Magnolia High School - Magnolian Yearbook (New Martinsville, WV)

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Histor of the Class of '39 W O11 September 19 195D the Class of 39 flrst e11tered the halls of 'vlagnohx Our class w as recen ed yeryf w armly especially the boys But the boys took tl1e1r 1111t1at1o11 dutifully ind became students of Magnolia VV1th us we not only brouvht our share of f111e lthletes, musicians, a11d leaders lll other act1y IIICS but 1lso Ill S0lT1LllllllU yery unusu 1l It seemed 11111 w1tl1 us ca1r1e 1 series of floods llltl eold w 1yes tl11t l1alted all SLllO0l 1et1y1t1es We stlrted out by electnw 1111es Ioe 1s our el1ss pI't.SlClLI1l One of tl1e 111ost ple 1s1nt surprises we reeeiyed w1s tl1e high sehool d rnces wl11cl1 we were 1llowed to llftlltl We fllllSl'lCtl the ye 1r in f1ne style ellltl were eager to get back to school Ill September W1tl1 tl1e green p1llor of Freshmen wor11 off and tl1e Gold ind Blue hue of old lvlagnohans, we Cl1fCI'Ctl school for the second time We were full of fight and determination, but 11ot quite as strong as before as our ranks had been weake11ed by tl1e loss of Margaret Renner who was accidentally drowned during the summer Margaret was an excellent student and was also a leader 111 school act1y1t1es She was mour11ed by all who knew her for the fine person she was The year as '1 whole was somewl1at uneyentful except that our luck wlth tl1e weather held, and we had a big flood Ill March As u111ors we bee une 1 more important cl1ss, 'llltl our r111ks were frreatly strenvthened bee1use we were joined by 1 flllt Group from Pfnden City We welcomed them 1nd were gre1tly aided by their act1y1t1es as a part of our el 1ss This year we chose for tl1e second t1me as cl 1ss president Wllkld Hassner wl1 1 had proy ed l1er lblllfy IS a leader when we were Sophomores This year our old luck did 11ot hold, a11d we had no floods At tl1e Iunior S 111or banquet w e11terta111ed the larvest class tl1at had ey er Graduated from 'VI H S VVe gre 1tly enyoy ed lf lllll felt sure tl1at tl1e Seniors of 38 also enjoy ed it Hy electing Dean Marty I5 our class president we bevan our last ye1rs 18 students of N1 lgIlOl1.1 VVe looked back oyer tl1e three prey ious ye1rs 11'lll wondered how they l11d passed so swiftly Our tr1p throuvh Md1I1Ol1l h 1d bee11 so ple 1s111t that II seemed IS 1f we h 1d spent three months tl1ere lI1SIL1Ll of e unt1l 111s lllylll if 11 1 I' in 'VI rre 1 selllei I1e e N10 K 1t1 'S FX ., Ile stt est VSIS 1 tllt ese I1ll1Us Vkl e eel llet L 1 Lbl K L X IX 1ys remember' tl1e Lll1lUI'SLlllUI' Prom viyen Ill our 1o11or 11111 cur yourney through hwh sehool eompleted we were gI'lllLlllLLl 111 'vin XX e will Iellltllllael' these ye 1rs ls t1e 'nest we l1 ne ey er experienced 111 w 1en 1ny Sen1or of 19 ree llls 111en1or1es of N1 1g11ol1a, tl1ey will surely be ple 1s 111t o11es ' , ', i I ' . . 'z. 2 - ,L 1 .- L . 1 . -s . - ' V' ' .- . - . . , . , A . - .i V . rf - 1 i - s 1 1 v I 1 s y s . , . . 1 . ' ' . 1 .1 ' ' . - y . . , 1 . . . - ' . . ' 1 . , s , N I 1 . I 1 . X S ' J 1 , S R , ,. , ,' . , , U. , , , . , U K , A l i - . .1 I, J . v ' 1 ' A l 1 Y 1 5 . 7 I , , r iv L 1 s- l is 7. ly. h 16' -I L 1 s N- 11.-1 - i K- . . lk- A , L ls . 1 k- . ' K- .1 tl11'ee years. lint our Senior year went the swiftest of all. lt seemed like no rim- ' Christi and we e11tert:1i11ed tl1e rest of the school by ' 'na Sill 1 Claus to visit us. XV had ll class party in 'ebruz1ry', and ' . 4 'l we pre. - 'l l ' s'l l y l ney' scene 1' and lights for the staye i11 l - . ltly hall. It is our sineer pl l 1 tl1 l ' bg ll l1-:1ppr 'g 'l and lsel to teh lvx 1ltlYllIllllgC. XK'e were entertainel by' th' Iuniors 111 May' and vill glyx ' ' ' ' I ' ' ,Q ' l . l 1 ' 1.1 A in X - - 1 . Q V . - . . 2 L . A lp. ' . .' -- - - '-1 l'fl '- A za d 'l' 1 ' o , ' A , . ' 1 A ' ' 1 I ,I . . 1- . . 1 . x. 1 . . ,L .tl ,Al

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1939 li.XTHLlgLN li. Tiuisisrr Hmxisnn Xfxx CAMP Dramatics l. 2 Iunior Rctl Cross l Glcc Club 3 Saffortl, .-Xriz. 3 Class Play -l Ariu VVi1l.i.ixc1 Girls WildI.itL1 Home lic. 2 Cuu. Ymm Wild Life 2 Iunior Birtlmcn I - v l'.l.IZXl5l-.'l'lI XX1isr.ni.i Cilcc Club 3 Draniatics l H.umI.lJ,X.Yr1llu Xlliltl l.il-C 2 Luis XYAN Coram files Club l. 2 Class Play -l ,linux XVi'rsr:iu.y XViltl Lilc l Varsity 2 Xlucy l.i.i. Yrisi' lunior Rctl Cross 2 FORT PITT SHOE STORE. Shoes s K.xTiiLi.Lx XXvl'.l:KLX Draniatics 1.2 Glcc Club 2 Class Play 4 H.uu.m' XX'xT'1'1.i-:s Football 5. 4 Cilcu Club l. 2. 3. 4 xl.XR'I'H.X XVk1r.ii'i' Rctl Cross 2. 3 llxzi 1. XVnnns llraniatics 2 Huciuijr Ywrxc Press Club -l Dramatics l. 2 Annual Play 3, -l Class Play -l .Xnnual Stall' -l for the entire family

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SENIQR PLAY T TI-IE MALLORY CASE One of the best, if not the best, Senior class play ever given by a class of Magnolia High School was presented on April ll. IVSU at the Grade School Auditorium. The play as the title, The Mallory Case suggests. was a mystery. lt was staged just a little different from previous plays. the scene being laid in a court room. The tenseness and drama brought about by this settinff served to make the play a huge success. I' The play was capably directed by Miss Helen Pyles who has coached many other fine performances for Magnolia High School. The cast included: Nleretlith Mallory. L1 fomirzg bride Felice Fenton. hw' UILII-d of honor Phebe Ann Fallis. one of her l7l'I-l1't'.fD14llili.f Nlarina. Ll .ft'l'l'1llIf Peter Hamilton. the family hzlrfyw' Nlrs. Mallory, i'l'lcn'd1ill1'5 .ftc'pn1otf1c'r Cecily Sevier, her daughter ,, , Douglas Brown, the groom . Karl Kerrison, hix best man , lierth Mallory, llfIt'l't'l1,l-fhij younger ,:1.ftc'r Philip Montgomery, Ll guest ,, Henry liuchanon. the dliiffl-C'! attorney Dr. Price. the donor in the tllft' Nlilie U'Neil, u police offifcr Eliza Emery, Douglas Hrozwfx house-keeper Dorcas Dorset. his plizfute fecreltlry The Iudge , The Bailift' The Clerk of the Court , , The Court Stenographer , The lury. THE N1.'XY'I'.Xti STORE-lfranlt Fic-ss. Prop. Nlary Keough Yivian lfdgell XVilda Hassner Nlilla l.ee Ferrell XVells lialxin Reba .-Xnn Morgan Kathleen XVeel4ly Iimmy Poe liilly Bowers Harriet Young Seigel Hawkins Charles Edgar lunior Nolan liob Rawe lidith XVelsh lilizabeth Long lunior Lentz liugene Huffman Roy Kimble lun: Moore fil