The Stillwater Journal December 2 - Page 8
SOME 700 NAMETAGS were used at the
giving Dinner. Mary Beth and Gary Garoffelow and
and Chris get theirs in place as they wait to g
to pick up a tray of turkey and all that went with it.
THERE WAS PLENTY to eat - in fact there were
lots of leftovers handed out around town - and
plenty of diners at the Community Thanksgiving
Dinner. And there were plenty of volunteers for all
sorts of tasks involved with such an undertaking.
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Stillwater Journal
Editor's Note: The Journal
asked Pat Dorr, the "Head
Turkey" at the Community
Thanksgiving Dinner, how
things went at the feed. He was
worn out the day after the
event and we, figured his
answer would be brief. Here's
his reply:
Well pilgrims, we had another
wonderful Annual Thanksgiving
Photos by Lawrence Gibbs
THAT'S HOWARD WRIGHT stirring up another batch of his
gravy for diners at the Community Thanksgiving Dinner at the
Community Center. Wright made it by the gallons for use on
the whipped potatoes, turkey and dressing. He made several
batches during the meal.
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Dinner at the Community
Center.
For our 19th Dinner, we had a
beautiful Thanksgiving day with
over 125 beautiful people help-
ing to serve around 700 dinners,
including 200 deliveries and
take-outs.
What made the day even more
pleasant was how even the flow
was throughout the day, result-
ing in very short lines the entire
day.
Besides the Thanksgiving Day
volunteers, about 50 individuals
helped peel potatoes, carve
turkeys and make take-out meals
the night before and another 100
people contributed turkeys,
hams, sweet potatoes, salads and
pies.
A highlight of the day was
another visit by Eddie Sutton
and the OSU men's basketball
team. The entire team - players,
coaches and administrators -
helped serve, wash and entertain
the kids; and they did it all with-
out being coached!
All the volunteers helped to
make the day extremely enjoy-
able. The cooks and kitchen
crew, Brenda, Wanda, Howard,
Robert and Bill did a fantastic
job of getting the meal going
early this year to avoid long
lines. The drivers and my special
assistant turkey, Amanda, who
manned the phone all day, got
meals out to the homebound ear-
lier than any other previous year.
Chris and his crew took on the
washroom again this year and
made the hot, steamy conditions
seem like a party. Kevin once
again brought his smoker down
to heat up the turkey throughout
the day, allowing us to maximize
the use of the limited oven space
and get the food out faster. Mark
and Kevin spearheaded the
Turkey Fry fund-raiser again as
they celebrated the 10th anniver-
sary of this spin-off tradition.
The Elks Lodge came to the
rescue again to cook last-minute
donations of uncooked turkeys.
Rob and Charlies Chicken con-
THERE WERE VOLUNTEERS aplenty at the about a minute as they smile for the
Community Thanksgiving Dinner this year. Hundreds of meals were dished
This group of servers hold up the line for just community this year.
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THE OSU COWBOYS hoop-
sters, along with coaches
and administrators showed
up to do what was needed
for the Community Thanks-
giving Dinner. (Stillwater
Journal photo by Mac Crank)
tinued their own tradition of
making the dressing. Other tra-
ditions that have continued for
well over 10 years were the
Presbyterian potato peelers and
the Church of Christ pie bakers.
The Methodist, Lutheran, Pres-
byterian, Christian and Baptist
churches once again got word
out about the dinner through bul-
letin inserts. Other businesses
that contributed to the dinner's
success included Cowboy Copy,
Albertsons, Perkins Family Res-
taurant, Shortcake Diner, Stan
Clark Companies and Wal-Mart.
The Stillwater Journal, the
See GOBBLE on page 9
HUNDREDS OF STILLwATER residents
Community Thanksgiving Dinner this year and
thing one would expect to be sewed for a big
meal. Among the diners was this family, the
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