PERKINS JOURNAL-THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1997
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. September 26, 1957
planned for homecoming. Members of this years pa-
i Jim Gardner, Larry Johnson, Jim Kirby, At!is Riley and
Included in the procession will be the Perkins High
band, Round-up Club, Alumni Band, Pet parade,
Alumni floats and cars and other various en-
and pet
be given at the banquet for best Alumni
dis will be given prior to the October 26 event.
Mrs. Dick Heath of Stillwater announce the birth oI a
23. The baby weighed eight pounds and three
was named Robert Jack.
months of activity the local Methodist church young
chimes they promoted and put into real-
can be heard throught the Perkins community.
under the direction of Mrs. Dale Holbrook raised over
less than a year through projects such as iMarch Of
suppers and general solications. Curtis Fisher is
:of the group.
Food Store advertised ground beef 39 cents a pound,
cake mixes, 2 pkgs. 59 cents, Crisco 3 lb. can 89
Years Ago. September 27, 1962
junior high football team rolled over Yale, 44 - 8
field Tuesday night. Quarterback Maurice Overholt
in the first half. The defense ,led by 190
grade llne backer, Gene Niles bottled up the Yale
of the game. End Rickey Clark caught a pair of short
turned in a good defensive game.
Hert Unit 211 of the American Legion Auxiliary of
installation of officers for the ensuing 1962-63 term.
are: Allie Stumbo, junior past president and new
) Evelyn Cruse, secretaty-treasurer, Mabel .Jacob, presi-
Fiolle, vice-president, Inez Barnes, chaplin.
Wheels will thrill visitors at the 1962 State Fair of
fall. The new rides are two of only four in existence
; brought to the State Fair by Royal American Shows.
m will be a part the State Fair through the full eight
22 - 29.
Operated Laundry. G.E. Filter Flo Washers, big 50 lb.
15 cents, dry, 5 cents - 10 cents - 25 cents.216 S.
club members viewed a film entitled, iLetis Keep
which depicted the growing litterbug problem
Next Monday night, the Lions kvill elect two new vice-
for the club, to replace officers who have moved from
Ago. September 28,1967
proclaimed a isu :cessi by the Perkins Jay-
Club and down town merchants, as an estimated
visited Perkins for various events. The mock iBank
staged before approximately 500 people on the
Street and once again, iSheriff Reynoldsi and his
restored law and order as they mowed down iBlack
in the shoot-out. Other activities for the sheriff
included Main Street for any merchants or
in a western or old timer costume.Winner,
pitching contest were Charles Brewer and Pat
in the doubles, Junior Wilson and J.T. Bickell
place in the doubles. Winning the iPerkins Pardners
Championshipi was Bert Dodson and Palmer Sadler.
who diverted acreage under the 1967 feed grain and
e diversion programs will soon be able to graze this
losing program benefits, Lee R. Stiles,Jr., Chair-
;tabiUzation and Conservation Community Cam-
announced.
Hall was elected to be president of the 1968 Perkins
in the senior class includes,
vice-president; Donna Emerson, secretary, Marvin
Miss Carol Wall were picked asthe senior class span-
Highway Patrol acting under new orders from
had arrested more than 70 persons in a one weekis
half of the arrests for speeding and other traaffic
in the Stillwater area.
William F. LayesJr. 17 year old< son of Mr. and Mrs.
of Route 1 Perkins, was enrolled in the U.S.
Ft. Monmouth,N.J.Admission to the Signal
!of outstanding promise. The school gives
technologies of electronics equipment ranging from
September 21, 1972
County Bank now under construction. In approxi-
months Perkins will have a new Payne County Bank
located on the lots of Payne and Catlett Station on
new bank will have a lot to offer iris customers. It
more floor space, a drive up window, parking
for 52 automobiles and 600 safe deposit boxes.
will include a night depository and five teller win-
offices will be added also. The first Payne County
in 1896 and incorporated in 1898. In 1903
was built costing $1,600,000. Up untill 1925, there
in Perkins, the other bank was the First State Bank
located where the new Payne County Bank is being
bank was incorporated into the Payne County Bank in
came to Perkins in November of 1946 after
years in the navy as a dispersing store keeper. He
i job at the Payne County Bank as bookkeeper, in De-
1947 he was elected cashier of the bank and in 1966 he
to the board of directors.In June 1948 he married
who was at that time teaching school at Marshall.
started her eighteenth year with the Perkins-Tryon
not seem to be a factor when it comes to a cattle
of Allen,Oklahoma who was charged yesterday
animals. The suspect is 65 years old.
the bloodiest month of the year on Oklahoma high-
to Oklahoma Department of Public Safety, ninety-
lost their lives in state traffic during August.
8-5:30
routemen, E.L. McCarty and Roy Crabs. McCarty has twenty-five
years and Roy Crabs has 20 years of safe driving to their credit.
Producers of hard red winter wheat in Oklahoma and surround-
ing states face losses amounting to millions of dollars because of
the Soviet Union. Losses continue to mount every day and farm-
ers are becoming more and more unhappy every day.
Twenty Years Ago - September 22,1977
Evidently the farmers are not going to strike in this area, be-
cause wheat planting is underway. In some more northerly and
western states the farmers are refusing to plant crops.
A five hour person hunt two miles east of Perkins Tuesday
morning netted approximately 21 law enforcement officers, the
arrest of three Oklahoma City people who had earlier wrecked a
stolen pickup on Mehan Road. Perkins Police Chief, Bill Lott said
they had received a call of suspicious looking hitch-hikers near
the Oleo Acres Gibble Station east of Perkins on highway 33. When
they investigated, three of the four ran across a field and the fourth
headed another direction. The female was caught first and two
were captured as they lay under a tree about two miles east on
Kirk Avenue. The fourth evidently caught a ride and has not been
captured. At one time two highway patrolmen, 7 from the sheriffis
office, four police from Perkins, five from Cushing, 2 from Yale
and 1 from Ripley were involved in the hunt.
In this weekis iTelephone Polei, Perkins was asked: Do you think
parking should be prohibited in front of the new post office?
Perkins answer - Yes - 19% and No - 81%.
John Reynolds is opening J & L Plumbing. J & L Plumbing Co. is
a new business that has opened up in Perkins.
At the Mondayis Lions Club meeting a discussion was held on
sponsoring a Lions Club in Carney. After discussion it was moved
and passed that the subject be tabled for one week. President Bob
Dickson presented a proposal of the finance committee to pur-
chase 13 Christmas Tree decorations for the light poles on the
three block area of Perkins Main Street, plus two Christmas stream-
ers that would dress the entrances to the townis main thorough-
fare during the Christmas season.The display would cost $2,000.
The Lions have agreed to invest up to $1,000 if the city will pro-
vide the other $1,000.
Fifteen Years Ago - September 23, 1982
Old Settleris Day - 91 years since the run. Saturday is Old
Steeleris Day. A first hand account of homesteading in the 1891
run was written by Bert Frame and published in a 1035 edition of
the Perkins Journal. Mr. Frame missed the 1889 run because of
his age, but did stake a claim in the 1891 run near the Cimarron
River. For years the Old Settleris camp meeting was held on the
Frame place in the log cabin constructed there. There was a three
day celebration with a rodeo, dancing, entertainment, contests
and lots to eat. A highlight of the event was a parade in town.
Shriners will make their first appearances in Perkins parade.
The theme of Akdar Shrine Crippled Children Committee is the
slogan on their float,iCrutches to Capers.i Currently, over 575 little
boys and girls from northeast Oklahoma are being sponsored by
Akdar to the Shrine hospitals and burn institutes. Patients in the
Shrine Hospitals have never been charged one penny for care or
treatment.There have been over 220,00 children cured or materi-
ally helped.
The Perkins area is due for two new bridges on county roads.
At Mondayis County Commissioners meeting, Commissioner Nelson
asked that a bridge 7 miles south of Stillwater, on 177 be entered
on the priority list. Previous listing was the Dugout Creek bridge
south of Perkins and east on the river road.
Farm and Ranch director, Gene Wheatley of KOCO TV will serve
as the Grand Marshall in the Perkins Old Settleris Day Parade on
September 25.Gene will be riding Jingles, a Paint Show Horse from
the Royce-R-Ranch of E1 Reno,Okiahoma.
Ten Years Ago. September 24,1987
The Cimarron Medical Corporation board met with the Still-
water Medical Center board of directors Tuesday September 15th
and the SMC board deferred a vote to take any action ona discus-
sion to close the Perkins Medical Clinic untill they have gone over
Remember how concerned your morn was about your safety and
how she didn't want you playing with, or near, a fire? She was right.
Open flames, particularly near children, can be dangerous. You may
recall television or newspaper reports regarding how easily flammable
liquids or clothing ignites when they get too close to gas pilot lights.
So why take chances with a gas water heater
when you can replace it with an electric water
heater, lt's safer, cleaner and more conve-
nient. And with an electric water heater,
there are no fumes, no flames, no flues and
no danger of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Contact your Energy Advisors at
Central Rural Electric Cooperative today.
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information presented to them. The delegation from Perkins at-
tending the Tuesday meeting included Jack Vassar, Harland Wells,
Mary Morris, Joe Hrencher, David Sasser, Virginia Sasser, Lynn
Hazelbaker, Rev. David Raines, Anne Miller and Bob Evans.
Army Private Terry L. Stafford, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Stafford has completed basic training at Ft. Dix, N.J. He is a 1987
graduate of Perkins-Tryon high school. .,
Perkins-Tryon welcomes Jim Hyder as new high school prin-
ciple. An Oklahoma State Alumnus of 1963, Mr. Jim Hyder has
assumed the duties of Perkins High School principle for the year
1987-98.
Five Years Ago - September 24,1992
So long Norma. Norma Jean Magee is retiring as Perkins Post-
master October 2nd after 29 years of service. A come and go re-
ception will be held in her honor in the post office lobby Septem-
ber 24th from 2 to 4 pro.
Diana Mae Sayler,Hubert and Kent C. Barnes, Perkins have cho-
sen October 17th as their wedding date. The ceremony will begin
at 1:30pro in Honor Heights United Methodist Church, Muskogee.
The ground breaking ceremony for the new ranch house at
the Oklahoma Lions Boys Ranch will be held at 6 pm Friday. The
new facilities will replace the current Whitecloud facility at the
Cedars property near Vinco. Funding for the new home was made
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To Your Good Health
Be Heart Smart: Keep cholesterol levels down
(This is the first of two articles on the cholesterol is also the luck of the genetic
subject of cholesteroL) draw. Some families are genetically
If LDL, HDL and VLDL look like blessed with low total cholesterol or high
jumbles of alphabet soup. you may want HDL:cholesterol levels, and other
to talk with your doctor about cholesterol families are prone to high total and LDL-
during your next visit. September is cholesterol levels. Women who have not
Cholesterol Education Month, and Keith been through menopause tend to have
D. Hough, M.D. of Perkins Family Clinic higher HDL levels. It is thought that
provided this information on the role of estrogen raises good HDL and heart
cholesterol in good health, disease benefits are often considered
"Cholesterol is a balancing act," Dr. when physicians recommend hormone
Hough said. "Everyone needs some replacement therapy to their patients
cholesterol to live, but too much during or after menopause."
cholesterol is a potential killer. A high How is high cholesterol treated? If you
level of cholesterol in the blood has no are in the borderline high range (total
obvious symptoms, but increases your cholesterol between 200 & 239), often
risk of heart attack and other heart your doctor will recommend lifestyle
disease as well as strokes. In fact, changes such as stopping smoking,
cholesterol build-up is the most common watching your diet and getting regular
cause of heartexercise. Then, your cholesterol levels
disease. Normal- will be rechecked after 2-3 months. If
ly, the liver these lifestyle adaptations do not bring
makes all the your readings into acceptable ranges or if
cholesterol you your total cholesterol is 240 or more,
need, and whenmedication may be prescribed.
you eat any "While some foods such as garlic and
animal products- onions have been linked to lower
meat or dairy - cholesterol levels, there is no food which
you get even is a miracle cure-all," Dr. Hough
more cholesterol, concluded. "The basic dietary rules for
Too much tholes- lowering cholesterol are simple: avoid
KeRh D. Hough, M.D. terol in the blood saturated fats and dietary cholesterol.
stream builds up along the vessel walls. Saturated fats raise your blood
This clogs the veins and arteries and cholesterol more than anything else you
restricts blood flow. And with less blood, eat. Whether or not you've been
the heart gets less oxygen, which can lead diagnosed with high cholesterol, I
to chest pain, heart attack or even death." recommend low-fat diets and regular
But, where do the initials LDL, HDL exercise as part of a healthy lifestyle."
and VLDL come in? Dr. Hough said that Healthy lifestyle habits include:
in the blood stream, cholesterol binds * Keep your weight in check.
with protein molecules to form Eat more vegetables, fruits and grains,
lipoproteins. LDL stands for low density which are cholesterol free, fat free and
iipoprotein. This type of "bad" high in fiber (all of which are
cholesterol remains in the blood stream beneficial).
and builds up along the walls of blood Cut back on red meat, especially organ
vessels. HDL is high density lipoprotein, meat.
It is considered "'good" since it helps Eat more poultry and fish (remove the
transport excess cholesterol out of the skin of poultry and avoid frying).
blood stream to the liver where it is When you do eat meat, fish or poultry,
removed from the body. VLDL is very reduce portion size to about 3 ounces
low density lipoprotein. These molecules (the size of a deck of cards).
transport triglycerides, chemical Exercise several times a week.
compounds that store fatty acids, an Exercise sessions of 20-30 minutes
essential source of energy for the body. are best, but even short periods of
Many cholesterol tests now include total, exercise are helpful. Being physically
HDL, LDL and VLDL or triglyceride active raises good HDLcholesterol
levels, and doctors often include and lowers bad LDLcholesterol.
cholesterol tests among their annual If you smoke, quit,
wellness check-ups. Replace saturated fats (solid at room
So, what should your readings be: temperature), with liquid
Total cholesterol: Below 200 good. monosaturated fats such as olive,
200.239/Borderline high. 240+/High. canola or flax oil.
HDL: 35 or m0re for men. 45ormore Limit yourself to three eggs a week.
for women. One egg yolk contains almost a whole
LDL: Below 130 good. 130- daily allowance of cholesterol -
159/Borderline high. 160+/High. nearly 300 rag.
Triglycerides: Below 200 good. Increase fiber in your diet by eating
"We do know that people who are more grapefruit, apples, beams,
overweight or who have diabetes tend to barley, carrots, cabbage, psyllium
be more likely to have high cholesterol," seed and oatmeal.
Dr. Hough said. "However, having high
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