Webbers Falls gets EPA grant
25 Years Ago
This Week in County History
25 Years Ago
(From Jan. 11,1998, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) -TIMES Commentary: —Announcement a few days ago of starting dates to turn U.S. 59 Highway from Sallisaw to Poteau into a four-lane road is wonderful news for Sequoyah County. What a great way to start the new year!
And in added bonus is the fact that the new road will follow the old one as much as possible. Considerable opposition was voiced to a suggestion of moving the road eastward in Sequoyah County instead of following the present alignment. Such a move would have destroyed very valuable farm land, torn up some archeological sites and not served traffic patterns as well as simply following the present route.
—Although not as glamorous as this week’s announcement of new highways, the story that the federal government has awarded a $500,000 Community Development Block Grant to Sallisaw to expand its landfill to serve most of Sequoyah County also is great news.
The grant will be used to buy more land for the landfill, which is located east of Sallisaw south of U.S. 64. Details have to be worked out, but it looks like Muldrow, Roland and Vian will be using the expanded site. Gore presently has other refuse disposal arrangements.
50 Years Ago
(From the Jan. 4,1973, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Approval of an Environmental Protection Agency grant in the amount of $17,070 was announced Friday by Rep. Clem McSpadden in Washington, D.C. The grant is for the Eastern Central Oklahoma Water Authority at Webbers Falls.
The funds will be used for construction of lagoons, lift station and out fall sewer devices a representative of the EPA Dallas office stated at the time of the announcement.
—Wes Kelley was named the new manager at Sears in Sallisaw this week, replacing Kim Van Horn, who has been moved to the Van Buren store. Kelley worked previously as a division manager at the Sears home office in Fort Smith. He is making plans to move to Sallisaw in the near future.
75 Years Ago
(From the Jan. 9,1948, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Mrs. L.O. Williams entertained the members of the Presbyterian Women’s Guild and several guests in her home Tuesday afternoon. The meeting was called to order by the president, Mrs. Fred Campbell Jr. Roll call was answered by favorite psalms. A business session was followed by devotional service given by Mrs. WD. Mayo.
Refreshments were served to the following guild members, Mrs. Earl Allread, Mrs. T.C. Bonham, Mrs. Fred Campbell Jr., Mrs. Chas. Hampton, Mrs. Frank Herring, Mrs. R. Kobel, Mrs. WD. Mayo, Mrs. G.J. Patton, Mrs. Stanley Tubbs, Mrs. H.N. Weaver, Mrs. T.B. Westmoreland Sr., Mrs. Johnston Stegall, Miss Nena Ivey and Miss Karen Harris and the guests, Mrs. Harry Bloomfield, Los Angeles, California, Mrs. D. A. Johnson and Miss Florence Fitz, Lynn, Massachusetts and Mrs. Wheeler Mayo and the hostess Mrs. L.O. Williams.
100 years ago
(From the Jan. 5,1923, issue of the Sequoyah County Democrat) —Two separate charges of murder will probably be filed against the three men in the county jail, according to the information the Democrat secured at the court house this week, in connection with the fatal wreck of a north bound extra freight train at Upson switch between Vian and Gore on the morning of Dec. 26. Two men beating their way on the train were instantly killed and the engineer and fireman sustained serious injuries when the freight hit an open switch, sending eleven box cars and the engine into a ditch.
The opinion of the authorities differs as to the object of the wreck Railway officials, however, believe the wreckers had in view looting the express car of the northbound Rainbow Special which was due to pass Upson switch around 3 o’clock in the morning.
— Sequoyah County Times, Jan. 8,1973
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