The Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 95, No. 172, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 30, 1988 Page: 1 of 10
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95th Year — No. 172 Tuesday, Aug. 30, 1988 (UPI) Means United Press International 25 cents
100th Birthday Honors
Sunday For Mrs. Lynch
15 STANDS SIGNED
FOR FLEA MARKET
Fifteen stands have been
signed for the flea market
Saturday on the Perry
square.
The monthly events on the
first Saturday of each month
are sponsored by the Senior
Citizens center on the west
side of the square.
Mrs. Emma Lou Hasen-
fratz, director at senior citi-
zens, said local groups plan-
ning stands include Veterans
of Foreign Wars, Christ Luth-
eran Youth group and the
Cowtown Twirlers
Covington.
of
Mrs. Lynch
30 Newcomers
Visited By C-C
During August
The Welcome to Perry group of the Chamber of
Commerce retail committee visited homes of 30
newcomers to the community in August.
LuElla Davidson, chairman, said the commit-
tee has been invited to go to Billings to explain the
program. Billings hopes to organize a similar
operation.
The committee makes calls each month on new-
ly arrived families to personally welcome them
to Perry and deliver souvenirs, gifts and informa-
tional material about the town.
The program has proved to be one of the most
popular efforts by the retailers.
Coming Events
PHS Class
Plans 60th
Reunion
Tuesday, Aug. 30 — Sumner
4-H enrollment meeting, 7:30
p.m., Sumner school
cafeteria.
Wednesday, Aug. 31 — Per-
ry 4-H club enrollment
meeting, 7 p.m., women’s
The PHS class of 1928 will building, Noble county fair-
have a 60th anniversary reu- grounds. For interested
nion Sept. 16 at 6 p.m. at the young people and their
Cherokee Strip Restaurant, parents.
Any members of the classes Thursday, Sept. 1 — Cher-
from 1924 through 1932 have okee Strip Historical Society,
been invited to attend the board of directors, regular
event, also. meeting,5:30p.m., Cherokee
Reservations are $10 per Strip Museum, west Fir
person and may be made by avenue.
calling Orie Nida or Glenn Monday, Sept. 5 — Noble
Yahn by Sept. 12. The price County Sportsman’s club,
includes a steak dinner.
regular monthly meeting,
The 100th birthday of Mrs. Frances Lynch, 925 Ivan-
hoe street, will be observed at a reception planned for 2-4
p.m. Sunday at the fellowship hall of the First Christian
church.
The event, for relatives and friends, will be hosted by
the honoree’s sons and their families. Mrs. Lynch requests
no gift other than the presence of family and friends at her
birthday reception.
Mrs. Lynch was born at Carroll, Mo., Sept. 7,1888. When
she was six months old, her family moved to Kansas. She
attended schools in rural Kansas through eighth grade and
graduated from Cherokee county high school. She complet-
ed Normal Institute studies and taught school two years
prior to her marriage to C. W. Lynch.
The Lynchs moved to the Perry community in 1924.
Prior to moving here, they had resided in western Kansas
and at Joplin, Mo. Mrs. Lynch’s husband was employed in
oilfield work before his death in 1948.
Mrs. Lynch was employed 12 years at Forney’s Dairy
Store which formerly operated in Perry. She is a member
of the First Christian church. In 1987, she was honorary
marshall of the Cherokee Strip Celebration parade in Perry.
She is the mother of four sons, Bill Lynch, Yucaipa,
Calif.; Charles W. Lynch Jr., Enid; Dale Lynch, Nowata;
and Bob Lynch, Edmond. Another son, Harold, died in 1933
at age 13.
Mrs. Lynch also has a number of grandchildren and
great-grandchildren.
Cleanup For
Celebration
Is Urged
Local businesses and organizations have been invited
to help clean up the city in the week of Sept. 5-10, immediate-
ly prior to the community’s Cherokee Strip celebration Sept.
17.
Jeff Denton, chairman of the celebration committee,
said the week has been designated “Pick Up Perry Week.”
“Our community will be a showcase to many people
during the celebration,” he said. “We need to put out best
foot forward.
“It is very simple, we encourage all business to police
areas in front of their businesses and help neighbor mer-
chants in keeping it clean and sharp,” Denton said.
He also urged organization members to pick up trash
in various locations and along roadways of the commun-
ity. “Our community looks so good when it is cleaned up,”
said Denton.
The celebration committee has a meeting set for addi-
tional planning at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Cherokee Strip
Motel.
Bellmon Asked
To Reduce Size
Of Prison Funds
Local members of the re- 7:30 p.m., 89er Restaurant,
union promotion committee Tuesday, Sept. 6 — Shea-
are Orie Nida, president of Nelson chapter of Disabled
the class of 1928 and chair- American Veterans, business
man, Clara Schilling, Jerome meeting, 7 p.m., DAV hall.
Hayne, Lillie Lau Lighty, Tuesday, Sept. 6—Readers
Pearl Brunson Haskins, Ver- Anonymous discussion of
nie Moore, Earl Luthye, Ruby “Back to the Damn Soil” by
Kucera Kime, Lela Gowty Oklahoma author, Mary
Campbell and Glenn Yahn.
Jeff Denton
To Manage
Restaurant
Gubser.
Thursday, Sept. 8 —6p.m.
Public auction of a two bed-
room rock house at 1127 Jack-
son street. Mr. and Mrs. Rob-
ert Bales, owners.
Thursday, Sept. 8 — Rus-
sell-White Veterans of For-
eign Wars post No. 4867, reg-
Jeff Denton, manager of the ular meeting, 7:30 p.m. VFW
Cherokee Strip Motel, will hall, south of Perry on high-
resume management of the way 86.
Cherokee Strip Restaurant Friday, Sept. 9 —6:30p.m.
Sept. 5. Antiques, collectibles and
Directors extended Den- personal property at public
ton’s management in a meet- auction. Sale to be held in the
Ing Tuesday morning, after starling Miller Building, west
Duncan Taylor, lessee of the side of Perry square across
restaurant six years, ac- from the post office. Mattie
cepted a position in food Reynolds, owner.
management at Hillcrest hos- Monday, Sept. 12 — 6p.m.
pital in Oklahoma City. Mrs. Two bedroom mobile home at
Taylor is also employed as a auction, corner of Sixth street
nurse at the hospital. and Fir avenue. Mr. and Mrs.
Denton will continue to Rodney Cermak, owners.
manage both the motel and Friday, Sept. 16 — Open
restaurant. He has managed
the motel two years. (continued on page 7)
OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI) — House Democrats, caucus-
ing on the first day of a special legislative session, asked
Gov. Henry Bellmon Monday to spend less money on over-
crowded prisons and allow additional appropriations to the
state Department of Human Services.
Speaker Jim Barker, DMuskogee, called on Bellmon to
include in the special session agenda additional funds for
the DHS. A projected shortfall in that agency’s budget will
mean cuts in programs for families, young children and the
medically needy.
Bellmon, who must set the special session agenda, thus
far has refused to allow consideration of supplemental DHS
spending.
But in a marked departure from the $34 million prison
spending plan he proposed last week, the governor compro-
mised with lawmakers with a plan to spend $17.7 million
on prison improvements.
Barker said Democrats will push to decrease that figure
even further. In a Monday afternoon news conference, the
speaker said lawmakers should spend $15 million on prisons
and appropriate other available funds to the DHS.
“We think it is inexcusable to call a special session to ad-
dress prison problems and not address the problems of the
poor in this state,” Barker said.
The Democratic caucus also voted to ask Bellmon to con-
sider a $700,000 appropriation to early childhood develop-
ment programs.
On the prison spending issue, Barker said Democrats will
go along with Bellmon’s plan to repair the riot-torn Mack
Alford Correctional Center at Stringtown, convert a train-
ing center at Taft and Western State Hospital at Fort Supply
into prison space, and to renovate a part of the state refor-
matory at Granite.
Bellmon’s revised plan would provide an additional 1,145
minimum-security and medium-security beds to a prison
system that is approximately 1,400 inmates over capacity.
His original plan would have provided 1,795 additional beds,
bringing the system to within 15 beds of projected needs by
1993.
Bellmon, addressing a joint session of the Legislature,
said the state must spend money to avert a second federal
takeover of state prisons.
(continued on page 7)
1,229 ENROLLED &
IN CLASS IN WEEK
Perry public schools Mon-
day opened the first full week
of the 1988-89 term with 1,229
enrolled and in class, Larry
Fry, superintendent, said
Tuesday.
Fry said the 1,229 repre-
sents an increase from 1,180
students attending classes at
the end of the term last May.
This represents an increase of
80 students.
These total enrollment
Nine used bicycles in operating condition have been
given to the bicycle safety rodeo collection which is grow-
ing each day, Police Lieutenant Tim Davidson said
Tuesday.
Davidson is chairman of arrangements for the rodeo
that is sponsored by the police department and Perry
Rotary club. Activities will begin at 8:30 a.m. Saturday on
the YMCA parking lot and continue through noon.
Participation is free and is for girls and boys of kinder-
garten and grades one through six. There will be riding
skills, safety inspections of bicycles and assistance in mak-
ing some repairs on bicycles. The children will receive
many items to make their bicycle safer or operate in bet-
ter mechanical condition.
There are four new bicycles that will be given away to
two boys and two girls. A young person worthy of a bicycle
not owning one has a chance of getting a used bicycle free.
Davidson said three Ditch Witch employes, Ann Dohr-
mann, Ron Baetz and Jerry Lowry, were instrumental in
obtaining tiie nine additional bicycles from Ditch Witch.
Boys and girls may register to win many items at the
rodeo in drawings.
Lieutenant Davidson Tuesday began a series of talks
before children to discuss bike safety and the safety rodeo
Saturday. Each child was being given a letter to take home
to report they have completed the first part of the program
by attending a safety program at school. On the back of the
letter is a bicycle rodeo entry form for a parent to complete.
Many local merchants have either given money or
prizes in support of the rodeo. Money is being used to buy
bicycle parts and accessories for giveaway to the girls and
boys.
Those contributing bicycles, money or other items in-
clude Larry ’s Bestyet, Hajek & Tharp Electronics, Susie’s
Video, Exchange Bank & Trust Co., First National Bank
& Trust Co., The Perry Daily Journal, Economy Finance,
Perry Printing & Office Supply, COD Heat & Air, Chris’
Pharmacy, Ragsdale Hardware, Elwell Auto Supply, Still-
water Savings & Loan, Green Light Automotive, Busha s
Boutique, Vawter’s Paint Store, Shepard’s, The Sport Shak.
Creative Needle, C&W Firearms, Perry Furniture &
Carpet, MaJaCo Office Supply, Yost & Hobbs, attorneys,
Jack’s Barber Shop, Harold’s Conoco, McDonald’s Restaur-
ant, Coast To Coast Hardware, State Farm Insurance, Ken-
tucky Fried Chicken, Braum’s Ice Cream Store, KRAD
Radio and Sonic Drive In.
Scholarships Awarded
To 3 County Students
tive during his high school senior prom and banquet projects.
years serving as a member of committee, city officer at He was on the principal s
the Future Farmers of Amer- Boys State and varsity bas- honor roll, teacher s aide,
ica throughout high school ketball. He is a member of the yearbook staff and senior
and has served on various Zion Lutheran church of class treasurer. He was voted
committees within the FFA. Stillwater. most athletic, Mr. MHS, best
His other activities include Speer has also been active dressed and best looking of
Fines and court costs total- Noble county of $500 each are Model United Nations Dele- in Future Farmers of Amer- his senior class. He served on
ed $373 Monday night in a ses- Timothy Eggers, Morrison, gate — United Arab Emir- ica and Junior 4-H. In the the junior and senior prom
sion of municipal court before son of Delles and Audrey Eg- ates, president of Future FFA, he served as a Nation- and banquet committees and
Judge Jack E. Dorl. gers; Greg Speer, Morrison, Business Leaders of America, al Convention delegate, state various fundraisers.
Seven charges were heard, son of Roger and Shirley Morrison academic bowl,
Three Noble county stu-
figures include students sign- dents are among the 191 rural
ed for kindergarten and high school seniors receiving
grades one through 12.
MUNICIPAL COURT
FINES TOTAL $373
scholarships through the
Oklahoma Rural Rehabilita-
tion Corporation.
This year’s recipients in
convention delegate, speech Miss Learned has been ac-
all against adults. Speer; and Lovella Learned, principal’s honor roll, out-
Pleas of guilty were heard Billings, daughter of Wesley standing geometry students
on charges of running a red an(j Eileen Learned. runner-up, yearbook fund-
light, $40; speeding, $45; and Eggers has been very ac- raising committee, junior-
running a red light, $45.
Pleas of no contest were
heard on charges of speeding, II
one for sasandenefor sc in BPITNSENS
proper backing. S9; and driv-FSMsi
ing after license had been re-id
voked, $69.PLONK
contests, sophomore leader- tive in track and basketball,
ship conference, district lead- was chairman of the basket-
ership conference, slave auc- ball boards and captain of her
tion committee. FFA banquet basketball team, named best
committee and community defensive player and was also
PATIENT MOVED BY
CITY AMBULANCE
Barbara Kehres, 712 Sixth .
street, was transferred by i
Perry fire department am-
bulance after 12:32 p.m.
Monday.
She was moved from her ,
home to Perry Memorial hos- a
pital and transferred later in ■
the afternoon to Stillwater 1
Medical center.
20 ACRES OF GRASS
BURNED MONDAY
Approximately 20 acres of
grassland were blackened by
a fire after 6:04 p.m. Monday
five miles east of Perry and a
mile north.
Fire Chief David Hatfield
said cause of the fire appar-
ently was from a power line
transformer that developed
an electrical short and sent
sparks to the ground.
The land is operated by
Mike Musselman, route 3,
Greg Speer
Tim Eggers
TIM
Lovella Learned
Heritage Week
Plans Head Up
Perry.
, Retail Agenda
LUNCH WEDNESDAY ■ E W EC ■ ■ * " “ ■ ■
Perry Senior Citizens cen-
ter will have its August birth-
day luncheon at 11:30 a.m.
Wednesday.
Mrs. Emma Lou Hasen-
fratz, director, said members
(continued on page 10)
Weather
Temperatures for the 24-
hour period ending at 11 a.m.
Tuesday.
12 N. 74 1 p.m. 78 2 p.m. 82
3 p.m. 84 4 p.m. 82 5 p.m. 86
6 p.m. 84 7 p.m. 82 8 p.m. 74
9p.m.68 10p.m.67 11p.m.66
12 M. 62 1 a.m. 58 2 a.m. 58
3 a.m. 60 4 a.m. 58 5 a.m. 5 8
6 a.m. 56 7 a.m. 56 8 a.m. 62
9 a.m. 66 10 a.m. 70 11 a.m. 74
Forecast
Fair today, high 85 to 89,
south wind 10 to 15 mph. Part-
ly cloudy tonight, low 66 to 70,
south wind 5 to 10 mph. Sun-
ny Wednesday, high 89 to 93,
south wind 10 to 15 mph.
Oklahoma — Weather out-
look, Thursday through Sat-
urday: Fair Thursday.
Chance of thunderstorms
north Friday and mainly
south Saturday. Cooler Pan-
handle Friday and most sec-
tions Saturday. Highs Thurs-
day 90s, mostly 80s by Sat-
urday. Lows mostly 60s.
Temperatures for the 24-
hour period ending at 11 a.m.
Tuesday were: High 86, low
56. Temperatures for the
24-hour period ending at 11
a.m. a year ago: High 82, low-
56.
Last-minute plans to participate in
Western Heritage week, the Cherokee
Strip celebration and discussion of the
Halloween retail promotion were high-
lights of the Chamber of Commerce re-
tail committee meeting at the C-C office
Tuesday morning.
Conducting the meeting were tri-chair-
men, Vicky Malget and Glenda Mittasch.
Mrs. Mittasch told the group Western
Heritage observances will begin Sept. 12
and range through Saturday. Sept. 17,
celebration day. Co-chairman with Mrs.
Mittasch on arrangements is Wilma
Busha.
She said Jeff Denton, celebration
chairman, reported only four floats have
been committed for judging in the
parade and the number of bands to par-
ticipate is still not determined. Theme of
the parade is “Romance of the Run."
Mrs. Mittasch called attention to an
additional cash prize offered above three
cash awards in two categories for par-
ade winners. It will be known as the
“Marshal’s Award” for the single entry
judged best and will win $100 cash.
Wednesday, Sept. 14, is known as Cele-
bration Scarf Day during which every-
one downtown is invited to wear souvenir
scarfs which have been on sale by the re-
tailers. These are still available for pur-
chase at the C-C office and in several
local stores. These will also be for sale
in a booth in the courthouse park celebra-
tion day.
Also on Wednesday there will be a
community church service in Die park in
conjunction with an outdoor cook-out.
The service, under guidance of the Minis-
terial Alliance, is free. There will be a
nominal charge for cook-out food. The
Western Heritage committee is asking
that all retailers decorate windows and
wear appropriate garb during the entire
week.
Tim Jim, local artist, will paint
western scenes on downtown windows
for an average of $10, depending on the
design. Arrangements for the window
decorations may be made at the C-C
office.
The committee suggested retailers
who are interested in window decora-
tions to make arrangements now since
the schedule of work for the artist may
be filled soon.
The Halloween promotion will be Mon-
day, Oct. 31. A parade is scheduled for
6 p.m. with members of the Cherokee
Strip Jaycees dressing as clowns and as-
sisting withthe parade. Belva Vanbiber
will again be the official witch. The Elks
Lodge will operate a free hay ride shut-
tle between the square and the YMCA
where there will be a spook house.
Retailers will be asked to dress in Hal-
loween costumes all day. The committee
will collect money to purchase candy to
be given free to youngsters who go to the
square instead of making rounds at
residences for trick or treat.
The Halloween promotion was started
as a safety feature to encourage kiddies
to go to the well-lighted downtown area
instead of crossing dark streets. LuElla
Davidson is chairman of Halloween
plans.
Indian Meridian vo tech has offered to
organize and present classes for retail-
ers dealing with bookkeeping, cash flow
and accounting.
Raymond Coker, C-C executive direc-
tor, was authorized to have the court-
house park public address system re-
paired before celebration time.
(continued on pg. 7)
a basketball queen and bas-
ketball queen attendant and a
football queen attendant. She
was a member of the pep club
of which she served as an of-
ficer, was a member of the
band and named to the north-
west honor band. She was a
Future Farmer’s of America
sweetheart attendant and a
member of Future Home-
makers of America of which
she served as an officer and
was outstanding FHA pledge.
Miss Learned was a member
of the 4-H judging team, serv-
ed as a class officer, as an of-
ficer of the student council,
was a member of the librar-
ian’s club, annual staff, listed
in Who’s Who, and was on the
superintendent’s honor roll.
She was a recipient of the citi-
zenship award, winner in the
NOC academic contest, class
•enolarship award, biology
award, American history
award and English II award.
She was valedictorian and
president of her senior class,
president of FFA and vice
president of the Librarian’s
club and a member of the Tri-
state honor band.
The ORRC was established
in 1934 as a non-profit organ-
ization to help farm and ranch
families with their credit need
when such needed credit was
not available through regular
commercial or cooperative
local sources. The ORRC was
initially endowed with ap-
proximately $2,000,000 of fed-
eral emergency relief funds.
The funds were loaned
through the ORRC, the Reset-
tlement Administration, the
Farm Security Administra-
tion and later the Farmers
Home Administration. Many
farm and ranch families have
benefited from this program
over the past 54 years. The
loan repayment resources
have been most commend-
able and as a result, the fund
has been maintained and is
still being used to help farm
and ranch families with their
credit needs and to help their
children.
Annual scholarship grants
have been made each year
since 1967. Approximately
$1,393,525 have been invested
in the rural youth of Okla-
homa through this scholar-
ship program.
The ORRC also helps rural
youth of the state with student
loans for college and post-
graduate work. This loan as-
sistance is available to stu-
dents who do not have access
to needed credit from local
conventional sources. For
more information, one may
contact the local Farmer’s
Home Administration county
supervisor, Richard R. Him-
bury, 1302 North Fifth street
in Perry, or by telephoning
336-5593.
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