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Carolyn Niebruegge May Michael L.
May 
Vol. 5 Is. 4 Nov. 1, 2015
From the
Editor
Again,
I am late getting the newsletter out and I don’t know that I have a really good
excuse other than Mike and I have been very busy. Our life just doesn’t slow down. Fall is a very busy time as the leaves just
keep coming down and we do have leaves.
The only cleared area on our 3 acre lot is that for the house and
yard. The rest is entirely covered with
very tall hardwood trees and the leaves from those trees all seem to make their
way to the yard, drive, or swimming pool.
I usually help Mike with blowing the leaves as we each have our own
Stihl backpack blower (the second one came after the kids left home). However, I have been having lots of problems
with my knees and legs so Mike says no blowing for me this year (and I really
do appreciate his concern for me). So
Mike hasn’t had me to help him and he has blown the yard 5 times by
himself. The neighbors have helped him a
couple of times. Our son-in-law did
bring “Big Bertha,” the self-propel blower Mike bought several years ago which
has been housed at Karen’s until now, home today so Mike could use it in the
back yard. The next door neighbor came
over to help him so he could see how it worked.
As I looked out the back door a few minutes ago, I see nothing but green
grass so those leaves were cleared quickly.
Now, by morning the yard will probably be covered with leaves
again. Mike plans to take “Big Bertha” to a friends tomorrow to help him with his leaves.
Mike
continues to have issues with his eye.
We have been to both the retina specialist and the glaucoma specialist
this month. The good news is that there
was no fluid behind the macula but the swelling was still there. The glaucoma specialist has concerns with the
change in Mike’s field of vision over the past few months. So he has referred us to a specialist at the
Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins in
We
plan to go to
So
the next weeks will continue to be busy for us.
As Mike always says, “How did we get everything done when we worked?”
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Content
Contributors for the Week
Carla
Rickerd
Kate
(Roberts)
Geary
McDowell
Former
All
those who sent messages to the Email “Bag”
Thank
you all!
Remembering…
Words of our Youth
"A not so elderly (65)
lady said something to her son about driving a Jalopy and he looked at her
quizzically and asked what the heck is a Jalopy? He had never heard of the word
jalopy!!
So they went to the computer and pulled up a picture from the movie "The
Grapes of Wrath." Now that was a
Jalopy!
About a month ago, I illuminated some old expressions that have become obsolete
because of the inexorable march of technology. These phrases included
"Don't touch that dial," "Carbon copy," "You sound
like a broken record" and "Hung out to dry." A bevy
of readers have asked me to shine light on more faded words and expressions,
and I am happy to oblige.
Back in the olden days we had a lot of moxie.
We'd put on our best bib and tucker and straighten up and fly right.
Hubba-hubba! We'd cut a rug in
some juke joint and then go necking and petting and smooching and spooning and
billing and cooing and pitching woo in hot rods and jalopies in some
passion pit or lovers lane.
Heavens to Betsy! Gee whillikers! Jumping Jehoshaphat! Holy moley!
We were in like Flynn and living the life of Riley, and even a regular
guy couldn't accuse us of being a knucklehead, a nincompoop or a pill. Not for all the tea in
Back in the olden days, life used to be swell, but when's the last time
anything was swell? Swell has gone the way of beehives, pageboys and
the D.A.; of spats, knickers, fedoras, poodle skirts, saddle shoes and pedal
pushers. Oh, my aching back.
Kilroy was here, but he isn't anymore.
Like Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle and Kurt Vonnegut's Billy Pilgrim, we
have become unstuck in time. We wake up from what surely has been
just a short nap, and before we can say, I'll be a monkey's uncle! or This is a fine kettle of fish!
We discover that the words we grew up with, the words that seemed omnipresent
as oxygen, have vanished with scarcely a notice from
our tongues and our pens and our keyboards.
Poof, poof, poof go the words of our youth, the words we've left
behind. We blink, and they're gone, evanesced from the landscape and
wordscape of our perception, like Mickey Mouse wristwatches, hula hoops, skate
keys, candy cigarettes, little wax bottles of colored sugar water and an organ
grinders monkey.
Where have all those phrases gone? Long time passing.
Where have all those phrases gone?
Long time ago. Pshaw. The milkman did it. Think about the starving
Armenians. Bigger than a bread box. Banned in
Turn-of-the-century.
Iron curtain.
Domino theory.
Fail safe. Civil
Defense. Fiddlesticks!
You look like the wreck of the Hesperus.
Cooties.
Going like sixty. I'll see you in the funny
papers. Don't take any wooden nickels. Heavens to Murgatroyd!
And awa-a-ay we go!
Oh, my stars and garters!
It turns out there are more of these lost words and expressions than Carter had
liver pills. This can be disturbing
stuff, this winking out of the words of our youth, these words that lodge in
our heart's deep core. But just as one
never steps into the same river twice, one cannot step into the same language
twice.
Even as one enters, words are swept downstream into the past, forever making a
different river.
We of a certain age have been blessed to live in changeful times. For a
child each new word is like a shiny toy, a toy that has no age. We at the other end of the chronological arc
have the advantage of remembering there are words that once did not exist and
there were words that once strutted their hour upon the earthly stage and now
are heard no more, except in our collective memory.
It's one of the greatest advantages of aging.
We can have archaic and eat it, too.
See ya later, alligator!”
A
Thoughts from
the Squirrel Lair
Your Bank Account
Happiness is something you
decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my room or not doesn't depend
on how the furniture is arranged, it's how I arrange my mind. I already decided to love it. It's
a decision I make every morning when I wake up.
I have a choice; I can spend the day in bed recounting the difficulty I
have with the parts of my body that no longer work, or get out of bed and be
thankful for the ones that do. Each day
is a gift, and as long as my eyes open, I'll focus on the new day and all
the happy memories I've stored away just for this time in my
life. Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw from what you've put in. So, my advice to you would be to deposit a
lot of happiness in the bank account of memories!
I am still depositing. Remember the five simple rules to be
happy:
1. Free your heart
from hatred.
2. Free your mind
from worries.
3. Live
simply.
4. Give
more.
5. Expect less
If you believe that you can, or if you believe that you cannot - you are right.
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
Pass the Salt
Unfortunately,
there is too much truth in this short video.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/6_-xTxP1hD4?autoplay=1
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Children’s
Flash Mob
Here is an UPPER to start
your day. The whole world is not nuts;
there still is a little sanity. You
won't believe your eyes or your ears. Exceptional! Don't miss the little girl at the huge kettle
drum!
https://www.youtube.com/embed/eee4-d7FUis
News
The
Roosevelt Senior Citizens serves lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Lunch for Seniors is
$4 and for the younger generation is $5.
The
menu for the month of February is as follows:
Tuesday,
Nov. 10: Soft
Thursday,
Nov. 12: Beef Tips, Rice, Sweet Peas,
Rolls, Salad Bar, Dessert
Tuesday,
Nov. 17: Turkey and Ham w/gravy, Sweet
Potatoes, Corn Medley, Rolls, Salad Bar, Dessert
Thursday,
Nov. 19: Roast Pork Loin, Potatoes
w/Gravy, Green Beans, Rolls, Salad Bar, Dessert
Tuesday,
Nov. 24: Chili, Macaroni and Cheese,
Corn Bread, Salad Bar, Dessert
Thursday,
Nov. 26: Closed for Thanksgiving
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The Kiowa County
Genealogical Society will meet Tuesday, November 10, 2015, at 6:00 p.m. in the
Slaner Room at the Hobart Public Library.
We are very excited to have Sue Hokanson, Park Manager,
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:
Birthdays
November 1 – Bobbie (Biggers)
Funkhouser
November 1 – Justin Krehbiel, Class of 1987
November 1 – Skyler Simmons
November 2 – Mabel (Block) Blackwood, Class of 1946
November 2 – Jenny (
November 2 – Sammye Jo Cooper
November 2 – Frank Lyde
November 2 – Jean Sears
November 4 – Hazel
(McKinnis) McIntire
November 4 – Jerome Smith, Class of 1980
November 4 – Sam Ward
November 4 – Tony Reeves
November 5 – Trazi Jo Cooper
November 6 – Kinna Garrison
November 6 – Tim Morris, Class of 1987
November 7 – Arlene Boyd
November 8 – Gatlin Jennings
November 8 – Corben Wayne Horton
November 8 – Phillip Liles, Class of 1954
November 9 – Karen May
November 9 – Kylee Dawn Cantrell - Karla Thomas Granddaughter
November 10 – Clyde Blackwood,
Class of 1943
November 11 – Tommy McCallick
November 12 – Edith McCallick
November 12 – Sharla Bosin
November 13 – Louise (Hopkins) Kendall, Class of 1971
November 13 – Mike Ellis
November 13 – Keyna Liles Metcalf
November 14 – Cade Moore
November 15 – Audrey Stucks
November 15 – Dallon Welch
November 16 – Cory Blaine Moore
November 16 – Andy Goodson,
Class of 1966
November 17 – Gayla (Cook) Miller, Class of 1977
November 17 – Ashlan Thompson
November 18 – Ben Horton
November 20 – Bud Johnson
November 20 – John Gibbs
November 21 – Andurea Melton
November 22 – Bobbie (Alford)
Buckner, Class of 1947
November 23 – Kristen Rutledge
November 23 – Janet Williams
November 24 – Sheila
Muldowney Jones
November 25 – Kevin McCormick
November 25 – Levi Ervin, Class of 1987
November 25 – Kourtney Foster
November 25 – John Horne
November 25 – Erma Welch Krieger
November 26 – Betty Heskett
November 27 – Karen Beth Johnson
November 27 – Pearl Gibbs
November 27 – Jerry Melton, Class of 1964
November 28 – Chance Taylor
November 28 – Bill Mosley, Class of 1943
November 29 – Jeralyn Ellis
November 29 – Lee Horton, Class of 1986
November 29 – Amy Harmon
November 29 – Steve Lyde, Class of 1982
Happy Anniversary To:
November 2 – Eric &
Kaye Jackson, Class of 1962
November 2 – David & Pam Jackson, Classes of 1975 & 1979
November 15 – Michael
& Brandy Saville, Class of 1993
November 21 –
November 26 – Renny
& Karla (
November 26 – Redd &
Humor
Degrees of Blondness
FIRST DEGREE
A married couple was asleep
when the phone rang at 2 in the morning.
The very blonde wife picked up the phone, listened a moment and said,
'How should I know, that's 200 miles from here!' and hung up.
The husband said, 'Who was
that?'
The wife answered, 'I don't
know, some woman wanting to know if the coast is clear.'
SECOND DEGREE
Two blondes are walking down
the street. One notices a compact on the sidewalk and leans down to pick
it up. She opens it, looks in the mirror and says, 'Hmm, this
person looks familiar.'
The second blonde says,
'Here, let me see!' So, the first blonde
hands her the compact.
The second blonde looks in
the mirror and says, 'You dummy, it's me!'
THIRD DEGREE
A blonde suspects her
boyfriend of cheating on her, so she goes out and buys a gun. She
goes to his apartment unexpectedly and when she opens the door she finds him in
the arms of a redhead.
Well, the blonde is really
angry. She opens her purse to take out
the gun and, as she does so, she is overcome with grief. She takes
the gun and puts it to her head.
The boyfriend yells, 'No,
honey, don't do it!!!'
The blonde replies, 'Shut
up, you're next!'
FOURTH DEGREE
A blonde was bragging about
her knowledge of state capitals. She
proudly says, 'Go ahead, ask me, I know 'em
all.'
A friend says, 'OK, what's
the capital of
The blonde replies,
'Oh, that's easy .. it's
W.'
FIFTH DEGREE
Q: What did the blonde ask her doctor when he
told her she was pregnant?
A: 'Is it mine?'
SIXTH DEGREE
Bambi, a blonde in her
fourth year as a UCLA Freshman, sat in her
SEVENTH DEGREE
Returning home from work, a
blonde was shocked to find her house ransacked and burglarized. She telephoned the police at once and
reported the crime. The police
dispatcher broadcast the call on the radio and a K-9 unit, patrolling nearby,
was the first to respond.
As the K-9 officer
approached the house with his dog on a leash, the blonde
ran out on the porch, shuddered at the sight of the cop and his dog, then
sat down on the steps. Putting her face
in her hands, she moaned, 'I come home to find all my possessions stolen. I
call the police for help and what do they do?
They send me a BLIND
policeman!'
OKAY, FORWARD THIS TO ANYONE
ELSE YOU MIGHT THINK NEEDS A LAUGH TODAY.
EVEN IF YOU ARE BLONDE YOU HAVE TO LOVE THIS:
Two blondes were sipping
their Starbucks when a truck went past loaded up with
rolls of sod. "I'm going to do that
when I win the lottery," announced #1
Blonde.
"Do what?" asked
#2 Blonde.
"Send my lawn out to be
mowed.
From the Email
“Bag”
October
18, 2015
Sunday, October 18th was the
40th Homecoming at
Those who have followed his
life the past several years know of his health issues of heart and strokes, and
a return of Cancer, on his head this time, about three years ago. The tumor was wrapped around a major nerve
that the doctors said if they nicked or cut the nerve while trying to remove
the Cancer, his face would be permanently distorted. He went the chemo route and radiation, and
the surgery. He does have some nerve
damage where they radiated and a small area of hair loss. Other than that, he never lost any hair,
never was sick after treatments, never felt bad. He attributes this all due to the power of
prayer! When diagnosed, he soon found
out his church at the time put together a prayer group for him. We also shared his information through a few
email lists. There were literally a
thousand or a little more praying for him, the doctors, and the process. He lost his wife of 54 years just before that
last Cancer diagnosis, so lots of depressionable things going on in his
life. Nevertheless, he kept his positive
attitude and faith. He really does NOT
like Facebook, or I would have recorded his testimony and posted it. It was very good. I may get it on video yet. He is just one example of the Power of
Prayer. We have seen it many, many, many
times with family and friends who are believers. His testimony was a very good sermon in its
own right.
He is 80 years old, still
rides a motorcycle when the weather is good, still enjoying life. He fills in preaching when a local small
church is in-between preachers. He says
he is not afraid of death, as he knows which direction that ol’ USAF radio
operator is headed when it happens. He
is not looking forward to the process of death.
And is just fine with staying here for a while yet
too. LOL
Continued prayers for good
health and enjoying life to serve God are appreciated as he is a true believer
in the Power of Prayer, as are the rest of the family.
Geary McDowell
Obituaries
Laura
Georgette (Clark)
http://www.peoplescooperativefuneralhome.com/obituaries/Laura-Denton-2/#!/Obituary
Greg
Cooper, 64,
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&
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