114 YEARS AGO McIntosh County Democrat Thursday, September 14, 1911
PONY CONVICTED
Pony Starr, charged with stealing cattle, whose case was on trial in the district court at Eufaula a portion of last week, was found guilty as charged by a jury but made no recommendation as to sentence. That matter is being left with Judge Cole.
On Monday Judge Cole passed sentence on Starr, allotting him six years in the penitentiary.
Later he was released on bail and will appeal his case to the supreme court.
Grady Herrod Ground to Death Under Train’s Wheels
Was But 9 Years Old
About 2 o’clock Monday afternoon the north bound local backed into the house track and without warning knocked little Grady Herod, a country boy, under the train and in the twinkling of an eye the cruel wheels of a freight car had passed over his head causing instant death.
The lad was an orphan and since childhood had made his home with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. P. Winkle, well-known citizens residing near Texanna.
OUT ON BAIL
Last Thursday a tragedy was enacted in the rear of the Russell & Walthall livery when Joe Watson shot and instantly killed John Kilpatrick, an old citizen of Checotah.
The cause leading up to the tragedy appears to be that Watson owed Kilpatrick a board bill, but this Watson emphatically denied.
The men had previously used harsh language to each other.
••••• 100 YEARS AGO McIntosh County Democrat
Thursday, June 25, 1925
One of the Largest Crowds in City History Predicted for July 6
Every indication, barring bad weather, points to a big successful Home Coming Celebration in this city on Monday, July 6.
According to Dr. Brown, superintendent of the Oddfellows Home, between 2,000 and 2,500 Oddfellows are expected to attend the Home Coming and inspect the beautiful institution.
DROWNS IN CANADIAN RIVER
The Pierce community west of Checotah received a great shock last Friday evening when the news was circulated that Miss Wilma Faye Brock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Brock, had drowned in the Canadian river near that place about 5 o’clock.
••••• 95 YEARS AGO McIntosh County Democrat Thursday, February 27, 1930 Gaines Named Head of State Highway 266
R. H. Gaines of Checotah was unanimously elected president of the highway association 266 at an enthusiastic road meeting held in the Georgian hotel in Henryetta Friday, February 21. Upwards of 40 representatives from cities and towns along the highway were present, he stated.
Checotah Man’s Daughter Kills Self Wednesday Nellie Sizemore, 25, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E.P. Sizemore, residents of the Onapa community, committed suicide in a fashionable apartment in Seattle, Wash., Wednesday afternoon.
Her motive was apparently due to the fact that she had been in ill health for the past two years and had recently been released from a job with a dental supply house which she had held since a young girl.
••••• 90 YEARS AGO McIntosh County Democrat
Thursday, June 7, 1934
CITY COUNCIL IS PROGRESSING ON A WATER PLAN
Final steps of procedure are being taken by members of the city council for construction of the Checotah lake project three miles west of Onapa, and if present progress is maintained, actual work should be started within four to six months.
TRAIN CRUSHES CHECOTAH MAN TO DEATH HERE
Ed Williams, local blacksmith, who has resided in this city for many years, was crushed to death by a fast Katy passenger train about 11 o’clock last Saturday night three blocks north of the depot here.
Williams had been employed in Porum and had returned to Checotah the previous week to accept a job in a local blacksmith shop. He worked all day Saturday and was last seen on the streets of the city about 9:30 o’clock Saturday night.
••••• 81 YEARS AGO McIntosh County Democrat
Thursday, January 25, 1945
Unassuming Soldier Wins Medal of Honor If ever there was a truly homespun hero, Pfc. Leo J. Powers, soldier from Fort Lawton, who received the Congressional Medal of Honor, qualifies for the title.
He is 35, under height and weight, with false teeth.
But the citations which he received, and the stories told by his few surviving buddies, prove that he rose to almost superhuman heights on Feb. 1, when, single-handed, he made it possible for the battalion to take Hill 175, near Cassino.
City Scouts Honored for Paper Collection Checotah Boy Scouts were commended for the unusually fine job of collecting wastepaper in the August and September campaigns, in a certificate of award from the War Production Board.
Boy Scouts of the nation collected in excess of 117,000 tons of wastepaper during the two-month campaign.
Scouts of the Muskogee area collected 179 tons.
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75 YEARS AGO McIntosh County Democrat
Thursday, June 8, 1950
EUFAULA DAM IS GIVEN OKAY BY MONRONEY
Mike Monroney, fifth district congressman, brought his campaign for the U.S. Senate to Checotah last week.
He came out flat-footed for the single Eufaula dam and said that if he was elected he would lend his efforts toward construction of the giant dam project, which is exapted to make a playground for vacationers in this section of the state.
••••• 50 YEARS AGO McIntosh County Democrat
Thursday, June 26, 1975
Bids Opening for Highway 69
The highway construction projects listed below have been included on the Highway Commission bid opening of June 27, 1975.
Muskogee County – US 69 (new alignment) – Four highway underpasses beginning at US 69 north of Rentiesville and extending north to Summit. Estimated cost $866,000.
Muskogee County – US 69, 2.86 miles of grade, drain and two reinforced concrete box bridges beginning west of Summit and extending north. Estimated cost $877,000.
Lake Association Arts and Crafts Show Starts Friday
The Annual Lake Eufaula Association Arts and Crafts Show will be held June 27 through 29 at Fountainhead Lodge.
This show has many top artists entered and this year’s show promises to be the biggest and best yet.
••••• 19 YEARS AGO McIntosh County Democrat
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Burn ban lifted thanks to recent showers After enduring months of cloudless skies and withering fields, local citizens stood in their doorways and watched the soaking rain showers that visited McIntosh County this week.
Careful! Bikers pedaling through county this weekend
Bicycle riders from across the state will pedal around Lake Eufaula next weekend as the Oklahoma Bicycle Society’s annual Tour de Trees returns.
“I’ve been with them since 1997, but they’ve been coming to Lake Eufaula almost since their beginning in the mid-‘70s,” said OBS member Jim Allshouse of Oklahoma City.
••••• 10 YEARS AGO McIntosh County Democrat
Thursday, July 2, 2015
Rittenhouse auditions for “Voice”
Kenedee Rittenhouse, 17, is not giving up. She has stars in her eyes to make it in the country music industry and she’s not giving up.
She and her family, parents Creig and Bernita Rittenhouse of Eufaula, are excited she recently made it to the second round of “The Voice” auditions in Oklahoma City and Del City. She did not move on to the final round.
