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 Carolyn Niebruegge May                      Michael L. May

Vol. 1, Is. 35                                                                                      March 16, 2012

 

 

From the Editor

 

This last weekend saw the premier of “Game Change,” an HBO original made for TV movie based on the book of the same name written by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann.  It follows John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign, from his selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate to their ultimate defeat in the general election.  Well, since we’re out of town I have yet to see the movie and will not be able to until we return home--assuming it was successfully recorded on the DVR.

 

With that faux lead in to introduce a title, I want to devote this editorial to what I consider another potential “Game Change” which also occurred this last weekend--the killing of innocent Afghans by a lone, rogue U.S. soldier--most certainly a senseless and dreadful event that could, in my opinion, change the course of history.  As I awoke last Monday, I saw new polls that put President Obama, Mitt Romney, and Rick Santorum in a virtual tie as to who would win the November general election if it were held today.  Given that “lay of the land,” in my view, the handling of this event has far reaching potential to affect the outcome of the general election and could most certainly be considered a “Game Change.”

 

I believe that prior to last weekend one of the most common areas of agreement between both Democrats and Republicans was that a majority of both groups have serious questions as to the value for the United States continuing the war in Afghanistan.  It seems only logical that with such sentiment already broadly embraced, the tragic killings will only heighten concern by Democrats and Republicans alike that it’s time to bring the troops home and cut our losses from a lengthy and costly war in a country that doesn’t really want us there in the first place.  Let’s face it, the chances of the U.S. recovering and regaining what little Afghanistan support we had for our mission prior to this event is just not going to happen.

 

It’s here that the political “game” commences.  Is there a way for either party to effectively use this horrid event to gain political prowess?  It appears to me--if you believe the current polls indicating that the President is losing ground to the Republican candidates--that a prompt decision by him to bring the troops home could dramatically “change his numbers” and give him a substantial advantage going into the November election.  Equally a decision to do nothing could definitely cause those numbers to continue to dwindle.  I anticipate that if the President continues to hold firm and adhere to his stated timeline for removal of all troops that it’s inevitable his position will be strongly challenged by the Republican candidates and shift public sentiment back in their favor. 

                          

Unfortunately, I firmly believe that this single event could “leave the door open” for either party to gain significant advantage in the election.  The question is, “Will one party or candidate be bold enough to walk through the door and potentially orchestrate a Game Change?”  jus sayin’

 

Please accept my apology if you believe my comments are cruel or uncaring and I have offended you by suggesting that this tragic event might somehow be used by the candidates to bolster their candidacy.  Remember, the above comments are the expressed opinion of the editor and with the sentiments written here and about $2.50 you can buy a “tall house blend” at Starbucks...

 

mlm

 

 

Content Contributors for the Week

 

Jennifer Moore, Class of 1968

Candace (May) Thurmond

Jack Whitson, Class of 1953

All those who sent messages to the Email “Bag”

 

Thank you all!

 

 

Remembering…

 

The following Editorial appeared in the October 16, 1947, edition of The Bronc, The Roosevelt Schools Newspaper.  As I read it, I thought the editorial applies today just as it did some 65 years ago.  cnm

 

Last Sunday was the official birthday of the Western Hemisphere.  Four hundred and fifty-five years ago on October 12, Christopher Columbus, an Italian sailor in the service of Spain, discovered a little island among the Bahama group and the first historical date in American history was established.  On this same voyage Columbus, also, discovered the West Indies to which he later returned and established a colony.  From this colony brave and daring Spaniards went out to explore, to conquer, and to found a great Spanish empire in the New World.  The influence of that empire still exists in the South and in our own Southwest.

 

Columbus died without knowing what he had accomplished, without realizing that he had laid the foundation for an empire, without dreaming that his work had changed the history of all Europe.

 

From that time on Europe has looked toward the West.  Today she is looking to America as never before, and today on her four hundred and fifty-fifth birthday America is standing at the crossroads.  A crisis exists throughout the world.  Our own history has taught us that it is impossible to estimate the extent of influence, or to calculate the power which deeds may gather with the years.  No man knows what the activities of a day may bring forth.  Let us pray that those in executive places throughout the Americas may manage with such wisdom as to give our New World many more grand and progressive birthdays.

 

 

Thoughts from the Squirrel Lair

 

Learning to Dance in the Rain

 

This video gives us a lot to think about.

 

Turn on the sound, run in full screen (left click the little box at the lower right of the You Tube screen)

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMBxqPuUGhA

 

 

 

Alumni Website

 

We have renewed the account that Wanda Jackson had set up at the photo sharing website, picturetrail.com for the Roosevelt Alumni:  http://www.picturetrail.com/rooseveltalumni.  She had posted many pictures from past reunions, class panels, and old schools buildings along with write ups about them.  We thought you might find these interesting if you haven’t visited this site in the past.

 

 

Interesting Tidbits

 

Oklahoma Facts

 

The following link is in an article which contains some very interesting and fun facts about the great state of Oklahoma.

 

http://bad4.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/17/2696201-oklahoma-interesting-facts

 

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Standing Guard

 

This picture of the year is very powerful.

 

https://plus.google.com/105632478597365389146/posts/fK7vLpYmVFk#105632478597365389146/posts/fK7vLpYmVFk

 

 

 

News

 

It’s A Spring Thing

 

The Southern Kiowa Chamber is sponsoring It’s A Spring Thing in Roosevelt, Saturday, March 24.  There will be a Vendor Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. inside the Roosevelt Senior Citizens Center (see list of vendors below; a Decorated Bike Parade at 11 a.m. outside the Senior Citizens Center; and an Easter Egg Hunt at 2:30 p.m. outside the Senior Citizens Center.  There will be photo ops with popular cartoon characters and the Easter Bunny will be at the egg hunt for photos so bring your camera.  Concessions will be available from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Senior Citizens Center.  There will be a Town-wide Garage Sale in Roosevelt from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m.  Wichita Mountain Bluegrass band will play throughout the day at the Festival.  Begin making your plans to come out and enjoy a fun day in Roosevelt.  A very big crowd is expected as last year’s events brought huge crowds.  For more info on the event, contact Candace Thurmond at candace.thurmond@gmail.com  or 580-639-2020.

 

Vendors:

 

Lanita Southall – lighted glass bottles; decorated wine bottles

It Works!

Young Living Essential Oils & Aromatherapy

Scentsy

Katie Lucas – burp clothes; baby blankets

Linda Ratliff – Easter Baskets and knives

Dimples & Daisies – little girl clothing, hair accessories, children’s bracelets,    children’s room décor, etc.

George Garrison – Hot Wheels

The Painted Door – clothes and shoes

Pampered Chef

Elaine Verner – silverware jewelry, wind chimes and crochet items

The Beary Patch – hair bows, tutus and personalized signs

N’Scents Candles – candles and yard signs

Rose Cottage – flip flops, clothing, pillows, children’s clothing

Hot Rod Printing – shirts

Thirty-one Gifts

Silpada Designs Jewelry

Tu[[erware

The Wild Hair Salon & Boutique – purses, wallets, jewelry, clothes, bows, flip flops and fashion accessories

KB’s Gift Shop – pillowcase dresses, hair bows, bow flip flops, pettiskirts & pettidresses, Douglas Cuddle Toys, Mud-pie baby clothes, tutus, headbands, beanies

Simply Said – vinyl sayings, mottos and Bible verses

Roosevelt Haunted House – fun band, bunny whistles and tattoos

Lucky’s Lures – handmade fishing lures

Mary Kay

 

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Snyder Lady Cyclones

 

The Snyder Lady Cyclones failed in their quest to win a second straight Class 2A State Basketball Championship.  The Lady Cyclones handily defeated Colcord 63 to 37 in the quarter final game on Thursday.  However, in the semifinal game on Saturday Northeast proved to be a formidable opponent and staved off the Lady Cyclones in overtime 55 to 49.  The Snyder Lady Cyclones are to be complimented on a great year.

 

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Editor’s Visit Georgia

 

We (Mike and Carolyn May) had a wonderful visit with family members in Georgia last week.  Mike’s cousins from his Mother’s Carpenter family gather annually for a reunion.  This year the cousins traveled to Evans, GA, where their only living aunt resides for the get together.  Family from California, Texas, Missouri, Virginia and Georgia came for two and a half days of great visiting and reminiscing and a great time was had by all.  We then traveled on to Marietta, GA, to spend 2 days with our son, daughter-in-law, and last but not least our youngest granddaughter, Raegan.  Papa Mike will be glad to tell you that Raegan mastered saying “PaPa” during our visit.  We will be returning to Marietta to stay with Raegan when her little brother arrives early next month. 

 

 

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:

 

March 21 – Brooke Mahoney

March 23 – Debra Wiser, Class of 1985

Happy Anniversary To:

 

March 20 – Beth & Martin Mahoney

 

 

Humor

 

Letter Home from Red Neck Farm Kid in the Marine Corps

 

Dear Ma and Pa,

 

I am well.  Hope you are.  Tell Brother Walt and Brother Elmer the Marine Corps beats working for old man Milch by a mile.  Tell them to join up quick before all of the places are filled.

 

I was restless at first because you get to stay in bed till nearly 6 a.m.  But I am getting so I like to sleep late.  Tell Walt and Elmer all you do before breakfast is smooth your cot and shine some things.  No hogs to slop, feed to pitch, mash to mix, wood to split, fire to lay.  Practically nothing.

 

Men got to shave but it is not so bad, there’s warm water.  Breakfast is strong on trimmings like fruit juice, cereal, eggs, bacon, etc., but kind of weak on chops, potatoes, ham, steak, fried eggplant, pie and other regular food, but tell Walt and Elmer you can always sit by the two city boys that live on coffee.  Their food, plus yours, hold you until noon when you get fed again.  It’s no wonder these city boys can’t work much.

 

We go on ‘route marches,’ which the platoon sergeant says are long walks to harden us.  If he thinks so, it’s not my place to tell him different.  A ‘route march’ is about as far as to our mailbox at home.  Then the city guys get sore feet and we all ride back in trucks.

 

The sergeant is like a school teacher.  He nags a lot.  The Captain is like the school board.  Majors and colonels just ride around and frown.  They don’t bother you none.

 

This next will kill Walt and Elmer with laughing.  I keep getting medals for shooting.  I don’t know why…The bulls-eye is near as big as a chipmunk head and don’t move, and it ain’t shooting at you like the Higgett boys at home.  All you got to do is lie there all comfortable and hit it.  You don’t even load your own cartridges.  They come in boxes.

 

Then we have what they call hand-to-hand combat training.  You get to wrestle with them city boys.  I have to be real careful through, they break real easy.  It ain’t like fighting with that ole bull at home.  I’m about the best they got in this except for that Tug Jordan from over in Silver Lake…I only beat him once…He joined up the same time as me, but I’m only 5’6” and 130 pounds and he’s 6’8” and near 300 pounds dry.

 

Be sure to tell Walt and Elmer to hurry and join before other fellers get onto this setup and come stampeding in.

 

Your loving daughter,

 

Alice

 

 

From the Email “Bag”

 

March 9, 2012

 

Just a note about the Girl’s 2A Basketball Playoffs.  Our girls, the Colbert lady Lepords, played Snyder girls last Saturday (March 3) at Cache, OK.  We had to beat Snyder since we had a loss to Thomas-Fay-Custer—Andy was principal at Custer until they consolidated with Thomas which made Thomas-Fay-Custer.  Anyway on with my story.  We played pretty good the first 3 quarters.  It was not pretty the last quarter.  Needless to say, we lost so we are out of the playoffs but Snyder is playing this week at State.  We wish them luck.  It would have been better if it was us but that wasn’t to be this year.  We also say Jeannie (Stockton) Smith and her husband and Pam Baden at the game.  It was like old home week for us.  We enjoyed talking to all of them

 

Andy and I are retiring this June.  Andy has been in a school system since 1973, 5 years as a teacher and 34 as an administrator.  It is time.  he always said he would stay as long as it was fun.  But things change and it isn’t that much fun anymore.  We are looking forward to our retirement.

 

Go Snyder.

 

Andy and Linda (Phillips) Goodson

Class of 1966

 

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March 10, 2012

 

Mike, please add my email to your list.  I would love to receive the news letter.

 

Kitty Talley

 

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March 12, 2012

 

Good morning, Mike,
 
A few months ago my little brother, Charles Curtis (who the heck is that?  It's Junior, right?) was able to put me on the mailing list again for the Roosevelt newsletter.  I had followed Wanda's version for some time but somehow had become disconnected so it's great to be re-connected.
 
I very much enjoy your information, both about the happenings of our town and the political fodder.  The one I just read truly echoed what I've been feeling for quite some time; "Take care of what is needed here and quit policing the world."   On our way home from the Big 12 Basketball Tournament in Kansas City, Junior and I discussed this at length.  We've got people starving and certainly out of homes and the trillions spent on that useless war on Iraq could have made such a difference!  And now, Afghanistan.
 
Well, thanks to ole Junior, I have moved to Tyler, Texas, to be close to him and my sister Melba who also lives here.  It's great fun.
 
Please keep up your communication, I very much enjoy it.
 
Jerry W. Curtis
Class of 1961

 

 

Political Fodder

 

We the People--A letter to President Obama

 

This is an extremely well done piece of work with the narrative being a letter to President Obama that nicely sums up what so many Americans are thinking. You may or may not agree with all of the content.  If you are offended by any negative comment about the President or his actions, better pass this one by or watch and believe what you want. 

 

Turn on the sound, run in full screen (left click the little box at the lower right the You Tube screen)

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVAhr4hZDJE

 

 

 

Obituaries

 

John W. Blackwood, 91, Class of 1939, passed away Thursday, March 8, 2012, in Lakewood, Colorado.  He was born on May 29, 1920, in Grove County, Kansas, to parents, Robert and Mary Blackwood.  He and all of his brothers graduated from Roosevelt High School.  Brothers Glenn, Wallace, and Ralph preceded him in death.  He is survived by his wife, Cleo; son, John Mark; daughter, Carol Barrow; and brother, Clyde.

 

Useful Links:

 

Becker Funeral Home of Snyder, OK

http://www.beckerfuneral.com/?page=snyder

 

Ray and Martha’s Funeral Home of Hobart, Mt. View, and Carnegie, OK

http://rayandmarthas.com/

 

Roosevelt Cemetery Layout

http://www.234enterprises.com/Roosevelt%20Cemetery%20Layout.htm

 

Roosevelt Cemetery Markers (Picture Trail)

http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/listing/user/rooseveltcemetery

 

Roosevelt Cemetery on Find A Grave

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=99397&CScn=roosevelt&CScntry=4&CSst=38

 

Hobart Rose Cemetery on Find A Grave

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=99399&CScn=Hobart+Rose&CScntry=4&CSst=38

 

Hobart Resurrection (Catholic) Cemetery on Find A Grave

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2246374&CScn=Resurrection&CScntry=4&CSst=38

 

Mountain Park Cemetery on Find A Grave

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=99042&CScn=Mountain+Park&CScntry=4&CSst=38

 

Snyder Fairlawn Cemetery on Find A Grave

 

 

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