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About The times of Willamina. (Willamina, Oregon) 1972-1974 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 12, 1973)
D.W. W ööf K Yccom Old railroad depot to go? A hearing will be held Monday, October 8, at 10 a.m. at Willa mina city hall to hear an application filed by the Southern Pacific Transportation Company to the P.U.C. requesting that its Willa mina agency be abandoned and its agent withdrawn Night games to be continued this year Due to the power shortage and Dale Parnell’s directive for schools to save on electricity whenever possible, the principals and ath letic directors of the Yawama League schools met to decide on the fate of Friday night football games. They agreed to hold the varsity games on Friday nights because gate receipts are needed to keep the athletic programs going. None of the schools have enough money budgeted for athletics, but perhaps this could be changed in future years. They left it up with the individual schools involved to attempt to r e schedule freshmen games to daytime whenever possible. Breaking ground Saturday morning for the Tina Miller Memorial Children’s Park were ^cPUiicilman Lgo Ggdsg^^and the Willamina Police Reserve. P o lic e cjhief fiffl Haig ^saia that they hoped to have the park completed andopeif'to'l?)Hifir6rt in about ten days to a week. The" will of Tina Miller stipulated creation of such a park, and called for the erection of a plaque in her memory. Hale said that the plaque will be in place as soon as a suitable design is settled on. The memorial park includes slides, swings and a climbing apparatus. Above, councilman Godsey digs out holes in which the new equipment will be installed and anchored in cement. Kids register for 1973-74 school year Sheridan high school principal Rich Correa said they were conserving electricity in the school. Lights in the hallways, student lounge and lobby have been cut in half. On particularly bright days all hallway lights have been turned off. W in *10 each w e e k in THE TIMES Jack Squires is low water system bidder Last Wednesday night the Willa mina City Council accepted the low bid of $201,763.65, submitted by the ■ Jack Squires Construction Company of McMinnville, for the installment of the new water distribution sys tem improvements. A.C. pipe is to be used and con struction should begin in approxi mately one month. Football Contest F o o tb a ll-C o n te s t SEE Pg. 6 Children register in Sheridan for kindergarten. School enrollment figures in Sheridan show a slight drop from the same time last year. However, so many more first-graders signed up than were expected, that a new teacher, Mrs. Ollie Herd of Grand Ronde, was hired to help with the extra load. / Kary Holstad holds tight to her mother at Willamina grade school registration. She’s not so sure she likes this school idea. THE TIMES 1973 high school football season kicks off This year’s Willamina Bulldog lineup includes: (L-R) Top row; Manager Roger Soules, Duane Rich , Jay Hill, Roger Rivers, Gary Rivers and Lewis Negley. Second row; Je rry Daniels, Steve Gleason, Bill Willis, d ary Schultz, Dale Weathers, Ken Payne and Ron Locke. Third row; Je rry Hargitt, Chas. Longsford, Curt Van Scoyk, Doug Miller, Jeff John son and Brian Bishop. Fourth row; Ron Lockwood, Greg Hadley, Dave Gleason, Tim Bainter, Mike Getzler and Dennis Blackwell. Fifth row; Coach Reeser, Tom Holzman, Elvin Butler, Rory Lash, Rick Clardey, Deug ^M ercier, Rick Rezenicsek, Jim Bain and Coach Bishop. Bottom row; Coach Tautfest, Jim Smith, Mike HiU, Scott Holmstorr, L arry Lockwood, Jim Keener, Steve Decker, Glen Garbutt and Tom Negley. In one of Sheridan’s happier moments in the Spar tans’ match against Toledo, Terry Papen completes a pass to Berkey, making a first down in the pro cess. Here, Berkey comes around the end while Papen fades back. Sheridan had a fourth down and five yards to go on this plajr from the Toledo 30 yard line in the second quarter of the game. « spite of repeatedl successiui piays, m e s p a n s couldn’t seem to get past the Toledo 15 I line, and the Boomers scored a touchdown in last quarter to take the game 6-0. For more ils on the Willamina and Sheridan games, see
