Johnston wins
-Sequoyah County Democrat, June 5, 1925
From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times
25 Years Ago
(From the June 4, 2000, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —The Muldrow City Park is underway, City Manager David Taylor, said.
TTie town began working on the park this week, Taylor said. A dedication ceremony took place Monday when residents were informed about the attractions the park will provide when it’s finished.
The purchase of the 10-acre tract at the intersection of U.S. Highway 64 and State Highway 64B was made possible when former Muldrow resident Paul Phillips and his wife, Louise, who live in Ohio, donated $90,000 about 10 months ago, Taylor said.
The park was designed by the architecture firm of Tim Risley and Associates of Fort Smith. It will have a lighted 3,000-foot-long walking trail, a community pavilion with seating for 120, new playground equipment, basketball courts and a field for soccer and touch football. The park will also have a kitchen and cleanup area, restrooms, storage space and seven smaller pavilions.
50 Years Ago
(From the June 5,1975, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Tulsa’s application for a virtual strangle hold on Lake Tenkiller’s water will be heard by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board in Oklahoma City on Tuesday.
Their request is for 165,000 acre feet of water per year, which is an average of 150,000,000 gallons per day with a maximum of 250,000,000 per day.
They were to have a hearing before the board on May 13, but protests by among many others, Sen. James Hamilton and the Eastern Oklahoma Development District (EODD) got it delayed.
75 Years Ago
(From the June 9,1950, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —The Sallisaw City Police Department is sporting a brand new patrol cruiser this week—a 1950 Ford fourdoor “sportsman’s green” automobile. The city bought the car from Rogers Motor Company here Monday and sometime this week plans to have “Sallisaw City Police Department” painted on it in black letters, according to Chief of Police Buck Johnson.
The city traded in the old cruiser on the new one, he said.
—The regular monthly X-ray clinic will be conducted Friday, June 16, from 8 a.m. to noon at the county health office, according to Carlin Rogers, president of the Sequoyah County Tuberculosis Association.
There will be the usual charge, $1 per person, for the service.
100 years ago
(From the June 5,1925, issue of the Sequoyah County Democrat) —John E. Johnston again became sheriff of Sequoyah County at 9:00 a.m., Thursday, June fourth, and took over the duties of the office just exactly five months following the date that he surrendered the office to C.M. Gay on January, 4, 1925. This reassumption of his duties as sheriff followed the mandate order of the state supreme court issued on Wednesday, June third, that he immediately take over the office. The Court at the same time denied the application of C.M. Gay for supersedeas bond, and based upon the jury verdict given on May twenty-eighth and upon the showing of evidence introduced during the trial, ordered Johnston to take over the office immediately. This hearing before the state supreme court was in keeping with the seven days of grace granted by District Judge C.C. Smith, to carry argument to Oklahoma City and show cause why Gay should continue in office during the appeal of the case, Johnston filed his bond and took the oath of office yesterday, and immediately appointed Bert Cotton as undersheriff, succeeding Bert Redmon who has been serving under Gay.
