Rachel Whitney
Curator, Sapulpa Historical Museum
Friday, October 25, 1907, Union News: Another Rooming House…A Handsome Store Room
“W.E. Grant of Jonesboro, Ark. arrived here Wednesday and has six cars of new furniture on the way, with which he will furnish thirty-six rooms on the second floor of the new Turner building on Dewey Avenue, to be used for a rooming house. Mr. Grant was formerly in the wholesale furniture business at Jonesboro, and may decide to put in a furniture store here…The new store room of Graham & Welch Bros. and Unger & Welch is almost completed. The firms are now arranging their stock in the new room and among other handy fixtures installed is a cabinet for holding clothing, suits, and skirts. The cabinet is arranged so that the goods are always in sight, and hang in such a way that they hold their shape and are easily found. Several other improvements will be added and the store is among the largest in Sapulpa, and the business demanded the extra space. They will have everything in shape in a day or two.”
Tuesday, October 25, 1977, Sapulpa Daily Herald: Sapulpa Talk, Session Planned by ‘Family Education’ Advocate
“Dr. Burton White, director of Harvard University graduate school’s world-famous Pre-School and Early Childhood Project, will visit Sapulpa November 2. Dr. John Martin, Sapulpa school superintendent, said Dr. White will lecture and answer questions for all persons interested, especially parents of young children. White will be in Oklahoma to conduct a workshop in early childhood education at Central State University, and his Sapulpa visit will be his first to a public school in Oklahoma other than at the college or professional level. Dr. Mari Scott, professor of early childhood education at CSU, serves as consultant for Sapulpa’s Title 4-C Developer Demonstrator Kindergarten PRogram and Title 4-C Early Childhood Program…”
Sunday, October 25, 1992, Sapulpa Daily Herald: City Power Knocked Out
“Lightning hit a voltage insulator and left the downtown area without power. Power went out at about 9:50 Saturday morning and was not restored until about 12:50 PM. Brian DeLuca of Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co said an insulator on a power pole a block behind the Elks Lodge at 24 S Poplar was hit by lightning. The incident occurred near Lee and Mounds streets. That caused the insulator to burn and break the wires. When the wire hit the ground, it began to spark and that caused concern in the neighborhood…The wire did not remain a hazard long. DeLuca said a substation automatically locks open – cuts off power – when an insulator burns and the line goes dead. Power was restored after a new wire was put up…”
Tuesday, October 25, 2005, Sapulpa Daily Herald: Secret Recipe Returns for Pancake Feed
“One of the best kept secrets in Sapulpa is the recipe for the Kiwanis pancake. ‘There’s nothing unusual in the batter, you can buy all the ingredients at Reasor’s. That’s the only clue I can give,’ said Dick White, guardian of the recipe. The on chance to savor the 30-year-old recipe is at the annual Kiwanis Pancake Feed…Besides a stack of the town’s greatest hotcakes, ticket-holders will get delicious bacon, milk, and juice…Ralph Williams, a Kiwanis member in Sapulpa, was a gourmet cook. It was he who first cooked the pancakes 30 years ago. He kept the recipe a guarded secret for years and passed it onto the membership just before his death. Today, White is the trusted member with the recipe, and he won’t divulge one ingredient…”
