Polio watch is important
From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times
— Sequoyah County Times, July 30, 1948
From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times
25 Years Ago
If you already know about sales tax breakdown as it effects Sallisaw, skip to the Why? Section below. Businesses collect sales tax broken down with allocations going to the state, the county and the city/town. If the sales takes place out in the county, then city sales tax does not apply. Our current breakdown is 4.5 percent to the state, 1.417 percent to the county and 4 percent to the city. Sallisaw’s sales tax is in near the middle of the pack of cities and towns in Oklahoma. There are several cities and towns with over 5 percent sales tax – Webbers Falls being one at 5.5 percent.
(From the July 30, 1998, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Dwight Mission Presbyterian Camp Conference and Retreat Center north of Sallisaw recently received a $500,000 gift from the Walton Family Foundation, Inc.
Because of the gift, bids will be taken at the end of August and construction on the new dining room facility will begin in September or October.
Dwight Presbyterian Mission was founded in eastern Oklahoma in 1828 when Cherokee leaders asked Presbyterian missionaries to assist them with health, education and religious programs. Presently, it serves over 2,000 people annually in conference and camp programming.
50 Years Ago
(From the July 28, 1973, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Representatives of local, state and federal agencies met in Sallisaw Tuesday morning to kick off “Phase 1” of a four-phase program to establish and develop a port facility for Sallisaw.
The meeting was called several weeks ago after it was learned that the Sallisaw Port authority had been awarded a $25,000 grant from the Ozarks Regional Commission to conduct a developmental plan and financial program for a Sallisaw Port and Industrial Park.
Calvin Remy, president of the port authority, called the meeting to order and introduced Al Young, who is associated with Poe and Associates, architects, engineers and planners from Tulsa, who have been retained by the authority to conduct developmental plans and financial programs for the local group.
The engineer said that thus far, he has been impressed with the community interest and response to the proposal to locate a port and navigation channel here.
The job of being a state representative is not only a great privilege, but also quite interesting. Our two main duties are to make a state budget and to make law.
I manage my own budget very carefully, and I also take my duty to manage the taxpayer’s money very carefully. I will be asking the hard questions in the budget process to try to minimize waste.
75 Years Ago
(From the July 30, 1948, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —No infantile paralysis cases were known in Sequoyah County this week, the county health department said. They issued the following information on the disease which is more frequent in the summer.
Infantile paralysis is a communicable disease. It occurs most often in the summer months and early fall, commonly among children. In the beginning it resembles certain other contagious diseases.
—Fight against increasing grasshopper hordes was being continued in Sequoyah County this week with the county agent’s office offering poison mixtures for the asking. Farmers desiring grasshopper bait should bring sacks and enough sawdust for each sack of bait, it was pointed out.
“Unless the ‘hoppers’ are poisoned before they get into the fields, they will be a threat to the fall bean crops and other fall crops,” C.L. Weatherford, county agent pointed out.
100 years ago
(From the July 27, 1923, issue of the Sequoyah County Democrat) —At a recent meeting of the board of county commissioners a resolution was passed asking the state highway department for additional roads in the county to be converted into state roads and in response to the resolution the highway department sent Mr. George M. Southgate, state highway inspector to this county to inspect the roads that the commissioners have asked to be converted into state roads.
Every effort is being made by the commissioners to have the additional mileage converted into state roads.
They have passed the resolution and the state highway inspector has just completed the inspections, and now it is up to his report to the highway department. This will mean a great deal to this county from a better roads standpoint, as the county will receive approximately $5,000.00 to work and prepare these roads.
—Chief of Police Woll announced that all dogs appearing on the streets without a collar and tag will be killed. The order goes in effect Monday, July 30. Better look and see if your pet dog has a collar and tag on. This warning has been given in plenty of time for all dog owners to properly comply with the dog ordinance of the city.
Making law is a great responsibility. Protecting life is by far the most important thing for any government to do. Everyone’s life should be protected! The lives of men and women ought to be protected. The lives of innocent unborn babies deserve to be protected also!
I worked for three years to get House Bill 1102 passed and signed by Governor Stitt. This bill, signed last spring, takes away the license of a physician who performs an abortion. I am so thankful for the Lord’s help with this,
