Pettisville High School - Lariat Yearbook (Pettisville, OH)

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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 ..,

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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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TOP: This picture shows the con- struction on the street. SECOND: The students walk from the bus sheds. THIRD, Left: Arlene Sauder, head li- brarian, tacks covers of new books on the bulletin board. 'THIRD Right: Sally Short is mending books. Carol Riegsecker is also a book - mender. FOURTH, Left: Delbert King, Junior Moden, Ronnie Reynolds, and Esther Baer choose librarybooks intheir class- room. FOURTH, Right: John Pfund checks out a library book for Marlene Beck. BOTTOM, Left: Beverly Miller, Dickie Rupp, Randy Leininger, Eugene Short and Ronnie Grime play on the merry- go-round. BOTTOM, Right: DeeAnna Figy, Paul Frey, and Donald King take advantage of the mild fall weather.