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THE PERKIN
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;ER 10, 1994
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Dr. V. and Bea Clark
(USPS 42 8040)
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ThGnks From Joe Hrencher
Thank you to the following businesses and organizations
for their generous contribution towards the successful Hal-
loween "Monster Mash".
Masonic Lodge
Wal-Mart of Stillwater
Coca-Cola of Stillwater
Perkins Youth Sports Organization (PYSO)
Perkins Insurance Agency
Sasser Company
Mrs. B's Flower shop
Ralph's Packing ~
Eades Hardware
Del-Mars ' '
Perkins CO-OP
Perkins Drug
Ken Smith's Furniture
Payne County Bank
Jalopys r '
Perkins Builder Supply "
Whistle Stop ::
Harris 66 . :
Dr. Allen Smith " "
Model T ~ "
Farmers Insurance
McAnnally's
Face of Evil Appec -Beautiful
We hear these psychologists and various other experts on
mankind, elaborating on Susan Smith and her heinous deed.
These experts speak of Susan's romantic problems and other
factors, causing her murderous conduct, resulting in the
deaths of her small innocent children.
Disregarding all these Freudian theories, what we have
here friends is evil; comparable to any evil ever recorded in
the history. The responsible one for this detestable act is
hardly mentioned, and his name is Lucifer, the bright and
morning star, seemingly beautiful to behold. The same
Creature responsible for crushing the skulls on the unborn
innocents inside the womb.
I have yet to hear a Freudian theory that blames Lucifer
for anything, but we hear a lot of blame directed at some
dear old mother, who never intentionally dir ted anyone
wrongly.
Flip Wilson comic extraordinaire was close in his routine
when he said .... "the devil made me do it." The devil only
makes one do it, if one allows him access, and this day in
time he has plenty of access due to deception.
Good and evil are the only forces on the face of this earth,
responsible for ,motivation in people. Every adult person
capable of distinguishing right form wrong, is accountable
for their ....deeds, and not someone's dear old upright
mother.
Sincerely,
Bill R. Boyd
Edge Of
Common Sense
By Baxter Black, DVM
I was reminded of Harry Johnson today.
I'd been drivin' down a long stretch of country road.
dust boilin' up in the rearvfiew mirror, a thermos of coffee
in the seat and the sun warmin' the cab of the pickup.
It was a fine fall day. Cool, but not crisp. Still dry. The
brush and grass have given up on rain ever comin' and are
shuttin' down to hibernate.
Great day to be workin' cows.
I first met Harry in the feedlot. He was" the cattle fore-
man. He was not happy there. He was an 'outside' man.
He'd spent his life.workin' on ranches. I don't know if he
ever owned one himself but he was a cowboy. A cowboy's
cowboy. Which meant he took care of the cows like they
were his own.
He lived in Bruneau, Idaho. Somewhere along the way
he
married. Iris.. She was a school teacher m that little
community, I think. Harry told me he learned a lot about
his wife the day he got his first paycheck after they were
married.
He was cowboyin' for somme outfit down there in Owyhee
county. His check was for 1530. He stopped at Angel's to
have a beer and cash his check. They had a card game
goin' and Harry got sucked iin. By the time he realized his
predicament, he had lost $2',9.
Harry said he went dowm the street to his house. He
walked in the door with his; hat in his hand and confessed
to his new wife. She looked him over. She couldn't believe
he came home with one dolltarl She suggested he might as
well go back and try and lose it all. Well, he hiked back to
Angel's, hit a lucky streak ~and won it all back!
Harry retired in 1973. We had a party for him in Moun-
tain Home. Harry got up and said, "Just like the ship-
wrecked sailor who found a woman on a deserted island, I
didn't come here to make a speech." Then he sat down.
Harry didn't take well to retirement. We'd make sure he
got included in all the braradings and cow workin's. He'd
come to a few. But we couldn't get him to help. He'd lean
on the fence or set in the co,ok trailer and visit. Matter of
fact, he wore his bed slippers.
I used to think, 'Gosh, he needs to keep busy.' He knew
hoe to do everything better than all of us but he never
butted in.
I never figgered out wheth,er he had just decided to relax
and soak up the sun after a li.fetime of hard work or whether
he put on his bed slippers arad waited to die. He only lived
eight more years after he retired.
Either way, he was my friend and I think
and then. 'Specially on bright fall days like
can lay on the south side of a windbreak,
sorta doze.
Rick Clark, publisher
It was quite a turnout for the annual
quet Saturday night. It takes a lot of effort
together and Steve Barta and Martha Bowyer
job.
There's a lot of pre-planning, keeping the
updated, printing the newsletter, and then
task of the banquet itself...it's tir
work, but "somebody's gotta do it."
RC
You reckon Billy and The Boys got the
The Boys about got wiped out by the voters
probably next come the elections for president,
The huge voter turnout nationwide was an
voters are just plumb mad, disgusted and
The Bums Out!" The Perkins precinct was
dom as one of the many national voting
a "sample polling place" for the national
ABC, NBC, CNN and the Associated Press.
wasWt a TV boy with his camera stuck in
coming out of the Lions Den...I know of a
that would have given them a "real sampling"
ticked off voter.
RC
Being a newspaper man it is somewhat
Jack Mildren, the front runner for the
lost. Why? Because his campaign was run by a
felt that newspapers could not deliver his vi
the glitz of a TV spot.
To my knowledge Jack Mildren and his
cronies did not pay for one newspaper ad
in black and white. I guess what really galled
his campaign manager called for our FAX
us a "news release" on the last day of the
could tell you readers where he was going to be
day.
My reply to him was, "You didn't think our
readers were of any value when you were
money on TV ads, so why don't you FAX them
2, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9."
I didn't get the FAX.
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