Rachel Whitney
Curator, Sapulpa Historical Museum
Thursday, January 11, 1923, County Democrat News: Boy Scouts to Hear J.E. West in Tulsa
“James E. West will be in Tulsa Sunday, January 21, in the interest of Boy Scout work, and Sapulpa Boy Scouts will go 250 strong to hear him. Mr. West is known in Boy Scout work not only in his country but throughout the world, his wonderful personality, and he accomplishes much in Boy Scout work. Mr. West was an orphan and his home was an orphanage. At the age of 17, he was superintendent of the orphanage where he had been sent as a child. His gaining the top in the Boy Scout world is just a repetition of his gaining the top in his home world. Hearing Mr. West tells Boy Scout work as he only can tell it will be a treat for the boys who attend. Scout Executive Woodson asks Boy Scouts from Kiefer, Mounds and Kellyville to join the Sapulpa Boy Scouts in the trip to Tulsa. Scout Executive J.L. Bradley of Drumright will take his Boy Scouts one hundred percent strong.”
Saturday, January 11, 1930, Sapulpa Herald: Sapulpa’s White Way is Turned On
“The white way was turned on last night here amid shouting and cheering, gratifying wishes of Sapulpa for decades, when Mayor Lafe Speer, surrounded by city officials pulled a temporary switch at the Christian Church flooding the down-town streets of this city with new light. Banquet ceremonies preceding the actual turning on the lights drew approximately 285 people to festive boards arranged in the dining hall of the Christian Church. Despite the snow, and additional threatening weather, an enthusiastic group of Sapulpa donned their galoshes and rubbers to be present at the culmination of one of their city’s most contended-over achievements…”
Sunday, January 11, 1953, Sapulpa Sunday Herald: Chamber of Commerce Sets Installation Banquet Jan. 22
“The Sapulpa Chamber of Commerce will hold its regular installation banquet Jan. 22 at the Methodist Church. At the banquet, Streeter Speakman will officially take over the helm of the organization from outgoing President Lou Stuart. Principal speaker will be J.E. Gilliand, assistant to the president of the Frisco railroad in St. Louis. The banquet will get underway at 6:30, and dinner music will be featured. Following the banquet, a group from Oklahoma A&M College will present a program of music, humorous readings, and other specialties. Al Royalty, secretary-manager of the chamber, will preside over the meeting as toastmaster. Tickets to the function will be $2, and will be obtainable at the chamber of commerce office. A canvassing team will contact members in the near future and offer the tickets. At the meeting, the members of the old board of directors will step down and the new members will take over their duties officially.”
Friday, January 11, 2002, Sapulpa Daily Herald: MLK Celebration Takes Shape Here
“Sapulpa’s Martin Luther King Day celebration, set for Jan. 19, is beginning to take shape as organizers put together parade plans and activities. Carol Matthews and Sandra Duck said this morning that the event is well on its way to being one of the best Sapulpa has seen…Saturday individuals interested in participating in the mass choir for the event are invited to rehearsal at 2:30 in Shaw Auditorium on the Sapulpa High School campus…Parade route will begin in the old Homeland parking lot and proceed north on Main Street to Dewey Avenue, where it will turn eastward and disassemble at Sapulpa High. The Rev. Henry Busby, pastor at Mount Olive Baptist Church to Sapulpa will be grand marshall. Honored guest for the parade and guest speaker for the assembly will be Nancy Randolph Davis, the first black graduate of Oklahoma State University. In addition, Yolanda King, King’s niece, will present a recitation of a piece she’s written especially for the occasion…The newly-formed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Society in Sapulpa has been working toward developing a local celebration that not only will bring facts of the community together in unity, but also will honor King and his vision for a unified America…”
