Parking meter case set for Monday
— Sequoyah County Times Feb. 16, 1951
From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times
25 years ago
(From the Feb. 15, 2001, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Every Sequoyah County resident will be or is being impacted by the construction boom going on now, and planned for the future, in the county.
More than $172 million will be spent on numerous projects throughout the county in the next few years. The building boom, in money instances, is being funded by tax payers including projects such as the new county jail, the expansion of the Carl Albert State College Sequoyah County campus in Sallisaw, and the widening of both U.S. Highways 64 and 59. Other projects are privately funded, such as the new Wal-Mart SuperCenter in Sallisaw, Thurma Tru in Roland and expansion of a mattress and furniture factory in Sallisaw. A trip around the county reveals the many projects underway.
50 Years Ago
(From the Feb. 12, 1976, 1975, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Burglars took a variety of drugs and other items from the Palace Drug Store in Sallisaw late Saturday night. Police Chief Sam Lockhart reported Tuesday.
There are two suspects in the case, he said, but no arrests have been made at this time.
Lockhart and officers Bill Taylor and Gary Philpot are investigating.
75 Years Ago
(From the Feb. 16, 1951, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Judge E.G. Carroll Monday denied the efforts of the Board of City Commissioners and the McGee-Hale Park-O-Meter Company, who in a surprise legal maneuver tried through Roy Frye, attorney for both the city and the meter company, to get Judge Carroll to vacate the restraining order that prohibits the city and the company from further installing the meters and putting in force city ordinance No. 30 or the outright purchase of the meters out of city funds.
Last Monday’s trial came as a great surprise to Sallisawians, as it was generally understood that the city commissioners were going to wait until after the citizens had the opportunity to vote on the question at the next city election which, according to City Manager Fred Johnston, will be held in April.
The arbitrary move of the city commissioners to force their fellow merchants and townsmen to put up a bond and pay attorney fees for an out-of-town concern created almost as much talk over town as when it first became known that parking meters were planned here.
The general consensus of opinion over town seemed to be that it was an effort on the part of the city commissioners to aid and abet the Park-O-Meter Company to “scare” or bluff the merchants and citizens into submissive acceptance of a “Commissar Rule.”
100 years ago
(From the Feb. 12, 1926, issue of the Sequoyah County Democrat) —The front of the Star Cleaning and Dyeing shop took on a vastly improved appearance the first of the week when a brand-new sign, fifteen feet in length, was put up. W.A. Reed, proprietor of the shop has made quite a number of improvements this winter, and also has installed considerable new equipment and now has an establishment of which the city may well feel proud. In addition to the new front sign for the shop, he installed eight new road signs during the week.
—The firm of McDonald and Matthews this week started a big sale of merchandise and have been receiving good response. They advertised the sale extensively, both direct by mail and through the columns of The Democrat and both members of the firm expressed themselves Thursday as well pleased. The weather has been fine during the week and hundreds of buyers have come to town to obtain the benefits of the big sale and to secure the bargain offers made by this enterprising firm.
