Rachel Whitney
Curator, Sapulpa Historical Museum
Wednesday, January 27, 1954, Sapulpa Daily Herald: Sapulpa Rejects Issues but County Gives Net ‘Yes’ Vote
“A sleet storm failed to keep Sapulpa voters from rejecting the turnpike issues despite the vote of the rest of Creek County which gave a plurality of 500 to the toll roads. The unofficial total vote cast in Creek County with 47 of the 48 precincts heard from showed 2,374 votes for the first question and 1,780 against. The second question polled 2,316 votes for and 1,764 against. Only precinct not heard from was Bluebell where it was reported 26 votes were cast. Sapulpa’s vote, including South Heights, was 618 in favor of the toll road expansion and 908 against. The ‘no’ votes failed to carry in only two precincts and by narrow margins in them. The total was some 300 less than the number of votes cast in the hotly-contested school election of 1951, but about 400 more than was cast in 1952 on the sewage bond issue…”
Sunday, January 27, 1980, Sapulpa Daily Herald: Creeks Hold Swearing-In Ceremonies
“Principal Chief of the Creek Nation Claude Cox congratulates the Creek District representative to the National Council Elwood Bigpond prior to the swearing in ceremonies Saturday in Okmulgee. Cox was sworn in as principal chief, also…Elwood Bigpond, Bristow, was sworn-in Saturday as the representative to the Creek Nation Council from the Creek District. Bigpond out-polled Sapulpan Jonas Patridge in the run-off election Jan. 5. The swearing in took place during ceremonies in the Muscogee (Creek) Nation headquarters in Okmulgee. Re-elected principal chief Claude Cox was also sworn in and presented a State of the Creek Nation speech. A protest demonstration, led by defeated chief candidate Allen HArjo, marched from the old tribal headquarters south of Okmulgee to the new tribal complex north of the city. The group, some dressed in warpaint and feathers, was protesting the way representatives were selected to the National Council. Several months ago, after a long legal battle, the Creek Nation approved a new constitution which chose representatives from geographic areas rather than from tribal towns…”
Friday, January 27, 2006, Sapulpa Daily Herald: McMasters Named Sapulpa Chamber’s ‘Citizen of the Year’
“A former mayor, Navy captain, business man, church elder and lifetime Sapulpa resident was named the 2005 Citizen of the Year at Thursday’s annual Chamber of Commerce banquet. Don McMasters is a fifth-generation Sapulpa and has given ‘a lifetime of civic service,’ said Dr. Charles Dodson, who presented the award. Dodson was named 2004 Citizen of the Year at last year’s banquet. A graduate of Sapulpa High School, McMasters served in World War II and in the Naval REserves for 27 years, achieving the rank of captain. After earning a master’s degree from Indiana University, McMasters went into the insurance business with his family and was a business leader in Sapulpa for nearly five decades. In 1962, he was elected mayor of Sapulpa…The Citizen of the Year award was the highlight of the evening full of special recognition as Chamber members gathered for the group’s 100th banquet…”
Friday, January 27, 2017, Sapulpa Daily Herald: Chieftain Singer & Wrestler
“Song and stance man, sixteen-year-old Dillon Jones not only competed on the SHS mats versus Union High Thursday night he started the show with his voice in song performing the Nation’s Anthem. He is the son of Lory and Rick Jones and battied a full three (two-minute in length) periods losing a 5-10 decision to Union grappler. Not surprising Dillon also lends his voice to the Sapulpa Choral program.”
