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The Wetumka Board of Education held their regular meeting, July 6th at 7:00 PM in the Administrative Office Board Room. The following members, administrators, personnel and guests were present: Donna McGee, Rufus Scott, John Curtis, Allen Poole, Donnie Williamson, Nina Maas and Susan Tyra. Elementary Principle, April Brisco stopped in to meet the Board members before the meeting.
Read moreJack Tyree, Jr. passed away July 19, 2021, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was born to Jack Tyree, Sr. and Lilly (Berryman) Tyree on November 17, 1926, in Roff, Oklahoma. Visitation will be Thursday, July 22, 2021, at McClendon-Winters Funeral Home Chapel from 1 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. with family greeting friends from 4:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. Arrangements have been entrusted to the Mc- Clendon-Winters Funeral Home of Okmulgee.
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Special guest group for the evening was The Erwins.
Read moreMany of us remember the Sheppard family. Gary and Lula owned a local pool hall back in the 1950s and 60s. They served hamburgers, chili and refreshments in their business. I knew them well and continue to be a close friend of their son Ron who lives in Seminole. A few years back I met his brother Tommy Joe and we quickly became good friends.
Read moreApproved on December 18, 1907, Senate Bill One, also known as the coach law and to most as the state’s first Jim Crow law, easily sailed through Oklahoma’s first legislature. The bill provided that “every railway company, urban or suburban car company, streetcar or interurban car or railway company . . . shall provide separate coaches or compartments as hereinafter provided for the accommodation of the white and negro races, which separate coaches or cars shall be equal in all points of comfort and convenience.” Another section of the legislation similarly stated that each railroad depot must have separate, adequately signed waiting rooms for each race. The penalty for disobeying ranged from one hundred to one thousand dollars for any company failing to provide separate facilities and from five to twenty-five dollars for any individual who, after being warned by the conductor, occupied any coach or compartment (including waiting rooms) not designated for his/her race. The bill authorized railroad officials to refuse service or eject violators. All fines were to go to the common school fund.
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