Pettisville High School - Lariat Yearbook (Pettisville, OH)

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TIF! A 'F iffy. ,,f anna 954. m W mf. 'K 'Elin 4 W -1 Y , 9 1+ it S2g?fv,:5l-'! t Omg AZN lf . sm... . X ' n l 4 uaox-ws: 4 Y 1 'I 'I' 4 4 i The log cabin figured prominently i n this area as it did in other newly settled regions of America. Many pioneer children first saw the light of day in a log cabin-- but it was probably a log cabin far less com- fortable than its modern counterpart at the left, which benefited from the availability of modern building supplies. Abe Lincoln was not the only splitter of rails in the middle western area. The rail fence was once a com on sight around Pettis- ville. The supply of wood seemed unexhaust- ible and practically all the newly cleared fields were enclosed with fences of hand split rails. Like all man-made things these fences too have all but passed from the pic- ture and a bit of searching is necessary now to find a surviving one. The present school building replaced this two-story frame building which was built in 1871. It was the first school of any pre- tention in Pettisville. It stood slightly to the left and north of the present building. Its last two teachers were Miss Cora Beuchat and Miss Flora Dimke, both of whom taught later in the present building. The first two schools were small one- roomed buildings. One was located approxi- mately a t the site of Mr. V. R. Sunday's garageg the other stood about on the site of the Charles Gaiman home. The present building which replaced the 1871 building was built in 1929 and enlarged by the addition of a wing in 1950-51. -28-

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The fourth, fifth, and sixth grades pause for a moment of prayer after the Pilgrims have made peace with the Indians in their Thanksgiving operetta. A circus theme featured the 1953 junior-senior ban- quet. It included a merry-g o-round in the center of t h e dining room and miniature hats and animals at the tables. Gene Neb- er was a clown. Robert Yoder, Phyllis Schmucker, and Gene Mil l e r a r e shown in a scene in the sen- ior p l a y, HThe Great Big Doorstep T h e the senior theme for c l a s s night was a minstrel show which took place in Granny's Country Store in Coontown. The reorganized track team was directed by coaches Pace and Ziss. The team won no meets but took some firsts. Howard Snyder won the high jump, lOO-yard dash, and shot put. Glenden Rupp won in a broad jump of over 17 feet. Glenn Kauffman made the MMO-yard dash in 62 seconds. The mile relay and 880 relay were also wins. BACK ROW: Coach Ziss, Lowell Ayers, Glenn Kauffman, Gene Miller, Bill Gasche. FIRST ROW: Junior Beck, Glenden Rupp,Paul Gilson,and Larry Grieser. Coach Pace and Howard Snyder are not on the picture. l I Mr. and Mrs. Young and the wooden dummy, Clancy, entertained the student body at'one of the year's assembly programs. This was one of the enjoyable events sponsored by Student Council. Relaxing o n the U. S. Capitol lawn are a group of senior b o y s, Mr. and Mrs. Pace, the chaperons, and the bus driver, who showed t h e seniors Washington.D.C. Their class trip included a stop- over it Baltimore for a visit to Fort McHenry and Annapolis Naval Academy.

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