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Every spring when the roses began to bloom, the school children at Woodlawn would cut the flowers from other people's yards - to give their teachers roses. When told not to pick the flowers out of people's rose bushes, children would come up with little tales of how they acquired such roses. "These are for my grandma's grave..." or "*from* grandma's grave," or "for my kitty's grave..." The citizens finally protested to the principal of Woodlawn, J. Vere Frazier. Frazier ordered for no more flowers to for the teachers. (Creek County Republican, May 9, 1913)
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Artifact of the Month:
A donation has been made to the Sapulpa Historical Museum by Wendell Evans, grandson of Otis R. Rule of Rule Furniture (and Davis-Rule Furniture). This is the first in our collection - we have images of the Dewey family visiting Sapulpa and Tulsa during Thomas Dewey’s Presidential Campaign tour with his wife, a Sapulpan, Frances Hutt - but we did not have any video footage of their visit. Thanks to Otis Rule for filming the event, and thank you to Wendell Evans who knew of its significance to our town’s history, and donated a copy to our collection. When you view the video, and you recognize a member of the crowd, please leave their name in the comment section below, and please include the timestamp from the video. In addition, excluding the Court House and Gazebo, if you recognize the location and businesses shown, be sure to include the name and timestamp, as well. A few months ago, we had posted about the life of Frances Hutt to celebrate her birthday: What Happened This Month At The Museum:
NOTE: the art travel exhibit will end Wednesday, April 27th, not 29th. Our biggest strength is our volunteers and members. Volunteers make a difference. Without volunteers, the organization would not have soul. Without our members, the museum would not have heart. Without our soul and heart, visitors would not care to even come see us. Once again, we thank you, members and volunteers of the museum. We honor and celebrate all our volunteers! Please give our volunteers a shout out and a thanks! -Mike Jeffries, Director -Cookie Jobe, President -Janell Diehl, Vice President -Russell Crosby, Treasurer -Belinda Crosby, Secretary -Chief Eaton, Chair -Rick Engleman, Vice Chair -Eric Sherwood, Trustee -Larry White, Trustee -Jeane Adams -John Berryhill -Bob Boren -Marie Box -David Byer -Emma Carver -Kay Donathan -Pete Egan -Tiffany English -Brean Fowler -Ron Gibson -Irene Grant -Judy James -Christie Jeffries -Melinda Jobe -Cindy Lawrence -Jack Lister -Lynn McPherson -Carolyn Nicholson -Lloyd Skinner -Sue Skinner -Sherry Sherwood -Rusty Snell -Joe Strain -David Taylor -Rick Tyler -JE Williams -Rick Woolery To the past, present, and future volunteers at the Sapulpa Historical Society & Museum: THANK YOU! WE LOVE AND APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR US! Then and Now Images of Sapulpa:
A new Phillips 66 station would have its formal opening on September 11th, 1954. The station was located on the northeast corner of Dewey and Maple with B.J. Turney as the manager. Incorporated at Bartlesville in 1917, the Phillips Petroleum Company was headquartered there for eighty-five years. In 2002 Phillips, Oklahoma's then-largest company, and Conoco, Inc., merged to become ConocoPhillips and relocated to Houston, Texas. This new, international, diversified energy firm is presently the third-largest integrated energy company, and the second largest refiner, in the United States. The company entered the refining and retail gasoline business to profit from the rapidly increasing demand for automobile fuel. In 1927 Phillips opened its first refinery, near Borger in the Texas Panhandle. On November 19, 1927, it opened its first gasoline service station, in Wichita, Kansas. Because this station lay near the new U.S. Highway 66, the company used "66" in its name. Then, in 1930, Phillips began using the U.S. highway shield as its logo, making the brand easily recognizable across the nation. This Month in Sapulpa History: The County Commissioners had met with the school board and had agreed to purchase the old Dewey College site for $5,000 for the new courthouse. Now a site for the court house had been settled, and the next step was in hiring an architect. The present courthouse now sits on a half block on the southwest corner of Dewey and Elm. Layton-and-Smith of Oklahoma City and Charles Popkin of Sapulpa were named architects for the new courthouse. (Sapulpa Democrat, April 16, 1914)
The Artifact of the Month: “Popular Science” magazine from January 1947. On the cover are two fire trucks. These fire trucks featured are almost identical to the two historic fire trucks housed in our museum. The Sapulpa Fire Museum has a 1939 Ford fire truck and a circa 1950s La-France ladder fire engine. “Faster, huskier, and better-designed, they will help curb rising losses-and steal the smoke eaters’ show” welcome the new fire engines.
If you wish to see these fire trucks up close, be sure to stop in the Sapulpa Fire Museum. Research requests keeping coming in, and we are so thrilled. We get to see the ins and outs of what made Sapulpa, Sapulpa. It’s all the people, businesses, and culture. Other than research requests, many guests are enjoying the Sapulpa Fire Museum. It’s fun for the whole family, especially the younger members. We also had our Annual Banquet with our amazing guest speaker, Will Berry. He discussed the upcoming and beautiful Route 66 Christmas Chute coming this Winter. Please come by the museum and see us; we enjoy giving a tour of our facilities.
Next Month: The Oklahoma Arts Institute Quartz Mountain has a travel exhibition featuring Oklahoma artists (painters and photographers). During the month of April, we will be housing the exhibition. Also, be sure to check out Sapulpa's very own artwork featured in the travel exhibit: "A Boy and His Pup" by Emma Castleberry. Tourism: Our furthest visitors from out of town are:
Then and Now Images of Sapulpa: Spencer Millinery. It stood at 102 E Dewey Avenue. Lotta C. Spencer stands at the door. Inside the window display showcases a Red Cross sign. Millineries specialized in women’s hats and accessories. Today, Martha’s Corner (a park) occupies the lot. It began in 1993, shortly after a building caught on fire in 1991.
 This month in history: In March 1944, Sapulpa’s Red Cross War Fund Drive began. The quota for the city was set at $17,000; Creek County’s quota was set at $39,000*. The drive lasted the entire month of March. The City of Sapulpa met and surpassed their goal (raising $17,500); the County, however, just fell short of their goal (raising $30,050 or “90 percent of the required amount.”). “Sapulpa, key city of the county, came through with such a fine showing…” *Note: $17,000 and $39,000 in 1944 is close to $250,000 and $560,000 with today’s value.  The Artifact of the Month: Home Nursing Red Cross pin from the World War II era. This is what the Red Cross history states about the time: “By World War II, our role was limited to recruiting nurses for the Army and Navy Nursing Corps. During the war, approximately 153,000 nurses held ‘active’ status on Red Cross rolls and 71,000 of them served with the military at home and overseas. The Red Cross launched a blood supply program for the armed services in February 1941. When blood procurement reached its peak in June 1944, nearly 1,000 nurses served in Red Cross blood centers across the country."
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