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Carolyn Niebruegge May Michael L. May 
Vol. 2, Is. 36 Mar.
22, 2013
From the
Editor
We
will be traveling the next 3 weeks. We will
continue to issue the Roosevelt News—East Coast Edition each week. However, it may come out a day early or a day
late depending on where we are in our trip as we can’t issue the News when we
are actually on the road. cnm
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Time for a little more on
gun control, 2nd Amendment rights, gun safety, and your
responsibility as a gun owner. Although
it seems that the rhetoric on National gun control appears to be slowing down a
bit, it is still very much in the forefront.
It appears that most legislators and news media are starting to believe
that after all the hoopla, increased background checks will most likely be the
only possible change that will come out of this on a National scale. That’s not to say that selected states may
not “tighten the screw” a little--with our neighbor,
Now, is the gun and
ammunition buying frenzy slowing down?
It most certainly doesn’t appear to be.
At least not in our area, although scarce necessitating a lot of
searching to find what you want, most of the “sought after” guns are semi-available
and most hand guns are reasonably priced--although there is little difference
in new and used. Assault type weapons
are a different story. They’re still
extremely hard to find and very expensive.
Ammunition in the popular sizes are available, but you have to be at the
stores within the first few minutes after they open if you plan on getting
any--again, out here, even though hard to find,
the price is fairly reasonable.
From my friends and relatives in
Given the surge in gun
interest, I think It might be appropriate to say a little about gun safety and
the responsibility owning guns places upon you.
Even if you grew up with guns as I did (well, long guns) and haven’t
taken a gun safety course I highly recommend that you consider taking one. Carolyn, our son-in-law, Mark, and I attended
a course a couple weeks ago that really brought out some points that many may
not think about. This course was led by
a certified NRA instructor that had his head “screwed on” very straight. He was full of good advice. In a nut shell, his advice, although
thoroughly supporting everyone having weapons for personal and home protection
was that they should absolutely be your last option to use. He highly suggested women having mace in
their purse and homeowners having it by the door.
Although, we all feel we
have the right to use a gun “at will” within our home to protect our family
that’s not exactly true. The laws
protecting your domicile vary from state to state and you need to know what
they are where you live. He stated that
most importantly, if you hear what you think to be an intruder in your home,
you should not be the aggressor. That
means, don’t go running downstairs to confront him. First, call 911, leave the line open (to
record your actions during the event) and stand your ground where you are. Alert the intruder that they should leave as
authorities have been alerted. In other
words, “hurry up and wait” to be SURE that this is actually an aggressive
intruder (I’ll demonstrate what I mean later on). There will be a time that you have to make
the “shoot or no shoot” decision--possibly the most important decision you’ll
ever make. Our instructor suggested that
you have a flashlight and if the intruder continues to approach that you shine
the light away from you rather than straight on to the intruder (as you see on
TV). By shining away, if the intruder
chooses to shoot, it will be where the light is--not at you. It becomes much easier at this point if the
intruder fires a round at the light.
That’s the signal for “battle on” and it’s all being recorded with your
911 call. You’ll be please with that if
you are eventually “judged by 12.”
Just this week we had an
event in our neighboring
mlm
Content
Contributors for the Week
Wayne
Rickerd, Class of 1945
All
those who sent messages to the Email “Bag”
Thank
you all!
Remembering…
Comments on
Bill Hancock Query
Our family would go to town
(Hobart) most Saturdays. I took piano lessons from Mrs. Benny McAlyea
(misspelled) on Saturday morning. Her husband was school superintendent
and her son was Bruce, I believe.
The Penney’s store did have
a balcony and the cashier sat there facing the ground floor. Our cash
payments were sent up to her, and she would send the holder back down to
the buyer with our change. I was very impressed with that service.
The Rest Room was also on the balcony.
I enjoyed reading and
remembering about The Vogue dress shop with the beauty shop in the back.
Hope you all have a nice
trip,
Gaynelle (Ellis) Carley Gray
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Seems I remember the wire
running from the ground floor to the balcony of the JC Penney store was
for making change and sending tickets back and forth to the cashier.
Ken Hebensperger, Class of
56
Thoughts from
the Squirrel Lair
An Old Farmer’s Advice
Your fences need to be horse-high,
pig-tight and bull-strong.
Keep skunks and bankers at a
distance.
Life is simpler when you
plow around the stump.
A bumble bee is considerably
faster than a John Deere tractor.
Words that soak into your
ears are whispered…not yelled.
Meanness don’t jes’ happen
overnight.
Forgive your enemies. It messes with their heads.
Do not corner something that
you know is meaner than you.
It doesn’t take a very big
person to carry a grudge.
You cannot unsay a cruel
word.
Every path has a few puddles.
When you wallow with pigs,
expect to get dirty.
The best sermons are lived,
not preached.
Most of the stuff people
worry about ain’t never gonna happen anyway.
Don’t judge folks by their
relatives.
Remember that silence is
sometimes the best answer.
Live a good, honorable
life. Then when you get older and think
back, you’ll enjoy it a second time.
Don’t interfere with
something’ that ain’t bothering you none.
Timing has a lot to do with
the outcome of a rain dance.
If you find yourself in a
hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin’.
Sometimes you get, and
sometimes you get got.
The biggest troublemaker
you’ll probably ever have to deal with watches you from the mirror every
mornin’.
Always drink upstream from
the herd.
Good judgment comes from
experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.
Lettin’ the cat outta the
bag is a whole lot easier than puttin’ it back in.
If you get to thinkin’
you’re a person of some influence, try orderin’ somebody else’s dog around.
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply.
Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.
Don’t pick a fight with an
old man. If he is too old to fight,
he’ll just kill you. (Editor’s note: take heed to this one! --mlm)
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
18 Things You Will Mostly Likely Never Get to See
This is very
interesting. These are things many of us
probably never thought about.
http://interestingatthetime.blogspot.com/2013/02/18-amazing-things-you-most-likely-never.html
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Interesting Facts -- Enjoy!!!
Stewardesses" is
the longest word typed with only the left hand
And "lollipop" is
the longest word typed with your right hand.
No word in the English
language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
"Dreamt" is the
only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
Our eyes are always the same
size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
The sentence: "The
quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the
alphabet.
The words 'racecar,'
'kayak,' and 'level' are the same whether they are read left to right or right
to left (palindromes).
There are only four words in
the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous,
stupendous, and hazardous
There are two words in the
English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and
"facetious."
TYPEWRITER is the longest
word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
A cat has 32 muscles in each
ear.
A goldfish has a memory span
of three seconds.
A "jiffy" is an
actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
A shark is the only fish
that can blink with both eyes.
A snail can sleep for three
years.
Almonds are a member of the
peach family.
An ostrich's eye is bigger
than its brain.
Babies are born without
kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
February 1865 is the only
month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
In the last 4,000 years, no
new animals have been domesticated.
If the population of
Leonardo Da Vinci invented
the scissors.
Peanuts are one of the
ingredients of dynamite!
Rubber bands last longer
when refrigerated.
The average person's left
hand does 56% of the typing.
The cruise liner, QE
2 moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
The microwave was invented
after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his
pocket.
(Good thing he did that.)
The winter of 1932 was so
cold that
There are more chickens than
people in the world.
Winston Churchill was
born in a ladies' room during a dance.
Women blink nearly twice as
much as men.
Bonus!! All the ants in
Now you know (a little) more
than you did before!!
News
Dakota Sky
Thurmond
Proud
parents Joey and Candace May Thurmond were blessed with the arrival of Dakota
Sky Thurmond on Saturday, March 16. The
little miss is the granddaughter of Mickey and Karen May and Ty and Ann
Thurmond. Congratulations to the proud
parents and grandparents.
(Note
from the editors: We are anxious to meet
the newest member of our family when we visit later this month.)
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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 26: Baked Pork Chop, Rice/Gravy,
English Peas, Rolls, Salad Bar, Dessert
Thursday,
March 28: Meat Loaf, Mashed
Potatoes/Gravy, Green Beans, Rolls, 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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The
Kiowa County Historical Society will hold its annual Easter bake sale on
Saturday, March 30, from 8 a.m. to noon in front of the
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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
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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
Crafts
& Crazy People, Michelle Woodall
Rural
route Charms, Kate Setzer
The
Chamber is still looking for vendors who see Tupperware, bunnies, and hand
stamped jewelry.
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.
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Snyder Alumni
Association Twenty-Second
The
Snyder Alumni Association is hosting their Twenty-Second Reunion on Saturday,
March 30. This
The
costs for the event are as follows:
Banquet
ticket and alumni dues: $19
Banquet
ticket only: $12
Alumni
dues only: $7
Tickets
may be picked up anytime during the Reception.
Tickets for the dinner must be presented at the door.
All
reservations should be sent in by Friday, March 22.
The
Alumni Association suggests that you bring a picture of the first car you used
to drag
(Editor’s
Note: We are looking forward to
attending this event. We encourage any
of you to come out as it is so much fun to visit with friends from the past.)
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 23 – Debra Wiser,
Class of 1985
March 24 – Kyle Downen
March 24 – Gayla (Wilks)
Hite, Class of 1967
March 26 – Phillip Lile, Class of 1973
March 27 – Anna (Barnes) Everhart, Class of 1989
March 27 – Warren Richardson
Happy Anniversary To:
March 27 – Ned &
Betty Callen
Humor
From a Child’s Viewpoint
The following written by
kids gives us a chuckle.
How do you decide who to
marry?
You got to find somebody who
likes the same stuff, like, if you like sports, she should like it that you
like sports, and she should keep the chips and dip coming.—Alan, age 10
No person really decides
before they grow up who they’re going to marry.
God decides it all way before, and you get to find out later who you’re
stuck with.—Kristen, age 10
What’s the right age to
get married?
Twenty-three is the best age
because you know the person FOREVER by then.—Camille, age 10
How can a stranger tell
if two people are married?
You might have to guess,
based on whether they seem to be yelling at the same kids.—Derrick, age 8
What do you think your
mom and dad have in common?
Both don’t want any more
kids.—Lori, age 8
What do most people do on
a date?
Dates are for having fun,
and people should use them to get to know each other. Even boys have something to say if you listen
long enough.—Lynnette, age 8 (Isn’t she a treasure)
On the first date, they just
tell each other lies and that usually gets them interested enough to go for a
second date.—Martin, age 10
When is it okay to kiss
someone?
When they’re rich.—Pam, age
7
The law says you have to be
eighteen, so I wouldn’t want to mess with that.—Curt, age 7
The rule goes like
this: If you kiss someone, then you
should marry them and have kids with them.
It’s the right thing to do.—Howard, age 8
Is it better to be single
or married?
It’s better for girls to be
single but not for boys. Boys need
someone to clean up after them.—Anita, age 9 (bless you child)
How would the world be
different if people didn’t get married?
There sure would be a lot of
kids to explain, wouldn’t there?—Kelvin, age 8
And the #1 favorite
is—How would you make a marriage work?
Tell your wife that she
looks pretty, even if she looks like a dump truck.—Ricky, age 8
From the Email
“Bag”
March
15, 2013
I love that you have
continued the Roosevelt News in memory of Wanda Jackson, but I haven't really
seen much of Wanda in this. We have a
very important election coming up in
I really hate to ruin
everyone's great memories but:
If you want to change the
direction our community is headed in we have to get together as a community to
change our City Counsel. There is still
a pulse, a faint one but, it's still there.
The only way to do that is to vote.
It's that time again! Oh how time
flies, I remember just yesterday when we where promised our roads fixed, but
somehow the something, (grant wasn't used in time). Oh and how the City Counsel has forgotten
about the town ordinance book, oh yes there is one. Maybe it is locked up in the safe under a lot
of dust.
Oh well, back to election
time. We all love the good ole boys,
don't we?
It's time to look around
your small town, has anything changed? Since
the last election. Let's get together
and change our world by starting in our own back yard. "Love has a hold on me and nothing going
to stay the same". Do you love your
home town? Vote!
Samantha
Beeson
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March
17, 2013
Hello folks,
I want to thank you for
letting me know about my Coach Ruby Fern Johnson. I will try and give her a call in the days
ahead. She is just a great person and I
will always love her. She taught me a
lot of things and helped us kids that went to a country school as we were
behind all the other kids that started and went to a city school least we
forget these days.
Country Schools were all
over the county back then and we had one teacher that taught all grades from
1st to the 8th. So this is
why they could not give us the time we needed. My first country school was one room named
Rainy Mountain 57. We had church on Sun.
there and I was in the 4th grade at that time. Then my folks moved 5 miles north of
Love and God bless,
Mabel (Block) Blackwood,
Class of 1946
(Editor’s Note: Mabel had inquired as she had not heard from
Ruby Fern Johnson in a while. We found
that she is well and good but her computer is not cooperating with her right
now so she has not been able to communicate electronically with her friends.)
Food for
Thought
Drone Controllers
The female controller is actually flying the aircraft. Her flight instruments
screen is located in the upper left of the lower central large monitor
screen. The other screens are views from
the drone itself. Nicely done!
The control booths or rooms are made in
Their left hand is on the throttle controlling the drone's engine. Note all the buttons which perform various
tasks without removing the hand from the throttle. The right hand is flying the plane.
Kill a Taliban leader then go home for dinner!
Welcome to the new world. This is
modern warfare. Today's headline: Missiles fired from
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=p3HuSdauvZc
Obituaries
Useful
Links:
Robert
Eugene Barnes, 65,
Robert
Eugene “Goober” Barnes was born May 30, 1947, in
He
leaves behind a daughter and son-in-law, Patricia and Jody Littles,
He
was preceded in death by his wives: Beth
and Betty Barnes; both parents; and a nephew, Scotty Barnes.
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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http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/listing/user/rooseveltcemetery
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