Rachel Whitney
Curator, Sapulpa Historical Museum
Thursday, September 22, 1938, Sapulpa Herald: Court House Lawn Project Starts Oct. 3
“Work will start here Oct. 3 on the project courthouse lawn improvement project, according to word received from the area WPA office at Okmulgee, by the county engineer’s office. Orders to transfer workers to the project from the Creek County farm-to-market road project are expected to be received here between now and Oct. 3. The approximate $7,600 WPA project employing a total of 91 men calls for filling in and re-sodding the courthouse lawn, building a new bandstand, construction of a retaining wall and fixing of a parking lot for cars of county officials working in the courthouse. The work is estimated to be completed in about two and one-half months.”
Thursday, September 22, 1955, Sapulpa Daily Herald: Sapulpa Wins in Sales Contest
“W.M. ‘Bill’ Morris, local whole-sale sales supervisor for Meadow Gold Dairy, was first place winner in a recent sales contest held throughout northeastern Oklahoma and northwestern Arkansas. At an awards luncheon, held in the Crystal Ballroom of the Mayo Hotel in Tulsa, Earl R. Cass, general manager of Beatrice Foods Co, in this area, presented Bill with an engraved plaque and to Bill’s wife, a check for $100. Sapulpa had eight other high award winners in the contest. Bill Morrow, local manager, won second and third place for managers; Dan Atkinson, retail supervisor won second place; Kay Ward and Bill Greise won second and fourth places respectively for whole-sale salesman; and Lyle Van Horn, Freddie Jackson, Dan Dyer, and James Hopkins received cash awards for retail salesmen. Beatrice Foods Co. employs 31 people from the Sapulpa area with an annual payroll of $150,000.”
Friday, September 22, 1967, Sapulpa Herald: Rapid Transit Study Urged by Sapulpan
“A legislative committee will decide next month whether to recommend a feasibility study on a high-speed transit system to serve more than half of Oklahoma’s population. A group of lawmakers and citizens examined the visionary plan Thursday. About 25 civic representatives attended the meeting, along with members of the legislative council committee on rapid transit systems. Cities represented at the meeting included Oklahoma City, Sapulpa, Cushing, Collinsville, Okmulgee, Lawton, Wart Acres, Del City, Yukon, El Reno, Shawnee, Chandler, and Tulsa. R.D. Ragsdale of Sapulpa, a member of the Tulsa Mayor’s Transportation Committee, said, ‘we certainly should pursue a thorough investigation of the feasibility of this. It is a shame America is letting its greatest means of surface transportation die,’ he said, referring to the decline in railroad passenger traffic…”
Monday, September 22, 1975, Sapulpa Daily Herald: Instruments to be Shown
“An instrument display is scheduled for the parents of fifth and sixth grade students who wish to enroll in the school band program in the high school cafeteria. Band Director George Brite, Michael Thompson, and Martha Snider will be on hand to assist. ‘The importance of the student beginning band in the fifth and sixth grade cannot be overemphasized. By beginning in these grades, the student can have the advantage of two years in elementary classes and three years in junior high bands before becoming members of the high school,’ Brite said.”
