Hospital adds equipment, now ‘the best equipped’
-Sequoyah County Times, Oct. 28, 1949
From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times
25 Years Ago
(From the Oct. 28,1999, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Sequoyah County Commissioners heard a proposal at their regular meeting Monday for placing the new jail on the south side of the courthouse complex.
Jeff Andrews, Muskogee architect, presented a drawing for an 80-by-90 foot building capable of holding 120 inmates.
Placing the structure on the south side of the courthouse would alleviate any transportation problems, Andrews said. It would also allow the construction of an enclosed walkway from the jail to the clerk’s office, he said.
50 Years Ago
(From the Oct. 24,1974, issue of the Sequoyah County Times)
— Sallisaw’s retail sales for 1974 are expected to top the $16 million mark, according to Don Elwick, manager of the chamber of commerce.
75 Years Ago
(From the Oct. 28,1949, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —New equipment has been added to the $100,000 Sequoyah County Memorial Hospital’s major surgery room to raise the institution from “one of the best-equipped” to “THE best-equipped hospital of its size in the country’’ announced Mrs. Zelda Atteberry, superintendent-lessee of the hospital. New operating lights of the latest and most modern design have been installed. The one normally used is in the ceiling, but in cases of emergency, there is a special emergency operating light. It operates on the regular house current until the current goes off, at which time it switches automatically to batteries.
A new anesthetic machine, complete with suction apparatus, has been set up at the hospital. It gives anesthetic and removes excess wastes at the same time. A few instruments which might be needed for major surgery are now at the hospital, Mrs. Atteberry said, complementing the already-large stock of such instruments. The hospital is now equipped for anything, she adds, although brain specialists and other specialists are not on the staff.
100 years ago
(From the Oct. 24,1924, issue of the Sequoyah County Democrat) —A fire destroyed the large feed barn of W.H. Burrow in southeast part of town late Tuesday night. The fire department answered the call promptly and through their great work many bushels of corn was saved. The hay that was in the barn was a complete loss, it is said and the corn was badly damaged by fire and water. The origin of the fire is unknown. Mr. Burrow had the barn built a few months ago to house his feed. Insurance covered the loss, it is said.
Tuesday morning the department was called out to the Planters Gin, which was at a time menaced by a fire. The loss was small at the gin.
—Oliver Henderson, oldest son of G.E. Henderson, suffered a very painful injury last Friday evening about 7:30 o’clock when a small gas explosion, created by fuel oil being poured into a hot boiler, burned him badly about the head, arms and shoulders. He has been employed for several months past as fireman at the oil mill. The burns were very painful but the attending physicians state that they are not serious and that no scars will result from the injuries. The injured man was removed at once to his home and medical attention given. It was at first thought that removal to a hospital might be necessary, but was later found to be unnecessary.
