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 Carolyn Niebruegge May                      Michael L. May

Vol. 1, Is. 50                                                                                      June 29, 2012

 

 

From the Editor

 

It’s a beautiful, still morning in Virginia.  I’m outside at the base of the “Squirrel Lair” enjoying the outdoors as I write this.  Had a light shower last night--just enough to cool things down a little and make the air smell fresh.  These are the kind of days that make you appreciate being alive.

 

I think I have mentioned my former co-worker and close friend that has been battling cancer for the last 2 ½ years.  He’s been “opened up” more times than a stale bag of potato chips.  It appears now that he has another blockage in his small intestine and as a result of the many “openings” his current doctors are fearful of the outcome if they should go in again.  However, he’s optimistic that another set of doctors in Baltimore will have a different opinion.

 

Given that background, here comes the real story.  I had a doctor’s appointment last Friday near the hospital that he’s currently in and decided that I’d take the opportunity to stop by for a brief visit.  Talking to him a couple of days earlier, I’d promised I’d stop by.  At the time he told me to be prepared because he looked like “death warmed over.”  He’s currently on intravenous feeding as real food causes immense pain.  My initial glance after stepping in the room revealed what he had promised.  In addition to his frail, white, and unshaven appearance, he was definitely depressed as he explained that they had found a blockage, but were not optimistic at the hopes of successfully removing it.  Obviously, that dramatically hindered my ability to enter into a positive dialogue.  I asked if he had many visitors and he said, “just family.”  That made cold chills run up and down my spine thinking that I might be one of very few who had taken the time to come by, call, or text.  This is not a time for one to feel alone.   I did all I could to encourage him to keep his spirits up and consider exercising the option of “moving on to different surgeons.”  With that, I reached over, grasped his hand, assured him that he would continue to be in my prayers, and excused myself to weep outside in the hall.  He has continued to be ever present on my mind and in my prayers as I had promised.  Then during dinner Sunday evening I got a text from him.  It read as follows, “How goes it?  Thanks to your prayers I am doing much better today.  I may even get to come home soon.  Just wanted to give you a heads up.”  I responded, “So great to hear!  So pleased!  You’ve been almost constantly in my prayers.”  His response, “They are answered.  Thank you.”

 

To say that I was stunned would be an understatement.  I was so elated that he firmly believed my prayers had made a difference and whether they really had or not, he had been granted “one more good day.”  So seldom do we ever know when we pray for someone if they think our prayers mattered.  This was one of those very rare events--one that certainly “made my day.”  Don’t worry, that’s all the encouragement I need to continue “sending them up.”

 

mlm

 

 

 

Content Contributors for the Week

 

Austilene (Turner) Borum, Class of 1961

Clyde and Mabel Blackwood, Class of 1943 and 1946

Jack Whitson, Class of 1953

All those who sent messages to the Email “Bag”

 

Thank you all!

 

 

July 4th, Independence Day

 

On Wednesday of next week we will celebrate Independence Day or as we commonly say July 4th.  I think it is very important that we stop and think about what we are celebrating.  Our forefathers went to great lengths to come to America where they fought for the freedom and democracy they wanted for themselves and for the future generations of this great country.  Only with their sacrifices have we as Americans been able to enjoy the freedoms we have. 

 

We as Americans should take a few minutes to be sure we understand exactly what our forefathers fought for and the steps they took to insure our independence and democracy.  The links below provide insight into Independence Day (July 4th). 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(United_States)

 

The links in the following provide interesting and fun facts about July 4.

 

http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Independence-Day.shtml

 

This link includes several interesting videos about July 4.

 

http://www.history.com/topics/july-4th

 

And if you are looking for that special dish for your July 4th cookout, you just might find it on the following link.

 

 

 

Remembering…

 

Dragging Main

 

Almost every time we visit Oklahoma with our kids, they comment that they can’t imagine what we did to pass time when we were growing up.  That was especially true when they were teenagers but continues even till today.  I guess I must admit that I, too, wonder what the teenagers of today do in Roosevelt, Snyder, or Hobart. 

 

I can’t comment much about the goings on in Roosevelt or Hobart but I certainly remember spending many of nights dragging the streets of Snyder.  Every time we visit and I drive through town I reflect back on my days of growing up there.  As a small child I remember going to town—and town was Snyder--on Saturday night.  Every building on both sides of Main Street was occupied—several grocery stores, several dry goods stores, two drug stores, a furniture store, a couple of hardware stores, cleaners, and, of course, two movie theaters.  Every parking place was taken and cars were double parked on both sides of the street.  Teenagers were “dragging Main” in bumper to bumper traffic.  The movie theaters ran the feature movie at least twice each night and then I seem to recall they had a mid-night feature as well.  I, too, remember that the theaters had a drawing on Wednesday night—probably for $25 and the theaters were packed as everyone wanted a chance to win that prize.  Tickets were probably 25 cents.  I remember that they had Saturday matinees for a dime.  Before we were old enough to drive, it was a thrill to convince Dad that we could join in the crowd “dragging Main.”

 

As I went to high school and got my driver’s license, I joined those teenagers “dragging Main.”  Who knows how many times a night we would go up and down Main turning east on Hwy 62 to the Missile Drive In and then back up Main to the railroad tracks to shoot a U-turn and start the drag all over again.  Along the way, we might stop at the Dairyland and visit with other friends parked in the lot there or in the Missile parking for a visit or a soda.  I never go through Snyder today that I don’t notice the “No U-turn” sign at the railroad track.  What would that have done to our fun in the 1960’s?

 

I am sure today’s teenagers find more interesting things to occupy their time than “dragging Main” but I doubt they have any more fun than we did.  They certainly have to go further than we did because it was a rare day that we left town for a night of fun.

 

We would love to include any of your recollections of fun times in your growing up years.  Please send us your memories!  cnm

 

 

 

Thoughts from the Squirrel Lair

 

How to Plant Your Garden

 

http://home.pcisys.net/~tbc/garden/

 

 

 

 

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

 

What Goes on in the Garden When You Aren’t Watching

 

The hummingbird doing rolls chasing a bug is really something!!  And the night scenes with the bats in the moonlight on those blooming cactus are unreal.  WOW!  ENJOY!!  This is beautiful…be sure and watch closely (at around 2 minutes 40 seconds) and check out the baby bat under its mama.  Unreal.  If you never knew what goes on in the garden when you aren’t paying attention, watch this—some of the finest photography you will ever see.

 

Turn up your sound and enjoy.

 

http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/xHkq1edcbk4?rel=0

 

 

 

News

 

Krista Chain Makes President’s Honor Roll

 

Krista Chain, daughter of David (Class of 1975) and Galeen Chain, Hobart, has been named to the President's Honor Roll at Southwestern Oklahoma State University for academic work during the 2012 spring semester on the Weatherford campus.  An undergraduate student who earns all A's in 12 or more hours during a semester qualifies for the President's Honor Roll.

Congratulations Krista!!  It takes a lot of hard work to receive this honor.

 

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19th Cooperton Valley Reunion

 

The 19th annual Cooperton Valley Reunion is coming up on July 28th.  The start time is 9:00 a.m. and will go until ???.  The noon meal will be catered by End O’ Main and is $15 per plate.  Reservations MUST be made by July 19, 2012.  Make checks payable to:  Cooperton Valley Reunion and send them to Joyce Vanderpol, 14831 N. 2330 Rd., Roosevelt, OK 73564-5033.  You can also call Joyce at 580-639-2780 and leave a message or send an email to coopertonreunionjuly@yahoo.com.  Plan to attend and enjoy the company of others from the area.

 

 

 

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:

 

June 29 – Clint Block
June 29 – Tasha Cortes
June 29 – Mason Zacharias
June 30 – Kaylee Carter
June 30 – Junior Curtis, Class of 1965
June 30 – Olivia Juarez
June 30 – Gayle (Thomas) Lyde, Class of 1959
June 30 – Breanna Webb
June 30 – Shirley Lucus
June 30 – Samantha Bellendir
June 30 – Sarah Bellendir

July 1 – Shannon Stockton
July 1 – Kate (Roberts) Stafford, Class of 1955
July 2 – Michelle Peterson
July 3 – Gregg Jackson, Class of 1975
July 3 – Connie Alonzo
July 3 – Carl Barnes, Jr., Class of 1990
July 4 – Shelli Mahoney
July 5 – Kamron Lile
July 5 – Chris Reeves
July 5 – Kashen Urban

 

Happy Anniversary To:

 

June 30 – J. D. & Pam Taylor
June 30 – Jack & Theresa Whitson, Class of 1953, Celebrating their 50th anniversary
June 30 – Jerry & Christy Pina

July 1 – Allen & Betty Moore

 

 

 

Humor

 

Overheard Cell Phone Etiquette

 

After a very busy day, a commuter settled down in her seat and closed her eyes as the train departed Montreal for Hudson.  As the train rolled out of the station, the buy sitting next to her pulled out his cell phone and started talking in a loud voice:  “Hi, sweetheart, it’s Eric.  I’m on the train – yes, I know it’s the six thirty and not the four thirty but I had a long meeting – no, honey, not with that floozie from the accounts office, with the boss.  No, sweetheart, you’re the only one in my life – yes, I’m sure, cross my heart. . .” etc., etc.  Fifteen minutes later at St. Anne de Bellevue he was still talking loudly, when the young woman sitting next to him, who was obviously angered by his continuous diatribe, yelled at the top of her voice:  “Hey, Eric, turn that stupid phone off and come back to bed!” 

 

Eric doesn’t use his cell phone in public anymore….

 

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Why We Love Children!!!

 

A kindergarten pupil told his teacher he’d found a cat, but it was dead.  “How do you know that the cat was dead?” she asked him.  “Because I pissed in its ear and it didn’t move,” answered the child innocently.  “You did WHAT?!!” the teacher exclaimed in surprise.  “You know,” explained the boy, “I leaned over and went ‘Pssst!’ and it didn’t move.”

 

A little girl goes to the barber shop with her father.  She stands next to the barber chair, while her dad gets his hair cut, eating a snack cake.  The barber says to her, “Sweetheart, you’re gonna get hair on your Twinkie.”  She says, “Yes, I know, and I’m gonna get boobs, too.”

 

An exasperated mother, whose son was always getting into mischief, finally asked him, “How do you expect to get into Heaven?”  The boy thought it over and said, “Well, I’ll run in and out and in and out and keep slamming the door until St. Peter says, ‘For Heaven’s sake, Dylan, come in or stay out!”

 

One summer evening during a violent thunderstorm a mother was tucking her son into bed.  She was about to turn off the light when he asked with a tremor in his voice, “Mommy, will you sleep with me tonight?”  The mother smiled and gave him a reassuring hug.  “I can’t dear,” she said.  “I have to sleep in Daddy’s room.”  A long silence was broken at last by his shaky little voice.  “The big sissy.”

 

It was that time, during the Sunday morning service, for the children’s sermon.  All the children were invited to come forward.  One little girl was wearing a particularly pretty dress and, as she sat down, the pastor leaned over and said, “That is a very pretty dress.  Is it your Easter dress?”  The little girl replied, directly into the pastor’s clip-on microphone.  “Yes, and my Mom says it’s a b’tch to iron.”

 

When I was six months pregnant with my third child, my three year-old came into the room as I was preparing to get into the shower.  She said, “Mommy, you are getting fat!”  I replied, “Yes, honey, remember Mommy has a baby growing in her tummy.”  “I know,” she replied, “but what’s growing in your butt?”

 

One day the first grade teacher was reading the story of Chicken Little to her class.  She came to the part where Chicken Little warns the farmer.  She read, “…and Chicken Little went up to the farmer and said, ‘The sky is falling!’”  The teacher then asked the class, “And what do you think that farmer said?”  One little girl raised her hand and said, “I think he said:  “Holy Sh’t!  A talking chicken!”  The teacher was unable to teach for the next 10 minutes.  

 

 

 

From the Email “Bag”

 

June 26, 2012

 

Michael, this is being sent at the suggestion of Wayne Rickerd.

 

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From:  Frances (Roberts) Herod, Class of 1945

 

I’m still on Cloud 9 — but admit I’m sleepless in Oklahoma.  The past week has been a roller coaster.

 

How can giving a donation of $33.33 to charity create such a melee?  I’m glad contributions to church don’t cause the same reaction.

 

My oldest daughter was out of town so she missed her 15 minutes of fame.  She’s back now and the ramifications of the whole thing are beginning to soak in.

 

We still haven’t received the packet from St. Jude Dream Homes, you know — all that fine print.  It’s due any day.  Thank goodness they delay it until people settle down enough to read it.  We will have one week to sign on the dotted line — accepting the house or — declining the offer.

 

Oh, and that’s not all:  When Wayne Rickerd read about my lucky draw, he e-mailed saying, "Will you marry me" and signed it "Your loving Classmate."

 

The next morning Carla, Wayne's daughter, asked Wayne if I had responded to his proposal and he had to reply in the negative.  She tried to console him by saying I was probably too busy preparing for the wedding.  He said he had not thought of that.

 

Later, Wayne wanted to know if I was going to send the news of his proposal to the Roosevelt News.

 

I said, "Uh . . . "  He said, "Send it, all of them would want to know, especially our teacher, Ruby Fern Johnson."

 

He extended congratulations to me as well as my daughters and their husbands, then expressed confidence that the whole process is doable.

 

 

 

Political Fodder

 

The following editorial appeared in the paper of the small town of Tawas City, Michigan, which is on Lake Huron and has a population of 2000.  It is short and to the point.

 

What Has America Become?

 

Editor,

 

Has America become the land of the special interest and home of the double standard?

 

Lets see:  If we lie to the Congress, it’s a felony and if the Congress lies to us its just politics; if we dislike a black person, we’re racist and if a black person dislikes whites, it’s their 1st Amendment right; the government spends millions to rehabilitate criminals and they do almost nothing for the victims; in public schools you can teach that homosexuality is OK, but you better not use the word God in the process; you can kill an unborn child, but its wrong to execute a mass murderer; we don’t burn books in America, we now rewrite them; we got rid of the communist and socialist threat by renaming them progressives; we are unable to close our border with Mexico, but have no problem protecting the 38th parallel in Korea; if you protest against President Obama’s policies you’re a terrorist, but if you burned an American flag or George Bush in effigy it was your 1st Amendment right.

 

You can have pornography on TV or the internet, but you better not put a nativity scene in a public park during Christmas; we have eliminated all criminals in America, they are now called sick people; we can use a human fetus for medical research, but it’s wrong to use an animal.

 

We take money from those who work hard for it and give it to those who don’t want to work; we all support the Constitution, but only when it supports our political ideology; we still have freedom of speech, but only if we are being politically correct; parenting has been replaced with Ritalin and video games; the land of opportunity is now the land of hand outs; the similarity between hurricane Katrina and the gulf oil spill is that neither president did anything to help.

 

And how do we handle a major crisis today?  The government appoints a committee to determine who’s at fault, then threatens them, passes a law, raises our taxes; tells us the problem is solved so they can back to their reelection campaign.

 

What has happened to the land of the free and home of the brave?

 

--Ken Huber, Tawas City

 

 

 

Obituaries

 

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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