Orme School - Hoofprints Yearbook (Mayer, AZ)

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The location did however, make it possible to clear some fields and start growing hay, alfalfa, and other crops. But as the ranch expanded, the water situation became more serious. It was actually not solved until a couple of years ago, when Uncle Chick fin- ished maybe the greatest of all his projects- ranch and take care of grades 1 through 8. Seeing that other ranchers might be interested in sending their children to this school, they built the Adobe, serving as classroom and housing for the teacher. Now the school situation was more or less solved, but there were other problems which presented themselves. The Quarter Circle V Bar Ranch was located on the Ash Creek which gave them some of the water they needed, but not enough. the irrigation ditches. But despite water prob- lems, life went on in a typical western manner. What buildings and fencing they needed they constructed themselves. Neither telephone nor electricity was here when they first came, so Uncle Chick cut down the logs he needed and strung the lines about 8 miles with the help of people from the ranch. And this is the way in which most things have been done-that they do it them- selves. This is partly what makes our school so unique. The other part is that the ranch brings the taste of western life into OUR daily life at the school. 5

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SENIOR CLASS OF 1970 FIRST ROW: Peter Bisschop, Bill Walton, Pete Donau, Paule Greening. SECOND ROW: Aleta Cannon, Ann McDowell. Patti Reagan. Jody Joy, Anne Barrick, Carol Shefferman. Tibby Jamplis, Tungsten Tucker, Brian Becker. THIRD ROW: Tom Atha, Phil Cabaud, Sherm Sexton, Cissie Rogers, John Stibolt, Julee Bidegain, Jake Sibley. TOP: Martha Henderson, Bill Seltzer. Bjorn Larssen, Madeline Katz, Glenda Cornelias, Trish Lurman, Bruce Peterson, Randy Parrish, Cap Offutt, and Duncan McClure. MISSING: Kathy Betterton, Cheri Bowman, Jim Jenckes, Pam Spear, and Helen Hudson. 7