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-- Printed in Loving Memory of Wanda J. Jackson 1934 - 2011 –

 

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E-mail: mmay@234enterprises.com

 Carolyn Niebruegge May                      Michael L. May

Vol. 1, Is. 52                                                                                      July 13, 2012

 

 

From the Editor

 

If you pay any attention to the heading of the Roosevelt News—East Coast Edition, you will see that this is Vol. 1, Is. 52 which means this issue completes one year of Mike and me “publishing” the news.  I am not sure what I thought we were getting into when I encouraged Mike to take on the job to continue the newsletter that Wanda had so lovingly “published” for several years.  He had told me so many times that he strongly felt that she expected he would do the newsletter when she was no longer able.  So I felt that he should try and I told him I would help him all that I could.  Well, here we are one year later.  I certainly hope that each of you have enjoyed reading the newsletter as much as we have enjoyed “publishing” it.

 

I feel that I have personally gained so much from my work.  First, I have gotten to know so many people who I didn’t know before since I didn’t grow up in Roosevelt.  You may ask, “How could she possible get to know someone just by publishing a newsletter?”  Well, the communication we receive via email opens all kind of doors.  We have been back to Oklahoma several times since starting this endeavor and I have met many of you then.  I certainly have gained from all of these experiences and know that I will continue to do so.  Second, I know that this aging mind of mine is staying a little “younger” because of the work I do each week on the newsletter.  I spend time each week researching to validate information in emails we receive.  As each holiday or special event comes along, I find I am interested in finding out more about its origin so I do more research.  The writing is really good for my mind.  So hopefully all of this work will keep my mind going for many more years and that will be a blessing.  Third, I have thought back on so many wonderful times in my early life and recorded several of those memories.  That alone has made me realize how important it is to capture these precious memories for my kids and grandkids—hopefully some day they will appreciate and be glad that Mom/Nana took the time so that they will know more about my early life.  I just have lots more of that to do.  I often think about what I need to write as I drive down the road or work around the house.  Now, I just have to capture those stories for my family.  So, I must say that I believe I have really benefitted from this experience—so maybe I should be saying “Thank you for letting us send our newsletter to you weekly.”  I only hope that each of you have enjoyed the fruits of our work.

 

Now, I really want to encourage you, our readers, to take a few minutes along and send us information for the newsletter as we start our second year.  Your friends who read the newsletter each week would really like to hear from you—where have you been and what have you done since your days in Roosevelt; what do you remember about your days in Roosevelt; what is going on in your life currently—family reunions, birthdays, anniversaries, births, events, etc.  Everyone likes to hear from their friends.  Please send us the dates for your birthdays and anniversaries—don’t assume we have them as we may not.

 

Please continue to send us articles that you find of interest but please don’t be offended if you don’t see them in the newsletter immediately.  We don’t always have room to include everything we receive each week.  Also, as I stated above I have found that I must validate the stories as many of the emails that circulate sound so good and then when I check them out, I find that there are lots of untruths in them.  Some of them I certainly wish were true but when I find there are inaccuracies, I don’t include them.

 

So with this issue we conclude one year of the Roosevelt News—East Coast Edition.  We certainly hope that you have enjoyed the News this past year and will continue to as we start our second year.

 

cnm

 

 

 

Content Contributors for the Week

 

Jerry Alford, Class of 1959

Austilene (Turner) Borum, Class of 1962

George Farrar, Class of 1969

Jack Whitson, Class of 1953

All those who sent messages to the Email “Bag”

 

Thank you all!

 

 

 

Remembering…

 

We are looking for some of readers to send us some memories for this section.  All of your friends would love to read about them!

 

 

 

Thoughts from the Squirrel Lair

 

Coffee

 

This certainly gives you something to think about.  Turn up the sound and enjoy the music as you read the message.

 

http://www.flickspire.com/m/SimpleTruths/LifeIsLikeCoffee?id=%25%25UNIQUE_ID%25%25&cm_mmc=CheetahMail-_-FR-_-10.28.11-_COFFEEmovie&utm_source=CheetahMail&utm_campaign=COFFEEmovie

 

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Observations on Growing Older

 

Today is the oldest you’ve ever been, yet the youngest you’ll ever be.  So enjoy this day while it lasts.

 

Your kids are becoming you…and you don’t like them…but your grandchildren are Perfect!

 

Going out is good…coming home is better!

 

Your forget names…but it’s OK because other people forgot they even knew you!

 

You realize you’re never going to be really good at anything…especially golf.

 

The things you used to care to do, you no longer care to do, but you really do care that you don’t care to do them any more.

 

You sleep better on a lounge chair with the TV blaring than in bed.  It’s called “pre-sleep.”

 

You miss the days when everything worked with just an “ON” and “OFF” switch.

 

You tend to use more 4 letter words…”what?”…”when?”…???

 

Now that you can afford expensive jewelry, it’s not safe to wear it anywhere.

 

You notice everything they sell in stores is “sleeveless”!!!

 

What used to be freckles are now liver spots.

 

Everybody whispers.

 

You have 3 sizes of clothes in your closet…2 of which you will never wear.

 

But old is good in some things:  old songs, old movies, and best of all Old Friends!!

 

It’s not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived!

 

 

 

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

 

1950’s Version of an Email

 

This is great and will bring back memories for many of you.

 

Be sure to have the sound turned up when you click on the link below.  Also, be sure to click on the link at the end of the first segment.

 

http://memorywebs.org/1950s_email.htm

 

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2010 Census Map

 

Remember over a year ago you filled out a census form?  Well ---- - - - - -> here are the result of this process.  What you will see is a Map of the US - not just the 48 states but all of the 50 states. Territories are not in the census - but they did provide information during this process.

 

So whatever state you are in, you can go by county and as you zoom in by city to see the increase or decrease and then you can see the changes of the various races within these cities.  Look at places you know and also look at the map at the darker brown location. You can zoom in and out to get the information on the places you know.  Use your cursor can move map around and you can zoom in on specific counties to get current stats. It is very interesting!  Fascinating!!!

 

Click on the link below.  Just glide your cursor over the map and it displays every county.

 

http://projects.nytimes.com/census/2010/map?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=thab1

 

 

 

News

 

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.

 

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RVing

 

Your editors decided to spend a few days away from home while our kids were enjoying the North Carolina beaches and we weren’t needed to keep Paige.  So we packed up the RV—by the way that is no small task getting it ready for a trip, at least getting it ready to meet Mike’s specifications—and headed south about 130 miles to one of Virginia’s largest RV camps—we are among about 1000 RV’s here this week.  Well, we should probably have taken the weather into consideration before leaving home as it has rained daily since we arrived but since we had reservations and couldn’t get a refund we thought we should make the trip.  According to Mike the RV has a moat around it and he is close to right as much of the time the water is over shoe high all around us.  To make matters worse we found a leak we didn’t know we had and have been trying to keep the inside dry while determining the origin of the leak.  Mike thinks he knows but we haven’t totally decided on the fix.  So this definitely has not been the trip we hoped for as we haven’t been able to enjoy the great outdoors.

 

Having said that, we have traveled the back roads of the northern neck of Virginia to see parts of Virginia we had never visited before.  I definitely inherited my Dad’s love to see new country and take in everything I can about the area from the beauty of the area to farm crops to industry, etc.  On one of our outings someone suggested we try a restaurant on the waters of the Rappahannock River.  The restaurant, Merrior, is a tasting room for the Rappahannock River Oyster Co.  The following link gives you details of the restaurant:  http://fatbackandfoiegras.blogspot.com/2011/10/merroir-rappahannock-oyster-co-tasting.html. 

 

This was an interesting experience.  The food was good and all cooked over grills outside.  The Rappahannock River Oyster Co. “raises” its own oysters in the River or the Chesapeake Bay.  Mike asks lots of questions and the chef gladly explained the process of raising oysters.  The following links provide details as they were explained to us: 

 

http://www.fishchoice.com/FeaturedSUPPLIER/Past-Featured-SUPPLIERS/Rappahannock-River-Oysters.aspx

 

http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/2009/11/19/tom-colicchio-day-4-a-day-with-rappahannock-river-oysters

 

http://www.welovedc.com/2011/12/15/we-love-food-rappahannock-river-oysters-llc/

 

I found the information in the links to be very interesting, and I now even better understand what the chef told us today.

 

The restaurant alone uses 6000 oysters weekly and the company ships an additional 60,000 oysters to restaurants across the country.  They harvest the oysters from some 350 oyster beds they have rights to in the Rappahannock River and the Chesapeake Bay.  They ship 50,000 clams harvested from the Bay overseas weekly as well.  Another great lesson in something we knew virtually nothing about.  This great country offers so much if we just take the time to enjoy it.

 

By the way, this issue of the Newsletter is coming to you from that RV camp near Urbanna, VA. 

 

cnm

 

 

 

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:

 

July 13 – David Leo Dickson
July 14 – Betty (Armstrong) Barnes, Class of 1959
July 14 – Christel Funkhouser

July 14 – Brady Hester
July 15 – Amber Gibbons
July 15 – Sandra Cranford
July 15 – Sharon Ellis
July 15 – Melissa (Lowell) McCannon, Class of 1993
July 15 – LaJeania (Burns) Hicks, Class of 1989
July 16 – Becky (Bynum) Tannery, Class of 1965
July 16 – David Jackson, Class of 1975
July 17 – Cliff Pool
July 17 – Juanita Lambert
July 18 – Ken Miller
July 18 – Martin Terry
July 19 – Kyla Everhart

July 19 – Linda Flow
July 19 – Kolt Walker

 

 

 

Humor

 

Alphabet for Aging

 

This is humorous but unfortunately not too far from right.

 

http://members.iglou.com/riplou/AlphabetOfAging.htm

 

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Grandmas Are Smart

 

I was out walking with my grandson.  He picked up something off the ground and started to put it in his mouth.  I took the item away from him and asked him not to do that.

 

“Why?” my grandson asked.

 

“Because it’s been on the ground; you don’t know where it’s been, it’s dirty, and probably has germs, and sometimes germs make little boys sick and not feel good,” I replied.

 

At this point, my grandson looked at me with total admiration and asked, “Grandma, how do you know all this stuff?  You are so smart.” 

 

I was thinking quickly and said to him, “All grandmas know stuff.  It’s on the Grandma Test.  You have to know it, or they don’t let you be a Grandma.”

 

We walked along in silence for 2 or 3 minutes, but he was evidently pondering this new information.

 

“Oh…I get it!” he beamed.  “So, if you don’t pass the test, you have to be a Grandpa.”

 

“Exactly,” I replied with a big smile on my face.

 

Probably only Grandmas will laugh at this one.

 

 

 

From the Email “Bag”

 

July 8, 2012

 

Hi Mike and Carolyn,

 

I just wanted for you to please add my birthday.  It's July 2 (Class of 1982).  Thanks and keep this up!  I like reading it whether I know the people or not.

God Bless!

 

Sheri (Pound) Wann, Class of 1982

 

Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

 



Political Fodder

 

Auto Bailout or United Auto Workers Bailout?

 

The government bailout of General Motors (GM) and Chrysler between 2008 and 2009 will cost taxpayers approximately $23 billion, as estimated by the Treasury Department.  President Barack Obama emphatically defends his decision to subsidize the automakers, arguing it was necessary to prevent massive job losses, say James Sherk and Todd Zywicki of the Heritage Foundation.

 

Even if one accepts this premise, the government could have executed the bailout more efficiently with no cost to taxpayers had the administration required the United Auto Workers (UAW) to accept standard bankruptcy concessions.  Instead, the Obama administration gave special treatment to the UAW above and beyond what other creditors and unions received:

 

Bankruptcy typically brings uncompetitive wages down to competitive levels, yet existing UAW members did not take pay cuts at General Motors.

 

The administration could have kept the automakers running without subsidizing the UAW's above-market pay and benefits.

 

Subsidizing UAW compensation cost $26.5 billion -- an amount that exceeds the estimated taxpayer losses on the bailout program.

 

When GM and Chrysler each ran out of cash, the Obama administration forced the companies into bankruptcy as a condition of receiving government support and funded them through the bankruptcy process.  Even in this regard, the president shamelessly ignored standard bankruptcy protocol in order to dole additional favor upon the UAW.

 

A cornerstone of bankruptcy policy is the requirement that creditors' priorities are preserved in bankruptcy in the same order as they are preserved outside bankruptcy.

 

Specific to the auto manufacturers, priority should have been given to paying secured lenders in full before paying unsecured lenders (like the UAW).

 

Instead, the plan imposed by the government forced Chrysler's secured creditors to accept only 29 cents on the dollar, while the UAW recovered most of the value of its claims.

 

Another standard element of bankruptcy proceedings is that similarly situated lenders should be given equal priority.

 

However, the UAW's fellow unsecured lenders received no such special treatment by the government's bankruptcy process.

 

Thus, while the Obama administration may sell this program as being necessary to stem the hemorrhaging of jobs, the Detroit bailout was little more than a UAW bailout.

 

Source: James Sherk and Todd Zywicki, "Auto Bailout or UAW Bailout? Taxpayer Losses Came from Subsidizing Union Compensation," Heritage Foundation, June 13, 2012.

 

For text:

http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/06/auto-bailout-or-uaw-bailout-taxpayer-losses-came-from-subsidizing-union-compensation

 

 

 

Obituaries

 

Vera (Goodin) Newton, 80, Hereford, Texas, former Roosevelt resident

http://www.parksidechapelfh.com/content/obituaries/view.jsp?OID=121987

 

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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