Riddle High School - Shamrock Yearbook (Riddle, OR)

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DEDICATION ROBERT WARREN CHURCH, BETTER KNOWN AS BOB, WAS BORN JUNE 1, 1923 IN BOISE, IDAHO. HE LIVED IN MANY DIFFERENT TOWNS AND ATTENDED MANY SCHOOLS INCLUDING POCATELLO, IDAHO. ONE OF HIS MOST NOTED PLACES OF RESIDENCE WAS ST. CLARA SHORES AND BURM-INGHAM, MICHIGAN. IT WAS DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME THAT HE DEVELOPED A LOT OF HIS TOUGHNESS BECAUSE OF HIS MOTHER MAKING HIM WEAR KNICKERBOCKERS TO SCHOOL. BOB WAS EVENTUALLY DRAFTED INTO THE ARMY AND SERVED IN EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR II. ONE OF HIS MOST NOTABLE EXPERIENCES WAS WHEN HE AND HIS BROTHER SOLD THE ROOF OF ONE OF THE HANGERS TO SOME OF THE LOCAL FARMERS. NEEDLESS TO SAY, BECAUSE OF EXPERIENCES LIKE THIS, HE WENT INTO THE ARMY AS A PRIVATE AND WAS DISCHARGED AS A PRIVATE. AFTER THE ARMY BOB MOVED TO THIS AREA IN 1946 AND BECAME A RANCHER. HE WENT TO WORK FOR THE RIDDLE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN JUNE, 1960 AS A CUSTODIAN, GROUNDSKEEPER AND BUS DRIVER. HE WILL TELL YOU THAT DURING HIS BUS DRIVING DAYS HE USED TENNIS SHOE DISCIPLINE. HIS CONTROL OF HIS PASSENGERS WAS SO GREAT THAT HE ONCE DROVE A BUS WITH 75 STUDENTS INTO THE CREEK AND ALL THE STUDENTS STAYED IN THEIR SEAT UNTIL BOB WAS THE FIRST TO LEAVE THROUGH THE ESCAPE HATCH AT THE REAR OF THE BUS. BOB HAS BEEN EMPLOYED BY THIS DISTRICT FOR 25 YEARS. IN THIS PERIOD OF TIME HE TOLD ME HE HAS HELPED GET RID OF 2 SUPERINTENDENTS, 6 PRINCIPALS AND 11 COACHES AND THAT WHEN HE RETIRES HE WILL HAVE MORE TIME TO DEVOTE TO THE CURRENT STAFF. BOB HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN OUR SCHOOLS BY BETTING AGAINST OUR TEAMS IN ATHLETICS FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND IS ALSO NOTED FOR HIS SUPPORT OF ACADEMICS. HE ONCE TOOK OUT AN AD IN THE RIDDLE SCHOOL NEWSPAPER FOR A $10.00 FIRST PRIZE TO THE WINNER OF AN ESSAY CONTEST ENTITLED, “WHY KIDS DON’T FLUSH TOILETS.” ONE PERSON DOES NOT MAKE AN ORGANIZATION, BUT I CAN TRUTHFULLY SAY THAT EVEN WITH THE RECORD THAT IS JUST STATED, BOB CHURCH WILL BE MISSED. IN HIS 25 YEARS HE HAS BROUGHT HARD WORK, CARING, AND A POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND FEELING TO THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT. HE HAS MADE WORKING WITH HIM AND SOMETIMES FOR HIM AN UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE. BOB CHURCH IS AN EMPLOYEE OF THIS DISTRICT THAT HAS DEFINITELY HELPED KIDS. LET ME INTRODUCE AN INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS INVOLVED IN BURNING THE OLD SCHOOL DOWN AND STILL KEPT HIS JOB. MR. BOB CHURCH.

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presents.... School Daze!! 1

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We would like to dedicate this year’s Shamrock to Bob Church for his 25 years of service to the Riddle School District. Bob will long be remembered for his talents as groundskeeper, custodian, and bus driver. His sense of humor has brightened many a face and many a day. His enthusiastic support of the sports' pro-gram has been overwhelming. 3