Rachel Whitney
Curator, Sapulpa Historical Museum
Thursday, December 14, 1916, Sapulpa Herald: Hail! Hail! The Gang’s All Here!
“O.U. Glee Club, the other ‘Bix Six,’ on deck and brought along a bunch of thrillers for Sapulpa, OK…The Glee Club gang – that big, roistering, rollicking bunch of University chaps who are going to put on the concert at the M.E. Church tonight at 7:30. Go, by all means. You will laugh until you fall off the seat…The spirit of youth and joyousness which will pervade the whole house will permeate your whole being, while great slices of delightful old fashioned glee will be dished out to you. The Junior class of the high school which is bringing the club here guarantees that hearing this crowd of joy-makers will remove wrinkles and recolor faded hair, prevent baldness and drive every beauty parlor in Sapulpa out of business. Think of it! And the price of admission is only 35 cents. Sell your Ford and come.”
Thursday, December 14, 1922, County Democrat News: Play By Children of Children’s Home
“Plans for the Community Christmas Tea to be given by the Women’s Council in cooperation with all women’s organizations are nearing completion. The special feature of the afternoon’s program which will be given in the YWCA Wednesday, December 29, at 3 pm will be the presentation of a playlet, ‘Christmas Eve’ by the children from the Children’s Home. Through this plan it will be possible for the Children’s Home to make a Christmas gift to tother Sapulpa children. The size of their gift will depend upon the generosity of those who witness their performance, because instead of an admission charge, a box will be placed at the door into which guests may drop their contributions…”
Thursday, December 14, 1922, Sapulpa Herald: Whiskey Found by Plasterers
“Workmen engaged in tearing down partitions on the second floor of the city hall, in order that more persons may be accommodated at commission meetings, encountered a shade of pre-Volstead days, yesterday afternoon, when they found a half-filled bottle of bonded whiskey embedded in the plastering. The bottle stuck firmly in the piece of plastering where it was found. It had evidently been left by some careless plasterer at the time of the last plaster work at the city hall, several years ago. The bottle bears the label of ‘Golden Heritage’ bottled in bond and lettering reads that its contents were straight Pennsylvania whiskey. The bottle and its plaster cast was presented to desk Sergeant Sellers at police station as a paperweight.”
Thursday, December 14, 1939, Democrat News: Fishing Winners Announced Today
“Jim Cheek won first prize in the annual fishing contest which closed November 30, sponsored by the Plymouth drug store in connection with the Shakespeare Fishing Tackle Company, with his record catch of a bass weighing five pounds, 12 ounces. Jap Cheek won second prize with a fish weighing five pounds, two ounces; Dan Odell was third with a bass weighing four pounds, 13 and one-half ounces, and Bob Lindley was fourth with a catch weighing four pounds, 12 ounces. Jim Cheek wins a Shakespeare casting rod, Jap Cheek wins a Silver – casting rod; Odell wins 25 yards of Cadillac fly line; and Lindley wins an Acme casting pole, all manufactured by the Shakespeare Company. The new contest will begin January 1, according to Dr. Lafe Rutherford, owner of the drug store.”
