Students give retiring teacher signed paddles

 

When George Purvis retired as a high school teacher after 26 years his students presented him with a set of signed paddles that had warmed many of their backsides.

On his retirement in 1971 his local newspaper in California, USA, reported, ‘Purvis dispensed discipline that smarted and imparted. The crack of his paddle against posteriors was a mark of distinction.’

As published in Ventura County Star (California, United States), 15 August 1971

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