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Carolyn Niebruegge May Michael L. May 
Vol. 2, Is. 3 Aug.
3, 2012
From the
Editor
What a beautiful morning to
be living in
Each morning as I greet the
day, I ask myself, “How long can this “thing” called retirement last?” Each day is faced with a myriad of things
that I think just have to get done--things that I obviously overlooked while
working fulltime. But, it’s so good to
have the health and time to do these things.
I do think that staying busy is the key to extending this period to the
fullest. The thing that’s not good is
with all this new found “face time” we tend to “bite” at each other more often
that we did when we were only together in the evenings and weekends. Fortunately, the “bark” is most generally
worse than the “bite” and all is forgotten within seconds and we move on. At mine and Carolyn’s age it becomes much
easier to look back and try to take time to appreciate the things we have--most
importantly family, friends, and those we have lost along the way, again family
and dear friends. Things are so
different as you lose family member after family member. As we reminisce, we self evaluate and ask,
“Did we let all those who are now gone know how much they meant to us?” Unfortunately, sometimes we don’t like the
answer. My greatest hope for our
children who are so involved in living their lives, working, caring for their
children, and planning for their future is that somewhere in the midst of their
crazy, “work a day world” they can stop for just a minute to “smell the roses”
and recognize what’s really important before it all passes before them and they
then realize it’s too late to enjoy. I
sometimes think that we could all have had a much better perspective of life if
we could enjoy retirement first and then put in our work years. I’m sure if that were the case we’d never
want to leave retirement and is the reason that the only escape from retirement
is the end of life as we have known it.
Well, my coffee and the
battery on my computer are both almost gone and I really need to “move on” to
the next task of the day. I’ll close by
saying, “Make it a point today, to tell someone close to you what they mean to
you in your life.” Do that today,
tomorrow, and all the days that God grants you.
Believe me you will feel well rewarded if you do. I think I can sum this up by quoting Pastor
Lon Solomon, Senior Pastor of the
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Content
Contributors for the Week
Austilene
(Turner) Borum, Class of 1962
Charles
Curtis, Class of 1965
Marilyn
(Morgan) Lester, Class of 1964
Gary
Wax
Jim
Whitson, Class of 1957
Thank
you all!
Remembering…
Memories
Hey, wasn’t this us?
A little house with three
bedrooms, one bathroom and one car on the street.
A mower that you had to push
to make the grass look neat.
In the kitchen on the wall
we only had one phone, and no need for recording things, someone was always
home.
We only had a living room
where we would congregate, unless it was at mealtime in the kitchen were we
ate.
We had no need for family
rooms or extra rooms to dine.
When meeting as a family
those two rooms would work out fine.
We only had one TV set and
channels maybe two,
But always there was one of
them with something worth the view.
For snacks we had potato
chips that tasted like a chip.
And if you wanted flavor
there was Lipton’s onion dip.
Store-bought snacks were
rare because my mother liked to cook
And nothing can compare to
snacks in Betty Crocker’s book.
Weekends were for family
trips or staying home to play.
We all did things
together—even go to church to pray.
When we did our weekend
trips depending on the weather,
No one stayed at home
because we liked to be together.
Sometimes we would separate
to do things on our own,
But we knew where the others
were without our own cell phone.
Then there were the movies
with your favorite movie star,
And nothing can compare to
watching movies in your car.
Then there were the picnics
at the peak of summer season,
Pack a lunch and find some
trees and never need a reason.
Get a baseball game together
with all the friends you know,
Have real action playing
ball—and no game video.
Remember when the doctor
used to be the family friend,
And didn’t need insurance or
a lawyer to defend
The way that he took care of
you or what he had to do
Because he took an oath and
strived to do the best for you.
Remember going to the store
and shopping casually
And when you went to pay for
it you used your own money?
Nothing that you had to
swipe or punch in some amount,
And remember when the
cashier person had to really count?
The milkman used to go from
door to door,
And it was just a few cents
more than going to the store.
There was the time when
mailed letters came right to your door,
Without a lot of junk mail
ads sent out by every store.
The mailman knew each house
by name and knew where it was sent,
There were not loads of mail
addressed to “present occupant.”
There was a time when just
one glance was all that it would take,
And you would know the kind
of car, the model and the make.
They didn’t look like
turtles trying to squeeze our every mile;
They were streamlined, white
wall, fins, and really had some style.
One time the music that you
played whenever you would jive,
Was from a vinyl, big-holed
record called a forty-five.
The record player had a post
to keep them all in line
And then the records would
drop down and play one at a time.
On sure, we had our problems
then, just like we do today
And always we were striving,
trying for a better way.
Oh, the simple life we lived
still seems like so much fun,
How can you explain a game,
just kick the can and run?
And why would boys put
baseball cards between bicycle spokes
And for a nickel, red
machines had little bottled Cokes?
This life seemed so much easier
and slower in some ways.
I love the new technology
but I sure do miss those days.
So time moves on and so do
we and nothing stays the same,
But I sure love to reminisce
and walk down memory lane.
With all today’s technology
we grant that it’s a plus!
But it’s fun to look way
back and say, Hey Guys, THAT WAS US!
Thoughts from
the Squirrel Lair
Beautiful Words to Live By
Someone has written these
beautiful words. One must read and try
to understand the deep meanings in them.
They are like the Ten Commandments to follow in life all the time.
Prayer is not a “spare
wheel” that you pull out when in trouble; it is a “steering wheel” that directs
us in the right path throughout life.
Do you know why a car’s
WINDSHIELD is so large and the rear view mirror is so small? Because our PAST is not as important as our
FUTURE. So, look ahead and move on.
Friendship is like a
BOOK. It takes few seconds to burn, but
it takes years to write.
All things in life are
temporary. If going well, enjoy it; they
will not last forever. If going wrong,
don’t worry; they can’t last long either.
Old friends are like
Gold! New friends are Diamonds! If you get a Diamond, don’t forget the
Gold! Because to hold a Diamond, you
always need a base of Gold!
Often when we lose hope and
think this is the end, GOD smiles from above and says, “Relax, sweetheart, it’s
just a bend, not the end!”
When GOD solves your
problems, you have faith in HIS abilities; when GOD doesn’t solve your problems
HE was faith in your abilities.
A blind person asked St.
Anthony, ”Can there be anything worse than losing eye sight?” He replied. “Yes, losing your vision.
When you pray for others,
God listens to you and blesses them; and sometimes, when you are safe and
happy, remember than someone has prayed for you.
WORRYING does not take away
tomorrow’s TROUBLES; it takes away today’s PEACE.
If you really enjoyed this,
please pass it on to others. It may
brighten someone’s day. Pray for love
and peace to fill your heart today and every day!
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The Song of the Birds
Enjoy the beautiful scenery
and music and read the captions on each slide for great thoughts to live by.
Turn up the sound, click on
the box in the lower right hand corner when the ad is finished to take the
video to full screen.
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/4932948/the_song_of_the_birds/
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
Red Skelton’s Pledge to the Flag
What a great piece of
American history with a prophetic ending.
A must listen!!
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=TZBTyTWOZCM
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DID YOU KNOW
The names of all the continents end with the letter they start with.
On every continent there is a city called
The oldest inhabited city is
The most populated city in the world -- when major urban areas are included --
is
The pin that holds a hinge together is called a pintle.
The
Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon with his left foot first.
The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every
letter of the alphabet.
Lightning strikes men about seven times more often than it does women.
THINGS I WONDER ABOUT
If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him?
Why is an alarm clock going "off" when it actually turns on?
Why are they called stairs inside but steps outside?
If Milli Vanilli fell in
the woods, would someone else make a sound?
If love is blind, how can we believe in love at first sight?
Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible crisp
which no decent human being would eat?
Why is it that rain drops but snow falls?
Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, "I think I'll squeeze
these dangly things here, and drink what ever comes out?"
If the professor on Gilligan's
Why doesn't a chicken egg taste like chicken?
Why is it that cargo is transported by ship while a shipment is transported by
car?
What was the best thing before sliced bread?
What's the opposite of opposite?
If you try to fail and succeed, what did you just do?
Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours? They're both
dogs!
What do you call male ballerinas?
Why do they call it "getting your dog fixed" if afterwards it doesn't
work anymore?
Where in the nursery rhyme does it say humpty dumpty is an egg?
If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, then
what is baby oil made from?
Why is it that when a person tells you there's over a million stars in the
universe you believe them, but if someone tells you there's wet paint
somewhere, you have to touch it to make sure?
Why do you get on a bus and a train but get into a car?
Why is the Alphabet Song and Twinkle Twinkle
Little Star the same tune?
I know you can be overwhelmed, and I know you can be underwhelmed, but can you
just be whelmed?
Why does Donald Duck wear a towel when he comes out of the shower, when he
doesn't usually wear any pants?
Did Adam and Eve have navels?
Do one legged ducks swim in circles?
If a cat always lands on its feet, and buttered bread always lands butter side
down, what would happen if you tied buttered bread on top of a cat?
Whose cruel idea was it for the word "lisp" to have an "s"
in it?
Why do fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing?
And who opened that first OYSTER and said "My, my, my. Now doesn't
THIS look yummy."?
News
Heat and
Drought
I
don’t believe I need to tell anyone about the heat and drought that is plaguing
much of the
As
I was searching the internet today, I saw the headlines on CNN and read the
article on the drought and disaster zones in the
http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/01/us/us-usda-disaster-zones/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
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The following article
appeared on the front page of the Washington Post this week. I thought it said a lot about
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:
August 3 – Karen (Wiser)
Pickens, Class of 1987
August 3 – Jim Whitson,
Class of 1957
August 5 – Dan Hayslip,
Class of 1962
August 7 – Christian Dane McCannon
Humor
How Do You Spell God?
Three women die and all
three reach heaven at the same time.
There they meet St. Peter. He
tells them he has some other important business to transact and asks them to
wait outside. Finally he returns and
calls the first woman into his office.
He apologizes for making her wait so long. “Oh, I don’t mind at all,” the woman
says. “I’m so thrilled just to be here
in Heaven.” St. Peter is delighted by
her attitude. “Well, then, if you can
just answer one question for me, we can finish processing your papers. Now tell me, how do you spell ‘God’?” The woman spells it for him; then she goes on
into the celestial realm. St. Peter
calls in the next woman and also apologizes to her for making her wait. “It will be worth it, I’m sure,” she
answers. “I am willing to wait one
thousand years if necessary in order to see God face to face.” St. Peter is very pleased. He insists, though, on asking her one more
question for the records. “Tell me, dear
lady, how do you spell ‘God’?” The woman
spells it perfectly; then enters the Pearly Gates.
Finally, St. Peter calls in
the third woman. He also apologizes to
her, but she refuses to accept his apology.
“It was quite rude,” she says angrily.
“All my life on earth I had to wait in lines. Wait at the checkout counter, wait at the bus
stop, wait for the kids to get home from school, wait for coffee break. And now you expect me to wait to get into Heaven? Well, I just won’t stand for it!” St. Peter said, “I’m so sorry. If you’ll just answer one more question for
our records, then you can go on in. Tell
me, how do you spell ‘
Political
Fodder
Free Cell Phones
Subject: Check
your Cell phone bill at the bottom for the Universal access fee.
Yet another look
at our out of control Government in action and our Federal tax dollars at
work . . .
Get your blood
pressure pills ready!
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=LjAjAvxDkfk&feature=share
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General Motors and
This is worth watching even
though it is a little long. It really
makes one stop and think and then really ask what can we do to stop what is
happening to this great country of ours.
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=Lvl5Gan69Wo
Obituaries
Useful
Links:
Becker
Funeral Home of Snyder, OK
http://www.beckerfuneral.com/?page=snyder
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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