Magnolia Swaney High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (McNabb, IL)

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Calendar School starts with Mr. Hewitt, Mrs. Hewitt, and Mr. Maville as new teachers on the staff. No school, dismissed for the fair. SEPTEMBER First full day of school. No school, Labor Day. The classes who didn't elect officers in the spring did so today. LeRoy Carl- son quits school. We have our first baseball game. We beat Lostant 19-2 . The F .F .A . has its organization meeting. Elect Dick Ashdown president. Had first get aquainted assembly. The F .F .A . officers attend a banquet at Henry. juniors select and order their class rings. Girls chorus meets for the first time. Washburn beats us 12-4. We beat Henry 15-l . junior store opens for business. janet Strode returns from 3 weeks in California visiting Elsie Cooper. Betty Reaska quits school. F .F .A . meets. Seniors have their pictures taken. The band has its first meeting and the boys chorus gets together. We heat Sparland 12-4 . Eleonor and Carol N. are chosen as accompanists for Girls' Chorus. Ed Drager drops out of school. Girls have voice tryouts . Wenona beats us 8-0. Freshmen and sophomores take music tests . The Seniors get their proofs . G.A.A. holds its first meeting, electing Harriet Robinson, president. Mr. Dewey was sick, so, no music. Tonica beat us 5-2 . Seniors get play books . No school for students . Teachers go to institute . We beat Hopkins l5-ll . Seniors sign contract with Balfour for the annual. Seniors receive their play parts in Cheaper by the Dozen . F .H.A . officers meet. Mr. Dewey has band tryouts . Home Ec Ill 81 IV girls serve Home Bureau ladies at the Grange Hall. We beat Benson 4-1 . F .F .A . pest contest starts . We beat LaRose 10-l . Donna Powell drops out of school. F .H.A . House of Delegates meeting at Tiskilwa. Sr. have an annual meeting. Freshmen have class meeting. Student Council has its organization meeting, elects Kay, president. We beat Toluca here 3-0. McNabb firemen are down for a fire drill. Student Council selects student teachers for Student Government Day. Mr. Shaw is here to start the magazine sales. The student body elects Bob K., principalg Ron D. asst. principal: and Connie H., Secretary. Sr. have first evening play practice. Roanoke beat us 6-5 . Student Government Dayl Everyone seemed to enjoy it. Freshmen take sopho- mores on skating party. Judy Whitney and a friend from Galva visit school. We beat Rutland 9-7 . Fred and Joyce Himes and two friends from Wisconsin visit school. G.A.A. girls go howling for the first time. F .F .A . and F .H.A . have meetings . F .H.A . officers meet at the hoine of our chapter mother, Mrs . Grasser. Sr. practice the second act of the play. Larry Douglas visits school. No schooll Teachers institute. Boys start basketball practice. F.H.A. initiates new members in candle lighting ceremony and emblem service . Sr. give some parts of their play for assembly. Grange Halloween Dance . Halloweenl Sr. have afternoon play practice . NOVEMBER Sr. play practice . Sr. play practice. F .H.A. window display. Dress rehersal for play.

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Track The track squad this year includes several cinder veterans and should show consid- erable balance. Pit and distance events are strongly fortified, with some promise in the hurdles. Returning lettermen are, Russ Nelson, half-mile, hurdles, jim Kinney, pole vault, F-S relay, Walter Sarbaugh, mile and half-mileg Chuck Sherman, pole vault, Elmer Mekley, high jump, Bob Bluell, half-mileg Fred 220, 440, broad jump. The gradu- ation of the dash and hurdles men of last year will be felt. Help is expected of the more promising underclassmen. Last year the track squad won 5 triangular meets, placed second in one, and third in another. The thinly-clads also won the Little Six meet and placed fifth among the powerful Tri-County Schools . Tournaments The M-S cage crew in their 4 tournament appearances had consid- erable poise and endurance, the two qualities that make or break a tour- nament team. The 1955 edition of the Pirate gang was perhaps the best tourney competitor seen in recent years . They handily walked off with top honors in the Little Six, dispatch- ing Hennepin and Bureau Twp. with comparative ease. They showed up well in the big Tri-County meet, losing to a powerful Mid-County team in the game for third place. The bold, brave Buccaneers put on a iplendid show before losing their last , l game in the State Elimination. Plac- ing second to the sectional-bound Tonica Warriors, M-S was within four points of victory in the closing 60 seconds, after a tremendous last- half surge which made up for a 16 point half time deficit. All in all, the 1954-55 basketball season was one about which every Pirate fan can boast. It is a season to be remembered . These pictures were taken at the Little Six Tournament.

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Gave sketches of play in assembly. Old Testament Bibles are given free to students who want them . Mrs . Hewitt attends Home Ec teachers conference at Peoria. Seniors present Cheaper by the Dozen to a good crowd. F .F .A. has Rat Prevention Day . F .H.A . promotes F .H.A . week by having a pot luck dinner F .H.A. has a bake sale in McNabb. Girls enjoy a sloppy day . The whole F.H.A. chapter goes to Peoria to be on T.V. P.T.A. has a chili supper. No school! F.H.A. takes advantage of Veterans' Day and has a come as you are breakfast. jr. and Sr. take University of Illinois tests . F.F .A. pest contest closes, Jr. 8 Sr. winning. We beat Lostant in our first basketball game . The student body enjoys an entertaining assembly. Miss Neilson and her very accomplished accompanist treated us with songs from various countries . A representative from Wesleyan talked to the Sr. who are interested in at- tending college . The band from Roanoke High School presents an entertaining assembly. The F.H.A. presents a style show with clothes from Mirror of Fashion. Sr. pictures come. Girls have a meeting to discuss the contata in activity period. Class meeting. Thanksgiving! Everybody eats too much turkey. No school! Some Ag boys go to the International with Mr. Sichta. Kay takes pictures for the annual. Nancy Dean is in the hospital for a few days . Lee Burr's house burns. We beat LaRose . DECEMBER We beat Hennepin. Contata, group has practice. Student Council meets. Jr. get their class rings . We beat Hopkins . F.F.A. has chili supper - to pay off the pest contest debt - and Green Hand initiation. Have evening contata practice. Student council meets . We beat Toluca. A group of seniors work in the annual at Kay's . We beat Toluca. Sent in 114 of the annual pages . F.H.A. has Christmas party at Mrs. Grasser's . Student council plans all school Christmas party. Dress rehersal for the contata. Mid County beats us, first game we lost. Ray took pictures for the annual. Girls Glee Club, with the help of some extra boys present a Christmas con- tata . All school Christmas party. Christmas vacation starts. Back to school. School board starts the free milk program. Stoker broke in the south building so all classes were held in the northbuilding. Student council discusses the homecoming. We beat Bureau. Elect Connie and Chuck queen and king. Elect Bob K., Harriet R., Betty H., Don L., Carol N., Ed M., Mary R., and Ted M., as the homecoming attendants. Tonica beat us . We beat Hennepin in our first game of the Little Six Tournament. We beat Bureau Township for first in the tournament. Sr. girls take test for the Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow . Semester exams . Semester exams. We beat Rutland. Mrs. Hewitt's last day of school. Anna Mary Wilson resumes Mrs. Hewitts duties as Home Ec teacher. We beat Malden. F.H.A. has a chili supper. Students enjoy a hot lunch from what was left over from the chili supper. lrilomecomingl A good crowd enjoyed dancing to the music of the Silver Tone rio. Hewitt's have 6 pound, 6 ounce baby boy, James Marion. The second shipment of annual pages are mailed to the printers . We beat Toluca 47-49 by a field goal by Fred S. in the last five seconds of play in the Tri-County Tournament. Home Ec III 8: IV take a tour to LaSalle .