For almost every rabbit season during high school Jim, Bob Smoot & I went rabbit hunting in the fields around Jim's house on Saturdays. Can you imagine the three of us with GUNS!!?? The rabbits really didn't stand a chance when we were in the field. Surprisingly enough, that was one of the few times we were fairly serious. Most of the time... except once while walking down the railroad tracks we found a frozen, and very dead fox. At that time there was a bounty on foxes in Hamilton county and we thought we ought to see if we could get it. The problem was that you had to present the fox for verification. So, there wasn't anything else to do but put in in Jim's garage over the weekend. Well, we all got involved in other things and forgot all about the fox. Right up until Jim's Dad started smelling something awful in the house. We never did get the bounty for that fox. Football, basketball, and big game hunting, that's how I remember Jim. For some reason Jim being a guidance counselor in high school and getting paid for it seems a stretch. But I'm sure that he was good at it, and one of the student's favorites. Heck, he had gotten away with so much stuff that he had to give them great advise!! What a teacher he must have been - another Bill McClain!
James E. Land 63, Danville, IN, died on Saturday, August 4, 2007, following a motorcycle accident in Rapid City, South Dakota. He was born December 29, 1943 in Noblesville, IN to Marjorie and Billie F. Land. Mr. Land, who retired as principal of Danville Community High School in 2005, was a 1962 graduate of Noblesville High School. He earned B.S. and M.A. degrees in industrial technology and physical education, a M.A. degree in secondary school administration, and an Ed.S. degree in secondary school administration school superintendent from Ball State University. He served as a coach and teacher in South Bend, Mishawaka, and Pendleton high schools; principal at Mt. Ayr Junior High School, North Newton Jr.-Sr. High School, and Brownsburg High School; coach, teacher, and administrator at Noblesville High School; superintendent at Richland Bean Blossom School Corporation; and teacher and athletic director at Lincoln Middle School, MSD Pike Township. He married Virginia Rentschler Scales on July 2, 1999, and she survives, along with her children: Gary Scales of Indianapolis, IN, Scott Scales of Lafayette, IN, Brian (Glenda) Scales of Muncie, IN, Sabrina (Scott) Pauken of Mason, OH, eight grandchildren, and one great-grandson. He is also survived by his children, Melissa Altshue and Steve Land of Plainfield, IN, and James B. Land of Chicago, IL, and four grandsons; Kiel Patterson of Waverly WV, Tyler Bonestall, Anthony Bonestall, and Jake Land of Plainfield, IN; brothers, David (Susan) Land of Muncie, IN, and John (Carol) Land of Noblesville, IN; sister, Judy (Steve) Roberts of Noblesville, and several nieces and a nephew. Visitation will be held at the West Chase Golf Club Pavilion, 4 Holloway Blvd., Brownsburg, IN on Sunday, August 12, 2007 at 1 p.m. followed by a Celebration of Life Service from 2:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that anyone wishing to make a memorial contribution, may do so to the education scholarship foundation at the school corporation of their choosing.
John Eads
For almost every rabbit season during high school Jim, Bob Smoot & I went rabbit hunting in the fields around Jim's house on Saturdays. Can you imagine the three of us with GUNS!!?? The rabbits really didn't stand a chance when we were in the field. Surprisingly enough, that was one of the few times we were fairly serious. Most of the time... except once while walking down the railroad tracks we found a frozen, and very dead fox. At that time there was a bounty on foxes in Hamilton county and we thought we ought to see if we could get it. The problem was that you had to present the fox for verification. So, there wasn't anything else to do but put in in Jim's garage over the weekend. Well, we all got involved in other things and forgot all about the fox. Right up until Jim's Dad started smelling something awful in the house. We never did get the bounty for that fox. Football, basketball, and big game hunting, that's how I remember Jim. For some reason Jim being a guidance counselor in high school and getting paid for it seems a stretch. But I'm sure that he was good at it, and one of the student's favorites. Heck, he had gotten away with so much stuff that he had to give them great advise!! What a teacher he must have been - another Bill McClain!
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Charles Holland
Land, James E.August 8, 2007
James E. Land 63, Danville, IN, died on Saturday, August 4, 2007, following a motorcycle accident in Rapid City, South Dakota. He was born December 29, 1943 in Noblesville, IN to Marjorie and Billie F. Land. Mr. Land, who retired as principal of Danville Community High School in 2005, was a 1962 graduate of Noblesville High School. He earned B.S. and M.A. degrees in industrial technology and physical education, a M.A. degree in secondary school administration, and an Ed.S. degree in secondary school administration school superintendent from Ball State University. He served as a coach and teacher in South Bend, Mishawaka, and Pendleton high schools; principal at Mt. Ayr Junior High School, North Newton Jr.-Sr. High School, and Brownsburg High School; coach, teacher, and administrator at Noblesville High School; superintendent at Richland Bean Blossom School Corporation; and teacher and athletic director at Lincoln Middle School, MSD Pike Township. He married Virginia Rentschler Scales on July 2, 1999, and she survives, along with her children: Gary Scales of Indianapolis, IN, Scott Scales of Lafayette, IN, Brian (Glenda) Scales of Muncie, IN, Sabrina (Scott) Pauken of Mason, OH, eight grandchildren, and one great-grandson. He is also survived by his children, Melissa Altshue and Steve Land of Plainfield, IN, and James B. Land of Chicago, IL, and four grandsons; Kiel Patterson of Waverly WV, Tyler Bonestall, Anthony Bonestall, and Jake Land of Plainfield, IN; brothers, David (Susan) Land of Muncie, IN, and John (Carol) Land of Noblesville, IN; sister, Judy (Steve) Roberts of Noblesville, and several nieces and a nephew. Visitation will be held at the West Chase Golf Club Pavilion, 4 Holloway Blvd., Brownsburg, IN on Sunday, August 12, 2007 at 1 p.m. followed by a Celebration of Life Service from 2:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that anyone wishing to make a memorial contribution, may do so to the education scholarship foundation at the school corporation of their choosing.