147 YEARS AGO
Wednesday, March 6, 1878
News Items
– It has been proposed in the U.S. Congress to amend the constitution of the United States so as to elect three presidents, one from the East, one from the South and the third from the West, electing one every two years.
– We would most emphatically endorse the resolution offered by Mr. J. Perian, of Illinois before the American Agricultural Congress at Washington, that Congress enact a law “That one fourth of the proceeds of the sale of public lands shall be used for the endowment of Agricultural Colleges and the industrial arts.”
– A freight train stopped at a tank on the Blue in the Checotah Nation to take water, when the brakeman discovered the body of a man under the wheels of a car with the head and right arm cut off.
The remains were those of a man about 35 years of age, light mustache, and whiskers, felt hat, with stockings and gaiter shoes. The body was buried by the railroad company
••••• 119 YEARS AGO
Friday, June 29, 1906
SUNDAY OUT AT SIMPSON CHURCH The residents out about Deer’s Chapel and the John Simpson school districts met at the latter place last Sunday in an all-day singing convention. Mellett and several other localities met with them and the day was one of pure enjoyment to all who were fortunate enough to be present.
A.H.T.A. PICNIC AT BOWER The A.H.T.A. organization of Bower gave a basket picnic at that place last Saturday, which was well attended by members and friends from many different localities.
The residents of the Bower neighborhood are noted for their energy and hospitality, and on this particular occasion did not lose any of its former prestige.
Several stands were in evidence to supply cooling drinks and a ball game in the afternoon between Bower and Brooken.
••••• 100 YEARS AGO
Thursday, March 26, 1925
MAN FREED FROM THEFT CHARGE WHEN COW RETURNS HOME The case against Charley Unsell, charged with larceny of a cow, was dismissed in the district court here last week in the middle of the hearing of the case when a neighbor of Unsell’s walked into the court room and announced that the cow had returned home.
Damaging testimony had been presented to the jury to the effect that Unsell had butchered the cow and peddled the meat to his neighbors, and all together it seems that the state was about to make a strong case against the defendant.
COUNCIL TO LET CONTRACT FOR CITY HALL MONDAY, APRIL 6 The plans for the new city hall are now in the hands of the contractors and the contract will be let at an early date.
Building to be located at the north end of Main streets, fronting south.
The building to be 42×55 feet, two stories, brick construction, with carthages.
••••• 80 YEARS AGO
Thursday, February 22, 1945
75 County Men reclassified By Eufaula Board Seventy-five McIntosh County draft registrants were reclassified this week by the local daft board. A large portion of the men were placed in 1-A thus putting them in the pool for supplying the armed forces with additional manpower.
Major John Primrose is Rescued From Japanese Joyous tidings winged into the Primrose home Wednesday by way of a war department telegram saying “our forces have liberated your son, Major John Primrose, from the Japanese, and he is safe. More details will be forwarded as soon as we have them.”
For almost three long years the Eufaula major has been a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese hordes, falling captive on Corregidor in May of 1942.
••••• 75 YEARS AGO
Thursday, January 26, 1950
Patterson Sets Opening Event Friday Night Roger Patterson will hold open house at his new super service station at the corner of Main and Pine in Eufaula Friday night from 7:30 until 10 o’clock.
Everyone who visits the station during the opening evening will receive as a gift of the owners, a useful accessory for a car. In addition, two prizes of $10 and $5 in merchandise will be awarded.
Pierce Host to County Cage Tournament The McIntosh county high school basketball tournament will be played at Pierce next week starting Wednesday and continuing through Saturday when the trophy awards will be announced.
••••• 65 YEARS AGO
Thursday, December 17, 1959
Army Engineers Accept Joint Bid of $14,672,709 One thousand three hundred calendar days have been allotted for the completion of the Eufaula dam spillway, tower intake and tower house. In a contract awarded Thursday morning at the office of the army engineers in Tulsa the low bid of $14,672, 709 was awarded.
Westville Man Low in Moving Bid For Cemetery E.L Colburn of Westville, submitted a bid of $541 for apparent low on relocation of the Whitlow Cemetery located in the Eufaula reservoir area, according to information released Thursday by the Tulsa District Army Engineers.
Reiterment of the 10 graves in the Whitlow cemetery, which is located about a mile north of Eufaula, will be made in the Greenwood cemetery in Eufaula.
The Engineers said that relocation of the U.S. Highway 69 and M-K-&T Railroad necessitated relocating the small family cemetery.
A licensed funeral director will oversee the operations under this contract which is scheduled to be completed within 30 calendar days.
••••• 55 YEARS AGO
Thursday, April 2, 1970
Judge Matthews Will Not Seek Re-Election Judge Madeline Matthews, for the past two years Associate Judge, and County Judge for 14 years prior thereto, advises the Journal that she will not seek reelection. She was appointed in April 1954 upon the death of H.B. Reubelt, then County Judge.
Gary Richard Brintle in U.S. Air Force
Gary Richard Brintle, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Brintle, Eufaula, enlisted in the United States Air Force for a four-year period.
Brintle was a 1967 graduate of Eufaula High School. He departed for Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, where he will undergo six weeks of basic military training. He enlisted for training in the Administrative aptitude area.
••••• 33 YEARS AGO
Thursday, April 30, 1992
NAACP Picket Eufaula Schools In Attempt to Address Board
Oklahoma’s Executive Director of the NAACP Wade Watts said Friday that local, county and state members will picket the Eufaula school system “for as long as it takes” to get a meeting with the school board.
The picketing began last week and, according to Watts, was triggered when school superintendent denied the NAACP the right to address the Eufaula school board.
••••• 10 YEARS AGO
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Eufaula hires new acting city manager, elects new mayor
Monday the newly elected five-seat city council was sworn in and got to work.
Pursuant to the change in Eufaula’s form of city government from council-mayor to council-city manager, the law requires that a new council be elected.
Even though they are familiar faces, the structure of the council wards has changed.
The newly sworn council now consists of four wards with one councilman in each ward plus on at-large council member.
The first line of business for this new council was to appoint a new mayor from among its members. James Duty was voted in as new mayor and Don Berryhill was voted in as vice-mayor, both by unanimous vote.
After a short executive session and two interviews, the council hired long-time business owner Frank Kusich as acting city manager to run the dayto- day operations until a permanent manager is hired. Kusich will receive $1,400 biweekly.
