Sharon High School - Annual Yearbook (Sharon, OK)

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A BRIEF HISTORY OF SHARON OKLAHOMA In the year l91l a ra1lroad was be1ng bu11t through this part of the country whnch was known as the Wxchxta Falls and North Western It IS now known as the Katy Raxlroad On September 7 1911 Frank Kell purchased 68 acres of land from Alexander Sharon wh1ch thms town was named after He had th1s land plotted surveyed and subd1v1ded mto lots and blocks It was sold to prospectwe buyers who began to build homes and busmess houses Soon a post ofhce was granted and E P Wxllxams was our postmaster Later Mrs Carrxe Zahn took over and has smce been our postm1stress There were three general stores one owned by A L Garrett another one by George Chamberlam and F S Shryock, and another by Jay Thomas Two grocery stores owned by J M Straxn and by J' N Hallren A .T Neel owned a restaurant Dr A J Brace owned the drug store and Dr Leachman owned another drug store There were two lumberyards owned by C E Sharps and York Key York Key sold out and C E Sharp sold to I W Ball 1n 1931 There were three graxn elevators owned by L O Street, L E Bouquot and the Farmers Shlppmg Assoc1at1on Two of wh1ch are now owned by Mr Louzs Zahn A hardware and lmplement store was owned by Kznser and Son, a hardware store was owned by Samuel Halley and after operatmg It only a few months he d1ed The heirs then sold to I W Ball and he later added a stock of furniture and undertakmg Festos Ketchum owned a barber shop and John Trzplett owned a blacksmxth shop H E Drake owned the phone off1ce Alexander Sharon owned a feedyard Mr and Mrs John Krouth Sharon Then the Flrst Methodmst Church was estabhshed Then the F1rst Baptlst Church and then the Nazarene Church A lodge hall and a hotel buxldmg were owned by T C Roan and wzfe, both now deceased The buzldmg was then sold to the Masonic Lodge Then a two story brlck and t1le high school buzldmg was bu1lt The flrst supermtendent bemg Mr L D Chandler 192.3 bonds were voted and the present structure was bu1lt on the old bulldmg makmg xt all under one roof, also makmg mt one of the best school burldmgs mn the county A Ford Agency was then establlshed by Mr E P W1ll1ams and Mr H E Drake In later years Mr Wmlhams purchased the mterest of H E Drake Later Mr W1ll1ams sold the Ford Agency here and moved to Woodward where he bought the Chevrolet Agency G O Wzllzams, his son, bought the Chevrolet Agency here and now enjoys a fme busmess I about 1923 Sharon had a fire whlch destroyed about half a block of the busxness sectxon on the west s1de of mam street Many changes have taken place 1n Sharon s1nce the 1930 depression and World War II Smce then we have lost qulte a few bus1nesses but Sharon IS st1ll a good lxttle town and 15 enjoymg a very mce trade, and wzth the help and co operatxon of the farmers 1n this commumty, and with our good school and churches we will contmue to grow Byl w Ball Sharon, Oklahoma 9 1 0 , owned the Sharon State Bank. Several years later, Mr. Krouth lost his life in a hotel fire in 3