Marion County High School - Vistan Yearbook (Buena Vista, GA)

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HISTORY OP THE CLASS OP 1948 Eleven years ago. the Sen MOST OF IT, WALKED THROUGH THE or Class of DOORS OF sohool buildings for the first time, and MISTICALLY DEMANOED AN EDUCATION. OF THE FIVE OR FORTY FIRST-GRADERS WHO STARTED 1937 ONLY THREE—MARY ANN CLEMENTS, JlMMY and Winona Sisk—have completed their ELEVEN YEARS OF SCHOOL IN BUENA VlSTA The rest of the present THIS TRIO SCHOOL. EITHER IN Senior Class has THE GRADES, OR I '48, OR V A RI OUS OPTI - THIRTY- HERE N Moore, ENTIRE School, joineo N HIGH We started ROLLMENT OF MING WITH THAT NAIVE FRESHMEN P0SSE8. WE initiation. However, ENJOY THREE PARTIES GREATLY ASSISTED BY SAPPINGTON. OUR HIGH SCHOOL CAREER WITH AN EN- THIRTY-THREE EAGER FRESHMEN, BRIM- SELF-ASSURANCE THAT ONLY HAO A LOT LESS OF IT AFTER WE RECOVERED IN TIME TO DURING THE YEAR. WE WERE our sponsor, Mrs. Jessie WE ENTERED OUR SOPHOMORE YEAR WITH A FEW LESS ENROLLED THAN WE HAD WHEN WE WERE FRESHMEN. OuR SPONSOR THIS YEAR WAS MRS. LUCY LEE WASHINGTON and our Class President was Howard Bush. We had SEVERAL PARTIES, BUT WE WEREN'T EXTREMELY ACTIVE IN SPORTS OR OTHER EXTRA ACTIVITIES. When we came to school as juniors, with an en- rollment OF TWENTY, WE MET MANY NEW FACES AN0 MISSED SEVERAL OLD ONES. WE ALSO HAD A FEW NEW TEACHERS ON THE FACULTY. MlSS MARTHA CROXTON WAS OUR JUNIOR SPONSOR. OUR JUNIOR YEAR WAS A PERIOD OF STEADY ACTIVITY. PlVE OF US PLAYED ON THE BASKETBALL TEAM. OUR BANQUET AND PROM, WHICH US EO THE CIRCUS MOTIF, WERE CONCEDED BY ALL TO HAVE BEEN A CREAT SUCOESS. WE HAD SEVERAL PARTIES OURING THE YEAR, WHICH WAS SATISFACTORILY CONCLUDED WITH A PICNIC AT THE END OF THE YEAR.