February 3, 2021 Issue, Page 10 of 10

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10 February 3, 2021 Community Elk City Elks Lodge receives grant; A” Coffectine Colamn With Andy & Renie Bowman Donates to other organizations Song and dance on the battlefield Accepting a check for Saint Matthew Food P: antry is Jennie Yow with the food pantry volunteers Rose Marie Hohnke, Joyce Simon, Joan McAdams, Kristi Burks, Gina Tenny, Gonzo Gallegos and Jimmy Zapeda. Rose Worth, the Food Pantry director was unavailable for the photo; Don Birdwell, Lisa Welsh, Gary Woodrow, Gaylen Edwards, Debbie Dean, ‘Thresa Clark and Ann Cowan. Photo courtesy ofAlex Alverec. Andy and Renie Bowman ‘Ayoung couple was deeply of the problem, not the real involved in the timeless dance problem. For example, if your of married couples since the child woke one night with a first union, and I am not refer- very high fever, you would ring to sex. This was the dance most likely cover her with cold of war. Each had taken a rigid compresses and give her baby angry stance on opposite sides Tylenol before calling the doc- of their ballroom. In fact, the tor. But that would not solve battle for this championship the real problem...the reason had escalated to the point behind the high fever. Your that, no matter what one said, doctor would have to take the other was definitely going steps to find and treat the ac- to disagree. No compromise, tual illness itself. So, let's just take no prisoners. Victory at back up, drop the weaponry, any cost. and do some work. Before ‘The other dancers in that this disease in your marriage ballroom, aka their kids, and escalates and causes enough their desires for a peacefully symptoms to eventually cause happy dance were now un- death of the body.” important. The ballroom was What is the difference an ugly scene of combat, and between symptoms and real winning was the only thing issues in marriage? For exam- that mattered. ple, a wife complains bitterly Sound familiar? Probably. to her spouse that he has, once Any one in a close relation- again, broken his promise to ship has very likely found lock the doors at bedtime. themselves embroiled in an It’s not really an issue to him argument, and decided their so he doesn’t understand her Program Coordinator and Roger Moyer LPC. opinion is the only one that fear, and he repeatedly forgets. Elks Lodge members are: Lisa Welch, Debbie Dean, Ann Cowan, Theresa Clark, Gaylen Edwards, Gary Woodrow and Don holds any worth. But will the careless husband Birdwell. Photo courtesy of Alex Alverez, This couple ended up in a learning to lock doors address marriage counselor's office, the underlying issue? Probably sitting on opposite ends of the not. Because the doors may be ‘The Elk City Elks Lodge Programs. lers in need passing through community. couch. Backs ramrod straight, just a symptom. The real prob- #2343 receiveda $3,500 grant St. Matthew Food Pantry our area. Last month, the RISE Program/Bucks arms crossed, chins high, and Jem could very well be tied to from the Elk National Founda- has been serving the people Food Pantry served 568 fami- eyes glaring. The counselor felt a lack of security and love, in lies, with 888 adults and 340 Lodge Lunch Café; The Elk like he was watching a ballet her deeply buried memories of tion Community Investments Program. of western Oklahoma for over 25 years by providing much children. This food pantry is City Teen Court Program, that he had seen too many childhood. times. And after each had Don’t make the mistake of $1,750.00 was donated needed help with groceries, as solely financed by donations. Youth & Family Life Skills danced their part, he made dealing just with symptoms to the Saint Matthew Food well as helping pay bills and Bucks Lodge Youth and one simple statement. only. Kind oflike the man Pantry and $1,750.00 to other expenses, for those less. Family Services currently have Classes, Family Counseling “The problem is not the who painted the well house a Bucks Lodge Youth and Family fortunate. They also help trav- five (5) programs helping the and the Community Garden problem.” pristine white when the pump “Wife, he isn’t the problem, began delivering murky brown water into the house. His work One hundred years ago and husband, neither is she.” With that, their glares turned didn’t fix the problem of the on him, and he began to speak bad water, but according to from experience and training, him, “It sure felt good to be “What you both are yell- trying to do something about ing about are only symptoms February 1921 it!” 7 = Thank You Twelve hours of heavy middle of the street. Gin with 126 bales of cot- of oil was shipped to refiner- The family of Leslie Hinds would like to snow accumulated to twelve ‘The big news of the month ton, A. M. Ford’s cotton and ies. inches. The awning on M. G. was fires! Half a block of Main seed houses were a total loss Hershel Ansel made a lamp |take this opportunity to express our heartfelt Robinson’s store had so much St. was destroyed! An oil within thirty minutes. ‘The fire from a shell he picked up from appreciation to all our friends who sent snow on it that it collapsed burner under a coffee urn at started in the lint flue while a battlefield with his helmet gifts of food, flowers, plants, cards and words and broke the plate glass in the Modern Café exploded and the gin was running. serving as a shade over two the door. Fields Gray made a caused the $50,000 ($662,304 Mr. and Mrs. Beler Bohan- electric light bulbs. of love and encouragement during the recent snowman in front of People’s in today’s values) blaze. It non announced the birth ofa Fossie (Pete) Hill received illness and the passing of our beloved Grocery that greeted passers- quickly burned through a 13-pound baby boy. three decorations, red and husband, daddy, pa and great pa. by with a big smile with teeth partition into Ralph O. Ward’s Marvin Hunt was seriously green silk cords, from the made from a dark cookie. Dodge Agency. A light breeze ill. He had been under a physi- French Government in recog- Also to Chris Whinery and staff of Affordable ‘Those boys with sleds were the from the north blew the cian’s care until he seemed “to nition of his bravery with the Cremation for all of the excellent help and envy of those without. Not sparks south into four other have lost all his nerves.” Suf- 6th Regt. of the 2nd Division support during this difficult time. many autos in town. Wagons, buildings. Ward’s burned so fering from headaches, he had in the Champagne, Meuse horses and saddles were resur- quickly that two roomers in his skull x-rayed. Asa boy of Argonne and St. Mihiel fronts. rected. The freight wagons the upper story escaped with four years back in Tennessee, ‘The regiment captured several used four horses. Some who only their sleeping clothes on. Marvin was kicked in the head thousand prisoners in addi- Family of Leslie Hinds started to town in cars left A total of twelve businesses by amule, leaving an ugly scar tion to cannon, machine guns Frankie Hinds them by the wayside. Another were lost! Loud explosions over his left temple. At that and important war material. Marsha Morris.and family drove a sled to town, but the that occurred every few min- time, crude surgical interven- All citizens of Elk City snow had melted so much that utes until late in the day of the tion saved his life by removing who were keeping hogs within ‘Stan and Patti Hinds and fe he had to abandon it in the fire were caused by a carload of a large piece of his skull. His the corporate limits were “near beer” which was stored current trouble was laid to this notified that this was strictly in the basement. injury and he faced trepan- against the state law and city Less than a week later, a ning (a surgical intervention ordinances and they must be second large fire destroyed the in which a hole is drilled into removed by April 1st or face Farmers Milling and Supply the human skull) to relieve the legal proceedings. Co. It was believed the fire pressure on his brain. ‘This article was written by originated in the basement Dr. James M. McComas, Luanne R. Eisler and taken where the large motor with its pioneer physician of Elk City, from items published in The heavy voltage electric wires died after a three-week illness Carter Express, The Elk City humbly ask for your vote were located, Water pressure of uremic poisoning. He was Press and ‘The Elk City News- was low because the mill was eight days shy of his 77th Democrat; these newspapers February 9th forWestern ] so far from the main. It was birthday. can be found on microfilm at impossible to save the mill, Over 5000 tons of cotton the Elk City Carnegie Library. Technlogy Center School Board. > warehouse and elevator, so the seed were crushed at the Elk Supplementary informa- firemen attempted to salvage City Cotton Oil Mill during tion was taken from www. Sincerely, Dennis Baxter hundreds of cotton bales and the nearby gin. the previous year. The meal was fed to local cattle while dollartimes.com, https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trepan- Paid for by: Dennis Baxter Over at Foss, the Planters approximately 200,000 gallons ning and Heritage Quest.