147 YEARS AGO
Wednesday, March 13, 1878
CURRENT TOPICS Late: News from China give particulars of the horrible disaster that recently occurred at the Tienstin Rouge-House, in which the famine-stricken refugees from the northern provinces had assembled. The building took fire, and of nearly 3,000 people in the building only about 100 escaped. Owing to the extremely cold weather, many of the refugees were frozen to death while thousands are suffering from insufficient accommodation and lack of food, which cannot be supplied in quantities to meet the demand.
India
The famine in some parts of India is terrible. A correspondent from Shanghai writes that in one of the upper districts there are more than 14 million people starving. They are eating one another, and parents will sell their children for a price equal to $1.50 to be killed and eaten.
119 YEARS AGO Friday, June 15,1906
OKLAHOMA AT LAST BECOMES A STATE At 5 o’clock Wednesday afternoon the senate accepted the conference report which the conference had been instructed to make on the statehood bill admitting Indian Territory and Oklahoma to joint statehood and Arizona and New Mexico provided that each of these two territories shall so elect at a special election.
PROVISIONS OF THE BILL
The election for delegates to the Constitutional convention must be held within six months after the President signs the bill.
Indian Territory and Oklahoma will each have 55 delegates in the convention and the Osage Nation one.
ADVERTISEMENTS Ten Hours to Kansas City
On the new fast train via the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway, leaves Eufaula daily at 1:34 p.m., arriving at Kansas City at 11:55 p.m.
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IN ANY QUANTITY. WILL DELIVER IN ANY PART OF THE CITY AT 35 CENTS PER BALE.
100 YEARS AGO
Thursday, March 5,1925
Coolidge and Dawes Inducted Into Office CHIEF SAYS ECONOMY IS VITAL ISSUE Washington, March 4 – Drastic economy is the mandate which President Coolidge reads into the great popular majority which returned him to the White House for four years more.
This mandate as interpreted by the President in his inaugural address means that the country wants an economy in public expenditures, reduction and reform in taxation conservation of men and material.
EUFAULA BOY MAKING GOOD IN CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY
Redlands, Calif. Mar. 2 – Sanford McGilbra, of Eufaula, has recently been pledged to the Kappa Sigma Sigma fraternity of the University of Redlands. McGilbra is in his second year at the U. of R.
and has forged to the front in nearly every kind of athletics at the institution.
80 YEARS AGO
Thursday, February 1, 1945
Hanna Boy Writes From Prison
Mrs. Elmer Pendley of Hanna received a card from her son, Sgt. Elmer J. Pendley, on January 16. Pendley stated that his health was excellent and that he was in the Philippine military prison camp No. 1.
Mrs. Pendley had previously been informed that her son had been transferred to Tokyo Camp, Japan.
Sgt. Pendley also asked to be remembered by all his friends in this country.
Former Eufaulan Wounded in Action
Pfc. John W. Rowntree, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell Rowntree, former Eufaula residents but now residing in Oklahoma City, was wounded Dec. 22 in Germany. Young Rowntree has been in the army since June 1943.
64 Reclassified By County Draft Board
Sixty-four more McIntosh county men were reclassified this week by the local draft board, D.C. Janeway, chairman, announced today.
Most of this group were placed inl-C Ind., which means they’re members of the armed forces, having passed their physical examination and are awaiting induction dates.
75 YEARS AGO
Thursday, January 5,1950
Traffic Cases Lead Gain for Las Quarter
Traffic violations accounted for the highest percentage increase in any of the several types of cases filed in the court of James J. Asher, Eufaula justice of the peace, for the fourth quarter of 1949, his Jan. 1 report reveals.
Police Arrests are On Increase in City
As police judge, Mayor Bill Cowling reported a total of 21 arrests for the 30-day period ending Dec. 31 in the city of Eufaula at the regular January council meeting Monday night.
Convictions equaled arrests for the month, but fines were below the preceding month when they totaled $115.50 onl5 arrests and convictions.
65 YEARS AGO Thursday, December 3,1959
Eufaula Project Cost Estimate is Down 16 Million
A $16 million reduction in the estimated cost of the Eufaula reservoir project was disclosed this week by Col. Howard W. Penny, district Army engineer. Penny reported that the Eufaula project is now expected to cost $141 million. The previous estimate was $157 million
55 YEARS AGO
Thursday, March 12,1970
Boxing Tourney in Full Swing
The Annual Boxing Tournament is well underway each night this week at the Cooper-McClain School at 7 o’clock.
The tournament is being well attended and has attracted boxing clubs from Hartshorne, McAlester and Whitaker School.
Kite Flyers Asked to Use Caution
This warning came from Paul Hamilton, Oklahoma Gas and Electric manager here, who reminded kite flyers that using wire or tinseled cord for kite string and flying kites near electric power lines is dangerous.
33 YEARS AGO
Thursday, April 9,1992
Health Officials Check on TB
The McIntosh County Health Department is investigating a possible case of Tuberculosis in Eufaula.
“The case has not been confirmed, but we have taken some precautionary measures,” Sandra Brown, the department administrator said.
Eufaula Will Host Regatta at Cove Saturday Eufaula will host the 10th annual National Points Regatta this weekend, April 11-12. About 50 boats will vie for honors.
Murder Case Underway
A Checotah high school student, charged with first degree murder, went on trial Tuesday morning in the McIntosh courthouse.
A jury of eight women and four men were impaneled late Monday by Associate District Judge Gene Mowery.
Danny Ray Turner, 17, is accused of poisoning 19-year-old Jerry Don Hurst with Cyanide on Aug. 20, 1991, in front of a Checotah convenience store.
10 YEARS AGO
Thursday, March 26, 2015
Temper flares at City Council meeting
Discussion about hiring a police officer for the Eufaula police Department erupted into a shouting and name-calling match between a couple of city councilmen Monday night.
Tempers flared, but fortunately most of the police force and several deputies were on hand to keep the situation under control.
Law enforcement was there in record numbers apparently in response to the possibility of a confrontation at the monthly meeting.
Chief Don Murray had just explained to the council that his department had only eight officers, one of them in training, and he needs 11 to be at full staff.
Murray said he needs three more officers, possibly four.
“We will be losing another officer soon,” he said.
He anticipates the officer will resign and take a higher paying job.
Councilman Gene Dobson accused Councilman Donald Berryhill of being the one who made a motion to cut the police department staff.
Berryhill responded, saying Dobson made the motion.
