Pettisville High School - Lariat Yearbook (Pettisville, OH)

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USTO IA I Bus Drivers and Custodians. Eight bus drivers were needed to drive the rural students to and from school each day. When substitute drivers were needed, teachers filled the vacancies. Mr. Culvur Knollman finished the year for Rev.Vincent M. Rupp, who was forced to give up driving because of a serious operation he underwent in April, Harold Riegseckerreplaced Marlan Burkholder who resigned in March. Mr. and Mrs. William Lantz,Mr.Dwight Porter, and Mr. William Lantz, Jr. again served as custodians. The father, mother, and son plus Mr. Porter were very efficient in keeping the school neat and attractive. A familiar sight at about 3:20 every day was the bus drivers chatting in the lobby. They are Mrs. Dorothy Rychener, Mrs. Laura Rychener, William Lantz, Jr., Mrs. Donarose Lantz, Rev. Roy Sauder, Rev. Vin- cent M. Rupp, Harold Riegsecker, and Dwight Porter. .1 .JQ ABOVE LEFT: Mr. Dwight Porter was busy at one of his regular jobs, emptying the waste baskets. ABOVE: Mr.Wi1liam Lana, Jr. and Mr. and Mrs. William Lantz, Sr., are shown near the custodian's room in the elementary building. Marlan Burkholder drove a bus until March when he resigned, as he was moving out of the Pettisville district. 10

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The kindergarteners showed their fathers how they made a train. STANDING: Mrs. Florence Porter, Tony Burkholder, Marlin Gearig, David Augustine, David Roth, Joyce Liechty, Deanna First, Nevin Miller, Nona Britsch, Eugene Short, Jane Eicher, Julie Short, Jane Nofziger, Ann Rupp. KNEELING: Renelza Young, Michael Arm- strong, Randy Leininger, Gareth Short, Stuart Schrock, Clayton Marks. The mothers of the kindergarten children were invited to the Valentine party. The children were looking at the valentines they had received. Kindergarten Mrs. Florence Porter Under the direction of Mrs. Florence Porter, 62 children entered kindergarten. Many new policies were adopted which helped to arouse interest among the young- sters. As a project in the fall, they brought various kinds of seeds which were displayed in the showcase of the main lobby. The highlight of the year was a train trip from Archbold to Bryan on January 28. The combined sections were taken by bus to Archbold where they boarded the New York Central train. The school bus picked up the children at Bryan and brought them home in time for lunch. T h e r e w e r e n o individual birthday partiesg instead, each section had a party at Halloween, Christmas, Easter, and on Valentine Day. Each mother was on a com - mittee to plan one of these parties. This year, the kindergarteners were al- lowed to take library books home for the first time. The Pettisville Kindergarten Read -Aloud-Family Book club was organ- ized. This club was very well accepted by both parents and children. The children were lying around the circle in the center of the kindergarten room. This picture was taken at the party for their fathers.