Bryson High School - Roundup Yearbook (Bryson, TX)

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THE FORTY NINERS Je rome Nunley and Edd1e Bruce who l1ve ln the c1ty of Jermyn Texas are hav1ng qu1te a day of playlng 1n the att1C of Jerome s grandfather Nunley who has qu1te a good stand1ng 1n the c1ty The boys who have found an old trunk are rummag1ng around 1n It f1nd1ng h1ghly1nterest1ng th1ngs such as old books valent1nes and some letters t1ed W1th blue These even though they don t real1ze lt are from Jerome s grandfather Nunley s past In all th1s rubb1sh they flnd a f1ne lookmg leather bound book .Te rome leafmg through the book turns to say to Edd1e that they Wlll get h1s grandfather Dav1d to tell them what lt S all about They run to h1s grandfather and hand h1m th1S book Grandpa Dav1d 1S glad to tell of h1s Sen1or year n I-hgh School He says It all started 1n the years of 38 and 39 My f1rst year 1n School I started and f1n1shed Wlth only 9 I started w1th they were June W1ll1ngham Franc1lle Starnes Amta Robmson Paul1ne Plaster Wanda Mosley Kenneth Lacy Mary Beth Hester Aust1n Bruce Kenneth Barnett and myself We were Jolnedby Robert Evans 1n the Second Grade then by I1mmy Svvetnam 1n the Th1rd Crade then because one grade was added we Sklpped the fourth but th1s grade, Wh1ch was the flfth brought Sab1naGrayb1ll the S1xthGrade brought B1llye Gene Reynolds 1n the meantlme Kenneth Barnett had the boys about his wonderful past. He starts his story by telling them 1 3 ' ,

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moved but he returned to Joln hls old class 1U the seventh the elghth grade brought no new entry to the class but the nlnth brought Bettye T1mmons and B1lly Gene Chastaln 1n the tenth we had Donald PTICC and Kay Gllmore but 1n the eleventh the re were no new entr1es made bu 1n the twelvth Wanda Wasson Glor1a Staton lVl1ll1e Stoneman and Ellen Poblnson l know that you re wonder1ng whether or not th1s AuSt1n Bruce and your Grandfather Bruce are the same person Eddle says Grandpa Nunley Well Edd1e they are one and the same They are leaflng through the old 1949 annual when they came to a page that has the last half torn out Th1s Grandfather Nunley ex pla1ned was the events of the year of l949 but he can t remember the name of the play that they gave that year nor the Lund of Banquet SIHCE that 1S the part of the page that 1S torn off He remembers that It was an enjoyable year and that he would always remember lt and hls old Classmates especlally when they gave thelr .Tun1or play Hobgobhn House and the1r Flower Garden Banquet 1n the1r .Tun1or Year These would dwell 1n h1s m1nd forever and ever N r ! 4 , . 1 . . . 4 1 1 '-' s 1 1 ., , . . . ' an 1 an ' 'H 9 9 1 ' 1 , 1 ' V J y . . . t, . J ,, . . . .