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During my freshman year at LaGrange High School I remember this incident quite well. My vo-ag teacher in 1954 was Ralph McBurney. It was his first year teaching here I believe. Being rather impressed and especially timid at that time in my life I was quite startled when a a conflict arose in the classroom. It got quite violent and the teacher and student took arms toward each. Our ag teacher got the incident in control and marched the conflictive student to the office for further discipline from Paden Coontz, Superintendent at the time. I believe it was three days suspension for the student. It was during this time that one of the classmates in the room took the teachers personal property from his desk and trajected it with with force to the blackboard breaking it in small pieces. As foolish as it seems now, I was quite impressed at my young age and admittingly frightened some!

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Yellow school buses were, and are, a favorite for creating memories of childhood! For rural residents, the school bus meant that you had your ride to school; while village residents had to "truck" their own way to school. In either case school was a neccessity in learning your way through life! Well life on the school bus did not mean you had a way safely to school if one misbehaved. For fact, each bus driver had their own rules for students to follow while embarking and disenbarking from the bus. Well here is my memoir of school bus days. Our bus held at least 32 students, a rather average size for the mid-fifties. The safety of the students while being transported was of key importance to the bus driver. Changing seats and being out of the seat while the bus moves was a violation. Loud out-of-control conversatiions were also a no-no! Throwing books and flying airplanes were not recommended.

Eventually there was to be some violation to occur and I had a school bus driver (Bill Mokren) that would not put up with violations after so long. He had a nice, but large paddle at his position. Well, it finally happened and a student was escorted down the steps of the bus and treated with some discipline beside the bus. It was at least three large swings and a few "ow", "ow" noises from the student. The bus driver was a nice fellow but do not violate his rules while on his bus! I rode on Bill's bus for several years and he had great control over his student charges while in the bus and probably at least 6 students were disciplined by the "rule's" of the bus driver!!

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This may not seem to be the typical school "scene" type story but relates to occurring during school days. Having been born and raised on a farm around animals my entire life, I guess my interest was there. In my ninth grade at LaGrange High School my favorite subject would naturally be vo-ag. And during that first year my teacher Mr. McBurney announced a new program known as a Dairy Calf Chain sponsored by Wellington Holstein Association. A local dairy farmer (Clayton Bobel), in this case a dairy farmer from East of Penfield area (Rt. 18) was to give this three day old calf to the ag student winning "Why I Want a Dairy Calf" essay. I felt so fortunate to have won this essay. being a shy youth back in those days just added more challenge what I was to now do. The member was to raise this heifer calf and return the first heifer calf to a vo-ag member. The risk was how long would it take to get a heifer calf to pass on. Once this happens, this first dairy heifer cow would then become ownership of the student. Therefore, the calf family genetics would go on and on through the years. Well as luck would have it the first offspring born was a heifer calf. So a new winner of this calf was now to be determined!

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The calf as seen in the left picture is from my showing the calf at the Lorain County Fair in 1955. In the right picture is this first heifer calf born and to be given away now from the Long farm, from the original dairy cow was to be awarded. George Hyatt, a new teacher in the LaGrange vo-ag class was to determine who I would present this new calf to. The winner was Bill McFadden, Penfield of the LaGrange vo-ag department. Pictured here is Bill McFadden receiving his calf from the second dairy chain calf on 4/30/1957....

Jerry Long, FFA Student; 1958 Graduate

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March 6, 2026