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Carolyn Niebruegge May Michael L. May 
Vol. 2, Is. 33 Mar.
1, 2013
From the
Editor
Well, today (Friday) is the
day that the “sequester” is supposed to go into effect if nothing is done by
those in charge in
It’s obvious that the
President has no intention of agreeing to any logical spending cuts. His only agenda is to continue spending and
pushing for more tax increases on this country’s top producers. His main purpose, as he continues to spend
without purpose, is to try to destroy the Republican Party. I’d have to admit that he’s doing a pretty
good job of doing that at this point. I
hope that concerned citizens do notice that this sequester among other things
falls clearly on the shoulders of many civilian Department of Defense
employees, Homeland Security employees, and employees of other government and
state agencies with no cuts in welfare, food stamps, Obama phones, or foreign
aid. I cannot understand why we do not
consider cutting foreign aid to those countries that would rather shoot at us
than support anything we do other than the foreign aid we send them
regularly. It’s pretty clear that beyond
cuts that decrease our security and our ability to defend ourselves it’s mostly
working Americans from all walks of life that will be affected by cuts--not the
base that was instrumental in electing the President. Trust me this is no accident, but a part of
his grand plan. I see that Homeland
Security is releasing thousands of illegal immigrants to save money as a result
of the sequester and that the President is stopping the deployment of an
aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf--again to save money, highlight the
sequesters impact on military readiness, and blame it all on the Republicans. These are the means being used by the
administration to “rub salt in the wound” of frustrated citizens--and it’s ALL
self imposed. Please note that the cuts
outlined amount to “a snowflake in a snow storm” compared to the
There’s no question that the
President, the Senators, and the House Members are not earning their keep but their
salaries will not be cut at all. What a
sham! They need to work together, but
their situation so reminds me of the phrases, “You can lead a horse to water,
but you can’t make him drink” or “It takes two to tango.” You can blame who you want. I blame them all, but blame the President
most for his, “My way or the highway” attitude.
I saw this morning that the President’s approval rating is now at 50 percent. That’s 1 percentage less that the 51 percent
that elected him. I know that those
receiving the benefits of the system--welfare, food stamps, Obama phones, etc.
are most certainly still happy with their vote since none of their “free stuff”
has stopped coming in. However, I must
assume that the 1 percent drop in popularity comes from the working Democrats
who voted “Blue” in November. To be
behaving like he won by a “landslide” It’s very interesting to note that if
this 1 percent had voted “Red” on November 6, 2012, we would have elected a
different President. jus sayin’
mlm
Content
Contributors for the Week
Byrd
Curtis
Charles
Curtis, Class of 1965
Gaynelle
Gray
Bill
Hancock
Kate
(Roberts)
All
those who sent messages to the Email “Bag”
Thank
you all!
Remembering…
Babbs Switch Fire
Hopefully, the website will
come up by just clicking on it, otherwise you can highlight it, copy and paste
to the browser to open. The reason for my interest is that Babbs Switch
was a small one room school a few miles south of Hobart on Highway 183 on the
east side and about 15 miles from where Eloise and I grew up. This little
school burned down on December 24, 1924 during a school Christmas Party and
resulted in the death of 36 people according to the story in the website.
I know that my dad Floyd and maybe mom Delta attended that party that night but
had left the party for some other party before the fire. It is a heart
wrenching story and resulted in several new
http://rebelcherokee.labdiva.com/babbsfire.html
Byrd Curtis
Charles Curtis, Class of
1965
Thoughts from
the Squirrel Lair
Little Boy’s Explanation of God
Fabulous!!! Not sure an adult could explain this more
beautifully. It was reportedly written
by 8-year-old Danny Dutton, who lives in
EXPLANATION OF GOD
One of God’s main jobs is
making people. He makes them to replace
the ones that die, so there will be enough people to take care of things on
earth. He doesn’t make grownups, just
babies. I think because they are smaller
and easier to make. That way he doesn’t
have to take up his valuable time teaching them to talk and walk. He can just leave that to mothers and fathers.
God’s second most important
job is listening to prayers. An awful
lot of this goes on, since some people, like preachers and things, pray at
times beside bedtime. God doesn’t have
time to listen to the radio or TV because of this. Because he hears everything, there must be a
terrible lot of noise in his ears, unless he has thought of a way to turn it
off!
God sees everything and
hears everything and is everywhere which keeps Him pretty busy. So you shouldn’t go wasting his time by going
over your mom and dad’s head asking for something they said you couldn’t have.
Atheists are people who
don’t believe in God. I don’t think
there are any in
Jesus is God’s Son. He used to do all the hard work, like walking
on water and performing miracles and trying to teach the people who didn’t want
to learn about God. They finely got
tired of him preaching to them and they crucified him. But he was good and kind, like his father,
and he told his father that they didn’t know what they were doing and to
forgive them and God said O.K.
His dad (God) appreciated
everything that he had done and all his hard work on earth so he told him he
didn’t have to go out on the road anymore.
He could stay in heaven. So he
did. And now he helps his dad out by
listening to prayers and seeing things which are important for God to take care
of which ones he can take care of himself without having to bother God. Like a secretary, only more important.
You can pray anytime you
want and they are sure to help you because they got it worked out so one of
them is on duty all the time.
You should always go to
church on Sunday because it makes God happy, and if there’s anybody you want to
make happy, it’s God!
Don’t skip church to do
something you think will be more fun like going to the beach. This is wrong. And besides the sun doesn’t come out at the
beach until noon anyway.
If you don’t believe in God,
besides being an atheist, you will be very lonely, because your parents can’t
go everywhere with you, like to camp, but God can. It is good to know He’s around you when
you’re scared, in the dark or when you can’t swim and you get thrown into real
deep water by big kids.
But…you shouldn’t just
always think of what God can do for you.
I figure God put me here and he can take me back anytime he pleases.
And…that’s why I believe in
God.
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
Fishing in
This is quite amazing. Who needs a rod and reel when the fish will
jump in the boat! Yes there are flying
fish in
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=x3Bf0WhvsNk&vq=medium
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Bill Hancock Query
Here is this week’s query
about
What businesses
have been in the building on the south side of
What we’ve learned….
Last Time’s Query: Letha’s Bar was on the southwest corner of
We understand the bar was
where the Bedlam Grill is now. In 1960, it was owned by Letha Sperling,
Sentinel high class of 1947. Letha was about 33 years old when she opened
the bar with her husband, Carrol. She
died in 2008, at age 82; Carrol died in 2009, at age 85. Anyway, his
brother, Dean, had a car lot west of the bar for three years, about
1960-1962. Dean Sperling may have operated a hamburger place nearby.
Another friend remembered
that Letha and Carrol Sperling built the pink house at 10th and
Another friend wrote, “When
I was in college (early 1950s) that was Millie's bar. All my friends hung out
there at night. She was real nice to us
and put up with a lot. I've forgotten
her last name. Might have been Real but
I sure don't know.”
Elsewhere South of Highway 9
Jim Harris: “From the
late 1940's to 1965 Dad worked for Darrell McNutt. Darrell was an
Oklahoma A&M ag engineer and an inventor. He also had quite a bit of
farmland around
“The McNutts had two children;
John and Molly. Darrell owned the property south of
Mike Gage: “South
across the highway from Sam’s Apco, the West brothers had a Dodge-Plymouth new
car dealership in the 1960’s. When it closed, there was a used-car
dealership; Bob Muse was the owner. It
was there for several years.”
Osie and Felix Hernandez
operated the Express Mart convenience there—a drive-in grocery—in the early
1980s. The drive-in window was on the back.
Mike Gage: “It was
vacant for a few years (after the convenience store went out), then another bar
was there. The name of it was ‘Hat Tricks.’ Fun place. At
this same time, Ron Glidewell had a motor garage in the west end of the
building. Present day, it is the Bedlam Bar and Grill. Good folks
and good food.”
Helen and Lucille’s Beauty
Shop
From a friend: “Seems
to me Lucille Daughety was married to a dozer operator who made lots of money
after the war. All farmers needed ponds
dug. I think they were parents of Jack
Jones' wife.”
And, about Helen
Trentham: “Was she the mother of the twins, Mary and Judy?”
Ben Franklin: From Dot
Snodgrass, who talked to Keith Jones. “Keith went to work for Mr.
Stevenson as soon as he was old enough. Mr. Stevenson took him next door
to J.C. Penney and told him to follow the advice of J. C. Penney: ‘If you
take care of the little things, the big things will take care of
themselves.’ Keith said he uses much of the advice that Mr.
Stevenson gave him as he worked in Ben Franklin. Keith said
when he first started working, he thought that Mr. Stevenson was hard
to work for, but the longer he worked, the more soft hearted and encouraging
Mr. Stevenson became.
“I remember that when my
grandmother worked at Boothe Drug, we would stop in Ben Franklin to
compare the price of various items to see if by chance, they were cheaper at
Boothe's. Later, Edna Harris began working at Ben Franklin.”
From Kay Hubbard
Senter: “They displayed their glassware on mirrors which made it look
really elegant.”
Gaines Drug:
From Key Hubbard
Senter: “The revolving display of wax sculptures of soda fountain creations
in the front window were a great marketing tool. I always wanted one of those luscious looking
sodas, but my dad would only buy me a lime sherbet ice cream cone. I had access to more candy and sweet stuff
than the average person anyway.”
Restaurant near T. H. Rogers
Mary Anne Griffin:
“The only time I remember going out for dinner as a family we went to a cafe
near or by Rogers Lumber Co. It felt really strange.”
Hobart Candy Company
Another friend said Rick
Hopson and Eddie Graham had the candy store at one time. “I can’t
remember the name of the man they got the business from. I’m pretty sure
they operated it for a short time then someone else had it.”
Burl Stephenson
Burl, HHS class of 1941 and
a friend of the Hobart History Journal, died recently. Pat said she read
the Journals to her dad and that he always enjoyed them. Burl was a good
Bearcat basketball player and was one of the first to play in the building we
know as the “old gym.” Of course, he and Boo were mentioned a bunch
when the journal friends shared their memories of the B&B Grocery.
News
The
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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
menu for next week is as follows:
Tuesday,
March 5: Potato Bar/Various Toppings,
Corn, Rolls, Salad Bar, Dessert
Thursday,
March 7: Ham & Beans, Fries, Corn
Bread, Salad Bar, Dessert
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The
Kiowa County Historical Museum is in the process of holding a fund raiser with
tickets on sale for a chance to win 1 of 2 prizes—a quarter of a beef or a 5.1
cubic foot Sears chest freezer. The
Kiowa County Historical Society would like to thank C.R. Freeman, Kirk Duff,
and Todd Duff of Premium Beef Feeders and Power Plus Genetics for their
donation of the quarter beef, processed.
They also thank the anonymous donors of the 5.1 cubic foot Sears chest
freezer.
Tickets
are $1 each or 6 tickets for $5 and are on sale at the Museum at
The
drawing will be held Monday, April 1, 2013, at 1 p.m. at the
Go
by the Museum and buy your tickets! The
proceeds will help a great cause—the wonderful Museum—and you could benefit by
winning one of the prizes.
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It’s A Spring
Thing
The
Southern Kiowa Chamber is again planning for It’s A Spring Thing to be held in
Vendor
booths are filling up fast for the Vendor Fair which is from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00
p.m. inside the Roosevelt Senior Citizen Center. There are only 3 spaces left for inside. Contact Candace Thurmond at candace.thurmond@gmail.com or
580-639-2020 to sign up.
The
following vendors have signed up so far:
Katie’s
Wood Creations
Mary
Kay – Augusta Keldsen
Body
by Visalus – Christina Defoor
Pink
Zebra – Katelyn R. Martin
31
Bags – Tava Mitchell Batt
Jimminee
the Clown—face painting and balloon artist
Scentsy
– Katie Seymour Lucas
Pampered
Chef – Kay James Byrge
Paparazzi
Accessories – Patricia Lumpkin
Silverware
wind chimes, crochet items, bracelets, rings – Elaine Verner
Red
Dirt Décor – Pari Breeze
Tom
Steed Bait Shop – Dawn Baster Garrison
Grace
Adele (purses, jewelry, & accessories) – Nancy Ledford
Needlework
– Wilhelmina Ensing
Goat
Milk Soaps & Lotions – Dana Boyd, Boyd Salon
Bows,
Dream Catchers, Tutu’s, etc., Linda Ratliff
Hot
Wheels, George Garrison
Remember
that there will lots of activities in addition to the Vendor Fair.
Pictures
will be available with various cartoon characters. There will also be moon bounces, live
entertainment, and bingo.
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
Mark
your calendars and plan to attend this event.
It will be a fun day for the entire family.
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:
March 3 – Terry
Jackson, Class of 1974
March 3 – Eldon Reid Dickson
March 4 – Jessica Franks
March 5 – Laura (Haynie) Hayes
March 5 – Brannon Jackson
March 5 – Jana (Bynum) Cope, Class of 1972
March 7 – Mesa Thompson
Happy Anniversary To:
March 5 – Brad &
Sherrie Webb
March 6 – Misty & Kristie Dickey
Humor
Grounds for a Divorce
A judge was interviewing a
woman regarding her pending divorce, and asked, "What are the grounds for
your divorce?"
She replied, "About
four acres and a nice little home in the middle of the property with a stream
running by."
"No," he said,
"I mean what is the foundation of this case?"
"It is made of
concrete, brick and mortar," she responded.
"I mean," he
continued, "What are your relations like?"
"I have an aunt and
uncle living here in town, and so do my husband's parents."
He said, "Do you have a
real grudge?"
"No," she replied,
"We have a two-car carport and have never really needed one."
"Please," he tried
again, "is there any infidelity in your marriage?"
"Yes, both my son and
daughter have stereo sets. We don't
necessarily like the music, but the answer to your questions is 'yes'."
"Ma'am, does your
husband ever beat you up?"
"Yes," she
responded, "about twice a week he gets up earlier than I do."
Finally, in frustration, the
judge asked, "Lady, why do you want a divorce?"
"Oh, I don't want a
divorce," she replied. "I've never wanted a divorce. My husband does. He said he can't communicate with me."
From the Email
“Bag”
February
21, 2013
Mike,
I’m changing Internet providers so please change my email address. Also, wanted to let you know that I really
enjoy the Roosevelt News—East Coast Edition.
I’ve been gone for so many years and there’s a lot of people in the area
that I don’t know, but I still enjoy it.
We
are under a blanket of about 10 inches of snow this morning in
Thanks
for all your work.
Linda
(Muldowney) Dills, Class of 1961
********
February
21, 2013
Well, Mike,
Just now finished reading your editorial from last week, but I've laughed so
hard I just had to stop and send you an email. Thanks for the
entertainment. It's always good to laugh.
Now back to reading last week's news. (First time EVER to not read THE
DAY of receiving. Just been too busy!) I've got to get it read so I
can read this week's ON TIME.
Have a good one,
Marilyn (Morgan) Lester, Class of 1964
Editor’s note:
After being ask what she thought of the “Best Card/Cigarette Trick Ever”
Marilyn sent the following response. --
mlm
February 21, 2013
Welllllllllll! ! ! It didn't necessarily ruin the reputation of
the news; but I really didn't enjoy the smoking trick. It's like, I just
wanted to say, "Come on. Get on with it!" (But, that's
just me. I have no patience with salesmen, either. Mainly because
they're trying to sell me something; but also because they have to go through
all the hype trying to build you up thinking you just HAVE to have what he's
selling. I tell them the same thing. . . Cut through the hype and get to
the point. . . What's the bottom line? What's this going to cost
me?) The guys probably enjoyed it. I don't like smoking. I
didn't like that lady having to sit next to the smoke. And, I thought he
was an idiot for putting all that stuff in his mouth. That said, I'm not
offended because you included it in the news. Just because I didn't enjoy
it, doesn't mean someone else might have. I did watch it all the way
through. YOU ASKED--I answered! Like Gov. Huckabee says,
"That's my opinion and I welcome yours."
Marilyn (Morgan) Lester,
Class of 1964
********
February
21, 2013
This
week’s editorial. Can't wait until I've read it all to comment.
I'm on a VERY TIGHT time schedule today and if I wait until reading to the
end--which I don't have time to do; but am taking the time, anyway--I'll not
send you my comment. (We really do need a FB type way to click
"like". . .
The last paragraph is priceless. You've summed it up in a nutshell.
(Who knew you were so smart. . . LOL!)
Now back to the news. . .
Marilyn (Morgan) Lester,
Class of 1964
********
February 21, 2013
Well I certainly do not have
the answers to gun control, but I do not think all these people running out and
buying all the assault weapons and ammo that they can get their hands on will
save one child but I do believe the NRA is getting a lot of money from the arms
manufacturers and ammo mfg. I have never
had any concern that my government has ever had any thoughts of taking any gun
rights away.
Larry Phillips, Class of
1964
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February 21, 2013
Add my name to the birthday
list: Roxie Cooper Collins, February 27 (RHS class of 1956). I'm
back in
Roxie (Cooper) Collins, Class of 1956
Food for
Thought
THIS IS SURE SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT!!!!
THE ONLY THING WRONG WITH
THE GOVERNMENT'S CALCULATION OF AVAILABLE SOCIAL SECURITY IS THEY FORGOT TO
FIGURE IN THE PEOPLE WHO DIED BEFORE THEY EVER COLLECTED A SOCIAL SECURITY
CHECK!!! WHERE DID THAT MONEY GO?
Remember, not only did you
and I contribute to Social Security but your employer did, too. It totaled 15% of your income before
taxes. If you averaged only $30K over
your working life, that's close to $220,500.
Read that again.
Did you see where the
Government paid in one single penny?
We are talking about the
money you and your employer put in a Government bank to insure you and me that
we would have a retirement check from the money we put in, not the
Government. Now they are calling the
money we put in an entitlement when we reach the age to take it back.
If you calculate the future
invested value of $4,500 per year (yours & your employer's contribution) at
a simple 5% interest (less than what the Government pays on the money that it
borrows), after 49 years of working you'd have $892,919.98.
If you took out only 3% per
year, you'd receive $26,787.60 per year and it would last better than 30 years
(until you're 95 if you retire at age 65) and that's with no interest paid on
that final amount on deposit! If you
bought an annuity and it paid 4% per year, you'd have a lifetime income of
$2,976.40 per month.
Another thing with me.... I
have two deceased husbands who died in their 50's, (one was 51 and the other
one was 59 before one percent of their social security could be drawn. I worked all my life and am drawing 100% on
my own social security). Their S.S. money
will never have one cent drawn from what they paid into S.S. all their lives.
THE FOLKS IN
Entitlement my foot, I paid
cash for my social security insurance!
Just because they borrowed the money for other government spending,
doesn't make my benefits some kind of charity or handout!!
Remember Congressional
benefits? --- free healthcare, outrageous retirement packages, 67 paid
holidays, three weeks paid vacation, unlimited paid sick days.
Now that's welfare, and they
have the nerve to call my social security retirement payments entitlements?
We're "broke" and
we can't help our own Seniors, Veterans, Orphans, or Homeless.
Yet in the last few months
we have provided aid to
And now
Literally, BILLIONS of
DOLLARS!!!
And they can't help our own
citizens in
They call Social Security
and Medicare an entitlement even though most of us have been paying for it all
our working lives, and now, when it's time for us to collect, the government is
running out of money.
Why did the government
borrow from it in the first place?
It was supposed to be in a
locked box, not part of the general fund.
Sad isn't it.
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,
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