ft.
tJm Mars
By Bob Evans
you survive, too?
was one point after a
feast Christmas eve,
before another turkey
on Christmas Day
I was beginning to
Many people often
VOL. 88 NO. 13
News and Views of the Cimarron Valley
PERKINS JOURNAL
PERKINS, PAYNE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA 74059
20 cents
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1977
they would like to
able to relive a certain
of their life, generally
younger adult years.
me. My philosophy is
I am what I am right now
I don't want to be
different, and I
care to do a bit of it
again. However ..... I
mind if my poor
stomach could regain
bit of the elasticity
vim and vigor it had 25
ago when I could
through Thanksgiv-
Christmas and New
eating every
in sight without even
an eye
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McClain has "her
skirts back...and she
know they were
Lyle Youngker,
had done some work on
car, tell her in the
office that he had
to put her fender
back on. Emma's
"My gosh, honey, I
even know I had
skirts!"
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looking back in the
of The Journal to last
noticed some-
that should stop a little
from Santa Claus.
was issued a license for
by LiOns Officials
year fight in Riley's
In fact, after a long
for the Santa suit,
found it way back in his
Now, what with a
and permanent pos-
of the red suit, that
the matter once
for all.
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quiet around town
after Christmas.
the only thing open
the service stations, a
The Journal and
Store. The same
will probably be in
for next weekend when
bowl games will be
on Monday.
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holiday is also
a kink in meeting
The Lions and
of Commerce are
meeting next Monday.
.' city council meeting will
Tuesday night instead
and the school
meeting will be on
night instead of
ht.
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toymakers have left
educational aspect out of
industry, at least the
as you and I
it. Witness the latest
'fad for youngsters this
"Stretch Arm-
dolH Due to the
morning TV adver-
and word of mouth,
Armstrong is prob-
the most sold toy this
What does stretching
poor character out of
and letting him
back teach these kids?
I'll crawl down
my soap box. I just
Yvonne what is the
of our son's Stretch
and she says it's
machine. Chil-
will develop muscles
Stretch out of
1 guess it's all in the
see things. Some-
we have to eat our
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motivation speaker at a
Press Asso-
meeting we attended
this thing about
and following
home to me. He
everyone a blank piece
paper. He told each
to close their eyes
the paper in the
then tear a corner
the left hand side of
fold the paper again
piece the size of a
from the middle of
fold; fold the paper once
The homes of Mr. and Mrs. Cleo
Coldsmith (above) and Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Hunt (below) were judged winners in the
Jaycee Christmas home decorating
contest. Mrs. Coldsmith stands with her
religious arrangement in the yard and on
the porch of her home on North Main. Bill
Hunt (below) stands with the displays he
made by hand through the years. The
Hunt home is on East Thomas Street. The
winners received Smoked Turkey
Breasts.
' Mystery
Shoppers are
Identified
All four mystery shoppers
were identified Thursday
evening, and the winners all
received $10 gift certificates.
Mrs. Lee Reed identified
(;oldie Lacy as a Mystery
Shopper. Violet Brake identi-
fied Ray Henderson; Rose
Jarvis identified Rosie
Grimm, and Mrs. Bob
Burden identified Rich
Grimm as the 4th Mystery
Shopper.
There was a good turnout
for the free children's movie
at the Lions Den. Those
helping with the movie were
Alvin Olson, Bob Evans,
Mattie Lee Thompson, Eliza-
beth Wise and Yvonne
Evans. Timmy Conner han-
dled the film projector and
helped set up the chairs and
screen.
Those winning gift certifi-
• cates at the final drawing
were Violet Brake, Zula
Henderson, and Frances
Burden.
The Chamber of Com-
merce sponsored a varied
program of interest to
Perkins shoppers. The activi-
ties included a Santa Parade,
drawings for 16 $10.00 gift
certificates. The treasure
hunt, Mystery Shopper and
the free movie. The Lions
Club sponsored Santa's visit
on Saturday, December 17.
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"TUPPER STARS" ARE
NO. 9
Mattie Lee Thompson
reports that her unit the
"Tupper Stars" are No. 9 of
32 units in the Distributor-
ship for the 1977 year. She
held her Tupperware Christ-
mas Dinner and Year End
party with Prestige Party
Sales at the Heritage House
in Oklahoma City. Special
recognition was given the
Super 1977 Performers.
County Commissioners pass
up Redistricting; Areas to
remain as they have been
Payne County Commis-
sioners' were unanimous in
their vote to leave the three
Commissioner districts as
they are rather than propose
and enact a redistricting plan
at this time. The action was
taken Thursday at a special
meeting for the purpose to
discuss redistricting.
Commissioner Bob White,
after hearing Chairman
Ulysses CruZan read off a list
of standards that are used in
establishing Commissioner
districts, said there were
several reasons to leave the
three districts as they are.
He mentioned a legal
question as to the timing of
the proposals, the 20 day
protest period, as well as
other criteria, such as the
concern of small towns, the
location of road district
headquarters, different ver-
sions and opinions, lack of
interest.
Chairman Cruzan asked
for comments from the
delegations present. Winfrey
Houston, speaking for the
city of Perkins, reported tl" .t
his clients stated that
redistricting was undert _ .
they would like to stay in
District 3, and he felt they
would be satisfied if districts
stayed as they are.
Bob Evans of Perkins
asked if there would be any
reaction from the other areas
of the county of the
one-man-one-vote mandate
was not used, which he
understood was a basic
requirement. The districts
are not equal in population at
the present time. Evans said
his concern was that the
county might be redistricted
in court rather than by
Commissioners. The Com-
missioners stated that they
did not feel there was
interest in the matter at this
time and they could act later
if petitioned to do so.
The motion was made by
Commissioner White to
adjourn the meeting, which
in fact left the districting as it
is. Commissioner Mayfield
seconded the motion. The
roll call vote was unanimous.
Allen Evans, 23, a 1972 Perklns-Tryon High School
graduate, is a new Perkins police officer training under
the CETA program. Evans began the program in the
county sheriffs office where he served as jailer and
deputy. He transferred to the Perkins police
department when a vacancy became available. Under
the CETA program, the government pays the officer's
salary for the training program. The new officer lives at
'111 E. Stumbo, and he and his wife, Vicki have a six
month old son, A.J. (Allen, Jr.). The couple moved
back here last summer from Houston, Texas where they
had lived a year. Evans, who attended Northern
Oklahoma College at Tonkawa one year after
graduation, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Evans. The
elder Evans is a deputy in the Payne County Sheriff's
office.
1977 Perkins news was interesting, although not sensational
News of Perkins and area
has been interesting in 1977,
even though probably not
considered sensational.
This reporter has access to
the back issues of The
Journal, all filed neatly in a
volumn. Thumbing through
and looking at the front
pages during the past year, a
list has been compiled of
some interesting happen-
ings.
Of course there are many
more that will not be listed
here. There was not eractly a
set formula or any particular
criteria used in selecting
these news accounts, other
than the reporter felt that
perhaps they affected the
entire community as opposed
to certain persons and
organizations. In other
words, happenings of very
general interest.
Starting in January, or
.actually in late December,
The Journal reports that 29
inches of water flooded the
five underground classrooms
at Perkins schools. Some
children playing basketball
on Christmas Day discovered
the mishap that occured
when, evidently, a toilet
overflowed during the
Christmas holidays and a
malfunctioning sump pump
put a great load on the other
sump pump and blew an-
electrical circuit. Damage
was in the thousands of
dollars as books, workbooks,
papers, and other items were
badly damaged or ruined.
Insurance paid several thou-
sand dollars on the damage.
It was announced in
January that Calvin An-
thony, a Perkins native, was
opening a drug store where
the former Conoco Station
was located. The building
was formerly built by Mr.
and Mrs. Grady Gardner 10
years ago as a service
station. The Perkins Drug
Store is now a progressive
Perkins business, managed
by Anthony and Steve
Willingham.
Late in January, Dan
Wesffall was elected to serve
on the Perkins-Tryon Board
of Education. He defeated
his opponent G. T. Bickell.
In March, The Journal,
after several critical editor-
ials and news stories prior,
announced that the Depart-
ment of Transportation was
installing blinker lights and
chatter bars at the Perkins
Corner (Highway 177 and 33
intersection). Several serious
accidents had happened
there, and area residents and
law enforcement officers
termed it a potential death
trap. Highway 177, a major
U.S. Highway, deadends at
the intersection, and the
corner is congested with all
types of truck and bus traffic
plus a daily traffic count of
over 4000 vehicles.
The Cimarron River bridge
south of Perkins officially
became the Lee Kirk Bridge
in April. Many thought it
was named that when it was
dedicated 25 years ago. It
was made •official, and
several hundred Perkins
residents turned out for the
second of two bridge
dedications that weekend, to
honor the former County
Commissioner Lee Kirk and
his family. Lee declared his
92nd birthday in December.
The day before the Kirk
Bridge dedication, the new
Highway 33 bridge over the
Cimarron River east of
Perkins, was dedicated the
• Robert Murphy Bridge in
honor of State Senator Bob
Murphy and his family.
Highway officials and hun-
dreds of friends turned out
for the two dedications. The
Murphy Bridge was con-
strncted recently as a part of
the Highway 33 improve-
ments. The Kirk Bridge was
constructed 25 years ago, but
received a $1SO,000 remodel-
ing job last fall.
A May issue of The
Journal reported that De-
wayne Moser was elected
Chairman of the Board of
Trustees of the Town of
Perkins, or Mayor. Others
being sworn into office was
new councilman Larry Moor-
man; also Leon Reynolds
who was unopposed; and
Gayle Sager, unopposed.
Other officers are Don
Boydstun who filled out the
unexpired term of Walt
Martin, Bud Redus, and City
Clerk Elizabeth Wise.
It was announced in June
that Ross Jacobs, Lanny
Jacobs and Lyle Youngker
had purchased the former
Jarvis Station from Clara
Wirz, and embarked upon a
remodeling job. The Station
opened as Main Service
Center, sporting new equip-
ment and total service.
Perkins' neighbors to the
east became involved in a
water situation when it was
learned through the Health
Department that the city
water supply was contami-
nated with too many nitrates
and other chemicals, Boiling
the water was required.
Citizens became upset.
Numerous meetings have
been held. At one point a
• recall petition was present-
ed. Since then a well has
been drilled, the city water
system established as a
Public Works Authority,
money borrowed and grants
received to do construction
work on the system, and the
boiling order has been
removed and everything is in
order once again.
After over two years of
on-again-off-again construc-
tion, the new Perkins post
office was accepted and the
patrons began using the
facility in August. The post
office was built on the site of
the old lumber yard at the
corner of Stumbo and West
2nd Street.
Following the post office
move, Alvin and Viola
Moorman purchased the
former post office location
and the building was
remodeled for Viola's Bou-
tique, a ladies' dress shop.
Mrs. Moorman has now
added a line of men's
clothing.
A new Chamber of
i Commerce organization was
established in October. The
Chamber meets on Monday
mornings for a coffee and
donut meeting at the Lions
Den. Their goal is to handle
problems that will be of
benefit to the business
community and the commun-
ity as a whole. The group is
completing incorporation
papers and a formal election
of officers will be held in
January.
John Reynolds opened a
new plumbing shop in
Perkins. Other Main Street
business news included the
opening of Bunns, Etc., a
student activity center, and
Bob Brown was hired as
manager of the Cimarron
Valley Co-op- when Dwain
Darrow moved to Wakita to
take a similar position. Other
changes included Mr. and
• Mrs. Frank Spillarsselling
their Jude's Steak House to
Dick and Mary Cupit. Patti
Johnson moved her Arts and
Crafts Shop into a new
location in the Vassar
Building and purchased
Frieda's FlOwer Shop to
incorporate into the busi-
ness. Naudain Lore closed up
the Perkins Tag Agency and
My Friends Attic. Mrs.
Frances Blair is new tag
agent and her office is
located in the Wells Build-
ing, the first door s6uth of
The Perkins Journal office.
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This Week's Question:
There is a state and federal law making the highway
speed limit in Oklahoma 55 miles per hour. The
enforcement officers are finding it difficult to enforce
the 55 mph limit. It would be interesting to know what
percentage of Journal readers try to comply with the
speed limit law. Do you generally comply with the 55
mpb speed law?
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criticism and perhaps even discrimination because of
her vocal stand against homosexual rights in Florida.
Presently she has been banned by NBC from the
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Oldshomans are coming to her defense. Do you feel
that Anita Bryant is being treated unfairly following her
public stand against homosexual rights?
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