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Vol. 85, No. 50
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Thursday, Dec. 11, 1975
Perkins, Payne County, Oklahoma 74059
smeyer
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Melvin S. Wilmsmeyer, former Sioux Falls.
Stillwater businessman, was sentenc- Hurd told The Journal in a
ed to three concurrent three-year conversation Monday that the
prison terms in late November charges revolved around a
following his guilty plea before a U.S. kiting scheme.
District Judge in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Execution of the sentence was
Wilmsmeyer pied guilty to two stayed until March 15, 1976 when
counts of mail fraud, and one count of Wilmsmeyer is expected to surrender
fraud via a telegram, according to R.D. himself for imprisonment.
Hurd, first assistant U.S. Attorney in The sentence was stayed so
phone
felony
check
Wilmsmeyer could complete bank-
ruptcy proceedings in Oklahoma,
according to Hurd.
Hurd was instrumental in preparing
the case against Wilmsmeyer but says
he was busy on another case when the
U.S. Attorney's Office and Wilmsmey-
er's attorney engaged in plea
bargaining.
Orginially Wilmsmeyer was in-
dicted on 14 counts by a grand jury.
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He was charged six counts but later
three of those were dropped when he
pied guilty to the two counts of mail
fraud and the one count of fraud by
telegram, said Hurd.
Hurd explained that Wilmsmeyer
was sentenced to three years on each
count on which he was convicted. The
term would be served concurrently for
a total sentence of three years.
The judge hearing the case
indicated that he favored putting
Wilmsmeyer in a minimum security
federal prison in Texas, said Hurd.
However, Hurd says that the
Bureau of Prisons will take the judge's
recommendation and then decide
where Wilmsmeyer will serve his
sentence.
When Wilmsmeyer surrenders in
March to start his sentence, the U.S.
Attorney's Office will make re-
commendations for fitness for parole,
according to Hurd.
Hurd said that Wilmsmeyer will be
eligible for parole in March 1977, but
he doubted that Wilmsmeyer will be
paroled before March 1978 because of
his prior felony convictions.
The Wilmsmeyer dealings ap-
parently spread across a number of
states. Hurd said that Montana has
declined to prosecute Wilmsme~jer
since he pied guilty to the South
Dakota charges. He also said that he
had heard that Colorado is still
considering prosecution of Walrus-
meyer.
The Journal checked with the U.S.
Attorney's Office in Denver and was
told that no federal charges are
pending against Wilmsmeyer.
A check with the Denver. Colorado
District Attorney's Office also proved
futile as they have no state charges
filed against Wilmsmeyer.
Despite the lack of experience andhave the ball handlers of a year ago.
the graduation of last year's areaThe team is young and inexperienced,
scoring leader, the Perkins-Tryon but I think they'll be a better team
Demon basketball squad looks than last year by the end of the
promising as they prepare for their season," said Coach Eddie Bunch.
season opener with Yale in PerkinsBunch is pinning his hopes on the
Dec. 9. height, strength and rebounding
"Well be playing more conserva- ability that this year's team is
tive ball this season because we don't exhibiting.
Ken McKosato, now a freshman at
Northeastern Oklahoma A & M junior
college in Miami, was the team leader
last year.
For three years in a row he averaged
over 21 points a game, claimed the
area scoring championship two years
in a row, and was tast season's
outstanding area player.
With Ken gone, Bunch says the
team is going to have to develop a
more well rounded offensive threat.
~~ Exptected to aid in that area are
Mike Mobley, a 6 6" sophomor~ Mark
Bunch, a 6'4" sophomore; Steve
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1976 DEMON SQUAD
The Demons are lacldng In experleace but should be an overall better tean than
last year, aceordhtg to Coach Eddie Bueh. Rebounding strength and helghth
advantage should help the squad In their Independent, Class A basketball action
thls season.
Staff Photo by Lee Gray
junior guard.
Bunch is a transfer from Ripley
High School, where he started
parttime last season.
Baker and Gray are let~ermen from
last year's squad, and Mobley and
Parrack have seen action in the past.
Rounding out the roster will be
Winfrey Kinzie, senior; Mark Ander-
son, sophomore; Phil Smith, senior;
Greg Baker, 1 sophomore; Mike
Cameron, sophomore; Richard Grass,
junior; Guy Rose, sophomore; and
Scott Page, sophomore.
Last season the Demons pushed
across a 11-12 win, loss record,
claiming a third place finish in their
own tournament, and a second place
finish in the Glencoe tourney.
Bunch is optimistic that this year's
team will fare better in the district
play offs at the end of the season.
"Once they get some experience, I
think they'll be stronger at the end of
the year than last year's team."
The Demons are playing an
independent schedule against Class A
schools.
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Hoping to reverse last year's 8-16
record to 16-8 this year, Coach Mike
Rafferty is preparing the Perkins-
Tryon Demonettes for their first
season contest with Yale, Dec. 9 in
Perkins.
The strength of the Demonettes
should come from Geraldine Johnson,
senior gt~sxd; Debbie Hinkle, senior
Barnes' Family
Receives $800
The Christmas spirit is a year-round
commodity in Perkins as witnessed by
the late November kick-off for
Christmas 1975 when area residents
came to the aid of the Lyle Barnes'
faraily.
Barnes was burned otit by a 1 a.m.
Nov. 24 fire at his rural home 15 miles
southwest of Perkins.
Galen Holsinger, Payne County
Bank president, immediately started a
fun~ raising program to help the
Barnes' family.
Raised in the last two weeks has
been $800 thanks to the contributions
of area residents.
Clothing, bedding, and other
household items have also been
donated to the family.
Friends and neighbors came to
Barnes' aid the day after the fire,
acting quickly to put in trailer hookups
for a mobile home to house the family.
Holsinger said Tuesday that the
$800 will be forwarded to the Barnes'
family this we~k.
He added that future donations will
also be passed along as they come in.
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forward; Laura McCutchen, junior
forward; Jennifer Dodrill, sophomore
forward; Linda Parrack, sophomore
guard; and Chris Evans, sophomore
guard.
Added heln is exoected later in the
season from sophomore Shawn Clark,
who is currently on the sick list ~Lnd is
doubtful for the season opener.
The girls will play a 16 game
schedule plus appear in the Demon
and Glencoe tournaments.
The squad boasts nine lettermen,
two of which have earned letters for
two years.
There are three seniors, four juniors
and 16 sophomores on the team.
Rounding out the roster are: Cheryl
Cretsinger, Dawn Bradley, April
Baker, Cathy Foutch, Donna Brake,
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For Lee
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Life hasn't always been easy for Lee "Pistol Pete" Eaton has there been
Kirk, but then nothing worthwhile one man who has inspired as many
ever comes easy anyway, legends as Lee Kirk has in the
And Lee Kirk's life, and the effect Perkins-Payne County area.
his life has had on this area, has But, under those legends, is a dose
certainly been worthwhile, of just plain-old-fashioned hard work
Not since U.S. Marshal Frank and consideration for his fellow man.
901h BIRTHDAY
Ray Hendersou [Hght]~shmd Perkins Llama Club membet~ to honor Lee Kirk
mcmtly ms his 90th birthday. Here Heudeemu ld Kirk display the c~ke the
Llom Club presented to hilt. lm Itmglas with Kirk's lifeloa8 h-*xest in horses
the calm wm d,M Ittod wlth a hurm.
Jourul Plso~: ay Lee Gray
-- determination he took on his family
The legend of Lee Kirk started out responsbilities 74 years earlier.
in the sleepy Catfish Capital of Kansas "He fooled me," Lee said of the
when he was born in Chetopa, eight bronc, "and caught me when I was
miles north of Oklahoma Territory, in looking the wrong way."
1885. The result was a severe neck injury
Cold winter winds blew across the which required five days of
Southeastern Kansas town on thathospitalization. And that was a rare
November day. experience for the 81-year-old Kirk
Two years later, baby Kirk, two who has spent less time sick during his
sisters and his mother were loaded lifetime than most people do annually.
into a covered wagon by his father. But true to his constitution, Kirk did
Papa Kirk had his eye on a new life not climb down from the bronc until
in a new place--Oklahoma Territory. the horse was broken, despite the neck
Bringing his family to the Cimarron injury.
River near present day Ripley, the Lee Kirk is like that.
Kirk family settled in with other
homesteaders, awaiting the opening of Lee Kirk is a combination of the
the new land. tough and tender, though you'd never
Papa Kirk homesteaded just west of prove it by him.
Eden Chapel Church, northeast ofThe tender is respected and
Perkins. admired by a following of Payne
Here the family built a small home Countians who elected him to 30
and worked at farming, consecutive years of service as county
No more than settled in, by the commissioner.
standard of those days, Lee was seven And, it's like Galen Holsinger of
when a tornado ripped through Payne Perkins pointed out last week when
County, claiming his father's life. Kirk was honored by the local Lions
it was a dubious honor, but PapaClub on his 90th birthday, "Lee has
Kirk was the first man killed in infant been active in all community activities.
Payne County and the first man buried lle's always done his part, and more.
in the area's first cemetery at Eden He's always been there when someone
Chapel. needed help."
The death of his father, meant that And this tribute by Holsinger, based
Lee was now the man of the house, an on his 40 years of knowing Kirk, shows
awesome responsibility for anyone at the respect Kirk has garnered for his
the tender age of seven, lifelong selfless interest in the other
But, if there's one thing about Lee fellow.
Kirk that stood out then, and still On the other side of the coin is the
stands out today, he's not the tender tough physical and mental character of
type. Lee Kirk.
-- As championship horse racing
Nearly 74 years later, at age 81, Lee trainer, as county commissioner, Lee
Kirk was just as tough as ever. Kirk has always been tough enough to
He left the dudes and tenderfoots to meet the challenge.
the pony rides--Lee Kirk was breaking And that toughness, tempered with
broncos, a sense of fairness, enabled Lee to look
A trainer of race horses, Lee took on back on his accomplishments as
a spirited horse with the same county commissioner with pride. "
"No man can say I've not helped Kirk to keep his seat on the county
him when he asked for or needed help. commission, even when the 1966
I might have been a little slow at Republican landslides threantened.
times, though," Kirk added with "If a lot of Republicans had not
modesty and a smile during an voted for me, I would have lost the
interview several years ago. election," recalls Kirk, who put
That willingness to help enabled [C~tinaed on Pago 3.|
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