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Carolyn Niebruegge May Michael L. May 
Vol. 1, Is. 21 Dec.
9, 2011
From the Editor
Well thank goodness “Bedlam”
is finally over for another year. Our
extended family is a “divided house”--with graduates from both of these two
great universities--always creating intense family banter at this time of year. We all look forward to the clash of the
Cowboys and Sooners each year with the Cowboy alums hoping that maybe this year
will be our year (that only happens about 1 out of
every 8 years). Well, as we all know
this was our year and we’ll relish it until we meet again next year. State rivalries are good for the state--I
think. Anyway, they really stir things
up prior to the yearly battle. When you
think about it, in general, Cowboys and Sooners are natural born enemies--like
dogs and cats and sons-in-law and mothers-in-law. However, that said, I found some interesting
information when searching for what percentage of OU fans are actually OU
graduates. A close, but unidentified
relative of mine has always contended that a large percentage of those who support
OU never “darkened the doors” of that institution, while most all who support
OSU probably attended school there.
Well, I didn’t find any information on Google about what percentage of
OU supporters are actually OU graduates, but interesting enough, I found that
77 percent of
I also have been faced with
some surprising reactions from OU family and friends since the game. First of all, in general, most have been very
kind and very complimentary to OSU and their win. I must admit, at my age, I’ve learned that
when you “take it in the chops” being humble is usually a “good thing” and
obviously my OU friends have apparently come to the same realization. Whatever!
I have enjoyed and appreciated their reaction to the loss.
Now, obviously there are
some who may not take the loss as well and are looking for someone to blame for
such a dastardly thing happening. I understand
that also. It hurts to lose and
especially when it’s to that “other team” from
The second article is, “
Yes, we did win this one and
now have our opportunity to “crow” for a year, but understand that we should
enjoy while we can as it may well be another long “dry spell” before we have
the chance to crow again. Hopefully, we
can now put Bedlam to rest and prepare for next year. Boomer Sooner and Go Pokes!
mlm
Content
Contributors for the Week
Austilene
(Turner) Borum, Class of 1962
Paul
James (Jim) Whitson, Class of 1957
All
those who sent messages to the Email “Bag”
Thank
you all!
Remembering 4-H Club
Even though I didn’t go to school at Roosevelt, in
old annuals I found evidence that
“I pledge my HEAD to clearer
thinking, my HEART to greater loyalty, my HANDS to larger service, and my
HEALTH to better living for my club, my community and my world.”
“To make
the best BETTER.”
Do any of you remember this
pledge and motto? As I recall, I was in
the 4th grade when I became old enough to become a member of the 4-H
club. At the beginning of each monthly
meeting, we would give the pledge and state the motto. The County Home Demonstration Agent and the
County Extension Agent from
I still have the 4-H Home
Demonstration Booklet for the first year for girls age 9. Going through that booklet brings back some
fond memories for me. I had been
embroidering dish towels since I was 4 years of age. So I was familiar with a needle, thread,
thimble, and tying knots. However, this
booklet explains each of the basic tools (tape measure, types of needles,
thimble, scissors and shears) used for sewing, what they are needed for, and
the importance of keeping them together in a sewing box. It also explains what warp and wool means on
a piece of material; about different sizes of thread and how to thread a
needle; how to properly hold scissors; and how to make a knot. Last but not
least in this section, it lists good sewing habits which should be practiced.
The clothing project for the
year was making a headscarf and a handkerchief.
The head scarf was to be made by cutting a piece of material into a 27
inch square by drawing threads across each end to ensure the sides were
straight. Then each side was fringed
until the fringe was ¾ inch wide on each side and was not to be machine
stitched.
The handkerchief was to be
made from a piece of material by drawing threads to make a 13 inch square. The ¼ inch hem was to be basted in each side and
then the hem was to be permanently put in by using a small running stitch. The corners were to be slip stitched
together.
There was a section on food
preparation which explained how you can learn to be a good cook and had
numerous recipes varying from the simple making buttered toast to the more
complex recipe for Oatmeal Cookies. The
section ended explaining how to properly set the table.
The home improvement project
for the year was to make a pin cushion and to prepare the dishes for washing at
least 12 times during the year. The food
project for the year was to make Oatmeal Cookies and enter them in the fair.
I vividly remember the blue
headscarf I made for the clothing project.
The handkerchief was made of white cotton. I diligently worked on both and had them
ready for the 4-H Dress Review which was held at
Sadly, I can’t find the
booklets from the next years. However, I
do remember that the second year the home improvement project was to make a
dish towel. Again, you were to draw
threads to make the material to a designated size. Then the dish towel was to be hemmed, this
time on a sewing machine. Last you
ironed an embroidery pattern on the corner of the dish towel and then
embroidered it. The clothing project was
to make an apron. My apron was made from blue checked gingham. All I remember about these projects is that
again my dish towel won the blue ribbon at the Kiowa County Fair and thus went
to the Oklahoma State Fair. This time I
wasn’t disappointed when I went to check my project. The big blue ribbon hung on my dish
towel. I was so pleased.
The third year clothing
project was to make a dress. I don’t
remember anything about the home improvement project. I will never forget that dress. Mom took me to the store to select the
material for dress. I selected a green
polished cotton material with a geometric design. Home we went to start that dress. Mom made me do everything. I don’t know how many straight pins I used to
pin the seams before basting them and then sewing on the sewing machine. I do remember putting those straight pins through
the center of each design to insure that the designs would exactly line up when
stitched. Well, when I went to the Dress
Review the judges had lots of questions for me and particularly how I matched
the designs. Another girl had a similar
pattern in the material of her dress.
She couldn’t answer the questions.
I got the grand champion ribbon.
Now when the dresses went to the County Fair, we weren’t there to answer
questions. She got the blue ribbon and I
got the red ribbon. Another lesson
learned—it is always better to do the work yourself whether you win top prize
or not.
As I recall the judges for
both the Dress Review and the County Fair were ladies who were members of the
Extension Clubs throughout the county. I
know that Mike’s mother, Gayle, was a judge for these events. Of course, she was a master seamstress so she
was a great choice to fill these shoes.
I believe all of these items
are still in my cedar chest along with the ribbons I won with them.
One of the booklets
contained a recipe for Peanut Butter cookies which I believe was the project
for the fair that year. Yes, I always
did enter my food project in the fair. I
used that recipe for many years until my daughter came home from her 8th
grade home economics class with one that we thought was better so started using
it for our Peanut Butter cookies.
However, the 4-H recipe is still in my recipe file.
In addition, to these
projects I remember the speech and demonstration contests and the Share the Fun
Contests. I never set the table that I
don’t think about the demonstration I did on the proper way to set the table at
the contest during my first year in 4-H—afraid I don’t always follow that
etiquette today.
I don’t remember much about
the projects for the boys. I know that
many of them raised animals—calves, pigs, and lambs—to show at the fair. This was the precursor to their FFA projects
in high school. It seems there may have
been some woodworking projects but I just don’t remember for sure.
I
know 4-H Clubs are still in existence today.
However, from what I can tell the projects are very different from when
I was growing up. I don’t know that the
cooking and sewing projects are still a major part of the curriculum for the
girls. I really believe that the 4-H
Club experience helped me throughout the years.
I went on to take home economics in high school, participated in FHA,
and made many of my clothes during those years.
I had always cooked so I don’t know that the cooking projects had much
impact on my cooking. I don’t know that
students today learn the basics of sewing so they can just do simple mending
and sewing on buttons. Again, this is
just another example of how things have changed over the years.
Thoughts from
the Squirrel Lair
Poor and Rich Friends
This You Tube video
certainly adds perspective to what we view as important. Thanks to Paul James (Jim) Whitson for
sharing it with us.
Turn on the sound and run in
full screen (left click the little box at the lower right of the You Tube
screen)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRQSx7ib0bc
Alumni Website
We have renewed the account that
Birthdays and
Anniversaries
We
have compiled all of the birthday and anniversary information we could from
Wanda’s files. We are sure we are
missing some. Please send us the
birthdays and anniversaries for your family and friends so that we can have as
complete as list as possible. We are
going to start with what we have from Wanda’s files so if we miss you, please
send us the information so we have it for the news next year. In addition, should any of the birthdays we
list be wrong, also please let us know.
Happy Birthday
To:
December 9 – Margetta Stafford, Class of 1946
December 9 – Faith Funkhouser
December 9 – Tommy Copeland
December 9 – Sugar Garcia
December 9 – Cindy (Blish) Phillips, Class of
1971
December 9 – Kirstian Burton
December 10 – Kirk
December
11 – Malynda Adams
December 11 – Ray Hackney, Class of 1960
December 11 – Joe Krehbiel
December 11 – Shirley McGee, Class of 1991
December 11 – Wes Moore
December 13 – Louise (Hopkins) Kendall, Class of 1971
December 13 – Sara Ruth Ellis
December 13 – Rena Long
December 15 – Levi Elliott
December 15 – Jackie Todd
December 15 – Nelson Davis, Class of 1952
December 15 – Dortha Vanderpol
Humor
A Homeless
Man's Funeral
As a bagpiper, I play many gigs.
Recently I was asked by a funeral director to play at
a graveside service for a homeless man.
He had no family or friends, so the service was to be at a pauper's
cemetery in the
As I was not familiar with the backwoods, I got lost
and, being a typical
male, I didn't stop for directions. I
finally arrived an hour late and saw the funeral guy had evidently gone and the
hearse was nowhere in sight. There were
only the diggers and crew left and they were eating lunch. I felt badly and apologized to the men for
being late. I went to the side of the
grave and looked down and the vault lid was already in place.
I didn't know what else to do, so I started to play.
The workers put down their lunches and began to gather around. I played out my
heart and soul for this man with no family and friends. I played like I've
never played before for this homeless man. And as I played 'Amazing Grace,' the
workers began to weep. They wept, I wept,
we all wept together.
When I finished I packed up my bagpipes and started
for my car. Though my head hung low, my heart was full. As I opened the door to my car, I heard one
of the workers say, "I never seen nothin' like
that before and I've been putting in septic tanks for twenty years."
Apparently I'm still lost....
It's a man
thing.
From the Email
“Bag”
December 1, 2011
Hi Mike,
I enjoy your
BILL MOSLEY,
Class of 1943
********
December
6, 2011
Hi Mike and Carolyn:
I finally decided to go
ahead and have a second back surgery.
Walking has become almost non existent due to pinched nerves from Spinal
Stenos is. The first one took care of the middle half; maybe this one will
correct the lower section. I hope so.
Since my mother died 3 years
ago, getting someone to care for Joy when I have to do things like this is very
stressful. My sister is going to find
out that it is not as easy as she thinks it is.
But I am sure Joy will survive. I
don't plan to be gone forever. (I hope.)
My father is in the hospital
in
Better go finish getting
ready for 9 a.m. Everyone take care,
stay warm and keep the news coming. I enjoy the memories.
Obituaries
Steven
Hite, 66, Husband of Gayla (Wilks)
Hite, Class of 1967
http://www.examiner.com/burns-flat-in-oklahoma-city/services-for-steve-hite-set-for-3-30-pm-today
Jerome Hunt Willis, 69,
Former
http://www.coffeymurray.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=1333597&fh_id=11899
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Becker
Funeral Home of Snyder, OK
http://www.beckerfuneral.com/?page=snyder
Ray
and Martha’s Funeral Home of Hobart,
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http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/listing/user/rooseveltcemetery
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