Rachel Whitney
Curator, Sapulpa Historical Museum
Wednesday, October 17, 1934, Sapulpa Herald: Firemen Start Helping Santa Makes Toys
“Hammers and saws were busy this morning at the city fire department and a motor turned on when the toy factory opened to repair old toys and make new ones to be distributed to poor children at Christmas. Most of the money contributed thus far has been donated by firemen themselves. With the fund on hand at present, several toys will be made, but the shop cannot be kept running unless donations of money and materials are received. Firemen are not carrying on a campaign for funds, believing instead that Sapulpans will mail or deliver money to keep the place open. Work on toys is done when there is no other work around the city hall or fire alarms to be answered.”
Wednesday, October 17, 1979, Sapulpa Daily Herald: Creek County Okays Green Country Cable
“Sapulpa-based Green Country Cable Systems Inc. has entered into a franchise agreement allowing it to offer cable television service throughout Creek County. The agreement, ratified Monday by the Creek County Board of Commissioners, provides the cable television company with a 15-year franchise, revocable any time by the commission. It is similar to an agreement approved in March by city voters in Sapulpa…Green Country is nearing completion of a station facility just north of Sapulpa, where an antenna tower was erected Tuesday. A satellite signal reception device will be installed later, officials said. The cable company, for a monthly fee of about $8.50, will offer subscribers approximately 35 television channel alternatives, as well as reception of about 25 FM radio stations. Pay television channels, costing between $5 and $10 per month, also will be offered.”
Sunday, October 17, 1982, Sapulpa Daily Herald: Countain Patents Knife Products
“A small, wood-framed building settled in the rolling hills north of Sapulpa houses an one-man knife-making factory. On any given day, a wanderer in those hill might find inside the workshop the proprietor – knife maker, woodcarver, silversmith, and inventory. Two of Woody Naifeh’s ‘inventions’ in fact have been recognized by the U.S. Patent Office…Naifeh began in 1969. Today, he has customers worldwide and patents on two of his creations – an adjustable spring tension knife and a slide lock knife…The patent for his newest knife will be awarded this month…For the craftsman, success has come home.”
Thursday, October 17, 1996, Sapulpa Daily Herald: The Thing That Bugs Him
“No matter what road he’s on, Sapulpan Guy Smith gets a lot of attention when he does this own Thing…Smith received the top prize last Saturday in the Thing category of the Tula Indy Bug Fest ‘96 held by the Volkswagen Club of Tulsa at Junior Raceway Park…Smith purchased the orange Thing approximately two years ago after it had sat under a tree…Smith said he got the car because he wanted something different and unusual…The Ting, which uses an air-colled Volkswagen engine, is similar to the ‘kubelwagen,’ cars the German Army used in World War II as a counterpart to the American Jeep. It was classified as a utility vehicle when it was imported in 1973, but in 1974 the government re-classified it as a passenger vehicle. As such, it did not meet federal regulations, and Volkswagen stopped importing it. Smith said 35,000 sold in the U.S. in 1974…”
