Gallons of Christmas booze seized by federal officers

From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times

25 Years Ago

(From the Dec. 12, 1999, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Carl Albert State College (CASC) Sequoyah County Campus in Sallisaw is giving senior high school students the chance to get an early start on college.

CASC will be broadcasting live college classes to high schools in Sequoyah County through the Internet beginning in January, the second semester of the school year.

The college classes the students can enroll in are Freshman English composition I, college algebra and American federal government.

“The students can see the instructor and the instructor can see the students. It’ll be just like you are in the classroom,” Dr. Joe White, president of CASC, said.

Dr. White said there will be a proctor in the classroom to assist the students. Dr. White added the proctor will be needed mainly during tests.

50 Years Ago

(From the Dec. 12, 1974, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —On Jan. 1 Gore’s town code related to dogs running loose in the city limits without tags will go into effect. The code requires that all dogs must wear a tag showing that they have been vaccinated against rabies within the last year.

Dogs not wearing such tags and running loose will be picked up and impounded in a suitable place as prescribed by law. —The Sallisaw Jaycees will be feeding people on Christmas Day between the hours of 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. The meal, which will be served in the cafeteria at Sallisaw High School will include ham, turkey, sweet potatoes, salad and dressing.

Everyone is invited to attend this second annual feast.

—The Downtown Merchants Assn., announced recently that beginning Monday, Dec. 16, all the stores of the organization will remain open until 8 p.m. every night until Christmas Eve for the convenience of shoppers.

75 Years Ago

(From the Dec. 16, 1949, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Mrs. Amelia Patterson Frye Thursday resigned as County Attorney of Se making it quoyah County, her resignation to become effective Dec. 31, 1949. Mrs. Frye’s resignation reads as follows: To the Board of County Commissioners of Sequoyah County, Gentlemen: You are hereby notified that I am tendering my resignation as County Attorney. My work as County Attorney to close Dec. 31, 1949. Respectfully, yours, Amelia Patterson Frye.

Mrs. Frye informed Your TIMES reporter that the strenuous duties of the office had affected her health and that on the advice of her physician she had decided to resign. She was elected to the post last November and has served since January 1. During her tenure of office she has established a reputation as being one of Sequoyah County’s best County Attorneys.

—Mrs. Coleen Jeremiah, Muldrow, on Saturday, Dec. 10, was announced the winner of a new 1950 custom model Shelvador refrigerator given away by Mabray’s Store, as part of a giant national “giveaway” conducted by the Crosley Division, Avco Manufacturing Corporation and its distributors and dealers throughout the country.

Mrs. Jeremiah was adjudged to have submitted to Mabray’s the best statement as to “Why I Should Be Given a New 1950 Shelvador Refgrigerator.”

100 years ago

(From the Dec. 12, 1924, issue of the Sequoyah County Democrat) —The largest cache of Christmas booze to be seized in Sequoyah County was taken Saturday night in a series of raids conducted by federal authorities at Moffett. The officers found 83 pints of Christmas booze during their raids. It was one of the most successful raids to be pulled off in this county in several months. It was about six months ago that the federal authorities swooped down upon the Moffett whiskey ring and found untold quantities of illicit liquor.

The raids resulted in the arrest of Walter Schooley and his wife, LeRoy Fleetwood, brother of Redcloud Fleetwood, well known character in Moffett and Sallisaw, June Mahan and Mrs. Henry Davis.

The place where Fleetwood and the Mahan woman were arrested is owned by Redcloud Fleetwood, it is said. At this alleged joint 65 pints of liquor was seized and destroyed.

According to information received in Sallisaw, when the raiding party entered the Schooley home, Mrs. Schooley made an attempt to drink a half pint of alleged booze which she held in her hand before the officers could take it away from her. It is said when she arrived in Sallisaw she was completely “snowed” under from the effect of the alleged booze. The federal officers had been planning the raid on Moffett alleged whiskey houses for several weeks and were awaiting for the right time to strike, their chance came Saturday night and proved to be one of the most successful raids in the history of Sequoyah County.