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Sequoyah County history
September 7, 2023
THIS WEEK IN COUNTY HISTORY

Over 7,000 students attending county schools

-Sequoyah County Times, Sept. 6,1973

From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago

(From the Sept. 10,1998, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —The Oklahoma Transportation Commission formally voted Monday to replace the U.S. Highway 59-Arkansas River bridge which links Sequoyah and LeFlore counties as part of the states highway construction program.

The commission cited the deterioration of the bridges foundation footings as the reason for adding on the replacement project.

The bridge replacement project is the latest addition to a string of major improvements, which are all programmed for completion within the next five years.

50 Years Ago

(From the Sept. 6,1973, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —With the last summer holiday of the year behind them, county school age people are well into their school work for another year.

School bells began ringing early last month, with one school reporting for classes Aug. 13. Other schools opened their doors on Aug. 20, but the majority of county students went back to the books Aug. 27.

A survey of all schools in the county by Your TIMES shows that an estimated 7,258 students are attending classes in the 13 different communities in the county The average daily attendance (ADA) last school term was 6,641 an average attendance figure determined by the various schools over a monthly period of classes.

—John Gray, manager of the Sallisaw Safeway Store reported this week that someone broke into the store overnight Saturday and attempted to break into the safe located at the front of the facility Gray said someone gained entry to the building by breaking open an exit door located at the rear of the structure.

The manager continued that the safe had been defaced, the dial knob broken off and the handle broken off from the safe.

Despite the effort, Gray said the safe was not opened.

The manager said nothing else in the store was taken the person or persons apparently exited the building through the same door that they broke open.

75 Years Ago

(From the Sept. 10,1948, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Shoe Market Store No. 3, Sallisaw, was under new local management this week, and was starting a 13-day fall sale Saturday.

Mrs. George Griffin, city resident, is new manager of the store, succeeding Earl Allread, resigned, who accepted a South American assignment with a construction firm, announcement said.

—Sequoyah County kept a clean record over the long Labor Day weekend in which a concentrated drive by the highway patrol held highway fatalities to a new low. Only two deaths were reported in the state.

State Highway Patrolmen K.O. Rayburn and Harry Davis said no accidents of any consequence were reported here over the weekend or this week

100 years ago

(From the Sept. 7,1923, issue of the Sequoyah County Democrat) —The first of the new type of Ford cars which recently arrived in this city are now on display at the show room of Max Reager local Ford Dealer.

—Fred Enyart, 43 years old was almost instantly killed shortly before noon, near the Union passenger station at Fort Smith while carrying out his duties as car inspector for the Kansas City Southern railroad. There were no witnesses to the tragedy, it is presumed that Enyart was beneath a car, inspecting brakes or air hoses when a Frisco engine bumped into the string of cars to connect them with an outgoing train.

Enyart had been in Fort Smith about a year to enter the employ of the Kansas City Southern. He is a brother of Charley Enyart and Clarence Enyart of this city. He is survived by a 9-year-old son living at Springfield, Missouri.

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