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

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SENIOR DIA Foldtng her cap and gown the grrl placed them IH a box and from another box wtthdrew several books marked School Day Dlartes Curtously I ltstened as she began to read aloud September l93O Dear Dlary Im not very blg but I am gotng to start right now wrtttng about my school days Thrs IS my very ftrst day of school I enrolled wxth a ntce class of boys and gtrls today and I know I am gotng to ltke them all May N38 Dear Dtary How qu1ckly these etght years have gone' I have my drploma now and fee' qutte proud of rt' Our operetta of the l1fe of Stephen Colllns Foster was beauttful and everybody dtd hrs part so well The class has grown and I ltke very much the sptrrt of fellowshtp that has artsen rn our mldst Our class IS wonderful dear drary September l938 Dear Dtary Oh my vsere Freshmen now and I dont feel nearly as rmportant as before' In fact we all feel ktnd of green Jack Zlmmerman .Iennre Moore Betty Jo Lrtman and Irene Malfregeot are our new off1cers so we should become more at ease soon Betng organrzed wtll help a lot One thrng we re all sttcktng together That makes 1t easrer September 1039 Dear Dtary We re Sophomores now and have become a real part of the school Mary Ann Forbes Ed Hawktns Mona Jeanne Wtse and Jenme Moore were elected a off1cers and already we are planntng to sponsor for the IITSI ttme a Magnolla Day I hope xt IS a success We are gomg to start our fund for a .Iuntor Senlor Prom too September l94O Dear D1ary Thts year wtth halt our school days tn M H S behrnd us we began our luntor year Theres a lot of work to be done so wrth Mary Ann Forbes I-Iartzel Slrder Ann Lowry and Jennte Moore at our helm we began our campatgn fo Money for the Prom The class has grown tn stze because about forty studen s from Paden Ctty yotned our ranks thrs year Our Football Thuse Dance was accepted as one of the htghltghts of the frrst semester and between events we sold gold and blue feathers Poor Dear Edgar our class play was enloyed by many and wlth dues collected our fund was more than enough R Y . . I I - 11 - - .1 . . , . . . , . 1 . . . .. 1 . I ' , . , e . . I ' 1 , . 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 ' - 11 11 - - 1 ' 1 1 1 1 . . . . , . . . . , . , c . 1 , , 1 1 1 5 1 ,, . . . . , , . I . , . . . , . , , ' 1 1 1 1 1 ' 11 .1 - e , . , I . , . . ,, 1, , 1 , V , c 1 1 '

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FEATURES N -PX-at C956 8 Lrfe would seem ratlre dull at trmes wrthout the llttle 'Ura ea ur Ihrowrr rn now and then Read Ilus now and smrle a lrttle Read agam many years from now amd perhaps your throat wrll txghten up and 1 tear wrll Qrlckle slowly down your cheerc Tlunk not? WWII and see' WELLS HARDWARE 84 FURNITURE CC A srgn of servrce many years ..:f :n4::: QQ::g::'s lvihx 5 , dl Q, ' e,, f I es

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9 May 9 1941 Dear Drary Tomght was the nrghtl Our .lunror Senlor Fresta lf you dont wxnd I want to put my Mexrcan Dance Program on thrs page 1 put my paper hat and balloon on my hobo strlng The Prom was wonderful' Our theme as you know was MEXICO and the decoratlons were perfect Everybody looked grand and Im sure they all had a good tlme Nothlng can take away the Jumors memory ot thls nxghtl May 22 1941 Dear Drary Now our thlrd year ln hrgh school IS over Looklng back we all agree that we drd very well IH our lnter class tourney The glrls were awarded a beautltul trophy for wxnmng the grrls d1v1s1on But another blg day ln the llfe of the .Iumors was the day of the school prcnrc when we moved 1nto the Senlor SGCIIOH Th1s has been a wonderful and excrtlng year' May 22 1942 Dear D1ary Well here we are our last year ot Magnolra gone Doesnt seem posslble does rt? B111 Barker Hartzel Slrder James F1tzs1mmons and Jack Zlmmerman were our ottlcers But the com1ng of November saw the leavmg of our presrdent so the Grade School Audltortum and Santa lYummyl Claus must have worked for weeks to frnd such approprlate grits for us all Our class play was Dont Take My Penny and was a wonderful success as have been most of the under takrngs of our class The hard workxng .lumors gave us a Prom that we w1ll never forget and we want to thank them for such a grand attalr The day of our last school p1cn1c was happy and sad We gave our last program for the school and lm not ashamed that 1 along wlth many others had a lump m my throat that was hard to get r1d ot As 15 the custom we went Io our Baccalaureate Sermon rn a body The sermon made us realxze more than ever our new responsxbxlmes ln a large and unsettled world But now they re all gone our hlgh school days I mean Tonrght we were graduated one hundred and twenty of us We were together as a group for th last txme and now as I put my drploma away I realrze that though we w1l1 be separated that a Splfll stronger than any dxstance w111 always umte us as one and as we each turn our lace to a drstant goal w1th the hope of success ln our hearts that sp1r1t w111 keep us together that spxrlt that has been formrng for the last twelve years that sp1r1t of 42' Turnrng the key ln the lock of the las tbook the grrl put the clrarres rn therr hrdmg place wrped away a tear and left the room leavrng me to wonder what was rn the future for that class of one hundred and twenty youth That class MA . . 1 9 3 0 T O 1 4 2 , . . ' ' I I 1 ' 1 , . ' I , . , . I I . ' I 1 I ' I I I ' I our most worthy vice-president took over. We gave our Christmas Program at I 1 1 ' , . I I I , . . - - I 1 - . e I I I I I ... I I - . A I I I of 11:42.11 . . F.