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Carolyn Niebruegge May Michael L. May 
Vol. 3, Is. 8 Sept.
6, 2013
From the
Editor
Well, we’re “back in the
home mode” for a couple of weeks before we head “West.” We had absolutely the best, most restful
weekend possible with Karen’s family and Mark’s sister Wendy’s family. Karen is the ultimate planner! I think she may have missed her calling. She could plan and execute any event
“thinkable.” She seems to do it so
effortlessly. Everyone helped Nana and
PaPa with our setup and take down activities at the camp site leaving us for
the most part to enter into or stay out of what ever we chose as they went on
their merry way. This campground is one
of the best anywhere--water park, beach, miniature golf, and much more. There are probably at least 400 camp sites. The camp has over 100 golf carts for rent (we
had two) and at least 200 more brought their own. The carts are the main form of transportation
after entering the park and yes they are a lot of fun. Nana got pretty good at chauffeuring
everybody (especially PaPa) around and I must admit that I thoroughly enjoy
every minute of “roaming” the roads checking out all of the nice pickups and
“tripped out” golf carts. I’d say the
price range was from the low $2000’s to possibly as much as $8000. Mark and I haven’t convinced Nana that a nice
one would be a good investment although we know that we’d look “really cool”
riding around on a nice one.
Although I’ve felt continual
improvement with the knee, I believe that the greatest change has been within
the last 48 hours. I’m still on a little
pain medication, but trying to “wean” myself.
I probably shouldn’t expect for the improvement to be any better than it
has been. My biggest concern is just how
much of the lingering pain will eventually go away and how much will stay. As you may already know, patience is not one
of my virtues. As I say, “Lord give me patience and give it to me NOW!” Only time will tell, but what I do know is
that I’m so much better today than I was prior to the surgery. Didn’t really feel that I had a choice but to
go ahead with the surgery rather than wait and I know that was the right
choice.
We’ll take the next two
weeks to make the minor “rearrangement” of items we currently have in the RV to
the items we’ll need for our trip out west.
We don’t plan much “camping” activity on this trip--mainly use the RV as
a place to “lay our heads” along the way and while in
We have Paige’s 7th
Birthday Party planned for the pool this coming weekend and then have scheduled
closure of it next week. That will get
rid of a lot of the day to day work around here--work that needs to “go away” before
we leave.
I’m so looking forward to
the Roosevelt School Reunion. We hope to
see many of you there. Be safe in your
travels.
mlm
Content
Contributors for the Week
Charles
Curtis, Class of 1965
Kate
(Roberts)
All
those who sent messages to the Email “Bag”
Thank
you all!
Remembering…
We received the following thoughts/questions this
week. Please send us any remembrances/information
you have about these or anything else.
Cold Springs
Mike, I have a Cold Springs
question for you. Don't know why it
never crossed my mind until my husband asked, what was Cold
Springs school mascot? We moved
there the summer of 1950 and if I'm correct, the school had just closed. Please
ask if anyone knows.
Judy Dean
Treva Lyde owned the drug store in the mid 50's and the dry
cleaners in the late 50's. Who owned
them before and after that, when did it close down? Also does anyone
remember the class of
‘62 cleaning the bricks at the Con 8 school and removing
the old roof when the roof was replaced on the gym at
Bill and Jean Lyde
********
Linda (Phillips) Goodson, Class of 1966, shared the
following memories of
Mike, I have so many
memories of
Mike a note about your Mom,
I don’t know if you knew this but she made my wedding dress. It looked better
than any wedding gown you could buy. It
fit like a glove and was so beautiful.
Mike we do appreciate you
and Carolyn doing the newsletter. I know it takes time away from things you
would like to be doing but your time and effort is appreciated. Thank You.
Maybe some of this might be
subjects to spark memories of
I know this is long, print
what you think might be of interest to someone else and leave off the rest.
Linda (Phillips) Goodson
Class of 1966
Thoughts from
the Squirrel Lair
The Magic of Being Needed
MAGNOLIAS
I was getting ready for my daughter June's wedding which was taking place in a
church about forty miles away, and felt loaded with responsibilities as I
watched my budget dwindle..... So many details, so many
bills, and so little time.
My son Jack said he would walk his younger sister down the aisle, taking the
place of his dad who had died a few years before. He teased Patsy, saying he'd wanted to give
her away since she was about three years old!
To save money, I gathered blossoms from several friends who had large magnolia
trees. Their luscious, creamy-white
blooms and slick green leaves would make beautiful arrangements against the
rich dark wood inside the church.
The big day arrived - the busiest day of my life - and while her bridesmaids
helped Patsy to dress, her fiancé Tim walked with me to the sanctuary to do a
final check. When we opened the door and
felt a rush of hot air, I almost fainted; and then I saw them - all the
beautiful white flowers were black. Funeral black. An electrical storm during the night had
knocked out the air conditioning system, and on that hot summer day, the
flowers had wilted and died.
I panicked, knowing I didn't have time to drive back to our hometown, gather
more flowers, and return in time for the wedding and I certainly didn't have
extra money to buy a new set from the florist in town.
Tim turned to me. 'Edna, can you get more flowers? I'll throw away these dead ones and put fresh
flowers in these arrangements.' I
mumbled, 'Sure,' as he be-bopped down the hall to put on his cuff links.
Alone in the large sanctuary, I looked up at the dark wooden beams in the
arched ceiling. 'Lord,' I prayed,
'please help me. I don't know anyone in this town. Help me find someone willing to give me
flowers - in a hurry!' I scurried out
praying for the blessing of white magnolias.
As I left the church, I saw magnolia trees in the distance. I approached a
house.... no dog in sight.... knocked on the door and an older man answered. So far so good. No shotgun. When I stated my plea the man beamed and
said.... 'I'd be happy to!'
He climbed a stepladder and cut large boughs and handed them down to me. Minutes later, as I lifted the last armload
into my car trunk, I said, 'Sir, you've made the mother of a bride happy
today.'
No, Ma'am,' he said. 'You don't
understand what's happening here.'
'What?' I asked.
'You see, my wife of sixty-seven years died on Monday. On Tuesday I received friends at the funeral
home, and on Wednesday..... He paused. I
saw tears welling up in his eyes. 'On
Wednesday I buried her.' He looked away.
'On Thursday most of my out-of-town
relatives went back home, and on Friday - yesterday - my children left.'
I nodded.
'This morning,' he continued, 'I was sitting in my den crying out loud. I
miss her so much. For the last sixteen
years, as her health got worse, she needed me. But now nobody needs me. This morning I cried, 'Who needs an
eighty-six-year-old wore-out man? Nobody!' I began to cry louder. 'Nobody needs me!'
About that time, you knocked, and said, 'Sir, I need you.'
I stood with my mouth open. He asked,
'Are you an angel? I assured him I was
no angel.
He smiled. 'Do you know what I was thinking when I handed you those
magnolias?'
'No.'
'I decided I'm needed. My flowers are
needed. Why, I might have a flower
ministry! I could give them to everyone!
Some caskets at the funeral home have no
flowers. People need flowers at times
like that and I have lots of them. They're
all over the backyard! I can give them
to hospitals, churches - all sorts of places. You know what I'm going to do? I'm going to serve the Lord until the day He
calls me home!'
I drove back to the church, filled with wonder. On Patsy's wedding day, if anyone had asked me
to encourage someone who was hurting, I would have said, 'Forget it! It's my only daughter's wedding, for goodness'
sake! There is no way I can minister to
anyone today.'
But God found a way--through dead flowers. 'Life is not the way it's
supposed to be. It's the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the
difference.'
If you have missed knowing God you have missed everything in the world!! He can be your everything.
May God's blessings be upon you.
THIS IS SO TRUE.... BEING NEEDED IS SO UPLIFTING TO EACH OF US.
HOPE YOU LIKE THIS...
The
2013 ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL
Friday,
September 27, 2013
·
6:30-9:00pm: Mixer at the
Saturday, September 28, 2013 -
·
8:30-12pm: Registration,
Refreshments
·
11:30-1:30: Concession lunch available
·
1:00-1:30: Alumni Business Meeting
1. Financial Review
·
2. Election of President
·
2:00-4:00: Fund-Raising Auction
5:00-6:30:
Evening Meal, Catered by Klein’s Catering Service (BBQ) $15.00 per person in advance/$20.00 at
the door (if available).
·
7:00-10:00: Entertainment
We ask that you make every attempt to make your
reservations in advance in order to help the committee plan this event. Reservation form and payment must be received
by September 10, 2013 to guarantee meal tickets will be available at
registration.
Motels
and Bed & Breakfasts Available in
Detach and return with payment to:
2013
Alumni Name Class
of
Spouse, Friend, or Relative’s Name, also attending
Address City State ___ Zip
Email
address
Phone
number
Number
to attend Friday Mixer **Donations
accepted**
Number to attend Saturday night meal @ $15.00 each =
TOTAL
*********
Need
If you are planning on
attending the reunion and have not yet made hotel reservations, Jerry Hayslip
has one room available at the Hanna House in
Entertainment
Entertainment for Saturday
night has been lined up. Ricky
Rodrigues, a singer who has opened for stars like Crystal Gayle, Pam Tillis,
the World Famous Platters, Eli Young Band, Blake
Shelton, Merle Haggard and more will perform.
He will sing songs from the 60’s to the current date and has a show to
go with it. This will be a great evening
of entertainment to cap off the reunion.
Reservations for
The following have
registered to attend the Roosevelt High School Reunion, September 27 and
28. Send your reservation in and join
these to have a great time visiting with old friends.
Class of 1943:
Class of 1945: Joyce Henson and Annette
Williams
Class of 1946: Mabel Blackwood
Class of 1949: Norine (Goodin) Jackson and
Willie
Class of 1951: Betty (Block) Broadus,
Class of 1953: Evelyn (Lanterman) Walters, Tom
Alford, Phyllis Stockton and Randall
Class of 1954:
Judy (Johnson) Erickson.
Virginia Walker
Class of 1956: Buck Cook, Charles and Barbara
Pollard, Dwight Peterson
Class of 1957: Donna Williams, Walter Farrar,
Albert Perkins
Class of 1958:
Class of 1959:
Jerry Alford and Lenora,
Class of 1960:
Joel Cook, Ray Hackney and
Martha
Class of 1961: Judy Williams and Eddie, Deanna
(Miller) Cook
Class of 1962: Dan Hayslip, Bill and Jean Ann
(Schrader) Lyde
Class of 1963: John Alford, Ted Schrader and
family
Class of 1964:
Bonnie (Pollard) Phillips and
John
Class of 1965:
Michael May and Carolyn
Class of 1988:
Michael Chard and Linda
Melton
Class of 1991:
Glenda Ann Jenkins and Cody
and Shawn, Krystal (Mahoney) Lancaster
Others: Carolyn Martin, Merl and Kathy Pollard, Marge Jean
Salhus
********
2011 NEWSFLASH
The 2011 Roosevelt High
School Class Reunion was held on September 30 and October 1, 2011, in
If anyone need more
information or has questions about the reunion, please call Dan Hayslip at
972-938-3703 or 214-796-3131 or email him at danhayslip@sbcgloal.net
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
Space Station Tour
This is something worthwhile
to watch. The departing commander of the
space station gives a tour of the space station. It is a little long but very interesting and
well worth the 25 minutes it takes to watch.
It is worth sharing with your family and friends. Don't forget your children and
grandchildren. Enjoy.
This lady is very calm and
friendly, but don't you know she must be super smart, highly educated, and
really brave.
http://www.youtube.com/embed/doN4t5NKW-k
News
The
Roosevelt Senior Citizens has reopened from the summer break. Lunch is served from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00
p.m. Last week 42 enjoyed the meal. Stop in and enjoy a good meal while visiting
with your friends.
The
menu for next week is as follows:
Tuesday,
September 10: Baked Chicken, Mashed
Potatoes, English Peas, Rolls, Salad Bar, and Dessert
Thursday,
September 12: Meat Loaf, Mashed
Potatoes/Gravy, Green Beans, Rolls, Salad Bar, and Dessert
********
Cooperton
Community Supper
A
Cooperton Community Supper will be held on Saturday night, September 7 at 6:30
p.m. The supper will be at the Cooperton
multi-purpose building.
Everyone
is invited to bring a covered dish and come enjoy the evening.
********
The
The
church will have a block party on Saturday night, September 7 from 6:00 p.m. to
8:00 p.m. Hamburgers and hotdogs will be
served at the block party.
For
more information, call 580-639-2291.
********
Firestorm 2013
The
Southern Kiowa County Chamber of Commerce and the Snyder FFA Chapter will
jointly sponsor the 2nd Annual benefit for the local fire
departments. Firestorm 2013 will be
September 8 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Snyder School Cafeteria. The event will feature a “donations only”
spaghetti dinner and live and silent auctions.
Firestorm T-shirts will be sold for $12 each. The proceeds from the non-profit event will
go to assist fire departments in Snyder,
********
The Kiowa County
Genealogical Society will meet at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 10, in the
Jake Slaner Room at the Jane Phelan Library in
Guest speaker will be Freda
Hudson who will talk about some history of the Kiowa Tribe. Member Karen Hoover will bring her painted elk
skin on which is painted the Kiowa Tribe calendar. Refreshments will be
served.
********
The Kiowa
County Historical Society is pleased to announce the first annual Kiowa County
Historical Essay Competition. This
contest is intended to encourage High School students in
There will
be First, Second,
First
through
The rules
are as follows:
1.
Essays
must be no less than two single-spaced machine-written pages. No maximum length is specified.
2.
The
font shall be Times New Roman, the size of the font
shall be eleven. There shall be a
one-inch margin top and bottom and on both sides.
3.
Quotes
and passages from other published works are allowed, but must be correctly
attributed, set off in italic, and properly footnoted.
4.
Plagiarism
will cause rejection of the submission.
All essays will be subject to checking through accredited sites that
identify incidences of plagiarism.
5.
Essays
must be the original work of the student.
Submissions of original drafts may be submitted to others for comment,
but any major changes made by those others will not be allowed. In case of suspicion, the student may be
subjected to questions by the judges.
6.
Spelling
errors in the age of Spell Check are inconceivable. However, the student should edit the document
before submission to ensure the wrong word (i.e. for-four) which spell check
will not catch, should be corrected before submission.
The judging
criteria are as follows:
1.
Originality
- All things being equal, choosing a subject that has not been extensively
explored by other writers will be given extra consideration.
2.
Composition
- The essay should flow properly, tell the story in a
coherent manner, and without the addition of “filler” included to meet minimum
page count.
3.
Grammar
- Properly composed sentences and paragraphs.
4.
Punctuation.
5.
Historical
accuracy.
SUGGESTIONS:
1.
People
- Some current and former
2.
Events
- An event can be life-changing or as simple as the memory of a particular
picnic or town fair. Attempt to pick an
event that has not been covered extensively by other writers.
3.
Places
- An example would be the numerous schools which have closed down in
4.
Historical
Trends -
There are
many resources available to students when researching their chosen
subject. The
Submissions
will be forwarded to the Kiowa County Historical Society no later than October
21, 2013. Electronic submissions are
encouraged.
E-mail:
kiowacomuseum@cableone.net
Regular
mail:
Celecia
Stoup
(580)
726-6202
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:
September 6 – Reid Davis,
Class of 1973
September 8 – Carolyn (Hester)
Martin
September 8 – Alice Law
September 9 – Tristan Howard
September 9 – Carie Stroud
September 9 – Lynn Davis
September 9 – Stormy (
September 10 – Karla
Armstrong
September 10 – Eddie Gibbons
September 10 – Ryvers Simmons, Class of 1989
September 10 – Kent Walker
September 10 – Jerry Downen
September 11 – Shawn Moore
September 11 – David Everett
September 11 – Glen Brazil, Class of 1971
September 12 – Garrett Copeland
September 12 – Ralph Jesse Dickson
September 12 – Jimmy
Neuwirth
Happy Anniversary To:
September 8 – Cat &
Madoline Coffman
Humor
Christian Humor
When Forest Gump died, he stood in front of St. Peter
at the Pearly Gates. St. Peter said,
"Welcome,
"Okay," said
"Yes,
1) Which two days of the week begin with the letter
'T'?"
2) How many seconds are in a year?
3) What is God's first name?
"Well, sir," said
St. Peter looked surprised and said, "Well, that wasn't the answer I was
looking for, but you have a point. I
give you credit for that answer."
"The next question," said
"Twelve?" said St. Peter, surprised and confused.
"Yes, sir. January 2nd, February 2nd, March 2nd
…"
St. Peter interrupted him. "I see
what you mean. I'll have to give you
credit for that one, too."
"And the last question," said
"Andy?" said St. Peter, in shock.
"How did you come up with 'Andy'?"
"I learned it in church. We used to
sing about it."
St. Peter opened the gate to heaven and said, "Run,
Food for
Thought
Apolitical Aphorisms
If God wanted us to vote, he
would have given us candidates. ~Jay Leno~
The problem with political jokes is they get elected. ~Henry
Cate, VII~
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones
to public office. ~Aesop~
If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in
these State of the Union
speeches, there wouldn't be any inducement to go to heaven. ~Will Rogers~
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where
there is no river. ~Nikita Khrushchev~
When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become
President; I'm
beginning to believe it. ~Clarence Darrow~
Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into
politics and your
opponents will do it for you. ~Author unknown~
Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go
out and buy some more tunnel. ~John Quinton~
Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds
from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other. ~Oscar
Ameringer~
I offer my opponents a bargain if they will stop telling lies about us, I
will stop telling the truth about them. ~Adlai Stevenson, campaign speech,
1952~
A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life
for his country. ~ Tex Guinan~
I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left
to the politicians. ~Charles de Gaulle~
Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to
change the locks.
~Doug Larson~
There ought to be one day -- just one -- when there is
open season on
senators. ~Will Rogers~
Obituaries
Opal
(Johnson) Miller, 92, former
http://www.rayandmarthas.com/CurrentObituary.aspx?did=5a99e705-921e-4fd2-8613-92d6e044c2eb
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
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&
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