1949 Bush High School

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TO SHOW IN PART OUR APPRECIATION TO ,I
ONE WHO HAS PUT HER All INTO HER '.'1ORK
AND SERVICE FOR BUSH HIGH SCHOOL; WHO
HAS QUI ETlY PURSUED HER WAY. AND YET
INFLUENCED All; WHO HAS SHOWED US BY
EXAMPLE TH E BEAUTY Of A HAPPY Li FE;
SHE HAS BEEN WITH THE SENIOR CLASS fOR
THE PAST FOUR YEARS, WE DEDICATE THE
fiRST EDITION OF THE BUSH HIGH ANNUAL TO

MISS MARTHA DOTSON

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SEN lOR C LAS S W ILL ,I

WE, THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1948-49,WHILE ?O ()
IN SOUND BODY AND ~EDIUM SOUND MIND~ DO,IF
ABLE~ HERE-BY PR~SENT THE FOLLOWING LAST
WILL AND TEST·,f.,lONY:

WILMA SWEET LEAVES HER IDEAS TO SOMEBODY
WHO WILL CARRY THEM OUT.

LUCY HENDRIX LEAVES HER "A'StlTC'J.HS1.3Se1!HER

JOE~

RUTH TAYLOR LEAVES HOP ING TO GET lvlARR IED.

ZULA WILLIAMS LEAVES~ FINALLY GROWING UP.

FAYE JONES lEAVES HER DIGNIfiED ATTITUDE
TO ALL JUNIORS;

ORVILLE MARTIN lEAVES THE BENCH TO GENE
CHADWEll"

CLAYTON WILLIAMS LEAVES HIS TONI TO HOMER
LEE BUNDY.

PAUL COX LEAVES HIS LOVE AND KISSES TO OlA
B. LEWIS.

DAYMOND HIBBARD LEAVES THE TOO FAT POLKA
TO EU GEN E GI U3 ER To

KENNETH PARSLEY LEAVES H S STUDIOUS HABIT
TO BOB OVERBEY.

KITTY FOUTS LEAVES HER KNITTING TO MISS
BROCK.

PAULI NE C. WYATT LEAVES TO BE CH I EF COOK.

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SEN lOR C LAS S PRO P H E S Y

PAULINE C. WYATT--WILL BE A HOUSE -KEEPER.

WILMA SWEET--WILL BE MANAGER OF THOUSANDS
OF SWEET SHOPS.

FAYE JONES--WILL BECOME THE FIRST LADY
PRESIDENT.
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ZULA WILLIAMS--OWNER OF A CHAIN OF BEAUTY
SHOPS. ,I

CLAYTON WILLIAMS--WILL El ECOME THE ALL
AMERICAN PLAYBOY.

ORVILLE MARTIN--WILL BE COACH OF THE NEW YORK
YANKEES.

LUCY HENDRIX--WILL BE SECRETARY TO PRESIDENT
TRUMAN.

DAYMOND HIBBARD--WILL BE THE BELL-HOP AT TffiBE •
4-PAW HOTEL.

RUTH TAYLOR--WILL MARRY AND LIVE IN CHILE

PAUL COx--w ILL BE SP EAKER OF HOUSE OF
REPR ESENT AT IVES.

KITTY FOUTS--WILL BE A COUNTRY DOCTOR.

KENNETH PARSLEY--WILL BECOME A SARGENT IN THE
GUARDS.

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JUN IORS J

CLASS OFFICERS .,'

PRES I DENT J I MM IE WATK INSo 0 000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 000 0 0 0 0 0 000
VICE PRES I 0 ENT • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• JOE HENDRIX
SECRETARYooooooooooooooo 000000000000 BOB OVERBEY
TREASURER ••••••••••••••.•••••••• EUGENE CHADWELL

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FORTY-THREE JUNIORS BEGAN THE YEAR'S WORK IN
THE LOVELY MONTH OF AUGUST; OF THESE FORTY HELD
OUT FAITHFUL UNTIL DREARY MARCH. OUR THREE LOSS-
ES WERE MATRIMONIAL CASUALTIES. WE HAVE HAD A
GOOD TIME THI S YEAR AND DONE SOME WORK TOO o

WE HOPE WE HAVE CONTRIBUTED OUR FULL SHARE
TO MAKING THE SCHOOL YEAR A SUCCESS; WE HAVE THE
FOLLOWING CLAIMS TO DiSTINCTION IN OUR CLASS:

SIX MEMBERS OF THE BASKETBALL TEAM.
FIVE OFFICERS OF THE F. F.
EI G HT MEMBERS OF THE GLEE A. o
THI RTY MeMBERS OF THE DRAMATICS
CLUB o
CLUB.

MOST OF US HAVE BEEN TOGETHER SiNCE WE
ENTERED HIGH SCHOOL o WE RECEIVED THE . FOLLOWING
MEMBERS ALONG THE WAY.

VIRGINIA SWEET FROM COVINGTON, KENTUCKY
KENTUCKY
ESSIE LANGDEN FROM ONEIDA, KENTUCKY
MICHIGAN
LESTER BAKER FROM MANCHESTER,
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EUGEN E GILBERT FROM DETRO IT,

MITCHELL GILBERT FROM GARY,

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WE ALL BR I EVE WE CAN HOLD OUT FA I THFUL
ANOTHER YEAR AND BELONG TO THAT SELECT GROUP OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE GRADUATES OF BUSH HIGH SCHOOL o

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'. Crook r Creech B. 'W'-' son

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, r. Rush O. Weaver

Jones • IV Jones

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SOPHOMORES

OFFI CERS

IPRES! 0 EN T o o 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R EN E R US H

VICE PRESIDENToooooooooooooooo.oBETTY SUE WILSON

SECRETARYoooooooooooooooooooooooooolMOGENE JONES

SONG LEADERoooooooooooooooooooooooALMA LEE CHEEK

THIRTY SEVEN SOPHOMORES STARTED IN JULY

1949~ AND SEVENTEEN HAVE BEEN SILLY ENOUGH TO

Q.U ITo

WE HAVE ADDED FOUR NEW MEMBERS TO OUR
CLASS THIS YEAR o THEY ARE:

ROBERT WYATTooooooooooooo LANGNAU, KENTUCKY
DOYLE GILBERToooooooooooo DETROIT, MICHIGAN
JOYCE BENGEoooooooooooooooo. HAMILTON, OHIO
BOBBY SHARPEoooooooooo.ooooHARLAN, KENTUCKY

THE SOPHOMORE CLASS HAS TAKEN PART IN ALL SCHOOL
ACTIVITIES. WE HAVE:

Two BOYS ~N THE FIRST TEAM, Eo C. BURNETTE

AND WiLLARD WILSON o

Two CHEERLEADERS, JOYCE BEN GE AND BETTY SUE

WILSON 0 CLUB

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TWELVE GIRLS ENROLLED IN THE GLEE

FIFTEEN BOYS AND GIRLS IN DRAMATICS CLUB

TEN GIRLS IN THE TRI-HI-Y CLUB
CLUB
TWELV E BOYS AN D GI RLS I N THE 4-H

ONE GIRL, BETTY HALE IN HIGH SCHOOL Q.UARTET

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YES, WE SOPHOMORES ARE VERY PROUD OF OUR RECORD.
WE THINK WE ARE DOING OUR SHARE AT BUSH. AND WE
ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO TWn MORE WONDERFUL YEARS •

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ON AUGUST 23 p 79 FRESHMEN ENROLLED IN
BUSH SCHOOL 0 OUT OF THAT NUMBER 8 HAVE
WITHDRAWN) AND ONE RE-ENTERED MAKING A TOTAL
ENROLLMENT OF 72.

\iE HAVE A GIRLS i BAS KETBALL TEAM oWE HAVE
ONE BOY ON THE FIVE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL
BASKETBALL TEAM) CARL MARTIN.

MANY STUDENTS TAKE PART IN ACTIVITIES
AS. DRAMATICS CLUB, F.FoA o) GIRLS RESERVE CLUB
GLEE CLUB) 4~H CLUB 0

OCCASIONALLY ~E HAVE A SOCIAL GET
TOG~HER HERE E TALK OVER OUR PROBLEMS
DISCUSS MANNERS, AND EVEN THIS BIG QUESTION
OF ROMANCE IS SorvlET IMES BROUGHT UP 0

WE THE FRESHMEN GROUP SET THE FOLLOWING
GOALS AS STANDING FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR:

REPLACE COLD DR INK BOTTLES
MAKE BETTER GRADES
BE MORE CONSCIOUS OF OUR MANNERS
KEEP NEATER ROOMS
TAKE CARE OF THE NEW SHADES
WE RESOLVE NOT TO TALK ABOUT PEOPLE

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GRADES

ON A BRIGHT MONDAY MORNING IN AUGUST ONE
HUNDRED AND THIRTY=THREE GRADE STUDENTS ENTERED
THE BUSH SCHOOLo To TWENTY OF THESE YOUNGSTERS
iT WAS THEIR FIRST DAY.

THE FOLLOWING TEACHERS ARE EMPLOYED IN THE
GRADE DEPARTMENT:

GEORGE SASSER - GRADES 7 AND 8 PRINCIPAL
JUAN IT A RUS H - GRADES 5 AND 6

LENN I E HALE - GRADES 3 AND 4
I RENE JONES - GRADES I AND 2

AT THE BEG I NN I NG OF THE YEAR

REPRESENTATIVES WERE CHOSEN FROM EACH

DEPARTMENT TO DiSCUSS ~UESTIONS CONCERNING THE

BETTERMENT OF THE SCHOOL. THESE INCLUDE

ANNE ESTRIDGE, WAYNE BOWLING, GENE PHILPOT,

MARGUERITE ESTEPp MARGARET WILSON, CALVIN

HENSLEY, ) JOEA BROWN 0

WE FEEL PROUD OF THE GRADE BASKETBALL TEAM

AS WELL AS THE COACH. DURING THE SEASON, ONLY

ONE DEFEAT WAS EXPERIENCED o THE PLAYERS

INCLUDE: , 0 0 Do PARMAN, BOBBY

HENDRIX p CLAYTON BROWN, AND HERBERT WHITKER.

MUCH SUCCESS WAS DUE TO MARGUERITE ESTEP,

MiLDRED AND MARGARET WILSON, WHO FAITHFULLY

SERVED AS CHEERLEADERS.

• SOME NEW E~UIPMENT HAS BEEN ADDED THI S

YEAR TO MAKE OUR SCHOOL MORE HOMELIKE AS WELL

AS INTERESTING o THIS INCLUDES A COT, BOOKS

FILING CABINET, MAGAZINES, MAPS, AND OTHER

ARTI CLES TOO NUMEROUS TO MENT I ON. •

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FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA

OFF I CERS

PRES I DENT JIMMIE WATKINS000000000000000000000000000000
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SECRETA RY • • • • • 00.0.00.0.0' •••• 000 • • • • • • 0 FEL I X ESTR I DGE

TREASURERoooooooooooeoooooooooooooooooooooe JOE HENDRIX

REPORTER EUGENE CHADWELL0 • 000000 • • 0 0.00 • • • • 0.0 •• 0 • • • 00.

AOVISORooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo DELFORD WALDEN

OUR HIGH SCHOOL NOW HAS A REGULAR DEPARTMENT OF

VOCATiONAL AGRICULTURE; WE HAVE A FUTURE FARMER CHAPTER rJL

TOO, FOR THE FIRST TIME AT BUSH o ALL THE BOYS TAKING ,J

VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE BELONG. ...'

WE ARE TRYING TO DO THESE THINGS: •

(I) DEVELOP LEADERSHIP, CITIZENSHIP, AND PATRIOTISM.

(2) HELP OUT I N THE SCHOOL ALL WE CAN 0

(3) CREATE MORE INTEREST IN THE STUDY OF AGRICULTURE.

(4) REPRESENT OUR SCHOOL IN THE VARIOUS FI ELD DAYS AND

F.FoAo CONTESTS AND WIN SOME RECOGNITION FOR OUR-

SELVES AND OUR SCHOOL.

WE LIKE THE F.F .Ao AND THINK ONE OF THESE DAYS

FOLKS WILL BE HEARING ABOUT THE BUSH CHAPTER OF FUTURE

FARMERS OF AMERICA.

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