6.The Perkins Journal Thursday, July 7, 1977
Tryon Alums set up
$400 Scholarship fund
Tryon Girl is youngest
Graduates and former
students of Tryon High
School have established a
scholarship fund, to be
ktton as the "H. I. Jones
Scholarship Fund". The
fund received $400. through
contributions made at the
annual banquet of the
association held at the Tryon
School on June 18, 1977.
Through additional contribu-
tions, it is hoped that an
annual scholarship of $500.
can be awarded to a graduate
of Perkins-Tryon High
School, living in the Tryon
area, next spring.
The fund honors H. I.
Jones, Tryon, who retired as
superintendent of schools in
1968, after 34 years as
superintendent of the Tryon
School. A scholarship com-
mittee was appointed by
Lehman D. Bellah, Cushing,
an@resident of the Associa-
tion, to administer the
program. Appointed were
Judge Donald E. Powers,
Chandler, William A. Vas-
sar, Chandler, Ruby Schrein.
er, Tryon, Lonnie Crisp,
Stillwater and Margaret
Gibson, a Tryon Teacher and
daughter of H. I. Jones.
Future contributions may be
sent to Tryon Alumni
Association, P. O. Box 97,
Tryon, Okla. 74875, or
handed to members of the
committee.
At the banquet, held in the
Tryon Gym, Robert E.
Hancock, Tryon, was elected
president for the coming
year, with Vernadene Staten
as Vice-President. Wanda
Barclay, Tryon, and Hope
Vassar, Chandler, were
re.elected secretaries. Mem-
bers of the Class of 1927
were honored in their fiftieth
year. Those present were
Juanita George,Chandler,
Laverne Anderson, Norman
and Mamie Hannah, Mul-
hall. 130 graduates and
guests attended the banquet,
the largest attendance on
re'cord for the association,
which was organized in 1930.
President Robert Hancock
announced that the 1978
Annual Banquet and Re-
union will be held at the
Tryon School June 17, 1978.
Rodeo Queen contestant
Deanna Big Soldier, seven
years old, was the youngest
entry in the Pawnee Rodeo
Queen Contest. She is a sec-
ond grade pupil in the Tryon
Elementary School, and the
daughter of Jacob and Shar-
our Big Soldier, Jr., Iowa
Otoe Indians from Tryon.
The big Soldiers are form-
er Perkins residents. Dean-
na's paternal grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Big Sol-
dier still reside near Perkins.
The All Indian Pawnee
Rodeo was held in conjunc-
tion with the Annual Pawnee
Homecoming Pow-Wow at
the Fairgrounds on July 2,3
and 4th. The parade at 10
a.m. on Saturday morning
followed a free brealffast at
7 a.m. at the Pawnee Bill
Ranch.
Deanna's background con-
sists of a maternal great-
grandfather, the late Frank
New way na way Kent, for-
merly chief of the Iowa Tribe
of Oklahoma. The present
Chief, Solomon N. Kent of
Shawnee, is her great uncle.
She is proud of her Indian
heritage which made her
eligible for the All Indian
Rodeo Queen contest.
Deanna Big Soldier, Paw-
nee Rodeo Queen contestant,
relaxes after visiting the
Thomas- Wilhite Memorial
Library.
Read
The Journal
and Be in
the Know/
(:hurchill family reunion held on June 26
The Churchill family met
Sunday, June 26,' 1977 for
their annual reunion at
Boomer Lake Park.
Kansas guests were: Mr.
and Mrs. Leon Houston,
Mrs. Katherine Head, Anita
and Jay, Harper; Mrs. A. E.
Graham and Regan, Wichita;
Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie
Houston, Roxie.
State residents were Mr.
and Mrs. Melvin Churchill
and Mr. and Mrs. Menzo
Churchill, Woodward; Mr.
and Mrs. Calvin Houston,
Fairview; Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Mayfield, Mr. and
Mrs. Owen Smith and Robin,
Mrs. Lila Crenshaw, Sonja
Taft, Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Burk, Mr. and Mrs. Eli
Allen, .Gene and Ginger of
Oklahoma (ity. Mr. and
Mrs. Steve Churchill, Jenni-
fer and Haley, Mrs. Char-
lotte Langley, Mrs. Ron
Rogers, Timmy and Jennifer
from Tulsa, Clinton Church-
ill, Sapulpa; Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Jones of Edmond; Mr.
and Mrs. W. L. Gazaway,
Ken and John, Ann Raines,
Guthrie; Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Gazaway and Stacy, Cash-
ion; Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Harmon, Cushing; Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Churchill, Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Johnson, Alan,
Kelly and Kim of Enid.
Also, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Richardson, Sherry, Tammy
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dents were Mrs. Lea
Houston, Mr. and Mrs. M. J.
Churchill, Mr. and Mrs. Rex
Mayfield and Dabble, Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Mayfield,
Travis and Carrie, Mr. and
Mrs. Glen Houston, Mr. and
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Kenneth Flowers, Mr. and
Mrs. Lloyd Churchill, Mrs.
Oneta Goodner, Mrs. Rose
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Attend Band
camp in Ada
Robert Reynolds, Perkins,
was among the some 215
students from 40 high
schools in four states
attending the third annual
Band Camp held on the
campus of East Central
University.
The Band Camp was held
June 26 through July 1 under
the direction of Pat Rooney,
director of the Pride of
Tigerland Marching Band.
The camp is sponsored by
the East Central Public
Services Program.
Students enrolled in Band
Camp received instruction in
jazz ensemble, other ensem-
bles, private lessons, con-
ducting, music appreciation,
sight reading and double
reed making.
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Perkins resident
wins first
A new resident of Perkins,
Mary Lou Cross, won 1st
place Solo Twirling in a
United States Twirling As-
sociation Camp held in
Shawnee, June 26-30. The
camp was sponsored by the
Assoc. President, Fred Mil-
ler of Dayton, Ohio.
Mary Lou and her husband,
Allen live at Rt. 2, Perkins
and she plans on teaching
baton.
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Equalization Bd.
(From Front Page)
Hastings said that con-
trary to what many concern-
ed farmers may think, the
Equalization board does
understand the problem and
is suggesting ways to clear
the matter up. "I don't
blame these people for being
sore. We should have never
backed up on our resolution
to adjust the assessments on
the 1975 level. We should
have let this matter be
settled in court if that is what
she (the Assessor) wanted,"
the board member said.
As late as June 23, the
Board of Equalization hand
carried the following letter to
Mildred Starks, County
Assessor and the Payne
County Board of Commis-
sioners. Their recommenda-
tions are as follows:
(1) That sufficient funds
be requested in your budget
to employ one or two persons
who are knowledgeable of
the right capability classes of
land. NOTEc The soil series
deliniated on the soil survey
maps fall into one of the
eight capability land classes.
The land capability classes
number 1 through number 4
are suitable for continuous
cultivations. Classes number
5 through number 7 are
sometimes cultivated on
intermittant basis, but are
best suited for grazing and
meadows. Class number 8 is
the wildlife, or very limited
grazing or waste areas. Also,
land capability classes num-
ber 1 through number 4
originally may fall into land
class 5,7, or 8 due to man
made or climatic change in
terrain or other physical
conditions.
(2) That all agricultural
lands be site inspected by
the knowledgeable individ-
uals, mentioned in number 1
above, to determine:
a. The land use, the
percentages of acreage in the
specific uses for each of the
series on the farm, as to
cultivated crops, open pas-
ture, timbered pasture mea-
dows;
b. The land surface
condition as affected by
erosion, water, wind, or
inundation by blowing sand
or flooding as well or other
conditions associated with
surface minings, drilling for
oil and gas, public utilities,
and road construction.
That the present value you
have established for each
series to be used as the basic
value, and adjusted down-
ward percentage wise deter-
mined by land use and
surface condition. The per-
centage guide may be
established through consul-
tation with a Soil Scientist,
an Agronomy Land Manage-
ment Specialist, a Range and
pasture Management Spec-
ialist, a Livestock Manage-
ment Specialist and a Farm
Management Specialist.
3. That the ratio to
determine assessed value of
farm buildings associated
with farm operation be the
same as used on farm land.
4. Use the small tract
value of land in the area to
determine a home site value
in lieu of $2,000.00 utility
appraisal on rural homesites.
The homesite may be up to
two acres in size.
5. All farms that have
been site inspected and
values adjusted as to land
use and productive capabili-
ties under average manage-
ment and new value deter-
mined for the farm prior to
December 31, 1977, be
placed on tax rolls January 1,
1978. The remaining farms
to be site inspected during
1978 and placed on the tax
rolls January 1, 1979.
6. In our opinion, the first
area of the county to be
inspected and adjustments
made, where warranted,
should be the lands that lie in
the strip two to three miles
wide on both sides of the
Cimarron River. We found
greatest variation as to use
and conditions in relation to
the soil series.
Hastings also told The
Journal that State Question
No. 486, which was supposed
to have classified taxation on
land by use instead of cash
value, is being interpreted in
various ways other than what
the election results indica-
ted. The issue carried
537,310 to 387,272 in the
General Election November
7, 1972. The gist of the
propostion follows:
Shall a Constitutional
Amendment amending Sec-
tion 8, Article X, Oklahoma
Constitution, which relates
to assessment of property for
ad valorem taxation, to
provide for assessment of
real property at not more
than thirty-five percent
[35%] of its fair cash value
for the highest and best use
as actually used, or was
previously classified for use,
during the previous calendar
),ear," provided that a transfer
of property without a change
in use shall not require a
reassessment based exclus-
ively upon the sale value;
and directing the Legislature
to enact laws defining
classifications of use to
facilitate uniform assess-
ment procedures in this state
be approved by the people?
Vote --Yes 537,310
Vote --No 387,272
Amendment Adopted
The Attorney General's
opinion was based on two
questions:
1. Under the powers of
the County Equalization
Board, does the Board have
the authority to order
county-wide assessment in-
creases or decreases from
levels provided by County
Assessors? and:
2. Can a County Assessor
revaluate part of a county
and place that property on
the tax rolls immediately, or
must all property of a
classification be place on the
tax rolls on a uniform
county-wide basis?
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The Attorney General
answered: "It is the opinion
of the Attorney General that
your questions be answered
in the following manner: A
County Board of Equaliza-
tion, under the authority of
68 O.S. 1971, Par. 2459 and
2460 has the authority to
equalize, correct and adjust
the assessed valuation of real
and personal property by
raising or lowering the
valuation of the property
after receiving the assess-
ment roll from the County
Assessor. Further, in re-
sponse to your second
question, a County Assessor
has been given broad
authority to establish a
systematic program of reval-
uation and the Assessor has
sole authority to decide
whether to carry out the
revaluation in phases by
placing some property on the
tax rolls at its new value in
one year and other property
in subsequent years.
Hastings told The Journal
that the Equalization Board
represents all citizens of the
county, and other groups are
hard pressed also. He
pointed out that some older
citizens on fixed incomes are
faced with selling their
homes, many where they
have lived all their life,
because they can't afford to
pay the taxes on them. The
business community is also
hard pressed and those with
real estate and
properties. Then there
the interest groups who
run public education
other facilities from
derived from the ad
tax base. Inflation
them to apply
keep assessments hi
The Equalization
consists of Lester
Stiliwater,
Hastings, Perkins
T. McLaury,Cushing,
bars. Smith was
by the District
McLaury by Sen.
Murphy
county commissioners.
Smith served manY
as County Agent for
County, and is
associated with the
Nttional Bank at
Hastings is
County farmer,
McLaury is retired
Farmers and
Bank in Cushing.
"I've told the boys
they think they can
someone to do better
Commissioners want to
me off, there will be n01
feelings," Hastings
"However, I'm not
The board
problems and we're
our best to be fair
equitable. We thinl
recommendations to
Assessor are fair, and
they are carried out."
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