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This image shows student driver Renee Rothrock standing in the front of the Sigma Tau Epsilon bus at Appalachian State University (1967-current) in January 1974. Rothrock was one of the first student bus drivers for the Student Trasnport Service and had two years previous experience bus driving. The Student Transport Service utilized the Sigma Tau Epsilon fraternity bus, a refurbished 1959 school bus, and paid student drivers $1.75-2.00 an hour. The bus ran on a thirty minute schedule, shuttling students across campus on a route that started and ended at the Bookstore. The route later was expanded around Boone, NC, and to Blowing Rock, NC. The STS was part of an overall attempt to reduce energy usage during the energy shortage in 1973-74, and aimed to reduce traffic, save gasoline, and minimize parked cars on campus. The service ended in April 1974 due to an inability to obtain gasoline, part of an overall shortage in Boone. Bus service ceased until another attempt was made in December 1974 to start a community bus service in Boone, but ended four months later due to lack of funds and passengers.
Source
General Picture Files, 2004.040, Box 36, Student Activities F2, C14.2.6.6.
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