114 YEARS AGO McIntosh County Democrat Thursday, May 11, 1911
PAVING NEXT
With a $40,000 sanitary sewerage system under construction, $15,000 being expended on our $65,000 water system and the initiative taken looking to the pavement of the principal business streets and one or more of the residence thoroughfares, to say nothing of the concrete walk now being laid, there is every indication that greater Checotah is to be realized in fact sooner than anticipated by the most sanguine booster.
SHOT DEPUTY
The Davis gang has added another to their long list of crimes and this section is stirred as possibly never before.
Most of the readers of The Democrat are familiar, at least in part, with the particulars of the killing of Deputy Sheriff Work, of Porum, at the Bob Davis farm near that place last Thursday evening.
It appears that Deputy Work had papers to serve on Davis and in company with other deputies went out to serve them.
Others besides Davis were on the farm and when Work attempted to perform his duty, he was shot down by either Davis or his pals who had taken refuge in the house.
SLAYS HIS MOTHER
A terrible tragedy was enacted near Eufaula at an early hour Tuesday morning when Bill Phillips riddled the body of his mother with bullets. Phillips had been drinking and arrived home at bout 1:30 a.m. and a quarrel with his mother followed when she upbraided him for his intoxicated condition. He became so enraged that he whipped out his revolver, shooting her four times.
Death followed before help could arrive.
••••• 100 YEARS AGO McIntosh County Democrat
Thursday, March 12, 1925
PLAN BIG CROW HUNT
The members of the Izaak Walton League of Checotah Chapter No. 118, with the cooperation of the Lions Club and the businessmen, are planning an all-day crow hunt.
It has been estimated that crows cause an annual loss of $10,000,000 to the farmers of Oklahoma.
••••• 96 YEARS AGO McIntosh County Democrat
Thursday, December 7, 1929
Blackie Hill Gets 30 Year Pen Sentence
Graham “Blackie” Hill, 24-year-old bandit who participated in the robbery of the Peoples National Bank here on Sept. 12, was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment in the state penitentiary by Judge Harve L. Melton at Eufaula Monday.
••••• 90 YEARS AGO McIntosh County Democrat
Thursday, March 8, 1934
CCC Camp to Open for Vets April 1
The state CCC camps will be opened to war veterans on April 1, it was stated this week by E.P. Dillon, adjutant for the local post of the American Legion. Those who desire to enter the camps may obtain enrolment blanks from Dillon.
RFC Has Millions Ready for Banks
Washington, March 6 – Chairman Jones said Tuesday the Reconstruction Corp. was prepared to distribute within the next 60 days $770 million in preferred stock purchases and loans to banks already authorized.
Preferred stock purchase totaling $1,018,513,850 in 6,191 banks have been authorized he said, but of this only $475,632,000 has been distributed to 1,898 banks.
••••• 81 YEARS AGO McIntosh County Democrat
Thursday, October 26, 1944
Surgical Dressing Speed-up is Urged
An urgent plea to the women of Checotah went out this week from Mrs. L.K. Sharpe, chairman for a more enthusiastic support of the surgical dressing program.
It is believed by the local ladies in charge of production that if only 25 ladies are present on Wednesday and Friday afternoons the entire quota will be completed by the end of November making it possible to close the work rooms during the Christmas holiday season.
THE STARS AND BARS
From Italy comes word that TSgt Juney Patterson has been awarded the distinguished unit badge for participation in combat with an outstanding performance of duty Patterson is back in the states now and has been transferred from the 15th to the 3rd army air force.
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75 YEARS AGO McIntosh County Democrat Thursday, March 16, 1950
FLU EPIDEMIC CLOSS SCHOOL DOORS MONDAY Schools of Checotah closed their doors Monday as an influenza epidemic, which has been raging over the stae, swept the city.
Decision to close was taken by school officials after attendance had dropped nearly 50 percent.
••••• 50 YEARS AGO McIntosh County Democrat
Thursday, March 27, 1975
Dixon to Retire from Coaching
Attendance was good at the 1975 All Sports Banquet as nearly 200 turned out to hear Cooch Larry Lacewell and to honor Checotah High School athletes.
The big surprise of the evening came when Supt. Bill Patton came to the rostrum to announce that after 24 years Coach Truman Dixon was retiring as coach to devote full time to administrative duties.
Coach Dixon had won his 500th game in the regionals at Warner this year.
Actually, this was the second surprise as the first was the announcement that the school board had voted (before knowing about the resignation) to name the Checotah Gym, Truman Dixon Fieldhouse.
••••• 19 YEARS AGO McIntosh County Democrat
Thursday, July 26, 2006
County schools suffer deep budget cuts
Pirates with sharp blades took a big slice out of Oklahoma’s school budgets recently by only appropriating $30 million of a $300 million request.
At least, that’s the way Eufaula Superintendent Bill Wilson sees it.
“It just won’t work. You cannot pay out more than you bring in and keep from going bankrupt,” he said.
In their recent Special Session, state legislators approved approximately $30 million, 90 percent to the total requested by school districts statewide.
••••• 10 YEARS AGO McIntosh County Democrat
Thursday, April 9, 2015
Incumbents swept from office in stunning political upsets It was the battle of the ages, and youth won. Checotah has a new mayor, a young man less than half the age of the incumbent.
The three incumbents running for ciy council lost and there is a new police chief, Daren Glover.
Daniel Tarkington, 28, trounced Mayor Marvin Nichols, 65, who lost his bid for a third term.
