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News and Views of the Cimarron Valley
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To be absolutely certain
about something, one must
know everything or nothing
about it. --Olin Miller
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Perkins, Payne County. Oklahoma - USPS 428040
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1985
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B3 Bob Evans
the weekends are
be cold and dark this
At least that is the way
been the past few
But that's okay. We
the weather anyway we
it, because we really
any choice.
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of the Perkins Main
business houses will be
Sunday during Decem-
will be a good oppor-
for you to do your
shopping during
convenient hours on
There is an adver-
in this issue of The
reminding you which
be opened.
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is Thanksgiving week,
time, I feel, to say
we are for all you
read The Journal.
really drove this home
survey we had
two hundred peo-
called in the Perkins
and surveyed on
reading habits.
or four, and they
south in the Tryon-
area, either bought a
week, or subscribed
Journal.
percentages are be-
at the present
said they spent
minutes to one hour
issue of The Jour-
approximate-
they sat down
their copy more than
many as three or
during the following
the figures are compil-
that nearly three
like 2.6 per-
at the household)
copy of the Journal.
40 percent of the
pass their copies on
readers outside of the
Those surveyed were
to criticize
Most said they
from "cover to cover"
not recommend any
other questions to
compil-
broken down into
.ages, such as the
buying habits, and
buy such necessities
food, hardware,
how often they eat out
etc., plus figures on
status, employ-
expendable in-
I think when this
is tallied, well have a
of the overall Jour-
who admits looking
to receiving his
newspaper each
reads the 14 to 16
very thoroughly,
in fact, from cover
and if it isn't passed on
or relative, is
house until the next
out.
we could not ask
We realize we can't
of the people
time, but this
indicates most people
with their Journal
like they are getting
pay for. This makes
and our goals very
and we want to ex-
thanks to all you
possible.
our job without
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Norma Magee
last week that mail
to Tulsa on Sunday
not Monday. As we
it, the truck driver
it up at Perkins on
evening or Sunday
but it does leave the
Post office for Tulsa
evening and goes into
stream of the delivery
night.
we have six day
The latest city sales tax
report, indicative of September
business activity, shows
Perkins with nearly a $4000 in-
crease over the same month a
year ago.
The latest report is the third
consecutive month of increases
after a two month slide. Fo the
eleven months of the reporting
February, May and June. The
greatest increase for the year
was in January when collections
increased $7000 over the same
month the previous year.
Losses were $1800 in February,
$3,900 in May, and $1200 in
June.
Statewide, city sales tax col-
lections were down 0.17 per-
year, Perkins city sales tax has cent. Taxes collected totaled
totaled $198,794, as compared $39,312,124 this year as com-
te $187,712 for the same eleven pared to $39,400,000 last year.
months last year. This is an in- Area towns and their collec.
crease of over $11,000 for the tions {Last year's in
year. If the December report is parenthesis):
normal or above, Perkins will Agra $806 {$1306)
close out the reporting year Carney $3969 ($4155)
with approximately $220,000 in Chandler $75,397 {$63,418)
sales tax collections for the Coyle $2189 {$2476)
Crescent $15,629 {$14,647)
year, an increase of an
estimated $13,000 over last Cushing $178,129 {$162,812)
Davenport $8859 {$8936)
year. Drumright $46,933 {$44,993)
Perkins' economy has remain- Glencoe $3316 {$3144)
ed firm for the year except when Guthrie $182,324 {$164,020)
it softened slightly during the Lan~ton $1438 {$1569)
business activity months of LutHer $10,842 {$8564)
The Community Christmas
program has been set for Thurs-
day evening, Dec. 5 at 6:30 p.r
This year's theme is ' hrist-
mas Joy." The program will be
held on the lot between the Ci-
ty Hall and Ken Smith's Furni-
ture.
Chalrpe/s0n and coot tinator
of the program is Jeanne Hall
and she has released the follow-
ing participants in this year's
program: Master of Ceremonies
for the evening will be Bob
Duke. The Christian Church is
in charge of the live nativity
scene and Ran Runyon, pastor
of the church, will be bringing
the Christmas story. Music will
be done by Cimarron Singers,
the Perkins-Tryon Jazz Band
and The Messengers assisted
by the Girl Scouts and Boy
Scouts.
Setting the scene for the pro-
gram will be: FFA, in charge of
getting and placing the tree;
FHA, decorating the tree;
Brownies and Rocking Horse
Day Care Center, making tree
ornaments; Lions Club, putting
up the town's decorations;
Elementary classes, posters for
store windows; Marine and
Junior Bostian, owners of Ken
Smith's Furniture, use of lot;
Olivet E. H. Club, Cimarron
Valley E. H. Club, Eln Grove
E. H. Club, M. I'. Club, Town
and Country Stitchery Club,
providing the candy; Mayor
Dowe Wise, turning on the tree
lights.
An invitation was sent to the
North Pole and Santa Claus will
arrive in Perkins following the
program and he will visit with
and have treats for all the
children:
Sponsor of the program is the
Chamber of Commerce. Their
nativity scene is being set up at
the bank corner. A stable is be-
ing constructed by Harland
Wells and three wise men have
been added to the scene this
year. Each year some of the prc
ceeds from various events spon-
A hearing was held in
Stillwater Monday evening in
the courthouse, at which time a
representative of the Bureau of
Land Management announced
that some 426 acres of land
along the Cimarron river will be
given away.
The land is located in 10 coun-
ties along the Cimarron, and in-
chdes two small parcels in the
Perkins area.
The first parcel is a .13 acre
plot on the river Northeast of
Ripley. The other is a 2.76 acre
parcel at Walnut Creek south of
Wild Horse Creek, which is ap-
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A PROCLAMATION
Although the time and date of the first American
thanksgiving observance may be uncertain, there is no
question but that this treasured custom derives from our
Judeo-Christian heritage. "Unto Thee, O God. do we
give thanks," the Psalmist sang. praising God not only
for the "'wondrous works" of His creation, but for loving
guidance and deliverance from dangers.
A band of settlers arriving in Maine in 1607 held a ser-
vice of thanks for their safe journey, and twelve years
later settlers in Virginia set aside a day of thanksgiving
for their survival. In 1621 Governor William Bradford
created the most famous of all such observances at Plym-
outh Colony when a bounteous harvest prompted him to
proclaim a special day "to render thanksgiving to the Al-
mighty God for all His blessings." The Spaniards in
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Morrison $3722 ($4880)
Mulhall $1351 ($1270)
Oilton $14,274 {$14,084)
Pawnee $38,548 {$34,876)
Perry $94,224 ($123,790)
Ripley $1681 ($1801)
Stillwater $662,135 ($655,401)
Tryon $1753 ($2338)
Wellston $12,306 ($6322)
Yale $12,461 ($12,610)
In addition to the 446 cities
and towns collecting city sales
tax, the Oklahoma Tax Con -
mission also serves as agents
for 13 counties who are now col-
lecting a sales tax. A total of
$708,803 was collected for these
13 counties, which include
Alfalfa, Atoka, Cherokee, Choc-
taw, Cotton, Craig, Greer, Har-
mon, Haskell, Muskogee,
Nowata, Okmulgee and
Pusmataha.
Collections of city sales tax
during the present fiscal year of
July through November, are
lagging the same time period in
1984 by 2.14 percent.
sored by the Chamber of Com-
merce during the year are being
spent on additional pieces of the
nativity scene. Preceding the
program will be the annual
Chamber of Commerce Chili
and Bean Supper to be held at
the Lions Den. Serving will be
from 5 pin until 7 p.n Tickets
are available from Chamber
members or can be purchased at
the door.
The Chamber encourages the
community to bring your fami-
ly and enjoy supper and then
walk the short distance to the
Christmas program.
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GLENN EYLER Eureka School Reunion
RECEIVES AWARD To Be Nov. 30
MORRIS - Glenn Eyler was
awarded a telephone by General Eureka School Reunion will
Telephone Company in recogni- be held November 30, 1985 at
tion of his volunteer work in the the Payne County Fairgrounds.
senior citizen nutrition program Banquet will be at 6:30 p.m.
here. Selection was based on the All former students, teachers
number of hours volunteered, and spouses are most welcome.
the uniqueness, age and the For more information, Phone
range of the vokmteers' work 1-405-372-7107.
performec Eyler is a former
Perkins resident, editor of The Additional, Names
Perkins Journal from 1936 to Added To Honor Roll
1951, served on the Perkins Additional names added to
school board, and his children the Perkins Middle School
graduated from Perkins high Honor Roll are: Supt. Honor
school Roll th Grade, Michelle Harris:
Principal's Honor Roll-7th
Grade, Richle Blubangh, Tah
Moorman; 8th Grade-Becky
Burto
CENSUS WORKERS
IN THIS AREA
The Census Bureau has
begun collecting data here on
changes in buying habits, and
households are asked to par-
ticipate in either the Consumer
Expenditure Quarterly Inter-
view or the Diary Survey. The
survey is used by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics to.update its
' narket basket" of goods and
services used in the Consumer
Price Index. This index
measures changes in the pur-
chasing power of the dollar over
a month, a year, or several
years. Information supplied by
individuals is kept confidential
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PECAN SHOW WILL
BE DECEMBER 11
STILLWATER - The annual
Payne County Pecan Show will
get held December 11, 1985, at
the Payne County Courthouse.
The show is open to any Payne
County resident who may ex-
hibit as many exhibits as
desired as long as there is only
one exhibit per named variety.
The show is also open to pecan
food exhibits. The event is spon-
sored by the Payne County Free
Fair Association.
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by law. Only statistical totals
CHRISTMAS PARADE IN
are published. GLENCOE, DEC. 7
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The Glencoe Business
-Con Cion- Women's group is sponsoring a
The last paragraph in ~ Mike Mo~ Christmas Parade to be held
ris's column in last week's Journal Saturday, Dec. 7 beginning at
should have read: 1:30 p.m ................
Funding of th~ Export-Impm't Bank Santa Claus will be present
should be terminated. T~iffe should be
placed on all agriculture imports with and have candy for the children.
revenues going to subsidize Amm-ican -O-
farmers who export. Tariffs will at lust NEW RESIDENTS
eliminate Unfalr competition of foreign Those who have made a
products on the U. S. markets. We must
Quit subsidizing foreign students' deposit for water service at the
education and housing, city building during the past
An entire sentence was inadvertent- week are: Janice Bryan, 112
ly left out which completely changed the Cross Street, and Sandy
statement being made. Mobley, 401 East St., Apt. A.
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parently west of Perkins.
The BLM told The Journal
that they are giving away these
parcels because they are a nu-
siance to manage, and don't fit
into any of their programs.
The land was listed in govern-
ment possession following the
1870 survey and became public
lands. Some of it has been used
by adjoining landowners, and
they will probably end up with
it. It was pointed out that the
BLM is not ready to dispose of
the land at this time, and the
meetings, one at Stillwater
Monday and the other at Wood-
ward on Tuesday, were held to Anyone wanting more infer-
see if there were any problems mation on these public lands
that might be developing in the along the Cimarron, and their
process of signing the public disposal, may contact the
lands over to property owners, United States Department of
or anyone else who might like to Interior Bureau of Land
make a claim on them. Management, 200 NW 5th
An aerial survey has been Street, Oklahoma City, or
made recently and is compared phone 405-231-5491.
to the 1870 survey. The county -o-
assessors are also available of PARK GETS GRANT
the land, because no taxes have PAWHUSKA - A $302,000
been paid on them through the grant for an access road, fenc-
years since the state was ing, and lighting of the 80 acre
settled. Osage Nation Industrial Park
The public will nmintaln the at Hominy, has been
mineral rights, announced.
By the President of the United States of America
California and the Dutch in New Amsterdam also held
services to give public thanks to God.
In 1777, during our War of Independence, the Conti-
nental Congress set aside a day for thanksgiving and
praise for our victory at the battle of Saratoga. It was the
first time all the colonies took part in such an event on
the same day. The following year, upon news that France
was coming to our aid, George Washington at Valley
Forge prescribed a special day of thanksgiving. Later, as
our first President, he responded to a Congressional peti-
tion by declaring Thursday. November 26, 1789, the first
Thanksgiving Day of the United States of
America.
Although there were many state mid na-
tional thanksgiving days proclaimed in the en-
suing years, it was the tireless crusade of one
woman, Sarah Josepha Hale, that finally led to
the establishment of this beautiful feast as an
annual nationwide observance. Her editorials
so touched the heart of Abraham Lincoln that
in 1863 -- even in the midst of the Civil War - he en-
joined his countrymen to be mindful of their many bless-
ings. cautioning them not to forget "the source from
which they come," that they are "the gracious gifts of the
Most High God..." Who ought to be thanked "with one
heart and one voice by the whole American People."
• It is in that spirit that I now invite all Americans to
take part again in this beautiful tradition with its roots
deep in our history and deeper still in our hearts. We
manifest our gratitude to God for the many blessings he
has showered upon our land and upon its people.
in this season of Thanksgiving we are grateful for our
abundant harvests and the productivity of our indus-
tries; for the discoveries of our laboratories: for the re.
searches of our scientists and scholars; for the achieve
ments of our artists, musicians, writers, clerk, teachers.
physicians, businessmen, engineers, public servants,
: armers, mechanics, artisans, and workers of every sort
whose honest toil of mind and body in a free land
wards them and their families and enriches our entire
Nation.
Let us thank fled Jar our families, frien0s, am1 ne sh-
bars, and for the joy of this very festival we
celebrate in His name. Let every house of wor-
ship in the land and every home and every
heart be filled with the spirit of gratitude and
praise and love on this Thanksgiving Day.
Now, Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan Presi-
dent of the United States of America, in the
spirit and tradition of the Pilgrims, the Conti-
nental Congress, and past Presidents, do
hereby proclaim Thursday, November 28, 1985, as a day
of national Thavksgiving. I call upon every citizen of this
great Nation to gather together in homes and places of
worship and offer prayers of praise and gratitude for the
many blessings Almighty God has bestowed upon our
beloved country.
In Wite m Whereof, I have he.ante set my hand this
fifteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord nine
teen hundred and eighty-five, and Of the Indepen of
the United States of America the two hundred and tenth.
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