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Carolyn Niebruegge May Michael L. May 
Vol. 2, Is. 16 Nov.
2, 2012
From the
Editor
This editorial is brought to
you by two of the most fortunate people on the east coast. We spent 3 days “hunkered down” as nervous as
a cat in a room full of rocking chairs--having no reason to believe it wasn’t
appropriate based on the forecast.
However, fortunately for us, but obviously not for our friends to the
north, we came through almost totally unscathed from
Now on to what we missed
down our way. The damage that
Rebuilding will be a painful
and costly process and all of us, as a result, will probably pay more for
homeowners’ insurance when our premiums come due. For those of us who were unaffected, I hope
that when and if that time comes, we will simply pay the increase and think
this is a small price to pay when we have been spared and others have lost so
much. I can’t imagine what an enormous
effort it will be to bring
I’m sure that all of you,
during one catastrophe or another, across this country when so many have lost
everything tried to put yourself in their place, if only for a moment--then
realize, “Oh, we’re Ok.”. As we see the
news coverage of this tragedy start to wind down over the next days and weeks,
remain cognizant that for those affected it is still “front and center” and
will be until they rebuild--rebuild, but without so many irreplaceable mementos
and pictures of times from their past.
By being there myself, I think so much of the seniors that were affected
and how much harder it is for them to face such a disaster happening at this
juncture in their life. Keep everyone,
both young and old, in your prayers as they attempt start over.
mlm
PS Please remember, next Tuesday is Election Day. Exercise your privilege as an American and VOTE!!!!
Content
Contributors for the Week
Clyde
& Mabel Blackwood, Classes of 1943 & 1946
Charles
Curtis, Class of 1965
Gaynelle
Gray
Dave
Lester
Geary
McDowell
Wayne
Rickerd, Class of 1945
Kate
(Roberts)
All
those who sent messages to the Email “Bag”
Thank
you all!
Remembering…
Another
Halloween Remembrance from
Jerry Hayslip
sent us the following memory he had of his youth in
Here is a memory of a time
in my life on Halloween. Just can't
remember if I was in third or fourth grade. We scouted the whole town looking for toilets
or out houses to turn over. Well, we
made our list and the route we planned on taking. Since we lived only one block away from Stogie
Butler, his out house was the first target. It was still daylight but getting dark or
dusk. I keep saying we--just don't
recall who I was with, but as we walked down the alley we could see our first
target coming into sight. Seems like there were three of us. As we surrounded that toilet we started
rocking it back and forth until it flipped over forward onto its
door. To our shock Marilyn (Morgan)
Lester’s grandmother was on the pot. Her
name was Kate Baker. Don't recall what
she said to us but she knew who we were.
We ran back home scared to death and stayed there. So our plan of
flipping those out houses over and then going on to trick or treat ended with
no candy to eat. Scared all night not
knowing what or when Kate would tell my daddy.
As my mind recalls, the next day we had to go back and set the toilet
back up on its foundation. Don't
remember any more about that night, but never did I ever flip over another
out house.
Thoughts from
the Squirrel Lair
Rainbows of Fall
Fall may be the most
beautiful time of the year--especially if you live in the right place. The two links below let you enjoy the views
of fall in different ways. Be sure to
scroll down to the pictures and words in the second link.
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=Zu8xF9XtzZQ
Alumni Website
We
have renewed the account that
Cooperton Valley Picture Trail
The “
Interesting
Tidbits
Women’s Right to Vote
This is a very interesting
true story. Read it and please remember
that we should not take the right to vote lightly.
http://rememberthesuffragists.blogspot.com/2011/08/true-story-everyone-should-know.html
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Cool Mind Stuff
I don’t know how this is
done but it is very interesting. Click on
the link but try not to go crazy figuring out how these work.
http://fridays.ws/2010/05/cool-mind-stuff.php
News
Football Complex at SWSU Named for Cecil Perkins
Cecil Perkins, a 1954 graduate
of
http://www.swosusports.com/article.asp?articleID=2126
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Halloween in
The
Roosevelt Senior Citizens Center (RSC) was the site of the first Annual Trick
or Treat Fest. This was a joint venture
with the RSC and the Southern Kiowa Chamber.
Everyone was encouraged to bring their goblins for candy, hot dogs,
chips, drinks and a little trick or two.
The event was a complete success!
The only downside was running out of hotdogs.
The
hope was for 12 to 15 little ghosts and goblins to join the RSC and Southern
Kiowa Chamber for the Trick or Treat Fest.
Well, that wasn’t a problem! They
lost count at 64. Of course, the older
crowd was included and it was hard to determine who was having the most fun—the
youngsters who were Trick or Treating or the older crowd who were furnishing
the treats and getting to watch all the younger ones. The community was invited to bring their
treats and pass them out to all the ghosts and goblins. An added bonus was that those who live in the
rural area brought treats and stayed to watch the fun.
The
Southern Kiowa Chamber is an awesome group as are the volunteers at the
RSC. They are applauded for hosting this
great event for the community.
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The
Roosevelt Senior Citizen Center serves lunch on Tuesday and Thursday from 11:30
a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The cost is $4 for
those 60 and over and $5 for the younger generation. Stop in and enjoy a good meal while visiting
with your friends.
The
Kiowa County Health Department will be at the RSC on Thursday, November 8 to do
blood pressure screenings.
The
menu for next week is as follows:
Tuesday,
Nov. 6: Meat Loaf, Mashed Potatoes,
Corn, Garlic/Herb Rolls, Salad Bar, and Banana Nut Bread
Thursday,
Nov. 8: Baked Ham, Hash brown Potato
Casserole, Peas, Rolls, Salad Bar, and Cookies
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The Kiowa County Historical
Society is having its Annual Members Meeting and Dinner Monday, November 12 at
6:00 pm at the
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The Kiowa county
Genealogical Society will meet at 7 p.m., Tuesday, November 13 in the Jake
Slaner Room at the Jane Phelan Library,
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The Kiowa County Historical
Society is holding a bake sale during Moonlight Madness, Thursday, November 15
at 5:30 pm at the Hobart Chamber of Commerce Office,
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:
November 2 – Mabel (Block)
Blackwood, Class of 1946
November 2 – Jenny (
November 2 – Sammye Jo Cooper
November 2 – Frank Lyde
November 2 – Jean Sears
November 4 – Hazel
(McKinnis) McIntire
November 4 – Jerome Smith, Class of 1980
November 4 – Sam Ward
November 4 – Tony Reeves
November 5 – Trazi Jo Cooper
November 6 – Kinna Garrison
November 6 – Tim Morris, Class of 1987
November 7 – Arlene Boyd
Happy Anniversary To:
November 2 – Eric &
Kaye Jackson, Class of 1962
November 2 – David & Pam Jackson, Classes of 1975 & 1979
Humor
Editor’s
Note: We know Halloween was Wednesday
night but this was just too good to pass up.
Halloween Is
Coming!
A
man is walking home alone late one foggy night…when behind him he hears:
Bump…Bump…Bump
Walking
faster, he looks back and through the fog he makes out the image of an upright
casket banging its way down the middle of the street toward.
Bump…Bump…Bump
Terrified,
the man begins to run toward his home, the casket bouncing quickly behind him.
Faster…Faster…Faster
Bump…Bump…Bump
He
runs up to his door, fumbles with his keys, opens the door, rushes in, slams
and locks the door behind him.
However,
the casket crashes through his door, with the lid of the casket clapping
Clappity-Bump…Clappity-Bump…Clappity-Bump
on his heels. The
terrified man runs.
Rushing
upstairs to the bathroom, the man locks himself in. His heart is pounding; his head is reeling;
his breath is coming in sobbing gasps.
With
a loud CRASH the casket breaks down the door.
Bumping and clapping toward him.
The
man screams and reaches for something, anything, but all he can find is a
bottle of cough syrup!
Desperate,
he throws the cough syrup at the casket…and, (hopefully you’re ready for
this!!!)
The
coffin stops.
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Dead
Penguins
I never knew this!!
Did you ever wonder why there are not dead penguins on the ice in
It is a known fact that the penguin is a very ritualistic bird
which lives an extremely ordered and complex life. The penguin is very committed to its family
and will mate for life, as well as maintain a form of compassionate contact
with its offspring throughout its life.
If a penguin is found dead on the ice surface, other members of
the family and social circle have been known to dig holes in the ice, using
their vestigial wings and beaks, until the hole is deep enough for the dead
bird to be rolled into and buried.
The male penguins then gather in a circle around the fresh grave
and sing:
“Freeze a jolly good fellow.”
“Freeze a jolly good fellow.”
You really didn’t believe that I know anything about penguins, did
you? It’s so easy to fool OLD
people. I am sorry, but an urge came
over me that made me do it!!!. Oh, quit whining! I fell for it, too!!!
From the Email
“Bag”
October
25, 2012
Hi Mike and Carolyn,
My birthday was on October 26, also. I enjoy your newsletter each week. Keep up the good work. Can't remember what was on
Thanks,
Bonnie (Pollard) Phillips, Class of 1964
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October
27, 2012
Okay! Now you've done
it! I've been complimentary, appreciative and responding positively to
the Roosevelt News. But, now you've done it! What have we done, you
say? You copied a comment that I made on Facebook and signed it Marilyn
Lester, Class of 1954. You do realize that makes me 10 years
older. Of course, I'm just kidding. I know it was a typo and we all
make typos. Just had to tease you a bit.
Loved the "Put Me In Charge" article.
"Amen" to that.
Thanks again for your time invested for us.
Marilyn Morgan Lester
Class of 1964
Editor’s
Note: Mike says I am responsible since I
was the one who put the newsletter together and he is right. However, I could say that if he used the “Num
Lock” key on his keyboard, I wouldn’t make those mistakes. Guess maybe I should hit that key when I use
his computer. Sorry Marilyn, will try to
do better. cnm
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October
29, 2012
Mike:
I guess I was wrong about the
lady who the government is paying her way. I am obviously not taking
advantage of things available to the elderly and disabled. I
really need to look into that. I know people on Section 8.
This one guy is very ill with COPD and Medicaid subsidizes his
rent. I took him to this place that helps people pay their gas
bills. I don't know if he got help, I haven't talked to him, I live in the State of
If someone is going to get
that kind of help then why aren’t the veterans returning to find they no
longer have a home and end up on the street homeless getting more than a
handshake and a thank you.
Something is very wrong
somewhere.
(PS I still don't
believe everything she is saying.)
Political
Fodder
Election
Just a reminder, “Bad
politicians are sometimes elected by good people who don’t vote.”
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Insurance
Fathom
the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are
insured…but not everyone must prove they are a citizen.
And
now, any of those who refuse, or are unable to prove they are citizens will
receive free insurance paid for by those who are forced to buy insurance
because they are citizens. --- Ben Stein
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Are You Better Off Today?
Think about that question
then click on the link below to see how others feel.
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=JEhvF8b8Mrg&feature=youtu.be
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First Time Voting Equated to Sex
Really! I can’t believe that an ad like this will
bring out female vote. Come near
believing this will turn them away. Jus’ sayin.’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6G3nwhPuR4
Obituaries
Jan (Perkins) Sullins, Class of 1969, passed away October
31. We will post an obituary when one is
available.
Leroy
Wilks, Clinton, former Snyder/Mt. Park resident passed away November 1. We will post an obituary when one is
available.
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,
http://www.234enterprises.com/Roosevelt%20Cemetery%20Layout.htm
http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/listing/user/rooseveltcemetery
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=99397&CScn=roosevelt&CScntry=4&CSst=38
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=99399&CScn=Hobart+Rose&CScntry=4&CSst=38
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2246374&CScn=Resurrection&CScntry=4&CSst=38
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=99042&CScn=Mountain+Park&CScntry=4&CSst=38
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=98391&CScn=fairlawn&CScntry=4&CSst=38
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