The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-09-03

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ny morning for an estimated
8O5 pupils, the highest enroll
ment in the history of Bluffton
Kindergarten viii begin with
Tuesday afternoons session. The
morning group will meet for the
first time on Wednesday. The
kindergarten is divided into two
halliday sessions.
schools.
Hiring of a teacher and an Of
flee secretary last week COM
pleted the local staff.
The new teacher will be John
Hannah, of Columbus. A native
of Bladen, Ohio, he is a graduate
of Marshall college and has done
graduate study at Ohio State UNI
iversity.
He has had seven years ex-
perience as a teacher. For the
past several years he has been
employed in industry in the Co
lumbus area. MIR. Hannah is
married.
He will teach junior high
mathematics and social studies.
Sandra Bassitt, route 2, Co
lumbus Grove has been hired as
Office secretary and clerk of the
Board of Education. Her con-
tract runs until June 80, 1850.
Miss Bassitt succeeds Karen
Cotner who gave up the position
after a weeks trial.
Miss Bassittt comes to BIuffton
from a similar position in the
Beaverdam school.
Regular school hours beginning
Wednesday morning will have
both schools beginning at 8:45
a. m.
Kindergarten will be dismissed
at IL a. m. and the other ele-
mentary classes will be dismis
sed at las. The afternoon ses-
sion will start at 2::45 for grades
1-3, and at p. m. for kinder
garten and grades 4-6. Afternoon
dismissal will be 3 p. m. for
kindergarten and grades l and
3 and 3:25 p. m. for the upper
four grades.
The morning session at the
high school will end at LAO.
The afternoon session will open
with a home room session at
R:40 and will end at $3.50 p. m.
Faculty assignments in the two
buildings are:
Elementary: Meredith Steple-
ton, principal, first grade; Mar
garet Groman, kindergarten;
Mrs. Ruby Murray, first grade;
Mrs. Jeannette Klay, second
grade; Mrs. Joan Diller, second
grade; Betty Hamilton, second
Minerva Hilty, third
grade; Mrs. Evelyn Steiner,
third grade; Robert Ewing, fourth
grade; Mrs. AdelIa Oyer, fourth
grade; Clarence Hooker, fifth
grade; Joseph Cremean, fifth
and sixth grade; Robert Stratton,
sixth grade; Mrs. Katheryne
Patterson, vocal music; 10
instrumental music.
High school assignments: Roy
Schmunk, principal and science;
Ocie Anderson, librarian; Mrs.
Theola S. Bonnet, girls health
and physical education, English;
Florence Duffield, commercial;
o. Geiger, science;
Thomas c. Goulden, industrial
arts and mechanical drawing;
Joe Harris, mathematics, bas-
ketbal and driver training;
Wilbur Howe, English and
speech; Mildred Keel, Latin and
English; Dick KirkendaIl, science
and guidance; Frank Osborne,
health and physical education,
football, English and social
science; Don Overmeyer, voca-
tional agriculture and junior
high mathematics; Mrs. Kath-
eryne Patterson, junior high vo-
cal music; Theresa Slusser, his
tory and social studies; Jo
instrumental music and
high school vocal music; Mrs.
Phyllis Pitcock, home economics;
John Hannah, junior high math-
ematics and social studies;
Louis Lorenzen, art.
Bluffton teachers will meet Fri
day at $50 a. m. in the high
school. Teachers will be intro
duced, new projects in the school
will be outlined and new legisla-
ton effecting school policies will
be explained.
Teachers will meet in their re-
spective buildings at l p. m.
Friday and again on Tuesday
for discussions with
their principals.