6-THE PERKINS JOURNAL, Thursday, July 5, 2001
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by Stacy Beal a full one in the larder. Never
.hmnml Stqff Writer again will I throw waste paper
85 Years Ago, August 6. 1915 or rubbish in the street or at-
The average educated man ley. If I cannot speak good of
gets a salary of $I000 a year, my neighbor, I will hold my
making $40.000 in a lifetime, peace. I will spend my money
while the uneducated man here and by so doing leave a
makes $1.50 per day, $450 a part of the purchase to circu-
year $I .000 in a lifetime, late in the channels where its
Thercfinc the value of an edu- equivalent in wealth was origi-
cathm is the difference of the nally created to do good
two pay scales, or $22,000 among the folks who are a part
over a lifetime. Each day in of the community of which I
school is worth $146.66 to the am a part, in that place that I
student in later life. call home, sweet home.
THE TOWN CREED - I be- 66 YearsAgo, August 1.1935
lieve in my town. I believe in The Cimarron Singing Con-
her people, in her boys and in vention will be held at the For-
her girls. I will make myself a est Valley Community Build-
committee of one to make of ing located 3 miles east of
this a good place in which to Perkins on Highway 33 at 2
live and a mighty hard place o'clock Sunday afternoon.
¢o lea c. I believe in my town. Notice: After the show this
[ believe in her institutions, in weekend, the Lyric Theater
her choc l , in her churches will shut down for the rest of
and in her slores. 1 believe in the summer- until September
ihc street broom and street 6.
sweeper and the paint pot. I be- NOTICE: Fall hatching
l ieve in never an empty can on starts August 15, and those that
a vacant lot or plot, but many want to order chicks should
notify us right away. Perkins
Hatchery.
45 Years Ago. July 12. 1956
Frank "Pistol Pete" Eaton
was hospitalized in the
Stillwater Hospital and his
physician says he is very ill. A
delegation came by to pick him
up Monday morning to take
him to the Tom Paxton show,
but he was unable to get
around, and entered the hospi-
tal that afternoon. He cel-
ebrated his 95th birthday No-
vember 28.
40 Years Ago. July 6. 1961
The town board met in regu-
lar session and paid claihas,
and discussed the summer
street program. Members
would like to be able to buy
some street equipment and do
some work themselves.
Attending Payne County
camp for boys and girls this
year are Patricia Ann Coate,
Betty Tucker, Karen Holbrook,
Bob Harshman, Jimmy Dean
Walker, Terry King and Roy
Wall.
35 Years Ago. July 21. 1966
The Journal endorses the
plan for a $990,000 courthouse
remodeling and expansion
project and urges voters to cast
a yes vote in the election. The
original courthouse was con-
structed in 1917 and is vastly
inadequate now.
Years Ago. July 8. 1971
Sager's Dry Cleaners in
business in Perkins for nearly
20 years and operated by Mr.
and Mrs. Melvin Sager, is clos-
ing. Sager began business in
Frank Motes directs Pawnee Bill's Wild West Show
I'AWNEE - Frank Motes
grew up dreaming of becoming
a cowboy and practicing the
skills of roping. As a boy, he
spent hour after hour roping ev-
ery object in his front yard near
he started working in 1976. He
moved to Pawnee in 1991 as
probation and payroll officer for
the corrections agency, and he
feels strongly about helping the
community of Pawnee, where
September of 1951. He says he I Remember time and then my J
doesn't know what he will do By Charles Wall sister
definitely. In the 1940's around July 4. potatoes and put!
we used to dig our potatoes, pickup. If we
The Perkins Post Office will Potatoes are normally ready to all at one time. the!
have few initial changes upon dig earlier than that but we run over the
the conversion to the U.S. usually tried to finishour wheat adjacent row.
Postal system, harvest before digging. When
Local registrar Naudain Lore We would have about 1/4 and picking up the
says any eighteen year olds acre in several rows, 40 inches breakopen theroW
who wish to register to vote, apart. Often times the potato the lister and get
may do so as of Tuesday, July patch would be in a field. My potatoes that
6. parents would plant half white with loose soil.
20 Years Aszo. July 9.1981 potatoes and half red potatoes. We would take
No matter what the color, the the yard and pile
Perkins' new Main Street
actual potato was the same in shade tree
and the industrial park by-pass taste and nutrition, out. Then we
roads are two projects that are My dad, Ephraim, would with a material
still being planned, Senator operate the walking lister and I Sprout and store
Bernice Shedrick told Corn- would drive a small tractor that cellar.
missioner Bob White at a pulled the lister. Alisterislikea Now, if you
Monday morning meeting in moldboard plow except that it you can say you
the courthouse, turns the soil both ways. We do it by reading
The town board agreed at would list about two rows at a Journal!
their Monday night meeting to
start the process to get lots that
havegrownupintaUgrassand 7/I t,t: 'caTvtlit,n
weeds, mowed. "
riding at break-neck speed
within the outdoor arena,
whether it's chasing a stage-
coach or bad guys. Sharp turns
and sudden stops while firing
15 Years A o. July 10. 1986
Fireman Rick Jarvis lined up
the Pride of Perkins for a photo
to be used in the new city map
of Perkins - five pieces of
equipment, including two
pumper trucks, two tanker-
pumpers, and a Dodge 4-wheel
drive initial response truck that
nears completion. The depart-
ment provides fire protection
for the city of Perkins and sur-
rounding rural area.
Fourteen states and two for-
eign countries are represented
at Chandler Baseball Camp's
second session of the season.
The 72 boys enrolled are from
Oklahoma, Arkansas, New
Mexico, Texas, Missouri, Kan-
sas, Virginia, Colorado, Cali-
fornia, Minnesota and New
York, and Mexico and Malay-
sia. The next session has 108
boys enrolled.
10 Years Alzo..lu!v 4. 1991
The U. S. Census Bureau
will collect data on employ-
ment and unemployment from
area residents the week of July
14-20, according to William F.
Adams, director of the
revolvers are part of the action, bureau's Denver regional of-
Hartshorne. While some boys he and his wife Maxine also own His firearms experience also rice.
drea d of omL gabaseb one 0 video stores ,, haS on the rlmn-.ol
star like Mickcy Mantle, Motes That's a significant factor. Salyer learn to shoot so she
wanted to be like rodeo roping The Pawnee Bill Wild West could play the role ofMay Lilly,
star Bill Hensley. Show is essentially a cornmu- wife of Gordon Lilly, who was
"1 was small as a kid at about nity-wide volunteer operation known as Pawnee Bill.
5-foot-6, but I loved rodeo and sponsored by the Pawnee While numerous Pawnee
figured I could dothat. At 12 to Chamber of Commerce, the volunteers have worked hard to
14.1 started competing in rodeos Friends of Pawnee Bill Ranch continue the show each year, the
- cal f roping, ribbon roping and Association and the Oklahoma tremendous workload has led to
team roping. I have built a ca- Historical Society. a need for a series of new direc-
reer with the Oklahoma Depart- "Most of our acts will be tors. It was earlier in 2001 that
meat of Corrections, but I've performed by local people this aWildWest Show committee in
always been a cowboy - work- year," said Motes, "but I want Pawnee asked Motes to run the
ing with horses and such." to build it year by year - adding show.
Four years ago, he started professional acts when we can. "I told him I couldn't do all
riding in the cowboy acts of the Either way, we will always have of it," he said. "In the past, the
annual Original Pawnee Bill's acts that are fun for everyone, director has worked setting up
Wild West at the historic Paw- like a stage coach robbery, ar- the arena, arranging for horses,
nee Bill Ranch. He did every- resting a horse thief, bucking marketing and other problems.
thing from robbing a stagecoach horses, a pony express race, So they made me captain of the
to chasing bad guys in and out trick riding, roping and crack- show, and divided the other
of the arena and trick shooting, ing a bull whip." tasks. This allows me to focus
'% year later," he said, "I be- The Wild West Show is parton getting acts together, rehears-
came the +head good guy.' I of an annual festival in Pawnee als and making sure everything
would get all the good guys to- on Father's Day weekend. It in- goes right when the show goes
md umkc sure we wereeludes a downtown festival on on."
:,, that third weekend in June and Motes also has joined Wayne
N,,.+, Frauk Motes isa barbecue dinner for the public Spears, Pawnee County Asses-
fl c 'head c wboy'+ - the show on every performance day. It sor who has played the role of
captain - fl,- the 14th annual re- was the barbecue dinner that Pawnee Bill since 1991, in ap-
viral of the Pawnee Bill Show, first attracted Motes as a volun- pearances to promote the Wild
which helped introduce the Old teer." West Show. He and Maxine
West all over the World from "I worked in the kitchen five have visited schools with
1888 1913. He agreed to direct years ago," he said, "and the Spears, and they have served ice
six performances at 2 p.m. and heat was so bad they had to carry cream while passing out Wild
7 p.m. on June 16, 23 and 30 this me out of there. I asked if there West Show brochures at festi-
year. was any other way I could con- vals.
While most of the directors tribute to the community, and It all goes back to his boy-
in recent years have had some they said I could be in the show hood roping practice. Frank
"cowboy" experience, Motes the next year." Motes is a lifetime cowboy who
iwi~> ~ !ifctime of knowledge Motes fit quickly in to the now leads one of the great cow-
riding and shoot- show with his experience as a boy shows of all time - the
ing bear on the show. He is "real" cowboy. The acts require Original Pawnee Bill's Wild
even a certified law enforcement starting quickly on a horse and West Show in Pawnee.
firearms instructor tor the De-
parlment of Corrections, where NOW OPEN!
-- C,m nl -
River October 3, 1986 took the
Witness tree at the section cor-
ner to the northeast of Vinco
to the side of U. S. Highway
177, but was not strong enough
to lift the log over the highway.
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would like to thank the
sponsors for their investment in the Heritage Days Western
Party and Dutch Oven Cooking Contest on June 23;
Ill'willingness to sponsor a fun, family event in downtown Pel
lii greatly appreciated! We would like you to know who they
Lyou can say thanks too:
" Ampride, Country Comfort, Eade's Hardware, Frank's Diesel &
Cimarron Valley Coop, Harris'66, Jalopy's, Jarvis Insurance, Jim
Auto Sales, Pre/niere Truck Accessories, Shirley Ann's, Model
Patsy's Flowers, Payne County Bank, Perkins Builder's Suppl3,
Drug, Perkins Food Center, Perkins Insurance Ageno; Perkins
Clinic, Whistle Stops, Sonic, Strode Funeral Home, Tanline, Tech
D'Mario's, Burt's Jewelry, Westside Video, OG&E, The Railroad
C.R.E.C., B&C Business Products, Ewing Electric, Custom
Perkins Roundup Club, Iowa Tribe and Sasser Auction Company.
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