OETA Story on Mason 1925 Time Capsule found aired on 06/11/09

This is astory that aired on OETA Public Television’s The Oklahoma News Report in Tulsa Oklahoma as reported by Cathy Tatom and photojournalist Tim Carson. For more information or to contact us, please go to www.oeta.tv The verbatim script follows below… TULSA’S OLD CLINTON MIDDLE SCHOOL IS BEING TORN DOWN. LITERALLY BRICK BY BRICK. WHEN CONSTRUCTION WORKERS GOT TO THE CORNER STONE THEY CALLED IN THE MASONS BECAUSE A MASONIC SYMBOL WAS ETCHED INTO IT. AS OETA’S CATHY TATOM REPORTS, WHEN THE MASONS PULLED DOWN THE STONE, A TREASURE WAS FOUND BEHIND IT. ROW BY ROW CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ARE TEARING THE BRICK FACADE OFF THE OLD CLINTON MIDDLE SCHOOL IN TULSA. IT WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT AS A HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE COMMUNITY OF REDFORK. AS THE CITY OF TULSA EXPANDED, IT BECAME PART OF THE TULSA SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND EVENTUALLY SWITCHED FROM BEING A HIGH SCHOOL TO A MIDDLE SCHOOL. John Autry/Principal: “This building’s been here the oldest part since 1925 and we’re building a beautiful new million dollar next door to replace it.” THE NEW BUILDING OPENS TO STUDENTS IN THE FALL. BY THEN THE OLD BUILDING WILL BE GONE, AND A PARKING LOT WILL SIT IN ITS PLACE. BUT BEFORE THIS BUILDING CAME DOWN, IT REVEALED A SECRET. A TREASURE LAY HIDDEN IN THIS LITTLE NICHE FOR MORE THAN 80-YEARS. A COPPER TIME CAPSULE PLACED BEHIND THE ITS CORNERSTONE. PRINCIPAL JOHN AUTRY SAYS HE’D HEARD RUMORS ABOUT IT FOR YEARS, BUT NO ONE KNEW FOR SURE THAT IT REALLY EXISTED. John Autry/Principal: “On this …