The Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 87, No. 301, Ed. 1 Friday, January 23, 1981 Page: 1 of 10
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EDITORIAL COMMENT
OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
OKLAHOMA CITY 5, oK. 73105
‘If You Would Avoid Criticism, Say Nothing, Do Nothing, and Be Nothing'
What's Right, What's
Wrong With Perry?
ic Perry Daily Journal
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The retail committee of the Perry Chamber of Commerce
has been an active group the past couple of years. Among other
accomplishments have been a series of business promotions
among local merchants, many of which have been enthu-
siastically received.
Business firms have been invited to join the promotional
efforts by offering special bargains during the special days.
Many have been regular participants in the community efforts,
but others have failed to grasp the spirit of the efforts.
It’s that latter group which worries the retail committee.
They have set out to find out why more business firms don’t take
part in the promotional efforts. In addition, they wonder if many
business people don’t like the promotions that have been pro-
duced, or if they are just against any type of extra push to
bolster retail sales in the community.
During the committee’s last meeting, a group was
appointed to make personal contacts among businesses to try to
get some answers. Among other problems is the low turnout at
retail planning meetings, which are held once a month at the
Chamber of Commerce. '
These are the committee workers who are making the
personal contacts among businesses: North side of square,
Rudolph Zorba; east side, Wilma Busha; south side, Tawnda
Bolay; west side, Tim Endicott; Fir avenue businesses, Bill
McAngus; Perry Plaza Shopping center and surrounding area,
Larry Raynes, and other outlying areas to be contacted by the
Chamber of Commerce office staff.
Co-chairmen of the retail committee are Mary Baker and
Bill Hodge. They hope to glean answers to the question of
promotions as a result of the survey. Next meeting for the
committee will be at 7 p.m. Feb. 10.
In addition to the survey among businesses, Marilee
Macias, who, with her husband, Tony, operate the Kumback
restaurant on the north side of the square, has started her own
private survey. The difference is that Mrs. Macias is seeking
answers from non-business people about what they expect from
businesses in Perry, why so many do their shopping out of town,
what new businesses are needed in the community and what
people think about customer service among local stores.
Mrs. Macias has been handling the impromptu survey
among customers at the Kumback, but she would like to find out
what other Perryans think.
On Page 6 of today’s Journal, are reproductions of forms for
the two surveys. One is geared toward business people who
would be those involved in retail promotions. The other is a
survey form initiated by Mrs. Macias asking what the shoppers
think about our town.
Every business firm is invited to fill out the Chamber of
Commerce survey form and send or take it to the C. of C. office.
Answers will be tabulated for the retail committee.
Every resident of the Perry area is invited to fill out the
shoppers questionnaire, expressing ideas about what’s right and
what’s wrong with our town. These may be mailed or taken to
Mrs. Macias at the Kumback.
Turn to Page 6 and put in your two cents worth about what
might benefit our community.
87th Year — No. 301
briefly
stated...
perry
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VALENTINE DANCE
PLANNED BY YMCA
A Valentine Dance will begin
at 10 p.m. Feb. 14 at the Noble
County Family YMCA for all
Perry and Perry area students
in grades nine through 12.
The dance, sponsored by Per-
ry Maroon supporters, will con-
tinue until 1 a.m. Feb. 15. Music
will be provided by KXXY radio
station (96X) of Oklahoma City.
The dance will have adult
supervision.
Admission will be $3 per
person or $5 per couple. Tickets
may be purchased at the door or
in advance from Perry high
school cheerleaders.
The dance will follow the
Perry Maroons vs. Skiatook
wrestling matches at John Di-
vine hall.
CHRIST LUTHERANS
SET CHILI SUPPER
The evangelism committee of
Christ Lutheran church will
host a chili supper beginning at
6 p.m. Sunday at Christ Luth-
eran school.
A movie will follow the meal.
The event is for church mem-
bers and other interested per-
sons. A free-will offering will be
collected.
CITIES, TOWNS TO
HAVE 1981 ELECTIONS
This year, 1981, is an election
year for not only the city of
Perry, but for other towns in
Noble county, according to Mrs.
Dorothy Fox, secretary of the
% county election board.
Mrs. Fox reminded officials
Friday, Jan. 23, 1981 (UPI) Means United Press International
Your Home Newspaper
15 Cents
Freed Americans Back
On Home Soil Sunday
By JOSEPH A. REAVES -------- -
WIESBADEN, West Germany
(UPI) — The freed American
hostages will return to the
United States Sunday for two
days of private family reunions
but doctors cautioned that some
are suffering mental trauma
from their months of captivity.
Medical experts said there
at West Point, N.Y. for the
Brief Service
Sunday At 12:30
of town governing bodies are
obligated to give notice of their
town elections on or before Feb.
6. The notices of election should
also include the offices up for
election this year.
Feb. 23-25 are dates for filing
periods for city and town of-
fices. March 17 is primary elec-
tion date and general election
date is April 7.
was evidence some of the
Americans were beaten by
their Iranian captors who used
techniques that left no marks
on their bodies.
Pentagon sources said the
former captives would be taken
to the U.S. Military Academy
reunions with relatives at the
Thayer Hotel on the academy
grounds. The public and press
were expected to be barred.
The sources said President
Reagan would probably greet
the former captives in Washing-
ton on Tuesday.
Medical experts cautioned cases, shoes and clothes to
Democrat Precinct
Meetings On Feb. 2
Noble county Democrats have scheduled
precinct meetings for 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb.
2, in the various voting precincts of the
county.
The meeting schedule has been announced
by Mrs. Don (Sue) Streller, secretary-treas-
urer of Noble county Democrats. Business in
the precinct sessions will include elections of
a chairman, co-chairman, secretary-treas-
urer and four precinct committee members.
Each will serve two-year terms.
Any person registered as a Democrat with
the county election board is eligible to vote for
the posts of chairman, co-chairman and
secretary-treasurer.
The county Democrat party convention will
be Saturday, Feb. 28. Time and place for the
convention have not yet been listed
The Noble county Democrat organization
now is served by R. E. VanBuskirk, chair-
man, and Mrs. Dorothy Fox, co-chairman.
Listed are precincts, persons to have
charge of precinct sessions and locations for
meetings:
W 1 P 2 — Mrs. Dorothy Wall, 803 Cedar
street.
W 1 P 2 — Neils Anderson, 709 Second
street.
W 2 P 1 — To be announced.
W 2 P 2 — Mrs. Ruble Lemon, 701 Twelfth
street.
W3P1 —Mrs. Oswald Karcher, 1416 Kaw
street.
W3P2 —Chuck Arnold, 1722 Meadowlane.
W 4 P 1 — Mrs. Laura Pitts, 626 Jackson
street.
W 4 P 2 — Mrs. C. E. Snyder, 715 Kaw
street.
Auburn — Grover Mittasch Jr., route three,
Perry.
Billings — David McNeely, Billings.
Black Bear — Don Streller, route one,
Perry.
Glenrose — Edward Manley, Billings.
Marland — Mrs. Robbie Thompson, Mar-
land.
Morrison — Dwight Rymer, Citizens room,
Citizens State Bank, Morrison.
Noble — Mrs. Melva Pancoast, lunchroom,
Sumner school, Sumner.
Red Rock City — Kenneth Sullins, city hall.
Red Rock.
Red Rock Township — 0. V. Mornhinweg,
route one, Red Rock.
Warren Valley — Verl Hentges, route two,
Perry.
Rock — Earl LaFon, route three, Stillwater
— four miles south, one and one-half miles
east, two miles south and an eighth mile west
of Zion Lutheran church.
Residents of the Perry area
will have an opportunity to take
part in a brief service of prayer
and thanksgiving for release of
the hostages at 12:30 p.m.
Sunday at the high school audi-
torium. The service is sched-
uled to be about 30 minutes in
length.
The ceremony is in keeping
with a proclamation from Gov.
George Nigh in which he de-
clared Sunday a “day or prayer
and thanksgiving".
Faye O’Dell, Perry school
athletic director, will speak.
The stage band under direction
of Bill Rotter will play two
numbers. A color guard from
the local National Guard unti
will be on the stage.
Representing the Ministerial
Alliance, David Burdue, minis-
ter of the Church of Christ, will
give the invocation. The bene-
diction will be given by Rev.
Ward J. Pankratz, pastor of St.
Rose of Lima Catholic church,
president of the Ministerial
Alliance.
Fr. Pankratz said the Alli-
ance is asking idnvidual
churches to include prayers at
OIL FIELD WORKER
HAS BONE FRACTURES
An Enid oil field worker, Ron-
nie Reed, received bone frac-
tures at one knee in a 15-foot fall
from a rig shortly after 2:30
p.m. Thursday at a location
seven and a half miles north of
Perry on I-35 highway, five
miles west and one south of
Perry.
A Perry fire department am-
regular Sunday services for the bulance took Reed to Bass Me-
eight American servicemen morial Baptist hospital at Enid.
Reagan Won’t Tamper With
Social Security, He Says
Bellmon Named
who died in the unsuccessful
attempt to rescue the hostages
last spring.
Perry’s downtown still bears
evidence of local feeling with
release of the 52 hostages.
Governor Nigh said “I call
upon all Oklahomans to let free-
dom ring across the state
through the joyous ringing of
bells.
“Oklahomans as well as all
Americans maintained a pa-
To 9-Member
Hostage Panel
t tient, yet steadfast vigil during
BILLINGS Okla. (UPI) - the frustrating, difficult time,”
Former U.S. Sen. Henry the Nigh proclamation said.
Bellmon said a nine-member "All Oklahomans are encour-
hostage-compensation conuni- aged to pause and thank God for
ssion he has been asked to join the safe release of our host-
might prove of little value in ages.”
the congressional rush to
reward the freed Americans .
and their families. Coming Events
Bellmon said he accepted the Tuesday, Jan. 27 — Election
position earlier this week. The day in all local area school dis-
WELL SITE STAKED;
ANOTHER FOUND DRY
One Noble county site has
been staked for testing and
another well has been found
dry.
Cherokee Resources has stak-
ed the No. 1 Passow, C SW NE
[continued on pg. 10]
By HELEN THOMAS GOP leader Bob Michel said
UPI White House Reporter following a White House break-
WASHINGTON (UPI) — fast meeting of Reagan and
President Reagan told Republi- Republican congressional lea-
can congressional leaders today ders.
he does not intend to “endanger “In talking to the president,
recipients of Social Security” in my personal view is that Social
his search for budget cuts. Security recipients as such
“I think the president very have no fear of our gutting the
clearly this morning made the Social Security program or
point, as he said during the tailoring it back to some point
campaign, he said he is not where it would be injurious to
going to endanger the recipi- their well-being,” Michel
ents of Social Security,” House added.
Michel said the president did
not go into specifics “other
than to give absolute assurance
that the program will not be
coming under the knife."
“But we do have to look at
the entitlement, and they may
require changes in legislation,”
Michel said.
Senate GOP leader Howard
Baker, who was also in on the
meeting, confirrnd Reagan will
[continued on pg. 10]
commission was created by tricts, polls open at 7 a.m. and
Carter during his last full day close at 7 p.m., school board
as president Monday. Carter members to be elected and mill
named four members, and levy issues on ballots.
President Reagan was expected Wednesday, Jan. 28—Month-
to name the other Ave. ly birthday covered dish lunch-
The Billings Republican said eon, 11:30 a.m., Perry senior
Thursday Congress probably citizens center.
will jump at the chance to Friday, Jan. 30 - Friendly
compensate the hostages, with Community Fellowship, regular
or without the nine-member meeting, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.,
commission. American Legion hall. Sack
The group is scheduled to lunch at noon, coffee and tea
report to the government within furnished. Program — Valen-
90 days with its recommenda- tines for Billings Fairchild cen-
tions on hostage compensation, ter. Public invited.
Carter also appointed former ' Saturday, Feb. 7 — Public
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, auction 225 acres Noble county
former Health and Human grassland, located first corner
Services secretary Patricia east of Morrison, one and
Harris and former Connecticut one-half miles south and one
Congressman Robert Giamo to east, 10 a.m. Estate of Harold
relatives in the United States wear for their homecoming,
that Sunday’s homecoming The only former hostage to
would be a crucial element in skip the shopping excursion
the readjustment period of was Donald R. Hohman, who
some hostages suffering severe spent Thursday night with his
depression and guilt. German wife, Anna, at a
"Some are suffering post- Frankfurt apartment 25 miles
traumatic stress syndrome,” from Wiesbaden.
said Dr. Jerome Korcak, Stole State Department officials
Department medical director, said Hohman would stay behind
“They show varying states of tn Frankfurt when the rest of
medical and physical ail- the hostages took a jet
merits” chartered by the U.S. govern-
Korcak said some of the ment for Sunday’s return to the
liberated hostages are having United States.
trouble sleeping, and are But 3 State Department
haunted by flashbacks of their spokesman in Washington said
444 days in captivity. Others the hostages would return as a
lapse into long periods of group. Government officials
silence or show exaggerated have gone out of their way to
reactions to normal stimuli keep the hostages in one group
such as slamming doors and to ease their return to normal
loud noises, he said. life after 14 months in
The hostages show a univer- captivity.
sal hostility toward Iran, he Visitors said several of the 52
said. One hostage, Bruce hostages have been slower to
German, was asked if he ever adjust to their freedom because
wanted to go back to Iran, of the way they were treated in
“Yes, in a B-52,” he said. Iran.
Korcak said there was no Going home was clearly on
evidence of needle marks, the hostages minds today
bruises or bone fractures, but There have been widespread
there were contusions and at reports some of the hostages
least one hostage has a ringing were tortured, fed only bread
in his ears, and water and placed before
He said the Iranians beat the mock firing squads. But Iran
hostages, using techniques that flatly denied the growing
left no marks, allegations.
"They were punched about Before dawn, two blue
the body and kicked in the Mercedes buses carried 51 of
groin,” Korcak said, the 52 Americans 2 miles from
The medical director also Wiesbaden Air Force hospital
confirmed reports the hostages to a military department store
were forced to “play” Russian where th«y stocked up on the
roulette and said such abuse new clothes, luggage, hanging
was typical, bags, cameras and film.
Many of the hostages feel Clerks in the exchange said
guilty about anti-American one of the men went into a
“confessions” they made fitting room to try on a pair of
during their captivity, Korcak trousers and came out holding
said. He said the hostages lost a pair of dirty and stained
from 10 to 80 pounds. jeans.
State Department spokesman "These are the pair I was
Jack Canon said the airport captured in,” he said. “I’m
where the former captives will going to take them back to the
again set foot on U.S. soil States with me.”
would not be disclosed to Store employees were called
protect the privacy of the at 5 a.m. and given an hours
returnees, who survived 444 notice to report to work. The
days of captivity in Iran and hostages themselves were kept
have been in Wiesbaden for to a tight 90-minute schedule,
“decompression” for three "They just went crazy shop-
days. [continued on pg. 10)
Awaiting the new heroes
following family reunions will f* *| u
be an official public welcome in Cyril noynes
Washington and what New . ,
York Mayor Edward Koch said To Be Crowned
would be the largest ticker tape
parade in history of the city. By Polka Club
Koch said letters to each -
former hostage went out Mr. an(j Mrs. Cyril Hayne,
inviting them and a guest tt Perry, will be crowned king and
New York for the heroes’ queen of the No. 1 Oklahoma
welcome and ecumenical ser- Polka club in ceremonies at 1:45
vices conducted by Cardinal p.m. Sunday at the Hoover
Terence Cooke at City Hall, building on the Garfield county
But the hostages first steps fairgrounds at Enid.
on American soil will be out of The meeting will begin with a
the public eye with only family covered dish dinner at noon,
members present. If West Point The business session will begin
is their destination, McGuire at 1 p.m.
Air Force Base in New Jersey The public has been invited
or Dover Air Force Base in for the coronation ceremonies.
Delaware seem logical choices However, those who stay to
for arrivals. attend the dance at 2 p.m. must
The announcement of the pay an admission charge of
Sunday flight came just six $3.50 each for members or $4.50
hours after the hostages went each for non-members. Music
on a pre-dawn shopping spree for the dance will be provided
at a military department store by the Al Grebnich band of
— spending $15,000 on suit- Schuyler, Neb.
—WEATHERH
the commission.
Lorenzo Chace, owners.
FEK
NEW CLASS IN PHOTOGRAPHY began this semester for stu- Waltermire, Wally Randall, David Wenger and Mike Neely,
dents at Perry high school. The students are learning film de- Standing are Grady Parmley, teacher aide, and Jim Garvey,
veloping which includes the developer, stop and fixer. On the instructor. (Staff photo.)
table at right is a photo enlarger. Seated left to right are J. B.
Temperatures for the 24-hour
period ending at 11 a.m. Friday.
12 N. 48 1 p.m. 52 2 p.m. 55
3 p.m. 58 4 p.m. 59 5 p.m. 58
6 p.m. 58 7 p.m. 50 8 p.m. 42
9 p.m. 36 10 p.m. 33 11 p.m. 33
12 M. 31 1 a.m. 33 2 a.m. 31
3 a.m. 28 4 a.m. 26 5 a.m. 24
6 a.m. 22 7 a.m. 23 8 a.m. 22
9 a.m. 30 10 a.m. 40 11 a.m. 51
Forecast
Mostly clear and warmer
through Saturday, westerly 5 to
10 mph through tonight becom-
ing southwesterly 10 to 20 mph
Saturday. High this afternoon
lower 60s. Low tonight mid 30s.
High Saturday near 70.
Weather outlook, Sunday
through Tuesday — Partly
cloudy and warm Sunday and
Monday with scattered showers
Monday. Mostly cloudy and
cooler Tuesday. Lowest in mid-
20s Panhandle to near 40 south-
east. Highest near 70 Sunday
and Monday lowering into the
50s Tuesday.
Temperatures for the 24-hour
period ending at 11 a.m. Friday
were: High 59, low 22. Temper-
atures for the 24-hour period
ending at 11 a.m. a year ago:
High 52, low !?.
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