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The l'erk|ns Journal znursaay, ovemoer
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o
tics obtained by The
from the Oklahoma
logical Survey, Nor-
:lahoma, indicates that
so far during the 10
could set a new
would equal the old
59.36 inches in 1959.
in this area will
the rainfall of 1959,
Corner north of
under water for
months until the
department opened
west, on the north
to Twin Lakes.
time 9.72 inches of
in July, followed by
during the last
and 13.15 in-
first part of October
of nearly 26 inches in
period.
greatest rainfall
since records were
L948, was 1957 when
of rain fell. This
history when the
crest ever record-
water from the
south of the river to
north of the river
The railroad track
out and Perkins lost
as a result.
47.36 inches
snow have fallen. This
total rainfall is the
PERK IN $ ( ],~; )0;3!
TOTAL ~hTI-LY PRECIPIT AT [GN {INCHES|
ly to the 1959 total of 59.36
inches.
In contrast, in 1984, the total ,e,, j,N tee ,P |L ,,, Ju, e co, ,L
rainfall in Perkins was 35.85 in-
ches. In 1983, the total was 19,e c.T9 |.T~, ,.02, 6.2 * 3.8o
36.81. |949 7.78 I °08 | .81 [.58 13 .16 5.92 2.o1
tqS0 I*E4 0.9~ 0.53 t*77 5.64 2.27 10.90
Many of the farmers will 19~1 z.69 z.z6 o.es |.23 e.,7 6.|4 ,.23
remember the drouth of the late 9e2 c.4a |.42 2.,o |.Ts .o9.
195.TM 0.73 i.|E ~.70* "%70 1.1~8 3.15 10.33
40's and early 50's, which along |994 | .s, o .as o -_. |4 o.;e |.84
with the Eisenhower farm c.e I.|, |.sz o. s a. 9 3.a z.7
1956 0.44 0*F9 0,'' 0.~1 4*09 2.l| 1.28
policy and dry weather, cleaned|997 1.0| i.|9 z.07 z.2, s.93 |.os
out most of those families living |9_ s o. ee ,.96 | .99 r. 4 ,.11
1959 0.43 1.32 3.15 3.'2 .~.7S ~*'? (;.72
on 40 and 80 acres in this area. 190c ¢. 1.9; o.7o | .,o z
This was the period that Per- 0.00 2.9 0.,? 3. 2 s.4 .oo
kins lost several of their | 67 o.s 2.,0 s.,, -..29
|9~.TM ¢.43 0*|1 2.50 2.16 5.20 2.46 5.42
business establishments, in- 19 , o.ss a.|.. |.ee s.2e |.74
cluding three grocery stores, a19 s | | .es 2.3, 4.,,
hardware store, and a general .co 2. s 3.7s
|967 l*SS 0.30 |.18 "~.,8 (~ • (~S 6. S9 1.29
merchandise store. |~ee 1.~;3 0.T0 3.20 2,52 4.S8 2.09 3.82
gh 1969 0.13 2.54 2.-~8 2.09 2.17 4.48 leSl
The rainfall throu the dry 19 0 0.33 0.14 z.3 7.s4 .09
years began with an 18.11 total 19,1 2.o| 0.0o 2. 7 2.43 3.ss r. r
in 1948, and did not catch up 0.30 o.7 .77 i.e 2. s.- 3. 4
again until 1957 when the rain- 1973 ,,. 999.oo. 2,39 3.03 2.9o .ss
• 1974 0.05 1,96 2,52 3,44 0.83 5009 G,82
fall totals stabilized once again.19 7s 2 .as 1.9, s .Is | .,z 11 ,es s. |, 3. |2
Following are the annual rain- 19 e 9¢9.oo, 1.7+4 I. O z.3 o.,s
1977 0,3~- 0,57~ 999 *0O0 1,4' 8.18 O*GS -~*12
fall totals during what went 1970 9ss. oo,3.1,, o.?s l,S| s..6 4,34 |.~3
down in history as the drouth 1979 .37, o.3e.., :, 2.70, 7.c0 4.73
years: t~"O 2.1& 0.9S 999.00, 4.21 ?.,el 7.27 0.07
|9Sl 0cOS ¢.40 2.00 1.34 6.74 4.56 3.95
1948 ................ 18.11" 19sz z.73 ~.a, i.,0 2.~I |e.e~ ,,.e~ 2.16
1949 ................ 43.65" 0. ee 3.e9 3 .,4 z .26 .s? 4 .Sl o .oo
1950 ................ 32.54"
1,951 ................ 44.10"
1952 ................ 18.39"
1953 ................ 35.57"
1954 ................ 19.55"
1955 ................ 28.31"
1956 ................ 19.19"
1957 ................ 50.34"
2o61 0.7S 0.3b -) .34~ 0.~2 2001 i~.l!
1.09 4.39 304~ ~40 UG* |,~ 3,97 43.65
2,90 3,00 l*lO l.lC 0o21 2.71 .~2.~4
2.(;3 8.bS 4.71 3.41 O.O0 3.67 44,10
1,~~. 1.12 (:*0~ Z,~3 1.02 1.O7 18.39
3.66 2.74 6.30 U,9(. 0,~:e 3*2.= 2~.*~7
2,C4 C*SO |,Z:~ ~,.5~ 1.~-~ 1.63 19.$5
0.77 3.35 4.31 O,GC C*l(= 2.36 26.31
0.84 0.23 3.1~ ~.13 ~' ,,,O 7 1.60 lg. |(;
3.21 ~,73 1,75; 3,18 1,18 4,19 50.3~t
5.9S I **~ 1.2tt 1.12 i.03 ~0£(~ 2,..~0
0,~3 12.21 |3.1:~ 0.bb ~!.~2 4.9S .s(;. 30
3e23 0*78 6.9.~ 0*?l 2*41 2.e? 34*44
3.80 10,75 2.2~! :~.2b 106~ 3.44 41.27
1.10 ~.1, 2.52 |.be 1.26 2097 3S.69
2.12 1.31 1.,2~ Z.C4 G*46 ;..|2 2.~.4;
6.87 2.73 0.~5 b*~b 0*83 2.7=. .~200.TM
1.~;~. 1~.~4 0.88 0005 2.43 2.77 33.20
3.b3 1.o2 0.41 0.3b 1.22 :*lC 2~.2¢
2.17 5042 2.89 0aS| 1.~17 2.91 33°?3
1.42 1.90 3.24 4.~e 2.¢E 2071 32.s0
2.71 3.98 4.40 @.04 1.36 2.37 ;S. 4(:
0.02 ?.SS 4.3l 0.53 0.32 2.$8 32.14
2.1S 9.93 2,(:2 O.GO 3*24 2.12 27.2q
6.46 2030 5.72 2.3b 0.O6* 2.89 .tl,7~.
2.OF 7.12 2.E1 3.22 i.~q 2.~12 32.17
4.43 999 ,O0* 6.dO ~4.14 |*425 4*C2 4¢* IE
1.00 i,Sg 999.004 999*004 9~9,004 3*~1 34.33
2.3S |,96 2*01 0.40 ¢*QG ~051 17.22
3*53 99g*00* 1,1@ l,b~ 0.3~ 2.37 18.98
0.73 0.80 1.~5 4.0~; (:,6S 2*,2 2~.21
l.S5 O.S? 1.31 2.44 2.Z2 2.~2 16.;."
1,27 2*e0 |,lg 0.79 10o4 2,t'4 30Jib
4,54 2,47 "~*.~3 3.54 0.2*t 2*{~E 24. 2S
OeE7 1*|7 1.18 2.71 3.S2 3,41 4C,~2
I.OE 2*20 IC.GI 1.05 C. 41e ' 3.35 36.01
LTME AN 1.35 !.29 2.18 2.50 5.60 4.2| 3.Sl 2."-= 2.eg 3.20 2.12 1.30 2.~t3 33.9J
Although the annual rainfall ............. thank yOU note from Mrs. Cliff
for thatperiod is eractic, it
doesn'tlook allthat bad. Coyle News WilliamS,letters fromalS°thesheGeneralread Federa-Several
H°wever' furtherevaluati°n I tion Womens Club.
shows that the rain wasn't pre- By Velma owney Mrs. Elmer Downey presen-
sent when it was needed in the
spring and fall months to make ted the program on "Stolen
in Perkins in 1948.
rainfall, which
the total up to 50 the wheat harvest and create
r more, plus what falls the winter pasture. When rain-
could set a new fall goes under 20 inches a year
take second four years out of nine, which it
second on- has never done since, agricul-
ture problems will exist.
CLEANERS A heavy dew is actually the
)rive-Up Window portent of good weather.
Beautifully On cloudless nights the
Fan Folded earth loses its heat more
4th & Main rapidly, and a heavier dew
Oklahoma results.
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Week's winner: Bonnie Huffington
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s Will Be Held on Fridays
High Tech Secrets." In her pro-
Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Pep- gram she brought out the fact
miller, Mr. and Mrs. Michael that at the present time in the
United States there are three
cases of espionage before the
courts. Since these cases have
been exposed the maximum
sentence is 10 years. There have
been over 250 spies expelled
from foreign countries. The real
Perrin, of Coyle and Mrs. Jon-
nie Jafek of Stillwater attended
Stillwater Rebekah Lodge No.
37 recently. This was their
Thanksgiving supper.
At the O.S.U. Homecoming
parade in Stillwater Miss
world of espionage is stranger
than fiction.
Refreshments were served by
the hostess to the members pre-
sent. During the-social hour
names were drawn for the an-
nual Christmas party and gift
exchange which will be Dec, m-
Michele Perrin, Miss Teen
Oklahoma rode in the parade,
she is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Michael Perrin.
On November 10th Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Wood of San
Gabriel, California visited with
their cousin Mrs. Velma Dow-
ney,also Mrs. Tommy Downey ber 10th at three thirty in the
and son, Charles Cecil and Cecil afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Earnest Bentley, east of town.
Roll call for the Christmas
meeting will be "The Real
Meaning of Christmas" Mrs.
Flasch gave each member pre-
sent the title of a Christmas
song and the history of it.
The Progress Sunshine Quilt-
ing Club met Wednesday in
Progress Community building
for a luncheon and all day
meeting, hostesses were Mrs.
Donna Bridenstine, Mrs. Dora
Bentley and Mrs. Gladys House
the invocation preceding the
luncheon was given by Mrs.
Carolyn Bridenstine.
Mrs. Lavone Cundiff, presid-
ed at the meeting in the absence
of the president Ruth Ann
Bridenstine, which opened with
the Lord's Prayer and flag
salute. Fourteen members were
present and three guest's, Mrs.
Cora Moore of E1 Monte, Cali-
fornia, Jennifer Bentley and
Hilery Bridenstine.
The door prizes were won by
Mrs. Cora Moore and Mrs.
Phone 547-5183
Thomas Mattingly. They were
enroute to their home after a
month's vacation. On their trip
they visited Winnipeg, Lake of
the Woods, went to Vermont
for the fall foliage, to Duluth,
then to Sault St. Marie,
Michigan on the Quebec,
Canada. After spending a
month in New York, Vermont
and Pennsylvania they visited
Longwood Gardens at Kennett
Square, on the Hershey, Pa.
and the Amish country near
Lancaster, Pa. In Pittsburg, Pa.
they visited their daughter-in-
law's parents the Limbacks,
then they journeyed through,
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Mis-
souri, Kansas, and Oklahoma,
they visited lots of scenic points
and musuems, Niagra Falls,
Canada, Machinac Lake, Mich.
saw the gateway arch in St.
Louis, Missouri. After leaving
Coyle in their motor home they
went to Oklahoma City and
spent the night with another
cousin Wynona Cherry Canada.
Mrs. Wood, is the daughter of
Lela Cherry Kelly, Wynona
Cherry Canada the daughter of
John Cherry and Velma
Downey, is the daughter of
Mary Emma Cherry Priess, the
Cherrys were brother and
sisters and as they grew up in
the Pleasant Valley, communi-
ty northwest of Coyle. All the
Cherry's are deceased they
came to Oklahoma from Ohio
where they were born. Mrs.
Wood was the former Miss
Louise Kelley of Guthrie and is
a graduate from Guthrie High
School with the class of 1941.
Happy Thanksgiving to all
my readers at this time of the
year when we do have so much
to be thankful for, the first
thanks should come to all of ua
.m is that Jesus died on the cross
mm
• for us, then we should give
thanks to all the Love He gives
us. We could go on and on with
• our thankfulness to him but
m
remember to give thanks for his
precious word the Bible.
The Y.I.M. Study Club met
for their November meeeting in
I the home of Mrs. Martha Dob-
son at seven o'clock in the
evening.
Mrs. Otto Flasch presided
I with the meeting opening with
the club womens collect led by
irklns
the hostess.
Poll call was answered on cur
rent events. Mrs. Flasch read a
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Patterson
To Observe ,4nniversary Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Pattersom of Cushing will observe their
Golden Wedding Anniversary with a reception on Sunday,
December 1, 1985 from 2 until 4 p.m. at the Cushing Youth and
Community Center, 800 S. Little.
Their children--Jim and Carlene Frisbie and Kenneth and
Jimalea Patterson and grandchildren--Larry and Holly Myrick,
Jay Frisbie, Bill and Liz Patterson and Aryn Patterson will host
the reception.
They have one great randchild, Cassidy Jae Myrick.
Carl Patterson and Goldie Kelly were married on November
28, 1935. She is the daughter of Dora Kelly and late Ed Kelly
who was Payne County Commissioner from 1960 to 1968. Mr.
Patterson is a retired farmer and oilfield worker.
All friends and relatives are invited to the informal open
house celebration and the couple requests no gifts.
Carolyn Bridenstine. Mrs. Jes-
sie Hamilton received a Birth-
day gift from her secret pal.
Election of officers was held
with Mrs. Kathryn Bast|an be-
ing named president, vice-
president Ima Jean Cundiff,
alterbate, Mrs. Doris Bentley.
The remainder of the afternoon
was spent in quilting on a baby
quilt and quilt blocks. The ser-
ving tables were decorated with
pumpkin candles, minuature
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