2.The Perkins Journal Thursday, September 22, 1977
Youngster asks his parents to om
Published each Thursday at133 S. MalnStreet, read report card to him l t to 00iles
Post Offcie Box 665, Perkins, Oklahoma 74059 Paul Harvey just reported how a spider spins such a Oklahoma. I .
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Telephone: 405-547-2411 brought his report card home and fish travel thousands of teacher but life is too short room for all grades to
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Journal Editorials
Is Post Office Listening
There is overwhelming public sentiment that Perkins
folks want the opportunity to park in the area in front of
THEIR new post office. The Perkins postmaster should
relay this information to postal authorities that have
asked him to arrange for NO PARKING signs to be
placed in the area.
The facts are that the parking area belongs to the city
because the street in that location is 80 feet and runs
within a few feet of the sidewalk. The city has stated
that they do not wish to enforce the no parking signs
because it would require passing an ordinance. They do
not feel they can let the post office put up a cable fence
on public property. If the No Parking signs are put up
by the post office, it would be a "bluff" or request that
could not be backed up by local law officers unless it
was put into the ordinance book under traffic control.
The new bank facility included blacktop parking on,
city property paid for by the bank. R has served very
useful to aid in the parking situation around the bank.
Postal officials should accept the fact that Perkins
folks want to be able to park in front of THEIR post
office, and dig a little deeper into their deficit and hire a
private contractor to blacktop the area and mark it off
for parking.
Oh, incidentally, a sidewalk across the lawn to the
outdoor mail box should also be provided. On
weekends, a person on foot has to walk out into the
street, and along the lane of traffic to get to the only
post office box. This is dangerous and unnecessaryl
825 Contacts Pinch
There are those who sincerely feel "professional-
ism" keeps a service-oriented type business
respectable and in good character. There are many
professions who regulate their members into a pure
situation that will not tarnish or scar.
Then there are those who feel "professionalism"
does just the opposite. For instance the public is
confused about the deep mysteries of medical practice
financing and pricing. Of situations where it is difficult
to get into a hospital without proof of insurance
coverage. Of the aloofness of the legal profession, and
failure of full scale acceptance by the public because of
set and regulated fees. Then you can go into the funeral
profession and lack of public knowledge of what
services are available and funeral pricing. There is the
fight between the dentists and the denturists, and the
optometrists and opticians. These aren't just personal
contradictions, but have been brought out in federal
agency studies and state supreme court decisions, and
legislative action.
The latest finger to be pointed came from Pond
Creek, Oklahoma. L. O. Sills, publisher of The Pond
Creek Herald, writes: "Apparently the right to
advertise the price of eyeglasses (which is outlawed in
Oklahoma) does result in much lower prices to
consumers. This past week a Pond Creed resident lost a
contact lens and inquired at Enid about replacing it.
The price was $75. Somewhat stunned, the resident
called her mother some six states away, and their
family optometrist promptly replaced it via mail for the
grand total of $25, including postage. Can you think of
any good reason why Oklahoma Legislators keep
insisting that the advertising of eyeglasses in Oklahoma
not he allowed?"
It is such incidents as these that make it unbelievable
that a profession would continue to grapple with the
legislature and the public to maintain their
"professional" status. They are slowly but gradually
being forced to come out of their closets into the light of
day to meet the public eyeball to eyeball. It's
happening to all professions.
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Christian Education Week
The Perkins First United: Service for Church School
Methodist Church will be
observing Christian Educa-
tion Week September 25-30.
The week will begin with
Rally Day, Sunday Sept. 25.
All Sunday School classes
have set a goal of 100%
attendance. During the
morning worship service,
there will be a Dedication
Teachers and the work area
coordinators.
Further observance of
Christian Education Week
will be Wednesday, Sept. 28,
at 6:30 p.m. with a
fellowship supper given in
honor of the Church School
Teachers. The dinner will be
in the Educational Building.
Everyone is welcome.
Read The Journal
and Be in
and asked his parents to read
it and tell him whether he
passed or not. A local
youngster brought his report
card home and wa asked by:
his parents what he was
learning at school. He
replied, "Well, about all we
hear is how to get the
mostest for the leastest."
Teachers and pupils are
returning to school all over
the country. Both have a
great responsibility -- teach-
ers to teach and to instill
desire for a better education
and an honorable way of life;
the students to study, obey
and have enough curiosity to
take advantage of every
, opportunity to learn all about
the mystery of whatmakes
the world tick.
Teachers should have
curiosity, too, enough to
cause an unending search of
nature and human behavior.
The Franklin Times in an
editorial said, "Without
curiosity, the urge to know
why, there is little incentive
to investigate, study and
solve the mysteries of life.
Some are surprised that
intellectuals are stimulated
by simple occurrences, the
strange way a plant grows,
the odd color of a flower and
miles back to their natural
breeding grounds alone.
Because man wondered
about the flight of birds, be
learned to fly. Because he
wondered about the atom
and the power within, he
learned to split it. Because
be wondered about space, be
learned to invade it and
return to earth. To a degree,
curiosity is the basis and
motivation of much of the
world's knowledge. We
should make sure never to
lose it."
A teacher's education
never ends and takes
constant continual search for
knowledge. One of my
favorite teachers and advis-
ors reads a new book every
week along with other efforts
of improvement. She has a
great ability to plant seeds of
cooperation and loyalty in
the minds of her students.
Not to embarrass anyone,
no names will be given and
there are many. But this one
is special in everyone's eyes
and has the respect of all.
Yes, she is responsible for
me knowing the difference
between academics and
sports, curriculum and sem-
ester, and one of the nicest
persons of Payne County and
for any one person to acquire
the knowledge needed by
personal experience alone.
We must utilize the experi-
ence of others acquired
during many generations. It
is not necessary to remember
everything; just know where
it is on file. An engineer
doesn't clutter his brain with
formulas and figures but
always knows where it is on
record. I wish someone had
told me that three score
years ago.
Today, we are in a world of
frustration, division of minds
and indecision. Apathy
abounds but we have a
bright future in our youth of
the nation. With some
curiosity and action, they will
work it out. Our teachers'
work is cut out for them in
bringing it about. We have
good teachers but they must
think of something other
than "the mostest for the
leastest". Many of them do.
The person who disagrees
with you is not always an
imbecile.
Arrivederci,
T. C. (Doc) Bonner
The Journal asks you:
What is Biggest Temptation?
What is the biggest
temptation you face when
you go shopping?
Florence Allison: Seeing
so many things l'd like to buy
but don't need! I usually just
walk off and leave them.
Clothes are my weakness.
Ray Bartram: I generally
get what I want and my wife
does the same. We're both
pretty independent. I don't
tell her what to do, and she
doesn't tell me.
C. H. Bellma: I don't do
any of the grocery shopping.
We've always pooled our
money and whenever we
wanted anything, we bought
it,
Susan Biubangh: Food /s
my biggest temptation. I've
been on a diet for two
months and candy is
probably my biggest weak-
ness.
" Emma Budzene: I'd say it
was pastries and things like
that. I feel the prices are a
tittle high, but I go ahead
and splurge once in awhile
anyway.
Debbie Brumfield: I thing
my biggest temptation is
house plants. Buying them at
the grocery store mainly
presents the greatest temp-
tation.
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Sound Offl
by LaVeta Randall
Feminist Dr. Carolyn F.
Gerster says in her opinion
abortion is not a solution to a
problem but society's refusal
to look for a solution.
The mother of five sons
asks if anyone ever heard a
mother ask if her "fetus"
would be harmed by
something. The unborn child
is called "baby" except
when it is about to be
destroyed. Thenthe doctor
says the term "fetus" is
applied.
Another myth concerning
pregnancy due to rape was
discussed by the so-called
feminist. It was noted that
reported rape cases increas-
ed 112 percent in the last 12
years. She feels rape
increased after the passage
of permissive abortion laws.
These problems are not
solved by abortion, the
doctor reportedly stated.
"Pregnancy from rape is
rare," she continued in a
report to The Tulsa World.
However, other permanent
scars are not rare. She
proposed enactment of laws
with severe penalties for
conviction of rape which
provides for psychiatric
rehabilitation so the rapist
will not be returned to
society unless it can be
reasonably ascertained he
will not repeat the crime.
Dr. Gerster cited the
incident of Ethel Waters,
who was the result of the
of old
mother, as an example of
what a Mother's love can do.
The victim became of great
value to society because she
did not allow circumstances
of her birth to diminish her
potential as a human being.
At the Writers' Conven-
tion in the spring, I picked up
a beautiful little magazine on
Natural Food and Farming.
Some items discussed com-
monplace things often over-
looked by slick magazines.
not that they are earth
shaking, but are relevant to
country folk.
Eight out of 10 tornadoes
strike between noon and
midnight, the news scan
said. Over 20 percent of
these hit between 4 to 6 p.m.
Some 600 tornadoes sweep
across America each year
and Oklahoma usually gets
her share.
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Cut down your intake of
refined sugar and you'll cut
down on stress, a nutrition
expert says. As a bonus, one
can lose weight, he adds.
Sugar is one of the biggest
"culprits in the inability to
cope with stress", Dr.
Emanuel Cheraskin said,
since almost 90% of retail
foods use sugar.
The reason is simple. The
refined sugar causes the
pancreas to produce excess
insulin. Then within three
hours, the excess insulin has
forced the blood sugar to
drop below normal. "It's this
low-level
makes a person irritable."
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Soon the russet browns,
golden and amber leaves will
fall and lose some of the
panorama of color, becoming
pesky things to be rid of. But
they can be turned into rich
mellow dirt, past experi-
ences show.
Pile the leaves in thin
layers with a thin spread of
good soil between the layers.
Barnyard or poultry waste is
helpful. However, each leaf
layer must be thoroughly
soaked as the stack goes up.
What a transformation in
Spring those fallen leaves
will make, the little maga-
zine assured its readers.
"Summer ends with sad-
ness," says a Los Angeles
Times Syndicate colulmnist.
I was impressed with the
writer's defense of her own
state of Wisconsin. "There
are summer people who
belong to the wild waves of
the sea or the drifting
timelessness of rivers and
not to our still, green,
southern Wisconsin lakes."
The rhetoric paints a vivid
picture of the native state. "I
can think of nothing better to
contemplate than our lakes,
these quiet midwestern
mirrors of tree crowns and
sweeping stormclouds," the
writer says.
One is not surprised that
her family came to Wiscon-
sin more than 50 years ago,
when the "only roads were
gravel and cow dung. There
were Indian mounds around
the lakes, which were as
clear as Alpine rain
(From The Perkins Journal
September 25, 1952 -- 25
years ago)
Payne County Greener-
Pasture winners for 1952
were announced this week.
Winner of small farms
under 80 acres was Howard
Carelton, Rt. 2, Perkins.
Medium size farms 80 to 100
acres was won by O. E.
Cowley, Route 2, Perkins.
Large size, 160 acres and
. over, was won by Jim and
Louis Williams, Roue 1,
Ripley. Ninety-seven farm.
ers signed up for the
Greener-Pastures contest, an
effort to improve pastures in
the Payne County area.
Thurman Bachman, Scout-
master, has called the first
meeting for the fall to be
held in the Community
Building.
The Cub Scouts will meet
in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Crabs.
The minimum support
price for 1953 crop wheat has
been announced at $2.21 per
bushel by Louis Williams,
member of PMA County
Committee. This rate is 90%
of the August 15 parity price
of $2.46 per bushel.
(From The Perkins Journal
September 19, 1957 -- 20
years ago)
The Perkins high school
band under the direction of
Jim Thompson, participated
in the Golden Jubilee Parade
at Perry Monday.
October 26 has been the
date set for the annual
Alumni Association Home-
coming, according to John
Rusco, President. Other
officers are Jim Kirby,
Vice-President; Lorayne
Hughes, Secretary; and
Karoline Dunn, Treasurer.
Ben Newby, a professional
photographer for Life maga-
zine and other periodicals,
was in Perkins to photograph
the new highschool building.
He has taken a series of
pictures from the foundation
of the new building to
completion. It is thought the
photographs will be pub-
lished in trade magazines.
The photographer represents
Blain Imel, architect, and the
Brick Association which
furnished the new bricks.
The building is a new
concept of a rough outside
• and finished inside brick and
concrete precast roof.
Editor Bob Evans observes
that Saturday was a wet day
for the drawing and we were
surprised to see so many out.
We noticed in back issues for
The Journal that the
drawings have been held for
many years. Who can recall
how many? Bet it has set
some kind of record.
The editor also observes,
"How many saw the
Northern Lights last Thurs-
day?" We wouldn't have if it
hadn't been for the persist-
ence of Ray Harral. Ray
came by the house about
2:30 in the morning to get us
out of bed to See the lights.
However, fhe kicking on the
door failed to wake us so he
went to town and called. At
first it looked as though
Stillwater was burning to the
ground. Lois Taylor said that
when she got up to answer
the switchboard when Ray
called us, she looked out and
it liked to scared her to
death. It was about 15
minutes before she got hold
of Ray to find out what it
was. This is the second year
in a row that the lights have
shown up in Perkins but
many say it is the best view
in this part of the country.
They were seen further south
than ever before. The
brilliant red light with the
odd looking streaks makes
one wonder at the work of
nature."
We know one mail carrier
that will be a little more
careful when driving through
low places. Roy Crabs forded
a low place on his route and
not only got stuck, but ater'
came up to the seats in the
car. Like all loyal mail
carriers, the mail came first
and Roy quickly stored it in a
dry place behind the back
seat. He was still trying to
dry his car out Tuesday
morning.
O. E. Cowley says in his
"Grade Talk" column: We
have gone modern on our
recesses. There was not
• the school ground at
same time and have room
i play without getting in
other's way. Now
teacher takes her group f
period of supervised
Not more than two
are playing at the same
It may look to the
as though we have recess
the time, but we give
same amount of time
before and there is
danger of injuries.
(From The Perkins
September 21, 1961
years ago)
The Board of
plans to visit the Garber
school Sunday to look
school's recently
multi-purpose building.'
cording to Supt. R
Duckett, the board
visit several schools
were faced with the
problems as Perkins
need for buildings which
serve the school
community in
functions.
Editor Roland
confesses: "Elsewhere
this issue is a letter frot¢ o
good friend Johnny
chiding us gently
mentioning in this cole
items such as poker
and the like.
poker players haven't
ten any letters, they
hinted they don't care for
publicity. Now then
a group of t
a minister can agree
make a mistake, there
only one conclusion
DID make a mistake.
apologize to all
- (From The Perkins
Seltembe 21, i967
years ago) ....
A public meeting
called by the Town
Perkins and was
65 people. The
projects discussed
estimates by the
engineer were: I. Se
lagoon, $38,766. 2.
inch sewer trunk
7th to Kirk Avenue to
-- $21,489. 3. Filter
-- water $15,000.
tower repair -- $5,000.
Barbs and Wires -
A copy of "Adolph Hitler" not
bad for birthday
by Ken Anderson
Sorry about the hiatus,
folks. This fall the expected
crept up pretty unexpected.
School starting. The students
returning to Stillwater --
more than ever before. Some
civic chores to attend to.
Sweating out the final
chapters of a book with a
publisher's deadline of Oct.
3 plus a two-article per
month committment to Lei-
sure Living magazine.
If any or all of the above
excuses aren't sufficient,
please let me know and I'il
gladly think up some more.
So far they've worked on my
neighbors; some of whom
don't think I cut my grass as
often as I should.
To top it off, I just suffered
through another birthday. I
say "suffered" because I'm
fast approaching the age
when one of these days 1'11
be trotting my birth certifi.
cate down to Uncle Sam and
asking that some of which I
have been paying in all these
years be returned. But more
and more I'm beginning to
fear that when that first
brown envelope comes in the
mail I'm going to discover
that Santa Claus absconded
to Brazil with all the
wherewithall.
Actually, it wasn't a bad
birthday. I received a copy of
"Adolph Hitler", by John
Toland, which is pretty
reading when
discover how relatively easy
it was for one demented man
to seize control of an entire
nation. I also received a little
gem entilted "1001 Aggie
Jokes." If you aren't good,
I'm going to repeat them all.
Right here. One at a time.
Speaking of Texas, I have
to go down in a couple of
weeks, but to Austin, not
College Station. l've never
been there before so I'll let
you know all about it when I
get back.
That new TV show,
"Soap" has already gener-
ated a lot of talk. I watched
the first episode and decided
that I probably wouldn't
want to watch it all the time.
But at least the producers do
give everyone fair warning
before the program begins
that it does contain material
that some may find objec-
tionable. With that in mind,
to watch or not to watch
becomes a matter of personal
choice. So I guess the answer
is to flip the dial if you don't
like it. Actually, the only real
difference between "Soap"
and the daytime shows it
ridicules is that on it the
character's sins are spelled
out and on the daytime
mellerdramers they are only
implied.
But then differences of
opinion make life interest-
ing. Just as this of
the year most folks'
wander from
ing to the agitatio
inflated hog
Saturday afternoons.
as is just and right, I
the Cowboys, but
some heretical
who cheer for that
school down at
there is even one
unenlightened
ing nearby who
Nebraska.
By a lucky coincidO
happened to
glasses on the daymY
eye checkup was due.
I got home
good wife asked how
"Well," 1 told her,
doctor put me in
shined a real bright
me and looked deep
eyes. He humme
hawed for a minute
said 'I don't see
cateracts or
do notice you h
your wallet, but
can fix that in just a
Actually, I'm
He's a real
if my new lenses are
be as thick as
Coke bottle. The
uncomfortable part
three or four hours it
sight to return to
after the exam. I
thankful that it isn't
all the time.
