Richburg Central School - Quill Yearbook (Richburg, NY)

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FACULTY Fust Row: (Reading left to right) Mr. Richard Rose. Junior High; Miss Marguerite Wightman. Fourth: Miss Vivian Bunnell; Languages; Mrs. Mary K Foster. Art; Miss Mary Crone. Second; Principal Louis R. Rosettie; Mrs. Louise Endress. First; Miss Marion Simpson. Homemaking; Miss Tinella M. DeLesio. Commercial; Mrs. Mary Alice Fuller. History-Librarian; Mr. Dee M. Goodrich, Mathematics. Second Row: Mr. Stewart M. Schrack. Science; Mrs May T. Blackman. English-Journalism; Miss Anna McQueen. Nurse; Mrs. Juanita Cady. Third; Mr. W Philip Austin, Music; Mr. Elmer A. Wil- lard. Sixth-Dramatics; Mrs. Berdena Johnston, Junior High; Miss Isobel Hurd. Office Assistant; Mrs. Mary E. Baker. Fifth; Mr. Ira Brown. Physi- cal Education. Why B uses Were Purchased (Continued) (the new one» was put on the West Notch route. The present assignments are: Herbert L. Wight- man. number 1—Dodge; LaVern A. Wightman. number 2—Studebaker; Edward Monahan, num- ber 3—Dodge; and Percy Conable. number 4— White. Bus Drivers, as required by the state, are selected for their dependability, good habits, knowledge of the rules of the road, and their tested ability to drive a bus properly. They must be twenty-one years of age. Each driver is pro- vided with a set of rules for the safety of the children for whom he is responsible: The door is to be closed w-hen bus is in motion; the gas tank not to be filled while children are in the bus: bus must come to full stop before letting children on or off; no person, without a special permit, to ride except school teachers and those regularly assigned to it; no loaded weapon of any sort permitted. The instructions for students are: pupils to be on time; never stand in road- way while waiting; use of tobacco prohibited; to keep papers from floor; not to extend arms or head out of bus window; to obey and respect driver and monitors. Ordinary' conversation or classroom conduct is to be observed by the 203 out of 330 students or the 61 per cent of our enrollment that travels to and from school in this manner. Seven

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BUSES AND DRIVERS Bus No. 1. Herbert Wightman: No. 2. LaVem Wightman; No. 3. Edward Monahan; No. 4. Percy Conable Custodians, Elmer Cowles and Clayton Cowles. Why Buses Were Purchased In 1926. with centralization, a problem pre- sented itself as to transportation for these rural students. The next year bus routes were estab- lished: Mr LaVem A. Wightman had the route fiom Dimick over the East Notch to Richburg. Mr. Daniel B. Clark from Pleasant Valley and up the East Notch to Mr. Seward H. Carrier s, and Mr. Harold Steiner, from Jordan Hill, brought children in a horse-drawn cab. In the same year, one car of the Shawmut Train was chartered to bring those from the West Notch, while Mr. Herbert L Wightman was hired to transport the children along the road from his place to school in a car. In 1928 buses were substituted in the West Notch, driven by Mr. William Skinner and another for the Jordan Hill trip; in 1929 a second bus was also driven from the Notch by Mrs. William Skinner. At th:s time there were three Chevrolet buses. Assigned by drivers they were: Mr. Skinner. Mrs. Skinner, and Mr. Daniel Clark; one Ford bus, Mr. Harold Steiner; and one Dodge bus. Mr. L. A. Wightman. who later changed to a Ford. In 1930 a Chevrolet bus appeared on Herbert Wight- man’s route; also another one driven by Mr. Ed- ward Monahan on the Jordan Hill route. The next year. Mr. Earl Skinner drove the bus formerly driven by Mr. William Skinner and another route was established on Messer Hill over which Mr. Clayton Cowles drove a sedan. These convey- ances were all privately owned. In 1932. three larger buses were purchased dv the Board of Education, and were painted in the Richburg Central School colors: gray with purple trim, lettering, and numbers. Bus num- ber one was driven by Mr. Percy Conable; number two. Mr. L. A. Wightman and number three, by Mr Herbert Wightman who collected the students from Pleasant Valley and a second load on Messer Hill. Mr. Edward Monahan continued to drive the small bus until 1935. when a fourtn bus was purchased. Changes were made: num- ber one was changed from the West Notch route and put on the Pleasant Valley and East Notch to Carrier’s corner route; number two remained on the same route through Inavale and the East Notch; number three was substituted on the Jordan Hill and Messer Hill route; number four Six

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Primary and Intermediate Departments During the year there have been many ac- tivities in which all of the six grades have participated or else have had individual gather- ings in their home-rooms. Namely: a Hallowe'en Parade. Christmas Trees and exchange of gifts. Valentine boxes and parties, and Easter Festivi- ties. All have presented programs at weekly grade assemblies and some grades have both attended and performed at the monthly high school as- semblies. Students from all six grades have taken part in various radio broadcasts at Olean. Dif- ferent groups have also had birthday and fare- well parties for pupils from their rooms. FIRST GRADE: Mrs. Louise Endress. teach- er. Enrollment—30. Gave a Special Minuet Dance at High School Assembly in February. Plan to have regular an- nual graduation as in former years: A Dram- atization of Peter Rabbit.” This will be given on June 17. 1936. SECOND GRADE: Miss Mary Crone, teacher. Enrollment—28. THIRD GRADE: Mrs. Juanita Cady, teacher. Enrollment—29. FOURTH GRADE: Miss Marguerite Wight- man. teacher. Enrollment—33. FIFTH GRADE: Mrs. Mary Baker, teacher. Enrollment—29. SIXTH GRADE: Mr. Elmer Willard, teacher Enrollment—30. The Junior High This division consists of seventh, eighth and ninth grades, the latter being commonly called Freshmen. Each grade has a home room. The teaching program for grades seven and eight is: Social Studies. Vocational Guidance. Art. Pen- manship, Supervised Study—Mrs. Berdena John- ston. English. Reading, Library Instruction. Liter- ature. Supervised Study—Mr. Richard Rose. Mathematics—Mr. Dee Goodrich. General Science—Mr. Stewart Schrack. Music—Mr. W. Philip Austin. SEVENTH GRADE: In connection with Library Instruction in both Seventh and Eighth Grades. Literary Clubs, have been organized. To promote an entirely democratic idea new officers have been elected each month. The twenty members of the Seventh Grade have observed the birthdays of several of their classmates, staged a general get together early in the fall and look forward expectantly to their annual picnic. A few belong to the Orchestra, Band, and Dramatic Club and this group have had the Attendance Banner more than half the school year. EIGHTH GRADE: Although somewhat un- usual in a Junior-Senior High set up. Eighth Grade Promotion Exercises will be held on Mon- day evening, June 21 for the group of thirty students. Motto: No Victory Without Labor. Flower: Red Carnation. Colors: Crimson and Blue. Officers: President. James Maxson; Vice President. Norma Cartwright; Secretary and Treasurer, James Cartwright; Advisor, Mrs. Ber- dena V. Johnston. FRESHMEN: Enrollment taken from the permanent record cards of January 1936 number thirty-one. Officers: President. Lawrence Allen; Vice-president, Edward Toal; Secretary. Alice Schwan; Treasurer. Lytle Harris. Activity Mem- bership: Orchestra. 7; Band. 7; Glee Club. 6; General Athletics, 16; Varsity, 3; Dramatics, 5. Eight