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From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago
This Week in County History
— Sequoyah County Democrat, Nov. 4, 1921
From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago
(From the Nov. 3, 1996, issue of the Sequoyah County Times)
–Funding needed to carry out an engineering contract approved by Sequoyah County Commissioners for Highway 17 last month may not be available as planned.
M.C. Ollar, division engineer with Oklahoma Department of Transportation, said he met with State Rep. J.T. Stites Thursday and expressed his concern over using Lake Access funds for paving between Brushy Lake and Marble City.
“There is specific criteria to be met on Lake Access projects and it would be an abuse of the funding to use it to complete work past Brushy Lake,” Ollar said.
—The Carl Albert State College, Sequoyah County campus, may be expanding in the near future, after the State Regents for Higher Education approved the designation of the Sallisaw facility as a branch campus.
The new and amended functions of the campus in Sallisaw, along with several others in the state, are a result of legislation passed by the Oklahoma Legislature during the last session and signed into law by Gov. Frank Keating.
The legislation officially recognized, as campus education operation, the Sallisaw campus, along with those in McAlester, Enid and Woodward.
(From the Nov. 16, 1972, issue of the Sequoyah County Times)
—The American Legion Post 27 of Sallisaw and their auxiliary wrapped up their combination “Patriotic Weekend” and Veterans Day celebration Saturday night at the high school auditorium with the crowning of Dana Aydelott as Sallisaw’s Miss Poppy.
The long weekend of activities was scheduled to coincide with the Nov. 11 celebration of Veterans Day and the 1972-73 Homecoming Weekend at Sallisaw High School.
—The State of Oklahoma is in its 64th year as a state. On Nov. 16, 1907, the President of the United States by proclamation, designated the Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory as a state, making way for the people to have the privilege of self-government. The 48th state of the United States was then carved into a separate territory.
75 Years Ago
(From the Nov. 21, 1947, issue of the Sequoyah County Times)
—Federal aid was assured the Sequoyah County Memorial Hospital, according to a statement from Dr. Grady Matthews, commissioner of health, following a meeting with hospital board members and county commissioners in Oklahoma City Monday.
A few revisions were made in the hospital blue prints and B.V. Cardwell, representing the Bassham and Wheeler architectural firm of Fort Smith, was present and said the changes would be re-drawn into the plans.
—The 41st annual Christmas Seal sale sponsored by local and national tuberculosis associations will open next Monday when seals are scheduled to go into the mails.
Every county in the state is participating in the nationwide drive for funds to finance the fight against tuberculosis, said T. B. Westmoreland, Sequoyah County chairman.
He said the first seal sale was in November, 1907, and that it has become an American tradition ever since that time.
100 years ago
(From the Nov. 17, 1922, issue of the Sequoyah County Democrat)
—“Vote ‘er strait” elected two dead men to office in Sequoyah County on Nov. 7. W.J. Davis, a democrat, running for justice of peace in Blackgum township, a democratic stronghold, was elected over his republican opponent by a majority of 20 votes. Davis was killed by the Smith boys at a stomp dance near Blackgum following the primary election and another candidate was never substituted by the democratic officials and Davis’ name went on the general election ballots and was elected. His republican opponent, it is said made a strenuous campaign for the office, but the voters of Blackgum township were taught to “vote ‘er strait” and the G.O.P. ticket went down in defeat.
In Marble township the republicans have it over their ancient political rival when it comes to a majority and the Hardingites of this township were taught to “vote ‘er strait” and the result was another dead man was elected to office. W.M. Lawrence, the G.O.P. nominee died following his victory at the polls in August and like that of Davis, his political party failed to substitute another candidate and his name was printed on the ballot and elected over his democratic opponent by a substantial vote for justice of peace, Marble township.
In Sadie township, it is said Mrs. Sol Atkerson was elected justice of peace, but according to the secretary of the election board no returns have been received by his office in the justice of peace race in this township. If Mrs. Atkerson is the successful candidate, she will be the first suffragette to hold an electorate office in Sequoyah County.
