August 25, 1971

Slants

City Manager Don Bown announcing this morning that the borrowed spray machine broke down Tuesday night, and the city mechanic is awaiting the arrival of a part today… Tonight’s spraying schedule from Milt Phillips Avenue to Coolidge will be postponed until Thursday night, Bown added… Election Board Secretary Ruby Hurley saying that the registration of teenage voters has slowed down to a ‘mere trickle’ at present time… The total number registered is not even a small fraction of those eligible, she added… County Assessor Paul Mathews is back home from a recent stay in the hospital and recuperating from a recent illness… His visitors are still limited… Vernon Mullen trying his hand at being a mechanic, and failing to solve the ‘problem’…

A 40-year-old dream will become a reality Thursday as Seminole Junior College will dedicate a $900,000 classroom facility on the school’s new campus, located north of Seminole at the intersection of state Highway 9 and Highway 3.

Governor David Hall will give the dedicatory address for the college in a special noon dedicatory luncheon to be held in the Seminole Harvest House Restaurant. The governor will head

The governor will headline a host of dignitaries which will include Dr. E. T. Dunlap of Oklahoma City, chancellor for higher education in Oklahoma for the past 10 years.

City police this morning were checking out clues in the theft of 16 cases of various brands and sizes of cigarettes from the H. A. Day Truck Lines warehouse at 305 East Osage. A spokesman for the firm said the theft occurred sometime Monday night and was reported to police Wednesday morning.

The cigarettes were consigned to Willis Wholesale in Seminole and had not been stamped, police said. The shipment was valued at $4,000.

Police said entry to the building was by using a key on one of the doors. There was no sign of any forcible entry, investigating officers added.

Seminole sports fans will get to see their first live football action of the new 1971 season Saturday night a Chieftain Stadium when the Chandler Lions and the Seminole Chieftains tangle in a pre-season scrimmage. Action will kick-off at 8 p.m.

Admission to the contest is one bath towel per person. The towels will be given to the Chieftain team to use after showers. A box will be located near the main gate for the towels to be placed in Saturday.

This week the Chieftains have been practicing twice a day in pads and full football gear. They have been running offensive and defensive plays in getting ready for the scrimmage and the fast approaching season.

Although a score is not kept, a scrimmage is good for telling how far a team has progressed and what areas still need to be worked upon before the season begins, Chieftain Coach Jim Webb said.