Rachel Whitney
Curator, Sapulpa Historical Museum
Saturday, November 25, 1933, Sapulpa Herald: Red Cross Drive in Sapulpa Closing…December Sales Day Plans Under Way
“‘The local Red Cross Drive is closed today with fair results,’ Milford Davis, Sapulpa chairman of the drive, announced. For two weeks this campaign has been waged in Sapulpa. The funds donated and pledged during this period are to go to emergency relief causes throughout winter. Lester Katz, county chairman of the Red Cross, has been assisting Davis in closing. W.P. Woodruff is county drive chairman and has helped Davis in committee work and outline plans…Preparations are in full swing for an unusually interesting Sales Day program here December 6, it was announced by Huber Hughes, Chamber of Commerce secretary. The Christmas month trades event is expected to eclipse all others in volume and interest. Many letters have been mailed out to farmers over the county and many inquiries received and answered by this department. The Sales Day will be conducted very much as in the past.”
Wednesday, November 25, 1959, Sapulpa Daily Herald: Phone Books Have More Pages, Liquor Ads, Smiths, and Advice
“A-1 Plumbing and Heating service kept their number one spot in the new telephone directory now being distributed by Southwestern Bell. The new directories are in the mail, and within a day or two, people in the Sapulpa-Kiefer area will be thumbing through the pages to see if their name is spelled correctly. White pages in the new directory total 39 while in the old boo, issued Nov. 1958, there were 36 white pages for both the Kiefer and Sapulpa areas. A total of 96 pages, yellow and white, bedeck the new book, whereas the old one settled for eight fewer pages…An informal survey of the new directory shows the Smiths are ahead of the Joneses in number of listings and V.E. Young, east of Kiefer, has the last slot in the white pages…The telephone company reports they have over 5,000 telephones in Sapulpa served by the new directory, and nearly 400 ‘electronic talkers’ in Kiefer…A new listing in the yellow pages is ‘Liquors.’ Two of the six new alcoholic beverage stores have listings in the directory, however, no display ads.”
Friday, November 25, 1988, Sapulpa Daily Herald: Area Shoppers Start Holiday Buying Rush
“Sapulpa holiday shoppers flocked to the stores this morning, getting an early start with at least two area retailers opening at 7 am. Anthony’s had at least 100 people waiting to come in at 7. He said shoppers outnumbered staff 20 to 1. The response was a big surprise, but a welcomed one…The store also has seen an increas in its sales of young men’s fashion slacks for the holiday. More than 100 people also were waiting outside Wal-Mart when it opened at 7…Atwoods Town & Country was closed Thursday but opened the store about 20 minutes early today due to people waiting outside…Business is up approximately 40 percent from last year at the Sapulpa Atwoods. The Sapulpa store is leading all other Atwoods in sales and merchandise…”
Friday, November 25, 2016, Sapulpa Daily Herald: Shop Small Business Saturday Downtown
“On Saturday, November 26th, Sapulpa’s downtown merchants will be participating in the American Express nation-wide campaign ‘Small Business Saturday.’ Downtown merchants will offer specials and discounts to encourage our local community to do their holiday shopping locally. Participating merchants include: Dewey Street Market, Purple Rabbit, Vintage Rose, A Moment in Time, Little Bit of Country, All Spiritualist Paths, Whimsical Willow, Farmers Feed, and Junkin’ Gypsy. In addition to the sales, there will be Swag Bags for the first fifty shoppers and a Scavenger Hunt for children ages 12 and under. A welcome center will be located under the awning of the Vintage Rose, which is located next to the Main Street office at 105 E Dewey. The welcome center will open at 10 am, where you can pick up the swag bags and the worksheet for the scavenger hunt…”
