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THE PERKINS JOURNAL, Thursday, November 13, 2003-B
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es from the past...
tthe Perkins community provided by David Sasser, Perkins Historical Society and Perkins Historical Museum.
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Ladies Band, circa 1905 at the Perkins Depot. From left: Edith Williams, Maude Vail,
Blanche Wagner, Grace Sillix, Leona Wagner, Dr. Furrow, Dir.; Grace Mathias, Vera
Nina Stansbury, Rose Williams, Elsie Williams.
evening almost
people including high
town and also teach-
lunch and went to
Grove. To say the
had a most enjoyable
Note; Fulwider
Cimarron South
i 4 = Streets are today.)
beat the Perkins boys
night. On account of
slippery floor at the
; school, our boys were
play their usual sci-
Also, the Stillwater
an exceedingly
and male style
community
building, sponsored by the Former
SmdentsAssoei and -Aa
letic Club.A be held
afterwards and a drawing held for
a Thanksgiving turkey.
City fathers in conjunction with
the Lions, will install a stoplight at
the comer of Main and Thomas
Ave. Warning lights will also be
installed at the north and south
ends of town.
45 Years Ago. Nov. 13.1958
Cakes, pies and what have you
will be auctioned off Saturday
afternoon at the Saturday drawing.
An effort will be made to pay off
the $50 balance remaining on the
purchase of a loud speaker system
for the Saturday drawing event.
Approximately 15 ladies volun-
teered to bake a cake and pie and
make them available to the Journal
editor to auction off right after the
drawing. Lee Kirk and Ralph Gray
will cry the auction. Any items
such as eggs, cream, butter, etc.,
will be welcome.
40 Years Ago, Nov. 14.1963
Gene Busch, 18, Perkins, has
been granted a junior membership
in the American Angus Associa-
tion at St. Joseph, MO, announces
Frank Richards, secretary.
On Friday evening, Nov. 1,
relatives and friends gathered in
the Tryon Christian Union Church
for the seven o'clock wedding of
Miss Patficia Sadler and Gerry
Dean Johnson.
30 Years Ago, Nov. 15. 1973
: 'Tlqe JffffiiIrgoafld SeiliOs of
Perkins,n high schoolmate
presenting this Thursday and Sat-
urday nights the Rogers and Ham-
merstein musical "Oklahoma."
The play, which is rated "E" for
entertaining, is recommended
for all. Music direction is under
Perkins-Tryon Band Director
Kent Taylor with choreography
by Nadine Wisler.
20 Years Ago_, Nov. 17.1983.
Melvena Thurman of the Okla-
homa Historical Society, State
Historic Preservation Office, was
in Perkins Tuesday noon to attend
a meeting at the Lions Building
of pmpeay owners to explain the
project to place the downtown
business district of Perkins on
the National Register of Historic
Places.
AUCTION
Three (3) Bedroom Brick Home
Sale Site: 506 Carol Court, Perkins, OK
From the First Baptist Church on Knipe go 1 block south then 1 block
east (Watch for Auction signs)
Saturday, November 22, 2003
Beginning promptly at 10 a.m. (Regardless of weather)
bescription: Wells-
Addition Lot 7,
of Perkins, Payne
Oklahoma
nice home consists of three bedrooms, kitchen (with range & dishwasher),
area, large living room, 11/2 baths, utility area, an attached 1-car garage,
Patio, and a partially enclosed back yard. Home has central heat and air
Home is total electric.
To be granted at time of closing.
on Real Estate: A down payment in the amount of 10% of the purchase
required date of sale to be deposited in Luster Realty and Auction Co.
at the Payne County Bank with balance due on completion of
Joe & Vicki Rylant, Owners
er
Y & AUCTION COMPANY
i- $80/336-2360
NEE LUSTER & ASSOCIATES
€-helaware St - P.O. Box .01
Perry, OK 73077
Auctioneer's Note: An attractive three bedroom
home conveniently located in a nice area. We invite
your inspection. For a courteous showing call Luster
Realty and Auction Co. at Office (580)336-2360,
Resident (580)336-9458 after 8 p.m. All statements
made day of sale supercedes all prior advertising.
Perkins Main Street, circa 1908.
by Frank Eaton
All the buildings in Perkins
were either frame or logs until
Arthur Miles and his brother,
Sumner, hired Tim Cashman, a
stone mason, to put up the two
buildings known as the Miles
Buildings. One of them was
until recently occupied by Spill-
ers Market.
George Utter's Saloon was
right south of it and he hired Bell
Williams and Dillion to move
his saloon so he could put in a
new building. He had no other
location so he moved it out into
the street facing south, put some
blocks under the corners, and
opened for business, while the
workmen were building his new
home. After the drys got in, this
building was used for many years
as a drug store by Dr. Holbrook.
Of course, the saloon, being on
public domain, was extensively
patronized. There was room on
each side to drive a team and that
was all that was necessary.
Jessie Stanton, the postmaster,
had a row with Bill Knipe and
Bill had him canned and moved
the post office up on North Cherry
street. Charley Kenworthy was
appointed as postmaster. We
were all celebrating his appoint-
ment, and of course, Charley had
to drink with all the boys.
He saw what was going to
happen and slipped out and
started for home. The streets
were not as well marked then as
they are now and Charley got lost
and could not find his house. He
was standing leaning against a
tree when he saw a lady coming.
She was his closest neighbor, but
he didn't recognize her. Lifting
his hat as she came up, he said,
"Pardon me lady, but can you
tell me where the postmaster
lives?"
"Why Charley," she said, "You
are our new postmaster."
"I know that," said Charley,
"But where the *!&?-&* do I
live?"
She showed him.
Originally published March 26,
1953.
As columnist for The Perkins
Journal - Perkins, Oklahoma
- Eaton began contributing
under the headings "Truthful Pete
Says" and "Pistol Pete Says" at
age ninety-one, and continuing
nearly five years....that was quite
a feat.
Remember
y Charles Wall
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In i97'0, lgd J0linson rented
the house on the Fiala place at
Goodnight from my parents.
Although he was 81 years of
age, he was in good health
and physically strong.
Ed was not afraid of manual
labor. He cleared the trees
and brush out of an eighth of
a mile of fence row along an
abandoned county road. He
heated the house with a wood
burning stove, but cooked on
propane.
The next spring he asked
my dad if he could rent 3 1/2
acres close to the house to
plant cotton. He had a small
John Deere tractor. He bor-
rowed our moldboard plow
and corn planter and planted
the cotton. Then he cultivated
it, and hoed it by hand. He
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may nave naa a remnve to
help some, but he did most of
the work himself. When the
cotton was ready to pick that
fall, he picked it by hand.
I told my three sons to
observe how he raised that
crop, because he did it the
old way. They wouldn't have
opportunity to see it done that
way again.
Ed built a trailer to put the
cotton in and parked it in the
shed.
When he finished picking
cotton, he and I hooked the
trailer to my pickup, and we
hauled it to the gin at Guth-
rie. We traveled on Highway
105.
The load made three bales
of cotton. He raised cotton in
that field for three years.
My son Victor was in kin-
dergarten one of those years.
Victor went with us to the
gin. We took some photos,
and Victor made a report to
his class at school. Charlotte
Parrack was his teacher.
.... Ed's cotton production was
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and I.
Ed was related to Dewey
Dodrill of Vinco. Ed would
go to Dewey's house to get
his haircuts.
Ed was a member of the
Perkins Seventh-Day Adven-
tist Church. His eye sight
was failing so sometimes he
had me to read his Sabbath
School Bible lesson to him.
The Bible verse explanations
in the lesson book were well
written, and I learned some-
thing from it.
After three years Ed moved
to be with some relatives on
the east coast. It was good
to have known him. He was
a hard worker, and put his
Christian faith into prac-
tice.
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