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

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ATHtI.,E fENliCS T e Irght to hold rnc plrtrcrpite a we-tlc events e many Je cn oy C a esu o 1 democritrc 1 atron These athletxc events between the cream O' the crop o Magnoha youth and those o other schools serv not only as a means of recreatlon but also to promot teamwork tel lowsmp spo ts wanshrp 'rnd school SOIIII HIRHLAND BROS 8: BLATT Internatronal Trucks and SI mlebaker Cms Phone 257 - . . 5 I y R- . 32' ,KX , fl. lr X- A5 1 xx xr h, ' 2 l Q ' ' f . ln 'tll ' in order to demonstrate physrcal prowess is one of th e j is ' r ' lt f iving rn -. t . f ' f ' e ' A 9 I A ,. M V H Q . . , , t .. ,C A . .- ' . 1 ' f ,

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1942 The real enthuslastrc sp1r1t that Magnolrans hav been credtted wlth possessmg reaches tts peak be tween S ptember and November namely durlng football season And so 1t was durlng the 1942 Gnd Season Enthusrasm ran hxgh as the Eagles under the able dtrectlon of thelr new coach tallied two vrctorres from Lmsly and Trtadelphla But w1th one of the hardest games of the year facxng them the squad dlsagreed d1v1ded and for most of the week all was very grave and serlous on the home grounds but thelr love for the game brought the wayward sons back to the fold rn tlme to w1n the coveted game wlth St Marys 8 0 Wlth three shlnlng vlctorles to our credrt sud denly all the color seemed to be wlthdrawn from thrs rosy world as 1n one week three of our frrst strmg players were proved 1nel1g1ble on the eve of our game wxth Moundsv1lle consequently drop ptng the Magnoha Blue Eagles from the ranks of the undefeated All of our flrst three games could have been declared forfe1ted rf the schools deslred to call them such but only St Marys acknowledged 1t as such Never a team to admlt defeat the team reorganlzed and made a st1rr1ng comeback to defeat Follansbee 18 6 Backed by some 800 fans the squad traveled wrth the spectators on a speclal tram to Wheellng where Magnolla tangled Wllh Central Cathollc the game endxng as a tle 6 6 The next two games wlth Wellsburg and Unton ended Wllh the deC1S1l'1 going to both opponents malnly because our Eagles had suffered 1n1ur1es and the r1val teams had a large margln on werght Magnolla vs Slstersvllle allas Eagles vs Tlgersl Need more be Sald? The two greatest rlvals ln the Ohlo Valley contmued thelr annual encounter on Thanksglvlng Day this year on our home freld Hundreds of spectators bedecked ln ram coats boots and umbrellas turned out to cheer thelr ll'ldlV1dLl8l mud plastered teams to vlctory After the fxnal whxstle had been blown and the mud removed from the players eyes so they could see the score board rt read 13 0 ln Magnolla s favor wlnnrng permanently the Bruce Trophy for our school The grld season over and frnal talleys counted readtng nlne games played S1X won and three lost A good season backed enthuslastxcally by all of the students The boys who are Wearlng our Letter Ms and sweater are boys that the whole school IS proud of They played long hard falr and square to brlng fame to our school We re proud of them and lt IS to them and thelr coach that we dedlcate thrs page ...es .. .. . 9 ff- : . V' I 1 1 1 ' 1 . I I 1 1 1 I - - - v . ,-. I . 11 1 I - 1 1 , . 1 , -. 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 . , . . . 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 ' , . I . ., . . I . 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 - 1 ' 1 1 , .. . - 1