Pettisville High School - Lariat Yearbook (Pettisville, OH)

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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.

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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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AIICHC S21L1dCf and the bookmenders kept the school library in order and repair. Their jobs were unending, without any slack season or a rush. Arlene and her staff of librarians were busy every period signing out books. The elementary libraries were nearly as busy, as the children loved to read. In addition to their reading, the students spent time merry-go-rounding and riding their bicycles to and from school. The smell of fresh tar and the noise of heavy machinery made study practically impossible in the fall as county engineers fixed Summit Street, better known as the street directly north of the school. Because of the closing of the street for resurfacing, students experienced the pain of walking to school from the bus sheds, through rain or shine, every morning and evening for a short time. A new ecmmunity crgaaizaticn formed this year was the Pettisville District United Fund, Inc. The funds collected were divided among ten organizations. The drive netted a satisfying S4408.50. Mr. William Minner, agriculture teacher, and Mr. Chauncey Mull were captains of the Pettisville UF drive. Miss Cron's much-improved band held a Halloween party in Judy Short's barn, October 17. They played games and enjoyed typical teen-age refreshments. This forty-eight piece band made many trips up and down streets of Pettisville in practice sessions. This practice went on every Tuesday and Thursday in fall and spring, except when the weather was bad. The senior class spent a day at the Federal Reserve Bank in Cleveland. The trip was sponsored by the Peoples State Bank of Archbold. Many classes celebrated Halloween with parties. Grades seven and eight held their parties at school. The sixth grade was entertained at Mary Jane Rychener 's home. A group of FHA girls toured the Campbell Soup Plant in Napoleon in November. Miss Grace E. Cron and Jerry Weber are enjoying a game of Reuben and Rachel. Those watching are David Rupp, Mike Rychener, Diane Seiler, Marcia Short, Glora Belle Rychener, Jackie Weber, Jean Ann Rupp, Gloria Wagler, Doreen Lantz, and Mary Helen Liechty. Steve Rupp and Sharon Nofziger sample the food at the band party at Judy Short's home. Jim Ray stands in the other room waiting his turn. The band marches around Pettisville during one of their practices. 114