BHS class of 1960 as fourth graders in 1951-52
Here is the Bluffton High School class of 1960 as fourth graders in Clarence Kooker's first-ever teaching role. Its in the 1951-52 school year.
Front from left, Ronald Edinger, Dale Schiffke, Gerald Tschiegg, Jan Emmert, Jerry Hilty, James Luginbuhl, Donald Zimmerman and Dean Hoffer.
Second row from left, Betty Lou Gaiffe, Betty Ruth Stratton, Lucille Amstutz, Doris Ann Niswander, Karen Mumma, Marylin Dillman, Connie Patterson, Nancy Patterson, Karen Anderson, Sandra Diller and Kay Zimmerly.
Third row from left, Joyce Schmutz, Sharon Reichenbach, Shirley Lutterbein, Donald Selhorst, Michael Diller, Keith Baker, George Burkholder, Terry Marshall, Richard Reichenbach, Don Deerhake, Betty Carol Lugibihl and Nancy Geiger.
Top row from left, Cathy Lewis, Beverly Benroth, Vera Basinger, Nancy Houts, James Jordan. Steven Herr, Douglas Reichenbach, Kathy Basinger, Laura Niswander and Sandra Sommers.
Clarence Kooker, is standing on the left.