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Carolyn Niebruegge May Michael L. May 
Vol. 2, Is. 42 May
3, 2013
From the
Editor
The first two days of the
week here were very wet--not heavy rain by any means, but heavy drizzle both
days. Today (Wednesday) has been bright
sun and a gentle breeze. Sun following
two days of drizzle certainly helps make the grass grow. I’m sure that the fertilizer that Scott’s put
down today will also help immensely.
Yes, I’ll mow grass this weekend.
I can’t believe the weeds
and little oak trees that have “sprung” up since my weeding and spraying last
week. It never ceases to amaze me how
long it takes roundup to kill weeds—so long that you start to wonder if it’s
really going to work or not. I’m going
to have to give them a little attention before next Thursday when we plan to go
to Kevin and Brenda’s in
Brought our RV out of
“mothballs” last Sunday and positioned it in the drive—probably be there the
rest of the summer. It was raining when
we went after it and I have so much to get done prior to taking it to
Had a chance to go do a
little shooting yesterday morning and have stood in line to purchase more
“speedos” 3 days this week. Had a guy in
line at Dick’s this morning tell me about an indoor range about 20 miles away
that has a great yearly fee for the older generation (62+) --a “family plan”
for $160 per year for unlimited time at the range with no further charge and
the ability to shoot your own “speedo’s.”
The range we’ve been going to—an outdoor range—requires that you purchase
your “speedos” from them—at about twice the market price. Yeah, we joined up with the indoor guys. Looks like a good deal to me. We’re really looking forward to trying it
out. Oh yes, we’ll probably go to Dick’s
again in the morning to look for more speedos in “waist size 22.”
mlm
Content
Contributors for the Week
Jerry
Alford, Class of 1959
Debbie
(Ferris) Bryant, Class of 1972
Jim
Whitson, Class of 1957
All
those who sent messages to the Email “Bag”
Thank
you all!
Remembering…
Memories
Classic (really classic)
memories. Enjoy.
This is a trip through your
teenage years!! BUT can you remember all
these times??
Really, really fun to watch!
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?feature=endscreen&=R=1&v=sDc0ID6PJeg&feature=youtu.be
Thoughts from
the Squirrel Lair
Seniors
You’ll love this one even if
you’re not a senior.
Yes, this is us!!
Senior citizens are
constantly being criticized for every conceivable deficiency of the modern
world, real or imaginary. We know we
take responsibility for all we have done and do not blame others.
However, upon reflection, we
would like to point out that it was NOT the senior citizens who took
The melody out of music,
The pride out of appearance,
The courtesy out of driving,
The romance out of love,
The commitment out of marriage,
The responsibility out of parenthood,
The togetherness out of the family,
The learning out of education,
The service out of patriotism,
The Golden Rule from rulers,
The nativity scene out of cities,
The civility out of behavior,
The refinement out of language,
The dedication out of employment,
The prudence out spending,
The ambition out of achievement or
God out of
government and school.
And we are NOT the ones who
eliminated patience and tolerance from personal relationships and interactions
with others!
And we do understand the
meaning of patriotism and remember those who have fought and died for our
country.
Just look at the seniors
with tears in their eyes and pride in their hearts as they stand at attention
with their hand over their hearts!
Yes, I’m a Senior Citizen!
I’m the life of the
party…even if it lasts until 8 p.m.
I’m very good at opening
childproof caps…with a hammer.
I’m awake many hours before
my body allows me to get up.
I’m smiling all the time
because I can’t hear a thing you’re saying.
I’m sure everything I can’t
find is in a safe secure place, somewhere.
I’m wrinkled, saggy, lumpy,
and that’s just my left leg.
I’m beginning to realize
that aging is not for wimps.
Yes, I’m a Senior Citizen,
and I think I am having the time of my life!
Now if I could only remember
who sent this to me, I wouldn’t send it back.
Spread the laughter
Share the cheer
Let’s be happy
While we’re here.
And may God bless American
and may
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
Interesting Facts about
Here are some little known, but very interesting
facts about
1. The bread twist tie was invented in Maysville.
2. The shopping cart was invented in
3. The nation's first parking meter was installed in
4. The first Girl Scout Cookie was sold in
5.
county in the
6. The
7.
8. WKY Radio in
9. The nation's first 'Tornado Warning' was issued on March 25, 1948, in
10.
11. The name '
12.
13.
14. During the 'Land Rush',
15. The nation's first traffic 'Yield' sign was erected in
NOTE: It doesn't say WHO invented the Yield sign...it was a man named Clinton
Riggs, a police officer in
16. Pensacola Dam is the longest multi-arched dam in the world at 6,565 feet.
17. The '
18. The aerosol can was invented in
19. Per square mile,
20. The highest wind speed ever recorded on earth was in
21. The '
22.
23. The long running Broadway Play,
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,
May 7: Chicken and Dumplings, Mashed
Potatoes, English Peas, Salad Bar, Rolls, and Dessert
Thursday,
May 9: Lasagna, Green Beans, Garlic
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.
********
The Kiowa
County Genealogical Society will meet at 7 p.m., Tuesday, May 14 in the Jake Slaner Room at the Jane Phelan Library
in
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:
May 5 – Nelson Perkins
May 9 – Nyla Watson
Humor
Old People
You ever been guilty of
looking at others your own age and thinking, surely I can’t look that old? Well…you’ll love this one!
My name is Alice Smith and I
was sitting in the waiting room for my first appointment with a new
dentist. I noticed his DDS diploma,
which bore his full name. Suddenly, I
remembered a tall, handsome, dark haired boy with the same name had been in my
high school class some 30-odd years ago.
Could he be the same guy
that I had a secret crush on way back then?
Upon seeing him, however, I
quickly discarded any such thought. This
balding, gray haired man with the deeply lined face was way too old to have been
my classmate. After he examined my
teeth, I asked him if he had attended
“Yes, yes I did. I’m a Mustang!” he gleamed with pride.
“When did you graduate?” I
asked.
He answered, “In 1977. Why do you ask?”
“You were in my class!” I exclaimed.
He looked at me
closely. Then that ugly, old, bald,
wrinkled, fat, gray haired, decrepit man asked …
“What did you teach?”
From the Email
“Bag”
April 28, 2013
Question of the month. Does anyone know if Cold Springs Teams had a
name for their team or mascot? 100 point
question…
Larry Phillips, Class of 1964
Food for
Thought
Walmart Cash Back Scams
We received the following in
several emails. Please be sure to click
on the link below for information on the validity of these claims. Pay particular attention to the ending where
you are advised to always review your receipt before leaving the cashier. Regardless of how true the scam is, the
advice is good.
Pay Attention to Your
Receipts
This could happen
anywhere. It happened at Wal-Mart
(Supercenter Store #1279), 10411 N. Freeway 45,
I bought a bunch of stuff,
over $150, and I glanced at my receipt as the cashier was handing me the
bags. I saw a cash-back of $40. I told her I didn’t request a cash back and
to delete it.
She said I’d have to take the $40 because she
couldn’t delete it. I told her to call a
supervisor. The supervisor came and said
I’d have to take it! I said NO! Taking the $40 would be a cash advance
against my Discover and I wasn’t paying interest on a cash advance!!! If they couldn’t delete it, then they would
have to delete the whole order.
So the supervisor had the
cashier delete the whole order and re-scan everything!
The second time I looked at
the electronic pad before I signed and a cash-back of $20 popped up. At that point I told the cashier and she
deleted it. The total came out
right. The cashier agreed that the
electronic pad must be defective. (yeah,
right!)
Obviously the cashier knew
the electronic pad wasn’t defective because she NEVER offered me the $40 in the
beginning.
Can you image how many
people went through before me and at the end of her shift how much money she
pocketed?
Just to alert everyone. My coworker went to
She asked the cashier for a
receipt and the cashier was annoyed and gave it to. My coworker didn’t look at the receipt until
later that night. The receipt showed
that she asked for $20 cash back. She did not ask for cash back!
My coworker called Wal-Mart
who investigated but could not see the cashier pocket the money. She then called her niece who works for the
bank and her niece told her this is a
new scam. The cashier will key in
that you asked for cash back and then hand it to her friend who is the next
person in line.
Please, please, please check your receipts right away
when using credit or debit cards!
This is NOT limited to
Wal-Mart, although they are the largest retailer so they have the most
incidents. Always check your receipt
before leaving the cash register.
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_walmart_cash_back.htm
Regardless of truthfulness of these emails, it is
always best to review your receipt before leaving a cash register. In fact, I suggest that you try to observe as
each item is scanned to insure that the price you thought the item was in fact
was what came up when scanned. Too many
times I have found that the “sale price” that is on the shelf for an item is
not what rings up when scanned. A
merchant must honor the price displayed for an item regardless of what comes up
in the computer when scanned. Also, it
is important to be sure that the number of items scanned is the number you
purchased. If you purchased 5 but one is
scanned twice, you are paying for an extra one.
In the economic times we are living in, one can’t be too careful. cmn
Obituaries
Patsy
(Schrader) Shockley, 80,
http://www.rayandmarthas.com/CurrentObituary.aspx?did=39723bb9-029d-4ff0-b979-2b31cfbbdc0f
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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