Editor:

The late Superintendent William Williams not only taught at Lostine, but served as its superintendent as well. My most vivid memory of him was a disciplinary lecture he gave the first- through fourth-grade boys (of which I was one). The subject had to do with little boys peeking up the skirts of little girls, and I can see him yet today, punctuating his points with a resounding slap of the FFA’s hazing paddle against the palm of his hand.

Given Bill’s imposing stature, the practice ended immediately.

Ed Glenn

Lostine High class of 1959

Mayor, City of Boardman.