Maplewood Richmond Heights High School - Maple Leaves Yearbook (Maplewood, MO)

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, 'Ki I fled Greatest Athletic Team ' in Iaplewoocl Histor :Gif Q-' :sq fu - ef F VI I ' nl ll - ...ay f I ,id K ' .5 ' I J ,gt-L -ft - gps 1 ,-fx., -P2-N fn.. --,iff - ,. 4 .g. Never in the history of Vluplewood-Rieh- mnnd Heights high school has there been an athletic team to compare with the 1936 foot- hall team. Composed of boys who played. fought and ehunnned together since the seventh grade , they made their last year at Maplewood one in which they gained newspaper and radio fame from coast to coast. ln facing the toughest competition a Maple- wood team had ever faced. the team ehal lenged high school teams all over the country The teams accepting were Hillsboro and Johnston City. Illinois: Muskogee. Oklahoma: and Davenport. Iowa. These teams were all defeated by Maplewood with the exception of Muskogee which gained a 7-7 tie. This team scored a total of 200 points and remained un scored-upon in their first five games. This magnificent team. in compiling their season record of 9.0-1. had outstanding scores which reached as high as 5-l and 53 to nothing. The total points sc-ored for the season were Maple wood 277. opponents 67. The quarlerhack that sparked this great 1 team to their victories was Paul Christman later known as l'itchin, Paul when he he came an All-American at Missouri University

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The 1932 bond issue of S152,000,000.00 was sed to build and equip the third unit of the Sen- or High, the third unit of West Richmond, ami to urchase ground and build the first unit of the ew Lincoln School for Negroes. ln November 1933, C.W.A. fCivil Works dministrationj work started. This government roject enabled the district to grade grounds at ew Lincoln and Senior High, enlarge the track rom 18 to 25 feet, and erect a stone wall around the track. During the 1930's the depression halted further expansion of physical facilities in the school dis- trict except work which could be done through W.P.A. tWorks Progress Administrationl and P.W.A. tPublic Works Administrationj projects, on three occasions bond issue payments were refunded textendedl because of a shortage of funds. 'B 1 fl, 1 Nxmx 9 4 I '.,,.,w K X C ww' 1 v. , , . 4 'A l Q 'K Q ' - 'wiE '12,s. we ,. ,- . - -if , I. 1- V ' A 'lf A --4 1 1' A - - - ' - if ' ' ' -' ' 'Q gm Y I 1 1 K ' . ' 1 ,, , Q ' ' 9 -www I ,px ' :A :ni ' S n N - .. ' lf, 'mf M 10 N W '4 'YaQ'. yL..m,'p-',t ' '.1,Il-z',.g.l':Hi,'Q, . ' ' l '. :- . i , 1' ' -'Z 111, 3 ?f.f.:'aa- .f-1 . -L .. ' f -- -M1213 rl.. wl , ,: .13 X' psi, '- ,::..'g.A-GP ,,. .. 1. . pi 5 3... if ggi. h n . ' V if - 'L4.m-r -' 'z' W ' 1 n ' 'l 1 If fl - J. - vt V I ' ' . L ' 9 'Lf '- 1 ' f , ' , at 5 V, ' ' 'W' c f ' , 1-lglix inrpu Y ' V A 'Pro . ue-en, -12 3:-5'A'L5 f B ly' I. ., 'S N Viv' 1 .1 'I rv , V .fp gf , , I 7 F 'l -f' 44 ' Tin ra. TE W i Q 'Je '5 . L- 1 'fn' l V1 1 'r is 9: ii Far left: First M-RH Student Council 1923. Left: Prom Queen 1924. Above: Candids 1933. , g . 1 1 .',-. .- A

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