Hamilton says Vo-Tech school ‘second to none’

-Sequoyah County Times, Feb. 8,1974

From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times

25 Years Ago

(From the Feb. 14,1999, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —County commissioners, the sheriff and members of the Sequoyah County 911 Trust Authority agreed Thursday that once the county’s 911 database is 80 percent accurate, the system will be put on line.

The parties discussed several areas of concern including the Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) mapping system, the repeater, funding, and the accuracy of the database information.

50 Years Ago

(From the Feb. 14,1974, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —A crowd of more than 150 attended dedication ceremonies Sunday for the new Indian Capital Area Vocational Technical School and heard state Sen. James E. Hamilton say, “We believe we now have in Oklahoma a vo-tech education system second to none.”

Hamilton said that in 1967 there were few vocational schools in Oklahoma.

“Since then these types of facilities have sprung up all over the state,” Hamilton said.

Because skills play a very important part in the American economy Hamilton said the new school will play a major roll in bringing new plants to the county and to the Sallisaw Industrial Park, where the school is located.

75 Years Ago

(From the Feb. 18,1949, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Jess King, county treasurer, said today that Sequoyah County tax collections as of February 1, were the largest in the history of the county for the same period of time. More than 200 tax receipts had been written this year by Feb. 1, than were written last year by then.

He estimated that by Feb. 1,75 percent of all 1948 taxes have been paid. The collections amounted to $174,121.05.

—Vians new water treating plant is nearing completion and will be ready for use before early summer if the present schedule of construction can be maintained. When finished Vian will have one of the most modern water systems in the state.

—J.S. Fuller who has a broiler farm five miles east of Sallisaw has had a very successful experience in raising them for market according to C.L. Weatherford, county agent.

He started his program in October and has a plant with a capacity of 1,000 birds. His plan of operation calls for the marketing of 200 broilers per week. As these are sold off he adds another 200

100 years ago

(From the Feb. 15,1924, issue of the Sequoyah County Democrat) —WW. Hastings, congressman from this district, has introduced a bill in Congress, asking that the secretary of war be instructed to donate two large German field guns to the City of Sallisaw. Thousands of these guns have been given to various legion posts and municipalities throughout the country and last fall when Mr. Hastings visited Sallisaw, he was requested to secure two of them for this city and stated that he would do so.

The request was sponsored by the Carnie Welch post of the American legion and it is planned to set the two guns immediately in front of the legion Hall adjoining the city hall. The guns will be a most interesting sight to all and will arouse much interest when they arrive.

—McKey has been deprived of her post office and her citizens are endeavoring to get the post office department to re-establish the office. McKey is now being served out of Vian by a rural route and this, it is said has given the patrons there very unsatisfactory service. The office was discontinued several weeks ago.

—R.F. Campbell, owner and manager of the Cherokee Title company of this city is this week unpacking and installing for early use, a large and modern machine and complete equipment for taking of photographed copies of the records of the county and for the installation of a new and modern system of filing and recording. The machine is of the very latest model. The new system was ordered and contracted for this winter by the Board of County Commissioners with a view to overcoming many serious defects which have existed in the past in the filing and recording of legal instruments. Under the present system the instrument filed must be copied by hand or by typewriter with opportunities on every hand for errors, oversights and changes upon the books. Many mistakes have been found in recent years and the Board had become tired of such conditions and when approached by Mr. Campbell with a fair proposition for installing the modern method now being used by dozens of counties in Oklahoma, they gladly entered into negotiation which resulted in a contract. This system is absolutely accurate, giving as it does an exact photographic copy which becomes the permanent record of the county.