Mahanoy City High School - Maroon and Black Yearbook (Mahanoy City, PA)

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The Bedford Flag To IHI Bedford flag, belongs the honor of herng the first flrg, of the Amerrern Rexolutron to reeerve 1 haptrsrn ol Brrtrsh hre Thrs frmous standard whreh VVIX ed ox er the embattled farmers at Coneord Aprrl 19 1775 vs hen thex Bred the shot heard round the wor ld re consrdered by many to exeeed all other Colonral flags rn both rnterest preserx ed rn the l uhlre Lrhr rry of Bedford MlSS1LllU9Ll Q eonsrsts of a seroll herrrng, the motto Vrnee aut Morrre CConquer or Drej A mrrled arm extends from 1 eloud the hand elasprng a wx ord, whrle the three drsks ne lr the arm are helrex ed to represent eannon brlls F' X ' 4 2 Y E yi' I ' in I 'x' I y m x -A -f m V A - 1 - r' , . . I 1 3 , ' 5 Y 1 V 1' ' 5 3, . . h i l r , B r K r A' -Q r - ' 1 yf . A 1- and in historic value. The Bedford Flag, today carefully ' ,S ' A x Y x 4 w e l ' I I I Y A' A . is Q ..

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MAROONQ egw, Bere-4 Tin memoriam IVHQ. I-ICDIVIER T. BAGENSTCDSE The Angel of Death beckoned our belox ed Pr1nc1pal Mr Homer T Bagenstose on anuary 21 1939 Slnce 1895 Mr Blgenstose had been a member of the loe ll teaehmg., staff H15 was a l1fe of seruee and xerlly forty three years of h1s servlee wls appreclated We knew Mr Bagenstose as 1 man of pat1enee dlselplme and under standmg tempered vs nth a rlre vut md humor ranks first III the mmds and helrts of the Semors He proved himself a frlend to each and exerx one of us From hlm we recened an lntanglble asset that comes from lssoeutlon vuth an understfmdlng, person Through h1m we were endowed Wlth more than edueatlon In hlm we met a man 194' 3-iwk 1 l 3 3 'A Y . A , . . 1 J 7 3 ' ' . 1 Y 2 'Q l ' . Y i I S L . 7 .5 . . 1 - ' I , x fl Q ' 'I z . Greater men have lived and have done greater deeds but Mr. Bagenstose .. 2 ' .1 I 'A . ' Y . ' ' y y s 1 1 1 ' 1 x ' . ' n , . , . . ' 0 ' , g ,,... ..., , h ,

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