Willard High School - Chief Yearbook (Willard, OH)

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A BOV E; Stranded, deserted cars and hugh snow drifts clog a country road. OPPOSITE: A plow slowly clears the mountains of snow away. FAR LEFT: Excess snow and plumbing problems cause a dilemma in the downtown area. LEFT: Mr. Ziegelhofer's room decor- ated with buckets to collect leaks is a typical scene during the hard winter. BOTTOM LEFT: Jack Frost ices the world adding beauty to the winters land.

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School Closes Subzero temperatures. blizzards and the gas shortage combined to give WHS students an unexpected winter vacation. WHS had used three of its five snow days when Columbia Gas Co. requested it to close for sev- eral more days. Daily reports in- formed students of their vacation’s fate. Storms stranded people in their homes and offices, isolated them from civilization and denied them transportation. Within the high schools build- ing problems compounded. Tem- peratures as low as 32 F and broken pipes forced custodians to be on alert. Trash cans and buckets were strate- gically placed under leaks. Meanwhile the school board held Weather Or Not special sessions. It was arranged to convert the high school from gas to oil in order to take advantage of both allotments. Temporarily, grade schools operated with split sessions to keep their door open. When the high school reopened, February 14. sacrifices were neces- sary. Lunches were served on styro- foam plates to avert the need of dish- washers. Low thermostats encourag- ed all to bundle up Students were permitted to enter and exit through only one door and all doors were locked at 6:00 p.m. Because only con- tracted events were allowed to con- tinue many activities had to cancelled or rescheduled. We 11 remember the winter of 1977.

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ABOVE: Teresa Tuttle watches Judy Combs model Farrah's mangled mane. OPPOSITE PACE: Jim Miller rolls down the hall on his skateboard. Red-runner, alias Vicki Rees, con- verses in the truckers language on her CB.