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Nathan Cottrell (left) as Eddie Fozo, Maya McAllister as Junie Lewis, Darren Nguyen as Charlie Groves, and Kendall Parris as Connie Lewis perform in the Freshman Academy spring drama “Hit and Misdemeanor” at the Freshman Academy Theatre in Broken Arrow. JAMES GIBBARD/Tulsa World

The Daughters of the American Revolution Martha Washington Tea recently took place in Broken Arrow. Creek Lands Chapter Regent Alma Rowell (left) and John Robinson Chapter Regent Sarah McGuire donned colonial attire Feb. 14 for the Creek

Broken Arrow’s Josh Holliday (left) dribbles around Union’s Robert Ellis during a

Lands Melrose Trimble Memorial Tea. The tea was held at the Broken Arrow Histori-

basketball game at Union High School in Tulsa on Feb. 17. MATT BARNARD/Tulsa

cal Society Museum in downtown Broken Arrow. Photo by Jeanne Dexter

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Stillwater’s Joe Smith (top) wrestles Broken Arrow’s Blake Warren at 170 pounds during the Class 6A dual state wrestling championship at Firelake Arena in Shawnee on Feb. 14.

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Broken Arrow’s Tony Hall (left) shoots under pressure from Union’s Adrian Rodriguez during a basketball game at Union High School on Feb. 17. MATT BARNARD/ Tulsa World

Union’s Tre’Von Rucker (right) is fouled by Broken Arrow’s Tony Hall (left) during a basketball game at Union High School on Feb. 17. MATT BARNARD/Tulsa World

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 Looking Back at Broken Arrow  The Self Culture Club

its irst 150 volumes. The club continued

Competition can be a good thing. After

to support the library by hiring a librarian

visiting with a Coweta resident in April

and purchasing additional books. It

1906 and hearing of that town’s two

achieved this through subscription drives

literary societies, a group of Broken Arrow

and other fundraising and promotion

ladies held a meeting in the home of Mrs.

eforts. The club was assisted by a number

Newt Williams. The purpose of this April

of other civic organizations and private

27 meeting was to found our own literary

individuals.

The club raised funds and purchased

society. The group adopted the name Self Culture Club as suggested by Mary Talbot.

land for a park, located just south of the

It was chartered with 17 members in

QuikTrip at Elm and Kenosha. It was

attendance. Membership was capped at 25, named Seiling Park in honor of one of a number they reached at their very next

its members. The club beautiied the

meeting.

community in a number of other ways

Initially, the club focused on studying

by planting lowers and trees, installing

the American masters of literature and

wading pools and participating in

music. However, its primary goal was

community cleanups.

In the 1940s, with the outbreak of World

establishing a library, one the members

Broken Arrow’s Skyler Haynes (right) and Stillwater’s CJ Citizen wrestle at 195 pounds during the Class 6A dual state wrestling championship at Firelake Arena in

helped achieve in 1908. They held a

War II, the club ceased to exist. However,

tea and invited guests. The guests were

the public library that it began is still

asked to bring books to begin the library’s

around, achieving the purpose of the club.

collection. This provided the library with

The city will be forever in its debt.

Courtesy of the Broken Arrow Historical Society

Shawnee on Feb. NATE BILLINGS/The Oklahoman

Kendall Parris (left) as Connie Lewis and Maya McAllister as Junie Lewis perform in the Freshman Academy spring drama “Hit and Misdemeanor” at the Freshman Academy Theatre in Broken Arrow on Feb. 19. JAMES GIBBARD/Tulsa World

St. John Health System has announced plans to demolish Our Lady of Sorrows Convent on Lynn Lane Road. It has been vacant for decades. Photo by Rhys Martin

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