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Tim Joermd
Photos by
Mr. and Mrs.
Lee Gray
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DRAW!
Perkins Mayor DeWayne Maser,
armed with six-shooter, looked like
he was ready ~to restore order during
Old Settlers' Days hut Saturday.
Actually the mayor sported the pistol
to start sack, one-lened and other
races as part of the activities.
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-R-R! ii!i !++i MISS SEPTEMBER : iitl
!ii! Sbella Vassar earned the title of Miss September last Saturday by freezlnn on the i~
Saturday night baths came early i:i~ iiI d .u~lng tank board during Old Settlers Days activities In Perkins. The pretty i~
for members of the Perldns-Tryon i~ii ........... " ~i sophomore set aroma8 on the end of the board until one of the contestants hit the ~:
sophomore class as they raised :ii! i!~i ~/HOAt i~:i release mechanism which dumped her Into a tank of cold, cold water. By em4y
money in the dunking tank. Darla!iii iii~ " !i~:: afternoon the sophomore elas. s had earned nearly $40 from the event.
Stall.ard keeps her . poi.se w~lei:il i~i Suzunn Casey takes the reigns and holds the pony at bay "~ .......
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n'eezlng after uuong me plunge for:::. .::~ wh ................ -- .......... ~................,.............v..-.-.~-. ...... .’.~.,...,.....%..%.......%...,...,,.....,......... ..................................................... ,
the so-k .....'- ~ ~’*--- ~.L.. :::: :::: ne young Jay w.gson stops zor me mm’ pause that By Joan Russo
J" ........................ " ' rofr .................... After suffering major de.[HIGHLIGHTS OF AMERICAN HISTORY
baseball *hMW d"-=" ,..t, ,~'...~ :::: :::: esnes. Aoamg a gmamg nano is ~ner= ttemgman.
.... ,',=" "_'=='. "." .,"'~ ~';~.:::: !:~: three were taking part In the Perkins Old Settlers Day parade, feats at Princeton and Tren-R Ii R R F N! 13 I~ R t'3 I:: R IJ R ~ O V !%1 I::
mo~,’ p,o, pmar even~ m me ul.o !i!i i~:~ The two young ladies are from Perkins while the little i ton, the British decided to ~ .... .............. l-"'--- .... --
et
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i~l/l~emers uays ias~ >amraay m . ~ii~ii eJ~V~~? R,~,,,,..-- -- numoer oz uurgoyne s zorco Ph ,~
Perkin- ii!! i~i: gentleman is a Stroud citizen who decid d to take in the make 1777 the year they ~ ll~
.......... " ................. .--.-. ...... .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.---i~ ii!! activities rather than go to the OSU-Wichlta football game ! would win the war, Their~i~i;~!i~!~ l~
strategy was to gain control~ ~ ~' ~
~'! :':':':':':':':':':':':':':' :': ':':':':':':':':':':"':"":':':':':'"""""" "'"" :i: with his folks of the Hudson River Valley ~ -~= 1 ! ?l~ .... -
YOUR SACK :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: and thereby divide the ~
~ i:i: colonies in two. General~~
:*' ............... IS SHOWING! iiiiBlfl~e~e B 1Bl~ attackBurg°yne'Sfrom the north, Gun-army was to ~__ ~l~][Jl~lqfk--
Pulling her sack up in preparation i!!! eras Howe's from the south ~ ~mm~i~l~L~|
Ill/ l for the sack race was this iii! I~ ~'~"~'JLIJL~J[~le JL ~J~.~. U * and General St. Leger's~~k~~w ~1~,-* "~,'--~
~l~:ll unidentified'girl at Old Settlers Day i:~: ~ ~"~-t~,~~ttl~l~illli 1 llillill ~ fromthe west ~~lll
.'." ~. -- By the fall of 1777, the ~ ....
l l l l in Perkins last Saturday In the :::: ~ ~___7==~///~ ~ ...... y_~ . ~ .
II~/I heinb~ed wla~th :;e~sReyno~s-wh° i:.~~~ ~ ~ "' ~ "~"~ ' " ~ retreatedPian had crumbled: St" Legernorth and Howe ~ ~I~~I~'"~II~ f~lI
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Bl-Centennial left alone to face the Amer- " ....
Medals Go On ~,~PP2;'~;il;i~: ~lU:aTw~i~ef. coats through the cover of a has made me your prison-
dIi iii enl:nuslas’l°'.... c "patrito s had stand of trees, The Ameri-i i er.". American artist, Howard
Sale in *October oeen ........... joining l;ne nunua unti'| can commanders, l Prk Smith took this moment as
Schu ler of New Yo , the su
/ !!!! : : goyne. sl;m ...... moving laura" saehu|etts and Benedict tion of The Continental
~.,,,~ao ',4aS,,, o,,..~ Arnold of Connecticut, con- Insurance Companies.
:::: g . . ~lnuea ~o repmse m
at Saratoga. His ~mmedtate ;, o, .,,,~,, ,~’ th, htttl* .. Saratoga proved to be
i!iin dAv ;iflv~br I e$ ~ b rt;: em(eSd3; 15 0~ ........ el,..,. ' ............... e attack
seal was Bends Heights and "'" .7:" ,~" ..... , ....... ; ;,7 me military ~urmng pom~ o[
i!!! a s' ( ~he formidable ~iefenses untu me amy.course te[’ the Revolution. It demon-
open to the British general
:~:issued by the American constructed for the patriots ..... t~o~t n. ~-rrender strated that .a large British
!iiRevolution Bicentennial Ad .................. army coma oe defeated in
b the Polish engineer
.......... i~il ministration (ARBA) and Y Whde Burgoyne hesitated,
. the field and conwncod
Thaddeus Koscmszko. Plan- , hi
iiiproduced by the United ...... ~..t..... ~ ~, ........ the Americans cut off s the patriots that they need
lltlt UU tiS&a~li~s ~t a,~t~a~ ~’tt|"
v line of northwam retrea~
'" States Mint. st,,le battle, Burgoyne led not accept the pardon that
" to Canada
Orders for the medal out fhree columns of British ' Parliament had belatedly
should be sent to the and Hessians in a shoulder- Formal surrender came offered in hope of ending
American Revolution Bi-
centennial Administration,
P.O. Box 1976, San Francis-
co, Calif. 94101. A check or
money order should be
enclosed.
The medal commemorates
the famous ride of Paul
Revere and depicts the
Minuteman Statue on Lex.
ington Common as a tribute
to the small band of
volunteers who "faced the
shot heard round the world."
tothoulder march againston October 17 when Bur- ~the war, More importantly,
the American positions, goyne rode into the Amer- influenced France to
American sharp~hooter~,re- icon camp in full dress abandon its neutrality and
spending to turkey callsuniform and presented his to enter the war as Amer-
from "Big Dan" Morgan of~word to Gates: "The for- iea's ally-a crucial advan-
Virginia, picked off the red- tune of war, General Gates, tage for the patriots' cause.
financing
the
County Bank
Payne
JUST GIVE US A CALL OR STOP IN
TO ARRANGE YOUR 'FINANCING
BEFORE YOU START CAR- HOPPING.
decorated their
,, tdeycles, wagon,,:i!i
name It] and Joined! Jennifer Dedrill grimmaees after a wet sponge hits her In
Old Settler Days~ the fate at the sponge throw booth during a Perkins Old
last weekend In~ili SPLAT! Settler=' Day. Miss Dodrill and others volunteered to be the
Here the youngstersili:: target for classmates as they raised funds for the
thek handicrafts off In Perkins-Tryon Future Farmers of America organization.
Net revenues from the sale
of the medals are used
primarily to support state
and local Bicentennial pro-
grams around the nation.
Order forms for official
1975 commemoratives can be
obtained from local chapters
of the Disabled American
Veterans, who have joined
from local chapters of the
Disabled American Veterans,
who have joined hands with
the ARBA to help raise funds
for E :entennial projects and
prog~ =ms.
Be a part of the
co vurmnity.
f
somebody
:ia
,ith us ~
The Army Reserve.
It pays to go to meetings.
(Member FD .)
Perkins, Okla.
