Bradford High School - Beacon Yearbook (Bradford, TN)

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THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL, Memphis, Sunday Morning, January 31, 1954 intercstitig trip Due Class Slated To Graduate In Ma By W. AUBREY KING Special to The Commercial Appeal BRADFORD. Tenn., Jan. 30.--Graduation Day is a never-to-be- f0!'H0ltcu.cxpericnre, but it alone does not account for the excitement on the high school campus of this farming tovm in Eastern Gibson Coun ty. For the 38 graduating students of 1954 will strip off the solemn gowns of graduation rites immediately after the ceremonies are over and don traveling clothes for 10 days of what may be the most excit. ing trip of their lives-a trip to New York. J-In route there will be three days and nights in Washington, with tours to the White House, the Sen- ate and the llouse ot Representa- tives, the Bureau of lingraving, the Federal Bureau of Investiga- tion. the Supreme Court building, the Library of Congress. the Smith- sonian Institution, the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memo- rial. The students will he graduated May 13. They will begin their trip that night by chartered bus. First stop will be Knoxville, where they will visit the Univer- sity of Tennessee. Roanoke, Va., will be their second stop. Lexing- ton, Va., is also on the itinerary for a visit to Washington and Lee University and the grave of Rob- ert Lee. After their sojourn in Washing- ton, the' group will move on to Philadelphia, where they will visit Independence Hall and the' Liberty Eell, and the homes of Betsy Ross, designer of the American flag. and ot' the American poet, Edgar Allan Poe. Magazines Sold A two-weeks magazine subscrip- tion drive sold almost 52,500 worth of the periodicals. No money was solicited of Bradford citizens but many volunteered contributions. One anonymous donor this week wrote out a cheek for 3200. Each year, Mr. Tuck reports, finds an increasingly larger num- ber of local citizens on hand to give the seniors a hearty. send-off. He expects almost 1,000 to be on hand this year. Driving the bus will be F. H. Gaston of Memphis. who chauf- feurs them each year. Bradtoi-d's school system has 660 students and 23 faculty members. To Visit Fort They will also visit Fort Mellen- ry in Baltimore and the United States Naval Academy at Annap- olis. After three days in New York. the group will begin the journey home via the Pennsylvania Turn- pike. They will stop in Chillicothe, Ohio, their last stop before Brad- ford. This will be the fifth consecutive year that the Bradford seniors have taken a post-graduation trip. Each year the seniors visit a dif- ferent section of the country. In 1953, the graduating class visited the Gulf States. They have been accompanied in the past by a few members of the Bradford faculty including Miss Bunice Ford, class sponsor, and Russell R. Tuck, principal. These two, and possibly a third faculty member, will ehaperon the group again this year. In preparation for the journey one period a week is devoted to the history and the geography of the places the students will visit. The fund needed for a trip of this length was surprisingly easy for the enterprising students to accu- mulate, at least to hear them tell it.

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MAGAZINE I-HGH' SALESMEN GWEN FORD-35211.00 DAVID HUNT-151.50 REBA CARR-150.40 Total amount sold by entire class 32350.76 We, the Senior Class of 1954, thank you for your co-operation and unfailing en- coura ement throughout our magazine drive. It is you who have made this the most 8 successful drive in the historyyof Bradford School. It is you who have made it possible for us to go to Washington, D. C. There is no way to tell you how truly grateful we are, so, we'll just say that we hope you will save your subscriptions and ' ' ' b ' t sell 'ou renewals for the Seniors of 1955. We are certain they will e wanting o y a magazine. There is someone else to whom we would like to say Thank you, but we don't know who he is. Someone-we call him our anonymous friend gave us two hundred dollars, enabling us to extend our trip from Washington, D. C. to New York City. ' ll f f to know There is no way to tell how truly grateful we are, but we want a 0 you that we shall try to show our gratitude by having a wonderful time in a wonderful way. Bradjinrd High School, Bradfnraf Tenneuee Rumll R. Turk, Principal SENIOR TRIP May 13 ---May 22, 1954 Traveling Continental Trailways Bus F. H. Gaston, Driver Seeing Eastern America Nashville, Knoxville, Roanoke, Washington, Annapolis, Baltimore, Wilmington, Philadelphia, Trenton, New York, Return Allentown, Harrisburg. Wheeling and Maysville. Washington Address, Hotel Dodge New York Address, Hotel Dixie BRADFORD SENIOR CLASS OF '54 Reba Carr Reba Crews Rex Haynes David Hunt Joe Lester Jack Smith Frank James Arlnnd Holt Billy Betts Janace Elam Betty Baker Wanda Haynes Margie Ann Linda Mathis Polly McGill Joyce Watson Donald Finch Raburn Barron Louise Arnold Glynda Greene Jerry Blurton Rebecca McCoy Gwendolyn Ford Shirley Graves Nancy Roberson Peggy Wheatley Helen Whitwell Terry L. Jones Billy Joe Wren Howard Dunnsgan Frances Bradley Virginia Conway Joyce Ann Johns Margaret Hampton Sylvia Ann Pratt Marie Palmer Byrd Charles Blackwell Wallace Bobby Joe McCartney Miss Bunice Ford, Sponsor Mr. Russell R. Tuck, Principal

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