=. THE PERKINS JOURNAL, Thursday, December 13, 2001-5
Sheets from Perkins Saturday to visit
Staff Writer friends over Sunday. He re-
turned to his labors at the Payne
Silver School opened County Bank Monday.
6, with an enrollment The Bay View Club met at the
9. At the end of the first home of Mrs. Carter last Satur-
29 were enrolled. On ac- day. Those present were Mes-
)ickingcotton, thefirst dames Knipe, Hall, Wilson,
work was irregular, but Kenworthy, Van Grienthuysen,
the second month Thomas, Hickam and Miss
better. Sillix.
that the Mitchell 79 Years Ago. Nov. 22. 1922
will commence the first The Santa Fe Railway has es-
of December. tablished a very comfortable
r. Martin and Mr. Platt were waiting room at Cottingham
mules in the Goodnightswitch, first stop east of the
Vinco depot. The room is fur-
you have a house or barn nished with comfortable seats
is unprotected, call on Alex and is well heated and lighted.
and he will fix you out Earl Hughes left Vinco for
policy. Ralston Sunday where he will
Main and wife returnedwork on a bridge.
from their trip to Frank McFarland brought the
D.C. On the road Journal office a jar full of fine
they Visited their oldhoney last week. Mac's bees are
in Iowa and attended aclover pastured and the honey
of the family there, is equal if not superior to the
Brooks came to Coyle famed Colorado production.
The Journal asked what
would be the best gift Perkins
could have for Christmas: "It
would be a real oil well, a
gusher, to boost every line of
business." "Santa's best Christ-
mas gift for Perkins would be a
good road leading to town and
a little more good road room in
the Journal."
Mr. And Mrs. C.M. Justice
and the Journal printer were in
Depew Sunday assimilating big
chunks of the Depew oil
boomlet.
Dr. Hoibrook, Arthur
Holbrook and Robert Brooks
left Saturday for a few days
hunting in the Arbuckle Moun-
tains.
Dr. Wilhite returned Thursday
from a 15 days treatment at a
hospital in Oklahoma City. A
slight abrasion on the hand be-
came poisoned. He is now at
home and recovering nicely and
will soon be able to resume
practice.
50 Years Ago, Nov. 22, 1951
Dr. Ray Winfred Holbrook,
80, one of Perkins' most distin-
guished citizens and well-
known in county and state medi-
cal circles, died Saturday in his
home after an illness of nine
years. Hundreds of friends from
Perkins and surrounding com-
munities, who came to pay trib-
ute to their long time friend,
filled the Methodist Church to
overflowing.
A fire drill held at the school
Tuesday emptied the building in
one minute and i 5 seconds. The
workmen had finished up the
fire escape on the west side of
the building and for the first time
since the building was com-
pleted in 1914 this additional
means of exit was available.
45 Years Ago. Nov. 15. 1956
Homecoming festivities at-
tracted hundreds of people back
to Perkins Friday, Saturday and
Sunday, with the annual banquet
being served to 259 former stu-
dents and teachers.
Adult directors of the Perkins
Teen Town are wondering how
many people have old furniture,
games, curtains and other mate-
rial needed to get the newly
formed Teen organization un-
derway.
Del-Mar's was featuring Cen-
ter Cut Chuck Beef Roast for 37
cents a pound, and fresh ground
beef for 33 cents a pound. Sir-
loin Steak or T-bone was sell-
ing for 52 cents a pound.
40 Years A ,o. Nov. 16. 1961
A birthday dinner honoring
W.H. Eaton and Bill Mote was
held Sunday in the Eaton home.
The afternoon was spent visit-
ing and taking pictures. One pic-
ture in particular was of two-
month-old Craig Stephens in a
long white baby dress that W.H.
Eaton wore 74 years ago.
30 Years A-o. Nov. 11,1971
Kent Barnes was in Kansas
City representing the Oklahoma
Junior Hereford Ass'n during
the American Royal.
Navy Seaman Roger Ander-
son of Perkins was featured in
The Journal in a photo welcom-
ing visitors to his ship the USS
Edward McDonnei during a
visit to Chili.
Images from the past...
Photos of the Perkins community provided by David Sasser,
Perkins Historical Society and Perkins Historical Museum.
Citizens Katherine Cross, Carroll ser and Joan. Millie and Evans
McGuiness, Christy Brown,Brown, Guthrie. O.J. O'DeI1,
Brandi Achutkestring, Mike Florence Baker, Tryon. Bill
Moser, Stephanie Sharp, Eu- Baker, Norvii Cole, Perkins.
Johnson gene Shaffer, Jodi Shaffer, Bernie Felton, Drumright.
she brought forth her first Misty Boley, Margaret Gibson, Charles Kilgore, Guthrie.
son and wrapped him inErnest Hale, Leslie Michelle Harvey Davis, Stillwater. What
clothes, andlaidhim Grotheer. We wish all of you wonderful music! Just great!
manger, because there was many, many more Happy Birth- Thank you everyone.
:him in the inn. Luke days.
***** Our Hostess Mattie Thomp-
** I'm always anxious for Mon- son .greeted 98 guests and 15
Events: day nights to come so we can musicians.
Music - 7-9 p.m. go to the Center at First and Kirk Kitchen Hostesses, Geraldine
Iday Luncheon - Every foratoe-tapping, hand-clapping Allen, tuna sandwiches and
Friday, Dec 21 YE-HAW! good times with the candy (chocolate). Mmm good.
Dinner-Every fourth spectacular musicians. Come Edith Cretsinger, tuna sand-
Dec. 28. We leave the hear them sometime, then you wiches, cookies.
at 5 p.m. sharp will understand. The best this Extras, John Yearta, Pumpkin
trip Christmas lights, side of the Cimarron. Yes Siree! pie. Loin Ball, cinnamon rolls,
Dec 14. We will Bill Worthy, Agra, our MC. so delicious, Loin.
at 3 p.m. Ival Hesser, Max Porter, Wayne and Rachel Drumm,
Howard and Betty Anderson,pigs in a blanket, mmm good.
Birthday: Amanda Stillwater. Bud Smith, Crescent. R.L. and Ynona Benedict, veg-
Kelly Roe, Virginia Glen and Esther Nottingham, etabletrays.ThelmaSmith, that
Marie Hesser, VirginiaCoyle. Alvy Stevens, Murl delicious lemon cake. Collen
ser, Geraldine Allen,Rhodes, Cushing. Norman Mi- Parsons, pound cake.
daughter wants me
have the very bes
knows I still need
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you can be(xlrrle Part Of the G(d(t Oaks family.
Village of Stillwater
Everything was so scrump-
tious. We have some good cooks
in this bunch. Mmmm!
When it nears Christmas, you
remember the little moments. A
turkey bell ringing in the hay-
mow. (We didn't know it was a
turkey bell) so Santa's reindeer
could eat hay while Santa un-
loaded a beautiful red coaster
wagon for our Christmas (my
brother still has it). Santa sound-
ing just like our daddy at the
Merrick Church Christmas pro-
gram, and me getting that-beau-
tiful doll with hair. She was al-
most at the top of the tree and it
was a huge tree. I saw her when
we came into the church and
thought what a beautiful doll she
was. When Santa came toward
me and handed me this doll, how
thrilled and surprised I was.
Mother had curled my hair
with the curling irons that we
heated in top of the lamp chim-
ney. I had a new dress and shoes,
all ready to do my recitation.
This was such an exciting time
in my life. Then Santa would
come and hand out the gifts and
everyone had a big sack of
candy with an apple and orange.
This was in the late twenties and
thirties, depression years,
drought years. So this was some-
thing real special. I'll always
remember.
And so it goes at Eden.
Till we meet again, dear
friends and family. Deo Volente,
Pour pren dre conge. Merry
Christmas! From Gerald and I.
We wish you peace and love and
many holiday blessings with all
your loved ones.
lHarrel in Oklahoma National circa
Guard,
'1898
Roll A. Harrel enlisted in Capt. Robert A. Lowry s Troop A, I
Oklahoma National Guard in July 1898, in preparation for theI
Spanish-American War. The war ended however, before Harrel/
r the other Perkins_____ boys could be sent to the li_ nes__ __3
I Remember Superintendent John H. Snidet
by Charles Wall
I was a member of the Perkins
4-H Club between 1946 and
1950. Every December the
Payne County 4-H Club would
have a big Christmas party in
Stillwater. Once it was at the
community building at the Old
Fairgrounds on East 12 Avenue.
Another time it was at Jefferson
School on Main Street just after
they had built a nice auditorium.
Most of the schools in the
county would send their 4-H
members. There were several
rural schools in operation then
too, and the rural schools had
good 4-H clubs.
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was also the Perkins 4-H leader.
He sent a school bus of 4-H
members with a w)lunteer adult
leader to the party at Stillwater.
We left school after lunch and
would make it back by 4 p.m.
because that was when the buses
ran to take the students home.
At theparty, we had a program
and songs and light
refreshments, Some of the
county officers and older 4-H
members led the program.
For the gift exchange, every 4-
H member brought a gill costing
25 cents, suitable for either girl
or boy. All the gifts were stacked
under the big tree when the
people arrived. Then at the
appointed time, the members
walked by the tree and were
given a gift out of the stack. I!
you got the gift you brought, you
could exchange it.
I will admit that I didn't have
much imagination about gift
selection. I would go to Ed
Stumbo's drug store on the west
side of Main Street in Perkins.
George Stump worked there. 1
would buy 10 good quality
school pencils at two pencils for
a nickel. I would wrap them up
in wrapping paper and fasten the
paper with Scotch tape (Scotch
tape was a new invention about
that time.) Then I would take the
package of pencils. At least I
thought that it was a gift I would
have liked to receive.
Merry Christmas to all the
readers of The Perkins Journal!
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