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Carolyn Niebruegge May Michael L. May 
Vol. 2, Is. 40 Apr.
19, 2013
From the
Editor
Well, our feet are firmly
planted back in
Sadly, the news cycle
rapidly moved yesterday from gun control and immigration to the Boston Marathon
bombings. It was a horrific event. Unfortunately, we know that a disaster of
this type can happen at any time. We’re
just fortunate that it has not happened more often that it has. Just have to comment on some of the things
that are being said, not said, suggested, and not suggested. First of all it was interesting that the
President could not initially bring himself to say that this was a terrorist
attack (although he later did).
Really! Surely he understands by
now that the “We have Al Qaeda on the run dog”
will “no longer hunt.” Also very
interesting to note that this morning (Tuesday) on Morning Joe or as my friend Ted
calls it, “Morning Joke” they made it a point to stress that many had eluded to
the fact that this might be a terrorist attack from some foreign group, but
encouraged us to not jump to conclusions on who should be blamed. I had to find this very odd that such care
was given to not suggest the possibility that this could have been done by some
outside terrorist faction. Certainly
makes me wonder if MSNBC may again be caving under the influence of what “big
brother” wants to (or not to) suggest. Yes,
this is just my observation and with that and a couple or three bucks you can
get a cup of coffee at Starbucks.
Back to gun control and
immigration. I think regardless of the
side you may be on, we are all very interested in the outcome of these issues
and the impact that they will have on all of us and our country as a
whole. I do stand ready for ANYTHING
that will stop the senseless killing, but unfortunately don’t believe that
those attempting to make changes really have their “eye on the target.” Way too much emphasis on legal, law abiding
citizen’s rights, and way too little on detection and treating of mental
illness and proper punishment of those convicted of gun related crimes.
Since the above gun control
discussion was written, the vote is in and the increased background checks bill
failed--much to the horror of the President.
I’m not going to comment on what I thought about his comments to the
nation late yesterday, and probably don’t need to. Unfortunately, there is a lot of this vote
that I don’t understand. I still
question if the increased background checks bill was supported by 90 percent of
US residents as reported by the administration.
If that is a correct number, I can’t believe that the senators voted
their conscience rather than the conscience of their constituents. As one of my friends used to say, “It’s all a puzzlement to me.”
I will be the first to admit
that I don’t know the best answer to immigration, but I do know that I don’t
want my tax dollars used to support illegal aliens who are not paying taxes and
are sending most of the money they make here back home to family members. I do support a path to legal
immigration. I see the “nitch” that these
aliens fill. They are willing to work
while so many here aren’t and remain willing to collect welfare. Yes we are in fact creating some of the
problem and the demand for this illegal work force. I say, “Shame on us for being so willing to
freely pass out welfare to those too lazy to work.”
mlm
Content
Contributors for the Week
Jerry
Alford, Class of 1959
Bill
Hancock
Wayne
Rickerd, Class of 1945
All
those who sent messages to the Email “Bag”
Thank
you all!
Remembering…
Bill Hancock Query
Here is this week’s query
about
This Week’s
Query: What businesses
were on the east side of
What we’ve learned….
Our query last time
about the LaJuan’s Boutique generated several
interesting comments.
LaJuan’s Boutique was owned by LaJuan Scott Bunch. It
operated in 1984. Norma Harris worked there. LaJuan’s
husband was postmaster Glen Bunch, who was a brother of Pat Bunch of Lone
Wolf. We’re told LaJuan and Glen later moved to
Cheryl Harris Duff remembers
Bobbi Smith’s boutique in that building, but we’re not sure when. Did she
maybe buy the place from Mrs. Bunch?
Dillingham’s and More
Lester Dillingham ran a
jewelry store in
In May of 1971, Dillingham’s
had closed and Chuck Payton’s jewelry store opened. Payton’s moved to 411
Ed’Lene’s Studio, a photography studio and photo-supplies
shop, followed Payton’s. Who operated that store?
Robert Monthey
and J.C. Waller operated the M&W Bookkeeping and Tax Service there in
1980. A year later, Pam Marion opened The Body Shop an exercise
studio. She moved to 319 S. Main in October. The Clothes Hanger
opened in April, 1982. The Clothes Hanger II took its place in 1983, then
Lajuan’s.
Richard Hovis
opened his law office in the building starting in about 1988.
Barbara and Joe Harris opened the nifty Prairie Tales Book Store there in 1997,
closing in January of 2000. The Chamber of Commerce was there by 2005;
we’re not sure when it moved in.
Southeast Corner of
Fourth and
Bolon’s Hardware on this corner was destroyed in the big
fire of 1916. The lot was vacant for a while, then it was occupied by
grocery stores, and White’s Auto’s first
Andy’s Bakery opened on this
corner in August of 1946. Linda Mayer McCannon
remembers that the bakery was moved from Hydro because they could get more
sugar here because of the war thanks for the memories. In December of
1947, her grandfather received a permit to construct a new building just about
100 feet away at 317
Clay Cook’s Davis Paint
Store moved into the corner location in 1947. Doyle and Nelda Watson
bought the store in 1957 and operated there until moving into the old
John Nelson opened a
Montgomery-Ward catalog store there in 1966. (His daughter, Debbie, was a
twirler in the HHS band.) When he retired, the Folsoms
took over Montgomery-Ward and soon moved it to
The little building on
the corner became a law office. W.A. Bolding, Max Carder, John White, and
Richard Hovis were among the attorneys who practiced
there. What’s happening there now?
Southwestern Bell
Telephone Company Office
Ned Watkins:
“Occasions at night after dragging
Thoughts from
the Squirrel Lair
Ageing
As I've aged, I've become
kinder to myself, and less critical of myself.
I've become my own friend.
I have seen too many dear
friends leave this world, too soon; before they understood the great freedom
that comes with aging.
Whose business is it, if I
choose to read, or play, on the computer, until 4 a.m., or sleep until
noon? I will dance with myself to those
wonderful tunes of the 50, 60 & 70's, and if I, at the same time, wish to
weep over a lost love, I will.
I will walk the beach in a
swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body, and will dive into the waves,
with abandon, if I choose to, despite the pitying glances from the jet
set. They, too, will get old.
I know I am sometimes
forgetful. But there again, some of life
is just as well forgotten. And, I
eventually remember the important things.
Sure, over the years, my
heart has been broken. How can your
heart not break, when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or even
when somebody's beloved pet gets hit by a car?
But, broken hearts are what give us strength, and understanding, and
compassion. A heart never broken, is
pristine and sterile, and will never know the joy of being imperfect.
I am so blessed to have
lived long enough to have my hair turning gray and to have my youthful laughs
be forever etched into deep grooves on my face.
So many have never laughed, and so many have died before their hair
could turn silver.
As you get older, it is
easier to be positive. You care less
about what other people think. I don't
question myself anymore. I've even
earned the right to be wrong.
So, to answer your question,
I like being old. It has set me
free. I like the person I have
become. I am not going to live forever,
but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been
or worrying about what will be. And I
shall eat dessert every single day (if I feel like it).
MAY OUR FRIENDSHIP NEVER
COME APART, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART!
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
Never Give a Farmer a Welder
Good ol’
ingenuity…When you live on a farm you learn to “make do” with whatever you find
in the barn!!
This is the exact and
perfect example of why farmers saver everything. This car has been built with all of the
“junk” laying out back in the pile, under the work bench, and stuffed in the
rafters. All this
guy needed was a little time on his hands.
http://vcca.org/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/258696/Re_Farmer_s_Woody
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,
April 23: BBQ Pork, Potato Salad, Cole
Slaw, Salad Bar, Rolls, and Dessert
Thursday,
April 25: Meat Loaf, Mashed Potatoes/Gravy,
Green Beans, Rolls, Salad Bar, and Dessert
********
Cold Springs
The annual Cold Springs
Reunion will be Saturday, May 18, beginning at 11:00 a.m. at the Roosevelt
Senior Citizens Center. Lunch will be
available beginning at 12 noon for a cost of about $6. All former students and teachers as well as
anyone who has interest in the Cold Springs area are encouraged to attend. Come, bring a friend, and enjoy visiting and
reminiscing with those friends who once lived in the Cold Springs area. Attendees will certainly have a grand time.
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:
April 21 – David Chain,
Class of 1975
April 23 – Jed Funkhouser
April 24 – Larry Parrish
April 24 – Lloyd Hamman
April 24 – Crystal Greear
April 25 – Doug McNeill
Humor
Fried Eggs
A
wife was making a breakfast of fried eggs for her husband. Suddenly her husband burst into the
kitchen.
"Careful ... CAREFUL! Put in some more butter! Oh my GOD!
You're cooking too many at once.
TOO MANY! Turn them! TURN THEM NOW! We need more butter. Oh my GOD!
WHERE are we going to get MORE BUTTER? They're going to STICK! Careful ... CAREFUL! I said be CAREFUL! You NEVER listen to me when you're
cooking! Never! Turn them!
Hurry up! Are you CRAZY? Have you LOST your mind? Don't forget to salt them. You know you always forget to salt them. Use the salt.
USE THE SALT! THE
SALT!"
The wife stared at him. "What the
hell is wrong with you? You think I
don't know how to fry a couple of eggs?"
The husband calmly replied, "I wanted to show you what it feels like when
I'm driving!"
********
Out of Gas
Sister Mary, who worked for
a home health agency, was out making her rounds visiting homebound patients
when she ran out of gas. As luck would
have it, a gas station was a block away.
She walked to the station to borrow a gas can and buy some gas. The attendant told her that the only gas can
he owned had been lent out, but she couldn’t wait until it was returned. Since the nun was on the way to see a patient,
she decided not to wait and walked back to her car. She looked for something in her car that she
could fill with gas and spotted the bedpan she was taking to the patient. Always resourceful, she carried the bedpan to
the station, filled it with gas and carried the full bedpan back to her
car. As she was pouring the gas into her
tank, two men watched from across the street.
One of them turned to the other and said, “If it starts, I’m turning
Catholic.”
From the Email
“Bag”
April 12, 2013
It has been a while since I
have had anything different to report about Phil (my father-in-law) and how his
Cancer treatments (chemo and radiation) have been going. He did very well
through all that, and on his last visit or two they told him the tumor was not
shrinking. He took a motorcycle trip to
Had an
appointment with my Radiology Oncologist today. (I have a
different one for chemo therapy.) She
is really concerned because the lump from which they diagnosed my cancer
has not changed after all the radiology and chemo treatments. It is still the same size and just as hard.
She said there is one kind of cancer that does not respond to radiology
and maybe I have that one. (I don’t remember
what she called it). I have some other
symptoms that gave her additional concern about whether this cancer has
possibly gone to my brain. I’ve been
nauseated every morning for the past couple of weeks, I’m a little staggery, and she gave me a test something like the police
give for sobriety and my balance was off a bit.
Especially I couldn’t go with one foot touching in front of the
other. I kept stumbling out of the line.
So –
She scheduled me for an MRI
and another PET scan on the 27th and we’ll see what that shows. For some time now I haven’t been able to walk
to the back of the Wal-Mart store and then back up front without resting two or
three times. I get winded, my heart rate
increases, and my back gives out. Some
time ago I did some horse trading for one of those handicapped, electric
mobility scooters like we had for Petey. A couple of months ago I got a carrier for it
that fits in the trailer hitch on my pick-up.
I guess I’ll start keeping that cart with me all time now. I was carrying it just when I knew I was
going to be walking a lot but now I guess I can legally use it when ever. It loads and unloads so easily. I just feel dumb using it but at my age and
stage of life - what the heck.
Another thing she did was
put me on oxygen 24/7. I have been on
oxygen at night for a couple of years but now I’ll have to be on it all
time. They are going to give me some
portable bottles and a back pack to carry one in so I can still ride my
scooters. Very accommodating folks I’d
say.
Karen asked me how I felt
about all of this and I have an amazing peace about it all. As I’ve said before, I’m not afraid of being dead, I just dread doing the dying. If it comes to that I hope it isn’t long and
drawn out, but I really feel like God is in control and I’m sure He knows what
He is doing. If He doesn’t we are all in
a “heap of trouble.”
Phil
Food for
Thought
Smile, You May Be on Candid Camera
Fascinating
video about a super-resolution camera and the source and explanation of the
camera(s) and chip will astound you.
Remember to
smile when you look up!
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/13BahrdkMU8?feature=player_embedded
Obituaries
Useful
Links:
Leon
Jones, 50, Snyder
http://www.beckerfuneral.com/sitemaker/sites/becker0/obit.cgi?user=970904Jones
Vinita
Brewer Jones, 93, Snyder
http://www.beckerfuneral.com/sitemaker/sites/becker0/obit.cgi?user=971869BrewerJones
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
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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
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