Rachel Whitney, Curator,
Sapulpa Historical Museum
Wednesday, August 13, 1930, Sapulpa Herald:
Young Sapulpa Tree Sitter is Aground Again
“Billy Baker, 16 year old high school boy, who claims the tree sitting record of Creek County is again as one of his fellow-beings. Billy has come down from his perch in a maple tree at 209 N Linden St after a period of 504 hours, or three weeks. Billy came to the Herald office this morning and said that he would have continued the sitting but he did not have any ‘backing’ from the citizens of the town, and that the leaves on the tree were beginning to fall and he was being left in the bright rays of the sun instead of the shady nook as it was at first…”
Thursday, August 13, 1936, Democrat News:
B&B Clothiers Crowned City Softball Champions
“The B&B Clothiers were crowned city champions of the Sapulpa Softball League Tuesday night when they defeated the Rogers Grandma’s Bread Boys in the second and last game of the championship playoff with a score of 6 to 3. The B&B team won the first game of the series Monday night when they took the bread boys down in an 8-inning fracas with a score of 8 to 7. Both games were hard-fought tilts and both went to eight innings. The victories of the clothiers were attributed to their precision in batting and fielding. The doughboys’ record was marred with several errors. Both teams will go to Okmulgee this weekend for the district tournaments there.”
Monday, August 13, 1951, Sapulpa Daily Herald:
Sapulpan Wins Silver Star for One-Man Bayonet Charge
“A silver star medal has been awarded to a Sapulpa soldier who killed three enemy soldiers in a one-man bayonet and grenade attack on a machine gun nest that had pinned his attacking squad to a muddy hillside. The medal was awarded to SFC Joe H. Erwin, husband of Mrs. Edith Erwin, 404 ½ E Dewey, for his gallantry in action against the enemy on Feb. 21, near Tokhang-ni, while serving the 5th Cavalry regiment’s company I…The citation accompany the decoration states, in part: ‘Sgt Erwin’s gallantry reflects great credit on himself and the military service.’”
Sunday, August 13, 1972, Sapulpa Daily Herald:
New Programs Forecast Exciting School Term
“An exciting 1972-73 term awaits students attending Sapulpa district schools with several new programs underway. School Superintendent Dr. John Martin expects a slight increase in enrollment over last year as a result of several new Sapulpa housing additions…Mandatory physical education for seventh and tenth graders, addition of consumer economics, and minority studies in the high school are among the highlights of curriculum changes adopted by the school board for the 1972-73 term…A special education class for grades 10, 11, and 12 has been started at the high school and the junior high faculty has increased its staff by two members. Due for completion in the early part of 1973 is the new Liberty Elementary school and Oakridge all-purpose facility…Other special projects are the teacher’s aide program and the human relations workshops. Washington Elementary school has undergone a complete renovation and a portable classroom has been erected at South Heights to house a sixth grade class, the first ever at that school.”
