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2017
Honorary Parade Marshals Larry and Joan Roll
Larry and Joan (Bulcher) Roll consider it an honor to be selected as
Parade Marshals for the 2017 Poultry Days Parade. Versailles
Poultry Days has always been a part of their lives. Both were
born and raised in the Versailles area and are graduates of Versailles
High School.
Larry grew up on the turkey farm started by his parents, Wayne and Lois
Roll, in 1945. He returned to Versailles following graduation
from Miami University in 1969 to join his parents and his brother Jim
as co-owner and manager at Roll Turkey Farm. After graduation he
also served in the US Army Reserves. Larry was on the board of
directors of the Ohio Poultry Association and represented Ohio to the
National Turkey Federation for several years.
Joan graduated from Miami with a BS in Education in 1970 and later
earned a Masters in Education from Wright State University. She taught
English at Covington High School for one year and then began substitute
teaching while starting a family. In 1984, she took a position as
library media specialist with Ansonia Schools until 1994 when she took
a similar position at Versailles Schools. While at Versailles,
Joan was instrumental in automating the libraries in three school
buildings, and then in 2010 helping to consolidate all books from four
buildings into the library at the new Versailles School before retiring
in 2011. While working, she was a member of the Ohio Educational
Library Media Association.
Through the years Larry has dedicated time to many boards and
committees in the Versailles community. Those organizations include
director and president of the Versailles Swimming Pool, Versailles
Development Association board of directors, Little League baseball
coach and Versailles Athletic Boosters. Additionally, Larry was a
member of the Versailles Poultry Days committee for many years serving
as chairman in 1988 and then as president of Heritage Park board.
Following retirement from Roll Turkey Farm in 2004, Larry was as an EMT
on the Versailles Life Squad and spent nine years as a substitute
teacher in Darke County Schools. He served on the Wayne Health
Care board of directors and was chairman of that board in 2015.
He is a member of Lions, Eagles, K of C, and American Legion. In
recent years he has made four Mission trips to Haiti. Currently,
he is a director on the board of the Wyandot Mutual Insurance
Company. Larry now enjoys time with family, golfing, gardening,
refinishing furniture, traveling, and exercising at the YMCA.
Joan was a founding member of the Versailles Handicrafters Club and
also a founding member of Friends of Worch Memorial Public
Library. She currently participates in the monthly meetings of
the Lunch Bunch and Bookends book clubs at Worch Library where she also
volunteers and attends monthly knitting sessions. Spare time is
spent with family, reading, knitting, walking, going to the YMCA, and
traveling.
The Rolls are members of St. Denis Catholic Church where Larry is an
usher. He has been on the Worship Committee and Joan served on
the For the Harvest Cluster planning committee. Their children
and grandchildren are their pride and joy. Jennifer and Jared Walters
and children, Mara and Nicholas, live near West Milton, OH.
Andrea and Nathan Subler and children, Samantha and Jacob, live in West
Chester, OH and Shawn lives in Glendale, CA.
Larry and Joan encourage everyone to support the Versailles community
by attending the Poultry Days festivities on June 9-11. The 66th
annual festival theme is “Poultry Days Eggstravaganza". Please
visit the website www.versaillespoultrydays.com for event details and
schedules.
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