The Eufaula
147 YEARS AGO
Wednesday, April 17, 1878
Apaches moved
The Indian office has ordered the removal of the Apache Indians to the Southern Ute agency. They will start on the tenth instant.
Indians released
At the request of the Indian Office the Secretary of War has ordered the release of the Cheyenne and other Indians imprisoned at St. Augustine, Florida. They will be sent to Fort Sill.
Letter to Pope Leo XIII
The German Emperor’s letter to Pope Leo XIII, while extremely courteous in the expression of a willingness to entertain friendly relations with the Vatican, gives no indication of a basis for negotiations.
••••• 119 YEARS AGO
Friday, July 27, 1906
EUFAULA PICNIC ON JULY 15
The Chamber of Commerce has about completed arrangements for the monster picnic to be given by Eufaula on July 15.
Several hundred dollars has been raised with which to entertain the guests and nothing will be left undone which will in any way furnish amusement to visitors.
A brass band will furnish music throughout the day. And ball games, racing, steam Merry-go-round and other features will be on hand to amuse.
Will Leave Eufaula
W.R. Allen and family are soon to leave Eufaula, Mr. Allen having been given a superintendency in the Creek national schools.
Just where he will be located is not yet fully known, as he has the refusal of several of the best schools, but has not decided which one he will take.
EUFAULA DROPS ANOTHER GAME
The Checotah baseball team came down to Eufaula Tuesday and administered another defeat to the locals by a score of 6 to 5.
••••• 100 YEARS AGO
Thursday, April 23, 1925
SPEND YOUR MONEY IN EUFAULA
This is your city! You are a partner in its prosperity. If it grows and thrives, you profit in hard dollars and cents; it its growth is retarded, and it goes backward, you lose. We have taken the former so much for granted that we have lost sight of the latter – particularly your own obligation in the matter.
DRIVES CAR INTO WHITEWAY POST Slipping quietly out of Muskogee to avoid their many friends and acquaintances who they expected to surprise, W.L. Wheeler and Miss Minnie Bridges drove to Eufaula Thursday morning for the sole purpose of securing a marriage license and getting married.
They had not much more than reached Main street and were driving up to the curbing to park, when in some manner the clutch of the Ford hung and the man’s foot slipped off it and onto the gas. The car gave a leap, knocking a large Whiteway post down and came near running over people standing on the sidewalk.
The Eufaula City Council is still mulling options about what to do with the old city hall at 64 Memorial Drive.
The 100-foot by 60foot building, which was constructed in 1941, was closed a year ago because of black mold and other issues that made it uninhabitable.
The offices were moved, temporarily, to a former urgent care building on Hospital Drive.
A representative of KKT Architects in Tulsa told the Council at its monthly meeting Monday it would cost more than $900,000 to renovate the old building, which was last renovated in 1986.
Renovation would include replacing the woodframed roof and interior walls. The stone walls of the original construction was still in good shape, according to the report.
After hearing the report the Council voted to continue to move forward with the plans, About 17 percent of active shooter cases take place in schools.
So with good reason, about 150 Eufaula Public School faculty members and administrators recently attended an active shooter training class at Eufaula High School.
Retired OSBI agent Ben Rosser conducted the class, which was organized by Eufaula Police Chief Mark Goodwin.
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Fate of city hall still up in air
though what those plans are were not clear.
Councilman Todd Warren said the city needs to look at possibly erecting a new building at a different location on a bigger lot, a site that could also house a new fire department facility.
“If we’re going to spend this kind of money, we need to think outside the box,” he said.
Mayor James Duty said coming up with the money is another issue.
However, he noted, the city has two more years on the lease of its temporary facility so there is time to find funding and to come up with a plan.
Pat Notaro, owner of Funtime Fireworks and Flavors Grill, asked the council to change a city ordinance that limits the sale of fireworks.
The current ordinance states that only licensed retailers may sell fireworks, which may only be sold between June 15
Teachers become students in active shooter class
“We are very passionate about the safety of our kids,” Goodwin, a Eufaula native, told the class at the start of the Dec. 19 session.
Active shooter classes are funded by a grant from the federal government to the Oklahoma Office of Homeland Security. The classes are free and are given at schools, churches and other facilities.
City has event calendar
The City of Eufaula now has an online event calendar.
Anyone in the community can submit an event online to be posted on the calendar at no charge. The goal is to have a central place for visitors and locals to see what is going on in town.
The calendar is available at VisitEufaulaOK.com under the “Play” section.
Small Fire Burns Outhouse
A small blaze starting from a trash pile that was being burned, destroyed a small outhouse belonging to the Home Bakery here Wednesday afternoon.
••••• 80 YEARS AGO
Thursday, March 22, 1945
Flood Threat Is Fading Rapidly
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation ushered in a new era of leadership with the i nauguration ceremony of Principal Chief David Hill and Second Chief Del Beaver Jan. 4 at the River Spirit Casino Resort in Tulsa. The inauguration commemorated the new MCN Executive Branch leaders taking office in their respective positions.
Hill and Beaver were officially sworn into office on Jan.1 at the MCN Council House in Ok-
Flood crests along both North and South Canadian rivers appear to be well past their zenith here today, as railroad and highway officials revealed that waters had begun receding slowly Thursday noon.
County Man Sentenced On Draft Evasion Albert Troy McEntyre, about 34 years old of Checotah, was convicted in federal court at Ada Monday and received a five-year federal penitentiary term on charges of draft evasion.
McEntyre failed to report for induction on grounds that he was a conscientious objector for religious reasons.
The Checotah man was formerly a farmer, but recently had been working in defense plants over the country.
Why is it important as a community to come together to fight poverty? Because McIntosh County is ranked fifth, and it will take an entire community working together
Local Captain Given Medal
Capt. Noel E. Story of Eufaula has been awarded the Silver Star, one of the army’s top medals, for gallantry in action.
Story is fightng with Gen. Patton’s Third army inside Germany, and is attached to the 76th field artillery.
••••• 75 YEARS AGO Thursday, February 23, 1950 Dry Crusader to Speak Sunday at Methodist Church
David C. Shapard, Oklahoma City attorney representing the United Dry Association of Oklahoma, will speak in Eufaula at the Methodist church on Sunday, Feb. 26, at 11 a.m.
Eufaulan’s See What’s Newest in Hospitals In order to obtain first hand information toward development of their plans for a hospital here, members of the Eufaula committee visited the new Leflore county hospital now under construction in Poteau last Sunday.
Dumping Law to be Enforced
County officials moved this week to put a halt to unlawful dumping along country roads and highways.
••••• 65 YEARS AGO
Thursday, January 14, 1960
U.S. Settles With City
In a special council meeting held Friday night, Eufaula received the offers of the Army Engineers’ appraisers for relocation and sewage damages that Muscogee (Creek) Nation ushers in new leadership
They focus on strength and unity
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In his inaugural speech, Hill stated his primary goal is building trust to strengthen the Nation. “I will tirelessly work to improve our tribal services by listening to our citizens and employees… together we will create strategies to implement these goals,” Hill said. “I truly want to leave a legacy that all of you can be proud of. You are Muscogee (Creek), you have special blood that runs to change that statistic. That’s why the Checotah Ministerial Alliance has worked with others in the community and county to bring a Bridges Out of Poverty program to Checotah.
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2 MLK events planned at church
Two events celebrating the life of Dr. Martin Luther King have been announced.
At 8:30 a.m., Monday, Jan. 20 – the official Dr. Martin Luther King Day – minister Eunice Warrior will speak about King and his impact on the world.
Following the program, sponsored by the Warrior School Restoration Organization, there will be a free breakfast.
At 3 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 19, the McIntosh County NAACP will host a program featured Rev. Samuel Cunningham and a special guest
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JERRY FINK, MANAGING EDITOR Bridges out of Poverty workshop coming to Checotah
coordinates with Exec. Dir. Treasure McKenzie of Muskogee Bridges Out of Poverty, is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday at the First Free Will Baptist Community Life Center, 713 N. Broadway.
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One pastor of the Checotah Ministerial Alliance, Bud Shackelford, who pastors the First Assembly of God in Checotah, has worked diligently trying to understand the
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would be accrued by the city with the impounding of the waters of the Eufaula Lake.
The appraisers offered the city $144,479.82 for relocation costs in paving, gutters, drainage, etc. for the new addition being purchased from the Indian department. They set that figure as damages to the residential area’s residents are being forced to vacate for the lake.
Liberal Housing Plans Approved
In a telegram to the Indian Journal Tuesday, Congressman Ed Edmondson advised that the Housing and Finance Agency have given approval to the city of Eufaula of its workable program for elimination of slums and blight.
Palmer-Swadley Firm Employs R. Burns Raymond Burns, of Indianola, has been employed by the Palmer-Swadley wholesale company as a route salesman. He will cover the territory formerly covered by Guy Swadley Jr., mayor of Eufaula, who finds his increasing duties as mayor, and the office work of his firm, increasingly difficult to handle.
There is still strong talk that Swadley will enter the state sente race this spring to represent this district now represented by Milam King, of Checotah.
••••• 55 YEARS AGO
Thursday, April 30, 1970
Lake Eufaula Claims Lives of Four Over Weekend
All day dragging operations Sunday through Wednesday on Lake Eufaula, resulted in only the recovery of two of the four drowning victims which turned two fishing parries into tragedies Saturday afternoon.
One fisherman was saved by swimming three hours and clinging to a submerged tree.
••••• 33 YEARS AGO
Thursday, May 28, 1992
Free Wheel ’92 to Roll Into Eufaula Tuesday “Free Wheel ’92: Meet Me in St. Louis’ is the theme for the 14th annual cyclists trek through Oklahoma and surrounding states this year.
Some 1,800 bicyclists will be on the roads of Oklahoma from June 7 through the 13th.
The 420-mile journey will include a stopover in Eufaula
••••• 10 YEARS AGO
Thursday, May 21, 2015
Corps fights flood; increases amount of water released The Corps of Engineers on Monday began releasing 62,400 cubic feet per second of water though Eufaula Dam, increasing the flow from 48,000 cfs.
“All 11 gates will be opened at four feet – and we will be running water through the hydropower plant as well,” said Sara Goodeyon, public affairs specialist with the Tulsa District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Concert cancelled; city’s economy treading water Flooding forced the cancellation of Eufaula’s Memorial Day concert, Music and Mayhem – which may have a ripple effect in hurting the local economy.
“The city may lose $7,000 (in tax money) just from the concert,” acting City Manager Frank Kucish said Monday. “But that’s not the full picture. And we won’t know the full impact for a couple of months.”
