~kGE 10 -- The Perkins Journal Thurmtay, N0y.ember 16, 1989
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The
Natural
Way
By Dr. Jeff Black
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Biology Department, East Central University
Ada, Oklahoma
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Sumac
One plant that is still visible and
somewhat attractive this fall with
its erect heads of red fruit is the
sun~ac.
This plant goes by a lot of dif-
ferent names such as Sumac,
Sumach, Shoe-make, Velvet Sumac,
Upland Sumac, Scarlet Sumac,
Sleet Sumac, Senhalanac, Vinegar-
tree, Hairy Sumac, Staghorn
S~mac and Lemonade Tree.
The sumac so visible this time of
year along our roadsides is proper-
ly called Smooth Sumac, Rhas
glabra, and is a member of the
cashew plant family.
This small tree or shrub seldom
reaches a height of more than ten
feet. They grow in thickets along
roadsides, in old fields, open woods
and pastures. They will not survive
in the shade.
The leaves are long and actually
made up of 11 to 31 pointed leaflets.
Each leaflet is 2 to 4 inches long.
Smooth Sumac flowers appear in
early summer. Flowers are small,
inconspicious, yellowish to
• greenish, and in a cluster 6 to 11 in-
ches long.
The fruits start to become visible
and ripen during the summer and
remain on the plants through
winter. Each fruit is dark red and
covered with tiny hairs. The fruits
make up the pyramid-shaped and
erect clusters that are visible dur-
ing winter in Oklahoma.
Most of my students are not
familiar with Smooth Sumac and
watch closely when I put some of
the red fruits in my mouth. If I try
them first, they will usually do the
sanle.
When I tell them they have just
put sumac berries in their mouths,
there is always a lot of spitting and
gagging as they think I have tried
to poison them with poisonous
SUI~ ac.
If you only go for red sumac ber-
ries, there is no danger of picking
the poisonous kind by mistake. Ber-
ties of poisonous sumacs are white
: and drooping.
These hard, red sumac berries are
thickly covered with ~ght~.i~ct
hairs. The hairs contain malic acid
which is tart and the same ingre-
dient found in grapes and unripen-
ed apples. Msiic acid from the hairs
~'is readily dissolved in water and
makes a drink like lemonade.
American Indians liked this cool.
sour drink so well that they used to
gather large quantities fo the heads
- when they were in their prime. They
would dry the heads indoors, so
they amld make this beverage all
w inter.
Since the malic acid dissolves in valuable medicinally. Indians made
water, it is best to gather the ber- a tea from the roots which was us-
rice before heavy rain storms,ed to stop bleeding and check
Sumac 'qemonade" or "rhus-ade"dysentery.
can be prepared by putting theSumac flowers were steeped in
heads of red berries into a large con- boiling water and used to make a
tainer of water and pounding and wash for irritated eyes. Ripe berries
stirring them for ten minutes or so. were boiled to make a gargle for
The fruits can also be boiled or sore throats and to be given to
steeped to the desired strength, henorrhagingwomen. Leaves were
Always strain the juice through also boiled in early spring to brew
several thiclmemes of cloth toa general tonic and for veneral
remove all the fine hairs. Sweeten- diseases.
ed to taste, it is much like A number ofIndiantribesmixed
lemonade the leaves and roots of sumac with
B obwhite Quail are one of the few regular tobacco, half and half, in el-
birds that feed on sumac berries forts to break the smoking habit.
during the winter. Sometimes, in This treatment is still used in scrne
severs weather, quail will remain parts of the U.S. today. The leaves
near a thicket of sumac until all the are also smoked in the Appalacia to
fruits have been eaten. Rabbits and treat asthme
deer feed on the bark, twigs and So in addition to the ornamental
fruits of sumac, quality of sumac in the winter, it
Indians, early settlers and moun has functional qualities that can
tain men found the Smooth Sumac add to our pleasure throughout the
year in Oklahoma.
Early Day Teacher Cimarron River, north_
Arthur had gone to college at
By Zola Sample Stillwater. He was a Rue young
Looking back, the early day marl He had boarded and roomed
teacher had it rough but they did until he graduated with my Uncle
not realize it at the time. They were Hank and Aunt Eve
glsd to get the job. If they got a My folks urged the school board
salary of eighty five or ninety to hire hin~ They dicL He was my
dollars a month for a six or seven first man teacher, others had been
month job they were happy, wome~ I loved him right off. I was
Finding a place to board and nine years old. I was ready for the
room was a problem- Roads werefifth grads.
poor, schools were located in the Heeame home with Brother Bfll
new land in difficult areas. Rivers and I and stayed all night. We walk-
had to be crossecL Them were many ed through the woods I remember.
rivers which had no bridges built to one and one-half miles, talking and
cross, visiting about the area of nature.
Our homestead was located in the He was a good teacher. I loved
north part oft he Horseshoe Bend arithmetic. He bragged on me I
between East and West Basi~ memorized the multiplication
Basinwasasmallinlandareaatthe tables right off and have never
crossing of four county roads,forgotten them to this day.
The East and West district Arthur was a frontier lad, his
teachers had to find places to board, family came early to the Cherokee
They each had a large enrollment of Strip from SwederL He was a
some sixty or seventy pupils, strong and sturdy rather than a
Some were large and husky farmsmall ma~ He stayed at his home.
lads, hard to manage in thosodays. He would rise early, get his
However, they were not too bad as teaching garb on and walk to the
they wanted to get a fair education.
river bank among the willows,
There was never too much turmoil about two miles or so.
as I recollect. Then he would untie a small skirt
I remember our district hired a or row boat to cross the river. He
man teacher. HIS name was Arthur left it tied to some tree in a safe
Brodell, son of a Swede family. The place on the other side, then walk-
Brodells were good friends of my ed about two miles to the school
family. They lived across the house to ring the 8:30 bell. He was
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have still been superintandent un-
til his death in late years. He serv-
ed his area in Oklahoma greatly.
By Pat Skaggs
The Carney Assembly of God
Church had 71 in Sunday School
Sunday, Nov. 2 with several more
coming for morning worship ser-
vices at 10:45. The Sunday School
lesson was on "Living By Faith'~
taken from Galations 3:1-6, 10-14
and 18-22. "Faith in Christ enables
us to receive the benefits of salva-
tion." Pastor Don Stewart is the
adult teacher.
Anyone who does not have a
church home is welcome to come
worship with the Carney Assembly
of God where love is bountiful and
the word of God flows truthful in
all things. Sunday School is at 9:45.
Fun Weekend Ends With
Horrifying Experience
B ill and PatSkagge began their
vacation trip Friday, Nov. 3rcL
_Their first stop was at their son
Melvin Skaggs and family in
G mnesvil~ Texas where they spent
Friday night.
Saturday morning they traveled
on to Allen, Texas where their
oldest daughter Patty Daei and
family live. While there they went
, to their grandson Shawn Daei's soc-
cer game and watched him play his
last game of the seasorL They lost
the game 2-5 but was really in-
teresting to watch our first soccer
game.
Melvin, Glenda Skaggs and two
children Christopher. and Christina
came to Allen around noon Satur-
day, Nov. 4th and then along with
the Daei family and Bob and Pat
Skaggs all left for Tow, Texas
around 12:30. Bill and his mother
and father, brother and sister used
to fish on Lake Buchanan years ago
near Tow.
While at Tow, the Skaggs and
Daei families had fun looking over
the lake and visiting together. Sun-
day afternoon the Skaggs end the
Daei family left for Allen, Texas
around 2 p.m. Ali Daei stopped for
gas at a small town called Sumart,
Texas and while there they saw an
' old gentleman set his stand up to
sell pecans.
All said he went to buy some
pecans, but decided not to as the
old man had tried to sell him less
pecans for the money. The old man
then went to the trunk of his car
and pulled out a shotgun.
The Daei and Melvin Skaggs
families then were chased by the
man for several miles with the gun
h~ld out the window on them.
The police were called by the sta-
tion man where Ali had bought gas
and finally pulled the man over
where he tried to str~ggle,with the
pOli~e officer before the 12-geuge
doublebarrel shot gun was finally
taken away from him. ""
The incident left the Melvin
Skaggs family and Daeis shaken,
but uninjured. They returned back
to Tow where Bill and Pat were
spending Sunday night and all
began telling about what had hap-
penecL "Its like something that
happens on TV every day but don't
think it will happen to you," said
Patty Daei.
They all spent Sunday night
together again and left for their
separate homes around 9 ~m. Mon-
day mornin~
Bill and Pat traveled on to
Dublin, Texas to visit with some
distant kinfolks, the Tommy
Burlinsons, for awhile, then on to
Gorman, Texas where they visited
with some friends, John Browning
and daughter Lottie Mac Morris
and husban~
They had pictures of a mounts;in
Hun that Mr. Morris had shot and
killed with a 22 gauge rifle, about
two years ago near their home.
The next stop was at Bowie,
,~ Texas where they spent Monday
night before traveling home on
Tuesday, Nov. 7tb_ This will be a
trip well remembered by the
• families involved for many years to
come
We are so thankful that no one
was hurt and every thing turned
out like it did.
The old saying, "there's no place
like home, be it ever so humble" and
maybe a little big safer. Now, when
we say our prayers we have so
much to be thankfull for as all our
grandchildren and two of our
• children and spouses could have
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lost their lives on Nov. 5t1%
Sympathy Extended
The Carney community extends
sincere and deepest sympathy to
the family of Mrs. Tressie Flanigan,
82, who passed away Wednesday,
Nov. 1 in a Chandler nursing home.
Services for Mrs. Flanigan were
held Saturday, Nov. 4 at the Carney
First Baptist Church with Scott
Stearman, pastor of the church, of.
ficiating. Burial was in the Carney
Cemetery under the direction of the
Curry-Parks Funeral Home of
Chandler.
Mrs. Flanigan lived most of her
life in the Carney are& She lived for
25 years in California before retur-
ning to Carney in 1970. She married
Lemual "Lem" Flanigan on Nov. 9,
1925 at Chandler. He survives.
They had five sons who also sur-
vive, three sisters who include Opal
Reece of Carney, one brother, 11
grandchildren and 11 great grand-
children, many other relatives and
a host of friends~
Yes, the age of time has claimed
another for the everlasting garden
of peace, one who will be greatly
missed by everyone who knew and
loved her.
Remembered
Carney people who need our
prayers and remembrances this
week are: Mrs. Helen Wilson, the
family of Mrs. Tressie Flanigan
who passed away recently, Bob
Hanson, Ben Green, Charles
Kirkpatrick, Mrs. Arvilla Savage,
Mrs. Faye Perry, Mrs. Pearl Best,
Mrs. Idella Smith, Mrs. Nellie
Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. Sandy
Hagar, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Hagar,
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Kinder, Mr.
and Mrs. Ivy Wesffali, Mrs. Pearl
Holton, Mrs. Grace Franklin, Paul
VanVliet and several others who
have been ill with colds, virus and
sore throats. We wish all of you a
quick recovery.
Local People Fly To Anthony,
Kens.
Red Melton and Helen Bell of
Carney flew to Anthony, Kans. last
Sunday, Nov. 5tl~ Red took his
four-seater to have Glen Garner
check it over. Wihle in Anthony,
Helen visited with her grand-
daughter, Michele Ward and great
granddaughter Holly Ward end the
Glen Carners.
Michele and her parents, the
Garners used to live in Carney.
Helen said it took only 55 minutes
to fly up there and40 minutes to fly
back home. She said that she real-
ly loved the flight.
Birthdays and Anniversaries
Hippy Birthday to Perthena
Wiley, Pearl Best, Elizabeth
H an sen, Jim Wininger, Christina
Norvell, Scott Hagar, Jo Ann
Pickett, Mandy Catlett, Lonnie
Speaks Jr., Jered Brown, Scott
Bailey, Eunice Carpenter, Danny
Harris, Lisa Donovan, Jay Hicks,
Faye Hackworth, Helen Wilson,
Ann Kinder.
Stephen Foster, Sandy Hagar,
Dianne Underwood, Donna Brown,
Michael Harris, Kristal Harris, Jim
Martin, Karl Miller, Phyllis Moore,
Joe Hopkins, Jayne Bryant, Tom
Stocker, Larry Potts, Kyle Alford,
Janet Jaggers, Robert Riley, John
Hamilton and Ginger Mendenhall.
Congratulations on your anniver.
saries to Mr. end Mrs. Bobby
Townsend, Mr. "and Mrs. Larry
Ports end Mr. and Mrs. James Bell.
November School Calendar
Nov. 1 -- 8th and 12th grades try
on caps and gowns at 11 a.m.;
Banana Split Party at 7 p.m. in the
school cafeteria for those students
7th through 12th grades who have
not raised a day of school the first
nine weeks
Nov. 17th -- High School basket-
ball games at Ripley: B Boys at
5:30 with varsity games following;,
OU Engineering Fair, 8 a.m. to 3
p.m. Math and Science saudents go~
FHA Cluster meeting in Little
Rock, Ark.--Mrs. Joan Hix,
teacher, goes 17th-19tl~
Nov. 20 -- 5 through 8th basket-
ball at Carney with Agra, begins at
4:30 p.rfL
Nov. 21 -- Music classes go to
OSU Concert at 6:45 p.m.; Student
Council meets 2nd hour in
homemaking room;
i hold a town meeting in
gym at 7:30 p.n~ A
from ONG I
will be there to enswer !
formation about the
getting natural gas.
invited to attend.
Nov. 23 -- School
Thank vmg
day, Nov. 24.
Have a safe
Thanksgiving.
Carney Senior
The Cushing
be here to entertain
17th at 11 era. Ifycu
or heard this band, It1 !
it's worth your time
They play the
we all enjoy.
We are sponsoring
program agaivL We
gram two years a
took it will need to take
continue your
, insurance.
If anybody is
two afternoons of class |
p.n~ There is no
driving test to take
receive a card to send
give you up to 10
on your premium, th~
Dec. 5th and 6th.
Perkins Senior
Stay Busy
By Ludlle
For potluck dinner on
had 25 present.
and John Beeler,
Grimn
Barbara Creagor,
Cleta Castine,
McMillan,
Strattons.
Also Lula and
C.N. and
and Virgil Bean,
Lori Ann Radus,
John and Betty Reeler,
Billie Ham, Bill and
LaVell and Vern
The Saturday
enjoyed by all. Those
Doris Tarlton, Mary
Hortense Erwin, June
Grant, Bob and
Betty and John
Pat
McCarty,
Vern and LaVell
Ruby Dobson,
Miller, Alpha Bower,
and Maudetta
Monday Night
hostesses June Moor
Dobsor~ There were
playing and
from Perkins--,
M.C., and Evelyn
From Stillw ater.
Vic Denny, Billie
sing but played end
have him with us. AlsoJ
and Dan Brown; from
Toll; from Coyle, Glen
Drumright, Marvin
Rainwater and Jesse
Lanny Porter from ,
Besides the musiciar~ I
35 present to enjoy the
Announcements:
open every day
Friday for games and (
1 to 4 p.m. Friday,
thday and
Saturday night is the
5:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Sorry Ida Cowger
hospital. Good to
at the Center.
Betty and John
visit to her sister Jane
NOTI
Perkins Police Chief
would llke to inform
the 91I emergency
NOT work in Perkine
*have emergencies
! following numbers.
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POLICE --
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Agriculture
Club
- SUNDAY - - THURSDAY-
. MEAT LOAF WITH ~ GRILLED LIVER
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CHICKEN AND COVN Y FRIED
DUMPLINGS STEAK on
with any 2 vegetables I_4_.,~
and. bread $3.49 with
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- WEDNESDAY- When you buy our
ENCHILADAS WITH special, you may at the
CHILI purchase any dessert for
withand e breadany 2 vegetables $3.49 59C PERKINSffFRYON HIGH SCHOOL GYM
Presents
Pistol Pete w/Free Autographed
Pictures at 7:30 p.m.
The Perkin~r~on Band
' Special' Cheerleader=
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