There was a time when Cloverdale was a member of the Wild West. Stage coaches, robbers, etc. were common. By the 1950s Cloverdale had kept up with the times and guns were in most every household. Hunter safety was taken seriously and most hunters under 16 completed a safety program. Cloverdale's history book holds the names of many killed by a gun. Curtis Berry, 11, Robert Snow, 8, Bud Warner, 10, accidentally discharged his rifle killing George Shelford, Arthur Johnson, 13, Ronald Hatcher, 11, Alton Baumeister, 16, and others. Merle Reuser was the lone member of the Class of '65 completing the safety course in 1958. His fellow classmates were probably at the river...shooting at each other. :-)
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