Ward/Amtran Corporation Ward Corporation D. H. “Dave” Ward founded Ward Body Works in Conway, Arkansas in 1933 when he “lowered the roof of a wooden bus for Mr. Carl Brady of the Southside Schools”. Southside Schools were located about 15 miles north of Conway. Later in the 1930s, the company produced its first all-metal…
I just wanted to say thank you all for 15 wonderful years… As you may or may not know, I began this website in November of 2005 for people to see and learn a little bit of the history of school buses. It has been a labor of love, and even though I am no…
Dave Davis’s All American #22 This is Dave’s bus. He drives this bus on the streets of McCandless every school day. That’s Dave with the bus…It’s his pride! This bus is numbered 22. It’s a newer front engined Blue Bird All American. looks real nice to me. Here’s Dave behind the wheel,…
Training Aids I am putting this page on here with some things that you can watch and perhaps help you to become an even better driver than you already are! The first 4 are Powerpoint presentations that I have created. Hope you enjoy them. Most are geared to Pennsylvania standards, but…
Old Vintage School Bus Ads While I was surfing the web, I came across these old ads and felt that you might enjoy seeing them. If you know of any, please feel free to send them to me by clicking my name… Here we go! Much more to come soon!
Unbelievable! I thought this page would be just to show how NOT to drive a school bus… There will be no names mentioned here, nor districts either, but if you read along, you may find that there are some people who should not be out in public…Every profession has its bad apples……
Bullying…You can prevent it on the bus… Bullying on the school bus is a growing concern among districts, but recognizing the signs of bullying and knowing how to react to the situations can help ease tensions and eliminate problems. Why Bullies Pick The Bus For bullies interested in picking on…
Great School Bus Photos This section is reserved for some really nice school bus photos I have found. I find that they really don’t have a fitting in the history section, or really anyhere else, so I decided to create a page for them on here. If you have any that you would…
Shawn’s Bus A-200 This was the day it came in, before I renumbered it. It was numbered wrong… It is a 2012 Vision, with a Cummins 6.7 engine… All re-numbered. This is my drivers area. Myers is very good to us in allowing us to make our bus “ours”….
