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Carolyn Niebruegge May Michael L. May
Vol. 2, Is. 10 Sept.
21, 2012
From the
Editor
Oh what beautiful weather
we’ve been having over the last couple of weeks. Fall is definitely in the air and are we
going to continue to enjoy it here? No,
the “old folks” are preparing to jump in the Highlander and head west to
We’ve been so fortunate in
our travels since retirement that we have had very few problems with our
commuter vans while we’re away. However,
on our trip to
We plan to leave early on
Wednesday morning and make
It’s also challenging to get
an edition of the “Roosevelt News – East Coast Edition” out when we’re “on the
road.” Obviously, it necessitates having
the copy together before we leave. We’ll
most likely wait until we get to the motel in
On a sad note, the editors
would like to offer our condolences to the families of
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Content
Contributors for the Week
Austilene
(Turner) Borum, Class of 1962
Charles
Curtis, Class of 1965
Glenda
(Griffee) Mayfield, Class of 1961
All
those who sent messages to the Email “Bag”
Thank
you all!
Thoughts from
the Squirrel Lair
Now That’s God
Enjoy the music as you
scroll down and read the wonderful words.
http://www.passionup.com/mp/blank/blank100.htm?cfp=1&h=7a49f7e8064d5e26&mp=1
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Minds
Great minds discuss ideas.
Average minds discuss
events.
Small minds discuss people.
--Eleanor Roosevelt
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.
Cooperton Valley Picture Trail
The “
Interesting
Tidbits
The Cowboy Solution
An excellent solution to a
lot of our problems. Don’t miss the end
of this…it’s the best part!
Cowboy rules for
1. Pull your pants up. You look like an idiot.
2. Turn your cap right, your head ain’t crooked.
3. Let’s get this straight: it’s called a ‘gravel road.’ I drive a pickup truck because I want
to. No matter how slow you drive, you’re
gonna get dust on your Lexus. Drive it or get out of the way.
4. They are cattle. That’s why they smell like cattle. They smell like money to us. Get over it.
Don’t like it? I-10 and I-40 go
east and west, I-17 and
I-15 go north and
south. Pick one and go.
5. So you have a $60,000 car. We’re impressed. We have $250,000 combines that are driven
only 3 weeks a year.
6. Every person in the Wild West waves. It’s called being friendly. Try to understand the concept.
7. If that cell phone rings while a bunch of
geese/pheasants/ducks/doves are comin’ in during a
hunt, we WILL shoot it outta your hand. You better hope you don’t have it up to your
ear at the time.
8. Yeah.
We eat trout, salmon, deer and elk.
You really want sushi and caviar?
It’s available at the corner bait shop.
9. the ‘Opener’ refers to the first day of deer
season. It’s a religious holiday held
the closest Saturday to the first of November.
10. We open doors for women. That’s applied to all women, regardless of
age.
11. No, there’s no ‘vegetarian special’ on the
menu. Order steak, or you can order the
Chef’s Salad and pick off the 2 pounds of ham and turkey.
12. When we fill out a table, there are three
main dishes: meats, vegetables, and
breads. We use three spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup! Oh, yeah…we don’t care what you folks in
13. You bring ‘Coke’ into my house, it better be
brown, wet and served over ice. You
bring ‘Mary Jane’ into my house, she better be cute, know how to shoot, drive a
truck, and have long hair.
15. Yeah, we have golf courses. But don’t hit the water hazards—it spooks the
fish.
16. Turn down that blasted car stereo! That thumpity=thump
ain’t music, anyway.
We don’t want to hear it anymore than we want to see your boxers! Refer back to #1!
A true Westerner will send
this to at least 10 others and a few new friends that probably won’t get it,
but we’re friendly so we share in hopes you can begin to understand what a real
life is all about!!
And there is more….
The COWBOY Solution to Save
Gasoline
The best way to stop using
so much gasoline is to deport 15 million illegal immigrants! That would be 15 million less people using
our gas. The price of gas would come
down.
Bring our troops home from
After his tour, he will be
allowed to become a citizen since he defended this country. He will also be registered to be taxed and be
a legal resident. This option will
probably deter illegal immigration and provide a solution for the troops in
Problem solved.
News
Have you ever visited the
grave of a loved one at the
If you have family members
or friends buried in the
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:
September 21 – Glenda (
September 21 – Gereldene Durham
September 21 – Michael Saville
September 21 – Cindy Garrison
September 21 – Ramona Cline
September 21 – Will Funkhouser
September 21 – Julie Funkhouser
September 22 – Brooke Chapman
September 22 – Rich Ainslee
September 23 – Matthew Ragsdale
September 23 – Steve Boyd
September 23 – Chris Martin, Class of 1991
September 24 – Ramona Cline
September 24 – Tom Alford, Class of 1953
September 25 – Julie Funkhouser
September 26 – Cindy Garrison
September 26 – Karey (Phillips) Kirkendoll
September 27 – Lindsey McCuiston
Happy
Anniversary To:
September 24 – Kate
& Wayne Stafford, Class of 1955
September 26 – Odie Lee & Debbie Hopkins
Humor
Stories from a
We cannot
validate these stories but they do produce a chuckle, true or not.
A DC 'airport ticket agent' offers some examples of why the
much trouble!
1. I had a New Hampshire Congresswoman
(Carol Shea-Porter) ask for an aisle seat so that her hair wouldn't get messed
up by being near the window. (On an
airplane!)
2. I got a call from a Kansas
Congressman's (Moore) staffer (Howard Bauleke), who
wanted to go to
Without trying to make him look stupid, I calmly explained, '' Cape Cod is in
Massachusetts , Cape Town is in South Africa ...'' His response -- click.
3. A senior Vermont Congressman (Bernie
Sanders) called, furious about a
He replied, “Don't lie to me! I looked
on the map, and
4. I got a call from a lawmaker's wife (Landra Reid) who asked, ''Is it possible to see
I said, ''No.''
She said, ''But they look so close on the map.'' (OMG, again!)
5. An aide for a cabinet member (Janet
Napolitano) once called and asked if he could rent a car in
6. An
I explained that
7. A
He replied, ''Well, when I checked in with the airline, they put a tag on my
luggage that said (FAT), and I'm overweight. I think that's very rude!''
After putting him on hold for a minute, while I looked into it, (I was dying
laughing), I came back and explained the city code for Fresno, CA is (FAT -
Fresno Air Terminal), and the airline was just putting a destination tag on his
luggage.
8. A Senator John Kerry aide (Lindsay
Ross) called to inquire about a trip package to
9. I just got off the phone with a
freshman Congressman, Bobby Bright from
I asked him what exactly he meant, to which he replied, ''I was told my flight
number is 823, but none of these planes have numbers on them.''
10. Senator Dianne Feinstein called and
said, ''I need to fly to
I asked if she meant fly to
11.
I double checked and sure enough, her stay required a visa. When I told her
this she said, ''Look, I've been to
12. A New Jersey Congressman (John
Adler) called to make reservations, ''I want to go from
I was at a loss for words. Finally, I said, ''Are you sure that's the name of
the town?''
''Yes, what flights do you have?'' replied the man.
After some searching, I came back with, ''I'm sorry, sir, I've looked up every
airport code in the country and can't find a Rhino anywhere."
The man retorted, ''Oh, don't be silly! Everyone knows where it is. Check your map!''
So I scoured a map of the state of
The reply, ''Whatever! I knew it was a
big animal.''
Now you know why the Government is in the shape it's in!
Could ANYONE be this DUMB?
YES, THEY WALK AMONG US, ARE IN POLITICS, AND THEY CONTINUE TO BREED.
From the Email
“Bag”
September
13, 2012
Hi Mike,
Just wondering if you could
put something in the newsletter about supporting the care and upkeep of the
My Dad was on the board
after he retired and talked with me about how hard it was to keep things going.
People might not be able to give much
but every dollar will help.
I will appreciate this. Maybe some who haven't thought about this will
help.
Thanks,
Becky (Bynum) Tannery, Class of 1965
********
September 17, 2012
Hi
Mike:
Just wanted to let you know that my cousin Jerry Jackson and one other guy were
killed in a truck accident. I believe it
was early Sat. morning. That's about all I know right now. Jerry
was the brother of Don and S.L. Jackson and they all grew up in
Thanks,
Linda
(Elix) Newson, Class of 1968
Political
Fodder
Thanks Australia This is Awesome
Written by an Australian
Dentist
To Kill an American
You probably missed this in
the rush of news, but there was actually a report that someone in
So an Australian dentist
wrote an editorial the following day to let everyone know what an American
is. So they would know when they found
one. (Good one, mate!!!)
‘An American is English, or
French, or Italian, Irish, German, Spanish, Polish, Russian or Greek. An American may also be Canadian, Mexican,
African, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Australian, Iranian, Asian, or
Arab, or Pakistani or Afghan.
An American may also be a
Comanche, Cherokee, Osage, Blackfoot, Navaho, Apache, Seminole or one of the
many other tribes known as Native Americans.
An American is Christian, or
he could be Jewish, or Buddhist, or Muslim.
In fact, there are more Muslims in American than in
An American is also free to
believe in no religion. For that he will
answer only to God, not to the government, or to armed thugs claiming to speak
for the government and for God.
An American lives in the
most prosperous land in the history of the world.
The root of that prosperity
can be found in the Declaration of Independence, which recognizes the God given
right of each person to the pursuit of happiness.
An American is
generous. Americans have helped out just
about every other nation in the world in their time of need, never asking a
thing in return.
When
As of the morning of
September 11, Americans had given more than any other nation to the poor in
The national symbol of
Some of them were working in
the
So you can try to kill an
American if you must. Hitler did. So did General Tojo,
and Stalin, and Mao Tse-Tung, and other blood-thirsty
tyrants in the world. But, in doing so
you would just be killing yourself because Americans are not a particular
people from a particular place. They are
the embodiment of the human spirit of freedom.
Everyone who holds to that spirit, everywhere, is an American.’
This says it all for all of
us.
********
His Testimony
Something everyone should
hear before November 6. Then decide--if
you haven’t already. It’s your choice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=tCAffMSWSzY#t=28
Obituaries
Jerry
Lee Jackson, Sr., 62,
http://www.rayandmarthas.com/CurrentObituary.aspx?did=1fea121e-1b1b-41b9-8aee-481d0e9bbab6
Brad
Ragsdale, 48,
http://www.rayandmarthas.com/CurrentObituary.aspx?did=5fef49dd-51c8-41a8-909b-95ef57185f10
Useful
Links:
Becker
Funeral Home of Snyder, OK
http://www.beckerfuneral.com/?page=snyder
Peoples
Cooperative Funeral
http://www.peoplescooperativefuneralhome.com/
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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