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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 Oklahoma!  We’re hoping that the weather will be comparable there.  We try to make this “trek” every 3 or 4 months to visit Carolyn’s Mother, our families, and friends back there.  So, if our crossing your border is of concern, beware, we’re coming anyway.

 

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 Atlanta over Labor Day we were not as fortunate.  Nothing serious--that is nothing that a couple sets of new tires didn’t fix.  However, having someone to do the “leg work” is always an issue.  Fortunately we have great service people at our local Ford dealer to get the vans back on the road if there is an issue and a young man who is a service advisor there who will shuttle our backup van out to the affected driver, bring the “sick” one in for repair, and return it.  Richard Link, you are a life saver for us.

 

We plan to leave early on Wednesday morning and make Memphis, TN, in time to have dinner with our cousins there.  There is a new La Quinta motel there that we like and a steakhouse “Firebirds” close by that we like even more.  Eating on the road is always tough.  We try to have sandwich “stuff” and snacks to keep us going, but sometimes we just want something else and that “something else” is many times difficult to find.

 

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 Lawton on Thursday to put the paper out.  So, don’t get concerned if the paper is out a little later than normal.  It will get out sometime Thursday.

 

On a sad note, the editors would like to offer our condolences to the families of Roosevelt residents Brad Ragsdale and Jerry Lee Jackson, Sr., who were both tragically killed in an automobile (pickup) accident in the early morning hours of last Saturday.  Links to their obituaries are available below.  Our prayers also go out to Gates Jennings who was a passenger in the vehicle and suffered serious injuries.

 

mlm

 

 

 

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 “Cooperton Valley” Picture Trail site has been renewed for all to enjoy.  Thanks to Karen (Johnson) Mason for funding this site for the coming year.  This site has many pictures from past Cooperton School reunions.  We hope that you will find these photos interesting if you haven’t visited this site in the past (or if you have and wondered where it went).  Go to http://www.picturetrail.com/coopertonvalley to visit the site.

 

 

 

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 Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, Nebraska, Idaho, and the rest of the Wild West and for those who love the West are as follows:

 

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 Cincinnati call that stuff you eat…IT AIN’T REAL CHILI!!

 

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.

 

14.  College and high school football is as important here as the Giants, the Yankees, the Mets, the Lakers and the Knicks, and a dang site more fun to watch.

 

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 Afghanistan to guard the borders.  When they catch an illegal immigrant crossing the Border, hand him a canteen, rifle, and some ammo and ship him to Afghanistan.  Tell him if he wants to come to AMERICA then he must serve a tour in OUR military.  Give him a soldier’s pay while he’s there and tax him on it.

 

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 Afghanistan and the aliens trying to make a better life for themselves.  If they refuse to serve, ship them to Afghanistan anyway, without the canteen, rifle, or ammo.

 

Problem solved.

 

 

 

News

 

Roosevelt Cemetery

 

Have you ever visited the grave of a loved one at the Roosevelt Cemetery and thought how nice the Cemetery looks?  That just doesn’t happen by itself.  There is a lot of work and expense to keep the Cemetery in nice condition.  The Roosevelt Cemetery Board works hard to be sure the cemetery looks nice when family members come back to visit the graves of loved ones.  The Board receives no financial assistance from the city of Roosevelt so all expenses must be covered by donations from those who have family members buried there, memorials received when someone dies, or the sale of lots.  It costs $550 each time the cemetery is mowed and that must be done about 10 to 12 times each year.  In addition, the Cemetery is sprayed each spring for weeds at an approximate cost of $1000.  Trees must be trimmed, roads repaired, and sinking graves filled.  All of this costs money.  Only with the continued support from those with family buried there can the Cemetery continue to be maintained at the current level.

 

If you have family members or friends buried in the Roosevelt Cemetery and would like to make a donation to help with the upkeep of the cemetery, please send the donation to the Roosevelt Cemetery Board, P.O. Box 94, Roosevelt, OK, 73564.  Every dollar received will help.  Also please send your name and address to the Board so that they can have up-to-date records of family members of those buried in the cemetery.  The Roosevelt Cemetery always looks nice but only through the help of family can that continue.

 

 

 

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 (Brazil) Jenkins, Class of 1991

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 Washington, D.C. Airport Ticket Agent

 

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 US is in so
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 Cape Town.  I started to explain the length of the flight and the passport information, and then he interrupted me with, ''I'm not trying to make you look stupid, but Cape Town is in Massachusetts ...''

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 Florida package we did.  I asked what was wrong with the vacation in Orlando. He said he was expecting an ocean-view room.  I tried to explain that's not possible, since Orlando is in the middle of the state.

He replied, “Don't lie to me!  I looked on the map, and Florida is a very THIN state!!'' (OMG)


4.  I got a call from a lawmaker's wife (Landra Reid) who asked, ''Is it possible to see England from Canada?''

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 Dallas.  I pulled up the reservation and noticed he had only a 1-hour layover in Dallas.  When I asked him why he wanted to rent a car, he said, ''I heard Dallas was a big airport, and we will need a car to drive between gates to save time.'' (Aghhhh)
 
6.   An Illinois Congresswoman (Jan Schakowsky) called last week. She needed to know how it was possible that her flight from Detroit left at 8:30 a.m. and got to Chicago at 8:33 a.m.

I explained that Michigan was an hour ahead of Illinois, but she couldn't understand the concept of time zones.  Finally, I told her the plane went fast, and she bought that.  (Must be blonde.)

7.   A New York lawmaker (Jerrold Nadler) called and asked, ''Do airlines put your physical description on your bag so they know whose luggage belongs to whom?''  I said, 'No, why do you ask?'

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 Hawaii.  After going over all the cost info, she asked, ''Would it be cheaper to fly to California and then take the train to Hawaii?''

9.  I just got off the phone with a freshman Congressman, Bobby Bright from Ala. who asked, ''How do I know which plane to get on?''

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 Pepsi-Cola, Florida.  Do I have to get on one of those little computer planes?''

I asked if she meant fly to Pensacola and fly on a commuter plane. She said, ''Yeah, whatever, smarty!''

11. Mary Landrieu, Louisiana Senator, called and had a question about the documents she needed in order to fly to China.  After a lengthy discussion about passports, I reminded her that she needed a visa. "Oh, no I don't.  I've been to China many times and never had to have one of those.''

I double checked and sure enough, her stay required a visa. When I told her this she said, ''Look, I've been to China four times and every time they have accepted my American Express!''

12.  A New Jersey Congressman (John Adler) called to make reservations, ''I want to go from Chicago to Rhino, New York.''

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 New York and finally offered, ''You don't mean Buffalo, do you?''

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 Roosevelt Cemetery?  It has come to my attention that they receive no money from the City and do all the mowing (10-11 times a year @$550.00 a mow) strictly on donations from family members.  Gayle Lyde would love to have addresses for families who have loved ones buried there so that she could mail them info and hopefully get some help for this project.  When this generation of workers is no longer able to do the work, who in Roosevelt will care?

 

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

 

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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 Roosevelt.  They are dead now and in Roosevelt Cemetery.  Both parents are also dead.  Sam Lonnie Jackson was their father and Ella Elix was their mother.  If I find out any thing else, I will let you know.

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 Pakistan had published in a newspaper, an offer of a reward to anyone who killed an American, any American.

 

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 Afghanistan.  The only difference is that in America they are free to worship as each of them chooses.

 

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 Afghanistan was over-run by the Soviet army 20 years ago, Americans came with arms and supplies to enable the people to win back their country!

 

As of the morning of September 11, Americans had given more than any other nation to the poor in Afghanistan.

 

The national symbol of America, The Statue of Liberty, welcomes your tired and your poor, the wretched refuse of your teeming shores, the homeless, tempest tossed.  These in fact are the people who built America.

 

Some of them were working in the Twin Towers the morning of September 11, 2001, earning a better life for their families.  It’s been told that the World Trade Center victims were from at least 30 different countries, cultures, and first languages, including those that aided and abetted the terrorists.

 

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.

 

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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, Roosevelt resident

http://www.rayandmarthas.com/CurrentObituary.aspx?did=1fea121e-1b1b-41b9-8aee-481d0e9bbab6

 

Brad Ragsdale, 48, Roosevelt resident, Class of 1982

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 Home of Lone Wolf, OK

http://www.peoplescooperativefuneralhome.com/

 

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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