The Perkins Journal Thursday, October 19, 1989 --- PAGE 3
i Union Members ! I
t On Year 2000'" -, *
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~ aret Coate !
t v~)od time to focus on
- in Oklahoma -- just
2000. We need to
what the future holds
" Steve Lewis,
House of Represen-
the nearly 900
friends of the Payne
Union during their
dinner Thursday
12th.
C ounty,
to the listeners
other legislators
them at the state
City have a
Iwhich he
see why more money
into agriculture and
the state up to
neighboring states.
t includes education,
about people
'slues in rural corn-
them to tell us
so we will know
We are ready to
said.
that people
the motto of
people in-
program at St.
in Shawnee:
a, Competence and
good way for
and country to
he said. He asked
)rebend where
be compe~nt in do-
and be creative in
tlmy need to do."
tp m a o)untry that
--- where everyone
as the greatest pro-
wealthiest nation,"
at what has happen-
Betore then, the big-
!Were in the United
he largest stock ex-
the Uni~d States.
had the greatest
-- and now
'all of those titles.
ag most of our money
this country bor-
from o~her countries.
place now, "' he
to comprehend
now going into the
addition Lo other
state are
elsewhere than in
are not coming
system needs to
to build things
ther countries, and
Speaker of the House Steve Lewis
He told about famil~ farming and
the furure of this country in family
farming.
"If the American farmer is not
strengthened, more farms and rural
business will go under," Kuhn and
his fellow family farmers told their
congressmen and representatives in
the U.S. capitol. '%Ye are only 2 per-
cent of the country's population,
but we buy a great many manufac-
tured products such as steel."
The nominating committee was
retained for another year to repre-
sent the Payne Countians at the
State Convention: Emil Kastl,
president; Ed Ford, vice president;
and Charles Porter, secretary.
Board member Calvin Oyster was
retained and Steve Barta will
replace Joe Barta for a three year
term.
Sunshine Club Meets for
Luncheon
The Progress Sunshine Club met
for a lucheon and all day meeting.
Hostesses were Mrs. Thelma Lowe
and Mrs. RamonaLuster. A center
piece of Joseph Coat was on the ser-
ving table.
The invocation was given by Mrs.
Carol Davis.
The meeting opened with the
Lord's Prayer and Flag Salute. The
minutes were read and approved.
There were 20 members and 3
guests present. Guests were Mrs.
Elnora Ritter, Summer Luster and
Sara Goble.
A birthday gift was received by
ted.
3c, u imagine sitting down Whatdoyou suppose happened?
~, i" h ~ ~7oul, "f 16 people, none of First of all, there w as a period of
t hem ~ hat :. ou had previously silence (probably 30 seconds). Since
known, ~md 4 ending 2 hours per we were all teachers, we couldn't
day for two ~; eeks, with absolutely stand that. We started talking --
nothing planned? I suppose most of developing an agenda--a plan "to
you would say, "What a ridiculous do something."
situation!" W hat's more leadership showed
On our trip to Bethel, Maine, in
up. Someone took charge. Guess
1961, this was the situation that who it was?
Sybil and Ephraim found Ephrain~ {Sybil was in another
themselves confronted with. group.) He became the leader. He
It was no surprise: we knew that took hold and dominated. And
the central training method used by what's more the group allowed him
the National Training Laboratory to do it. They even seemed to ap-
that we were attev.dingwas the '~- preciate his leadership. Apparent-
G roup. "The T-Group was to be an ly he was very acceptable.
"unstructured situation." And it For about three days. And then
was. " they got ' heir fill of Eph." They
U sually of course when you go to put him in his place. He did not say
a school, or to a conference, or a a word for the next two days.
seminar--any kind of a study What did they do to shut him up?
group, some knowledgeable person, Actually I do not remember exact-
an "authority" or specialist sets up ly. But I believe Holly Hagman, an
a structured program, which you elementary teacher from New
are given to improve your know- Jersey, told me in no uncertain
how or your skills, terms she had all of my '~oig mouth
If he or she is a good '~resenter," she could stand."
you come away from the sessions And several more backed her up.
enthused with new knowledge, Arid I heard the head trainer, Ned
which, hopefully, you can utilize to Flanders, say, "This is itl"
improve your work. (Evidently he was expecting the
The Training Laboratories,
however, had an idea that actually group to do just what they did.)
Strange as it may seem, they pro-
groups of people, working together, ceeded to get along without
with some freedom for developing Ephraim. Eventually, after a few
their own ideas, would be more pro- days, my silence seemed to worry
ductive than if they .were them. Several came to me private-
dominated by a single individual, ly to try to get me '~)ack into the
no matter "how smart he was•"
Since for most of us, this kind of group." But I never was again ac-
situation is not usual, they provid- cepted as a leader.
This was only a minor part of the
ed a situation where we were entire- T-Group experience. Along with ad-
ly on our own, with no person in ditioual formal training in other ses-
authority, where no one was sions, the two weeks in Bethelas a
abailable to "straighten us out," participant in the training
where we had only our own laboratory, left me with a profound
resources, respect for what people can do when
There were two so, ailed trainers allowed to share their individual
in each group of sateen; however, knowledge and resources.
they did nothing but observe and I learned that no matter what is
sometimes review what had hap- said, by anyone participating in the
pened during the sessions. We were group, it is worthy of consideratiorL
entirely left to our own devices. Also--even if no one is given
authority (power from outside), a
Band Boosters to Hold group, whether it be composedof
college professors or ditch-diggers,
Bake Sale will find a leader.
But if that leader is smart, he
knowns that his authority and posi-
tion comes from the people with
whom he is working. If he is
"smart" he will allow every in-
dividual to have "their say." And
he will he arrr~ed at how creative
such an organization can be.
on edueat~i~c,z- • Mrs. Dorthy Longan. Door prizes
were drawn by Mrs. Lavone .~-
are need- diff and Mrs. Viola GunkeL
things and it needs Plans were made for the Bazaar
schools" Lewis fur- which will be held in November.
st~ enviroment Hostesses for the next meeting
~Some. I f we decide to win be Mrs. Clods Davis, Mrs.
to what our coun- Gladys House and Mrs. Agnes
ago." "* Schneider.
not the only thing
the Speaker ..., ,J#,, r, , , , ,
People h~ our state are
dr~zgs and other
that affects all our
the ability to deal
;he legislators need
At the last monthly Band
Boosters meeting, it was decided
that the Boosters would hold a two-
part bake sale.
The Bake Sale will be held during
Old Settlers Day Harvest Festival
on Oct. 21. The first part of the sale
will include selling baked goods,
while the second part will consist of
taking orders for ~nks~iV~g
items to be delivered at a later dat~
We would just like to mention
that the next Booster meeting is
Nov. 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the Band
Room. Everyone is encouraged to
attend. As always, thank you for
your support.
DR. E. ALAN SMITH
135 S.
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are creative people,
-- "'so we can
state. We have so
for us, Once we corn-
we can make
change course."
to the Payne Coun-
at the fairgrounds
Glencee, Con-
Committee
Was among 120 pe~
fm'mers, who had
returned from
D.C. where they told
~merica for ira-
farm bill.
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One in.resting point: t/us group
during the two weeks in Bethel,
became a very "'close-knit unit."
There was something about the T-
Group experience that drew us
together• I feel that more learning
took place in that two weeks than
any time in my life.
Oddly, I never saw an)' of the in-
dividuals in our groups again; we
have had no further contact of any
kind.
Ephraim
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248 S. Main
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SCHOOL
FORMER PERKINS "
TEACHER RETIRE5
Morris Foster, an English
teacher in Perkins schools in the
late 1950s and early 1960s, has re-
t red as superintendent of the Altus,
Oklahoma school system.
His retirement is effective next
summer after 19 years with the AI-
tus sytem. In addition to being a
Perkins teacher, he was superinten-
dent of schools at Lacey, near Hen- ',
lg
nessey, before going to Perry as
superintendent fiom 1969 to 1971,
leaving there to go to Altus where
he was assistant superintendent for
one year. He assumed duties as su-
• , Ih
perintendent of schools on June 1 ,
1972.
This week's FAMILIAR FACE is Perkins First Baptist
Church Minister of Music er.d Youth, Windell Wood.
Windell and his wife, Bonnie, and their two children, Ben
and Morgan, have resided in Perkins for oue yem" and ~t
months. Windell is an avid golfer and enjoys piing
whenever he can {except Stmday mornings, of course}.
Windell comes from Arkansas and ~ttended the Univer~i~'~
ty of Arkansas before coming to his position at Perk]ms:
First Baptist. Thank you Windell Wood for b~i~
week's FAMILIAR FACE• :~. w~ ~.i ~ .....
SUPPORT ALL P-T
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Highway 177
OF THE WEEK
PLAYER
Chosen by Coach Kurt Neal
and 33
Brad Pierce
Brad's defensive achievements in the
Demons 34-6 win over Stroud has won
Brad PLAYER OF THE WEEK honors
this week. Brad recorded 15 tackles and
5 assists last Friday night. Keep up the
good work Brad and congratulations on
being this week's PLAYER OF THE
WEEK
1889 OKLAHOMA 1989
At This Time We Would Like To Salute The Area Businesses,
Organizations, and YOU The People Of Our Towns And Rural
Areas That Keep Our Community Growing.
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