Merchants forced to get court order to stop parking meters

-Sequoyah County Times Jan 26,1951

From the files ofYour Sequoyah County Times

25 years ago

(From the Jan. 14,2001, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) (From the Jan. 21, 2001, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Sequoyah County commissioners reviewed road conditions at their regular meeting, held Tuesday due to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday District 1 Commissioner Bruce Tabor, Muldrow, said, “I have put about 3,160 tons of gravel, that’s over six million pounds, on the roads in my district the last seven days, and it has disappeared.”

The commissioners have been struggling with maintaining the 900 miles of county roads in their three districts since the Christmas ice storm of 2000 hit. A New Year’s Day snowstorm dropped three inches of snow on top the ice.

The daily thawing and nightly freezing since is destroying the roads, the commissioners report. Gravel roads have become so muddy they are nearly impassable, chip-and-seal roads are crumbling, and asphalt roads are not faring much better.

50 Years Ago

(From the Jan. 22,1976,1975, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Warrants have been issued for the arrest of two Lone Oak teenagers in connection with a number of burglaries at the District No. 1 barn, according to Undersheriff Gene Hoover.

The barn has been broken into four different times during the past 30 days, Hoover said. The last time it happened was Saturday night at about 8:30, he said.

Most of the stolen property reportedly has been recovered.

Investigating the incidents are Hoover, Sheriff Max Newman and Deputy Sonny Gilliam.

75 Years Ago

(From the Jan. 26,1951, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —The apparent determination of the City Officials to install the parking meters and the enforcement of ordinance number thirty was met head-on Monday by just as determined a group of Sallisaw merchants and business men who want the people of Sallisaw to voice their opinion by voting on the question.

The Sallisaw merchants and business men who sponsored the legal action are: C.M McDonald of McDonald Brothers Variety, Howard Ward of Bynums Cash Store, W.D. Mayo of Mayo and Company, Dan J. Matthews of Dan J. Matthews Grocery and Market, Jim Marvin of the Sallisaw I.G.A., Roy Williams of Williams Grocery and Market, Grace Toler of Tolers 5 and 10, W.R. Wheeler of Wheeler-Stevenson, Roy Holder of Holders Department Store, Fred Farmer of Lillard’s Furniture Store, O.G. Smith of O.G. Smith Grocery Store, B.G. Kuykendall of the City Grocery and Market, M.J. Oberste of the M and O Store, Ira Holder of Seamans Store Co., Stanley Tubbs of Herring Hardware, Wheeler Mayo of the Sequoyah County Times and Mrs. O.H. Smith of the Oklahoma Tire and Supply Company, Associate Store. They as the plaintiffs in the action, asked for and received a restraining order against further installation of parking meters or the enforcement of Ordinance number 30 in Sallisaw.

—The new Berry-Spears Implement Company, exclusive dealers in Sequoyah County for the Ford Tractor and Dearborn implements, will have its formal opening Saturday, Jan. 27, E.E. Spears, manager, has announced.

Doughnuts and coffee will be served to all who attend, said Spears. The new business will open at 8 a.m. and close about 7 p.m. Saturday, he stated.

The company is located in the building formerly occupied by Pratt Produce.

100 years ago

(From the Jan. 22,1926, issue of the Sequoyah County Democrat) —Attending physicians hold but slight hope for the recovery of J. J. Barr, aged 65, and father of Mrs. D.E. Shirley, who conducts the filling station near the compress on the Albert Pike Highway The aged man was run town Tuesday afternoon about 4 o’clock only a slight distance this side of the big concrete bridge near the city water works dam four miles west of Sallisaw. He was returning home and had stopped to make a minor repair upon his car, and as he stepped from his car, another speeding auto came upon him, knocking him down and both right wheels passing over his abdomen. The scofflaws’ did not slacken their speed for an instant but continued in the direction of Vian. Mr. Barr recognized an Arkansas tag upon the car, but could not identify the drivers. He was discovered soon after by L.E. Bento of this city, lying beside his car and unconscious. A passing auto brought the injured man to his home where he has been in a semi-conscious state ever since. Dr. S.B. Jones attending physician, states that the aged man is injured internally and expresses considerable doubt as to his recovery No efforts had been made late Wednesday evening by local county officers to apprehend the speeders and it is very probable that they will never be caught or punished for the dastardly crime.

—Deputies Perry Chuculate and George Hicks of the sheriff’s force, returned Tuesday from near Cookson, where they placed Pete Ellis under arrest upon a charge filed some time ago by the Kansas City Southern Railroad. Ellis is alleged to have thrown several pop bottles through the station window of the railroad company during the month of December, damaging their property and causing considerable of a disturbance. He left town soon after, and went to the Cookson Hills where he has been ever since.

On Monday of this week, officers from Stilwell were in the vicinity searching for a fugitive and when they approached the house where Ellis was staying, they were confronted with a rifle and order to halt. Ellis is said to have told the Adair County officers that they had better not enter, and that the Sequoyah County officers were afraid to come after him. As soon as the local officers were notified, the two deputies headed for Cookson and quickly arrested Ellis, returning him to Sallisaw on Tuesday He will be tried at the next term of district court, upon the charges now standing.