06/04/2026
Stroud Snippets for the week of June 4...
School:
Stroud Messenger
6/4/1909
The annual school meeting was held in the West building. Mr. Lee Patrick was elected treasurer over H.M. Jarrett. It was voted to have a nine months term of school.
Last Saturday afternoon between 4:30 and 5 o’clock, Keywest, the town four and a half miles southeast of Stroud, was wiped out with the exception of two store buildings by a terrific cyclone. There were some 15 or 20 people in the store building which was left standing but moved from its foundation. No one was killed nor very badly injured with the exception of Lewis Brace’s daughter who sustained a broken limb. J. L. Hart’s house one half mile south of Keywest was turned over three times with the family in it. Mrs. Hart was seriously injured in the back but it is thought will recover and a fifteen-year-old daughter had one of her limbs broken. Other members of the family received slight injuries.
The cyclone seemed to have made its appearance south of Chandler where several houses were unroofed and some blown entirely down, traveling in a northeasterly course. Sac and Fox Agency seemed to be in the edge of its path and some damage was done there. Eight windows were blown in at the Sac and Fox bank building and trading store and considerable damage was done to the stock by the rain that followed.
There were five houses and a gin destroyed at Keywest. The post office was blown clear out of existence and Judge Sanders, the Postmaster, escaped by running outside. The wind took his feet from under him. He caught hold of a picket which had been driven in the ground and watched his building blow over him. He had made up the mail and put it in a sack and found the sack about a half mile away after the storm.
Pope’s, McDermit’s and J. M. Hancock’s houses nine miles northeast of here were destroyed, the first two blown down and the latter unroofed, but the families all escaped injury.
Depew, ten miles northeast of Stroud was in the path of the twister and thirty-eight houses were blown down. Several of their citizens were slightly injured and one man probably fatally hurt.
No damage is reported done by the twister beyond Depew. There seemed to be only one cyclone and not a dozen or so playing tag with one another as was reported in the daily newspapers.
The Stroud physicians and citizens hurried to the vicinity of the disaster soon after the storm and gave all the assistance they could.
The cyclone traveled along the same path where another seemed to have gone some 40 or 50 years ago, as evidenced by trees being broken off and uprooted.
School:
Stroud Messenger
6/4/1915
Last Friday evening the commencement exercises of the high school were held at the Opera House. The opening number of the program was a soliloquy given by Miss Cleota Stephenson. Miss Delia Re*****on, Salutatorian of the class delivered an oration entitled “Uncrowned Queens of America”. Next followed the Class History, by Roscoe Inman. Miss Grace Foster favored the audience with a cornet solo. The valedictory was delivered by Miss Anna Bowman. The Baccalaureate address was delivered by Dr. J.R. Abernathy, which was splendid. Thos. G. Andrews presented the school with the Speakman Cup, which was won by the debating team. Much credit is due Prof. Shuff and teachers for the results accomplished during the term just closed.
Class of 1915: Anna Bowman, Grace Foster, Roscoe Inman, Della Re*****on, Cleota Stephenson.
Stroud Democrat
6/4/1915
Good Roads Boosters Meet
Last Monday night the Good Roads Boosting Club met in the office of R. A. Morrow, and had a very interesting meeting. After discussing several road problems they took under consideration plans and means of raising approximately $300 more money to complete Stroud’s Territory of road on the Ozark Trail.
The Ladies Aid Society of all the churches of Stroud have consolidated and will serve a Good Roads dinner, Saturday, June 5.
Everybody of the town and of the rural districts are expected to eat dinner with these hustlers, and the proceeds of the dinner are to go into the Good Roads Fund. Everybody come and get a good meal and help the good work.
Stroud Messenger
6/4/1926
Lion’s Club given its charter Wednesday June 9. Will be helped by Bristow Lions.
Stroud Messenger
6/4/1937
The sixth annual Alumni Banquet to be June 12. The ladies of the M.E. Church will provide plenty of fried chicken. There will be no speeches on the program. There is to be a floor show at the banquet, comes from Oklahoma City. The Lester List 12-piece orchestra, with vocal, from Bristow to play at the dance held at Legion Hut.
Stroud American
6/4/1959
Chamber of Commerce
President – Deb Hale
Secretary – Monte Stewart
Treasurer – Bob Neer
Board – LeVoy Ellsworth, Richard Evans, Richard James, Dr. A. A. Mauldin, Ed Sample, C. B. Wright, Paul Carpenter, Jr., Leonard Booker.
Stroud American
6/4/1964
MEMORIAL SERVICES were held at the cemetery Saturday by the American Legion and Auxiliary. They were held by the graves of Lefler and Linihan, for which the Stroud post was named. Legionnaires attending included Ivan Quandel, Paul Sykora, Lee Henderson, Ray Hoover, Jim Eldridge, Junior Owens and Ira Jones. A photograph was taken by Marvin Lumm.
Stroud Colored Baseball Team Wins Tournament
The Stroud colored baseball team won a special colored invitational baseball tournament held in Bristow in May. It was promoted buy J. R. Irvine.
To win the trophy, they defeated Beggs 18-14 and Bristow Dodgers 26-6 and 20-3.
Paul Davis is manager of the team. Playing on the team are: Leslie Davis 1B; Delbert Carter SS; Alvin Mixon CF; Buck Batte RF; Frankie Humphrey C; Turk Godwin 3B; Herbie Gaines 2B; Ricky Brown LF; Bobby Joe Todd C; George Hornbeak RF; Roosevelt Godwin LF; Kenneth Hines P and Carl Hinds RF.
John Hopper Elected Lions Club President
John Hopper has been elected to serve as Lions club president for the next year. His terms starts July 1.
Other officers include Willard Collier, first vice president; Bob Coyner, second vice president; Ivan Quandel, third vice president; B. R. Brewer, treasurer; Howard Williams, secretary; Charles Downey, tail twister and Hollis Kidd, Lion tamer.
Elected to the board of directors were: two-year term, Pete Luckett, Ed Ruddy and Julian Galloway; one-year term, Don Kircher, Ross Cantrell and Dr. James P. Sipes.
Mr. Hopper has been busy this week appointing committees and getting their consent.
Publisher To Fly With Newspaper People To Fair
Mrs. Frances Watt, publisher of the American, is being flown to the New York World's Fair with 50 newspaper people next Thursday June 11 and will return Sunday, June 14.
The invitation was extended by Gov. Henry Bellmon and the Oklahoma World's Fair Commission to be there on Oklahoma Day Friday, June 12.
Press credentials at the fair have been arranged for the entire group. Room reservations have been made at a motel near the fair. More details of the trip will be mailed to the group this week
Mrs. Watt will be rooming with Mrs. Hattie Lackenmeyer, publisher of the Cushing Daily Citizen.
Damage To School By Painting Sprees Told
The Stroud board of education met in a regular, but abbreviated, meeting Monday night and adjourned until June 22 when they will meet again to close out business of one fiscal year, and formulate plans for the new.
Present at Monday's meeting were President Richard James, Clerk Lee Meredith and member B. C. Cockrum. Principal business transacted included approval of claims and the authorization of a supplemental estimate.
The superintendent made a brief report of damage done to school buildings by recent painting sprees. Permanent damage which is expected to require the replacement of considerable cast stone facing was estimated at "in excess of $500."
It was the superintendent's opinion that the final serious foray evolved from an exchange of less damaging painting trips made out-of-Stroud by a group of Stroud girls, and returned by out-of-Stroud boys.
The local damage appears to have left the porous cast stone facings at three school entrances permanently marred with obscene figures and words.
Names of known participants in the painting exchanges and details of damage have been turned to proper city and county authorities for probable prosecution.
Stroud American
6/4/1970
Kinnamon’s moved to 4th Avenue location across from the post office.
A one-cent city sales tax was approved by Stroud voters Tuesday by a margin of 9 votes – 151 for 142 against. City officials estimated the tax would bring approximately $33,000 yearly in revenues.
Stroud American
6/4/1981
Jubilee County Music Festival Event: The first event of the Oklahoma Diamond Jubilee celebration is scheduled to be held Saturday at Stroud Midway Downs. Waylon Jennings, Alabama, Jessie Coulter, Mountain Smoke, Maya, Lt. Governor Spencer Bernard….
Stroud American
6/4/1987
The city council approved a new ordinance to change local sewer rates to meet EPA rules.
Paul Mercer covered the proposal presented to State DHS commission about Howard Johnson building.
Approved annex of John Flatt property east of town.
Heard complaints of residents of S. 4th Ave. of fighting chickens a public nuisance.
Bid approved for repair of city landfill dozer.
Work Is Now In Progress On Eagle Park
Eagle Park, a project of Stroud Historic Neighborhood Association, is in early stages of development. Land for the park, across the street south of Stroud high school, was given to the association by Dr. and Mrs. G. Conrad Markert…
Stroud American
6/4/1992
Stroud councilmen want to know if residents and business want parallel parking on Main St. again.
Another item discussed: what constitutes a camp site at Stroud Lake.
Two businesses were recognized: Longtime business SYGMA Network and new business Microscape.
A new business, Stroud Real Estate Company, opened Monday on Main Street. Creecha Hefner is the owner, associate broker will be Jan Donaldson.
SHNA Seeking Suggestions for Old School House Use
Suggestions for use of the Old Stroud schoolhouse were reviewed at the May 26 meeting of Stroud Historic Neighborhood Association. The preferred suggestion came from Stroud City Manager Earl Burson, and was for the building to be used as a community center. Burson is going to look into the possibility of grants for restoring the building to its original condition…
Stroud American
6/4/1998
Firemen, Police get wave runner for Lake safety, patrol and rescue
