Roland lake cruises toward completion
From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times
-Sequoyah County Times, July 9,1948
From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times
25 Years Ago
(From the July 12,1998, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Roland will soon have its own water supply, thanks to a new lake, dam and water treatment plant being built where Garrison Creek once meandered one to two miles north of Roland.
“It is the most needed project the town has ever undertaken,” said David Reddin, Roland’s town administrator.
The new system will, when it goes on line, supply over 800,000 gallons of treated water a day to Roland residents and businesses.
“We’ll have extra to help others,” said Redden.
Redden said the project began one year ago and is well on its way to completion.
“Hopefully it will be complete by January 1999,” said Redden.
50 Years Ago
(From the July 12,1973, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Most county officials, their deputies and staff were hot under the collar this week. That is, those who work at the courthouse in Sallisaw were.
One elected county official was overheard Tuesday saying that he had taken just about “all of this I can take.” One secretary in one of the county offices threatened to close the office down if “things don’t get better.”
What all of the discussion was about was not some major problem that had arisen in the county government itself.
What it was, was the state of the courthouse building.
For nearly a week now, the air conditioning situation had gradually worsened, until Monday when the unit was turned off completely.
Around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday the unit was turned back on, but to no avail; the building remained hot.
75 Years Ago
(From the July 16,1948, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Sequoyah County singers will go on the air Sunday afternoon from the Assembly of God Church in Sallisaw when KRKN, Fort Smith, broadcasts their regular session.
Floyd Bagley, president of the group said the singing will begin at 2 p.m. He asked that those unable to attend to listen on their radio.
—New Hope School students will attend at Muldrow, Dist. 1-45, and UG-4 Central High, hereafter, it was announced this week. The school officially designated as District 20, will be disorganized because of too low attendance. Laws passed in 1947 require an average daily attendance of at least 13. New Hope attendance was reported at 7.61.
100 years ago
(From the July 13,1923, issue of the Sequoyah County Democrat) —It was just thirty years ago that W.H. McDonald, senior member of the firm of McDonald and Matthews stepped off the little Missouri Pacific station to make his new home, and established the business known to the old timers as the “Economy Store,” adhering strictly to the motto of “36 inches to the yard and 16 ounces to the pound,” this business grew and prospered with the result that the present firm of McDonald and Matthews is now the largest mercantile establishment in the county. Thirty years of continuous business has built for this firm a reputation for fair dealing for which they are pardonably proud.
—The officers of Carnie Welch Post and the Committee in charge of ticket sales, announce that the four door Ford Sedan being given away by the American Legion will be given away to the holder of the lucky number next Saturday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock in front of McDonald and Matthews store.
The tickets will all be assembled in one locked box and a boy chosen from the crowd to draw out one number. The boy is to be blindfolded and the whole drawing will be in charge of a committee of local and out-oftown citizens who see that everything goes off according to schedule. Three locked boxes have been maintained for the past month, one in Vian, one in Muldrow and the other in Sallisaw, and the contents of the three boxes will be assembled in one just before the drawing takes places.
