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Carolyn Niebruegge May Michael L. May 
Vol. 2, Is. 50 June
28, 2013
From the
Editor
First off, I’ll apologize to
all regular readers who are also my Facebook Friends as the topic of this
editorial has already been mentioned on FB.
However, I think it has enough twists and turns that the rest of you
might enjoy.
We had a new “friend” show
up last Saturday in our front yard--a 6 ft. long black snake that I later
determined to be a “Black Rat Snake.” This particular species is one of if not
the largest in
I need not say that growing
up in
My FB discussion consisted
of many opinions on whether the snake should stay or be “Governored”--most
believe that he (she) should “go away.”
Following is a “sprinkling”
of the advice given me on Facebook:
From #1
From the wife of a former
From
From one of Carolyn’s
Cousins: “A hoe might work.”
Again, from
From another Texas Cousin: “Shoot it and if nobody knows, it’s just a
missing snake.”
From
Each solution has its pros
and cons. Ecologically, without
question, the snake should stay, but he (she) needs to stay out of
sight--especially from Karen and Carolyn.
The girls (Paige and her cousin Gianna) still definitely want to see
him. My cousin
Well for the time being the
snake has received a “stay” of execution.
I was heartened this morning when a fellow ammunition purchaser at
Dick’s told me that Black Rat Snakes eat Copperheads. That was encouraging--temporarily. However, after doing a little research on the
internet I was not able to substantiate that fact. Any further information along that line of
thinking would be appreciated. So, for
now, I’m working hard on trying to share my space with my new friend.
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Content
Contributors for the Week
Frances
(Roberts) Herod, Class of 1945
Wayne
Rickerd, Class of 1945
All
those who sent messages to the Email “Bag”
Thank
you all!
Remembering…
Editor’s
Note: As we approach July 4, the
birthday of our great nation, this is very appropriate.
True American Treasure
This is the first broadcast
of "God Bless
The link below will take you
to a video showing the very first public singing of "GOD
BLESS AMERICA". But before you watch, you should also know the story
of the song.
The time was 1940.
This was the era just before TV, when radio shows were HUGE, and American
families sat around their radios in the evenings, listening to their favorite
entertainers, and no entertainer of that era was bigger than Kate Smith.
Kate was also large in size,
and the popular phrase still used today is in deference to her,
"Ain't over till the fat lady sings". Kate Smith might not have
made it big in the age of TV, but with her voice coming over the radio, she was
the biggest star of her time. Kate was also very patriotic. It hurt her to see
Americans so depressed and afraid of what the next day would bring. She had
hope for
When she described what she
was looking for, he said he had just the song for her. He went to his files and
found a song that he had written, but never published, 22 years before - way
back in 1917. He gave it to Kate Smith and she worked on it with her studio
orchestra. She and Irving Berlin were not sure how the song would be received
by the public, but both agreed they would not take any profits from God Bless
This video starts out with Kate Smith coming into the radio studio with the
orchestra and an audience. She introduces the new song for the very first time,
and starts singing. After the first couple verses, with her voice in the
background still singing, scenes are shown from the 1940 movie,
"You're In The Army Now." At the 4:20 mark
of the video you see a young actor in the movie, sitting in an office, reading
a paper; it's Ronald Reagan.
Frank Sinatra considered Kate
Smith the best singer of her time, and said when he and a million other guys
first heard her sing "God Bless
To this day, God Bless
NOW HERE IS HOW "GOD
BLESS
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?feature=player_embedded&v=TnQDW-NMaRs#%21
Editor’s
note: I might add that we may well need
this song as much today as we did then. mlm
Thoughts from
the Squirrel Lair
Something You
Will Enjoy
Here is something I know
you'll enjoy. The setting of this will sound very familiar.
It's entitled:
The Lord Is My Pace Setter
The Lord is my pace
setter... I shall not rush. He makes me stop for quiet intervals.
He provides me with images
of stillness which restore my serenity.
He leads me in the way of
efficiency through calmness of mind and his guidance is peace.
Even though I have a great
many things to accomplish each day, I will not fret, for his presence is here.
His timelessness, his all
importance will keep me in balance.
He prepares refreshment and
renewal in the midst of my activity by anointing my mind with his oils of
tranquility.
My cup of joyous energy
overflows.
Truly harmony and
effectiveness shall be the fruits of my hours for I shall walk in the Pace of
my Lord and dwell in his house for ever.
A version of The Twenty
Third Psalm from
Taken from
the Book: Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World - by Joanna Weaver Waterbrook
Press.
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A Friend
One day, when I was a
freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class was walking home from
school. His name was Kyle. It looked like he was carrying all of his
books.
I thought to myself, 'Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday? He must really be a nerd.'
I had quite a weekend planned (parties and a football game with my friends tomorrow afternoon), so I shrugged my shoulders and
went on. As I was walking, I saw a bunch
of kids running toward him. They ran at
him, knocking all his books out of his arms and tripping him so he landed in
the dirt. His glasses went flying, and I
saw them land in the grass about ten feet from him...He looked up and I saw
this terrible sadness in his eyes.
My heart went out to him. So, I jogged over
to him as he crawled around looking for his glasses, and I saw a tear in his
eye.
As I handed him his glasses, I said, “Those guys are jerks. They really should get lives.”
He looked at me and said, “Hey thanks!”
There was a big smile on his face.
It was one of those smiles that showed real gratitude.
I helped him pick up his books, and asked him where he lived. As it turned out, he lived near me, so I
asked him why I had never seen him before.
He said he had gone to private school before now. I would have never hung out with a private
school kid before. We talked all the way
home, and I carried some of his books.
He turned out to be a pretty cool kid.
I asked him if he wanted to play a little football with my friends.
He said yes.
We hung out all weekend and the more I got to know Kyle, the more I liked him,
and my friends thought the same of him.
Monday morning came, and there was Kyle with the huge stack of books
again. I stopped him and said, “Boy, you
are gonna really build some serious muscles with this pile of books everyday!”
He just laughed and handed me half the books.
Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends. When we were seniors we began to think about
college. Kyle decided on
I knew that we would always be friends, that the miles would never be a
problem.
He was going to be a doctor and I was going for business on a football
scholarship.
Kyle was valedictorian of our class. I
teased him all the time about being a nerd.
He had to prepare a speech for graduation.
I was so glad it wasn't me having to get up there and speak.
Graduation day, I saw Kyle. He looked
great. He was one of those guys that
really found himself during high school. He filled out and actually looked good in
glasses. He had more dates than I had
and all the girls loved him. Boy,
sometimes I was jealous!
Today was one of those days. I could see
that he was nervous about his speech.
So, I smacked him on the back and said, “Hey, big guy, you'll be great!”
He looked at me with one of those looks (the really grateful one) and
smiled....
“Thanks,” he said.
As he started his speech, he cleared his throat, and began...
“Graduation is a time to thank those who helped you make it through those tough
years.
Your parents, your teachers, your siblings, maybe a coach...but mostly your
friends....
I am here to tell all of you that being a friend to someone is
the best gift you can give them. I am
going to tell you a story.”
I just looked at my friend with disbelief as he told the first day we met. He had planned to kill himself over the
weekend. He talked of how he had cleaned
out his locker so his Mom wouldn't have to do it later and was carrying his
stuff home. He looked hard at me and
gave me a little smile.
“Thankfully, I was saved. My friend
saved me from doing the unspeakable.”
I heard the gasp go through the crowd as this handsome, popular boy told us all
about his weakest moment. I saw his Mom
and Dad looking at me and smiling that same grateful smile. Not until that moment did I realize its
depth.
Never underestimate the power of your actions.
With one small gesture you can change a person's life. For better or for worse. God puts us all in each others lives to
impact one another in some way. Look for
God in others.
You now have two choices, you can:
1) Pass this on to your friends or
2) Delete it and act like it didn't touch your heart.
As you can see, I took choice number 1.
'Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble
remembering how to fly.'
There is no beginning or end.
Yesterday is history.
Tomorrow is a mystery.
Today is a gift.
I hope you all have a blessed day and lots of gifts ahead of you
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
This video sponsored by the
Wyoming Tourism Bureau is wonderful.
Many of the most beautiful sites in the state are featured. Having visited several of these places, we
can attest to the beauty. Enjoy!!
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=BUOQ_yPW_0s
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Science and Technology Knowledge Quiz
This quiz is from the
http://www.pewresearch.org/quiz/science-knowledge/
News
The Roosevelt Senior Citizens center is
closed for the summer. They will reopen
on Tuesday, Sept. 3 for lunch.
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:
June 28 – Misty
Jackson, Class of 1993
June 28 – Bill Pitts, Class of 1947
June 28 – Betty Hendry
June 29 – Clint Block
June 29 – Tasha Cortes
June 29 – Mason Zacharias
June 30 – Kaylee Carter
June 30 – Junior Curtis, Class of 1965
June 30 – Olivia Juarez
June 30 – Gayle (Thomas) Lyde, Class of 1959
June 30 – Breanna Webb
June 30 – Shirley Lucus
June 30 – Samantha Bellendir
June 30 – Sarah Bellendir
July 1 – Shannon Stockton
July 1 – Kate (Roberts)
July 2 – Michelle Peterson
July 2 – Sheri (Pound) Wann,
Class of 1982
July 3 – Gregg Jackson, Class of 1975
July 3 – Connie Alonzo
July 3 – Carl Barnes, Jr., Class of 1990
July 4 – Shelli Mahoney
Happy Anniversary To:
June 28 – Dobber &
Shirley Cook
June 28 – George & Cindy Garrison
June 30 – J. D. & Pam Taylor
June 30 – Jerry & Christy Pina
July 1 – Allen & Betty
Moore
Humor
Forgot My Glasses
Yesterday my daughter again
asked why I didn’t do something useful with my time. Talking about my “doing something useful”
seemed to be her favorite topic of conversation. She was “only thinking of me” and suggested I
go down to the senior center and hang out with the guys. I did this and when I got home last night I
decided to teach her a lesson and told her that I had joined a parachute club.
She said, “Are you
nuts? You’re almost 72 years old and
you’re going to start jumping out of airplanes?” I proudly showed her that I even got a
membership card.
She said to me, “Good grief,
where are your glasses! This is a
membership to a Prostitute Club, not a Parachute Club.”
“I’m in trouble again, and I
don’t know what to do…I signed up for five jumps a week.” I told her. She fainted.
Life as a senior citizen is
not getting any easier but sometimes it can be fun.
Food for
Thought
Due to operating under this Sequester the ceremonies proceeded as follows:
President Obama regretfully declined the kind invitation of the Commandant of
the Air Force Academy to speak to the graduates and their families on the
occasion of their graduation saying he was committed to addressing the
graduates at
It looked like this: The featured speaker was an Under Secretary
of the Air Force, who is a decorated
And so, when the speeches, the hats were all thrown into the air, and all the
family hugs were all made and it became time for the fly-over, a roar of
engines was detected from the West of the air strip and parade grounds there at
the facility and everyone was treated to a fly-over by the Confederate Air
Force.
Looking up they saw all kinds of vintage aircraft from B-17s B-24s, B-25s,
P-38s, P-51s and others all represented by manufactures such Corsairs, Grumman,
Lockheed and Boeing who still provide parts availability for these aircraft, and
flown by our heroes from prior conflicts that still see fit to stay active for
services such as this. It was a
wonderful experience for all who were there. I am sure you will join me
in offering a salute to these serving officers who saw fit not to rob the 2013
graduating class of their day of celebration, and to our heroes who flew the
planes for this worthy occasion and oh yes to the many private donors who
pitched in and covered the expenses involved in bringing these aircraft in to
Colorado Springs from various locations across the country.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE SALUTE YOU
Below is a video of the
fly-over.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDeDZlo5ejg
Obituaries
Lerah
Hackney, 79, former
http://www.rayandmarthas.com/CurrentObituary.aspx?did=f5809de5-dc39-4929-bc4b-2ad4eca43459
Eskil
Scharolett Hayslip, 93,
http://www.beckerfuneral.com/sitemaker/sites/becker0/obit.cgi?user=1017086Hayslip
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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http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/listing/user/rooseveltcemetery
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