Mother`s Day In Holdenville

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VOLUME 12, NUMBER 21 HUGHES COUNTY, OKLAHOMA 1 SECTION 50¢ WEDNESDAY, May 16, 2012
Mother’s Day In Holdenville
Her children rise up and call her blessed. Proverbs 31:28
ELLA VINES IS NOT ONLY ONE OF OUR DEAREST FRIENDS BUT ONE OF THE FINEST
CHRISTIAN LADIES WE HAVE EVER KNOWN. SHE IS PICTURED ON MOTHER’S DAY WITH
HER TWO SONS STEVE (LEFT) AND BILL (RIGHT).
KIM STEELE IS SHOWN WITH HER CHILDREN COLTON AND HALEY.
RHONDA STRUNA IS HAVING A HAPPY
TRENA FREEMAN IS SHOWN WITH HER TWO MOTHER’S DAY WITH HER NEW LITTLE ONE, DEBBIE CARTER IS SHOWN WITH HER
SONS, TYLER AND TADEN.
GRANDDAUGHTER ADDISON.
ANDREW JOSEPH.
CAROL AND VICTOR PRYOR ARE SHOWN WITH THEIR TWO GRANDDAUGHTERS CHEYENNE WOOD AND ASHLEY BABB AND THEIR
GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER CIERRA WOOD.
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Speaking of words, there are some you just don’t want to hear . . . especially when you are in the
hospital.
You know what a hospital room is. It’s where friends of the patient go to talk to other friends of the
patient. Never mind that the patient is gagging and turning blue. The visitors are going to discuss
such things as the weather, taxes, the Busbee retirement pension, too much rain or the lack of it,
income taxes, and “the time I had my operation.”
I’ll tell you, Dr. Kildare, here are a few things that, as a patient, you don’t want to hear in your
hospital room.
- “Well, I don’t think he should buy any long-playing records.”
- “It’s a very rare disease. The only other time I’ve seen it is in a crossword puzzle.”
- “I won’t tell you where we found the skin to graft on your husband’s chin, but occasionally his
There is nothing more enjoyable to read than “Letters to God”
face may feel like sitting down.”
written by children. Recently I read my all time favorite . . .
- “We performed that operation just in the nick of time. Another few hours and you would have
Dear God,
recovered without it.”
When exactly will hell freeze over? My dad said that’s about the
time I’ll get a new pony.
Continued on Page A-3
— Tricia
age 10
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What do you call those soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor
under your bed? Many people know them as dust bunnies. But in
parts of the Northeast, you’d call them dust kitties; in the South,
house moss; in Pennsylvania, you might call them woolies.
There are, in fact, at least 174 names by which Americans call
these bits of fluff, including bunny tails, frog hair, cussywop,
woofinpoofs and—perhaps most evocatively—ghost manure.
Batteries on Sale Now
Try your hand at identifying some of the terms found in the
Dictionary of American Regional English.
That we can identify these words today is largely a testament
to the vision of one man: Frederic Cassidy, a professor of English
at the University of Wisconsin in Madison who conceived the
Dictionary of American Regional English (known as DARE) in a
1962 speech to the American Dialect Society.
Mr. Cassidy died in 2000, at the age of 92, having made it to “O”
in his quest to catalog American English in all its rip-staving (that
is Ozarkian for rip-roaring) regional diversity. His tombstone bears
a simple inscription: “On to Z!”
“That was his rallying cry for about the last decade of his life,”
said Joan Houston Hall, 65, who joined DARE in 1975 and
took over as its chief editor after Mr. Cassidy’s death. In March,
Harvard University Press will publish the Dictionary’s Volume V,
finishing off the alphabet with slab through zydeco, nearly half a
century after the first fieldworkers fanned out in “Word Wagons”
to 1,002 communities across America, administering a 1,600-item
questionnaire to sometimes-suspicious, often-perplexed locals.
The fruits of their labors have been a feast for the lexicographically
inclined ever since. What does a patient in the South mean when he
complains of dew poison? What does a waitress in California mean
when she offers you coffee and snails? Where would you go if a
New Englander directed you to the willywags?
(Answers: The patient has a rash on his feet or legs. The waitress
is offering you cinnamon rolls with your cup of joe. The New
Englander means what others might call the boonies.)
As the repository of answers to such questions (the dictionary
contains nearly 60,000 entries and is the only project of its type
that is national in scope), the folks at DARE have long acted as
a clearinghouse for all sorts of odd requests, by everyone from
doctors to dialogue coaches to presidents.
Ms. Hall remembers a call she took in the early 1990s from a
lawyer whose client had called a former girlfriend a mud flap.
Could the phrase be used as a term of endearment?
“I could neither confirm nor deny,” said Ms. Hall, who searched
DARE’s archives but found nothing. “It was only years later,
driving down the highway behind a big truck, that I realized he
may have been referring to those curvaceous silhouettes you see,”
Ms. Hall said. “So, I suppose that could be complimentary.”
In 1992, a member of President George H.W. Bush’s staff called
on Mr. Cassidy when the president baffled reporters by calling an
argument over who had run the first negative ad of the campaign a
case of “who shot John.” Mr. Cassidy found that the term originated
with a children’s game, an Iowa variant is “who shot the bear,” and
in southern Appalachia, who-shot-John is slang for corn whiskey,
primarily moonshine.
The next year, reporters rang DARE when President Bill Clinton
said a critic didn’t know him “from Adam’s off-ox.” The phrase
turned out to be common west of the Appalachians, meaning, “he
doesn’t know anything about me.”
DARE has even been used to solve crimes. Roger Shuy, a retired
forensic linguist, recounted the case of a child abduction in which
the kidnapper left a note demanding ransom of $10,000, directing:
“Put it in the green trash kan on the devil strip” at the corner of two
streets.
The kidnapper tried to disguise his education with “kan”
(elsewhere spelling “precious” correctly), but devil strip is a term
for the strip of grass between the sidewalk and the roadway, one
used solely in a small area around Akron. When law enforcement’s
suspect list included just one educated man from Akron, the police
got a confession.
Some linguists worry that television and the Internet will wash
away America’s diverse regional vocabulary. The Subway sandwich
chain, for instance, is eroding regionalisms like grinder (New
England), hero (New York City), hoagie (Pennsylvania and New
Jersey), zep (southeastern Pennsylvania) and spucky (Boston).
But new regionalisms are being minted. Relatively new (that
is, in the last 40 years), the term skeevy has arisen primarily in
Connecticut, New York and New Jersey to describe something
gross or dirty. Out of Northern California, there has been hella,
used as an intensifier, as in “that’s hella cool.”
The project was started by Frederic Cassidy, shown in 1949.
Indeed, while some might find tweet-speak hella skeevy, it looks
like the future of discovering regionalisms is online.
A paper from Carnegie Mellon University in 2010 looked at
regionalisms on Twitter, using geo-tagged posts. The authors found
that while Northern Californians were hella tired, New Yorkers
were deadass tired. And while sumthin’ means something in most
cities, it is suttin’ in New York City.
Erin McKean, founder of online dictionary Wordnik, and a
member of the DARE advisory board, said that Internet subcultures
will increasingly be sources of new words.
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- “What? Three thousand dollars for an exploratory operation
on my wife? Forget it, I’ll find out what’s wrong with her at
the autopsy.”
- “I think my doctor used to be a veterinarian. He just told me
to open my mouth and say ‘Moo.’”
- “Yes, we have to operate. My malpractice premium is due
tomorrow.”
- Hmmmmm, I thought they cured this years ago.”
- “Down at the plant, they painted out your name in the parking
lot this morning.”
- “With this confounded new metric system, I can’t figure out
this thermometer. Either he has a temperature of 415 degrees
or he’s going eight-five kilometers per hour.”
And my favorite of all . . .
- “Of course I wear a mask when I operate. That way, they’re
never sure who to blame.”
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Camping out has never been at the top of the list of things I The Little River Conference recently held their All-Star Basketball Game at Semenjoy. However this past week I read about a new type of camping inole State College. Moss Pirates Wyatt Jones and Michael Olivo and Lady Pirate Kaity
out that I might actually enjoy.
Foster were selected to play. Michael Olivo also received the honor of All-Conference.
Glamping is short for glamour camping . . .
On a glamping trip, your days might be spent hiking or rafting
in the backcountry, but your nights could be spent sleeping on
fresh sheets in a soft bed. Though you might be many miles from
civilization, your meals could be prepared by an elite chef, and
there might be hot water for your morning shower.
Here’s what you need to know before you give glamping a try . .
.
There’s little consensus about what level of luxury the term
“glamping” implies, which can make it difficult for travelers to
know what they’re getting. Some glamping facilities and tour
operators truly offer amenities on par with high-end resorts.
Guests enjoy maid and butler service, four-star chefs and opulent
accommodations. But others really are just camping facilities that
throw in a few extras such as a real bed and a private bathroom.
Prices vary greatly, too, from $100 a night to well into the
thousands – and might or might not include meals.
According to the article I read, some of the best places to go
glamping in the US and Canada are:
· Treebones Resort in Big Sur, California
· PAWS up in Greenough, Montana
· Wild Exodus in Ontario, Canada
· Martyn House in Ellijay, Georgia
This past weekend my youngest son took his three-year-old son
camping . . . in the backyard. Their neighbor, Sam Harkey, has a
rooster with poor timing. Each morning about 3:00 am, the rooster
starts crowing which wakes up the guineas. About the time all of
them were making a noise, the sounds of a train in the distance
could be heard and, needless to say, the entire family was now
The Little River Conference recently selected four Moss baseball players All-Conference. Pictured
wide-awake.
They had a great time and I suspect that his backyard camping trip are (l-r): Cody Robinson, Michael Olivo, Coach Kirk Reimers, Tanner Andrews, Wyatt Jones.
was just as enjoyable as any $1000 a day glamping experience.
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And last of all, my favorite story of the week . .
A mother was preparing pancakes for her sons, Jade, 5, and Dane,
3. The boys began to argue over who would get the first pancake.
We had 13 “Moon” players and Janice won 2 games. Ger- moon twice and made it both
Their mother saw the opportunity for a moral lesson.
tonight! Table #1 played musi- aldine and Janice won 1 game. times! Yea! Sharon! Sharon and
“If Jesus were sitting here, He would say, ‘Let my brother have
cal chairs. It started with Ger- But the big winner at that table Norma won 3 games. Margaret
the first pancake. I can wait.’”
came back from her trip to CA
Jade turned to his younger brother and said, “Dane, you be aldine Ingram and Rusty Jones was Rusty and Arjean winning ready to play as she and Linda
being partners playing against 5 games!
Jesus.”
At Table #2 - Naomi Tom- won 5 games!
Janice Eller and Reba Love A big “Thank You” to Shalace. Arjean Williams came and linson and Loita Sharp played
I guess Geraldine was losing as against Joyce Yates and Lynn ron for the “trash” mix.
Hurry and get well Jean! We
she insisted that Arjean take her Marquis. Both teams won 4
miss you!!
place. Geraldine was keeping games each. Loving Mother, Grandmother, her fried catfish that Elmer Lee score for table #2 when Reba
Come and join us next week! At table #3 - Margaret NewGreat-Grandmother, Sister, Aunt, would bring home! She loved Na- insisted that Geraldine take her man and Linda Davy played You will have a good time, I
and Friend to all, Ruth Wilma Jean tional Geographic, nature, standpromise!
(Dilday) Harkey was born on De- ing in the waves at the beach, her place. Was Reba losing? So against Norma Summy and
See ya then! dogs, feeding the wild birds and Reba kept score and Geraldine Sharon Dilday. Sharon shot the
cember 8, 1924 to
cats, but her fa- became Janice’s partner. Reba
Richard Robert
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Service Friday For
Ruth Wilma Jean Harkey
Dilday Sr. and
Lydia Mae Deel
in Holdenville,
Oklahoma. She
was the oldest of
three children.
Some of her
favorite memories in life were
spending time
at Grandpa and
Grandma Chadwick’s house, a
house filled with
cousins and love.
This love would
be her guide for life.
Her only child, Elmer Lee (Sonny) was born February 7, 1941.
January 4, 1954 she married Henry
Harkey. They lived in Oklahoma,
Texas and finally settling in their
dream home in Anaheim, California where Ruth lived until 1992.
She moved back to Holdenville
to be close to family, granddaughters Julie (1970) and Misty Gail
(1973), both loved spending weekends at Grandma’s house and being
spoiled!
Her trials in life taught her to
understand and appreciate the simple things in life. She worked hard
helping Henry deliver water to the
oil fields in Texas. She retired as
a skillful seamstress. Her chicken
fried steak was the best, along with
vorite pastime
was fishing. Her
living room was
once filled with
beautiful
ceramic pieces of
nature after she
took an art class
for a hobby. Her
trip to Singapore
to visit her sister,
Willie Mae, was
another highlight in her life.
May our
Heavenly Father
bring us peace and help us to rejoice in this life and the next.
Ruth is survived by her sister
Willie Mae and husband Charles
Nally; granddaughters, Julie and
husband Matthew, and Misty
Gail; great grandchildren Joshua,
Jordan, Tyler, Ivy Lee, Austin and
Hunter; nieces Linda Sue and husband Clif, and Rich Anne and husband Bob, their children and many
cousins.
Graveside services are scheduled for 10:30 am on Friday, May
18th, at the Holdenville Cemetery
with Brother Earl Scroggins officiating. Services are under the direction of Hudson Phillips Funeral
Home in Holdenville, Oklahoma.
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born on September 22, 1955 to Paul Yocham and Jackie Lee Sheffield Yocham in Phoenix, Arizona.
Carl attended and graduated from high school in Phoenix, Arizona. He began working in the family business working as a Union Iron Worker for many years. Carl moved to the Holdenville area 17
years ago. Carl enjoyed working in the yard and restoring cars with his children. He enjoyed hanging
out with his children and their friends and was considered “dad” to a lot of people. He was always
willing to help out anyone who was in need. His grandchildren were his pride and joy.
Carl is preceded in death by his mother, sister Sharon Yocham.
Survivors include his father, Paul Yocham Sr of Wewoka; sons Cody Yocham of Tulsa, and Cameron Yocham of Holdenville; brother Paul Yocham Jr. of Arizona; grandchildren Cayden Yocham,
Isiah Simpson, and Trinity Yocham; as well as a host of other cousins, nieces, nephews, and other
relatives.
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Tommy Dean McCoin, 77, went to be with
the Lord on Tuesday, May 8,
2012. He was born Sept. 2,
1934 in Holdenville, OK to
John Leslie and Nina Louise
McCoin. He graduated from
Holdenville High School. He
married the love of his life Dorothy Jean Fox on July 1, 1954;
they were married 57 years. He
served in the Army for 2 years.
He worked in skilled trades
for 46 years and retired from
the GM OKC plant. He was a
faithful member of Southwest
Church of Christ. His greatest
joys in life were spending time
with his grandchildren, working in his garden,
and going to his lake home at Lake Eufaula.
He was preceded in death by his parents and
his brother Dwight. He is survived by his wife Dorothy of
the home, two daughters Karen
and her husband Frank Campbell and Deana and husband
Rick Young, and three grandchildren John Morgan Campbell and Eric and Max Young.
He is also survived by his sister
Dolores Burke, two brothers
Kenny and Rick McCoin, four
nieces, and four nephews. The
family wishes to express their
sincere appreciation to Dr. Gary
Dickinson for taking such good
care of him all these years. Funeral services were held at Southwest Church
of Christ 3031 SW 104th St. in OKC at 10am
Friday on May 11, 2011.
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Nora Lee Barnes, or “Pretty Woman”, as she
was affectionately called most of the time, left
this earth on May 13, 2012 in Oklahoma City
and swiftly went to heaven to reunite with her
beloved loved ones. She was
born in Holdenville, Oklahoma
on December 23, 1917 to Allen
and Ethel (Yow) Horn. She grew
up in the Pecan Grove Community and attended Yeager High
School.
Later she met and married
William Orla Barnes on November 23, 1935. She had two delightful children whom she loved
dearly. Her first, Phillip, was her
pride and joy. She thought he independently put the first man on
the moon. She loved her daughter very well too and thought she
was very special.
In 1960, while reluctant to leave Holdenville,
she moved to Okemah, Oklahoma to enter the
nursing home business with her sister, Naomi
Davis. She spent 40 years in that business and
loved the business and the owner, Jim Smart,
very well. She moved to Oklahoma City to be
near her family in 1980 and remained there until
her death.
Nora loved playing board and card games and
was known to be the Skipbo champion. She was
an avid cook. Nora Lee was very humorous and
light hearted. Her beauty shined as she assisted
many people through her work and life.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Allen and Ethel Horn; her husband, Orla; her son,
Phillip; and her sisters, Wilma Mills, Alma Turner, and Naomi Davis.
She is survived by her daughter, Jan Garner
and husband, Larry of Oklahoma City; daughterin-law Charlotte of Houston,
Texas; three granddaughters,
Dianna Barnes Liberty and husband Mark of Seabrook, Texas,
Connie Barnes Thomas and husband Perry of Seabrook, Texas,
and Christy Garner Clagg and
husband Brad of Newcastle,
Oklahoma; and five great-grandchildren Craig and Derek Liberty, Cody and Kyle Thomas, and
Cassidy Clagg, and many nieces
and nephews who all had a close
relationship with Nora Lee. She
simply adored her family and
friends. She was a strong, beautiful, successful lady.
Services were held at the Hudson-Phillips Funeral Home Chapel in Holdenville, Oklahoma at
2 pm on May 16th, with Rev. Dane Robinson officiating. Pallbearers were Brad Clagg, Kirk Keesee, Khaled Salem, Mark Liberty, Perry Thomas,
Ricky Davidson. Honorary bearers were Paul
Garner, Buddy Keesee, David Davidson, Jim
Smart, Jack Armstrong. Interment will follow at
the Holdenville Cemetery in Holdenville, Oklahoma.
You were the matriarch of the family, Mother.
You will be greatly missed!
We would like to thank nieces, Donna, Kay
and Karen who faithfully visited and cared for
our mother for twelve years.
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Service Held For
Marguerite R. “Mikee” Neill
Marguerite R. “Mikee” Neill
died Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at
her Seminole home after a long,
courageous battle against cancer.
She was 58.
Services were
held 1:30 p.m.,
Monday, May
14, 2012 at
the First United Methodist
Church located
at 910 Wrangler Blvd. in
Seminole,
Oklahoma followed by Internment at Maple
Grove Cemetery with Pastor
Gary Wilburn
officiating.
Born at the Ashiya Air Force
Base Hospital on October 7,
1953 in Kyushu, Japan, Mikee
was the daughter of Oklahoma
natives Maj. A. Burt and Josephine Hamilton. She and her
family lived at Scott AFB in Illinois, in Hamburg, NY and at Edwards AFB in California before
her family settled permanently
in Midwest City in 1967.
Mikee was a 1971 graduate
of Midwest City High School.
She attended Oklahoma State
University for two years before
she met the love of her life, Phil.
After they married in 1974, they
lived in The Village. She worked
for the state Employment Security Commission and graduated
in 1976 from the University of
Central Oklahoma. Their daughter Robyn was born in 1978.
In 1980, Mikee and Phil moved
to Seminole where he launched
his CPA firm. She managed the
office and tried – with modest
success – to keep Phil in line!
Mikee was multi-talented,
quick-witted and quick to laugh.
Nothing was better than spending time with family and friends,
whether at Deer Camp, reunions
or holidays. She especially
loved Christmas, creating handstitched, personalized stockings
for every family member to
hang over the fireplace. She and
Robyn were more than mother-daughter – they were best
friends.
A longtime
member
of
Seminole First
United Methodist Church,
Mikee was active in the Beta
Sigma Phi sorority and PEO
Chapter CL.
She had a keen
decorating and
landscaping
eye and especially loved to
work her flowerbeds.
She loved old movies and
had an incredibly tender heart
for animals, especially strays
– many of which took up permanent residence with her and
Phil.
Mikee was preceded in death
by her parents and her beloved
in-laws, Lawrence and Pauline
Neill.
Survivors include husband
Phil of the home; daughter
Robyn of Yukon; brother and
sister-in-law, Arnold and Beverly Hamilton of Edmond; nephew
Matt of Edmond; nephew Andy,
his wife Ashley, great-nephew
Maddox and great-niece Lyndley, all of El Dorado, KS; and a
host of family and friends.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations be made to the American
Cancer Society in memory of
Mrs. “Mikee” Neill at American
Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22718
Oklahoma City, OK 731231718 or online at www.cancer.
org
Services were under the direction of Swearingen Funeral
Home in Seminole, Oklahoma.
Messages of condolences
may be sent to the family online
at www.swearingenfuneral.
com
from
Dayna’s Desk
Thank you to our roving reporter, Mike Agan for the
following report on the “Old Geezers”.
A small but lively group attended the monthly luncheon
in Ada of the “Old Geezers” club (sorta). As usual the Rib
Crib treated us really good and had some new specials for
May. There were some good discussions of first time jobs
out of college, with John Bill and Bill Horne taking the best
stories. Those in attendance were John Bill Martin, Wayne
Martin, Vernon Robinson, Roger Sweeney, Don Page, Bill
Horne, B. R. Gordon, and Mike Agan. A few were out due
to medicals and we hope all are getting better. See everyone
at Vic’s Party on June 29th!!! Your pedaling reporter, Mike
Agan, the son of the First Christian Church’s oldest living
member, Dorothy Agan, 99, 10 months , plus a week.
(note: We would sure like to hear some of the stories
about these first time jobs out of college!)
—DD—
It is always nice to hear from our subscriber friends and
family. Here are a few notes we received recently. Hope you
enjoy them as much as we did!
5/14/12
Hi Bill, Dayna & Staff,
Enclosed is my renewal of The Tribune. I enjoy articles
about the area and especially of those veterans who fought
for our freedom. Many thanks, Willard Gordon
—0—
Please renew our subscription for the Tribune for another
year of enjoyment. We look forward to Friday every week.
Enclosed is our check. Donna Wingo
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The front-page story of the 4/25 issue of the Tribune was
very special to me!!! Thank you so much for honoring my
“special” uncle Prentice !!! How I would love to have been
there! Everyone looked so elegant and he was so “debonair”
(that’s a big word I don’t often use) in his Tux! It was so great
to see Charles and Beth and their beautiful daughter. Karen
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from
Dayna’s Desk
Continued from Page A-5
looked especially stunning in
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and Glen have changed a bit-they look the same (how do
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be revealed soon if they’re
gonna--I’m an old lady! My
sister, Fay, also has the talent
for painting, but it skipped
me. I have many of Uncle
Pat’s paintings hanging on
my walls. One of his pictures
that has been in my family
for all my life is also in my
possession. As a little girl,
I decided I wanted to paint,
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so I tried to paint a picture
like his on the back of his
picture--you should see it! It’s ridiculous, but I treasure
it. I have told you before
about the baptistry picture he
painted for our church years
ago--it is hanging in my son’s
office. I have many of Uncle
Prentice’s sculptured pieces,
as well as his “mama books”
which I treasure. I have
paintings by Karen and Patsy,
also, hanging on my walls! I have the wonderful book
that Charles wrote--enjoyed
it so much. Also, among my
treasures, is a set of note cards
designed by Linda--I won’t
use them to send out--I want
to “keep” them for myself! Charles and “sweet” Beth
must be so proud of their very
talented daughter and son-inlaw who so ably publish this
wonderful paper! Thank God
for FAMILY!!! Sincerely, Joyce Logue (Your “cousin
once removed”???)
(Thank you for your kind
words, Joyce. I do believe
your “talent” is encouraging
others – you always encourage
me!!)
—DD—
A few days ago we were
talking about the late Albert
Edwards. As many of our
readers remember he had a
grocery store and also sold
Electrolux vacuum cleaners.
Many years ago Bill’s
dad, Meredith, was working
in the oilfield. At that time
Meredith and Gert were
living near the cemetery.
Meredith came home and
saw a new vacuum in their
living room. He asked Gert
where it came from and she
told him that she had bought
it from Albert. Meredith
threw a fit! He said, “Gert,
we don’t have any money; we
can’t even pay our bills; they
repossessed our television
last month but most of all, we
don’t even have any carpet!”
Gert replied, “If you ever
get a raise I intend to buy
some carpet and then we will
need the sweeper.”
In later years when
Meredith would tell the story
he would say “we didn’t have
food for the kids but we had a
nice vacuum cleaner.”
There was never a dull
moment at their house.
—DD—
Jerry McCoy and Charles
Huff were by the office
recently. They started talking
about what a quarter used
to buy. The best bargain
according to them was the
Dixie Theater where 25 cents
would get you in and leave
enough change for popcorn
and a coke.
Bill agreed with them.
He grew up in the apartments
across the street from the
Dixie. He said that he and
other neighborhood kids
would be there when the
Dixie opened on Saturday
and stayed until it closed
that night. They didn’t care
how many times they saw the
movies. Bill said that it was
especially enjoyable in the
summer because the Dixie
had air conditioning and their
apartment did not.
Bill said as a kid he never
got to go to the Grand Theater
because it was for the rich
folks. They charged a nickel
more than the Dixie!
—DD—
We found out recently
that our kinfolk and also
our good friends Randall
and Carma LaValley will be
moving in the near future.
We really hate to see them go
but understand them wanting
to be closer to their children.
They are going to be
missed by so many of us.
They are the kind of folks
that are an asset to your
community and the kind of
folks you hate to see move.
—DD—
I did not know until this
week that Shirley Lee has
moved back to Holdenville.
We are all glad she has
returned home!
After her husband Charles
passed away she moved and
has been gone several years.
It is so good to have her
back.
—DD—
A special ‘thank you’ to
our good friend Linda Beck
for the delicious chicken
spaghetti. I have never had
better! I told Bill it was so
thoughtful of Linda to bring
it to us. He said, “She had a
little help.” When she was in
the office last, she mentioned
that she and her mom were
going to make some. Bill
told her that was one of his
favorite foods but he had not
had any in a very long time.
Linda said, “You poor thing.”
Did his ‘moaning’ work?
Yes!! We really do appreciate
the chicken spaghetti and the
Continued on Page B-3
AS I TOLD YOU IN MY COLUMN LAST WEEK we had
a great visit with our long time friends and “kinfolks” Dyril
and Vernona Sanders Robertson. They are so much fun to
visit with and we spent a lot of time walking down “memory
lane”.
HOLDENVILLE TRIBUNE—MAY 16, 2012—PAGE B-1
Wewoka Indian Health Center 5K Run/Walk Great Success
The Wewoka Indian Health Center Walking Program “Cefeknetv Enyvkvpetv – Walk for Wellness” sponsored a free 5K run/
walk on May 5, 2012 in Wewoka. We had 63 participants in the 5K and 20
participants in the 1 mile Fun Run/Walk.
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 20 - 24
1 817 Krista Mika Shawnee
2 867 Elisa Davis Seminole
OK 24 30:06
OK 23 58:45
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 25 - 29
1 806 Melanie Edwards Wewoka OK 29 30:23
The overall Female winner for the 1-15 year old participants:
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 30 - 34
Bradi Harmon of Seminole
age 7
27:00
1 856 Crystal Harman Wewoka OK 34 27:16
The overall Male winner for the 1-15 year old participants:
2 830 Crystal Yargee Seminole OK 34 30:23
Caleb Harrison of Wewoka
age 13 22:56
3
810
Jessica
Hause
Seminole
OK
31 33:14
The overall Female winner for the 16 years and above participants:
4
818
Lisa
Norman
Sasakwa
OK
30 37:47
Johnna White of Seminole
age 43
26:34
5 848 Lacy Alexander Wewoka OK 30 39:09
The overall Male winner for the 16 years and above participants:
6 833 Kelly Harrison Holdenville OK 32 41:27
Kaden Tiger of Seminole
age 16
25:21
7 866 Sena Yesslith Earlshoro OK 33 53:20
MALE RESULTS: 5K
8
853
Christina
Gomez
Wewoka
OK
30 56:00
Place Name
City
St Age Guntime Pace
9
868
Jennifer
Horne
Seminole
OK
30 58:40
===== ====================== =============== == ===
FEMALE
AGE
GROUP:
35
39
======= =====
Seminole OK 37 27:58
1 Kaleb Harrison Wewoka
OK 13 22:56 4:36 1 819 Chrystal Ranells Seminole OK 36 28:13
2 Kobe Harrison Holdenville OK 8 23:14 4:39 2 813 Jennifer Lofton Cromwell
OK 37 41:48
3 Kaden Tiger Wewoka
OK 16 25:21 5:05 3 840 Pam Edgar 4
816
Kenda
Lowe
Holdenville
OK
35 41:52
4 Larry Lockwood Wewoka
OK 32 25:32 5:07
5
872
Crystal
Hobia
Seminole
OK
36
50:23
5 Kevin Field Wewoka
OK 35 26:17 5:16
6
851
Marissa
Miller
Wewoka
OK
35
1:02:41
6 Trenton St Germaine Wewoka OK 14 27:28 5:30
Wewoka OK 35 1:02:41
7 Recardo Fish Holdenville OK 17 27:38 5:32 7 849 Lia Harrison 8 Erias Reynolds Wewoka
OK 16 29:03 5:49 FEMALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 44
Seminole OK 43 26:34
9 Lovell Reynolds Wewoka
OK 12 30:12 6:03 1 827 Johnna White 2
805
Laura
Doner
Konawa
OK 42 36:21
10 Ethan Tanyan Wewoka
OK 13 32:44 6:33
3
820
Jancie
Robison
Okemah
OK
41 51:20
MALE AGE GROUP: 1 - 8
4
857
Denise
Franks
Wewoka
OK
42 54:36
1 834 Kobe Harrison Holdenville OK 8 23:14
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 45 - 49
2 869 Seth Horne Seminole OK 2 58:43
1 829 Kim Wilson
Konawa OK 47 30:02
MALE AGE GROUP: 9 - 12
8 Year old Kobe Harrison
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 50 - 54
1 864 Lovell Reynolds Wewoka OK 12 30:12
1
803
Ramona
Bunch
Konawa
OK
51
38:08
of Wewoka was 2nd over2 821 Mik Spain
Konawa OK 11 1:02:56
2
826
Debbie
Watters
Sasakwa
OK
54
46:16
MALE AGE GROUP: 13 - 15
all in the race with a timeof
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 55 - 59
1 845 Kaleb Harrison Wewoka OK 13 22:56
23:14.
1 825 Linda Walker Seminole OK 55 47:21
2 859 Trenton St Germaine Wewoka OK 14 27:28
2
804
Nancy
Conley
Wewoka
OK
58
49:54
3 846 Ethan Tanyan
Wewoka OK 13 32:44
3 822 Nancy Spain Konawa OK 58 49:55
MALE AGE GROUP: 16 - 19
4
865
Thomasene
Davis
Wewoka OK 59 52:48
1 842 Kaden Tiger Wewoka
OK 16 25:21
FEMALE
AGE
GROUP:
60
64
2 871 Recardo Fish Holdenville OK 17 27:38
1 839 Margaret Robison Okemah OK 64 51:21
3 863 Erias Reynolds Wewoka
OK 16 29:03
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 65 - 69
4 807 Caleb Franks Holdenville OK 17 41:30
1 828 Martha Wilbourn Okemah OK 67 42:37
MALE AGE GROUP: 30 - 34
2
850
Barbara
Brown
Seminole OK 67 50:23
1 838 Larry Lockwood Wewoka OK 32 25:32
MALE AGE GROUP: 35 - 39
1 843 Kevin Field Wewoka OK 35 26:17
MALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 44
1 852 Stace Harjo Wewoka
OK 42 43:11
MALE AGE GROUP: 55 - 59
1 801 Edward Bender Bowlegs OK 57 58:58
MALE AGE GROUP: 65 - 69
1 824 Harry Walker Seminole OK 65 55:18
FEMALE RESULTS: 5K
Place Name City
St Age Guntime Pace
===== ====================== =============== == ===
1 Johnna White Seminole OK 43 26:34 5:19
2 Brandi Harman Wewoka OK 7 27:00 5:24
3 Cassidy Harman Wewoka OK 10 27:16 5:28
4 Crystal Harman Wewoka OK 34 27:16 5:28
5 Chrystal Ranells Seminole OK 37 27:58 5:36
6 Jennifer Lofton Seminole OK 36 28:13 5:39
7 Justice Talamasey Wewoka OK 15 29:59 6:00
8 Kim Wilson
Konawa OK 47 30:02 6:01
9 Krista Mika
Shawnee OK 24 30:06 6:02
10 Allie Harrison Holdenville OK 9 30:06 6:02
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 1 - 8
1 854 Brandi Harman Wewoka OK 7 27:00
2 861 Isabel Davis Seminole OK 8 34:02
3 837 Mena Harrison Holdenville OK 7 36:38
4 844 Alayna Harrison Wewoka OK 8 57:24
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 9 - 12
1 855 Cassidy Harman Wewoka OK 10 27:16
2 836 Allie Harrison Holdenville OK 9 30:06
3 835 Sierra Brown Wewoka
OK 12 31:52
4 832 Baylee Leader Seminole OK 11 33:06
5 841 Savannah Edgar Cromwell OK 12 37:01
6 808 Madison Franks Holdenville OK 11 47:21
7 860 Madison Hotulke Seminole OK 9 47:57
8 847 Kendra Lewis Wewoka
OK 9 59:40
OVERALL WINNERS IN THE 5K RUN—(front row) Female 15 & Under Winner - Bradi
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 13 - 15
1 862 Justice Talamasey Wewoka OK 15 29:59
Harmon of Bowlegs. (back row) 16 & Above Male Winner - Kaden Tiger of Seminole, 16 &
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 16 - 19
Above Female Winner - Johnna White of Seminole, 15 & Under Male Winner and Overall
1 858 Rachael Franks Wewoka
OK 19 54:37
Winner Caleb Harrison of Wewoka with a time of 22:56.
THE STARTING OF THE 5K RACE
PAGE B-2—HOLDENVILLE TRIBUNE—MAY 16, 2012
End of Season
Honors Awarded
at Wes Watkins
Technology Center
LEFT—During Wes Watkins Technology Center ’s awards assembly on
May 9, students were recognized for their special achievements and
presented with certificates. A.M. Student of the Year awards were presented to one student in each major. Pictured left to right, Adreyanna
McDonald, Holdenville, Science; Melinda Graham, Castle, Multi-Skilled
Nursing Assistant; Jessica Sands, Graham, Health Science (Rose);
Loretta Demmitt, Henryetta; Medical Office Specialist. Not Pictured,
Chad Wood, Okemah, Math; Lori Smith, Okemah; Health Science (Wilson); Kevin Riley Lay, Graham, General Maintenance/Repair Assistant
(Moore); Lucas Sowder, Okemah; Architecture/Construction; David
George, Wetumka; PC Support/Transaction Technologies; Sabrina
Smith, Okemah, Business & Information Technology.
The Outstanding Agricultural Business Management Family of the Year award was presented at Wes Watkins Technology Center ’s completion ceremony May 8. The award
went to Bo and Rita Posey of Wetumka. Along with their two children, Lexi and Dalton ,
they run a cow/calf operation east of Wetumka. Kelly Grego (far right), ABM instructor,
noted that they consistently keep their records accurate and are always striving to find
ways to improve their cattle operation.
Three students were presented certificates for perfect attendance at Wes Watkins Technology Center awards assembly that was held May 9. They were also presented with a
$190 cash award provided by the Wes Watkins Area Vo-Tech Foundation. Left to right,
Kenneth Hubb, Henryetta; Derrick McCurtain, Okemah and Adreyanna McDonald, Holdenville.
P.M. Student of the Year awards were presented during Wes Watkins Technology Center’s awards assembly on May 9. Students were recognized for their special achievements and
presented with certificates. Pictured left to right, Brittany Jones, Okemah, Health Science (Rose); Anthony Maxwell, Okemah, Service Careers Building Maintenance (Moore); Rebbeca Ross, Prague, Multi-Skilled Nurse Assistant; Alyssa Slavens, Wetumka; Surgical Technologist (Theory); Crystal Langdon, Holdenville; Surgical Technologist (Clinical); Miranda
LaRowe, Okemah, Science Award plus Health Science (Wilson); Robyn Condon, Seminole, Medical Office Specialist; Haley Newman, Wetumka, Math; Destony Matthews, Dustin,
Architecture & Construction; Jeff Smith, Holdenville, PC Support Transaction Technologies. Not pictured, Sallie Harmon, Dustin, Practical Nurse (Theory); Caramia Putman, Okemah,
Practical Nurse (Clinical); Sandra Moore, Okemah, Business & Information Technology.
Outstanding Completer awards were presented to a student in each Career Major at Wes Watkins Technology Center ’s (WWTC) completion ceremony May 8. Pictured left to right, Teresa
A. Smith, Okemah, Business & Information Technology; Jessica Sands, Graham, Mathematics; Janet Thomas, Wetumka, PC Support/Transaction Technologies; Sabra J. Strainese,
Okemah, Science; MaRanda Andrews, Graham, Health Science (Rose); Tyler W. Bryant, Okemah, Architecture & Construction; Miranda LaRowe, Okemah, Health Science (Wilson);
Kevin Riley Lay, Graham, General Maintenance/Repair Assistant (Moore).
HOLDENVILLE TRIBUNE—MAY 16, 2012—PAGE B-3
from
Dayna’s Desk
Continued from Page A-6
thoughtfulness that went with it.
—DD—
Bill stopped by David’s Tuesday morning and when he
came back to the office he said he had learned more in thirty
minutes than most folks will learn in a lifetime. “How did
you do that?” I asked. “When I went in not only was David
Paslay there but also Glen Paslay and Buddy Keesee. There
were more stories told in a few minutes than most folks
could tell in a year. I don’t know about the other three, but
even though Bill tells the same story over and over, they get
better with age!
—DD—
We had a wonderful Mother’s Day service at the Church
of the Nazarene. We honored around 54 mothers and it
was a beautiful sight. There were lots of visitors who came
to be with their mothers and/or grandmothers, thirteen of
which belonged to Carol Pryor! All of the mothers received
an embroidered tea towel made by Melvin and Virginia
Schauer, who do such a beautiful job. We truly appreciate the
hard work they put in to provide the gifts each year. Diana
Swadley brought some fresh roses from her rose garden and
gave out several of them in sweet little vases. They smelled
heavenly!
The special music was sang by Alyssa Swadley, who
has an incredibly beautiful voice. She sang “Consider the
Lillies” accompanied by her mother, Tammy. It was such a
blessing.
Dane’s message was on how you can honor your mother
by the “life that I live”, the “load that I lift”, the “lessons I
learn” and the “love that I lavish”.
After the message, two of our young mothers, Trena
Freeman and Melanie Mitchon, came forward to be baptized.
It was a blessing to see these two young ladies give their
public testimony of their faith in Jesus Christ.
—DD—
My sister Darla Craft came in Saturday and we enjoyed
having lunch with our mom for Mother’s Day. All but four
of our family members were there and it was a loud, but
good, good time!!
—DD—
Bill told Dane that he saw Linda Gibbs and Nelda Durham
out walking, but they were walking so slow he passed them
twice. A surprised Dane said, “were you actually running?
Continued on Page B-5
John Bill Martin’s Students Win State Championship
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The McLoud 6-7th grade Academic Bowl team, coached by
Holdenville High School graduate John Bill Martin, captured Oklahoma Junior Academic
Bowl Association championship Saturday in competition
on the campus of the University
of Oklahoma. The squad went
undefeated in four games and
defeated Bethel in the championship finals, 360-220, to walk
away with top honors.
The McLoud squad was
seeded No. 2 after winning the
South regional title at Bethel to
qualify for state and the district
qualifying meet at McLoud
earlier in the year.
Members of the squad include seventh graders Rachel
Hubbard, who is captain of the
team, Ilana Kutin, Jennifer Abshire, Trayce Abbott and Tanner Jordan, sixth grader Jeremy
Treadway and two fifth graders, Zach Hubbard and Kevin
Black. McLoud Intermediate
GT teacher John Bill Martin is
their coach. It is his 12th year
as teacher for the Gifted and
Talented students at McLoud
and 55th overall year of teaching.
McLoud advanced through
the first round with a bye and
then defeated Berryhill, 300270, in second round action in
the double-elimination tournament.
Next up was a semifinal
matchup against Muldrow,
which jumped in front with a
10-point advantage in the first
quarter, but McLoud rallied
with a 110-30 third period and
won by a final score of 320220 to set up the finals against
Bethel which also came into
the game undefeated.
McLoud had only a 10-point
advantage going into the final
lightning round but scored a
convincing 70-30 advantage to
wind up with a 340-290 win.
Bethel had to work its way
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back through the losers bracket
But the Redskins were on a nal round where they scored a
and reached the championship roll and took a 30-point lead perfect 10 for 10 to capture the
finals where it would take two at halftime and held a 90-point championship.
wins to claim the crown.
advantage going into the fi-
McLoud’s state champion 6-7th grade academic bowl team displays their medals, the championship
plaque and the championship brackets after winning the OJABA state title Saturday. From left, Kevin Black, Jennifer
Abshire, Rachel Hubbard, Zach Hubbard, Ilana Kutin, Jeremy Treadway and Coach John Martin. Not pictured, Tanner
Jordan and Trayce Abbott.
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close from May 14 through May 21.
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HELP
WANTED—MEDCORP PLUS, INC. Personal
Care Assistants needed in
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Benefits, Mileage, Contact:
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HELP WANTED—The Muscogee
(Creek) Nation Division of Health
is currently accepting applications
for the following positions at the
Creek Nation Community Hospital in
Okemah: RN Triage Nurse ñ Nurse
Practitioner/Physicians
Assistant.
These positions will work in the Fast
Track Clinic within the ER. Work hours
are 3p.m. to 11p.m., Monday through
Friday. For applications and vacancy
announcements visit our website at
www.muscogeenation-nsn.gov or send
a resume to MNDH HR Department,
P.O. Box 400, Okmulgee, OK 74447.
For additional information you may call
Mickey Romine, Staffing Specialist at
(918) 279-3204. (2tc-05/16)
HELP WANTED—Looking for a
Career? World Acceptance Corp.
Loan & Tax Service in Holdenville,
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have reliable vehicle. *Paid Health
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Bilingual a plus. Apply in person at 124
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HOUSEKEEPER/CARETAKER —
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(580) 857-2406 (tfc-04/25)
GOOD JOURNEY HOME HEALTH
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for full time RNs. Pick up applications
at 208 East Broadway, Allen, or call
580-857-2125 (tfc)
IMMEDIATE OPENINGS FOR
RNs, LPNs & CHHAs — Friendly
work environment. Apply in person at
Good Journey Home Health & Hospice,
208 East Broadway, Allen. (tfc-10/19)
HELP WANTED­—Rick’s Tank Truck
Service is looking to hire qualified
drivers to drive at night for the Calvin
area. Yard is located South of Calvin
on Hwy 75. You must carry a class A
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HOLDENVILLE TRIBUNE—MAY 16, 2012—PAGE B-5
from
Dayna’s Desk
Continued from Page B-3
“No,” Bill replied, “I was
driving, but I wasn’t going
very fast.”
For several years Bill and
Dane have talked about the
exercise program they are
“fixing” to begin. I will let
you know when it starts…..
or if it ever starts!
—DD—
Our good friend the late
Karthryn Hardwick Wardlow
used to share with us some
of her favorite memories.
We recently ran across one
of those columns and wanted
to share it this week with our
readers. It was first published
in 2002.
THE BARE BEAR
FACTS
by
Kathryn
Hardwick Wardlow
Life on a Working
Ranch
My
husband
was
foreman on Doctor Lloyd G.
William’s ranch for several
years.
Ranch work is 24 hours
a day, 7 days a week, rain,
heat, sleet or snow.
We started out with 150
mother cows that started
dropping calves in Feb.,
March, and April. They were
bred to deliver calves at that
time each year, if possible.
Dr. Williams’ cows were
Black Angus, the bulls were
White Face. We found that
the mixed breed brought
more money at Market.
We
usually
started
working the cattle in
mid-summer
(branding,
castrating, and notching the
ears). The steers were sold
in the fall when we thought
the Market price was right.
The best of the Heifers
were kept to replace older
cows in the future.
Once, we left the ranch
at 6:30 am to begin working
cattle. Our help evidently
had partied the night before
and didn’t show up.
That left Jack (my
husband), Carl Porschein,
and I to do this job. Carl
was a good kid and great
help. When noon came,
we were away over in the
Boonies. Things were going
so smoothly, we decided to
forego lunch.
Jack was operating
the calf table and doing
the castrating. Carl was
operating the squeeze chute,
branding and notching
ears. My job was to get the
calves in the runway, which
required fleet of foot and a
lot of tail twisting.
We drove back in the
ranch
house
driveway
around 7:30 pm, hungry, hot,
and tired.
Here came a carload of
people wanting us to attend
their “meetings”.
Jack and Carl went to
the corral to unload the
equipment, I started to the
house to take a shower and
fix us something to eat.
I tried to tell these people
we had worked all day and
we were tired and hungry.
My head ached, I had
burnt hair in my sinuses, and
my clothes and hair smelled
the same.
I went in the house and
took my shower, then looked
out the kitchen window to
see where Jack and Carl
were. Carl had gone home
and Jack was coming around
the back lawn nude as the
day he was born.
The ranch house was on
Robinson Highway East.
I heard cars honking but
people were always doing
that when they passed so I
thought nothing of it until
I looked out the kitchen
window and saw Jack. I
ran to the door and said my
God in Heaven what are you
doing?!!!
He said you don’t know
how to get rid of unwanted
visitors but I do. Soon as I
started shucking my clothes,
they took off.
The nephew of Dr.
Williams talked him into
buying 75 heifers out of
Arkansas.
They arrived
at the ranch by 4:15, on a
chilly, wet morning.
They were wild and had
Pneumonia in 48 hours, and
had to be medicated and
branded.
These heifers were the
devil’s creation and Jack
hated them with a passion.
Thus they became known
as the Arkansas S.O.B.’s.
Before everything was over,
even I was calling them
that. One heifer had long
horns and would fight (the
only cow on the ranch with
horns). She had put me over
a brush pile and through a
barbwire fence. I knew she
was dangerous, yet Jack
didn’t believe me.
I swore Jack was from
Missouri and not Wetumka,
OK, because you couldn’t
tell him anything, he had to
be shown.
Well, we decided to ship
some cattle that fall and
include this fighting heifer.
All the cattle went from the
holding pen into the corral
without any trouble except
her. We tried using horses;
she charged and fought
them like the old devil she
was. Rather than have one
or both horses scared, we
decided to take the pickup
into the holding pen, and
rope and snub her to the
headache rack, then pull her
into the corral.
I told Jack, “Now she
will get you.”
After all the trouble we
had, before he stepped out
of the pickup, he threw his
loop and missed.
The heifer charged,
knocked him down, and was
goring him big time. Jack
was trying to roll underneath
the truck but she had her
horn in the belt loop of his
jeans and was bouncing him
around.
I jumped out, grabbed a
long handle shovel, hit her
on the rump, and she turned
and took after me. My
jeans came unsnapped at the
waist. Not being as hippie
them as I am now, I was
in real trouble. Here I was
running for dear life around
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Dear Class of 1982
30th High School Reunion
June 30, 2012
Hello Classmates,
It’s time to sign up for our 30th reunion event. I have reserved the
“Triple S Ranch” in Calvin Oklahoma for our get together. The cost is
$20.00 per person which includes a BBQ dinner and the venue. You can
go
online to www.sss-ranch.com to see pictures and available
accommodations.
You will need to contact them directly to arrange overnight
accommodations.
The ranch sits on over 3,000 acres and there is a 10,000 sq ft luxury
lodge. There is a pool and hot tub. For an additional fee of $10.00 you
can go on a photo safari and see all of the amazing wildlife and scenery.
I will need to receive your payments byMay 31st in order to get your
tickets mailed out to you. You will need this to gain entrance into the
ranch.
Date: Saturday June 30, 2012 Time: 11:00AM – 10:00PM
BBQ Starts @1:00PM
Location: Triple S Ranch 8109 E. 1385 Rd Calvin, OK 74531
Cost per Person: $20.00 – Cashier’s Check or Money Order Only –
Payable to
Diana Swadley
Please send the form below with your payment by May 31, 2012 to;
.
112 North Broadway
Holdenville, OK 74848
405-379-7024
www.edwardjones.com
Member SIPC
Class of 82” Reunion
C/O Diana Swadley
PO Box 743
Holdenville, OK 74848
Name:_____________________________Guest:_________________
MailingAddress:____________________________________________
Class of
‘62
Mike Agan, HHS Class of
1962 is helping plan their 50th
class reunion and would like
for anyone from his class interested in attending this year’s
gathering to contact him at 405391-4867. They are invited to
the Pryor’s 50’s party on Friday
night June 29th, so they need to
get a head count of who will be
attending.
Email address:__________________________
Phone#:____________________________
Number attending _____ @$20.00 Total Enclosed $_________
Interested in Photo Safari YES or NO
Plan on or have made overnight accommodations with the Ranch
YES
or
NO
DUE BY MAY 31, 2012
Diana L Swadley
Johnston Estate Farm Sale
Saturday,
aturday, May 19, 2012 - 10:00 a.m.
29231CR 1590 – Tupelo, Ok
1 Mile North of Lula to CR 1590 Turn West, ½ mile
Equipment
Ford 8N Tractor, Massey
Ferguson Square Baler
Lincoln Welder,
Compressor, 9ft Pull Type
Batwing Rhino Bush Hog,
Seed Spreader, Irrigation
Pump, Gopher Terminator
Machine, JD Lawn Mower,
Kuhn Rotary Mower w/
Dolly, Multi-Sickle Mower,
Grain Blower, 2
Homemade Smoker/Grills,
Campfire Size Cast Iron
Kettle, Multiple Hay Rings,
Cattle Panels, Hay Rakes,
Irrigation Pipe, 2 Row
Planter, 3 Pt. Hook-up
Tandem Disc Plow, Rear
Hay Spike for Tractor,
Massey Ferguson 3pt
hook-up Planter, Creep
Feeders, Troughs, Post
Hole Digger 3pt Hookup,3pt hook-up Slip, Easy
Flow Seeder, 3pt hook-up
Disc Plow, My-D-Han-D
Pick Up Feed Box
Miscellaneous
7210 John Deere
110 HP, Low Hours, Front Loader w
w/ Hay
Spike
pike and Bucket
165 Massey Ferguson Diesel
Fuel Tanks
265 Massey Ferguson Diesel
6 ft. 566 John Deere Baler
Canning Jars, Household
furniture and appliances,
Quilt, Quilting Material and
numerous hand tools
Grain Bin
8ft Rhino Bush Hog
D6-B w/ Tilt Blade, Tree
Pusher, Good Undercarriage
Bill Montin, Auctioneer 580.421.7993
Associate with McKee Real Estate 580.332.3737
Announcement day of sale supersede all previous advertisements.
advertisement
Property owner and auction service will not be responsible for theft or accidents.
www.montinauction.com
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from
Dayna’s Desk
ENROLL NOW
YOUR FUTURE BEGINS AT
Call or stop by either campus:
Tishomingo, OK (580)371-2371
Ardmore, OK (580)220-2858
mscok.edu
Open Enrollment Ends June 4th
From Here, Go Anywhere!
Continued from Page B-5
the pickup, a hand on each
hip, trying to hold my pants
up, and trying to outrun that
cow!
In the meantime, Jack
had climbed up in the pickup
bed and was trying to stuff
what was left of his shirt in
his Levi’s.
I yelled, “Gimme your
hand, Stupid! The third time
around, he swung me up.
He said “What in the h*#!
is wrong with your britches,
Kathryn?
Oh, now that made me
mad, I said “Gimme that
d*#* rope.”
I made a loop, threw and
it settled right over that old
heifer’s head. I couldn’t have
done it again in a thousand
years. We dragged her to the
corral; I got out of the pickup
and went to the house.
I was hot, tired, thirsty,
and mad.
Jack said help me get
this rope off of this cow. I
said, “Ha! I roped her, that
is your job, ‘Buster,’” I
don’t know to this day how
the rope came off and I don’t
care; all I know is she went
to market.
There
was
always
“company” at the ranch. Dear
and Quail hunters were there
for breakfast often, during
hunting season (mostly
pharmaceutical friends of the
doctor). They loved steak,
eggs, and Alabama biscuits.
The doctor loved to come on
weekends and look his cattle
over.
I always had a tub full
of vegetable salad ready for
him. He was worse that a
“cut worn.” He was a huge
eater and enjoyed eating
where there was a table full
of people and food. He was
a good person and employer.
He made sure we had the
best to work with.
Dr. Williams passed away
in 1982. Jack passed away in
2000.
Kathryn Wardlow Morris
Wade Walling
New Superintendent
at WWTC
Wade Walling has been selected as the new Superintendent for the Wes Watkins Technology Center. He has already
assumed his duties.
Mr. Walling
has been the
Assistant Superintendent at
Caddo Kiowa
Te c h n o l o g y
Center, Fort
Cobb, Oklahoma
since
1996. A native
of Ryan, Oklahoma, Walling
has enjoyed a
35 year career
in career tech
education having served as a
classroom teacher, director of
business and industry services
as well as assistant superintendent. He previously taught in
the Ninnekah Public Schools.
He is a graduate of Southwestern Oklahoma State University
and Oklahoma State University.
Walling is active in several
community and professional
organizations. He currently
serves as the chairman of the
Caddo County Industrial Authority. He has served as District Governor for Rotary International and is a graduate of
Leadership Oklahoma.
He was selected in 2011 as
the Assistant Superintendent/
Central Office Administrator of the Year-District 20 by
the Oklahoma Association of
School Administrators. Other
recognitions received include
the National Career and Technical Education Equity Council’s Myra P. Sadker Award,
Outstanding Leadership Award
from the Oklahoma Career and
Technical Education Equity
Council, OkACTE’s Outstanding New Professional Award,
Oklahoma Council of Local Administrator’s Outstanding New
Professional Award, Oklahoma
Trade & Industry Association’s
Golden Fork Leadership Award,
Sooner Plains District of Boy
Scouts of America Charter
Partner of the Year, Oklahoma
Chapter of Ducks Unlimited
Hawkins Award, Southwest
District 4-H Volunteer of the
Year, and Caddo County Law
Enforcement
Association
Award.
Highlights
of
program
growth
at
Caddo Kiowa
Te c h n o l o g y
Center
during Walling’s
tenure include
business and
economic development
program, the
growth of college
credits
earned by students while attending the technology center,
Character First activities recognizing students exhibiting
positive character and conduct,
CKTC on-line initiative expanding access, evening accredited programs, distance learning consortium with 13 local
school partners, pre-engineering academy, mobile computer
classroom, workplace safety
program, Tech Centers That
Work school improvement initiative and the Washita Valley
Leadership Program patterned
after Leadership Oklahoma.
Professional affiliations include the Association for Career and Technical Education,
Oklahoma Association for Career and Technical Education,
Oklahoma Council of Local
Administrators, Oklahoma Association of School Administrators.
Walling and his wife, Troy
Gayle, have two grown children. Troy Gayle has taught for
22 years at Fort Cobb-Broxton
Elementary and Middle School.
She is a National Board Certified Teacher and holds her master’s degree in education from
Southwestern Oklahoma State
University. She is active in her
school and community presently serving as Mayor and Association of South Central Oklahoma Governments (ASCOG)
Executive Board Trustee.
Lamar New Age
April 25 we had our Music Day and Birthday dinner. The ones
who had a Birthday in April were Liz Looper, Norma Deal, Jane
Hill, J.W. Wagoner, Ercy McCall and Maxine Welch. Jane Hill
won the Pillow and Norma Deal won the key chain.
May 1 was our Advisory Board Meeting.
May 8 we had Bingo.
May 11 will be Site Council Meeting.
May 21 we will have bingo
May 28 we will be closed for Memorial Day. We will open on
the 29th.
May 30 will be our Music Day and Birthday Dinner.
Cady Welch handed out candy boxes to the mothers for Mother’s Day.
Lamar Memorial
Service Scheduled
Lamar Cemetery Memorial Service will be May 27th at 2:00 p.m.
The Rev. Russell vicars will officiate.
Everyone is welcome.