Bishop High School - Badger Yearbook (Bishop, TX)

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i M Back in I9lO, Mr. F. Z. Bishop, a man wiTh vision and deTerminaTion, Tiled a map aT The counTy seaT. describing a Town siTe ThaT had iusT been laid ouT in a vasT sTreTch oT waving mesquiTe grass. Here and There huge diamond-baclc raTTlesnalces s+iIl showed ThaT They were genTlemen by issuing Their, soon recognized, warning before They dealT Their oTTen TaTal blow. CoyoTes lurlced and voiced Their pro- TesT To This new invader, man. For cenTuries These wild Things had lived and died in These, Their naTive haunTs, being disTurbed only by an occas- sional prairie Tire, cowboy or, noT oTTen, The sTagecoach malcing iTs run Through This wilderness on The dimly-marked Brownsville--San AnTonio Coach RouTe. Things were To change Though, Tor This vasT sTreTch of rich virgin prairie land, of which Bishop is The cenTer, was desTined To become The CoTTon CapiTal oT The CoasT The Grain lv1arT oT The CoasTal Bend. NOT even The mosT TanTasTic dreamer dared To enTerTain The idea ThaT This area would some day be known all over The UniTed STaTes as The NaTural Resource CenTer Tor The Pe+roleum and Chemical lndusTries. So, in The span oT a Tew shorT years, Through The Grace of God which has susTained us Through years oT droughT, wars, and hurricanes: Through years oT excessive rains and Tloods, This vasT sTreTch oT grass- land is Today garnished wiTh our Thriving, happy liTTle ciTy OT Bishop which we love and call our home. lT is' wiTh a ThankTul hearT ThaT we relaTe some oT The blessings we enioyg our TerTile soil yearly yields Thousands of bales oT coTTon, hundreds of carloads oT grain, Tlax and vegeTables: pipelines carry naTural gas and oil inTo all parTs oT The naTiong hundreds oT cars oT acids and synTheTics made Trom our naTural gas are billed ouT To manuTacTuring planTs in The :2?sT To be made inTo merchandise so necessary Tor our modern way oT i e. Super highways bring TwenTy-Two modern busses To sTop here daily, Tour new sTreamlined Eagles slide To a smooTh shorT resT every TwenTy- Tour hours: a ThirTy minuTe drive Talces you To Two TasT airlines ThaT oTTer To carry you To poinTs all over The globe. From here we leave Things To your imagiriaTion, boys and girls of The Class oT '49, The brighT TuTure is yours, carry on! LeT me addy CommiT Thy way unTo The Lord: TrusT also in l-lim and l-lledshallv bring iT To pass: Tor The Tear oT The Lord is The beginning oT wis om. V 2445! 1 f J. G. Michalk Mayor oT Bishop

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'!. '-. td 75 edgm 1949 746!1Ls!wd by BADGE? STAFF of BISHOP HIGH SCHOOL

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