8-The Perkins Journal Thursday, July 7, 1977
JUST A LINE MORE
(From Page I)
The problem is, there is no
compensation or adjustment
that can be made when a
situation develops as critical
as an emergency ambulance
or fire run.
It is vital that all motorists
be alert when they enter
Main Street from a side
street or when backing from
a curb. Listen for sirens and
watch for red and blue lights.
With air conditioners, closed
car windows, radios and
stereos in automobiles, it
would be easy to not hear a
siren.
Do your part. Be alert
when driving into or on the
main thoroughfare of Per-
kins.
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Charlie Anderson just
came in to tell me that it was
'66 years ago this morning
(July 4) that he won a dollar
in a horse race during the
all-day 4th of July celebra-
tion that was held "out in
Jerry Sadler's pea patch"
just east of Timberline Drive.
Charlie said he had a
young mule that weighed
about 400 pounds. The
favorite was a big white
horse. The object was to race
the animals while the rider
was holding an egg in a
spoon. Charlie said the boy
on the white horse was
bound and determined to
win, but he slipped his old
mule out in front just a little.
The boy on the white horse
dropped his egg, and at the
same time ran his horse into
Charlie's mule to keep him
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from winning. Charlie saw
these shenanigans coming,
so he just put his thumb on
the egg and held it in the
spoon during the collision.
The mule came out the
winner with Charlie and the
egg still on his back. They
were the only ones to get
across the finish rme and
Charlie pocketed a dollar. He
was 12 years old.
Charlie said the celebra-
tion would go on all day.
There would be ball games,
contests, races, a merry-go.
round, balloon rides, and a
table 200 yards tong with
everybody eating ice cream i
and fried chicken. There'
would be a big tank of cold
lemonade for a nickel a
glass.
Charlie remembers the pit
where they would burn
kerosene and the fumes
would go upward into a
balloon. After enough fumes
got into the big bag, it would
take off into the air with the
passengers in a little basket
beneath. Charlie said he
remembers Vic Holbrook got
in the basket with the pilot
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and before they could get up
!high enough, the basket hit
some trees and dumped the
two out into a corn field.
They came walking back,
evidently unhurt.
i "Wish we could have
i another 4th of July celebra-
trained to do so. American
industry has been able to
coordinate their systems
with European metric sys-
tems.
If there is a drastic, urgent
i reason that Americans must
go through this change, the
tion," Charlie lamented, government, or One World
"But we won't never, 'cause Government, or someone has
there's too much television, failed to get the reasons
shooting and killing and across to the American
i cars. People ain't got time people. Just like any law, it
for things like that no more." is no better than the majority
x x x x of the people's will to abide
Mrs. L. O. Gaither of by it. Apparently there is a
Carney doesn't like the new question whether the major-
metric system changeover ity of the American people
that faces American citizens, see the need to change their
and she's doing something measurement system for an
about it. She is going European model.
door-to-door in Perkins with x x x x
a petition that will be sent to Would you believe after
Washington, pointing out years and years of bike riders
the reasons why the metric straddling a bicycle seat, an
system should not be inventor came up with a
adopted, bicycle seat you sit onl It is
We agree. The United called the "Bummer". The
States can survive quite well foam-filled naugahyde seat
with their present system of is suspended from 2 pivot
measurements. Engineers, points, permitting it to flex.
chemists, and other profess- It fits most makes of bikes,
lanai people who must work and should conform to all
with universal figures are shapes and sizes of poster-
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If room permits, we will
reprint a picture of it in The
Journal.
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Another new invention, or
adjustment. Dr. John Ger-
fish, an agriculture engineer
at Michigan State Univers-
ity, has modified his V-8
engine in his 1968 Impala
Chevrolet to run on half of its
cylinders. It gets 26 miles
per gallon of gas. The motor
was modified to leave the
intake and exhaust valves
closed on the unused
cylinders. In the 2 barrel
carburetor, the barrel serv-
ing the unused cylinders
was blocked. It cost $3 and
required 3 hours work. It will
save up to 30% on fuel. Dr.
Gerrish says "Some of the
savings comes from increas-
ing the efficiency of the
engine, and the rest comes
from the changed driving
habits that this modification
causes."
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I don't need a new
invention today, but am
looking for someone to install
• me a flag pole hole in front of
The Journal office. When the
new sidewalk was put in,
someone forgot the flag pole
hole.
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Well, got to close up shop
for a few hours and head for
Yost Lake where we are
going to get together for a
family reunion and eat lots of
fried chicken and potato
salad. Sure wanta get back in
time for the fireworks display
tonight.
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Oh, incidentally. Did
someone in Perkins win a
prize in the Reader's Digest
contest? A friend in Barns-
dall said a winner from
Perkins was listed. Who are
you? How much did you win?
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and decided the only way
would be through a govern-
ment grant. The matter
:;ound Off!
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freedom to act accordingly --
for health's sake. (I write this
nibbling on a cookie and
drinking a diet pop.)
One day this past week the
air conditioning was off all
day. Ordinarily I am not one
to drink a lot of water, but I
became so thirsty I visited
the City Hall and drank my
filH Bill Lott has the best ice
cold drinking fountain in
town, But I believe Cupid's
was the coolest place I found
o cool off[ '
The Journal received'the
following notice from the
office of Public Affairs, EPA,
Washington, D.C.:
Dear Editor:
After June 24 of this year,
the citizens of your commun-
it) may begin receiving
notices concerning the quali-
ty of their drinking water.
The attached article by
EPA's new Administrator,
Douglas M. Costle, explains
what those notices will
mean. We believe all citizens
should be concerned about
the quality of their drinking
water. But it's also important
that these concerns are not
based on needless fears.
If enough interest is shown
in connection with the
campaign for "Drinking
Water Clean-Up" a summar-
ized article will be published
or the total information if
interest warrants. The idea
seems to concern chemicals
which are "suspected of
causing cancer when taken
into the body in large
concentrations." "Controll-
ing this type of contamina-
tion is now the subject of the
EPA's extensive research,
the lengthy report stated.
The Miracle of Sight
You have an opportunity to
help perform a miracle. Until
one sees the physical
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distress an emotional
ment to the loss of si
easy to dismiss the ida
contributing to the
Eye Bank sponsored by
Lions of Oklahoma.
Several years ago,
impressed--maybe
ly--with the idea that
my death my eyes
the means of bringing
into another's life. I
quite young and death
the fartherest thir
mind. But the
remain a vital
someone else
deeply.
I had long
the card I carried
billfold until the
came to the Journal
After much
found the card. One
witnesses who had
me is now a
glaucoma and
How thankful I am
eye sight.
The rules are simple
there is no charge. The r
is not a sacrifice but
Any Lions club member
furnish you with the
details and a card.
treated for health purposes
and put back into use this
summer to help meet water
pressure needs during the
hot weather. The grant for
the repair and renovation of
the tower has been slow
in coming and the work is
What happens
donor dies? As
notified, the eye
immediately assume
sponsibility and takeS
all arrangements
delay, preferably
hours.
Doctors next on
list are notified that
Bank
transplant. Then eyes
transported to the
usually by the
Highway patrol.
transplant is
miracle of sight takes
The eye bank has
3,033 eyes, as of MaY
since it was or
1957. It is not often a
can choose to be a part
miracle live
his own life has
good feeling.
j [Kraut 4AN: , ' !iiii E.r. Dobson was on hand
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C " 6 5 1 port on the Kaw Water pro- Don't lose your cool
:l [ SHU'RFINE is OR WK " -- , , ,H,, T2 LAORT" M He suggested that a recom- over air conditioning
]q}'[/' ' t,., SHURFINE , Gil mended 6 inch line from
Stillwater to Perkins be
costs =
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orn 3 Shortening ! Jell-o adequately meet the needs.
'- .... 303CANS 89€ 3 LB. cAN $]83] 5 PKGS. : ' Perkins is No. 40 on an ex- __
tended list for a tentative ,,
E .... - .... lagoon and sewer project.
It was reported that the
........... old water tower will be
!Ji -- EIU not yet completed, but the
tower is going to be pressed
ii PETER PAN 18 OZ. GLASS SHURFINE into emergency summer use
..... before renovation.
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Butter Pancake Mix connectH'L'Baker requestedtOto city water to
SIll[ s.U.F,. (CuT)l amm ----' '" supply a 5 acre mobile home
offee-M¢ te ,, oz ,,. s1,, park he is developing. The
IGreen Beans matter wastableduntilthe
council could talk directly
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PORK CHOPS cu, LB. sis'
took up cattle ranching as
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v,w [ ' PRICES EFFECTIV ahmni," he explained.
Food Stamps .. t Any fool can be a smart
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You'll always be some-
body special when you do
business with American
Carpet Cleaners. Call us
il
soon about your dirty car. !1
Be sure your home is properly insulated -- ceiling, walls an!
floor -- so the cool air stays inside, and the hot air staY
outside. Keep shrubs away from the air intake and exhaust'-"
and don't stack furniture in front of your air conditioner•
Install a vent fan on the roof to keep attic heat from radiati
downward. A light-colored roof will hetp prevent attic hea
Locate air conditioning units in the center of the area t0
cooled -- preferably on the shady side of the house, Avo'
Keep air conditioner filters clean• Dirty air filters restrict air
flow and make your air conditioner work harder.
Keep windows and doors closed, and check for possible leakS
.... Uflny
around them, Close drapes, shades or curtains on me o
7
Don't add extra heat to your home by leaving on radi,
television sets, lights or ranges when they are not being usSo".
8 Don't over-cool. Keep the thermostat between 76 and 7.
degrees. Try to keep the inside temperature only 10 degree=
betow the outside temperature.
If ou leeve for the week ndor v m0stat
y e a acation raisethether ,,
five degrees, Turning off the unit means' it will take longer zu
cool the house when you return,
Have your air conditioning unit serviced promptly whe !
,!
n
i u needs it. An out-of-adjustment air conditioner not only oP "
Use all the electricity you need, but don't was/ '
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