February 23, 1971

Slants

Neal Moyer was a bit concerned Sunday over the weather reports, checking frequently on road conditions to Ada... He commutes daily to East Central to class and wondered if he would have snow-covered or icy pavement Monday morning, but the roads were clear... All three county high school cage teams — New Lima, Strother, and Sasakwa lost in the winner’s bracket finals Saturday but still get a shot at the area title this weekend...

Property damages only resulted from the collision of cars driven by Clifford D. Houck, 1727 Lewis, and Margaret Gurley, 1632 Armsby, Friday shortly before 5 p.m. at Broadway and Milt Phillips Avenue, police reported.

According to the filed accident report, the Houck car stuck the rear of the Gurley vehicle as it turned off Broadway at the intersection. Both vehicles were going east on Broadway.

Fire of unknown origin caused major damage to a four-room frame house occupied by the Dimple Tillie family a mile and a half west of the city limits on Highway 9 shortly after 1 p.m. Firemen said the fire had gained considerable headway by the time they arrived, but they managed to control the blaze and save on room of the house.

All of the contents were damaged either by the fire or smoke, firemen said.

School Daze Slants

Randy Strayhorn waiting to walk down the hall with a friend... Billy Sparks working on his debate points... Patty Davis trying to write a theme... Dennis Taylor greeting a friend in the hall... Anthony Allen studying for a test... James West coming out of English class... Julia Johnson talking to some friends in gym...

At a special meeting of the Strother Board of Education held Monday night, the board voted to call a special

No decision on a site change or type of building to be constructed will be made until after the election. The board will confer with an architectural firm soon to discuss a proposed building plan.

The proceeds from the bond issue will be combined with the settlement with the insurance company for the loss sustained when fire destroyed the high school building and its contents last week. This settlement is still not completed, a board spokesman said. blaze and save on room of the house.