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Carolyn Niebruegge May Michael L. May

Vol. 2, Is. 45 May 24, 2013

From the Editor

Mike usually writes the editorial. However, he is very busy with outside work that I really don’t enjoy doing. Things like power washing the deck of the swimming pool, the deck furniture, and the sides of the house; weed eating; trimming bushes; etc. Yes, he does have the neighbor helping him but it is a lot of work. So I decided to write this week and see if my attempt will meet his scrutiny.

I have spent most of the last few days watching the terrible news coming out of Oklahoma. The tornadoes that crossed the state on Sunday were terrible and very disturbing. Then yesterday afternoon Mike had left Fox News on while he was outside working. I walked into the family room to realize they were covering live the developing tornado in the Newcastle area and following it as it moved into Moore. I watched in a state of shock as that monstrous tornado moved across such a large, very populated area. One just had to know that it was destroying everything in its path. Then I began hearing about the elementary schools that were in the direct path of the tornado as well as the hospital. This Nana could just imagine the fright those children experienced before, during, and after that storm. This is an experience that those fortunate enough to survive it will never forget. I, to this day, remember the tornado that started west of Frederick and came across the country side lifting just at the south side of Snyder when I was about 8. I was staying with friends and as we drove south on Main St. in Snyder heading for a storm shelter we could see the tornado coming toward us. As we went down the steps of the shelter, the “freight train” noise of the tornado roared overhead. Fortunately, the tornado had lifted but the noise was still there. My parents took us to tour the aftermath the next day. Those images of the tornado and its aftermath are still ingrained in my mind. After moving to Virginia where tornadoes weren’t as prevalent, I was getting past this experience. Then in 2004 a tornado tore through our development just at tree top level. It toppled many trees on our place taking the largest one in the yard right through our roof. Well, I learned that tornadoes can hit anywhere. Knowing how we felt after the minimal damage we had compared to the total loss those of Moore have experienced, I just can’t image what they are going through.

Back to the children and teachers in those two schools. Again, the teachers are the heroes of the day. They had to put the emergency plans into place to protect those children as best they could. They had very little time to do that but they obviously did a good job or even more would have been killed. As I write this, we don’t have a definite count but do know it could have been much worse. They were dealing with very frightened children. There are reports of teachers lying on top of children to protect them. The following link is to an article that gives the details of what several of those heroic teachers did to save their students: http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/21/us/oklahoma-tornado-teachers/index.html?hpt=hp_t2, Also, below is an email that Bill Hancock sent us about one of the teachers, Waynel Mayes, who grew up in Hobart. Teachers are never given the credit they should have for they do work hard to educate their students but they also have great love and devotion for the students they teach. Teachers are truly a blessing for all of us.

So many lost their homes and all of their possessions. Yes, many of those can be replaced but I will assure you that there are many things that cannot be replaced. Yes, those fortunate enough to survive have their life and that is the most important possession. However, we all have family mementos, Bibles, pictures, etc., which we all consider prize possessions. They cannot be replaced unless another family member has a copy of the pictures. And some of these families were probably impacted by the 1999 or 2004 tornadoes that hit the same area. It just seems unbelievable that three massive tornadoes could hit virtually the same area in a span of 14 years.

The first responders who have worked so diligently to search for and rescue those buried in all of the debris are to be commended. They also need our thoughts and prayers as this work has to be very stressful. I cannot imagine what they go through as they search hoping for a rescue only to find they are, in fact, in recovery mode. Again, our thanks to them and out thoughts and prayers are with them.

All of this is just almost more than I can comprehend but I felt that maybe by writing about it, I could at least express my thoughts, thank those who have worked so diligently in the search and rescue process, and encourage others to pray along with me daily for those impacted so heavily by this horrible storm.

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Editor’s note: Yes, Carolyn, this definitely meets my scrutiny. Good job! - mlm

Email from Bill Hancock: Hello, Hobart friends. Thought you would want to know that a real sweet Hobart girl, Waynel Mayes (HHS ’84) was a hero in Moore.

She teaches at Briarwood elementary. She got her first-graders under their desks to "play worm" and sing loudly until the tornado passed. They sang “Jesus Loves Me.”  And all of those children crawled out safely.

Waynel did a great job in an interview with Anderson Cooper on CNN tonight.  I only wish Anderson had introduced her as “Waynel Mayes from Hobart.”   

I know all of us Hobart folks are real proud of Waynel. (Some of you also remember her dad, Marshall, HHS '62.)

(Editor’s Note: This is the link to that interview with Anderson Cooper: http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2013/05/21/ac-okla-tornado-intv-teacher-waynel-mayes.cnn#/video/us/2013/05/21/ac-okla-tornado-intv-teacher-waynel-mayes.cnn)

Content Contributors for the Week

Jerry Alford, Class of 1959

Bill Hancock

Wayne Rickerd, Class of 1945

Jim Whitson, Class of 1957

All those who sent messages to the Email “Bag”

Thank you all!

Remembering…

Bill Hancock Query

This Week’s Query:  What businesses have been in the building next door south of Boothe Drug?  What did you buy there—or eat there?  Who worked there?  Tell us everything you know!  (Hints: Ladd’s Men’s Wear was one of those businesses.  The Bon Ton Café was another.)

What we learned last time was that many people share incredible warm delicious memories of Mama’s Food Store, which was at the southeast corner of Randlett and Cherry.  Wow! 

The building is still there, of course.  It’s now the residence of Bob Pankhurst, who purchased it in 1979.  Bob’s son Julian Pankhurst says, “I was only five, but I still remember the old food coolers and shelves that were left there when we moved in.”

The Kouri family owned and operated Mama’s; Randy Elkouri says they were distant relatives of his dad, Dempsey.  The son’s name was Lee; I remember him as gentle and thin and fairly handsome but quiet; I think he really ran the store.  Lee’s sister, Lucy, worked there, too.  I don’t remember their father, but “Mama” was always at the store.  Many people remembered that they lived in the back of the store. They were of Middle Eastern descent. 

Personally, I finally got a little money from my paper route, and spent probably half of it on Lik-m-Aide at Mama’s.  Mostly, I remember that the place smelled good, and it was cool inside.  I was pretty intimidated by Mama, and by Lee.  Seems like Lucy was pretty quiet.  They were both roughly 40 years old in 1960.

And most of us remember Mama Kouri saying, “Candy for a benny.”

Patsy Garrison in our class bought Sugar Babies there.  I think she got in trouble for bringing them to Lois McConnell’s fifth-grade class in 1960. 

Brother and sister Lee and Lucy Kouri both died in 1978 and are buried in the Hobart cemetery.  She was about 62; he was about 60.  Does anyone remember the circumstances of their deaths?

Here’s a sampling of the great comments from Hobart History Journal Readers:

Molly Smith Scorsatto:  “They always gave me a box of chocolate covered cherries at Christmas. My parents had a charge account there. As kids, we bought candy there.”

Anne Carpenter McCloskey:  “Pixie Stix!”

Donna Wood Moore:  “I would bring a note from mom to go over at lunch for candy.”

Kathy Self Flowers “bought candy, candy, candy!”

Cheryl Christianson Hicks wrote about her brother, “Craig and I used to go to that small store all the time since we didn’t live that far from Frances Willard School. Plus my grandparents, the Bouchers, lived only about a block and a half from the store.” 

Mary Holland-Tindle: “I just remember they were an older couple and they lived in the back with the mother of one of them. Bought lots of candy; wax lips, wax coke bottles, bubble gum, candy bars, popsicles and soda pop.”

Janet Willhoite Kroeker:  “I think his name was Lee Corso or something like that. My grandmother used to have a standing order for any black-eyed peas he got. Only thing was, he had to weigh them out into two equal portions before he called to let her know he got them. This was because Mike and I loved to shell them so much that we'd argue about who got the most. It's always a shock now when I drive by there and see a house instead of Mama's Food Store. I can close my eyes and be in that store to this day!”

Kim Wilson Zissa:  “They had great ‘penny candy.’ They never smiled. Ever. If Coy were here he could tell us about them.”  (Yes, Kim is right: her dad could tell us all about the Kouri family.)

Ruth Ann Johnson McNutt:  “I remember the son’s name was Lee and they always called Mrs. Kouri Momma.  They were always nice, but yet stern if they needed to be.  I remember buying Lick-m-aide in the little packages, the long flat skinny taffy for five cents, the cinnamon square suckers (two for five cents), bike taffy candy (I believe for one cent—I loved the banana-flavored.)  By the way, it is now called Laffy Taffy and still tastes the same, but it is much more expensive.  I also liked the big nugget candy bars that were white and chewy like taffy with nuggets of some kind.  Those are just a few of the things that were my favorites.  Boy, those were the good old days.”

Marilyn Winfrey Thrift:  “There was, of course, ‘Mama’, and brother and sister, Lee and Lucy. Always went there to buy candy. ‘Mama’ always followed us around pointing out everything that was a ‘bennie’! (penny candy). Mom would send me down once in a while to get some bread or a package of cookies.”

Christy Bynum-Ridner:  “Mrs. Knight would give us a quarter for our birthday and we walked across the street to buy candy for the class.  Without supervision!”

Jerry Levine delivered produce from Central Apple House to Mama’s.

Alan Thrift:  “All of us that grew up on North Lowe returned Coke bottles and bought candy at Mama's. Everyone used Frances Willard playground as a youth center and Mama's was the place to take a break for a Dr Pepper since it was across the street.”

Jayne Folks Underwood:  “Rode my bike there to buy comic books. Archie and Spider-Man. And you could trade in your old ones for credit on new ones. 12 cents, I think, on an old for new trade.”

Tammy Dodd bought, “grasshoppers, it was candy, can't remember if it was a penny a piece but I think it was.”

Keith Straub:  “Snuck across the street during recess to buy sunflower seeds.  Also think I bought my first pack of cigs there.  Guess I was about eight.  Camels. Haven’t smoked since then.  Nasty.”

Cathy Caudill went there for Lik-m-aid—as did many others!

Mark Timm bought Shasta root beer, “25 cents a can.”

Kynda New Smith:  “(sister) Kayla, Greg Linstead, and I used to ride our bikes there. We bought tootsie rolls!”

Nancy Tolbert Hamm:  “We referred to it as the Little Store and could go up pre-Frances Willard days there to buy grape pop as a treat (or probably to get us out of the house).  Later on, Cathy Caudill and I would meet there when walking to and from each other’s houses.  We would buy Milk Duds and smash them on our front teeth so we'd look really cool.  Great little store.”

Dot Snodgrass Cox: “We would go swimming and walk home by the food store. Keith Jones, Mary and Carol Pankhurst would buy a candy bar to walk the rest of the way home. I did not think it smelled clean.”

Wayne Fuchs:  “I loved going into the store to buy ‘penny candy’ since I lived just three blocks away. I don’t guess I ever knew the name of the family who operated the store…but they seemed so gentle. ‘Mama’ would tell us the price on the candy was ‘uh-one-uh benny’ (with a B). That’s where I bought most of my Tarzan comic books. I also remember the big “knot” on the tree out front which would make me think of the ‘Knot on a Tree’ riddle.”

Cathy Folsom Rogers:  “Loved the penny candy.  My fav was Coca-Cola Jolly Rogers.”

Marjory Lucas Brooks:  “I moved one block from Mama's Food Store when I was in first grade. I could go over there and buy a small sack of candy for a quarter! I loved that store.”

Bill Gentry:  “Since the statute of limitations has run, I confess my first larceny was committed in that store as a 4th or 5th grader. I loved their candy ice cream cones. I took two, went back to the playground at Frances Willard, had great guilt and remorse and took them back and put them in their container. It was much harder to sneak them back that it was to sneak them out. I thought sure Mr. Kouri saw me, but if he did he didn't say anything. Great place to buy candy.”

Truett Guthrie remembers that Lee Kouri “was a leader in the cub scout organization.  Mama`s had a big display in the middle front of the store with every candy ever made, we thought as 8- and 9-year-old kids. Lots of penny and nickel candy.  Jimmy Baker, Mikel Head, and I (all neighbors) would save pop bottles in the summer and walk the 2 or 3 blocks to the southeast to Mama`s Food Store and trade them in for penny candy....thought we were big shots doing that! Mama`s was a favorite destination of all Francis Willard kids in the fifties.”

Carolyn Asbury Shockey:  “I think I stopped in every day!  To buy a Tootsie Roll pop.  It was two cents as I recall!  Bubble gum was a penny.  Glenn Ault loved it and my bad teeth!!  I'm sure that Linda Meek and Susan Harris were with me on the walk there!  I remember thinking about that little store when all the talk about opening liquor stores was going on in the 50's.  I think that John L. said something about they will turn Momma's into a liquor store!!!  For some reason that has always stuck in my mind ---- lots of talk about how far away from a school the liquor store would have to be!!!! “ 

Adelita Perez Cumm:  “My brother Felipe and I would buy whistle pops for a dime. We got an Indian head penny with our change once and Lee said he would give us a whistle pop for it. We thought that was a great deal!!!”

Molly Mahone Holder bought “Wax lips and Ludens Cherry cough drops.....of course for that tickle in my throat....just like candy!! Mildro would drive me there for an ice cream sandwich after school, in the Buffalo!”

Jim Barnes:  “I learned my first lesson about economics at Mama's Food Store. When I was about five, I went over there (from Hitchcock, of course) with Jim Thayer. I brought some gum home, but I didn't know I had to pay for it! I remember my mother giving me a nickel to take over to Lee Kouri. I don't think Lee even knew I had taken the gum in the first place, but I learned my lesson, especially after the talking-to I got from my mother.  

“The Kouris went to our church (Presbyterian.)   Seems to me like Mama's closed when we were in junior high (maybe 1962 or 1963?) I don't think Lee's mother was in good health. They probably barely scraped a living out of running that little store.”

Terry Gwinn Nehmzow:  “I remember buying candy after school.  And ice cream!”

Kelly Mahone; “Mama's Food Store….30 by 20 feet, small counter just inside the door with the cash register, next to the candy shelves so Mama could watch for school kids looking for a ‘five-fingered discount’ on Tootsie Roll Pops.  Can't remember if I ever tried, but it sounds like something I would do.”

Miscellaneous

Val Harvey reports that her parents, Jay and Velma Medlin, did not own the other store across the street south of Frances Willard.  “They had a café somewhere.  I think it was near the Kiowa Theater, but only for a brief time.  Daddy continued to be the baker for the Pioneer Bakery.”

Geary McDowell, formerly of Roosevelt:  “I have enjoyed reading some of the Hobart stories over this past year.  I am NOT that old, but remember many of the businesses y'all have talked about and some of the people.  Reminds me of when my parents use to take me with them to Hobart on a Saturday night and watch the traffic.  Dad would get a bag of hamburgers from a hamburger joint I think around the NW intersection of the courthouse block (across the street on the NE corner of the intersection) or somewhere like that.  Mom used to like to go to Hobart to shop.  We shopped a lot at a clothing store on the west side of the Main Street on the west side of the courthouse, occasionally at an appliance store on the east side??? and of course the automotive store around the corner from the clothing store and United Grocery.  When we moved from Roosevelt in 1965 to the big city of Snyder, the shopping moved to Lawton.  There has been lots of history shared in the stories.  Thanks for sharing.”

Jim Harvey, HHS class of 1951, who lived in the apartment at the fire station with his family all his years in Hobart (dad Earl was fire chief) says, “Where we live there is a siren to warn us in case of a tornado. I remember a similar siren mounted on top of the old City Hall building in Hobart. It was used to alert volunteer fire fighters of a ‘call.’ Seems like there was another series of sounds for a tornado warning and even to warn that the city water was being turned off (could be wrong about this!).  Just wondering if that system is still in use.”

Russell Goble!  I had a brain fade last time and couldn’t remember the name of Gloria Fiorella’s father.  How embarrassing.  Mr. Goble was a Hobart icon.  He worked as a pharmacist from 1907 until 1947 and managed Gaines Drug for many years.

Thoughts from the Squirrel Lair

The National Anthem

(From a Navy Commander (Ret) in San Diego ....)                      

“So with all the kindness I can muster, I give this one piece of advice to the next pop star who is asked to sing the national anthem at a sporting event: save the vocal gymnastics and the physical gyrations for your concerts. Just sing this song the way you were taught to sing it in kindergarten — straight up, no styling. Sing it with the constant awareness that there are soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines watching you from bases and outposts all over the world. Don’t make them cringe with your self-centered ego gratification. Sing it as if you are standing before a row of 87-year-old WWII vets wearing their Purple Hearts, Silver Stars, and flag pins on their cardigans and you want them to be proud of you for honoring them and the country they love — not because you want them to think you are a superstar musician. They could see that from your costume, makeup, and your entourage. Sing 'The Star Spangled Banner' with the courtesy and humility that tells the audience that it is about America, not you.  Francis Scott Key does not need any help."

Following is a pristine example of how it should be sung by a group known as "Dave's Highway." No instruments, no microphones, no special effects.  Just 3 young siblings (Erika, Delaney, and Zachary) singing the anthem, as originally written, right in their own living room.

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=QEGlsHS6tSQ

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Wake Up America!!

Blessed Memorial Day to All!! This is one of Maxine’s best.

http://www.wernerf.com/article/minorities.htm

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 “Cooperton Valley” Picture Trail site has been renewed for all to enjoy. Thanks to Karen (Johnson) Mason for funding this site for the coming year. This site has many pictures from past Cooperton School reunions. We hope that you will find these photos interesting if you haven’t visited this site in the past (or if you have and wondered where it went). Go to http://www.picturetrail.com/coopertonvalley to visit the site.

Interesting Tidbits

Cicadas

(Editor’s Note: The following article appeared on the InsideNoVa.com website which is a news outlet for our local area. We can assure you that these Cicadas are here and their song is loud all day long. In fact, with each day the mating song is getting louder and there are more and more showing up in our yard. There are a number of different kinds of Cicadas and each kind reappear in different time frames. Over the years we have experienced the reappearance of several different varieties but the 17 year Cicadas are certainly here this year. Hope you enjoy reading about this. We don’t remember having these back in Oklahoma. Be sure to click on the “here” to see the slideshow. You will enjoy the pictures.)

They're back!

The 17-year cicada brood is clawing to the surface from its long underground slumber, and the presence of the red-eyed, noisy, klutzy bugs seems to be bugging many of you.

They started to emerge this weekend around Prince William County – from Manassas to Triangle. Some places have seen dozens, even hundreds, while other neighborhoods haven’t seen a single red-eyed invader.

Click here for a slideshow of your submitted cicada photos

“I live off Davis Ford Road and we have seen probably a hundred today!” Michelle Barth reported on InsideNoVa.com’s Facebook page.

“Everywhere in Lake Jackson,” said Zach Myers.

“We're in Woodbridge and I haven't seen any yet. Not that I'm complaining,” said Gwendolyne Carpenter.

“Haven't seen any and don't want to. When I was very little my big brother told me they'd eat me and then put one on my arm. It didn't and I still love him anyway but I don't care if I never see one again!” wrote Laura Hill.

While the holes in the ground, the crunch underfoot, the damage to our shrubs and the occasional buzzing giant bug in your hair can be quite annoying, we’re here to give you some fascinating facts about this much-maligned insect.

• The periodical cicada only appears in the United States and only east of the Great Plains, according to the University of Maryland. The species moved here some 18,000 years ago. So they’ve called this home much longer than we have.

• You’ll only hear the song of the cicada during the day. They are thought to be the loudest insects in the world and create a distinct cacophony of whirring, chirping and clicking. What you’re hearing is actually the mating call of the male cicada. When the sun goes down, their serenade is over for the day, according to LiveScience.com.

• Some neighborhoods will see them, some won’t. In a very informal poll on our Facebook page, many neighborhoods in Manassas are infested with the bumbling creatures, while Haymarket hasn’t seen any at all. In Lake Ridge, some residents reported dozens hanging from screen doors and falling from trees while others haven’t sighted a single bug. Prince William County officials say that’s common and depends on factors like pesticide use, construction and the presence of deciduous trees (that’s a tree that sheds its leaves in fall.)

• They’re edible. Just ask your dog. Our canine pals, and all manner of birds, really like to eat cicadas. While they’re not poisonous, Prince William County Animal Control says cicadas can choke a small dog, or make them sick if they eat too many. For those of you up for culinary adventure, the University of Maryland has created a website full of recipes, from cicada stir fry to cicada tacos. They’re high in protein and low in fat!

• They won’t be around long. While they might stick around as long as eight weeks, the average is four to six weeks locally, according to Prince William officials. So brace yourself, and take heart. The cicada invasion should be over by late June.

News

Roosevelt Senior Citizens

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 28: Spaghetti with Meat Sauce, Green Beans, Rolls, Salad Bar, and Dessert

Thursday, May 30: Beef Enchiladas, Refried Beans, Spanish Rice, Salad Bar, and Dessert

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Roosevelt Class of 1973 Reunion

The class of 1973 is planning a 40th class reunion in August, and we need contact information on a few that were in our class. If you were in the class of '73, and have not yet been contacted, please email tjtuck57@gmail.com so that we can get information to you. The date for the event is August 17-18 in Medicine Park.

Thank you.

Teresa "TJ" (Jennings) Tuck

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Roosevelt High School Reunion

Watch this space next week for more information about the Reunion and what the Alumni Committee is working on. The Reunion will be Friday, September 27 and Saturday, September 28.

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 24 – Dylan Lapar
May 24 – Don Ellis
May 24 – Cardayah Reed
May 25 – Frank Lucas
May 26 – Jennifer Charries Everett

May 26 – Rena Gibbons
May 26 – Darrell Block, Class of 1984
May 26 – Fawn Jackson
May 27 – James Harris

May 27 – Joye Ann Johnson
May 28 – Mitch Mahoney, Class of 1985
May 28 – Ron Overton
May 29 – Rachel Gibbons Ambruso
May 30 – J. M. Beck
May 30 – Adam Alonzo

Happy Anniversary To:

May 24 – Dusty & Sherri Funkhouser

May 24 – Vince & Judi (Wilder) Sweat, Class of 1961

May 25 – Bobby & Marion Miller, Class of 1965
May 28 – Sharon & Mike Montgomery

May 28 – Bill & Mary (Griffee) Rickey, Class of 1962
May 29 – Eddie & Rena Gibbons

May 29 – Mike and Carolyn May

Humor

SPAGHETTI

For several years, a man was having an affair with an Italian woman.

One night, she confided in him that she was pregnant.

Not wanting to ruin his reputation or his marriage, he said he would pay her a large sum of money if she would go to Italy to secretly have the child.

If she stayed in Italy to raise the child, he would also provide child support until the child turned 18.

She agreed, but asked how he would know when the baby was born.

To keep it discreet, he told her to simply mail him a post card, and write 'Spaghetti' on the back. He would then arrange for the child support payments to begin.

One day, about 9 months later, he came home to his confused wife.

“Honey,” she said, “you received a very strange post card today.”

“Oh, just give it to me and I'll explain it later,: he said. The wife obeyed and watched as her husband read the card, turned white, and fainted.

On the card was written:

Spaghetti, Spaghetti, Spaghetti, Spaghetti, Spaghetti.

Three with meatballs, two without.

Send extra sauce.

From the Email “Bag”

May 16, 2013

We received an email from Mark Harvey with the information contained in the following link http://newsok.com/article/3815264 about the validity of some of the information included in an earlier article on Interesting Facts about Oklahoma. Thank you Mark for sending this. At the time, we wondered about the accuracy of all of the information but unfortunately did not take the time to try to validate them. We always are glad to get the true information to send to our readers and will try to do a better job of validating articles.

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May 17, 2013

I am getting closer to believing that we cannot trust our government anymore.  I agree 100 per cent with the editorial in this last Roosevelt news.  I believe that Obama is a socialist and he would like to turn this country into a socialist state.  Who knows what he has set-up to happen in this country after he leaves office.

I was watching Fox yesterday and heard an old white man, who said that he hated conservatives.  No telling how many are in Congress just like him.  We do have a great amount of members of Congress like him.  This was during questioning of the head man of the IRS by a committee of Congress.  The IRS man would not answer directly the question, but would beat around the bush with his answers.  Obama is making a great deal about asking for the IRS man to resign by the end of the month.  Fox News stated that the IRS man was going to resign in June anyway.  

I enjoy the writings about Hobart.  As I grew up in Roosevelt and spent a lot of time in Hobart.  I remember a hamburger place that was of the west side across from the courthouse.  I had an Aunt, Uncle and Cousins who lived in Hobart, when I was a kid.  When we went to visit, my brothers and I went down to the hamburger stand and got us the best cheeseburger that I ever ate.  The burgers cost only twenty-five cents.  We would go the shoot them up western movies at the theater that was just south of the burger stand.  We saw all the western cowboys of that era.

The hamburger stand was a travel trailer which set in the lot between the buildings.  I have heard that when the owner of the stand died, that him and his stand was buried in the same lot on which the burger stand was.  I don't know if the was true or not.  Maybe someone can shed light on this.

Jack Whitson - Class of 1953

San Antonio, Texas

Food for Thought

GENERIC DRUG COSTS-- YEAH COSTCO!!

Costco - A MUST READ. Make sure you read to the end. You will be amazed.

Let's hear it for Costco! (This is just mind-boggling!)

Make sure you read all the way past the list of the drugs. The woman that signed

below is a Budget Analyst out of federal offices in Washington, D.C.

Did you ever wonder how much it costs a drug company for the active ingredient in prescription medications? Some people think it must cost a lot, since many drugs sell for more than $2.00 per tablet. We did a search of offshore chemical synthesizers that supply the active ingredients found in drugs approved by the FDA. As we have revealed in past issues of Life Extension a significant percentage of drugs sold in the United States contain active ingredients made in other countries. In our independent investigation of how much profit drug companies really make, we obtained the actual price of active ingredients used in some of the most popular drugs sold in America .

Celebrex: 100 mg

Consumer price (100 tablets): $130.27

Cost of general active ingredients: $0.60

Percent markup: 21,712%

Claritin: 10 mg

Consumer Price (100 tablets): $215.17

Cost of general active ingredients: $0.71

Percent markup: 30,306%

Keflex: 250 mg

Consumer Price (100 tablets): $157.39

Cost of general active ingredients: $1.88

Percent markup: 8,372%

Lipitor: 20 mg

Consumer Price (100 tablets): $272.37

Cost of general active ingredients: $5.80

Percent markup: 4,696%

Norvasc: 10 mg

Consumer price (100 tablets): $188.29

Cost of general active ingredients: $0.14

Percent markup: 134,493%

Paxil: 20 mg

Consumer price (100 tablets): $220.27

Cost of general active ingredients: $7.60

Percent markup: 2,898%

Prevacid: 30 mg

Consumer price (100 tablets): $44.77

Cost of general active ingredients: $1.01

Percent markup: 34,136%

Prilosec: 20 mg

Consumer price (100 tablets): $360.97

Cost of general active ingredients $0.52

Percent markup: 69,417%

Prozac: 20 mg

Consumer price (100 tablets): $247.47

Cost of general active ingredients: $0.11

Percent markup: 224,973%

Tenormin: 50 mg

Consumer price (100 tablets): $104.47

Cost of general active ingredients: $0.13

Percent markup: 80,362%

.

Vasotec:10 mg

Consumer price (100 tablets): $102.37

Cost of general active ingredients: $0.20

Percent markup: 51,185%

Xanax: 1 mg

Consumer price (100 tablets) : $136.79

Cost of general active ingredients: $0.024

Percent markup: 569,958%

Zestril: 20 mg

Consumer price (100 tablets) $89.89

Cost of general active ingredients $3.20

Percent markup: 2,809%

Zithromax: 600 mg

Consumer price (100 tablets): $1,482.19

Cost of general active ingredients: $18.78

Percent markup: 7,892%

Zocor: 40 mg

Consumer price (100 tablets): $350.27

Cost of general active ingredients: $8.63

Percent markup: 4,059%

Zoloft: 50 mg

Consumer price: $206.87

Cost of general active ingredients: $1.75

Percent markup: 11,821%

Since the cost of prescription drugs is so outrageous, I thought everyone should know about this. It pays to shop around! This helps to solve the mystery as to why they can afford to put a Walgreen's on every corner. On Monday night, Steve Wilson, an investigative reporter for Channel 7 News in Detroit, did a story on generic drug prices gouging by pharmacies. He found in his investigation that some of these generic drugs were marked up as much as 3,000% or more. So often we blame the drug companies for the high cost of drugs, and usually rightfully so. But in this case, the fault clearly lies with the pharmacies themselves. For example if you had to buy a prescription drug, and bought the name brand, you might pay $100 for 100 pills. The pharmacist might tell you that if you get the generic equivalent, they would only cost $80, making you think you are saving $20. What the pharmacist is not telling you is that those 100 generic pills may have only cost him $10!

At the end of the report, one of the anchors asked Mr. Wilson whether or not there were any pharmacies that did not adhere to this practice, and he said that Costco consistently charged little over their cost for the generic drugs.

I went to the Costco site, where you can look up any drug, and get its online price. It says that the in-store prices are consistent with the online prices. I was appalled. Just to give you one example from my own experience I had to use the drug Compazine which helps prevent nausea in chemo patients. I used the generic equivalent, which cost $54.99 for 60 pills at CVS. I checked the price at Costco, and I could have bought 100 pills for $19.89. For 145 of my pain pills, I paid $72.57. I could have got 150 at Costco for $28.08.

I would like to mention, that although Costco is a 'membership' type store, you do NOT have to be a member to buy prescriptions there as it is a federally regulated substance. You just tell them at the door that you wish to use the pharmacy, and they will let you in.

I am asking each of you to please help me by copying this letter, and passing it into your own e-mail, and send it to everyone you know with an e-mail address.

Sharon L. Davis

Budget Analyst

U.S. Department of Commerce

Room 6839

Office Ph: 202-482-4458

Office Fax: 202-482-5480

E-mail Address:sdavis@doc.gov

Obituaries

Emery Charles Harthun, 82, Snyder

http://www.beckerfuneral.com/sitemaker/sites/becker0/obit.cgi?user=990194Harthun

Useful Links:

Becker Funeral Home of Snyder, OK

http://www.beckerfuneral.com/?page=snyder

Peoples Cooperative Funeral Home of Lone Wolf, OK

http://www.peoplescooperativefuneralhome.com/who-we-are/history

Ray and Martha’s Funeral Home of Hobart, Mt. View, and Carnegie, OK

http://rayandmarthas.com/

Roosevelt Cemetery Layout

http://www.234enterprises.com/Roosevelt%20Cemetery%20Layout.htm

Roosevelt Cemetery Markers (Picture Trail)

http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/listing/user/rooseveltcemetery

Centerville Cemetery (west of Mt. Park) on Find A Grave

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2176228

Cooperton Green Valley Cemetery on Find A Grave

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=98552&CScn=Green+Valley+Cemetery&CScntry=4&CSst=38&CScnty=2165&

Cooperton Spring Hill Cemetery on Find A Grave

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?=cr&CRid=99577&CScn=Springhill+Cemetery&CScntry=4&CSst=38&

Gotebo Cemetery on Find A Grave

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=98525

Hobart Rose Cemetery on Find A Grave

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=99399&CScn=Hobart+Rose&CScntry=4&CSst=38

Hobart Resurrection (Catholic) Cemetery on Find A Grave

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2246374&CScn=Resurrection&CScntry=4&CSst=38

Mountain Park Cemetery on Find A Grave

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=99042&CScn=Mountain+Park&CScntry=4&CSst=38

Roosevelt Cemetery on Find A Grave

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=99397&CScn=roosevelt&CScntry=4&CSst=38

Saddle Mountain KCA Intertribal Cemetery on Find A Grave

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=99439

Snyder Fairlawn Cemetery on Find A Grave

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=98391&CScn=fairlawn&CScntry=4&CSst=38

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