Collinsville High School - Kahokian Yearbook (Collinsville, IL)

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Air. Pirtle Retires After 32 years Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Pirtle celebrate a happy retirement. A Christmas Retirement Dinner was held at Sonnie and Char's in Collinsville in honor of Mr. Alfred Pirtle. The faculty from the Vocational Center and their spouses were invited and a very special guest in attendance was Santa Claus. alias (naturally stuffed) Mr. Pickering. After a total of 31 years in education, Mr. Pirtle retired from his position of principal at the Collinsville Area Vocational Center. Mr. Pirtle has two master degrees, one received at Colorado State College of Education and the other from Southern Illinois University at Edwards ville. He taught subjects in the field of industrial arts. While Mr. Pirtle has spent a total of twenty years in the Collinsville district, ten of those at the Area Vocational Center, he also taught in California for one year and eleven years in Beecher. Illinois. In the past Mr. Pirtle has coached golf and has actively sponsored Student Council. In the future Mr. Pirtle plans to make the best of his retirement by spending time on the golf course and traveling. He also looks forward to expanding some of his hobbies such as ceramics and photography. K) Opening