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Carolyn Niebruegge May Michael L. May 
Vol. 2, Is. 28 Jan.
25, 2013
From the
Editor
Well, it’s a brisk 10
degrees this morning at 6:00 am. They
say that we can expect the coldest few days we’ve had since 2005. I could probably do without that, but as long
as we have heat inside, I can forget that the outside exists--at least
temporarily.
I think it appropriate to
again dedicate this editorial to the “Yahoo/sbcglobal email issues.” The short answer is--with a lot of extra
work, the issues are solved. It appears
that by breaking up the mailing list into 5 separate lists and mailing each of
them an hour apart that EVERYONE with a Yahoo or sbcglobal email account
received the paper last week. The only
part that is a little surprising is that ONLY 2 people commented to say that it
was the first time they had received the paper in a while. To them I say, “Thank you!” However, I do think the issue was much larger
than just two people. Again, I ask if
last week was the first time you had received the paper for a while, PLEASE let
me know.
I will say that for now we
do plan to continue to break the mailing list up into the 5 groups and send out
1 group per hour until all are mailed.
We did have a couple of comments made about the possibility of having
only an online edition--both for and against.
Whatever, we’re going to hold off on that for now. That makes Carolyn happy. Obviously, the last thing we want to do is
spend time on this project and know that some of you expecting it to appear in
your email box each week might be disappointed when it doesn’t show.
Happy reading my friends…
mlm
Content
Contributors for the Week
Jim
Whitson, Class of 1957
All
those who sent messages to the Email “Bag”
Thank
you all!
Remembering…
The Long Wait
This is quite a story about
another generation which will be missed for all time. It also lets one know that the term
"Until death do us part" is not always applicable. What a
gentle soul this WWII widow is.
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/embed/8TT1XFS1LA0
Thoughts from
the Squirrel Lair
What’s Most Important in Life
A young man learns what's
most important in life from the guy next door.
Over the phone, his mother told him, "Mr. Belser
died last night. The funeral is Wednesday." Memories flashed through his mind like an old
newsreel as he sat quietly remembering his childhood days.
"Jack, did you hear me?"
"Oh, sorry, Mom. Yes, I heard you.
It's been so long since I thought of him. I'm sorry, but I honestly thought he died
years ago," Jack said.
"Well, he didn't forget you. Every
time I saw him he'd ask how you were doing.
He'd reminisce about the many days you spent over 'his side of the
fence' as he put it," Mom told him.
"I loved that old house he lived in," Jack said.
"You know, Jack, after your father died, Mr. Belser
stepped in to make sure you had a man's influence in your life," she said.
"He's the one who taught me carpentry," he said. "I wouldn't be in this business if it
weren't for him. He spent a lot of time
teaching me things he thought were important.
Mom, I'll be there for the funeral," Jack said.
As busy as he was, he kept his word.
Jack caught the next flight to his hometown. Mr. Belser's
funeral was small and uneventful. He had
no children of his own, and most of his relatives had passed away.
The night before he had to return home, Jack and his Mom stopped by to see the
old house next door one more time.
Standing in the doorway, Jack paused for a moment. It was like crossing over into another
dimension, a leap through space and time.
The house was exactly as he remembered.
Every step held memories. Every
picture, every piece of furniture. Jack
stopped suddenly.
"What's wrong, Jack?" his Mom asked.
"The box is gone," he said.
"What box?" Mom asked.
"There was a small gold box that he kept locked on top of his desk. I must have asked him a thousand times what
was inside. All he'd ever tell me was
'the thing I value most,'" Jack said.
It was gone. Everything about the house was exactly how Jack remembered it,
except for the box. He figured someone
from the Belser family had taken it.
"Now I'll never know what was so valuable to him," Jack said. "I better get some sleep. I have an early flight home, Mom."
It had been about two weeks since Mr. Belser
died. Returning home from work one day
Jack discovered a note in his mailbox.
"Signature required on a package.
No one at home. Please stop by
the main post office within the next three days," the note read. Early the next day Jack retrieved the
package. The small box was old and
looked like it had been mailed a hundred years ago. The handwriting was difficult to read, but
the return address caught his attention.
"Mr. Harold Belser" it read. Jack took the box out to his car and ripped
open the package. There inside was the
gold box and an envelope. Jack's hands
shook as he read the note inside.
"Upon my death, please forward this box and its contents to Jack
Bennett. It's the thing I valued most in
my life." A small key was taped to
the letter. His heart racing, as tears
filling his eyes, Jack carefully unlocked the box. There inside he found a beautiful gold pocket
watch.
Running his fingers slowly over the finely etched casing, he unlatched the
cover. Inside he found these words engraved:
"Jack, Thanks for your time! -Harold Belser."
"The thing he valued
most was... my time."
Jack held the watch for a few minutes, then called his office and cleared his
appointments for the next two days.
"Why?" Janet, his assistant, asked.
"I need some time to spend with my son," he said.
"Oh, by the way, Janet, thanks for your time!"
Think about this. You may not realize it, but it's 100% true.
1. At least 15 people in this world love you in some way.
2. A smile from you can bring happiness to anyone, even if they don't like you.
3. Every night, SOMEONE thinks about you before they go to sleep.
4. You mean the world to someone.
5. If not for you, someone may not be living.
6. You are special and unique.
7. When you think you have no chance of getting what you want, you probably
won't get it, but if you trust God to do what's best, and wait on His time,
sooner or later, you will get it or something better.
8. When you make the biggest mistake ever, something good can still come from
it.
9. When you think the world has turned its back on you, take a look: you most likely turned your back on the
world.
10. Someone that you don't even know exists loves you.
11. Always remember the compliments you received. Forget about the rude remarks.
12. Always tell someone how you feel about them; you will feel much better when
they know and you'll both be happy.
13. If you have a great friend, take the time to let them know that they are
great.
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
Wildlife Film
This short video won Grand
Prize - Best of Show at International Wildlife Film Festival 3 in
Video by Scott McKinley Productions. Produced for Rocky Mountain Elk
Foundation. Licensed music by Kenny G.
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_popup?v=BUOQ_yPW_0s
News
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
menu for next week is as follows:
Tuesday,
January 29: Oven Baked Pork Chops,
Mashed Potatoes/Gravy, Green beans, Salad Bar, Rolls, Pudding
Thursday,
January 31: Beans W/Ham, Fries, Salad
Bar, Mexican Cornbread, Cookies
********
It’s A Spring
Thing
The
Southern Kiowa Chamber is again planning for It’s A Spring Thing to be held in
Vendor
Fair: 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. inside the
Decorated
Bike Parade: 11:00 a.m. outside the
Dog
Parade sponsored by Mars: Noon outside
the Roosevelt Senior Citizen Center.
Prizes given for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd
place.
Easter
Egg Hunt: 2:30 p.m. outside
Concessions: 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. inside the
Contact
Candace Thurmond if you have any questions or want to have a vendor booth.
Mark your calendars and plan to attend
for a day full of fun activities.
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:
January 25 – Kelsey
Franks
January 25 –
January 25 – Anna Matteson
January 26 – Tom
Johnson
January 27 – Mickey Reeves
January 27 – Tracy Ward
January 28 – Mandy (Cole) Carter
January 28 –
January 28 – Cale Garrison
January 28 – Paul Merkey
January 30 – Mike May, Class of 1965
January 30 – Sherrie Gibbons Webb, Class of 1983
January 31 – Marjory Brooks
Happy Anniversary To:
January 27 – Anita & Tom
Copeland
January 28 – Rich & Rhonda Ainslie
Humor
Retirement
One day a man decided to
retire…He booked himself on a
He soon found himself on an
island with no other people, no supplies, nothing only bananas and
coconuts. After about four months, he is
lying on the beach one day when the most gorgeous woman he has ever seen rows up
to the shore.
In disbelief he asks, “Where
did you come from? How did you get
here?”
She replies, “I rowed over
from the other side of the island where I landed when my cruise ship sank.”
“Amazing,” he notes. “You were really lucky to have a row boat
wash up with you.”
“Oh, this thing?” explains
the woman. “I made the boat out of some
raw material I found on the island. The
oars were whittled from gum tree branches.
I wove the bottom from palm tree branches, and the sides and stern came
from a Eucalyptus tree.”
“But where did you get the
tools?”
“Oh, that was no problem,”
replied the woman. “On the south side of
the island, a very unusual stratum of alluvial rock is exposed. I found that if I fired it to a certain temperature
in my kiln, it melted into ductile iron and I used that to make tools and used
the tools to make the hardware.”
The guy is stunned.
“Let’s row over to my
place,” she says, “and I’ll give you a tour.”
So after a short time of
rowing, she soon docks the boat at a small wharf. As the man looks to shore, he nearly falls
off the boat. Before him is a long stone
walk leading to a cabin and tree house.
While the woman ties up the row boar with an expertly woven hemp rope,
the man can only stare ahead, dumb struck.
As they walk into the house, she says casually, “It’s not much, but I
call it home. Please sit down.”
“Would you like a drink?”
“No! No thank you,” the man blurts out, still
dazed. “I can’t take another drop of
coconut juice.”
“Oh, it’s not coconut
juice,” winks the woman. “I have a
still. How would you like a Tropical Spritz?”
Trying to hide his continued
amazement, the man accepts, and they sit down on her couch to talk. After they exchange their individual survival
stories, the woman announces, “I’m going to slip into something more
comfortable. Would you like to take a
shower and shave? There’s a razor in the
bathroom cabinet upstairs.”
No longer questioning
anything, the man goes upstairs into the bathroom. There, in the cabinet is a razor made from a
piece of tortoise bone. Two shells honed
to a hollow ground edge are fastened on to its end inside a swivel mechanism.
“This woman is amazing,” he
muses. “What’s next?”
When he returns, she greets
him wearing nothing but some small flowers on tiny vines, each strategically
positioned, she smelled faintly of gardenias.
She then beckons for him to sit down next to her.
“Tell me,” she begins
suggestively, slithering closer to him, “We’ve both been out here for many
months. You must have been lonely. When was the last time you played
around?” She stares into his eyes.
He can’t believe what he’s
hearing. “You mean…” he swallows
excitedly as tears start to form in his eyes,
“You’ve built a Golf
Course?”
From the Email
“Bag”
January
20, 2013
Dear Mr. or Mrs. May,
My name is Cheryl Terry
Ashcraft. My father was Clifton D.Terry Jr.,
class of 1952. He and all of his family
were from the Cold Springs,
First let me start with my
sincere apologies on the passing of Wanda Jackson. I had contacted her numerous times over the
years but only learned of her passing today by reading one of your articles.
I started a book on my
father’s family around 15 years ago. I
have set my goal to publish this year. Needless to say, every day you live is another
day you can add to your family tree.
My research this
week was in to a birth certificate for Joe Larry Terry. His birth certificate had
several discrepancies. The first
being that he was born in the
I have several questions on
where I might be able to find any information on
I do have to tell you that
my Daddy's Roosevelt Rough Rider class ring is my most
prized possession. The Rough Rider is
barely visible on the side now from the years his finger rubbed against it. The dark red stone is a little cloudy and it
had been cut off of his finger several times during his service in
I could go on and on
forever, but really look forward to any response I might get from you.
Thank you for your time in
reading this letter.
Cheryl Terry Ashcraft
Food for
Thought
The
following article certainly makes one wonder about some of the programs that
are being pushed particularly in the environment area.
Plastic Bag
Restrictions Offer Few Benefits
January 24, 2013
The panic surrounding plastic
grocery bags is largely unfounded, say Kenneth P. Green and Elizabeth DeMeo of the Fraser Institute. Green and DeMeo refute the two main arguments made to support grocery
bag bans.
The first claim is that the
production of plastic bags pollutes the air.
- Plastic bag critics claim it takes approximately 12 million barrels
of oil to produce the 100 billion plastic bags consumed in the
- A 2011 study by the Environmental Agency of England that compared
seven types of grocery bags including conventional plastic, biodegradable,
paper and cotton bags found that traditional plastic bags have the lowest
environmental impact of any of the bags.
- The cotton bags that have grown in popularity with grocery shoppers
are actually the least environmentally-friendly bag.
The second claim is that plastic
bags pollute the water.
- Hype over this claim is amplified by reports that the Great Pacific
Garbage Patch, a mountain of trash floating in the Pacific Ocean that has
accumulated due to prevailing currents, is twice the size of
- Angelicque White, an assistant professor of oceanography, states that the
patch is definitely not twice the size of
- Environmental group Grow NYC estimates that as little as 7.5
percent of human waste is comprised of plastic film.
Further scientific evidence
suggests that alternative types of bags, particularly the reusable cloth bags,
have health risks not associated with plastic bags. In 2010, Charles Gerba and colleagues at the
The economic impact provides
another reason to be skeptical of the trend sweeping
Source:
Kenneth P. Green and Elizabeth DeMeo, "The
Crusade Against Plastic Bags," Fraser Institute, January/February
2013. Pamela Villarreal and Baruch Feigenbaum,
"A
Survey on the Economic Effects of Los Angeles County's Plastic Bag Ban,"
Obituaries
Useful
Links:
Becker
Funeral Home of Snyder, OK
http://www.beckerfuneral.com/?page=snyder
Peoples
Cooperative Funeral
http://www.peoplescooperativefuneralhome.com/who-we-are/history
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=2176228
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?=cr&CRid=99577&CScn=Springhill+Cemetery&CScntry=4&CSst=38&
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=98525
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=99397&CScn=roosevelt&CScntry=4&CSst=38
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=99439
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