THE PERKINS JOURNAL
Robert L. and Yvonne M. Evans, Owners-Publishers
published each Thursday at 133 8, Main Street
Post Office Box 665, l rktns, Oklahoma 740S9
Telephone: 405-547-2411
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SUBSCRIPTION PRICES
~Payne, Lincoln, Logan and Noble Counties
$9.50 per year plus 6% tax [$10.07]
~Elsewhere in Okla. $13.50 per year plus 6% tax [$14.31]
~Outside Oklahoma $16.50 per year
JOURNAL EDITORIAL OPINION
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A nice rain fell over the
Week's end (Friday and
Saturday morning),
totaling at least couple of
inches or more. Unfor-
tunately, the rains
cancelled the OSU
homecoming parade, but
i[ itis any consolation, it
did a world of good to the
crops, pasture land and
ponds. We can count our
blessings on that nice
rain.
" "+ XXX
Glenn Shirley says his
horse has really put on a
good coat for the winter
and he predicts a lot of
cold weather. Have you
• seen any signs of a severe
winter?
XXX
"Did you get your
clocks changed okay? We
did at our house, but our
dog Erick wasn't paying
any attention. When he
wakes up in the morning,
almost on the dot, he
starts scratching and
whining to be let out.
Congress doesn't fool
him by messing around
.with the clock. He won't
be deceived. So I was up
earlier than I wanted to
be, but that was okay,
because I had to make a
.long trip to Woodward
+for the day, so I was
ready and raring to go
"when 9 a.m. rolled
around.
We enjoyed the auto-
graph party at the
.museum in Woodward
:'~hnday afternoon, held
• ~m the honor of the author
of+a book we recently
-:phb]ished, "Below Devil's
Gap "Glenn Shirley, who
recently authored a book
about an early day
Woodward lawyer, Tem-
ple Houston, was also a
guest and made the trip
tOWoodward with us.
XXX
They ]l probably call us
an old scrooge, but we
will go on record agreeing
with Dear Abby -- that
.. trick or treat "is pure
+ and simple blackmail." It
should be discouraged. It
- is dangerous and un-
f.
necessary. Children can
~. have fun on Hallowe'en
without tromping around
:~ "the ~eighborhood knock-
~: ing on doors. ASby says,
"What began years ago
asia harmless holiday,
c~ebrated by telling
ch{ldren scary ghost
stories about imaginary
witches, goblins and
spirits, has turned into
legalized blackmail."
If tr,ick or treating
could be done without so
much complication, it
would be a different
story, but when parents
and officials consider the
fa~w~ crazys out there,
then consider the traffic
and pedestrian problem,
p us the running and
walking accidents up and
down dark streets, it
wodld be better to pro-
vide more practical
festivities, which is being
done to some extent with
H~lowe'en parties and
carnivals.
If they can remove the
fireworks from the 4th of
July, they can surely
take the trick or treating
, :6~t~of Hallowe'en.
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" ' We're going to have a
:(p~cdn crop this year, the
k first in several years. The
tree is just loaded with
them, and they are good
and healthy, huge pecans
!i justMull of meat.
A :couple of years ago
.we had what looked like
: crop, but the nuts
~: ~V&d diseased, full of
::~/~ms. Another year.
::~h~ weren't any pecans
on the tree. What few
there were just stayed up
there.
We're still eating
pecans from our good
crop year, though. We
harvested several wash
tubs of them, and
Yvonne took them to the
pecan cracking place, and
she picked and put them
in plastic bags and into
the freezer. They are still
very good and useable.
(Add '-dum from
Yvm.. Lh( ,me
typesetting this copy,
Bob has let itslip his
mind that all those
pecans we worked so
hard to put in the freezer
were taken by persons
unknown during a neigh-
borhood escapade of
freezer robbing. Our
freezer only contained
pecan meats, others lost
meat, fruit, vegetables,
etc. The pecans we are
enjoying came from the
local grocery.)
xxx
I've often thought if I
had 20 or 40 acres of
good river bottom land, I
would put it into pecan
trees.
Just recently we were
in the Fairfax area, and
drove by what I've
always known it as the
Arch Carool pecan grove
north of that town on
Highway 18.
Arch Carrel was a Con-
oco wholesale dealer in
Fairfax, and during
World War II, came in
possession of a triangle
piece of land several
miles north of Fairfax
near the Deleplane ranch.
It was on a creek bottom,
and just right for a pecan
grove.
He set out pecan tree
saplings. In dry weather,
most evenings would
find him filling a tank
truck with water, driving
out to the grove and
watering the trees. He
cultivated around the
trees, and they were
always attractive with
their whitewashed
trucks. The trees have
thrived. There must be a
hundred of them at least,
now quite large. The Car-
rol family no longer lives
in Fairfax, both Mr. and
Mrs. Carrel have passed
on, and the children,
Arch, Jr., and Colleen
now live elsewhere, but
the Carrel pecan grove is
still there. We don't
know who owns the
grove now, but when we
drove by recently, the
limbs were heavy with
pecans and it looks like it
will be a good year.
That has been over 40
years ago. I believe that
would be a nice legacy to
leave society, a well
planned and thriving
pecan grove.
There is another simi-
lar situation like that
near Luther, just north
on the highway. That is
even more planned than
the Carrel orchard, and is
highly cultivated. We
don't know who owns the
land and the trees, but
they have taken a giant
step forward to plant it
in pecan trees.
XXX
We have a friend who
has a large walnut tree in
her yard. Walnuts are
difficult to harvest - the
shells are so hard, and
hulls around the shells
are thick and tough. You
know how she handles it?
She scoops the walnuts
up in a a pail and scatters
them out in the chicken
yard and the chickens
scratch and peck the
hulls away, leaving the
walnuts in their shell
to crack and
DOC'S COMMENTS
Children Shouldn't eat Berries
It's Friday again, with others, but time changes the age of the offle r who
rain in the valley, This things and all we can do said that, but his ap-
week brought heavy rain is roll with the punches it pearance shows an age
to the area. Even the brings, that should know better.
footlogs in Cushing used Mail call and telephone It seems almost like
for crossing the creeks calls have b~n very good yesterday when we at-
from parking places to from readers of the area, tended funeral services
the curb were under even some from members for Charles "Pretty Boy"
water and Ole Dec left of state officials down at Floyd at Akins, Okla-
the overshoes at home. the capitol. Fortunately, homa, just eight miles
When people advise to all was very pleasing, north of Sallisaw. An
get into the stream of The Perkins Journal estimated 20,000 people
things and get your feet covers the state like the attended with truck
wet, theydid not havein dew covers Dixie and weloads of flowers and
mind the weather, have more response frommany holding flowers
But it has been a the Journal than any gathered from the hills of
good week visiting with other newspaper. It allthearea. I donotwant to
the granddaughters and makes you glad you are bore you with details as
first great grandson still living, we have written about
"Jake" from California. My sincere sympathy visiting his mother who
We always enjoyed the to both the committee, lived in Sallisaw and who
granddaughters andsaid while writingrecommen- served to all refresh-
they gave us something dations for consideration ments and advised that
else to live for. Now that in passing legislation to she did not want to hurry
they are grown up and govern liquor-by-the- us off, but due to the ex-
have families of their drink withcountyoption,pected attendance it
own. we have a new and to the governor andwould be better if we pro-
outlook on life with their legislative members forceeded to the cemetery
heirs coming along. Good their effort to write fair early. It was good advice.
medicine for the elderly legislation to all concern- Well, that was in October
and senior citizens, ed. It seems like an im- 1934. It has been a fast
Enjoyed a brief visit possible task and not moving 50 years that we
with Margaret Coate everyone will be happy willnever forget. And we
from Perkins this week with end results. Looking just heard that Johnnie
and we both agree that at other states with coun- Lee Wills has died at the
the Perkins Journal in ty option, we will see age of 72. I attended the
every way is getting bet- some changes as time wedding of Johnnie Lee
ter with every day. passes. It's a tough task and Irene, and that night
Margaret s~ays she to write legislation for a a big dance and celebra-
misses "Just: a Line group who votes dry buttion at theLegion Hutin
drinks wet. Like one DASeminole. That has also
said, "We would like tobeen about 50 years ago.
see the counties who Yeah...time flys.
voted for liquor-by-the- Best wishes to
'drink be wet and the everyone forahappy and
counties who voted safe Halloween.
against be dry with strict Arrivederci,
enforcement to make it T.C. "Doc" Bonner
that way." I do not know
More" on the front page,
but its nice to turn a page
and its still there. I sup-
pose missing the corner
is something we will
never get used to because
it was filled with in-
teresting news items
about the girls and
xxx
We thought we were
the only ones to entertain
such thoughts, but we
noticed in Don Ferrell's
Lincoln County News
column, that he, too. is
thinking about the sales
trucks and peddlers who
come into the small
towns and sell their
wares from the curbs or
from door to door.
Here is how Don put it
ever so delicately in his
Front Page: Ferrell col-
umn: '% more localized
irritation this week was
itinerant peddlers parked
on our main street. One
firm that sends big,
yellow freezer trucks to
town is a special irritant.
The trucks are too long
to angle park along
Manvel Avenue. So the
drivers either leave the
rear end sticking out in-
to the traffic lane, or pull
a heavy wheel onto the
crumbling curbs. Either
way, it causes a
dangerous situation that
should not be tolerated.
We would also suggest
the city officials in-
vestigate to see if the
peddlers are turning in
sales tax reports for the
goods they sell in our
town. The city's share of
the sales tax could be us-
ed to repair the curbs the
peddlers are damaging."
Our beef is about the
same thing. College age
boys and girls come to
main street, working out
of the trunks of their
cars, selling nice looking
merchandise for "pea-
nuts". They hit a half-
dozen places, fold the
green into tbeir pockets.
and head for another
small town down the
road.
Much to their dismay
and concern, those of us
working in this publish-
ing office refuse to go for
it. We explain that we
support local, established
merchants because they
support us.
The same thl~tg goes
for fruit peddlers.
"We've got a truck load
of nice grapefruit and
oranges staight from
South Texas," they say
as they take a large
pocket knife and cut a
big orange into slices for
a taste. We give them the
same story.
Not only do such sales
take money from the
local merchants, we're
almost certain that the
appropriate sales tax on
those sales does not come
back to the city treasury.
xxx
We've watched all the
The Poet's
GOD MADE ALL THINGS
By Opal Kautz Putman
God made the sun
In the beginning of time
Without man's touch
It continues to shine.
The moon and stars
He made them too
The rainbow in the clouds
Clors red, yellow and blue.
The seasons change
At God's command
Not just on our continent
But in all lands
Man was given authority
Over fowl, fish and beast
But not over each other
Not even in the least.
The Bible tells us all
Things were good in creation
But when evil minded men rule
There is strife and war in all nations.
LETTER TO
EDITOR
My southern grand-
mother hated Lincoln's
guts. I am convinced
that he was the greatest
president this nation has
ever had. Grandma saw
Walter Mondale just
doesn't inspire that kind
of confidence. His voting
record has always leaned
to the liberal side and
toward more government
the living Lincoln. I see controls over the
the Lincoln in history American people. His ap-
with all the trivial and
prejudice cast aside. Lin- parent compatibility
coin was a strong leader
with moral courage and a
clear view of the impor-
tance of a strong and
united America. Ronald
Reagan has these same
qualities -- as much or
moe than any president I
can remember and that
goes all the way back to
Calvin Coolidge.
debates, read all we can
find on the national news
scene, and watch the elec-
tronic media as often as
we can, and we've come
to the conclusion that the
United States can't take
a chance on returning to
where it was four years
ago. The USA has a lot of
things going for it today,
including a better at-
titude about the govern-
ment and the Constitu-
tional provisions it is to
provide and assure. We
think this is generally the
feeling across the nation.
We predict the President
Reagan will return to
another four year term,
"O"
with Jimmy Carter's way
of doing things with
weakness and indecision
should keep most voters
from wanting to risk a re-
run of that embarrassing
and nationally painful
period in our history. Mr.
Reagan has proven his
leadership ability. Earlier
it was as Governor of
California, which, if cut
away from the other for-
ty nine states would be
the fifth strongest
economic entity in the
world. He took over that
task from a liberal
democrat who had the
state heavily in debt.
When Reagan left the
governor's office he had
accumulated a goodly
surplus in the treasury.
Four years agao Mr.
Reagan took on the
toughest job in the world
as our American Presi-
dent. He inherited a
mess. Interest rates and
inflation were out of con-
trol following the policies
then in effect. Americans
were not proud and they
were confused due to lack
of leadership. Further-
more were
From the Files
67 Years Ago Mr. and Mrs. W. Eaton
attended the 20th wed-
{From the Perkins Jour- ding anniversary party
nal, Nov. 2, 1917 - 67at the Ted Mote home
years ago.) last Friday night.
When the cold wave
came didn't you wish you Ephraim Wall of
had a good thick sweater Perkins has been selected
coat? You can find every by Bob Makovsky, direc-
grade from $1.25 to $7.00 tor as a member of the
each in sizes for men and Oklahoma A. and M. Col-
women at T.J. Wilsons.lege first band. He will
J.S. Bowyer is flying play the bass clarinet.
around in a new Ford car. Wall is a junior in the
The stork visited Mr. school of agriculture this
and Mrs. Crane and left year.
them a baby girl. Mr. and
Last Saturday night
Mrs. Crane are staying at
the B.C. Butler home. the young people enjoyed
All-wool Mackinaw a Halloween Party at the
home of Mr. and Mrs.
coats at $8.00 to $12.50,
Frank Knox.
they will give you years
of splendid service. T.J. Jack Vassar, with the
Wilson. help of Earnie Drumright
Warner Hinkle and and Dock Knipe, has
family were Sunday been busy the last week
visitors at the home of wrecking a house at
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Shamrock and moving it
here.
W.H. Hinkle.
Mrs. Clyde and
children left last Thurs-
51 Years Ago day morning for Col-
orado where they expect
{From the Perkins Jour-
nal, Nov. 2, 1933 - 51 to make their home this
winter.
years ago.)
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There lira saYen differences In the second picture, Can you spot them ?
Czm 'wo
ACROSS 34. Blood factor
i. Two 35. Elan
95: ~t 37. Shut noisily
39. Blackbird
estote
moo~lre
14. Jagged 48. Diphthong
49. Ponororna
16. 51. Fabulous
17. Obtained _ animal
19. Semi precious ~" Appear to be
stone .... Short jacket
21. Soft metal DOWN
22.
S~r°pe I. Making of
24.
26. Note of scale fireworks
27. Ireland
29. Violin maker
31. Shut
33. Fish
II ,~t ~f~lulloII
5. Part of to be
6. Edict
7. One
2. Uke .+
95:
I0. Charts
12. Rockfish
15. Fe~ival
18. Caudal
20
23. Walked on
Componk
Jacob's
brother
30. Web
32. Abstract
being
34. Rodents
36. Crowd
38. Intend
• ~ Arrow poison
Painful
45. Compass
point
47. Perched
50. Printing
measure
5z
because the U.S.S.R. was
• being allowed to build
her war making potential
while the liberal U.S.
leaders were making
plain dumb decisions
which was weakening our
own defenses. Now our
national defense is
already much improved.
Our military and most
Americans are confident
and proud again. The
economic picture is much
healthier in almost every
way and the world once
again looks at America
with respect and admira-
tion. Who wants to trade
these conditions for what
we had under the Carter-
Mondale years.
One more thing. We all
know that a vice presi-
dent is only a heartbeat
away from awesome re-
sponsibilities. With all
Bush
has had both in business
and government service I
would feel very secure if
he should be called upon
to take the reins of
power.
I honestly believe that
when time has distilled
the Reagan influence in-
to pure history, this
period will be seen as one
of the strongest steps on
the ladder of time which
this divinely blessed na-
tion has thus far climbed
and Ronald Reagan will
stand tall among the
greatest of our many
good leaders.
--Bud England
When using dried
sure to
them to
herbs,
30 Years
(From the
nal, Nov. 4,
years ago.)
A clothing
ing conducted
by the Perkins
Homemakers
ca.
Mrs. Dora
Perkins and
of Cushing, are t
ting Payne
National
Demonstration
at
The
Carol Ann
Morris Lynn
solemnized
tober 24, in
Hill Christian
Oklahoma City.
Mr. and
Blumer and
Ponca City; Mr.
Doyle Kirby
ters; and
ingworth
Stillwater
with the Frank
Mr. and
mend Johnson
Mr. and Mrs.
Cundiff
afternoon.
25 Years
(From the
nal, Oct. 22,
years ago.)
School
one of the
Perkins FHA
They have
busy planting
around the
Payne
dents
"promoters"
mise fabulous
from
tain kinds of
animals.
Guest s
Sunday at
Creek
na Hastings,
from South
The
School Band
with a superior
the state
Perry,
marching.
20
(From the
nal, October 29,
years ago.)
David E.
of Mr. and
Cundiff,
Perkins, has
been promoted t
in the
the U.S.
Forces.
has been
the
years
Ft. N
The
Treat for UN
be held
evening.
The Pioneer
Club met Oct,
Mrs. Minnie
hostess. There
members and
AI
pie were
Jaycee Jayne
the Perkins
Building.
I0
(From the
hal, Oct. 31,
years ago.)
Danny
longtime are~
and farmer,
this week bY
of directors
manager of
formed
Cooperatives,
Oklahoma'S
the
cher, will visit
of Oklahoma
businesses
next year,
SouthwesterV
The
sophomore
have a paper
day, Nov. 3.
last Friday
ball game
saw the
1974-75
The new
dina Kinzie.
