Volume 9 , Issue 51

Stella Academy & Alva Roller Mill

"My grandfather name was George Wallace DuBois and he attendent the Stella School in the years 1899 to 1902. His mother died when he was 12 years. I went to the Oklahoma History Museum in OKC before it moved to the new building. I found a letter written by a lady who I heard about her ancesters, because I only lived 9 miles from Cherokee. It tells about a family who was a quaker family, who had hard times. The father told them at a quaker meeting that he was going to give them some more money each month more than he already had been giving. It was for the school. The letter said it was the first high school in that part of Oklahoma.

The town of Alva has turned out to be a beauiful town with all of the painting -- even the water tower. I have a machine that was given to me. The person that gave it to me said it had to do with the Alva Roller Mill. I think it used with the sewing of the flour sack up. It looks like it has the needles that came with it. How can I give to Cherokee Strip Museum? This is what the person wanted me to do with it." -- Kay Gerber - sharongerber1718@yahoo.com
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