Mattawan High School - Mirror Yearbook (Mattawan, MI)

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WHO IS WHO IN SEEING THAT YOU GET TO SCHOOL.. THE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL SSTEM OFFERS ADVANTAGES THAT OTHER SCHOOLS CAN NOT OFFER..IN ONE RESPECT AT LEAST... THAT IS..IN THE MATTER OF TRANSPORTATION OF THE CHILDREN WHO IS WHO IN SEEING TR.,7 YOU GET TO SCHOOL THE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL SYSTEMS OFFER ADVANTAGES THAT OTHER TYPES OF SCHOOLS CAM NOT OFFER...IN ONE RESPECT, AT LEAST THAT OF A SAFE METHOD OF GETTING THE CHILDREN TO SCHOOL. THROUGHOUT THE STATE. THE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS TRANSPORT THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN MANY MILES EaCH DAY TO AND FROM SCHOOL IN WELL HEATED MODERN BUSSES, DRIVEN BY EXPERIENCED ADULT DRIVERS. THESE BUSSES ARE INSUREJ AGAINST PERSONAL LIABILITY AS WELL AS ORDINARY LOSSES. THESE DRIVERS HAVE THE SAME AUTHORITY AS A TEACHER WOULD HAVE. CARELESS DRIVERS ON THE ROAD HAVE LITTLE REG' . 1 FOR AN ORDINARY CAR WHICH MIGHT CONTAIN SCHOOL CHIL JN DRIVING BACK AND FORTH TO SCHOOL, AMD OFTENTIMES ACCIDENTS ARISE BECAUSE OF SUCH CARELESSNESS. HOWEVER, THE CARELESS DRIVER IS USUALLY VERY CONSIDERATE WHENEVER HE SEES A POLICE CAR ESPECIALLY MARKED, OR A SCHOOL BUS, WITH ITS TYPICAL RED.-WHITE AND 3LUE COLCR, AND HE IS LESS LIABLE TO TAKE CHAMOIS. AND ACCIDENTS ARE LESS FPECUENT. VATTAWAN IS ESPECIALLY FORTUNATE IN ITS SELECTION OF BUS DRIVERS. THEY ARE MR. HUBBARD, WHO DRIVES THE PINE ISLAND BUS. OLIN RUSSEL. THE TEXAS BUS, CHARLES SIX. THE PRAIRIE RONuE BUS, ALBERT MUELLER, THE OSHTEMO BUS, REV. SHELLEY, THr WEST ROUTES, FRED OLSON, THE NORTH ROUTES, JESSE RGCKHOLTZ. THE SOUTH EAST 3US LINE, AMD VICTOR HALL. THE NORTHWEST ROUTE. THESE BUSSES ARE NOW ALL KEPT AT TNE CENTRAL BUS GAR.GE AT THE SCHOOL BUILDING, ND THEY ARE SERVICED DAILY ?Y MR. VICTOR HALL, WHO PLANS TO KEEP THEM IN THE P|Nk OF CONDITION AT ALL TIMES. THE GARAGE HAS A SHOP IN CONNECTION WHERE ORDINARY REPAIRS CAM BE MADE DURING THE DAY, THUS MAKING IT P03SI3LE TO HAVE THE BUSSES IN RUNNING C'MOITlON WHEN SCHCuL IS DISMISSED AT equR OCLCCK. THE EQUIPMENT CONSISTS OF ONE ALMENA SODY, TWO WAYNE BODIES, TWO UNION CITY BODIES, AND THREE HICKS BOo’lES FORD V 8-S AND CHE VR0LET3 SUPPLY THE MOTIVE POWER FOR THE VARIOUS BUSSES. PARENTS CAN HELP IN THIS TRANSPORTATION BY HAVING CHILDREN BE PROMPT IN LOADING, AND DRIVERS PLAN TO BE JUST S CONSIDERATE AS IS POSSIBLE. SHOULD ROADS GET BAD, P: 'r' Tm HELP BY APPEAulflG Wi'iH US. .Tu THE nUTnCRiTlEo TH-,f HAvt CHARGE OF MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ROADS.