
immediately following lhe r.(leo
,~r. lh" F(mrth of July evening on
the Perkins highschool football
and baseball fields. The Lions elub
will man a senses.Men stand in the
area on July 4.
Al~o tentatively plannrd is a
litJtle league "double-header", with
Perkins' two little league baseball
teams playing on the afl~,rno,)n ~,1
July 4.
Lions club members have scr, ed-
uled a "work night" for July 2
in the Perkins city park, to ready
it for visitors. Roundup club
members will be wx~rking on their
arena in spare time daily through
July 4.
Roundup club members will
hold a call meeting June 26 at the
club l~ouse, with all membel~
urged to attend.
Working in the meat processing department at Ralph's Packtw~ com.
I~any are (top to bottom) Joe Randall, cutting •teaks; Mami~ Tubbs
and Sara Campbell, cutting 'nd wrapping bacon.
Lions Officers
To Be Installed
1962.63 Perkins Ltorm ~lub ~ffl~-
era will be installed next Monday
~lght at the Lions Den, it was an-
aoumeed at t~he meeting Monday
night.
Otto Wood, Perki~ and Claude
Taylor, Stillwater, members of the
Oklahoma State university agric-
UkUral engineeriag department,
l~resented a demonstration of clos-
ed-chest heart mJ~aage and
n]Outh.to_mouth resuscitataon to
Lions members Monday night.
Using a life-like model, Taylor
axed Wood demonstrated life-sav-
!~g techn,iques for use m drown-
~ag, electrical shock, and other
~irailar emergencies. IAons mere-
hers e~hen tried the techniques
o~ models.
The club voted to hold a work
aight July 2 at Perkins city @ark,
With sa~pper ,to be served a~t the
l~rk.
Officers to be installed Monday
night include Roland Sodowsky.
laresident; Frank Evans, firs¢ vice-
laresident: B.A. Fiolle. second
~hjiee-presiden~; Jimxnie Black,
rd vice-president; C~ten Hol-
~inger, secretary-treasurer; E.L.
cCat~ty, lion tamer; Bill Evans,
tail twister; Melvin Sager and
belma~- Niles, board of directors.
Renefit Game Set
The Perldns Cubs, little league
baseball team, will play their
n~Oms and sisters in a benefit
~)arae Sunday afternoon at the
eal high school baseball dia-
~aond.
Proceeds from the game will be
laSed to 6inance a trip to see an
Oklahoma C~ty 89'ers baseball
gaane, according to Coaches Bill
I)ickson and Bob Wells.
Weekly Drawing
Nelson Cundiff was the $5 win-
net at the Perkins Merchants
VCeekly drawing held Saturday.
gOsie Stuhlmacher's name was al-
ao called.
~I Those receiving $1 were: Earl
Ughes, Nora Ful,ton, Bob Hud-
~ens, J.l. Reynolds and C.A. ~¢r-
;.l~n Other names draw~ were
• R. Jacobs, Robert Brower and
"~¢arren Burrows.
Rev. Bob Mash
Assumes Methodist
Church Duties
Fire Damages
Johnson Home
Fire caused extensive damage
,,) one room and smoke and water
damage to other rooms to the
home of Wade Johnson. seven
miles west of ~ins Tuesday
morning. ~ :* ~
A defective water heater was
the cause of the blaze, which oc-
curred about 7:30 a.m. Perkins
volunteer firemen arrived at the
scene in time to prevent more ex-
..... ivo d~mage by ¢he fire, which
ha¢l ben held in check by neigh-
bors who formed a bucket brigade.
A Stillwater rural fire truck
also answered tne alarm.
Perkins Cubs
Down L&C, 13-3
The Perkins Cubs, li#.tle league
10-and-under baseball team, down-
ed one of the tap teams in the
league, Stillwater Laundry and
Cleaners, 13-3 Tuesday evening at
the local bag d~amOnd. "
The game was called ~t the end
of four and two-thirds inning.
Winning pi.tcher was Bob Butler,
who threw a two3tttter.
Butler, Melvin Sager and Mike
Fagan each collected two hits in
the game. The local boys came up
with 11 hits to two for the visit-
ors.
Attends Workshop
Mrs Hazel Baker from Gl,endale
Calif. le~t for ~er home Sunday
by plane. She had been visiting
Mrs Bessie Cole and other relat-
ives for the past month.
Mrs Glayds Mae Inman, Per-
kins. was among 23 women learn-
ing to create various types of hats
in a millinery workshop during
the past week at Nor~.hwestern
State college, Alva.
REV. BOB MASH
Re~. Bob Mash has auumed his
duties as pastor ,of t~e Perkins
Methodist church. He ~ep,-ccs
Rev. Robert Cocke, who has been
called to the Wetumka Methodist
church. A graduate of Oklahoma
State university and native of
Cushing, Mach recently graduated
from the Perkins l~hool of
Theology in Dallas, Texas.
pasto~ed the Glencoe Methodist
church his junior and senior
year= at O~U.
Food Sale Set
The Methodist WSCS is plan-
ning a food sale to be held ~,t the
Methodist Educational building on
Saturday, June 30. Advance orders
for any specified food, cakes,
home made breCtd, pies, chicken
and noodles, salads and otaher~ will
be filled. These orders may be
placed by calling Mrs Delmar
Niles, Mrs Ephraim Wall or Mrs
Don Mercer.
Mrs Oney Taylor called on Mrs
Bessie Cole Mond~ even~g.
Mr and Mrs O.W. Smith of Per.
kins and Mr and Mrs Bob Wallace
and sons of Yale recently visited
In the Walh~e Smith home l]~
~ckam~.
GOIl~G UP --~ The Perkins Livestock auction ule
building is undergoing a major remodeling job.
When finish~d, seating capacity will be doubled,
with a large lobby added, according to owner
Gharles Ruehmore. Al~o, the I~uildinl'~ ~fa Will
School Building
Contracts Signed
Preliminary construction work
is expected to begl~ on the per-
kins schools bttilding addition
sometime next week, acordi~g to
..Th~n-~-,~C~er, o~ Ca~t;~ ~e~,
struetion company, Tulsa.
Perkins ~chools Supt.
Duckett said Wednesday that a
construction cor~tract had been
signed by the Ca~er company and
members of the local board of ed-
ucation.
Only steps remaining to be tak-
en before actual eon.~truction can
begin are securing of the building
bonds and meeting all ins~arance
equiremer, ts. including work-
man's compensation, liability and
.comprehensive building construct-
ion insurance acording to archit.
act's s~.andards by the con~ruct-
ion company, Ducket~t said.
be enlarged. Sl~ermln ,1~-, Gtencoe, is doing the
remodeling work. Rushntor~ aaid the •ale will be
held on Wedmedl,vs ~"than Monday~ in the
futuPet it is t=heduled to re.open June 27.
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