Fairmont High School - Maple Leaves Yearbook (Fairmont, WV)

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1982 MAPLE LEAVES Fairmont Senior High School Loop Park Fairmont, West Virginia 26554 Volume 75 WEST IS BEST — Polar Bear fans show their enthusiasm at the State AAA Football Championship in Charleston. Only once before had two schools from the same county vied for the title.

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r To most Americans, Abraham Lincoln sym- bolizes a legend. To sports fans, Hank Aaron serves as a legend. Even the “King of Rock ’n’ Roll,” El- vis, has become legendary. At Fairmont Senior High School, the Polar Bear, the school mascot, has also be- come a tradition. With its adoption in 1926, 50 years after the founding of the school, a movement began which caused the students, parents and the community to uphold the tradition of pride in the school. But through all the exper- iences of the Polar Bears ... The Legend Lives On V 2 “The Legend Lives On”