Pettisville High School - Lariat Yearbook (Pettisville, OH)

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TOP: Tom Rychener is up to bat in the fall baseball game between Chesterfield and Pet- tisville. SECOND: The high school fac- ulty are meeting to discuss school problems. They are Supt. D. E. Springer, Mr. William Minner, Mr. Robert Leeper, Mrs. Thelma Rychener, Mrs. Marian Richley, Miss Ruth K. Wyse, Prin. Mark Ray, Mrs. Grace I-Ioltzmuller, and Miss Ellen Rakestraw. THIRD: A business matter is taken up by the board mem- bers as they discuss the prob- lems conceming the school. The board members are Mr. Dale Beck, Mrs. Miriam Ray, Mr. Earl Weber, Supt. D. E. Springer ,Mr. Victor Rupp, Mr. Claude Rupp, Mr. Paul Smith. BOTTOM: Alice Coertz, Clem- ma Guerrero, and Shirley Dis- brow are working on their home economics projects. They are using the new sewing machines.

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Rhoda N afziger headed the 1959 Lariat staff which began laying yearbook plans early in the school year. Her assistant editors were Suzy Frey, Roseyn Rychener, and Rachel Porter. This staff, composed of 26 students, worked fast and furiously to get this book finished in time for fall delivery. The students held regular meetings after school on Wednesdays and put in many additional extra hours. Miss Ruth K. Wyse again advised the production of the book. john Goertz was editor-in-chief of Volume 29 of Pet Echoes which, as usual, began its weekly publication of school and community news shortly after school began. The paper won a superior rating at the NODJA convention at Bowling Green in the spring. Eight other juniors and seniors were in the journalism class, which published the paper. The staff members worked nearly every free period and every Monday after school. This staff broke records of former years and had the paper finished soon after school hours on Monday, and several times before school was dismissed. The bookmobile from Napoleon replaced the Delta Public Library system this year. The mobile came once every six weeks. Each class was permitted to borrow approximately thirty books each time. It served both school and community and made stops in Pettisville during the summer. With most of the rest of the United States, Pettisville swung in hula hoops. Nearly every morning, someone got tangled up in a hoop that was out in the aisle of the school bus. In general, the craze caused general confusion. Among the services to the school was that of the milkman from the Babcock Dairy. Also, every day Gustave Goertz brought the mail from the post office. That was usually no slight job. New sewing machines were bought for the home economics department. They represent the last word in this type of equipment with ultra modern cabinet styling. A new stove was also bought for the home economics kitchens. A ABOVE: Luana Wyse and Sandra Stuckey try to keep the hoops going around. BELOW: Third graders leaving the room for lunch are Trudy Nisely, Sharon Hartman, Joyce Eicher, Karen Leupp, Oscar Ramos, Kay Stewart, Simon Cerda, Roger Miller, Linda Rodriguez, and Ramiro Estrada. BOTTOM, Left: Dale Tumey,the milkman, is taking milk from the truck for the school cafeteria. BOTTOM, Right: Gus Goertz brings the mail to the office in the morning.

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The national sport, baseball, highlighted the sports pages in the fall and spring months of the school year. ln the fall Pettisville was undefeated. In the spring the record dropped with several losses. Coach Dencel Miller and his crew of baseball boys won the county runners-up honors. Fulton was the champion. Another of many annual events was the freshman-sophomore party, replacing the former initiation. The sophomores gave the first party and later the freshmen gave one in return. A film was shown at each party, the first entitled The Fuller Brush Girl , the second, Country Fair. Refreshments were served. The Board of Education mer regularly to discuss problems. Among them were new building plans, hiring a new superintendent to replace Mr. D. E. Springer who resigned in the spring, budgets, finances, accoustics in the auditorium, heating, lights on the baseball diamond, summer activities, and new teachers. Their problems were many and varied, but the board did a fine job of solving them. The faculty members met as often as the board to discuss their problems informally. Mrs. Thelma Rychener directed a cast of seniors in the play, The Big Blow Up. The play centered around the mix-up of four identical suitcases. One of the four suitcases contained a deadly bomb which the crook, Tom Rychener, had planted in an attempt to get rid of the detective, Ron Leupp. The hotel owner, Margaret Rufenacht, her son, Bob Robson, and her son's friend, Marlene Thierry, had a hard time trying to keep the roomers happy and help solve the mystery of which person was a thief who had stolen a very valuable necklace. Tom Rychener made a fine portrayal ofa woman and a crook. The cast did an excellent job of playing the many parts that gave hilarity and tenseness to this play. A new book report system was set up this year by a committee of faculty and Student Council members. The system required at least one book report each six weeks. TOP: Tom Rychener, Sandra Smith, Ron Leupp, Carol Grieser, Elizabeth Disbrow, and Mrs. Thelma Rychener practice for the senior play. SECOND: The play cast and teachers are in the process of making up for the senior play. THIRD: Margaret Rufenacht, Ron Leupp, Sandra Smith, Bob Robson, and Marlene Thierry discuss the mystery while Tom Rychener, seated, listens. BOTTOM: Bob Robson, Curt Baer, and Carol Grieser are in the hotel lobby when Ron Leupp catches the villain, Tom Rychener. M , ,M ..,