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!6-THE PERKINS JOURNAL, Thursday, July 12, 2001
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t99 years A odulv 4. 1902
t In Oklahoma City the saloon
(leaders have yielded to the fight
made by the anti-saloon league
,and have agreed to close their
places of business on Sundays.
tin the future they will also turn
Fall slot machines to the wall.
i Bell Williams has bought out
tthe grocery store belonging to
Hugh Hansbro.
+ Dr. Snyder, Forest Knipe and
Dr. Reed spent last week in the
.Creek Nation hunting and fish-
,tmg.
years A o. July 7. 1922
Warren Cooper of Perkins,
: who is a special night watchman
at Yale, will take a vacation un-
til after the August elections to
]campaign for the position of
JPayne County Sheriff.
E. D. Thoroughman and son-
' in-law Robert WilliamS, former
7Perkins businessmen, have
!bought a stock of goods and are
j putting in a store in Guthrie.
z Eastside Barber Shop - We
Polar Face Cream. Hair
:'cut, 25 cents - Shave, 15 cents.
Years Ago. July 23. 1915
i Mrs. Jesse Case of Vinco has
up 560 cans of fruit and veg-
and is not half through
~ct.
i The Town of Perkins budget
published, showing it
!would take $2,271 to operate the
town next fiscal year. The bud-
get was broken down as: Sala-
merit, $425; Street Lights, $591.
66 Years A o..lulv 18. 1935
WANTED: Eggs, chickens
and other produce in exchange
for subscriptions to The Perkins
Journal.
Playing at the Lyric Theatre,
the sound film, "Vagabond
Lady" with Robert Young and
Evelyn Venable. Air condition-
ing equipment has been recently
installed for your summer view-
ing enjoyment.
50 Years A o. July 5. 1951
The 4 of July has come and
gone and a heavy rain that night,
which fell until daylight on the
fourth, caused it to get off to a
slow start, with booths and other
activities not getting into busi-
ness, until about noon. A ball
game with Guithrie was first
called off, then played on a wet
field later in the evening.
Guthrie defeated Perkins 9 to 3.
The Board of Education set
September 3' as the first day of
school.
45 Years AgoJu!v 5. 1956
A crowd estimated at over
5,000 was in Perkins Wednes-
day evening to view the fire-
works display. The rodeo drew
capacity crowds for the two per-
formances.
Harvey Bostian defeated
Herschel Cross 113 to 44 in a
Republican primary for the of-
fice of County Commissioner.
Bostian will face Lee Kirk, the
incumbent.
Clerk, $30, Town Attorney, $25; citizens of Perkins to conserve
Supplies, $280; Water Depart- water. He says ra'ih would're-`
nent, $413.84; Street Depart- lieve the situation. The water
of July fireworks display pre- OHS presents new website
sented by a group of neighbor-
hood children. One of the fire- A new Internet website to tol. Others include
crackers went off near his eye. document the construction of the site of the ne
It literally opened Johnny's eye-
tower has been empty the past ball. It caused immediate pain
several nights, and if it doesn't in both eyes, resulting in com-
fill up at night, it doesn't fill up plete loss of sight to his right
during the day/ eye.
Board chairman W.H. Martin
produced proper statues at
Monday's City Council meeting I Remember
showing that the chairman of the By Charles Wall
town board can cast a vote at all Potatoes are native to South
times. America but their production has
25 Years A n. July 1. 1976 spread all over the world. They can
Final approval for Perkins adapt to different climates and differ-
park grant for $10,050 came cut elevations. The potato is one of
through this week. the world's most important food
Joe R. Manning is seeking re- crops.
election to the House of Repre- In our locality it is possible, if
sentatives after having served moisture permits, to raise two crops
his first term. of potatoes a year, in the spring and
Frank Phillips plans to file for in the fall.
re-election, having served nine It was commonly believed that
years in the sheriff's office, potato seed had to be taken from po-
20 Years A~o..luly 2.1981 tatoes frown in the previous season.
The city was preparing to cel- Seed planted in the early spring
ebrate Independence Day for needed to come from potatoes frown
the 92"d time. History indicates the previous fall. Seed planted in late
that Perkins' first July 4th cel- August for the fall crop needed to
come from potatoes frown the previ-
ebration was observed under a
ous spring•
tree on the infant town's main
Grandpa and Grandma Wall were
street in 1889. married in March 1900 and lived in
Perkins and Ripley residents Lincoln County• Grandpa raised two
were without electrical power crops of potatoes a year until the fall
for about 90 minutes last Satur- of 191 l, when unspecified circum-
day when a snake was fried by stances prevented the fall crop. He
a transformer southwest of had enough potatoes for the family,
Ripley. The snake shorted out enough to have seed for the next crop,
the substation, and many years had enough surplus
15 Years Ago..lulv 3. to sell to local grocery stores.
Paula Delany, a Dublin, Ire- Potatoes provide carbohydrates
land school teacher visited (energy) and other beneficial nutri-
Gerry Allen over the weekend cuts. They were a good crop in the
while touring the USA this sum- early days, and are a good crop now.
Dear Fellow Oklahomans:
Telephone service is a fundamental necessity in our
|society. Without it, folks lack access to emergency
J, services, and can become isolated from family,
friends and the outside world. At Southwestern Bell,
we believe our service is a real lifeline for Oklahomans
in need.
That's why we're working to make sure low-cost
telephone service stays more available to Oklahomans than
ever before.
mer. Her parents were guests at
the Allen farm two years ago.
To relieve growing transpor-
tation problems in the upcom-
ing school years, the Perkins-
Trycm ~chc~cd howard vcdre~d tc~
examine purchase and lease op-
tions and to take bids for the
purchase of a new school bus.
10 Years Ago. July 4. 1991
Garry McKinnis joined the
Journal staff in sales, replacing
Jennifer Gibson.
Perkins will celebrate Inde-
pendence Day in a big way
Wednesday and Thursday with
aetioh and a free bathe-++
cue feed.
At approximately 8:45 p.m.,
Johnny was enjoying the Fourth
Larry R. Brown
Two programs -- Enhanced Lifeline and Lifeline -- are helping thousands
of low-income Oklahoma residents afford phone service.
The Enhanced Lifeline program provides eligible residential Oklahoma
customers with service at extremely reasonable rates. Customers must live on
former tribal lands (this includes 64 of 77 counties) and receive assistance from
one of the Department of Human Services' programs in order to qualify. Among
other savings, Enhanced Lifeline offers'participants:
• basic local telephone service for $1/month: and
• a 50% waiver of basic installation charges.
The Lifeline program, available to eligible residential customers in every
area Southwestern Bell serves, also offers participants a 50% savings (that's
$22.22) on basic installation charges, as well as a savihgs of $7.85/month on basic
local telephone service.
As of March, almost 19,000 Oklahomans are signed up for Enhanced
Lifeline, and there are more than 7,000 Lifeline participants, gdlLlll g_ a
250.000 Oklahomans are elig.ible for assistance.
At Southwestern Bell, we're working to make sure no Oklahomans are left
behind as America moves forward into the Information Age. And we're proud to
offer the Enhanced Lifeline and Lifeline programs for customers in need.
For more information, eligibility requirements or to sign up for program
participation, just call Southwestern Bell toll-free at - and ask the
operator about Enhanced Lifeline or Lifeline.
Larry R. Brown k
External Affairs Manager @ Southwestern Bell [
Oklahoma State Capitol dome, Center (which is
keep the public informed and to completion in 2003), c
provide a guide for school teach- grounds
ers has been established by the Historical
Oklahoma Historical Society• NE 17th St. and
The website address is: http:/ Harris said the
www.ok-history.mus.ok.us./ feature an appealto
Dome2/Ledger.htm. would like to
"Anyone with a computer and documentation. The
an lnternet connection will be include requests
able to keep up with the construc- photos and film on
tion of the dome through this cials, nearby neig
website," said Historical Society transportation,
Executive Director Dr. Bob events, memorialsande
Blackburn, "or take part in docu- related to the
meriting the history of the Capi- Teacher's
tol." vided with a set of~
The Archives and Manuscripts students in grades
Divisionofthe Historical Society another set for
will photograph the progress of four tosix./
the construction regularly from able.
seven established sites and post "This will help
the photos on the website, about the Capitol
Blackburn said. In addition, the months," he
website will provide a history of is under cc
the State Capitol and ways for any in the news and in
citizen to donate photos, film, all over the state."
video and literature about any For more
phase of the Capitol's history. Harris at (405)
Oral Historian Rodger Harris email at
of the Historical Society will di- history.mus.ok.us.
rect the effort to document the
construction progress. Photos will --
be taken from the same seven van- AnswerS
tage points, he said, to provide a
consistent record of the dome d I ....
construction and Capitol grounds P,__~ ~ OR K|~t"~
changes. I i :-r
"We will post these photos on
the website as we take them," ~
Harris said. "As a result, keeping ~ Oi
up with the construction will not
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be restricted to those who can visit 'C
in person." ~tRi Ii i "
The photo vantage points in- ~
elude" all four sides of the Capi- ~ ~~ ~
ACushing ional
Specialty Clinic
A Service ofHillcrest HealthCare System
Is Happy To Welcome
W.W. Stoever, D.O.
Board Certified Cardiologist
To Our .Medical
Dr. W.W. Stoever will begin an outreachetinic in Cushing
through the Cushing Regional Hospital Specialty Clinic
beginning Friday, July 13. He has over 30 years
and is widely recognized for his knowledge and expertise.
completed his medical school training at Kirksville College of Osteopathy
in Kirksville, Missouri. His internship and internal medicine residency
at Oklahoma Osteopathic Hospital (now Tulsa Regional Medical Center). In
pursued additional study through a National Institute of Health Clinical
Cardiology at the University of Missouri Medical School in Columbia, Missouri.
serves as Chairman and a Clinical Professor of Medicine of the Cardiology
at the College of Osteopathic Medicine of Oklahoma State University in Tulsa. Dr.
Stoever is frequently invited to lecture on various cardiology topics and participate
cardiovascular research studies.
For More Information or to Schedule an Appointment, Contact Your Physician or
Cushing Regional Hospital Specialty Clinic
1023 E. Cherry • Cushing • 918/225-2741
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