Vian Board of Trustees discuss building a new fire station
From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times
— Sequoyah County Times, June 18, 1998
From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times
25 Years Ago
(From the June 14 and 18, 1998, issues of the Sequoyah County Times) —The feuding members of the Cherokee Nation Tribal Council have agreed to hold a special council meeting Sunday to conduct tribal business for the “welfare of Cherokee citizens,” said Barbara Starr Scott of Jay.
Scott, one of six council members who questions Principal Chief Joe Byrd’s motives and leadership, is spokeswoman for the boycotting council members who have now missed five council meetings.
Scott continues, “We have three objectives: (1) to uphold the Cherokee Constitution and preserve an independent judicial system, (2) to assure financial accountability and protect resources from being misused or wasted, and (3) to assure that the legal process applies equally to everyone.
Council member Mary Flute Cooksey of Marble City said the boycotting council members have called a special meeting at which they can “pick and choose” the agenda items.
—The possibility of building a new fire station was discussed at the Vian Board of Trustees meeting Monday.
Mayor Robert Morris said Wednesday morning that Mike Davis, fire chief, and the trustees discussed building a new fire station on a piece of property which has been donated.
The property is located near city hall and is large enough for the proposed 48-by-75 station, said Morris.
He said the board approved building a new fire department.
50 Years Ago
(From the June 14, 1973, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —A seven-day extension has been granted plaintiffs in the Vian election case, pending before District Court in Sallisaw.
That extension was granted Monday by Judge Kenneth Hughes of Sapulpa who is hearing the case.
The briefs in the situation were scheduled to be ready by Monday but the extension moves the date for filing to next Monday.
The judge issued the first grant of 10 days following a pretrial conference May 31.
Harry Scoufos, Sallisaw attorney, represents W.N. Smith and Dan Pruitt of Vian, who claim irregularities in the April 3 municipal election in which they were defeated by Leon McCoy and Norman Barton in the Trustee III and IV positions.
75 Years Ago
(From the June 18, 1948, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Sallisaw dry goods, grocery, furniture, hardware, auto supply and electrical supply stores will close their respective places of business at noon every Wednesday during the months of July and August, it was reported to Your TIMES Thursday.
The half-holiday each mid-week day will begin Wednesday, July 7, it was said.
The spokesman for the merchants also announced that the local “Appreciation Day” drawings formerly held each Wednesday afternoon have been discontinued —The Sallisaw business district was sprucing up this week as busy workmen redecorated the W.N. Agent Insurance offices and remodeled the Oklahoma Tire and Supply Co. store front.
The Agent front office in the Post Office building is a tangle of scaffolding where Tom Billingsly and his crew of painters are industriously applying new green paint.
Over at Oklahoma Tire and Supply Co., Mrs. O.H. Smith is dressing up the whole front of the place, refurnishing show windows with new decalcomanias and painting up the store in OTASCO’s traditional yellow and green.
—Mrs. Imogene Jarowski, is now manager and part owner of the recently established Joan’s Malt Shop in Sallisaw, it was reported to Your TIMES this week.
Mrs. Jarowski, who is the wife of Jerry Jarowski, a veteran of World War II and an ex-GI farm trainee, has lived in Sequoyah County most of her life, the report stated.
100 years ago
(From the June 15, 1923, issue of the Sequoyah County Democrat) —A 14-year-old delinquent was given a hearing before Judge Rogers Wednesday afternoon and her case was taken under advisement by the court and a decision will be rendered in a few days. The girl lives with her parents near McKey and recently she was arrested in company with young men. She refused to return home with her parents, stating that her home was a place where she would be abused. Religious matters have caused trouble for the girl it was brought out. Her father is a Protestant and her mother is a Catholic and each wanted to raise the child according to their religious belief, and consequently she has not received any religious training.
