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

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James Hendricks Dolly Jean McMickle Peggy Wells Beth Rogers Irma Smith Betty Ann Hogg Glen McMickle Jeanne Wells Jernigan Sylvester McCorkle

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HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1950 MANY DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND MANY DIFFERENT TEACHERS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TOWARD OUR PREPARATION FOR OUR PRESENT ELEVATED POSITION AS SENIORS. Only three of our number—beth Rogers, leon kemp, and Betty Ann hogg--have completed their entire ELEVEN YEARS OF SCHOOL IN BUENA VlSTA. IN THE YEAR 1946-47, WE WERE FRESHMEN IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD. THERE WERE 45 OF US ENROLLED UNDER THE SPONSORSHIP OF MR. SEDDON LEE. OUR PRESIDENT FOR THE YEAR WAS JULIAN BLYTHE. WE CHOSE RAY WALLER TO REPRESENT OUR CLASS AS KING and Kathryn Johnson to represent our class as QUEEN IN THE SCHOOL CARNIVAL. AT CHRISTMAS AND AT EASTER, WE HELD FRESHMEN PARTIES, AT WHICH THE BOYS SAT IN ONE CORNER AND THE GIRLS IN ANOTHER. AH, YOUTH.' The next year saw us a little older and little wiser as Sophomores under the sponsorship of Mrs. LUCYLEE WASHINGTON. OUR ENROLLMENT THAT YEAR, 1947-48, DROPPED TO 28, DUE TO THE FACT THAT A GREAT MANY SEEMED TO PREFER THE FRESHMAN STATUS AND OTHERS FOUND OUT-OF-SCHOOL LIFE MORE ENTICING. OUR PRESIDENT WAS WILEY HARBUCK. ONE BOY AND SIX GIRLS WENT OUT FOR BASKETBALL THIS YEAR, BUT WERE MORE OR LESS PUT IN THE SHADE BY THE UPPER CLASS- MEN. WILEY HARBUCK AND BETH ROGERS WERE OUR KlNG AND QUEEN AT THE CARNIVAL. 22 OF US BECAME JUNIORS IN 1948-49. OUR SPONSOR WAS MISS MARTHA CROXTON,AND IT WAS BECAUSE OF HER EFFORTS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO AMASS ENOUGH MONEY BY SELLING DRINKS AND SANDWICHES AT BASKETBALL GAMES TO ENTERTAIN THE SENIORS WITH A MAGNIFICENT Junior-Senior Banquet, our president was jeanne wells. Seven of our members were in the dramatic Club, and five boys and six girls played basket BALL. JAMES HENDRICKS AND MARY FRANCES ANTHONY