I
Ring In the
New Year
1978
Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty light;
The year is dying in the night;
Ring out, wild bells, let him die.
Ring in the valiant man and free,
The larger heart, the kindlier hand;
Ring out the darkness of the land
Ring in the Christ that is to be.
--Alfred Lord Tezmys
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I ' ' ........ '"' '- Longhorns 24-11. Anyway,
by Allan Wall
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Bowl season is here, and
the major ones are starting
tomorrow with the Gator
Bowl. There are more
Saturday, and the Big Four
(Cotton, Sugar, Orange, and
Rose) are next Monday. In
the Orange Bowl, OU will
beat the Arkansas Razor-
backs, and it'll be an upset if
Washington beats Michigan
in the Rose Bowl. In the
Cotton Bowl we have the No.
1 ranked Texas Longhorns
vs. Notre Dame. Texas is
expected to win but you
never know. Seven years ago
in the Cotton Bowl, the same
two teams met, and Texas
was undefeated (as this year)
and the Irish were once-
defeated (as this year) and
Notre Dame upset the
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Talk about extremes in
:limate! These past weeks
we've had 'em!...Farmers
t and ranchers are keeping
occupied with feeding live-
stock. Cattle need to be fed
more in the winter, since
there is not as much pasture
and they need feed to keep
warm .... Some of our local
farmers have been active in
recent strike tractorcades,
like the recent one that was
in Enid, which was followed
by one in Chandler, where
the tractors parked on Main
Street so the shoppers
couldn't. This same method
was used by striking farmers
at Hinton. However, when
Santa Claus arrived, they left
the street.
Sound off
by LaVeta Randall
Happy New Year to each
And may I add this
lenge? That is for each
of the new year to be as
as a climb up the
a beautiful mountain.
Like the mountain top,
of the best qualifies in
t. Although
cannot see the summit
in a halo of clouds, it
an inspiration--a
to meet each
and overcome
obstacle.
Most persons are familiar
the story of the old
who prayed for a
to be removed,
to look out her window
next morning and
"I knew it[ The
stilt there." So it
with life. Sometimes the
large, and our
is small.
Perhaps. another good
to start the new year is
a look at some of the
achievements by ordi-
men through scientic
tls. Many in our own
etimes have surpassed the
t far-fetched dreams of
ise men of centuries past.
Some relatively simple
energy etch, t1
In 1917, Alexander
Bell is said to have
the coming (or
energy crisis Bell,
invem00t-.00
"alcohol makes a beautiful
clean and efficient fuel...we
can make alcohol from
sawdust...cornstalks, and in
fact from almost any
vegetable matter capable of
fermentation. Our growing
crops and even weeds can be
used. The waste products of
our FARMS are available for
this purpose, and even the
garbage from our cities."
Farmers, I'd say that's
food for thought, and one
mountain of a challenge!
Anita Bryant, who has
received a mountain of
criticism for her attempt to
express her personal opinion
and her effort to exercise
her civil rights, is finally
getting some public support
from two Oklahoma mini-
sters. They feel she has not
been fairly represented.
Their action came about
when Miss Bryant was not
invited to participate in the
Orange Bowl Parade January
2
The former Miss Okla-
homa and inductee into the
Oklahoma Hall of Fame has
become the subject of crude
jokes on national TV.
However, little has been said
about the sflecfion of Anita
as the "most admired
woman in the world" by
readw II GOOD
HOUSEKEEImU MAGA.
ZINE.
This is personally en-
couraging to me. Not many
of us have the courage to
take a st,ui will
we'll see. Meanwhile, in the
Sugar Bowl, Ohio State takes
on Alabama. This should be
a pretty good game, and
' according to oddsmakers it's
the bowl season's closest
match. It'll be a good
confrontation between Coach
Woody Hayes (Ohio State)
and Coach Bear Bryant
(Alabama). In this one I'm
rooting for Alabama. I'd love
for Woody to get beat again.
And, as I said before, OU
will beat the Razorbacks.
They're just gonna eat pork.
Yes, it's College Bowl
Season again. If you don't
care for it, and dread the
long hours the TV is
monopolized by Bowl fans,
remember it comes only once
a year.
And here's the announce-
ment I promised last week:
Announcing the First An-
nual, unprecedented, untest-
ed Around the Farm New
Year's Baby Contest. You
probably know about such
contests that are held in
hospitals, in which the first
baby born after the begin-
ning of the New Year gets an
award. Well, this contest
follows the same principle,
except that it's not for
human babies--it's for farm
animal babies. That's right,
A trip to Payne County
The Perkins Journal Thursday, December 29, 1977. 3
The Wagon Train
(The following account is my the fiver one wagon at a accomplishments
impression of my family's,
move from Missouri to' I
Oklahoma.
These events are based on
factual happenings, however
some segments are fiction-
alized
This manuscript is not
intended as a definitive
history per se, but rather as a
subjective view of a people
and an era in our past.
-J. C. Nininger
(can't. from last week)
Pawhuska, our next town,
is situated at the junction of
U.S. Highways 60 and State
Highway 99 at an altitude of
885 feet above sea level. It is
now (1962) a thriving city,
the County Seat of Osage
County, Oklahoma in a rich
oil section which made the
Osage Indians immensely
wealthy from oil royalties.
Pawhuska was named for
an Osage Indian chief,
Paw-Hu-Seah, or White
Hair. He received his name
from an incident in battle.
He wounded an officer
wearing a powdered wig.
When he started to scalp him
the whole scalp came off and
the victim escaped leaving
'Paw-hu-seah holding the
fluffy, white wig. Paw.hu-
seah believed the wig had
the first farm animal born supernatural powers and
after midnight, December. therefore he wore it fastened
31, 1977 will be eligible for
the prize, which is 100 Ibs. of
feed supplied by the Co-op
for that animal. So be
watching your livestock, and
the first animal born after
midnight in this area is
reported will win the prize.
In case of a tie, the first one
reporting the birth wins.
Also, only farm animals,
those used for agrarian
purposes are eligible, this
usually includes cattle, pigs,
horses, sheep, domesticated
fowl, etc. Only birds and
mammals are eligible, so if
you have an alligator farm,
sorry. SO, be on your toes
and your newborn farm
animal may win 100 lbs. of
feed supplied by the local
Cimarron Valley Co-op. If
one arrives on the 2nd or 3rd
or so, go ahead and contact
me, it may be the first. My
number is 405-547-2531, my
address is Rt. 1, Perkins, OK
74059. Hopefully the winner
will be in next week's
column. Good luck!
1977 is almost over, cause
Saturday night at midnight
1978 begins. My New Year's
Resolution is to finish my
History of Agriculture. Part I
(Continued on Back Page)
are not
Senior Citizens News
J. C. Nininger, 1915
evening. There was some
apprehension about cross-
ing, because the river was
big and wide and appeared
to be deep and we would
have to ford it, because there
was no bridge. Everybody
got out of the wagons and
there was considerable dis-
cussion about the problem.
Finally they decided to camp
where we were for the night
and decide in the morning
what to do. Mr. Carrier
mounted one of his horses
and rode across to see how
deep the water was and
time, and each wagon will
wait on this side until the one
ahead of it is dear across and
up on the bank of the other
side. That way, if anyone has
trouble, all of the others will
be free to help. I'll go first
and the rest of you follow in
the regular order. Are there
any questions?"
There were none and Mr.
Carrier continued, "There is
nothing to be afraid of, so
don't be nervous. The water
is pretty deep, but it will not
come up to your wagon beds,
and there is no quicksand.
All right, let's go."
The wagons all crossed the
river, one at a time according
to plan and as each wagon
crossed, the occupants of all
of the other wagons stood on
the banks and watched.
There was no difficulty,
although the water did slop
achieved by backing way
from difficult tasks.
We traveled southwardly
from the Arkansas,River and
it was on this part of the trip
that many of the group first
saw cotton growing. On the
west side of the road where
we stopped for the noon meal
one day was quite a field of
it. There was much conjec-
ture as to what it was. Some
thought it was a field that
had been taken by weeds.
My brother John and I
thought it was a field that
cockleburs had taken over.
Joe Carrier decided he was
going to find out, so he went
into the field and brought
back to camp all that he
could carry in his hands and
showed it to his father who
said, "That's cotton. We saw
lots of it on our scouting trip.
You'll all get a good
against the bottoms of some introduction to it next fall,
of the wagon beds. Everyone
breathed a sigh of relief
when the last wagon pulled
up on the north bank of the
river.
As I thought of the
incident in later years, I was
made to think that great
because we are going to raise
cotton and all of you children
will be picking it." (How
right he was!!) Joe boasted,
"Hurray[! I was the first to
pick cotton."
(To be continued)
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By ClarrcyCook Artha Fagan-at the party
The Christmas Party at the Friday. We all enjoyed the
Center on Friday was a very gift exchange.
enjoyable time for the group There was no shortage of
who were present. Pat and goodies brought to the
Sheryl Bickell gave a chip Center Monday for Music
and dip dish to the center Night enjoyment. Mildred
and it was used for the first Cash and Clarrcy Cook
time at the party. Everyone served as hostesses and
brought goodies to be served served the variety of cakes,
with the punch which was cookies, breads and candy
served byMildredCash, with the coffee, tea and
Mac Vassar was in charge water.
of the short program which The music was good and
included singing a carol, a there were over 100 present
reading about growing old, to enjoy the music, play pool,
and most everyone telling of dominoes, and cards Special
a Christmas which they guests were the Van Nickels'
especially remembered, son Pat and his wife from
Floyd Caldwell spoke of Odessa, Texas, and Axie
the Christmas he spent Magee's daughter Cioann
overseas in the service, Mihura from Arkansas,
Claude Cash recalled his Nancy MoWs son Michael
appreciation of being to and Linda Noyes, both of
come home from the service Jacksonville, N.C. Other
to spend time with family visitors were Leonard and
and friends during the Jane Rush of Lake Palestine,
Christmas season. C. N. Texas, and Mr. and Mrs.
Thompson spoke of their joy Darrell W. Porter and sons,
of having their son come McKinleyville, California,
home from service for son of the John Porters.
Christmas. Others spokeof Remember to save all
memories of childhood scrap paper, magazines,
Christmases and all seemed catalogs, pasteboard, as well
to agree that the TRUE as newspapers for the
meaning of Christmas and Center. Wayne Allen hauled
being and sharing with a load to Glencoe for the
families and friends is what Center last week.
makes Christmas time so
very special to everyone
when we celebrate the first
and greatest Gift.
We were glad to have
to his own haft.
When our wagon train
passed through Pawhuska it
was a far cry from a thriving
city. (Mr. Williams called it
"Hardscrabble".) It was an
Indian village and most of
the Indians wore blankets,
feathers and moccasins.
There were a few buildings,
but mostly teepees. Many
ill-kept Indianponies were in
evidence, a half dozen many
steers roamed the village,
together with a few scrawney
hogs and a few straggly
chickens.
There were no street
lights--in fact, there were no
streets-.only paths and
trails. There were a few
rickety wagons, but no farm
machinery was in evidence.
From all appearances the
Indians subsisted by hunting
and fishing. Hides of buffalo,
coyotes, foxes, rabbits and
occasionally a mountain lion
or bob cat were stretched on
the walls of the few buildings
and on crude frames made of
poles and tree limbs, about
the teepees.
Near each teepee was a
goodly supply of spears and
bows and arrows. These bore
evidence of skill and
precision in making. They
were decorated with weird:y
painted designs.
Mr. Williams was writing
a letter and Mr. Carrier
asked him, "What are you
writing, Walt?"
'Tm writing to Brother
Jones back in Leeton, telling
him about Hardscrabble."
Mr. Carrier laughed and
said, "What is Hard-
scrabble?"
"This town Don't it look
like it?"
Blackburn, Oklahoma is
situated on the south bank of
the Arkansas River at an
altitude of 798 feet above sea
level.
The annual reunion of the
drought survivors of 1901 is
held in Blackburn. Its
population in 1901, the year
of the big drought, was 198.
It was Blackburn, Indian
Territory when our wagon
train arrived on the north
bank of the river early in the
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because the big stories that
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had been told about quick-
sand had some of the group
worried and the children
were really scared.
there was reason for worry,
because quicksand could be
dangerous if there were a
great deal of it. g
Much of the conversation
that evening was centered
around the problem of
crossing the big river and
some of the group related
stories they had heard, of
whole teams and wagons
being totally swallowed up in
the stuff.
The next morning every-
e
one was up "bright and 1]
early" and by sunrise all of
the regular chores had been
done and we were ready to
cross the river. Mr. Carrier
called the group to attention
and said, "Now, we'll cross
Sue!
Wishing you many,
many more.
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Bill, Virginia,
L David & Robert
IF
A. C. Damron
Will Present this Ad At
BLUMER'S
CHAMPLIN
before noon Jan. 4
Will Receive
Thanks to you, we've had a very
successful year. With our help, we hope
you've had a good year too. Let's con-
tinue our friendship for many years to
come! Happy '78!
From All of Us At-
Main "
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Happy New Year to lWll[
everyone from the Center.